2006–07 Liga I

Liga I
Season 2006–07
Champions Dinamo Bucureşti[1]
Relegated Argeş Piteşti
Naţional Bucureşti
Jiul Petroşani
Champions League Dinamo Bucureşti
Steaua Bucureşti
UEFA Cup CFR Cluj
Rapid Bucureşti
Intertoto Cup Oţelul Galaţi
Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played 306
Goals scored 706 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Claudiu Niculescu (18)
Biggest home win Steaua 6–0 Naţional
Biggest away win Oţelul 0–7 Rapid
Highest scoring Ceahlăul 4–3 Oţelul
Vaslui 2–5 UTA
Oţelul 5–2 Naţional
Oţelul 0–7 Rapid
Longest winning run Dinamo (13)
Longest unbeaten run Dinamo (17)
Longest losing run Argeş (11)

The 2006–07 Liga I was the eighty-ninth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 28 July 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007.

Teams

Eighteen teams played in the 2006–07 season. Four teams were from Moldova, four clubs from Transylvania, one from Dobruja and nine from Wallachia four of them coming from the country's capital city Bucharest.

Pandurii Târgu Jiu had been relegated at the end of the previous season but they re-entered Liga I at the expense of Sportul Studenţesc which has been relegated to Liga II due to financial problems. The other four new teams which gained access to Liga I were Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Universitatea Craiova (both winning two of the three series of Liga II), plus Unirea Urziceni (wninning the playoff for Liga I) and UTA Arad which bought the place from Liberty Salonta (winner of the third series of Liga II).

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Poli Timișoara Steaua Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova Rapid Bucureşti Ceahlăul Argeş Piteşti
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Ion Oblemenco Valentin Stănescu Ceahlăul Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 27,063 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 19,100 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 16,500
Farul Constanţa Jiul Petroşani Dinamo Bucureşti Progresul Bucureşti Oţelul Galaţi Politehnica Iaşi
Farul Jiul Dinamo Cotroceni Oţelul Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 15,167 Capacity: 14,542 Capacity: 13,932 Capacity: 11,390
CFR Cluj FC Vaslui Pandurii Târgu Jiu Gloria Bistriţa UTA Arad Unirea Urziceni
CFR Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu Gloria Francisc von Neumann Tineretului
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 9,240 Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,287 Capacity: 7,000

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    League table

    Pos
    		 Team
    		 Pld
    		 W
    		 D
    		 L
    		 GF
    		 GA
    		 GD
    		 Pts
    		Qualification or relegation
    		Head-to-head
    1 Dinamo București (C) 34 23 8 3 63 24+39 77 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
    2 Steaua București 34 21 8 5 61 22+39 71 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
    3 CFR Cluj 34 21 6 7 59 32+27 69 UEFA Cup 2007-08 Second qualifying round
    4 Rapid București 34 16 11 7 63 39+24 59 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
    5 Oțelul Galați 34 17 5 12 60 56+4 56 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
    6 Gloria Bistrița 34 16 6 12 42 35+7 54 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
    7 Politehnica Timișoara 34 15 8 11 37 33+4 53
    8 Vaslui 34 13 11 10 41 44−3 50
    9 Universitatea Craiova 34 12 12 10 39 43−4 48
    10 Unirea Urziceni 34 13 8 13 30 29+1 47
    11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 13 5 16 26 35−9 44
    12 UTA Arad 34 11 8 15 28 39−11 41
    13 Politehnica Iași 34 10 10 14 34 41−7 40
    14 Farul Constanța 34 8 13 13 31 35−4 37
    15 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 34 8 7 19 27 53−26 31 Spared from relegation 1
    16 Național București (R) 34 6 6 22 27 52−25 24 Relegation to 2007–08 Liga II ARG 0-3 PRO
    PRO 0-2 ARG
    17 Argeș Pitești (R) 34 5 9 20 23 47−24 24
    18 Jiul Petroşani (R) 34 5 5 24 15 47−32 20

    Source: LT (in 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
    1 Delta Tulcea, the winner of the Liga II, Seria I, was denied the right to participate in next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ was spared from relegation.
    (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 4 11 14 16 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17
    CFR Cluj 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 5 10 13 15 10 9 11 10 10 11 12 11 11 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
    Universitatea Craiova 10 14 10 10 12 14 15 15 16 14 14 14 12 10 12 8 11 11 11 11 11 10 14 13 14 14 13 12 12 12 11 10 10 9
    Dinamo București 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Farul Constanța 6 6 4 5 7 12 9 11 12 9 10 12 13 13 11 13 13 14 14 13 12 11 12 12 12 12 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 14
    Gloria Bistrița 15 9 11 11 14 11 7 6 8 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
    Jiul Petroşani 16 15 17 17 13 13 16 16 15 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18
    Oțelul Galați 17 17 18 13 9 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 5 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 6 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu 7 12 9 12 15 15 13 14 13 13 11 10 10 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 10 13 10 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 10 11 12 11
    Politehnica Iași 2 2 5 4 5 4 6 5 7 7 6 6 7 9 10 12 12 13 10 10 13 9 9 9 10 10 11 10 11 10 12 12 13 13
    Național București 14 16 12 14 17 18 14 13 14 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 16
    Rapid București 8 8 7 7 8 6 8 7 5 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
    Steaua București 11 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
    Politehnica Timișoara 12 7 6 9 6 8 4 8 6 5 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7
    UTA Arad 9 4 8 6 4 5 10 12 9 10 9 9 9 11 8 11 9 9 9 9 9 12 13 14 13 13 12 14 14 13 13 13 11 12
    Unirea Urziceni 18 18 15 8 11 10 12 9 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 14 14 12 13 14 14 14 11 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 10
    Vaslui 13 13 16 18 16 16 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 15 13 10 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 11 10 11 9 8 8 8

    Source: LT (in Romanian)

    Results

    Home ╲ Away ARG CFR CEAUCRDINFARGBIJIUOȚEPANPIANATRAPSTETIMUTAURZVAS
    Argeș Pitești 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1
    CFR Cluj 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 5–0 4–0 2–2
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–3 1–0 0–4 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–2
    Universitatea Craiova 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0
    Dinamo București 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–0
    Farul Constanța 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–1
    Gloria Bistrița 3–1 3–2 2–1 4–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
    Jiul Petroşani 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–3
    Oțelul Galați 5–1 1–3 3–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 5–2 0–7 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2
    Politehnica Iași 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–0
    Național București 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 4–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–1
    Rapid București 2–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–4 3–2 4–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–0
    Steaua București 2–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 2–4 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 6–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1
    Politehnica Timișoara 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–5 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2
    UTA Arad 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–1
    Unirea Urziceni 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
    Vaslui 1–0 0–0 3–2 3–3 1–2 1–3 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–5 0–0

    Source: LT (in 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

    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Romania Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo Bucureşti 18
    2 Romania Ionel Ganea Rapid Bucureşti / Dinamo Bucureşti 16
    3 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo Bucureşti 15
    4 Romania Emil Jula Oţelul Galaţi 14
    5 Romania Valentin Badea Steaua Bucureşti 13
    Romania Daniel Stan Oţelul Galaţi
    Romania Ianis Zicu Rapid Bucureşti
    8 Romania Cristian Coroian CFR Cluj 11
    Romania Dorel Zaharia Gloria Bistriţa
    10 Romania Nicolae Dică Steaua Bucureşti 10
    France Cyril Théréau
    Moldova Viorel Frunză CFR Cluj / Vaslui
    Romania Romeo Surdu CFR Cluj

    References

    1. ↑ 2006–07 Liga I
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