Liga III

Liga III
Countries  Romania
Founded 1936
Number of teams 96 (6x16)
Levels on pyramid 3
Promotion to Liga II
Relegation to Liga IV
Domestic cup(s) Cupa României
Supercupa României
Current champions FCM Bacău
Callatis Mangalia
Chindia Târgovişte
CSM Slatina
Luceafărul Oradea
FCMU Baia Mare
2011–12 Liga III

Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.

Contents

Current format

Liga III has six parallel regional divisions, each with 12 teams.

Promotion

The winners of each division get promoted to the Liga II.

Relegation

The bottom four teams from each division are relegated at the end of the season to the county football leagues (Liga IV). From the 12th placed teams, another three are relegated. To determine this teams, separate standings are computed, using only the games played against clubs ranked 1st through 11th.

Future changes

Starting with the 2010/2011 season, Liga III reduced its teams, from 108 to 96.

Starting with the 2014/2015 season, Liga III will have only three divisions of 20-22 teams each.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fotbalul românesc, după modelul spaniol!" (in Romanian). liga2.ro. 2009-05-11. http://www.liga2.ro/special/fotbalul-romanesc-dupa-modelul-spaniol-4339635. Retrieved 2009-05-11. 
Liga III seasons
1936–37 · 1937–38  · 1938–39 · 1939–40 · 1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48  · 1948–49 · 1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63  · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12
National teams
Men · (U-21) · Women
League system
men:Liga I · Liga II (2 series) • Liga III (6 series) • Liga IV (42 series)  • Liga V (42 series) • Liga VI (8 series)
women: Liga I Feminin
Domestic cups
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Third level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)
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