Countries | Romania |
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Confederation | UEFA |
Founded | 1909 |
Number of teams | 18 |
Levels on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Liga II |
Domestic cup(s) | Cupa României Supercupa României |
International cup(s) | Champions League Europa League |
Current champions | CFR Cluj (2009–10) |
Most championships | Steaua Bucureşti (23 titles) |
TV partners | GSP TV, Digi Sport, Antena 1 |
Website | http://www.lpf.ro |
2010–11 Season |
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier[1], is the top division of the Romanian football league system. 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".[2] Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909-10 campaign, and currently enjoys a ranking of 8th in UEFA's league coefficient ranking list.
Liga I is part of Romanian Professional Football League (LPF).
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.[3]
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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 and 4th placed team is eligible to compete in the UEFA Cup.
The most successful teams over the years have been Steaua Bucureşti (23 titles), Dinamo Bucureşti (18 titles), UT Arad (6 titles), Universitatea Craiova (4 titles) and other notable teams being: Rapid Bucureşti and Petrolul Ploieşti, each with three titles won. 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 their Ursus beer.[4]
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 their Bürger beer.[5]
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.[6]
In late 2008, Frutti Fresh, a Romanian soft drink company bought the rights and the league was named after the brand as Frutti Fresh Liga I.
For the 2009/2010 Season Gamebookers.com - the biggest online betting firm in Romania - purchased the league naming rights and renamed the division "Liga 1 Gamebookers.com".
In 2004, Telesport, a small TV network, bought the broadcasting rights for $28 million. The four seasons contract ended 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.[7]
The bolded teams play in the 2010-11 season of Liga I. The teams in italics no longer exist.
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 |
Petrolul Ploieşti |
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1957-58, 1958-59, 1965-66 |
Rapid Bucureşti |
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1966-67, 1998-99, 2002-03 |
Argeş Piteşti |
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1971-72, 1978-79 |
CFR Cluj |
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2007-08, 2009-10 |
Colentina Bucureşti |
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1912-13, 1913-14 |
Olympia Bucureşti |
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1909-10, 1910-11 |
CA Oradea |
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1948-49 |
Colţea Braşov |
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1927-28 |
Juventus Bucureşti |
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1929-30 |
Prahova Ploieşti |
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1915-16 |
CSM Reşiţa |
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1930-31 |
Româno-Americană Bucureşti |
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1914-15 |
Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti |
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1940-41 |
Unirea Urziceni |
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2008-09 |
United Ploieşti |
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1911-12 |
The following table lists the Romanian champions by cities.
City | Titles | Winning Clubs |
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Steaua (23), Dinamo (18), Venus (8), Rapid (3), Colentina (2), Olympia (2), Juventus (1), Româno-Americană (1), Unirea Tricolor (1) |
Timişoara |
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Chinezul (6), Ripensia (4), |
Arad |
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UTA (6) |
Ploieşti |
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Petrolul (3), Prahova (1), United (1) |
Craiova |
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Universitatea (4) |
Piteşti |
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Argeş (2) |
Cluj-Napoca |
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CFR (2) |
Braşov |
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Colţea (1) |
Oradea |
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CAO (1) |
Reşiţa |
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CSM (1) |
Urziceni |
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Unirea (1) |
The ranking is computed awarding two points for a win, one for a draw. It doesn't include matches played in the 2010/11 season. The teams in bold play in the 2010/11 season of Liga I. The teams in bold italics currently play in Liga 1.[8]
# | Team | S | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Steaua Bucureşti | 62 | 1876 | 1038 | 427 | 411 | 3593 | 1928 | 2503 |
2 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 61 | 1846 | 1025 | 402 | 419 | 3615 | 1977 | 2452 |
3 | Rapid Bucureşti | 62 | 1764 | 799 | 400 | 565 | 2746 | 2141 | 1998 |
4 | Universitatea Craiova | 45 | 1458 | 653 | 314 | 491 | 2181 | 1679 | 1620 |
5 | Argeş Piteşti | 44 | 1404 | 571 | 276 | 557 | 1845 | 1797 | 1418 |
6 | Universitatea Cluj | 51 | 1440 | 498 | 292 | 650 | 1877 | 2248 | 1288 |
7 | FCM Bacău | 42 | 1319 | 489 | 262 | 568 | 1538 | 1809 | 1240 |
8 | FC Braşov | 41 | 1259 | 478 | 265 | 516 | 1577 | 1634 | 1221 |
9 | Farul Constanţa | 42 | 1299 | 473 | 260 | 566 | 1577 | 1839 | 1206 |
10 | Petrolul Ploieşti | 41 | 1223 | 466 | 267 | 490 | 1550 | 1546 | 1199 |
11 | Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti | 34 | 1086 | 422 | 242 | 422 | 1494 | 1461 | 1086 |
12 | UTA Arad | 38 | 1071 | 419 | 244 | 408 | 1599 | 1522 | 1082 |
13 | Jiul Petroşani | 41 | 1197 | 402 | 250 | 545 | 1403 | 1845 | 1054 |
14 | Politehnica Timişoara | 35 | 1046 | 382 | 238 | 426 | 1374 | 1502 | 1002 |
15 | Naţional Bucureşti | 32 | 945 | 380 | 189 | 376 | 1355 | 1320 | 949 |
16 | Politehnica Iaşi | 28 | 881 | 297 | 187 | 397 | 1028 | 1264 | 781 |
17 | Oţelul Galaţi | 22 | 724 | 295 | 140 | 289 | 873 | 911 | 732 |
18 | Gloria Bistriţa | 20 | 656 | 258 | 113 | 285 | 848 | 885 | 629 |
19 | ASA Târgu Mureş | 21 | 690 | 251 | 109 | 330 | 817 | 1025 | 611 |
20 | FC Corvinul Hunedoara | 17 | 562 | 210 | 98 | 254 | 831 | 881 | 518 |
21 | CFR Cluj | 15 | 474 | 191 | 127 | 156 | 578 | 586 | 509 |
22 | Bihor Oradea | 18 | 572 | 181 | 118 | 273 | 683 | 893 | 480 |
23 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | 14 | 460 | 166 | 98 | 196 | 560 | 657 | 430 |
24 | CSM Reşiţa | 16 | 482 | 154 | 103 | 225 | 667 | 891 | 411 |
25 | CA Oradea | 17 | 378 | 145 | 80 | 153 | 630 | 635 | 370 |
26 | 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 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 10 | 340 | 121 | 64 | 155 | 368 | 533 | 306 |
29 | FC Timişoara | 8 | 256 | 109 | 68 | 79 | 345 | 299 | 286 |
30 | CFR Timişoara | 11 | 273 | 104 | 70 | 99 | 406 | 392 | 278 |
31 | Inter Sibiu | 8 | 272 | 110 | 47 | 115 | 358 | 276 | 267 |
32 | Juventus Bucureşti | 12 | 268 | 102 | 61 | 105 | 501 | 479 | 265 |
33 | Chindia Târgovişte | 9 | 298 | 95 | 64 | 139 | 312 | 469 | 254 |
34 | Venus Bucureşti | 9 | 180 | 108 | 35 | 37 | 499 | 248 | 251 |
35 | Ripensia Timişoara | 9 | 184 | 110 | 28 | 46 | 512 | 277 | 248 |
36 | CS Târgu Mureş | 10 | 241 | 85 | 46 | 110 | 360 | 418 | 216 |
37 | Maramureş Baia Mare | 7 | 230 | 83 | 35 | 112 | 267 | 370 | 201 |
38 | Vagonul Arad | 9 | 184 | 76 | 31 | 77 | 318 | 323 | 183 |
39 | Astra Ploieşti | 6 | 192 | 67 | 47 | 78 | 228 | 230 | 181 |
40 | FC Vaslui | 5 | 166 | 66 | 47 | 53 | 196 | 180 | 179 |
41 | Olimpia Satu Mare | 7 | 222 | 69 | 40 | 113 | 223 | 363 | 178 |
42 | Unirea Urziceni | 4 | 136 | 68 | 40 | 28 | 176 | 99 | 176 |
43 | Victoria Bucureşti | 5 | 153 | 70 | 33 | 50 | 242 | 203 | 173 |
44 | Gloria Buzău | 7 | 238 | 64 | 45 | 129 | 236 | 403 | 173 |
45 | Gloria Arad | 8 | 156 | 59 | 31 | 66 | 296 | 332 | 149 |
46 | Victoria Cluj | 8 | 154 | 61 | 23 | 70 | 266 | 294 | 145 |
47 | Electroputere (Extensiv) Craiova | 5 | 170 | 54 | 36 | 80 | 171 | 213 | 144 |
48 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 5 | 166 | 48 | 42 | 76 | 130 | 188 | 138 |
49 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 6 | 178 | 54 | 30 | 94 | 193 | 328 | 138 |
50 | Flacăra Moreni | 4 | 136 | 53 | 23 | 60 | 180 | 198 | 129 |
51 | Dunărea CSU Galaţi | 5 | 170 | 44 | 32 | 94 | 174 | 310 | 120 |
52 | Chinezul Timişoara | 6 | 120 | 46 | 21 | 53 | 281 | 288 | 113 |
53 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | 5 | 154 | 35 | 40 | 79 | 165 | 277 | 110 |
54 | Crişana Oradea | 6 | 110 | 40 | 20 | 50 | 199 | 232 | 100 |
55 | Foresta Suceava | 3 | 98 | 24 | 27 | 47 | 102 | 145 | 75 |
56 | Minerul Lupeni | 4 | 101 | 30 | 15 | 56 | 106 | 204 | 75 |
57 | FC Ploieşti | 5 | 102 | 28 | 16 | 58 | 131 | 255 | 72 |
58 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 3 | 94 | 24 | 21 | 49 | 93 | 171 | 69 |
59 | Phoenix Baia Mare | 3 | 62 | 26 | 11 | 25 | 96 | 106 | 63 |
60 | Ciocanul Bucureşti | 2 | 56 | 24 | 10 | 22 | 100 | 87 | 58 |
61 | Rocar Bucureşti | 2 | 64 | 25 | 6 | 33 | 93 | 107 | 56 |
62 | FC Oneşti | 2 | 68 | 21 | 6 | 41 | 94 | 160 | 48 |
63 | CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc | 2 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 31 | 40 |
64 | Siderurgistul Galaţi | 2 | 52 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 62 | 104 | 36 |
65 | Carmen Bucureşti | 1 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 90 | 44 | 33 |
66 | Metalul Câmpia Turzii | 2 | 48 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 46 | 86 | 33 |
67 | Gloria CFR Galaţi | 2 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 54 | 100 | 33 |
68 | CAM Timişoara | 2 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 76 | 31 |
69 | Ferar Cluj | 1 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 29 | 30 |
70 | Internaţional Curtea de Argeş | 1 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 49 | 26 |
71 | Dermata Cluj | 1 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 50 | 25 |
72 | CSM Suceava | 1 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 69 | 25 |
73 | FC Craiova | 2 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 61 | 171 | 25 |
74 | Mica Brad | 1 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 51 | 43 | 24 |
75 | Dacia Mioveni | 1 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 24 |
76 | Şoimii Sibiu | 3 | 48 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 131 | 22 |
77 | CS Otopeni | 1 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 17 |
78 | Viitorul Bucureşti | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 15 |
79 | Vulturii Lugoj | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 14 |
80 | Metalochimic Bucureşti | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 50 | 80 | 14 |
81 | UM Timişoara | 1 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 71 | 12 |
82 | Aripile CFR Braşov | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 45 | 11 |
83 | Prahova Ploieşti | 2 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 99 | 21 |
84 | Avântul Reghin | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 57 | 9 |
85 | Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 57 | 8 |
86 | Braşovia Braşov | 2 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 28 | 85 | 5 |
87 | Mureşul Târgu Mureş | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 53 | 4 |
88 | FCM Târgu Mureş | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
89 | Victoria Brăneşti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The ranking doesn't include matches played and goals scored in the 2009/10 season.[9]
Player | Period | Club[11] | Games | |
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1 | Costică Ştefănescu | 1969–88 | Steaua Bucureşti, Universitatea Craiova, FCM Braşov | 490 |
2 | Florea Ispir | 1970–87 | ASA Târgu Mureş | 485 |
3 | László Bölöni | 1970–87 | ASA Târgu Mureş, Steaua Bucureşti | 484 |
4 | Costel Câmpeanu | 1987–05 | SC Bacău, Dinamo Bucureşti, Gloria Bistriţa, Progresul Bucureşti, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | 470 |
5 | Paul Cazan | 1972–87 | Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti | 465 |
6 | Cornel Dinu | 1966–83 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 454 |
7 | Petre Marin | 1993–Present | Sportul Studenţesc, Naţional Bucureşti, Rapid Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Unirea Urziceni | 449 |
8 | Constantin Stancu | 1976–90 | Argeş Piteşti | 447 |
9 | Ion Dumitru | 1967–88 | Rapid Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Politehnica Timişoara, Universitatea Craiova | 442 |
10 | Octavian Grigore | 1982–00 | Petrolul Ploieşti | 441 |
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1 | Dudu Georgescu | 1970–86 | Progresul Bucureşti, CSM Reşiţa, Dinamo Bucureşti, SC Bacău, Gloria Buzău, Flacăra Moreni | 252 (Ø 0,68) |
2 | Rodion Cămătaru | 1974–89 | Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo Bucureşti | 198 (Ø 0,52) |
3 | Marin Radu | 1974–89 | Argeş Piteşti, Olt Scorniceşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Inter Sibiu | 190 (Ø 0,49) |
4 | Ionel Dănciulescu | 1993–Present | Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti | 186 (Ø 0,44) |
5 | Florea Dumitrache | 1966–83 | Dinamo Bucureşti, Jiul Petroşani, Corvinul Hunedoara | 170 (Ø 0,47) |
5 | Ion Oblemenco | 1964–76 | Rapid Bucureşti, Universitatea Craiova | 170 (Ø 0,62) |
7 | Mircea Sandu | 1970–87 | Progresul Bucureşti, Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti | 167 (Ø 0,41) |
8 | Victor Piţurcă | 1975–89 | Olt Scorniceşti, Steaua Bucureşti | 166 (Ø 0,55) |
9 | Mihai Adam | 1962–76 | Universitatea Cluj-Napoca, Vagonul Arad, CFR Cluj-Napoca | 160 (Ø 0,45) |
10 | Titus Ozon | 1947–64 | Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti, Dinamo Bucureşti, Dinamo Braşov, Progresul Bucureşti, Rapid Bucureşti | 157 (Ø 0,58) |
The national league rankings for the 2011–12 season of UEFA competitions is based upon results in UEFA competitions from the 2005–06 through 2009–10 seasons. The previous rank, which was used to calculate team allocations for 2010–11 competitions, is given in parentheses.
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