The 1990

Umaglesi Liga The Erovnuli Liga ( ka, ეროვნული ლიგა; ) is the top division of professional top tier football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federati ...

was the first and inaugural season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 30 March and ended on 12 November 1990.

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was still a part of the

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, but the Georgian clubs were withdrawn from the Soviet league system and formed the Georgian league system. Iberia Tbilisi won the championship. The league was formed by 18 clubs based on their performance the previous year across four tiers: *

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; *

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and Tskhumi (the latter was created after Dinamo Sokhumi split into two clubs); *

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: Savanardo, Kolkheti Poti, Kolkheti Khobi, Gorda, Dila, Mertskhali, Shevardeni; * Georgian Championship: Samgurali,

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, Amirani, Mziuri,

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, Liakhvi.

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