Lokomotivi Tbilisi and Gagra were relegated to Pirveli Liga at the end of last season after finishing in 9th and 10th place respectively.
Promoted to Georgia's top football division were Pirveli Liga champions Torpedo 2008 Kutaisi and runners-up Kolkheti Poti.
Spartaki Tskhinvali play their home matches in Gori due to various inner-Georgian conflicts.
FC WIT Georgia play their home matches from this season on in the newly built WIT Georgia Stadium in the city of Mtskheta The ten teams played each other four times in this league for a total of 36 matches per team.
Due to the expansion of the league for next season, the 9th and 10th-place finishers of this competition (Spartaki Tskhinvali and Samtredia, respectively) will play single matches against the 3rd and 4th-place finishers of this season's Pirveli Liga competition (Dila Gori and Chikhura Sachkhere, respectively).