2015–16 Pirveli Liga

2015–16 Pirveli Liga was the 27th season of the Georgian Pirveli Liga. The season began on 2 September 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016.[1]

Pirveli Liga
Season2015–16
ChampionsLiakhvi Tskhinvali
PromotedNone
RelegatedBetlemi Keda
Samegrelo Chkorotsku
Matchakhela Khelvachauri
Algeti Marneuli
Mertskhali Ozurgeti
Matches played306
Goals scored800 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerZurab Ghirdaladze
(20 goals)
2016

Format

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The tournament consisted of 18 teams. The first two teams went straight to the top of the Premier League, and the third place player had a Playoff with a 14th place finisher. However, due to a change of league format, eventually no team were promoted to the top division.

Teams and stadiums

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Team City/Town Stadium Capacity
Algeti Marneuli Tbilisi Sport Academy Stadium 1,000
Betlemi Keda Keda Central Stadium 1,000
Borjomi Borjomi Jemal Zeinklishvili Stadium 3,000
Chiatura Chiatura Temur Maghradze Stadium 11,700
Chkherimela Kharagauli Kharagauli Soso Abashidze Stadium 2,000
Gagra Tbilisi Merani Stadium 2,000
Imereti Khoni Khoni Central Stadium 1,000
Kolkheti Khobi Khobi Central Stadium 12,000
Liakhvi Tskhinvali Gori Kartlis Stadium 1,500
Matchakhela Khelvachauri Khelvachauri Central Stadium 1,000
Mertskhali Ozurgeti Ozurgeti Megobroba Stadium 3,500
Meshakhte Tkibuli Tkibuli Vladimer Bochorishvili Stadium 6,000
Odishi 1919 Zugdidi Zugdidi
Rustavi Rustavi Poladi Stadium 6,000
Samegrelo Chkorotsku Chkhorotsku Central Stadium
Samgurali Tskhaltubo Tskhaltubo 26 May Stadium 12,000
Skuri Tsalenjikha Tsalenjikha Sasha Kvaratskhelia Stadium 4,000
WIT Georgia Mtskheta Mtskheta Park 2,000

Source:[2]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Liakhvi Tskhinvali (C) 34 20 9 5 82 36 +46 69
2 WIT Georgia 34 18 10 6 61 26 +35 64
3 Kolkheti Khobi 34 18 10 6 60 29 +31 64
4 Borjomi 34 17 10 7 45 32 +13 61
5 Gagra 34 16 4 14 54 38 +16 52
6 Samgurali Tskhaltubo 34 16 3 15 60 46 +14 51
7 Odishi 1919 Zugdidi 34 14 6 14 52 58 −6 48
8 Chkherimela Kharagauli 34 12 7 15 39 50 −11 43
9 Rustavi 34 10 13 11 33 33 0 43
10 Skuri Tsalenjikha 34 11 10 13 32 33 −1 43
11 Meshakhte Tkibuli 34 10 12 12 28 31 −3 42
12 Chiatura 34 9 15 10 41 48 −7 42
13 Imereti Khoni 34 10 11 13 34 53 −19 41
14 Betlemi Keda (R) 34 12 4 18 41 65 −24 40 Relegation to Meore Liga
15 Samegrelo Chkorotsku (R) 34 10 8 16 32 50 −18 38
16 Matchakhela Khelvachauri (R) 34 8 13 13 30 43 −13 37
17 Algeti Marneuli (R) 34 9 7 18 34 52 −18 34
18 Mertskhali Ozurgeti (R) 34 6 8 20 42 77 −35 26
Source: Soccerway[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Erovnuli Liga 2 2015/2016". Soccerway.
  2. ^ "Erovnuli Liga 2 2015/2016 - Venues". Soccerway.
  3. ^ "Georgia 2015/16". RSSSF.
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