2015–16 Liga II

Liga II
Season	2015–16
Relegated	Dorohoi
Top goalscorer	(Seria I) Valentin Alexandru (15) (Seria II) Marius Staicu (12)
Biggest home win	Brașov 11-2 Metalul
Biggest away win	Metalul 1-6 Rm. Vâlcea Metalul 0-5 Olimpia Berceni 0-5 Dunărea
Highest scoring	Brașov 11-2 Metalul
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Liga II is the 76th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season will begin on 29 August.^[1]

The 28 teams were divided in two series (with 14 teams each). The regular season will be played in a round-robin tournament. The first six teams from each series will play a play-off for promotion to Liga I. Because of switching to a system with just one series of 22 teams from next season, there will be 11 teams relegated from Liga II this year. After the regular season, the last two teams in each series will be relegated to Liga III; the last 3 teams in each play-out pool will also relegate, while the 3rd placed teams in the play-out will face off in a game that will determine the 11th relegated team.^[2]

Teams

At the end of 2014-15 season, Voluntari from Seria I and Poli Timișoara from Seria II promoted to Liga I.
Four teams were relegated to Liga III : Unirea Slobozia and Săgeata Năvodari (Seria I), Olt Slatina and Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (Seria II).
Last six teams from 2014–15 Liga I were relegated to Liga II: Gaz Metan Mediaș, Brașov, Universitatea Cluj, Rapid București, Oțelul Galați, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.
The winners of the five 2014–15 Liga III series were promoted to Liga II: Bucovina Pojorâta, Dunărea Călărași, Chindia Târgoviște, UTA Arad and Baia Mare.

Renamed teams

Academica Argeș was moved back to Clinceni and renamed Academica Clinceni.
CF Brăila was renamed Dacia Unirea Brăila.

Seria I

Location of teams in 2015–16 Liga II - Seria I

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Academica	Clinceni	Clinceni	1,500
Bacău	Bacău	Letea	2,000
Balotești	Balotești	Central	1,000
Berceni	Berceni	Berceni	2,700
Bucovina	Pojorâta	Pojorâta	1,000
Ceahlăul	Piatra Neamț	Ceahlăul	18,000
Dacia Unirea	Brăila	Municipal	20,000
Dorohoi	Dorohoi	Municipal	2,000
Dunărea	Călărași	Ion Comșa	6,000
Farul	Constanța	Farul	15,520
Gloria	Buzău	Municipal	18,000
Oțelul	Galați	Oțelul	13,500
Rapid	București	Giulești-Valentin Stănescu	11,704
Rapid CFR	Suceava	Areni	12,500

Seria II

Location of teams in 2015–16 Liga II - Seria II

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Baia Mare	Baia Mare	Viorel Mateianu	15,500
Bihor Oradea	Oradea	Iuliu Bodola	18,000
Brașov	Brașov	Silviu Ploeșteanu	8,800
Caransebeș	Caransebeș	Municipal	3,000
Chindia	Târgoviște	Eugen Popescu	10,000
Gaz Metan	Mediaș	Gaz Metan	7,814
Metalul	Reșița	Mircea Chivu	12,500
Mioveni	Mioveni	Orăşenesc	7,000
Olimpia	Satu Mare	Olimpia	18,000
Râmnicu Vâlcea	Râmnicu Vâlcea	Municipal	12,000
Șoimii	Pâncota	Șoimii	2,000
Unirea	Tărlungeni	Unirea	1,000
Universitatea	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj Arena	30,201
UTA	Arad	Motorul	1,579

League tables

Seria I


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dunărea Călărași	17	10	6	1	39	10	+29	36	Promotion Play-off
2	Rapid București	16	11	3	2	25	7	+18	36
3	Academica Clinceni	17	10	3	4	33	17	+16	33
4	Dacia Unirea Brăila	17	10	3	4	21	15	+6	33
5	Farul Constanța	16	8	4	4	27	18	+9	28
6	Bacău	17	8	1	8	18	20	−2	25
7	Gloria Buzău	17	7	2	8	18	29	−11	23	Relegation play-out
8	Rapid CFR Suceava	17	6	3	8	17	24	−7	21
9	Berceni	16	5	4	7	20	26	−6	19
10	Balotești	16	4	3	9	13	23	−10	15
11	Bucovina Pojorâta	17	3	5	9	22	30	−8	14
12	Oțelul Galați	17	3	3	11	10	22	−12	12
13	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	16	2	2	12	7	29	−22	8	Relegation to Liga III
14	Dorohoi (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00¹	Relegation to Liga III

Updated to games played on December 5, 2015.
Source: FRF (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
(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.
¹ FCM Dorohoi withdrew from the championship^[3]

Seria II


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Râmnicu Vâlcea	18	10	5	3	32	15	+17	35	Promotion Play-off
2	Baia Mare	18	10	5	3	28	12	+16	35
3	UTA Arad	18	9	6	3	34	20	+14	33
4	Chindia Târgoviște	18	10	2	6	30	18	+12	32
5	Brașov	18	8	7	3	36	19	+17	31
6	Mioveni	18	9	4	5	29	14	+15	31
7	Gaz Metan Mediaș	18	9	4	5	25	17	+8	31	Relegation play-out
8	Universitatea Cluj	18	8	2	8	17	12	+5	26
9	Olimpia Satu Mare	18	7	5	6	26	23	+3	26
10	Șoimii Pâncota	18	7	5	6	20	20	0	26
11	Unirea Tărlungeni	18	2	8	8	17	26	−9	14
12	Metalul Reșița	18	2	1	15	15	55	−40	0-8¹
13	Bihor Oradea (R)	18	4	1	13	10	37	−27	013⁴	Relegation to Liga III
14	Caransebeș (R)	18	3	1	14	11	42	−31	0-50^2/3	Relegation to Liga III

Updated to games played on December 18, 2015.
Source: FRF (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
(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.
¹ Metalul Reşiţa were deducted 15 points.^[4]
² Caransebeş were deducted 60 points.^[5]
³ Caransebeş was excluded from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 3-0.^[6]
⁴ Bihor Oradea was dissolved and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 3-0.^[7]

Promotion play-offs

At the end of the regular season, the first six teams from each series will play a Promotion play-off, the winners will promote to Liga I and the second place from both series will play a Play-Off match, the winner will play against 12th place in Liga I, and the winner of this second match will play in Liga I. The teams will start the play-off with half of the number of points gained in the regular season.

Seria I


Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	TBA	Promotion to Liga I
2	TBA	Promotion Play-Off
3	TBA
4	TBA
5	TBA
6	TBA

Updated to games played on July 28, 2015.
Source: FRF (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
(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	Qualification or relegation
1	TBA	Promotion to Liga I
2	TBA	Promotion Play-Off
3	TBA
4	TBA
5	TBA
6	TBA

Relegation play-outs

At the end of the regular season, the teams that are on 13th and 14th places will be relegated to Liga III. The teams from 7th place to 12th place will play a Relegation play-out. At the end of the play-out, the last 3 teams in both series relegate directly, while the team that finishes on 3rd place from Seria I will play a Play-Out match with the 3rd place from Seria II, the loser of which will also relegate to Liga III. The teams will start the play-out with half of the number of points gained in the regular season.

Seria I


Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	TBA
2	TBA
3	TBA	Relegation Play-Out
4	TBA	Relegation to Liga III
5	TBA
6	TBA

Seria II


Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	TBA
2	TBA
3	TBA	Relegation Play-Out
4	TBA	Relegation to Liga III
5	TBA
6	TBA

References

↑ "http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/cum-arata-cele-doua-serii-ale-noului-sezon-din-liga-2-inscrierea-lui-fcm-dorohoi-a-fost-admisa-fc-clinceni-si-dacia-unirea-au-primit-aviz-totul-poate-fi-schimbat-pe-29-iulie-14646539". 28 July 2015. External link in |title= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/s-a-stabilit-programul-etapelor-noului-sezon-al-ligii-2-vezi-sistemul-competitional-cum-se-promoveaza-si-ce-locuri-retrogradeaza-14675951". 28 July 2015. External link in |title= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "FCM Dorohoi". 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
↑ "Metalul Reşiţa". 18 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
↑ "Caransebeş". 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
↑ "Caransebeş". 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
↑ "Bihor Oradea". 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

2015–16 Liga II

Seria I	Academica Bacău Balotești Berceni Bucovina Ceahlăul Dacia Unirea Dorohoi Dunărea Farul Constanța Gloria Buzău Oţelul Rapid Bucureşti Rapid CFR Suceava

Seria II	Baia Mare Bihor Oradea Braşov Caransebeș Chindia Gaz Metan Metalul Reșița Mioveni Olimpia Râmnicu Vâlcea Șoimii Pâncota Unirea Tărlungeni U Cluj UTA Arad

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