2024–25 Liga I
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 12 July 2024 – |
Matches played | 224 |
Goals scored | 524 (2.34 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Louis Munteanu (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | CFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025) |
Biggest away win | UTA Arad 1–4 CFR Cluj (11 February 2025) |
Highest scoring | Universitatea Craiova 5–1 Gloria Buzău (17 August 2024) CFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025) |
Longest winning run | CFR Cluj (6 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | FCSB (14 matches) |
Longest winless run | Gloria Buzău (7 matches) |
Longest losing run | Gloria Buzău (5 matches) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 23 February 2025. |
The 2024–25 Liga I, known officially as the SuperLiga Romania, is the 107th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. The season will start on 12 July 2024.[1] The newcomers are Unirea Slobozia who are making their debut in Liga I and Gloria Buzău who returned to Liga I after a 15-year absence. The draw took place on 1 July 2024.[2]
Teams
[edit ]Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
[edit ]The league consists of 16 teams: 14 teams from 2023–24 Liga I and two teams promoted from 2023–24 Liga II.
Teams promoted from the Liga II
[edit ]The first club to be promoted was Unirea Slobozia, they made their debut in Liga 1.
The second club to be promoted was Gloria Buzău, they returned to Liga I after fifteen years of absence.
Teams relegated to the Liga II
[edit ]The first club to be relegated was FC U Craiova, ending their three-year stay in the top flight.
The second club to be relegated was Voluntari, ending their nine-year stay in the top flight.
Stadiums and locations
[edit ]- ^ Unirea Slobozia is currently relocated to Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni because Stadionul 1 Mai in Slobozia is under renovations.
Personnel and sponsorship
[edit ]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
[edit ]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Rapid București | Romania Bogdan Lobonț (caretaker) | End of contract | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Northern Ireland Neil Lennon | 1 July 2024 |
Petrolul Ploiești | Romania László Balint | Sacked | 30 June 2024 | Turkey Mehmet Topal | 1 July 2024 | |
Botoșani | Romania Bogdan Andone | 25 July 2024 | 16th | Romania Liviu Ciobotariu | 25 July 2024[3] | |
Rapid București | Northern Ireland Neil Lennon | 20 August 2024 | 12th | Romania Marius Șumudică | 20 August 2024[4] | |
Gloria Buzău | Romania Andrei Prepeliță | Mutual Agreement | 4 September 2024[5] | 16th | Romania Eugen Neagoe | 5 September 2024 |
Politehnica Iași | Portugal Anthony da Silva | Resigned | 4 September 2024[6] | 14th | Romania Emil Săndoi | 11 September 2024 |
Sepsi OSK | Germany Bernd Storck | Sacked | 5 September 2024 | 12th | Romania Valentin Suciu (caretaker) | 10 September 2024 |
Petrolul Ploiești | Turkey Mehmet Topal | Resigned | 24 December 2024 | 6th | Romania Adrian Mutu | 31 December 2024 |
Oțelul Galați | Romania Dorinel Munteanu | 30 December 2024 | 11th | Romania Ovidiu Burcă | 1 January 2025 | |
Botoșani | Romania Liviu Ciobotariu | Sacked | 6 January 2025 | 15th | Romania Leontin Grozavu | 6 January 2025 |
Politehnica Iași | Romania Emil Săndoi | 27 January 2025 | 14th | Romania Vasile Miriuță | 28 January 2025 | |
Universitatea Craiova | Romania Constantin Gâlcă | 28 January 2025 | 5th | Romania Mirel Rădoi | 28 January 2025 | |
Gloria Buzău | Romania Eugen Neagoe | Mutual Agreement | 10 March 2025 | 16th | Romania Ilie Stan | 12 March 2025 |
Petrolul Ploiești | Romania Adrian Mutu | 17 March 2025 | 9th | Turkey Mehmet Topal | 18 March 2025 | |
Sepsi OSK | Romania Valentin Suciu (caretaker) | Demoted | 18 March 2025 | 8th | Romania Dorinel Munteanu | 18 March 2025 |
Oțelul Galați | Romania Ovidiu Burcă | Sacked | 19 March 2025 | 14th | Romania László Balint | 19 March 2025 |
Regular season
[edit ]League table
[edit ]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Advances |
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1 | FCSB | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 56 | Qualification for play-off round |
2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 54 | |
3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 52[a] | |
4 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 52[a] | |
5 | Dinamo București | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 51 | |
6 | Rapid București | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 46 | |
7 | Sepsi OSK | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 41[b] | Qualification for play-out round |
8 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 41[b] | |
9 | Petrolul Ploiești | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 40 | |
10 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 35 | |
11 | UTA Arad | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 34 | |
12 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 32 | |
13 | Politehnica Iași | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 31[c] | |
14 | Botoșani | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 31[c] | |
15 | Unirea Slobozia | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 26 | |
16 | Gloria Buzău | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 20 |
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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[7]
Notes:
Results
[edit ]Home \ Away | BOT | CFR | DIN | FAR | FCS | GLO | HER | IAS | OTE | PET | RAP | SPS | UCJ | UCV | UNS | UTA |
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Botoșani | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
CFR Cluj | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | |
Dinamo București | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
Farul Constanța | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
FCSB | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
Gloria Buzău | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
Hermannstadt | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
Politehnica Iași | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
Oțelul Galați | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
Petrolul Ploiești | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Rapid București | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
Sepsi OSK | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
Universitatea Cluj | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | |
Universitatea Craiova | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
Unirea Slobozia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
UTA Arad | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
Positions by round
[edit ]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 |
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FCSB | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
CFR Cluj | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Universitatea Cluj | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Dinamo București | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Rapid București | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Sepsi OSK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Hermannstadt | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Petrolul Ploiești | 12 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Farul Constanța | 16 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
UTA Arad | 8 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Oțelul Galați | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Botoșani | 14 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Politehnica Iași | 15 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Unirea Slobozia | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
Gloria Buzău | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round |
Qualification for the Play-off round |
Qualification for the Play-out round |
Play-off round
[edit ]The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and 2025–26 UEFA Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.[8]
Play-off table
[edit ]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CFR | UCV | FCS | DIN | UCJ | RAP |
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1 | CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 30 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round | 3–1 | |||||
2 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 29 | Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round | 3–0 | |||||
3 | FCSB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 29 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 3–3 | |||||
4 | Dinamo București | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 26 | 28 Mar | ||||||
5 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 26 | 28 Mar | ||||||
6 | Rapid București | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 28 Mar |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[9] Source:[10]
Play-out round
[edit ]The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.
Play-out table
[edit ]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HER | SPS | UTA | PET | BOT | FAR | IAS | OTE | UNS | GLO |
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1 | Hermannstadt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 1–1 | |||||||||
2 | Sepsi OSK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 21 | 28 Mar | 1–2 | |||||||||
3 | UTA Arad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 20 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
4 | Petrolul Ploiești | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 20 | 0–2 | ||||||||||
5 | Botoșani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 19 | 29 Mar | ||||||||||
6 | Farul Constanța | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0–0 | ||||||||||
7 | Politehnica Iași | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | 30 Mar | |||||||||
8 | Oțelul Galați | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 16 | |||||||||||
9 | Unirea Slobozia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | Relegation to 2025–26 Liga II | 28 Mar | |||||||||
10 | Gloria Buzău | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 13 | 31 Mar |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[11] Source:[10]
Season statistics
[edit ]Top scorers
[edit ]- As of 17 March 2025
Clean sheets
[edit ]- As of 17 March 2025
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- ^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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