2009–10 Liga I

Liga I
Season 2009–10
Champions CFR Cluj
Relegated Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
Politehnica Iaşi
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
Unirea Alba Iulia
Champions League CFR Cluj
Unirea Urziceni
Europa League Vaslui
Steaua Bucureşti
Timişoara
Dinamo Bucureşti
Matches played 246
Goals scored 558 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Cristea (16)
Biggest home win Timişoara 6–0 Ceahlăul
Timişoara 6–0 Alba Iulia
Braşov 6–0 Bistriţa
Biggest away win Gaz Metan 2–6 Timişoara
Ceahlăul 0–4 Dinamo
Ceahlăul 0–4 Rapid
Highest scoring Urziceni 4–4 Dinamo
Gaz Metan 2–6 Timişoara

The 2009–10 Liga I season was the ninety-second since its establishment. Unirea Urziceni were the defending champions.

Contents

Teams

Farul Constanţa, Otopeni and Gloria Buzău were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season after finishing in 16th through 18th place. They were joined by Argeş Piteşti, who were demoted upon a decision of the Romanian FA on 8 July 2009 after their owner, Cornel Penescu, was found guilty of corruption.[1] As a consequence, 15th-placed CS Gaz Metan Mediaş were spared relegation.

The four relegated teams were replaced by the champions and runners-up from both Liga II 2008–09 divisions. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and FC Ploieşti were promoted from Seria I while Unirea Alba Iulia and Internaţional Curtea de Argeş were promoted from Seria II.

Promoted team FC Ploieşti were renamed FC Astra Ploieşti, effective to 1 July 2009.[2]

Stadia and locations

Location of (qualified) teams in Liga I 2009–10
Club City Stadium Capacity
Astra Ploieşti Ploieşti Astra 10,000
Braşov Braşov Silviu Ploeşteanu 13,670
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Piatra Neamţ Ceahlăul 17,500
CFR Cluj Cluj-Napoca Dr. Constantin Rădulescu 23,500
Dinamo Bucureşti Bucharest Dinamo 15,300
Gaz Metan Mediaş Mediaş Municipal Gaz Metan 9,000
Gloria Bistriţa Bistriţa Gloria 8,700
Internaţional Curtea de Argeş Dacia 7,000
Oţelul Galaţi Galaţi Oţelul 13,932
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 9,200
Politehnica Iaşi Iaşi Emil Alexandrescu 12,841
Rapid Bucureşti Bucharest Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu 19,100
Steaua Bucureşti Bucharest Steaua 28,365
Timişoara Timişoara Dan Păltinişanu 32,019
Unirea Alba Iulia Alba Iulia Victoria-Cetate 8,500
Unirea Urziceni Urziceni Tineretului (Urziceni) 7,000
Universitatea Craiova Craiova Ion Oblemenco 27,915
Vaslui Vaslui Municipal (Vaslui) 11,220

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
FC Braşov Nicolò Napoli[3] Sacked July 27, 2009 Viorel Moldovan[3] July 27, 2009
Astra Ploieşti Ion Moldovan[4] Sacked August 20, 2009 Nicolò Napoli[5] August 20, 2009
Steaua Bucureşti Cristiano Bergodi Sacked September 17, 2009 Mihai Stoichiţă September 18, 2009
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Mihai Ionescu Florin Marin
Universitatea Craiova Daniel Mogoşanu Sacked September 21, 2009 Eugen Neagoe September 21, 2009
FC Vaslui Cristian Dulca Sacked September 23, 2009 Dorin Zotincă
FC Vaslui Dorin Zotincă Interim Marius Lăcătuş September 28, 2009
Dinamo Bucureşti Dario Bonetti Sacked October 2, 2009 Marin Ion October 2, 2009
Gloria Bistriţa Sandu Tăbârcă Resigned October 18 , 2009 Florin Halagian
Gloria Bistriţa Florin Halagian Interim Marian Pană October 20, 2009
Dinamo Bucureşti Marin Ion[6] Resigned October 23, 2009 Cornel Ţălnar[7] October 24, 2009
Pandurii Târgu-Jiu Sorin Cârţu Liviu Ciobotariu
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Florin Marin Gheorghe Mulţescu
Rapid Bucureşti Viorel Hizo Resigned October 29, 2009 Nicolae Manea November 1, 2009
CFR Cluj António Conceição Sacked November 16, 2009 Andrea Mandorlini November 18, 2009
Universitatea Craiova Eugen Neagoe Sacked December 13, 2009 Mark Wotte Ianuary 3 , 2010
Internaţional Curtea de Argeş Ştefan Stoica Sacked December 2009 Ionuţ Badea December 2009
Unirea Urziceni Dan Petrescu Resigned December 26, 2009 Ronny Levy December 2009
Gloria Bistriţa Marian Pană Sacked January, 2010 Marius Şumudică January 4, 2010
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Gheorghe Mulţescu Sacked February 27 , 2010 Zoran Filipović March 3 , 2010
Unirea Alba Iulia Adrian Falub Sacked March 8 , 2010 Blaž Slišković March 11, 2010
Pandurii Târgu-Jiu Liviu Ciobotariu Resigned March 17 , 2010 Sorin Cârţu March 17 , 2010
Rapid Bucureşti Nicolae Manea Resigned April 1, 2010 Ioan Andone April 1, 2010
Politehnica Iasi Petre Grigoraş Resigned April 15, 2010 Dumitru Dumitriu April 15, 2010
Astra Ploieşti Nicolò Napoli Sacked April 20, 2010 Marin Barbu April 20, 2010
Universitatea Craiova Mark Wotte Sacked Florin Bejinaru May 14,2010

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 CFR Cluj (C) 34 20 9 5 46 23 +23 69 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Unirea Urziceni 34 18 12 4 53 26 +27 66 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Vaslui 34 18 8 8 44 28 +16 62 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1 VAS 2–1 STE
STE 2–1 VAS
4 Steaua București 34 18 8 8 49 36 +13 62
5 Timișoara 34 15 14 5 55 27 +28 59 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Dinamo București 34 13 14 7 48 37 +11 53 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
7 Rapid București 34 14 10 10 53 38 +15 52
8 Oțelul Galați 34 14 8 12 38 38 0 50
9 Brașov 34 12 10 12 40 30 +10 46
10 Gaz Metan Mediaș 34 9 15 10 33 37 −4 42
11 Gloria Bistrița 34 10 11 13 35 46 −11 41
12 Internațional Curtea de Argeș (R) 34 10 6 18 32 49 −17 36 Relegation to the Liga II 2 INT: 7 pts, 6–4
CRA: 6 pts, 4–6
AST: 4 pts, 5–5
13 Universitatea Craiova 34 11 3 20 44 52 −8 36
14 Astra Ploiești 34 8 12 14 33 45 −12 36
15 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 7 13 14 19 30 −11 34
16 Politehnica Iași (R) 34 7 10 17 28 50 −22 31 Relegation to the Liga II
17 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) 34 6 10 18 28 57 −29 28
18 Unirea Alba Iulia (R) 34 7 5 22 33 62 −29 26

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.
1Since 2009–10 Cupa României winners CFR Cluj and runners-up Vaslui qualified for European competitions via their league placement, the allocation of UEFA Europa League spots effectively reverted to league placement as well, with 6th-placed team Dinamo Bucureşti also qualifying.
2Internaţional were denied a licence for the 2010–11 season because they failed to meet the requirements. Pandurii Târgu Jiu as the 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
Astra Ploiești 12 15 16 18 13 14 11 13 14 12 14 14 15 12 14 13 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 13 13 13 11 12 13 13 14
Brașov 4 5 6 1 1 1 1 4 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 16 17 18 16 17 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 17
CFR Cluj 2 2 1 5 3 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Universitatea Craiova 8 12 9 12 8 11 14 15 12 14 15 15 13 10 11 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 13 11 10 11 13 13 14 14 13
Dinamo București 8 15 7 3 2 4 2 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Gaz Metan Mediaș 10 8 3 9 11 15 12 10 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 10 12 12 12 11 10 10 10
Gloria Bistrița 12 12 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 16 14 14 13 12 12 10 10 10 12 11 10 10 10 11 11 11
Internațional Curtea de Argeș 12 10 14 10 12 10 13 14 15 13 11 11 12 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 12
Oțelul Galați 4 5 12 13 16 13 15 12 13 15 12 12 11 14 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 4 1 4 11 7 3 8 9 10 10 9 10 10 13 12 14 11 13 13 13 14 14 16 16 15 14 15 16 15 15 15 16 16 15
Politehnica Iași 18 18 17 14 15 12 10 8 8 9 13 13 14 11 13 11 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 15 16 16 16 15 15 16
Rapid București 1 7 13 8 10 9 7 3 1 3 3 1 4 2 6 5 5 5 7 5 3 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7
Steaua București 2 2 8 5 9 5 3 5 6 4 4 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 4
Timișoara 4 4 2 2 6 8 6 6 4 1 1 5 5 3 1 1 4 4 2 4 5 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 5
Unirea Alba Iulia 12 12 11 15 14 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18
Unirea Urziceni 16 11 4 7 5 2 5 1 2 5 6 7 7 6 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vaslui 10 9 10 4 4 7 9 11 9 8 5 4 3 1 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 6 2 2 3 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 3
Leaders; Liga I 2nd place; Liga I 3rd place; Liga I

Source: kicker.de (German)

Results

Home \ Away1 AST BRA CEA CFR UCR DIN GAZ GBI INT OŢE PAN PIA RAP STE TIM UAI URZ VAS
Astra Ploiești 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 4–2 0–2 0–0
Brașov 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 6–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 0–0 2–1 2–4 2–1 0–4 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–1
CFR Cluj 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–0
Universitatea Craiova 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–2 5–1 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–4 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–4 1–2
Dinamo București 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–4 2–6 5–0 0–0 0–0
Gloria Bistrița 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–3
Internațional Curtea de Argeș 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2
Oțelul Galați 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–0 1–4 1–0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Politehnica Iași 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–3
Rapid București 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 5–1 0–32 2–0 1–1 3–2
Steaua București 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 0–1 2–1
Timișoara 0–0 1–2 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 6–0 0–0 0–1
Unirea Alba Iulia 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–0
Unirea Urziceni 4–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 3–2 4–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2
Vaslui 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1

Source: LPF (Romanian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The original result (1–0) was annulled and Rapid were awarded a 0–3 loss because they used ineligible players in the match against Timişoara.[8]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 25 April 2010; Source: RomanianSoccer

Position Player Club Goals
1 Andrei Cristea Dinamo Bucureşti 16
2 Pantelis Kapetanos Steaua Bucureşti 15
3 Dorin Goga FC Timişoara 12
Wesley FC Vaslui
Marius Bilaşco Unirea Urziceni
6 Liviu Ganea Astra Ploieşti 11
7 Cristian Bud CFR Cluj 10
Júnior Moraes Gloria Bistriţa
Alexandru Ioniţă Rapid Bucureşti

Season statistics

Scoring

References

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