Erovnuli Liga
The Erovnuli Liga is the top division of professional football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union. From 2017 Georgia switched to Spring-Autumn system, with only 10 clubs in the top flight.
Format
Below is a complete record of how many teams have played in each season throughout the league's history:UEFA Country Ranking
- 39 Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 40 Erovnuli Liga
- 41 Latvian Higher League
- 42 Macedonian First Football League
- 43 Meistriliiga
Champions
Soviet era
as Georgian SSR- 1927: Batumi XI
- 1928: Tbilisi XI
- 1929–35: Not played
- 1936: ZII Tbilisi
- 1937: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
- 1938: FC Dinamo Batumi
- 1939: Nauka Tbilisi
- 1940: FC Dinamo Batumi
- 1941–42: Not played
- 1943: ODKA Tbilisi
- 1944: Not played
- 1945: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
- 1946: FC Dinamo Kutaisi
- 1947: FC Dinamo Sokhumi
- 1948: FC Dinamo Sokhumi
- 1949: FC Torpedo Kutaisi
- 1950: TODO Tbilisi
- 1951: TODO Tbilisi
- 1952: TTU Tbilisi
- 1953: TTU Tbilisi
- 1954: TTU Tbilisi
- 1955: Dinamo Kutaisi
- 1956: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi
- 1957: TTU Tbilisi
- 1958: TTU Tbilisi
- 1959: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1960: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1961: Guria Lanchkhuti
- 1962: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1963: Imereti Kutaisi
- 1964: IngurGES Zugdidi
- 1965: Tolia Tbilisi
- 1966: Guria Lanchkhuti
- 1967: Mertskhali Makharadze
- 1968: SKA Tbilisi
- 1969: Sulori Vani
- 1970: SKIF Tbilisi
- 1971: Guria Lanchkhuti
- 1972: Lokomotivi Samtredia
- 1973: Dinamo Zugdidi
- 1974: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1975: Magaroeli Chiatura
- 1976: SKIF Tbilisi
- 1977: Mziuri Gali
- 1978: Kolheti Poti
- 1979: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1980: Meshakhte Tkibuli
- 1981: Meshakhte Tkibuli
- 1982: Mertskhali Makharadze
- 1983: Samgurali Tskhaltubo
- 1984: Metallurg Rustavi
- 1985: Shadrevani-83 Tskhaltubo
- 1986: Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi
- 1987: Mertskhali Makharadze
- 1988: Kolheti Poti
- 1989: Shadrevani-83 Tskhaltubo
Post-independence
† | League champions also won the Georgian Cup, i.e. they completed the domestic Double. |
As Umaglesi Liga
Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
1990 | Iberia Tbilisi | Guria Lanchkhuti | Gorda Rustavi |
1991 | Iberia Tbilisi | Guria Lanchkhuti | Kutaisi |
1991–92 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Tskhumi Sukhumi | Gorda Rustavi |
1992–93 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi | Alazani Gurjaani |
1993–94 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | Torpedo Kutaisi |
1994–95 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Samtredia | Kolkheti-1913 Poti |
1995–96 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Margveti Zestafoni | Kolkheti-1913 Poti |
1996–97 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | Dinamo Batumi |
1997–98 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Dinamo Batumi | Kolkheti-1913 Poti |
1998–99 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Torpedo Kutaisi | Lokomotivi Tbilisi |
1999–00 | Torpedo Kutaisi | WIT Georgia Tbilisi | Dinamo Tbilisi |
2000–01 | Torpedo Kutaisi † | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | Dinamo Tbilisi |
2001–02 | Torpedo Kutaisi | Lokomotivi Tbilisi | Dinamo Tbilisi |
2002–03 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Torpedo Kutaisi | WIT Georgia Tbilisi |
2003–04 | WIT Georgia Tbilisi | Sioni Bolnisi | Dinamo Tbilisi |
2004–05 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Torpedo Kutaisi | FC Tbilisi |
2005–06 | Sioni Bolnisi | WIT Georgia Tbilisi | Dinamo Tbilisi |
2006–07 | Olimpi Rustavi | Dinamo Tbilisi | Ameri Tbilisi |
2007–08 | Dinamo Tbilisi | WIT Georgia Tbilisi | Zestafoni |
2008–09 | WIT Georgia Tbilisi | Dinamo Tbilisi | Olimpi Rustavi |
2009–10 | Olimpi Rustavi | Dinamo Tbilisi | Zestafoni |
2010–11 | Zestafoni | Dinamo Tbilisi | Olimpi Rustavi |
2011–12 | Zestafoni | Metalurgi Rustavi | Torpedo Kutaisi |
2012–13 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Dila Gori | Torpedo Kutaisi |
2013–14 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Zestafoni | Sioni Bolnisi |
2014–15 | Dila Gori | Dinamo Batumi | Dinamo Tbilisi |
2015–16 | Dinamo Tbilisi † | Samtredia | Dila Gori |
2016 | Samtredia | Chikhura Sachkhere | Dinamo Batumi |
As Erovnuli Liga
Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
2017 | Torpedo Kutaisi | Dinamo Tbilisi | Samtredia |
2018 | Saburtalo | Dinamo Tbilisi | Torpedo Kutaisi |
2019 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Dinamo Batumi | Saburtalo |
Performance by club
Club | Winners | Winning seasons |
Dinamo Tbilisi | 17 | 1990, 1991, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2019 |
Torpedo Kutaisi | 4 | 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2017 |
WIT Georgia | 2 | 2003–04, 2008–09 |
Metalurgi Rustavi | 2 | 2006–07, 2009–10 |
FC Zestafoni | 2 | 2010–11, 2011–12 |
Sioni Bolnisi | 1 | 2005–06 |
Dila Gori | 1 | 2014–15 |
Samtredia | 1 | 2016 |
Saburtalo | 1 | 2018 |