2012–13 Pirveli Liga

Football league season
Pirveli Liga
Season2012–13
Dates25 August 2012 – 27 May 2013
ChampionsGuria Lanchkhuti
Tskhinvali
PromotedGuria Lanchkhuti
Tskhinvali
RelegatedRacha Ambrolauri
Aeti Sokhumi
Matches played363
Top goalscorerTornike Kapanadze (Samgurali) 27 goals
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2012–13 Pirveli Liga was the 24th season of the Georgian Pirveli Liga. It began on 25 August 2012 and finished on 27 May 2013.

Format

24 teams were divided into groups A and B to take part in a three-round competition. Group leaders gained promotion to the top tier, while bottom two clubs were relegated to the third division.[1]

Teams

Group A

Team Home Ground Capacity
Dinamo Tbilisi II Digomi Training Ground 1,000
Gagra Merani 2,000
Guria Lanchkhuti Evgrapi Shevardnadze stadium 8,000
STU Tbilisi Shatili Arena 2,000
Imereti Khoni Martvili Central Stadium 3,000
Skuri Tsalenjikha Sasha Kvaratskhelia Stadium 4,500
Sasco Tbilisi Shatili Arena 2,000
Betemi Keda Keda Central Stadium 1,000
Chiatura Temur Maghradze Stadium 11,700
Racha Ambrolauri Ambrolauri Central Stadium 1,500
Sulori Vani Grigol Nikoleishvili Stadium 2,000
Meshakhte Tkibuli Vladimer Bochorishvili Stadium 6,000


Group B

Team Home Ground Capacity
Adeli Batumi Adeli Stadium 1,000
Aeti Sokhumi Shatili Arena 2,000
Samgurali Tskaltubo 26 May Stadium 12,000
Algeti Marneuli Marneuli Central Stadium 2,000
Tskhinvali Mikheil Meskhi Stadium 25,453
Lokomotive Tbilisi Saguramo Football Ground 700
Kolkheti Khobi Khobi Central Stadium 12,000
Mertskhali Ozurgeti Megobroba Stadium 3,500
Samtredia Erosi Manjgaladze Stadium 2,000
Chkherimela Kharagauli Soso Abashidze Stadium 2,000
Shukura Kobuleti Chele Arena 2,000
Liakhvi Achabeti Kartli Stadium 1,500

League tables

A Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Guria Lanchkhuti (P) 33 27 4 2 86 20 +66 85 Promotion for Umaglesi Liga
2 Dinamo Tbilisi II 33 21 6 6 100 42 +58 69
3 Sasco Tbilisi 33 20 4 9 84 38 +46 64
4 Gagra 33 16 5 12 63 46 +17 53
5 Meshakhte Tkibuli 33 13 6 14 42 66 −24 45
6 Chiatura 33 12 7 14 39 47 −8 43
7 Imereti Khoni 33 12 7 14 37 46 −9 43
8 STU Tbilisi 33 12 3 18 63 75 −12 39
9 Skuri Tsalenjikha 33 10 8 15 33 51 −18 38
10 Betlemi Keda 33 10 5 18 40 76 −36 35
11 Sulori Vani 33 7 4 22 30 72 −42 25
12 Racha Ambrolauri (R) 33 7 3 23 39 77 −38 24 Relegation to Meore Liga
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

B Group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tskhinvali (P) 30 25 2 3 82 15 +67 77 Promotion for Umaglesi Liga
2 Locomotive Tbilisi 30 19 6 5 70 29 +41 63
3 Shukura Kobuleti 30 19 4 7 56 25 +31 61
4 Kolkheti Khobi 30 18 3 9 43 28 +15 57
5 Samtredia 30 17 4 9 53 37 +16 55
6 Samgurali Tskaltubo 30 13 7 10 59 48 +11 46
7 Algeti Marneuli 30 10 3 17 39 55 −16 33
8 Mertskhali Ozurgeti 30 5 10 15 37 52 −15 25
9 Chkherimela Kharagauli 30 6 2 22 34 91 −57 20
10 Liakhvi Achabeti 30 4 6 20 29 74 −45 18
11 Adeli Batumi 30 4 3 23 27 75 −48 15
12 Aeti Sokhumi (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation for Meore Liga
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Following this success Guria returned to Umaglesi Liga after an eleven-year pause. Tskhinvali achieved the same goal from the first attempt.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2012-13 season in Pirveli Liga". soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "ლანჩხუთის "გურია" უმაღლეს ლიგაშია!". sportall.ge (in Georgian), 19 May 2013.

External links

  • Results, fixtures, tables at Soccerway

See also

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