Countries | Romania |
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Confederation | UEFA |
Founded | 1909 |
Number of teams | 18 |
Relegation to | Liga II |
Level on pyramid | Level 1 |
Domestic cup(s) | Cupa României Supercupa României |
International cup(s) | Champions League UEFA Cup |
Current champions | CFR Cluj (2007-08) |
Most successful club | Steaua (23 titles) |
Website | http://www.liga1.ro Official |
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Liga is the official name of the top division of the Romanian football league system. It was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909-10 campaign. Until 1932 it had various play-off types. Liga I is part of Romanian Professional Footbal League (LPF). Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trade mark "Divizia A".[1] It was reported that during the 2006-07 season 1,657,602 tickets were sold for the 306 games played, giving an average attendance of 5,417 spectators per match.[2]
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The first football club's organization formula was "A Divisional College" ("Colegiul Divizionar A") founded on October 5, 1970 and led by Mircea Angelescu. Until 1990, the "A Divisional College" was formal without remarkable decisions. During the 90's a lot of changes were implemented, reflected in the new names of the organization, e.g. "A Divisional Team's League", " National Football League", "Professional Club's League", etc. On October 10, 1992, the organization's name became "Professional Football A Division League", led by Mircea Angelescu - president, Dumitru Dragomir - vice-president and Daniel Lăzărescu - general secretary. On 22 January 1993, the name of the organization became "Professional Football League of Romania", an A-Division professional football clubs representation. On October 13, 1993, the B Division clubs members were included. On September 30, 1996, Dumitru Dragomir has been elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania". The headquarters is located on 47 Mihai Eminescu Street (since February 1997). In December the same year it was decided that the league will organize the A-Division Championship starting with 1997-1998 edition.
In October 2000, Dumitru Dragomir has been re-elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania"
There are currently 18 teams at this level, of which the bottom four are relegated at the season's end. These teams are replaced by the champions of the two divisions that make up Liga 2, the second level of the Romanian football league system.
Starting in 2007-08, the champions and runners-up of Divizia A are eligible to compete in the UEFA Champions League during the following season. The 3rd-placed team is eligible to compete in the UEFA Cup.
The most successful teams over the years have been Steaua Bucureşti and Dinamo Bucureşti, other notable teams being: Universitatea Craiova, Rapid Bucureşti, and UTA. CFR Cluj was the first non-Bucharest team to win the championship (in 2007-2008) since the 1990-1991 season.
On December 19, 1998, SABMiller bought the naming rights for four and a half seasons, becoming the first sponsor in the history of the competition. SABMiller changed the name of the competition to "Divizia A Ursus", in order to promote the Ursus beer.[3]
Starting with the 2004/05 season, European Food company took over as main sponsor and changed the league's name to "Divizia A Bürger", to promote the Bürger beer.[4]
On May 11, 2008, Realitatea Media bought the naming rights for 5 years and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Realitatea", to promote their Realitatea TV station.[5]
In 2004, Telesport, a small TV network, bought the broadcasting rights for $28 million. The four seasons contract ends in the summer of 2008. Telesport sold some of matches to other Romanian networks: TVR1, Antena 1, Naţional TV and Kanal D.
On March 31, 2008, Antena 1 together with RCS&RDS outbid Realitatea Media and Kanal D in the broadcasting rights auction with a bid of €102 million for a three seasons contract.[6]
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
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Steaua Bucureşti |
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1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1967-68, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06 |
Dinamo Bucureşti |
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1955, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07 |
Venus Bucureşti |
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1919-20, 1920-21, 1928-29, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1939-40 |
Chinezul Timişoara |
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1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27 |
UTA Arad |
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1946-47, 1947-48, 1950, 1954, 1968-69, 1969-70 |
Ripensia Timişoara |
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1932-33, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1937-38 |
Universitatea Craiova |
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1973-74, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1990-91 |
Rapid Bucureşti |
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1966-67, 1998-99, 2002-03 |
Petrolul Ploieşti |
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1957-58, 1958-59, 1965-66 |
Argeş Piteşti |
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1971-72, 1978-79 |
Colentina Bucureşti |
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1912-13, 1913-14 |
Olympia Bucureşti |
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1909-10, 1910-11 |
Colţea Braşov |
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1927-28 |
CA Oradea |
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1948-49 |
Juventus Bucureşti |
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1929-30 |
Prahova Ploieşti |
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1915-16 |
CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca |
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2007-08 |
Româno-Americană Bucureşti |
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1914-15 |
CSM Reşiţa |
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1930-31 |
Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti |
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1940-41 |
United Ploieşti |
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1911-12 |
The ranking is computed awarding two points for a win, one for a draw. It doesn't include matches played in the 2008/09 season.[7]
# | Team | S | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | FC Steaua Bucureşti | 60 | 1808 | 1006 | 405 | 397 | 3500 | 1865 | 2417 |
2 | FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti | 59 | 1778 | 992 | 383 | 403 | 3511 | 1910 | 2367 |
3 | FC Rapid Bucureşti | 60 | 1696 | 769 | 383 | 544 | 2693 | 2059 | 1921 |
4 | FC Universitatea Craiova | 43 | 1390 | 627 | 300 | 463 | 2093 | 1602 | 1554 |
5 | FC Argeş Piteşti | 43 | 1370 | 559 | 268 | 543 | 1804 | 1750 | 1386 |
6 | CFM Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 51 | 1440 | 498 | 292 | 650 | 1877 | 2248 | 1288 |
7 | FCM Bacău | 42 | 1319 | 489 | 262 | 568 | 1538 | 1809 | 1240 |
8 | FC Petrolul Ploieşti | 41 | 1223 | 466 | 267 | 490 | 1550 | 1546 | 1199 |
9 | FC Farul Constanţa | 41 | 1265 | 465 | 254 | 546 | 1550 | 1783 | 1184 |
10 | FC Braşov | 39 | 1191 | 452 | 242 | 497 | 1502 | 1579 | 1146 |
11 | FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti | 34 | 1086 | 422 | 242 | 422 | 1494 | 1461 | 1086 |
12 | FCM UTA Arad | 38 | 1072 | 420 | 244 | 408 | 1602 | 1504 | 1084 |
13 | CS Jiul Petroşani | 41 | 1197 | 402 | 250 | 545 | 1403 | 1845 | 1054 |
14 | FC Politehnica Timişoara | 35 | 1046 | 382 | 238 | 426 | 1374 | 1502 | 1002 |
15 | FC Naţional Bucureşti | 32 | 945 | 380 | 189 | 376 | 1355 | 1320 | 949 |
16 | FC Politehnica Iaşi | 26 | 813 | 280 | 170 | 363 | 968 | 1167 | 730 |
17 | FC Oţelul Galaţi | 20 | 656 | 270 | 125 | 261 | 836 | 836 | 665 |
18 | ASA Târgu Mureş | 21 | 690 | 251 | 109 | 330 | 817 | 1025 | 611 |
19 | CF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa | 18 | 588 | 237 | 97 | 254 | 781 | 795 | 571 |
20 | FC Corvinul Hunedoara | 17 | 562 | 210 | 98 | 254 | 831 | 881 | 518 |
21 | FC Bihor Oradea | 18 | 572 | 181 | 118 | 273 | 683 | 893 | 480 |
22 | FC CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca | 13 | 406 | 155 | 107 | 144 | 488 | 537 | 417 |
23 | CSM Reşiţa | 16 | 482 | 154 | 103 | 225 | 667 | 891 | 411 |
24 | FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | 13 | 426 | 160 | 88 | 178 | 532 | 600 | 408 |
25 | CA Oradea | 17 | 378 | 145 | 80 | 153 | 630 | 635 | 370 |
26 | FC Olt Scorniceşti | 11 | 357 | 137 | 64 | 156 | 424 | 498 | 338 |
27 | Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti
(Dinamo Braşov, Dinamo Cluj) |
16 | 347 | 128 | 78 | 141 | 625 | 669 | 334 |
28 | CS Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 10 | 340 | 121 | 64 | 155 | 368 | 533 | 306 |
29 | FC CFR Timişoara | 11 | 273 | 104 | 70 | 99 | 406 | 392 | 278 |
30 | FC Inter Sibiu | 8 | 272 | 110 | 47 | 115 | 358 | 276 | 267 |
31 | FC Juventus Bucureşti | 12 | 268 | 102 | 61 | 105 | 501 | 479 | 265 |
32 | CF Chindia Târgovişte | 9 | 298 | 95 | 64 | 139 | 312 | 469 | 254 |
33 | Venus Bucureşti | 9 | 180 | 108 | 35 | 37 | 499 | 248 | 251 |
34 | FC Ripensia Timişoara | 9 | 184 | 110 | 28 | 46 | 512 | 277 | 248 |
35 | CS Târgu Mureş | 10 | 241 | 85 | 46 | 110 | 360 | 418 | 216 |
36 | FC Maramureş Baia Mare | 7 | 230 | 83 | 35 | 112 | 267 | 370 | 201 |
37 | FC Timişoara | 6 | 188 | 74 | 47 | 67 | 232 | 234 | 195 |
38 | Vagonul Arad | 9 | 184 | 76 | 31 | 77 | 318 | 323 | 183 |
39 | FC Olimpia Satu Mare | 7 | 222 | 69 | 40 | 113 | 223 | 363 | 178 |
40 | FC Victoria Bucureşti | 5 | 153 | 70 | 33 | 50 | 242 | 203 | 173 |
41 | FC Gloria Buzău | 6 | 204 | 60 | 40 | 104 | 213 | 341 | 160 |
42 | FC Dunărea CSU Galaţi | 7 | 222 | 57 | 42 | 123 | 236 | 414 | 156 |
43 | FC Astra Ploieşti | 5 | 158 | 59 | 35 | 64 | 195 | 185 | 153 |
44 | Gloria Arad | 8 | 156 | 59 | 31 | 66 | 296 | 332 | 149 |
45 | Victoria Cluj-Napoca | 8 | 154 | 61 | 23 | 70 | 266 | 294 | 145 |
46 | FC Extensiv Craiova | 5 | 170 | 54 | 36 | 80 | 171 | 213 | 144 |
47 | Flacăra Moreni | 4 | 136 | 53 | 23 | 60 | 180 | 198 | 129 |
48 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 4 | 136 | 46 | 27 | 63 | 141 | 190 | 119 |
49 | Chinezul Timişoara | 6 | 120 | 46 | 21 | 53 | 281 | 288 | 113 |
50 | Crişana Oradea | 6 | 110 | 40 | 20 | 50 | 199 | 232 | 100 |
51 | SC Vaslui | 3 | 98 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 108 | 115 | 95 |
52 | FC Unirea Voluntari Urziceni | 2 | 68 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 72 | 53 | 79 |
53 | CS Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu | 3 | 98 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 84 | 122 | 79 |
54 | NC Foresta Suceava | 3 | 98 | 24 | 27 | 47 | 102 | 145 | 75 |
55 | CS Minerul Lupeni | 4 | 101 | 30 | 15 | 56 | 106 | 204 | 75 |
56 | Tricolor Ploieşti | 5 | 102 | 28 | 16 | 58 | 131 | 255 | 72 |
57 | Pheonix Baia Mare | 3 | 62 | 26 | 11 | 25 | 96 | 106 | 63 |
58 | Ciocanul Bucureşti | 2 | 56 | 24 | 10 | 22 | 100 | 87 | 58 |
59 | AS Rocar Bucureşti | 2 | 64 | 25 | 6 | 33 | 93 | 107 | 56 |
60 | CS Gaz Metan Mediaş | 3 | 86 | 16 | 19 | 51 | 96 | 189 | 51 |
61 | FC Apulum Unirea Alba Iulia | 2 | 60 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 60 | 109 | 50 |
62 | FC Oneşti | 2 | 68 | 21 | 6 | 41 | 94 | 160 | 48 |
63 | CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc | 2 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 31 | 40 |
64 | Carmen Bucureşti | 1 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 90 | 44 | 33 |
65 | Metalul Câmpia Turzii | 2 | 48 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 46 | 86 | 33 |
66 | Gloria CFR Galaţi | 2 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 54 | 100 | 33 |
67 | Ferrar Cluj-Napoca | 1 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 29 | 30 |
68 | Dermata Cluj-Napoca | 1 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 50 | 25 |
69 | CSM Suceava | 1 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 69 | 25 |
70 | FC Craiova | 2 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 61 | 171 | 25 |
71 | Aurul Brad | 1 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 51 | 43 | 24 |
72 | CS Dacia Mioveni | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 24 |
73 | CAM Timişoara | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 52 | 23 |
74 | Şoimii Sibiu | 3 | 48 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 131 | 22 |
75 | FC Brăila | 2 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 52 | 138 | 19 |
76 | Viitorul Bucureşti | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 15 |
77 | Vulturii Lugoj | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 14 |
78 | Metalochimic Bucureşti | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 50 | 80 | 14 |
79 | UM Timişoara | 1 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 71 | 12 |
80 | Aripile CFR Braşov | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 45 | 11 |
81 | Prahova Ploieşti | 1 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 26 | 97 | 11 |
82 | Avântul Reghin | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 57 | 9 |
83 | RGM Timişoara | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 |
84 | Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 57 | 8 |
85 | Braşovia Braşov | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 28 | 85 | 5 |
86 | Mureşul Târgu Mureş | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 53 | 4 |
The ranking doesn't include matches played and goals scored in the 2008/09 season.[8]
Player | Period | Club[10] | Games | |
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1 | Costică Ştefănescu | 1969–1988 | Steaua Bucureşti, Universitatea Craiova, FCM Braşov | 490 |
2 | Florea Ispir | 1970–1987 | ASA Târgu Mureş | 485 |
3 | László Bölöni | 1970–1987 | ASA Târgu Mureş, Steaua Bucureşti | 484 |
4 | Costel Câmpeanu | 1987–2005 | SC Bacău, Dinamo Bucureşti, Gloria Bistriţa, Progresul Bucureşti, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | 470 |
5 | Paul Cazan | 1972–1987 | Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti | 465 |
6 | Cornel Dinu | 1966–1983 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 454 |
7 | Constantin Stancu | 1970–1990 | Argeş Piteşti | 447 |
8 | Ion Dumitru | 1967–1988 | Rapid Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Politehnica Timişoara, Universitatea Craiova | 442 |
9 | Octavian Grigore | 1982–2000 | Petrolul Ploieşti | 441 |
10 | Nicolae Ungureanu | 1977–1993 | Universitatea Craiova, Steaua Bucureşti, Rapid Bucureşti | 438 |
Player | Period | Club[12] | Goals | |
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1 | Dudu Georgescu | 1970–1986 | Progresul Bucureşti, CSM Reşiţa, Dinamo Bucureşti, SC Bacău, Gloria Buzău, Flacăra Moreni | 252 (Ø 0,68) |
2 | Rodion Cămătaru | 1974–1989 | Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo Bucureşti | 198 (Ø 0,52) |
3 | Marin Radu | 1974–1989 | Argeş Piteşti, Olt Scorniceşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Inter Sibiu | 190 (Ø 0,49) |
4 | Florea Dumitrache | 1966–1983 | Dinamo Bucureşti, Jiul Petroşani, Corvinul Hunedoara | 170 (Ø 0,47) |
4 | Ion Oblemenco | 1964–1976 | Rapid Bucureşti, Universitatea Craiova | 170 (Ø 0,62) |
6 | Ionel Dănciulescu | 1993–Present | Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti | 169 (Ø 0,44) |
7 | Mircea Sandu | 1970–1987 | Progresul Bucureşti, Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti | 167 (Ø 0,41) |
8 | Victor Piţurcă | 1975–1989 | Olt Scorniceşti, Steaua Bucureşti | 166 (Ø 0,55) |
9 | Mihai Adam | 1962–1976 | Universitatea Cluj-Napoca, Vagonul Arad, CFR Cluj-Napoca | 160 (Ø 0,45) |
10 | Titus Ozon | 1947–1964 | Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti, Dinamo Bucureşti, Dinamo Braşov, Progresul Bucureşti, Rapid Bucureşti | 157 (Ø 0,58) |
National League Ranking at the beginning of the 2008-09 season (Previous season rank in italics)
(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)
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