# 2001–02 Umaglesi Liga

The 2001–02 Umaglesi Liga was the thirteenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 28 July 2001 and ended on 22 May 2002. Torpedo Kutaisi were the defending champions.

## First stage
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 13 | +39 | 52 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 2 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 49 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 38 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 4 | Dinamo Batumi | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 37 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 5 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 35 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 6 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 34 | Qualification to Championship group |
| 7 | WIT Georgia | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 33 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 8 | Sioni Bolnisi | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 9 | Metalurgi Zestaponi | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 20 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 10 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 44 | −30 | 15 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 11 | Gorda Rustavi | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 14 | Qualification to Relegation group |
| 12 | Samgurali Tskaltubo | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 42 | −27 | 14 | Qualification to Relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DBA | DIN | GOR | GUR | KOL | LOC | MER | MZE | SMG | SIO | TKU | WIT |
| Dinamo Batumi | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–5 |
| Gorda Rustavi | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Metalurgi Zestaponi | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Samgurali Tskaltubo | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 |
| WIT Georgia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Torpedo Kutaisi (C) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 48 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 26 | |
| 5 | Dinamo Batumi | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 23 | |
| 6 | Merani-91 Tbilisi | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 23 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DIN | DBA | KOL | MER | LOC | TKU |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 10–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo Batumi | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |

### Relegation group
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | WIT Georgia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 35 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | Sioni Bolnisi | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Metalurgi Zestaponi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 27 | |
| 10 | Gorda Rustavi (O) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Samgurali Tskaltubo (R) | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 23 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |
| 12 | Guria Lanchkhuti (R) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 29 | −25 | 8 | Relegation to Pirveli Liga |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | GOR | GUR | MZE | SMG | SIO | WIT |
| Gorda Rustavi | | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 1–5 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Metalurgi Zestaponi | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Samgurali Tskaltubo | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| WIT Georgia | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Suliko Davitashvili | Locomotive Tbilisi / Merani-91 Tbilisi | 18 |
| 2 | Andriy Poroshyn | Torpedo Kutaisi | 17 |
| 3 | Zviad Endeladze | Metalurgi Zestaponi / Guria Lanchkhuti | 14 |
| 4 | Mikheil Bobokhidze | Dinamo Tbilisi | 13 |
| 5 | Lado Burduli | Dinamo Tbilisi | 12 |
| 5 | Shalva Isiani | Sioni Bolnisi | 12 |
| 5 | Hamlet Tsivtsivadze | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 12 |
| 8 | Shalva Apkhazava | Dinamo Batumi | 11 |
| 8 | Zviad Kutateladze | Torpedo Kutaisi | 11 |
| 10 | David Datvadze | Locomotive Tbilisi | 10 |
| 10 | Paata Machutadze | Dinamo Batumi | 10 |