# 1990 Umaglesi Liga

The 1990 Umaglesi Liga was the first and inaugural season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 30 March and ended on 12 November 1990. Georgia was still a part of the Soviet Union, but the Georgian clubs were withdrawn from the Soviet league system and formed the Georgian league system. Iberia Tbilisi won the championship.
The league was formed by 18 clubs based on their performance the previous year across four tiers:
* Soviet Top League: Iberia, Guria;
* Soviet First League: Torpedo, Batumi and Tskhumi (the latter was created after Dinamo Sokhumi split into two clubs);
* Soviet Second League: Savanardo, Kolkheti Poti, Kolkheti Khobi, Gorda, Dila, Mertskhali, Shevardeni;
* Georgian Championship: Samgurali, Odishi, Amirani, Mziuri, Iveria, Liakhvi.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Iberia Tbilisi (C) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 91 | 23 | +68 | 78 | |
| 2 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 20 | +53 | 72 | |
| 3 | Gorda Rustavi | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 69 | |
| 4 | Kutaisi | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 65 | |
| 5 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 62 | |
| 6 | Batumi | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 61 | |
| 7 | Tskhumi Sokhumi | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 49 | |
| 8 | Odishi Zugdidi | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 46 | |
| 9 | Mertskhali Ozurgeti | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 43 | |
| 10 | Dila Gori | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 42 | |
| 11 | Kolkheti Khobi | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 41 | |
| 12 | Sanavardo Samtredia | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 40 | |
| 12 | Mziuri Gali | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 69 | −22 | 40 | |
| 14 | Samgurali Tskaltubo | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 39 | |
| 15 | Iveria Khashuri | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 38 | |
| 16 | Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 38 | |
| 17 | Amirani Ochamchire | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 37 | |
| 18 | Liakhvi Tskhinvali (R) | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 135 | −124 | 0 | Withdrew from the league |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Sanavardo Samtredia–Mziuri Gali 3–2, Mziuri Gali–Sanavardo Samtredia 1–0.
* ↑ Liakhvi Tskhinvali withdrew after Round 24 due to South Ossetia War.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMI | BAT | DIL | GOR | GUR | IBE | IKH | KKH | KOL | KUT | LIA | MRT | MZI | ODI | SMG | SAN | SHE | TSK |
| Amirani Ochamchire | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Batumi | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Dila Gori | 7–0 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Gorda Rustavi | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 3–0 |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Iberia Tbilisi | 6–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 8–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Iveria Khashuri | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Kolkheti Khobi | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Kutaisi | 3–0 | 1–0 | 8–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Liakhvi Tskhinvali | 1–6 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–8 | 0–3 | | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–5 |
| Mertskhali Ozurgeti | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Mziuri Gali | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Odishi Zugdidi | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Samgurali Tskaltubo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Sanavardo Samtredia | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–8 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 |
| Tskhumi Sokhumi | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Match awarded after a withdrawal of Liakhvi.
* ↑ Match awarded.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Gia Guruli | Iberia Tbilisi | 23 |
| 1 | Mamuka Pantsulaia | Gorda Rustavi | 23 |
| 3 | Otar Korgalidze | Guria Lanchkhuti | 21 |

## Awards

| Name | Player | Club |
| Player of the Year | Temur Ketsbaia | Iberia |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Nika Chkheidze | Kutaisi |
| Defender of the Year | Kakha Tskhadadze | Iberia |
| Midfielder of the Year | Gocha Gogrichiani | Tskhumi |
| U21 Footballer of the Year | Mikheil Jishkariani | Tskhumi |
| U18 Footballer of the Year | Georgi Nemsadze | Iberia |
| Discovery of the Year | Gocha Gujabidze | Guria |
| Goal of the Year | Levan Kipiani | Shevardeni |
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