# 1998–99 Umaglesi Liga

The 1998–99 Umaglesi Liga was the tenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 6 August 1998 and ended on 23 May 1999. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi (C) | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 17 | +74 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 67 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 14 | +29 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Dinamo Batumi | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 50 | |
| 6 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 45 | |
| 7 | WIT Georgia | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 44 | |
| 8 | Iberia Samtredia | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 38 | |
| 9 | Arsenali Tbilisi | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 38 | |
| 10 | Dila Gori | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 35 | |
| 11 | Samgurali Tskaltubo | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 57 | −25 | 33 | |
| 12 | Gorda Rustavi | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 32 | |
| 13 | Sioni Bolnisi (O) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 28 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | TSU Tbilisi (O) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Odishi Zugdidi (R) | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 70 | −49 | 20 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
| 16 | Guria Lanchkhuti (R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 34 | 87 | −53 | 13 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
* ↑ WIT Georgia were docked 3 points for the Giorgi Chankotadze's assault on the referee in the round 10 match against Merani.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | DIL | DBA | DIN | GOR | GUR | IBS | KOL | LOC | MER | ODI | SMG | SIO | TKU | TSU | WIT |
| Arsenali Tbilisi | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Dila Gori | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 1–1 | 6–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 9–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 7–1 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Gorda Rustavi | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–7 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 3–7 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Iberia Samtredia | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Odishi Zugdidi | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Samgurali Tskaltubo | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| TSU Tbilisi | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–5 |
| WIT Georgia | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |

## Relegation play-offs
### First Round

Sioni Bolnisi remain at Umaglesi Liga. TSU Tbilisi entered losing side playoffs
Dinamo-2 Tbilisi promoted and renamed as Tbilisi. Kolkheti Khobi promoted.

### Second Round

TSU Tbilisi remain at Umaglesi Liga.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mikhail Ashvetia | Dinamo Tbilisi | 26 |
| 2 | David Makharadze | Guria Lanchkhuti | 21 |
| 3 | Levan Khomeriki | Dinamo Batumi | 18 |
| 4 | Zurab Ionanidze | Torpedo Kutaisi | 16 |
| 5 | Hamlet Tsivtsivadze | Locomotive Tbilisi | 15 |