2008–09 Liga I

Liga I
Season 2008–09
Champions Unirea Urziceni
Relegated Argeş Piteşti
Farul Constanţa
Otopeni
Gloria Buzău
Champions League Unirea Urziceni
Timişoara
Europa League Dinamo Bucureşti
CFR Cluj
Vaslui
Steaua Bucureşti
Matches played 306
Goals scored 707 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Gheorghe Bucur (17)
Florin Costea (17)
Biggest home win Otopeni 6–0 Farul
Biggest away win Pandurii 1–5 Unirea
Gloria Buzău 1–5 Unirea
Otopeni 0–4 CFR
Highest scoring Argeş 5–2 Dinamo
Vaslui 4–3 Timişoara
Gaz Metan 2–5 Craiova
Highest attendance Timişoara–Steaua (22 May 2009, 30,000)[1]
Lowest attendance Otopeni–Bistriţa (23 November 2008, 100)[2]

The 2008–09 Liga I was the 91st season of top-tier football in Romania. It began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.

Contents

Team movement from 2007-08

Teams relegated to Liga II at the end of the previous season

Teams promoted from Liga II

Overview

Stadia and locations


Otopeni        
Location of teams in Liga I 2008–09
Team Venue Capacity
Argeş Piteşti Nicolae Dobrin 16,500
Braşov Silviu Ploeşteanu 12,670
CFR Cluj Dr. Constantin Rădulescu 25,000
Dinamo Bucureşti Dinamo 15,300
Farul Constanţa Farul 15,500
Gaz Metan Mediaş Municipal (Gaz Metan) 8,000
Gloria Bistriţa Gloria 7,800
Gloria Buzău Municipal (Buzău) 18,000
Otopeni Astra 10,000
Oţelul Galaţi Oţelul 13,500
Pandurii Tudor Vladimirescu 9,200
Politehnica Iaşi Emil Alexandrescu 12,500
Rapid Bucureşti Giuleşti - Valentin Stănescu 19,100
Steaua Bucureşti Steaua 28,365
Timişoara Dan Păltinişanu 32,019
Unirea Urziceni Tineretului (Urziceni) 7,000
Universitatea Craiova Ion Oblemenco 27,915
Vaslui Municipal (Vaslui) 9,220

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Dinamo Bucureşti Cornel Ţălnar[3] Contract not renewed 02008-04-17 April 17, 2008 Mircea Rednic[3] 02008-04-17 April 17, 2008
Rapid Bucureşti Marian Rada Contract not renewed 02008-06-03 June 3, 2008 José Peseiro[4] 02008-06-03 June 3, 2008
SC Vaslui Emil Săndoi[5] Contract not renewed 02008-06-10 June 10, 2008 Viorel Hizo[5] 02008-06-10 June 10, 2008
CS Otopeni Liviu Ciobotariu[6] Contract not renewed 02008-06-18 June 18, 2008 Miodrag Ješić[7] 02008-06-21 June 21, 2008
Gloria Buzău Ştefan Stoica[8] Sacked 02008-08-11 August 11, 2008 Álvaro Magalhães[9] 02008-08-12 August 12, 2008
CS Otopeni Miodrag Ješić[10] Caretaker 02008-08-18 August 18, 2008 Gabriel Mărgărit[11] 02008-08-18 August 18, 2008
CFR Cluj Ioan Andone[12] Sacked 02008-08-30 August 30, 2008 Maurizio Trombetta[13] 02008-09-01 September 1, 2008
CS Otopeni Gabriel Mărgărit[14] Sacked 02008-09-08 September 8, 2008 Marian Bucurescu[14] 02008-09-08 September 8, 2008
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Eugen Neagoe[15] Sacked 02008-09-21 September 21, 2008 Sorin Cârţu[16] 02008-09-21 September 21, 2008
Rapid Bucureşti José Peseiro[17] Sacked 02008-10-02 October 2, 2008 Nicolae Manea[18] 02008-10-03 October 3, 2008
Gloria Buzău Álvaro Magalhães[19] Sacked 02008-10-03 October 3, 2008 Mario Marinică[20] 02008-10-09 October 9, 2008
Rapid Bucureşti Nicolae Manea[21] Caretaker 02008-10-09 October 9, 2008 José Peseiro[21] 02008-10-09 October 9, 2008
Steaua Bucureşti Marius Lăcătuş[22] Resigned 02008-10-22 October 22, 2008 Dorinel Munteanu[23] 02008-10-26 October 26, 2008
SC Vaslui Viorel Hizo[24] Sacked 02008-11-01 November 1, 2008 Viorel Moldovan[25] 02008-11-01 November 1, 2008
CS Otopeni Marian Bucurescu[26] Resigned 02008-11-24 November 24, 2008 Liviu Ciobotariu[26] 02008-11-24 November 24, 2008
FC Timişoara Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[27] Sacked 02008-12-02 December 2, 2008 Gavril Balint[28] 02008-12-29 December 29, 2008
Gloria Buzău Mario Marinică[29] Sacked 02008-12-17 December 17, 2008 Constantin Cârstea[30] 02009-01-28 January 28, 2009
Steaua Bucureşti Dorinel Munteanu[31] Sacked 02008-12-31 December 31, 2008 Marius Lăcătuş[31] 02009-01-01 January 1, 2009
CFR Cluj Maurizio Trombetta[32] Sacked 02009-01-06 January 6, 2009 Ales Jindra and
Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[33]		 02009-01-08 January 8, 2009
Politehnica Iaşi Ionuţ Popa[34] Resigned 02009-01-11 January 11, 2009 Cristiano Bergodi[35] 02009-01-18 January 18, 2009
Rapid Bucureşti José Peseiro Sacked 02009-01-12 January 12, 2009 Marian Rada[36] 02009-01-14 January 14, 2009
CFR Cluj Ales Jindra and
Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[37]		 Sacked 02009-04-05 April 5, 2009 Toni[38] 02009-04-06 April 6, 2009
Farul Constanţa Ion Marin[39] Resigned 02009-04-13 April 13, 2009 Lucian Marinof[40] 02009-04-13 April 13, 2009
Rapid Bucureşti Marian Rada[41] Resigned 02009-04-17 April 17, 2009 Viorel Hizo[42] 02009-05-03 May 3, 2009
Universitatea Craiova Nicolo Napoli[43] Sacked 02009-05-15 May 15, 2009 Ionel Gane[44] 02009-05-15 May 15, 2009
Steaua Bucureşti Marius Lăcătuş[45] Resigned 02009-05-17 May 17, 2009 Massimo Pedrazzini[46] 02009-05-18 May 18, 2009
FC Vaslui Viorel Moldovan[47] Resigned 02009-05-26 May 26, 2009 Cristian Dulca[48] 02009-05-26 May 26, 2009
FC Timişoara Gavril Balint[49] Sacked 02009-05-31 May 31, 2009 Valentin Velcea[50] 02009-06-01 June 1, 2009

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Unirea Urziceni (C) 34 21 7 6 51 20 +31 70 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Timișoara 34 20 7 7 58 38 +20 67 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Dinamo București 34 20 5 9 56 30 +26 65 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 CFR Cluj 34 16 11 7 44 26 +18 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
5 Vaslui 34 17 6 11 44 37 +7 57 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Steaua București 34 14 14 6 44 27 +17 56 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round STE 2–1 CRA
CRA 0–0 STE
7 Universitatea Craiova 34 15 11 8 44 25 +19 56
8 Rapid București 34 16 7 11 44 34 +10 55 RAP 3–1 BRA
BRA 0–0 RAP
9 Brașov 34 14 13 7 35 25 +10 55
10 Argeş Piteşti (R) 34 12 8 14 41 47 −6 44 Relegation to the Liga II 2
11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 11 10 13 27 36 −9 43
12 Oțelul Galați 34 11 7 16 37 48 −11 40
13 Gloria Bistrița 34 11 5 18 32 44 −12 38
14 Politehnica Iași 34 10 7 17 32 47 −15 37
15 Gaz Metan Mediaș 34 10 6 18 36 51 −15 36
16 Farul Constanţa (R) 34 8 6 20 27 56 −29 30 Relegation to the Liga II
17 Otopeni (R) 34 5 7 22 32 54 −22 22
18 Gloria Buzău (R) 34 4 5 25 23 62 −39 17

Source: LPF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Note: Timişoara were deducted 6 points after not respecting a ruling from CAS.[51] However, this decision has been revoken by the CAS on 11 June 2009.[52]
1CFR Cluj as 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
2Argeş Piteşti were relegated to the 2009–10 Liga II due to bribery of referees. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Argeş Piteşti 9 13 10 14 14 13 11 12 9 9 7 5 8 6 7 4 8 8 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Brașov 4 8 12 11 11 8 5 6 6 6 9 10 10 9 11 10 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
CFR Cluj 1 1 5 7 8 10 8 5 5 5 5 7 5 7 3 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 4
Universitatea Craiova 3 8 8 9 9 9 12 10 10 10 8 5 6 3 4 3 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 7
Dinamo București 9 6 4 1 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
Farul Constanţa 4 12 13 12 12 6 7 11 12 14 14 12 13 15 15 14 14 12 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Gaz Metan Mediaș 7 14 9 13 13 14 13 13 14 13 13 14 14 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 13 14 15 15 15 15 15
Gloria Bistrița 17 11 14 10 10 12 14 14 15 16 17 15 16 14 13 13 12 13 12 12 12 13 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13
Gloria Buzău 13 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Otopeni 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 17 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Oțelul Galați 7 5 3 1 5 7 10 9 8 8 6 9 9 11 10 11 10 9 8 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 12
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 9 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 13 14 14 14 13 14 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 12 11
Politehnica Iași 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 17 15 15 17 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 12 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 14
Rapid București 2 2 1 4 2 5 6 8 11 11 10 8 7 8 8 8 7 5 5 5 3 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 7 8
Steaua București 13 8 7 5 6 4 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 6 6 8 7 8 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 6 6
Timișoara 9 4 11 8 7 11 9 7 4 4 4 3 3 5 6 7 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Unirea Urziceni 13 7 6 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Vaslui 4 3 2 6 3 2 4 4 7 7 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 7 8 6 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 5

Timişoara finish the championship on the place 3 and Dinamo on the place 2. But after finish championship Timişoara has received the 6 points and advanced to ranks 2.

Leaders; Liga I 2nd place; Liga I 3rd place; Liga I

Source: kicker.de (German)

Results

Home \ Away1 ARG BRA CFR UCR DIN FAR GAZ GBI GBU OTO OŢE PAN PIA RAP STE TIM URZ VAS
Argeş Piteşti 1–0 0–2 1–1 5–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0
Brașov 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
CFR Cluj 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0
Universitatea Craiova 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1
Dinamo București 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 4–1
Farul Constanţa 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–5 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–2
Gloria Bistrița 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–3
Gloria Buzău 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–5 4–1
Otopeni 1–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 2–3 6–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2
Oțelul Galați 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–5 1–0
Politehnica Iași 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–3
Rapid București 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2
Steaua București 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1
Timișoara 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1
Unirea Urziceni 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Vaslui 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–3 0–2

Source: LPF (Romanian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: liga1.ro (Romanian)

Place Scorer Scored Team
1 Florin Costea 17 Universitatea Craiova
Gheorghe Bucur FC Timişoara
3 Spadacio 16 Rapid Bucureşti
4 Ionel Dănciulescu 12 Dinamo Bucureşti
Marius Niculae
6 Pantelis Kapetanos 11 Steaua Bucureşti
Bogdan Stancu
8 Yssouf Koné 10 CFR Cluj
9 Gabriel Paraschiv 9 Oţelul Galaţi
10 Alexandru Curtean 8 Gaz Metan Mediaş / FC Timişoara
Mike Temwanjera Vaslui
Chico Farul Constanţa
Marius Onofraş Unirea Urziceni
Marius Bilaşco

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

See also

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