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, Florin Costea (17)
Biggest home win Otopeni 6–0 Farul
Biggest away win Pandurii 1–5 Unirea
Buzău 1–5 Unirea
Otopeni 0–4 CFR
Highest scoring Argeş 5–2 Dinamo
Vaslui 4–3 Timişoara
Gaz Metan 2–5 Universitatea
Highest attendance Timişoara–Steaua (30,000)[1]
Lowest attendance Otopeni–Bistriţa (100)[2]

The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.

Team changes

Promoted

Teams promoted from Liga II at the beginning of the season.

Relegated

Teams relegated to Liga II at the end of season.

Overview

Stadia and locations

Argeş
Braşov
Dinamo
Farul
Gaz Metan
Gloria Bistriţa

Otopeni        
Oţelul
Poli Iaşi
Rapid
Steaua
Timişoara
Vaslui
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 Romania Cornel Ţălnar[3] Contract not renewed 17 April 2008 Romania Mircea Rednic[3] 17 April 2008
Rapid Bucureşti Romania Marian Rada Contract not renewed 3 June 2008 Portugal José Peseiro[4] 3 June 2008
Vaslui Romania Emil Săndoi[5] Contract not renewed 10 June 2008 Romania Viorel Hizo[5] 10 June 2008
Otopeni Romania Liviu Ciobotariu[6] Contract not renewed 18 June 2008 Serbia Miodrag Ješić[7] 21 June 2008
Gloria Buzău Romania Ştefan Stoica[8] Sacked 11 August 2008 Portugal Álvaro Magalhães[9] 12 August 2008
Otopeni Serbia Miodrag Ješić[10] Caretaker 18 August 2008 Romania Gabriel Mărgărit[11] 18 August 2008
CFR Cluj Romania Ioan Andone[12] Sacked 30 August 2008 Italy Maurizio Trombetta[13] 1 September 2008
Otopeni Romania Gabriel Mărgărit[14] Sacked 8 September 2008 Romania Marian Bucurescu[14] 8 September 2008
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Eugen Neagoe[15] Sacked 21 September 2008 Romania Sorin Cârţu[16] 21 September 2008
Rapid Bucureşti Portugal José Peseiro[17] Sacked 2 October 2008 Romania Nicolae Manea[18] 3 October 2008
Gloria Buzău Portugal Álvaro Magalhães[19] Sacked 3 October 2008 Romania Mario Marinică[20] 9 October 2008
Rapid Bucureşti Romania Nicolae Manea[21] Caretaker 9 October 2008 Portugal José Peseiro[21] 9 October 2008
Steaua Bucureşti Romania Marius Lăcătuş[22] Resigned 22 October 2008 Romania Dorinel Munteanu[23] 26 October 2008
Vaslui Romania Viorel Hizo[24] Sacked 1 November 2008 Romania Viorel Moldovan[25] 1 November 2008
Otopeni Romania Marian Bucurescu[26] Resigned 24 November 2008 Romania Liviu Ciobotariu[26] 24 November 2008
Timişoara Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[27] Sacked 2 December 2008 Romania Gavril Balint[28] 29 December 2008
Gloria Buzău Romania Mario Marinică[29] Sacked 17 December 2008 Romania Constantin Cârstea[30] 28 January 2009
Steaua Bucureşti Romania Dorinel Munteanu[31] Sacked 31 December 2008 Romania Marius Lăcătuş[31] 1 January 2009
CFR Cluj Italy Maurizio Trombetta[32] Sacked 6 January 2009 Czech Republic Ales Jindra and
Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[33]		 8 January 2009
Politehnica Iaşi Romania Ionuţ Popa[34] Resigned 11 January 2009 Italy Cristiano Bergodi[35] 18 January 2009
Rapid Bucureşti Portugal José Peseiro Sacked 12 January 2009 Romania Marian Rada[36] 14 January 2009
CFR Cluj Czech Republic Ales Jindra and
Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[37]		 Sacked 5 April 2009 Portugal Toni[38] 6 April 2009
Farul Constanţa Romania Ion Marin[39] Resigned 13 April 2009 Romania Lucian Marinof[40] 13 April 2009
Rapid Bucureşti Romania Marian Rada[41] Resigned 17 April 2009 Romania Viorel Hizo[42] 3 May 2009
Universitatea Craiova Italy Nicolo Napoli[43] Sacked 15 May 2009 Romania Ionel Gane[44] 15 May 2009
Steaua Bucureşti Romania Marius Lăcătuş[45] Resigned 17 May 2009 Italy Massimo Pedrazzini[46] 18 May 2009
Vaslui Romania Viorel Moldovan[47] Resigned 26 May 2009 Romania Cristian Dulca[48] 26 May 2009
Timişoara Romania Gavril Balint[49] Sacked 31 May 2009 Romania Valentin Velcea[50] 1 June 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 Politehnica 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 56rowspan=3|
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 Argeș Pitești (R) 34 12 8 14 41 47−6 44 Relegation to 2009–10 Liga II 2
11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 11 10 13 27 36−9 43rowspan=4|
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 Spared from relegation 2
16 Farul Constanța (R) 34 8 6 20 27 56−29 30 Relegation to 2009–10 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]
1 CFR Cluj as the 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
2 Argeş Piteşti were relegated to the Liga II due to allegations of referee bribery. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.[53]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Argeș Pitești 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 Constanța 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
Politehnica 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 ╲ Away[1] ARG BRA CFRUCRDINFARGAZGBIGBUOTOOȚEPANPIARAPSTETIMURZVAS
Argeș Pitești 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 Constanța 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
Politehnica 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)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Romania Florin Costea Universitatea Craiova 17
Romania Gheorghe Bucur Timişoara
3 Brazil Spadacio Rapid Bucureşti 16
4 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo Bucureşti 12
Romania Marius Niculae
6 Greece Pantelis Kapetanos Steaua Bucureşti 11
Romania Bogdan Stancu
8 Burkina Faso Yssouf Koné CFR Cluj 10
9 Romania Gabriel Paraschiv Oţelul Galaţi 9
10 Romania Alexandru Curtean Gaz Metan Mediaş / Timişoara 8
Zimbabwe Mike Temwanjera Vaslui
Portugal Chico Farul Constanţa
Romania Marius Onofraş Unirea Urziceni
Romania Marius Bilaşco

Source: Liga1.ro (Romanian)

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

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