2009–10 Liga II

Liga II
Season 2009–10
Promoted Victoria Brănești
Sportul Studentesc
FCM Targu Mures
U Cluj
Relegated FCM Bacău
Tricolorul Breaza
CSM Ramnicul Sarat
Cetatea Suceava
Muresul Deva
ACS Fortuna Covaci
CS Jiul Petrosani
FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin
CFR Timișoara
Top goalscorer Viorel Ferfelea (23 goals)
Paul Batin (15 goals)

The 2009–10 Liga II is the 70th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on August 15, 2009 and will end on June 5, 2010.

League tables

Seria I

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Victoria Brănești (C) (P) 34 21 8 5 62 28+34 71 Promotion to Liga I
2 Sportul Studențesc București (P) 34 20 8 6 65 26+39 68
3 Petrolul Ploiești 34 18 13 3 58 20+38 67rowspan=9 style="background-color:white;"|
4 FC Snagov 34 18 6 10 62 41+21 60
5 Delta Tulcea 34 17 8 9 41 23+18 59
6 Săgeata Stejaru 34 17 7 10 46 29+17 58
7 Concordia Chiajna 34 16 6 12 51 36+15 54
8 Farul Constanța 34 16 5 13 52 48+4 53
9 Dunărea Giurgiu 34 14 7 13 43 41+2 49 BOT 0–1 GIU
GIU 2–1 BOT
10 FC Botoșani 34 13 10 11 45 36+9 49
11 Dunărea Galați 34 13 6 15 37 39−2 45
12 FCM Bacău (R) 34 12 7 15 47 57−10 433 Relegation to Liga III
13 Steaua II București 34 10 11 13 36 360 41rowspan=3 style="background-color:white;"|
14 Gloria Buzău 34 12 7 15 39 44−5 351
15 Dinamo II București 34 8 5 21 36 67−31 29
16 Tricolorul Breaza (R) 34 8 4 22 31 66−35 28 Relegation to Liga III
17 CSM Râmnicu Sărat (R) 34 4 7 23 14 68−54 19
18 Cetatea Suceava (R) 34 2 9 23 16 76−60 152

Source: frfotbal.ro (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
1 Gloria Buzău were deducted 8 points after not reaching the 25 points minimum margin in the 2008–09 Liga I season.
2 Cetatea Suceava were excluded from the championship during the winter break, due to the team owing approximately € 1 million in unpaid wages and taxes.[1][2] Their remaining matches were scratched and were credited as a 3–0 win for their opponents.
3 Bacău were excluded from the championship, starting from the 33rd round, due to financial problems.[3] Their remaining matches have been scratched and will be credited as a 3–0 win for their opponents.
(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.

Seria II

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 FCM Târgu Mureș (C) (P) 32 20 9 3 52 20+32 69 Promotion to Liga I FCM 2–2 UCJ
UCJ 1–2 FCM
2 Universitatea Cluj (P) 32 21 6 5 62 23+39 69
3 Dacia Mioveni 32 19 9 4 46 20+26 66rowspan=11 style="background-color:white;"|
4 UTA Arad 32 16 10 6 50 26+24 58
5 Argeș Pitești 32 16 5 11 47 32+15 53
6 CS Otopeni 32 15 8 9 59 40+19 501
7 Gaz Metan CFR Craiova 32 12 9 11 39 36+3 45
8 FC Baia Mare 32 11 11 10 34 35−1 44
9 Bihor Oradea 32 10 12 10 49 40+9 42 ARI 2–3 BIH
BIH 2–2 ARI
10 Arieşul Turda 32 13 3 16 40 43−3 42
11 Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei 32 10 7 15 31 46−15 37
12 Minerul Lupeni 32 8 12 12 33 41−8 36 MIN 0–0 CSM
CSM 3–3 MIN
13 Râmnicu Vâlcea 32 9 9 14 51 510 36
14 Mureşul Deva (R) 32 9 4 19 28 50−22 31 Relegation to Liga III
15 Fortuna Covaci (R) 32 7 5 20 37 59−22 26 FOR 2–3 JIU
JIU 0–3 FOR
16 Jiul Petroşani (R) 31 7 5 19 21 59−38 264
17 FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin (R) 31 5 2 24 12 70−58 173
18 CFR Timişoara (R) 0 0 0 0 0 00 02

Source: frfotbal.ro (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
1 Otopeni were deducted three points after not reaching the 25 points minimum margin in the 2008–09 Liga I season.
2 CFR Timişoara were excluded from the championship, starting from the 13th round, due to non-fulfilled payment obligations to their players and officials.[4] Their record was expunged.
3 Drobeta-Turnu Severin withdrew from the championship during the winter break because their investors retired from financing the club.[5] Their remaining matches have been scratched and were credited as a 3–0 win for their opponents.
4 Jiul Petroşani were excluded from the championship, starting from the 21st round, due to non-fulfilled payment obligations to their players.[6][7] Their remaining matches have been scratched and were credited as a 3–0 win for their opponents.
(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.

Top goalscorers

Note: Last updated on 6 June 2010.

Seria 1

23 goals
20 goals
16 goals
5 goals
2 goals
0 goals

Seria 2

15 goals
13 goals
12 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goals
0 goals

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cetatea se desfiinţează!? (Romanian)
  2. ↑ Înglodaţi în datorii (Romanian)
  3. ↑ S-au prezentat, dar degeaba (Romanian)
  4. ↑ E OFICIAL: CFR Timişoara exclusă din campionat (Romanian)
  5. ↑ E OFICIAL: FC Drobeta s-a desfiinţat (Romanian)
  6. ↑ COMISIA DE DISCIPLINĂ A FEDERAŢIEI ROMÂNE DE FOTBAL (Romanian)
  7. ↑ OFICIAL! Jiul Petroşani a fost exclusă din Liga 2 (Romanian)