| Season | 1997–98 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 July 1997 – 22 May 1998 |
| Champions | Dinamo Tbilisi 9th Georgian title |
| Relegated | Magharoeli Chiatura Margveti Zestaponi |
| Champions League | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| UEFA Cup | Kolkheti Poti |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Batumi |
| Intertoto Cup | Torpedo Kutaisi |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 648 (2.7 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Levan Khomeriki (23) |
| Biggest home win | Dinamo Batumi 7–1Samgurali Sioni 7–1Margveti Sioni 6–0Odishi Dinamo Tbilisi 6–0Margveti Merani 6–0Odishi Dinamo Tbilisi 6–0Guria |
| Biggest away win | Merani 0–5Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Highest scoring | Dinamo Batumi 7–1Samgurali Sioni 7–1Margveti |
1998–99 → | |
The1997–98Umaglesi Liga was the ninth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 8 July 1997 and ended on 22 May 1998.Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi[a](C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 86 | 15 | +71 | 71 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Batumi | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 58 | 19 | +39 | 61 | Qualification for theCup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 57 | Qualification for theUEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 54 | Qualification for theIntertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Odishi Zugdidi | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 49 | |
| 6 | Locomotive Tbilisi | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Merani-91 Tbilisi[b] | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 39 | |
| 8 | TSU Tbilisi | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Dila Gori | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 37 | |
| 10 | WIT Georgia | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 36 | |
| 11 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 34 | |
| 12 | Samgurali Tskaltubo | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 34 | |
| 13 | Sioni Bolnisi[a] | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 31 | |
| 14 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 27 | |
| 15 | Magharoeli Chiatura(R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 59 | −34 | 26 | Relegation toPirveli Liga |
| 16 | Margveti Zestaponi(R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 75 | −54 | 13 |
| Home \ Away | DIL | DBA | DIN | GUR | KOL | LOC | MAG | MZS | MER | MET | ODI | SMG | SIO | TKU | TSU | WIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dila Gori | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |
| Dinamo Batumi | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Kolkheti-1913 Poti | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Locomotive Tbilisi | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Magharoeli Chiatura | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| Margveti Zestaponi | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 | |
| Merani-91 Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Metalurgi Rustavi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |
| Odishi Zugdidi | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| Samgurali Tskaltubo | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Sioni Bolnisi | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | |
| TSU Tbilisi | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| WIT Georgia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |