# 2000–01 Umaglesi Liga

The 2000–01 Umaglesi Liga was the twelfth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 19 August 2000 and ended on 23 May 2001. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions.

## First stage
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 7 | +34 | 56 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 48 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 3 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 7 | +26 | 48 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 4 | WIT Georgia | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 15 | +14 | 38 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 5 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 32 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 6 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 31 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 7 | Dinamo Batumi | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 8 | Sioni Bolnisi | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 26 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 9 | TSU Armazi Tbilisi | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 19 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 10 | Dila Gori | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 44 | −30 | 18 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 11 | Gorda Rustavi | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 18 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 12 | Iberia Samtredia | 22 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 47 | −44 | 3 | Qualification to Relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DIL | DBA | DIN | GOR | IBS | KOL | LOC | MER | SIO | TKU | TSU | WIT |
| Dila Gori | | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 3–0 | | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Gorda Rustavi | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Iberia Samtredia | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| TSU Armazi Tbilisi | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–4 |
| WIT Georgia | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |

## Second stage
### Championship group
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Torpedo Kutaisi (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 41 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 38 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | WIT Georgia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 24 | |
| 6 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 19 | |
* ↑ Merani were docked 3 points due to match fixing accusations for the match against Kolkheti.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DIN | KOL | LOC | MER | TKU | WIT |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 |
| WIT Georgia | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
* ↑ The match between Merani and Kolkheti was originally finished with the score of 2–4 for Kolkheti, but were both teams awarded a 0–3 loss following a match fixing accusations.

### Relegation group
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Dinamo Batumi | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 32 | |
| 8 | Sioni Bolnisi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 27 | |
| 9 | Gorda Rustavi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 26 | |
| 10 | Dila Gori (R) | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 11 | TSU Armazi Tbilisi (R) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 23 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
| 12 | Iberia Samtredia (R) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 3 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
* ↑ Sioni were docked 3 points due to match fixing accusations for the match against Gorda.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DIL | DBA | GOR | IBS | SIO | TSU |
| Dila Gori | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Gorda Rustavi | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | – | 4–0 |
| Iberia Samtredia | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| TSU Armazi Tbilisi | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
* ↑ The match between Gorda and Sioni was originally finished with the score of 3–2 for Gorda, but were both teams awarded a 0–3 loss following a match fixing accusations.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Zaza Zirakishvili | Dinamo Tbilisi | 21 |
| 2 | Levan Melkadze | WIT Georgia | 14 |
| 3 | Zurab Ionanidze | Torpedo Kutaisi | 11 |
| 3 | Davit Goderdzishvili | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 11 |
| 5 | Mamuka Rusia | Locomotive Tbilisi | 10 |
| 5 | Shalva Isiani | Sioni Bolnisi | 10 |
| 7 | Giorgi Shengelia | Locomotive Tbilisi | 9 |
| 7 | Teimuraz Gadelia | Dinamo Tbilisi | 9 |
| 7 | Giorgi Mikadze | Dinamo Tbilisi | 9 |
| 7 | Gocha Kulejishvili | Dinamo Batumi | 9 |