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2024–25 Liga I

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Football league season
Liga I
Season2024–25
Dates12 July 2024 –
Matches played224
Goals scored524 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerLouis Munteanu (20 goals)
Biggest home winCFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025)
Biggest away winUTA Arad 1–4 CFR Cluj
(11 February 2025)
Highest scoringUniversitatea Craiova
5–1 Gloria Buzău (17 August 2024)
CFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025)
Longest winning runCFR Cluj (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runFCSB (14 matches)
Longest winless runGloria Buzău (7 matches)
Longest losing runGloria Buzău (5 matches)
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

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Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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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

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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

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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

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FCSB Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Cluj CFR Cluj
Arena Națională Ion Oblemenco Stadium Cluj Arena Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 30,983 Capacity: 30,201 Capacity: 22,198
Petrolul Ploiești Rapid București Oțelul Galați Hermannstadt
Ilie Oană Stadium Rapid–Giulești Stadium Oțelul Stadium Sibiu Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 15,073 Capacity: 14,047 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 12,363
Gloria Buzău
2024–25 Liga I is located in Romania
Bucharest
Bucharest
Botoșani
CFR
Universitatea
Farul
Hermannstadt
Gloria
Oțelul
Petrolul
Politehnica
Sepsi
Unirea
Universitatea
UTA
Bucharest / Ilfov teams Dinamo FCSB Rapid
2024–25 Liga I (Romania)
Location of Bucharest / Ilfov County teams.
UTA Arad
Buzău Municipal Stadium Francisc von Neuman
Capacity: 12,321 Capacity: 11,500
Politehnica Iași Sepsi OSK
Emil Alexandrescu Stadium Sepsi Arena
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 8,400
Dinamo București Botoșani Unirea Slobozia Farul Constanța
Arcul de Triumf Stadium Botosani Municipal Stadium Clinceni Stadium [i] Central Stadium
Capacity: 8,207 Capacity: 7,782 Capacity: 4,502 Capacity: 4,554
  1. ^ Unirea Slobozia is currently relocated to Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni because Stadionul 1 Mai in Slobozia is under renovations.

Personnel and sponsorship

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main Shirt sponsor Other Shirt sponsor
Botoșani Romania Leontin Grozavu Romania Andrei Miron Adidas Unibet Elsaco, Electroalfa
CFR Cluj Romania Dan Petrescu Romania Camora Nike Player MyPlace Residence, Aquavita
Dinamo București Croatia Željko Kopić Romania Răzvan Patriche Macron Superbet Renovatio
Farul Constanța Romania Gheorghe Hagi (owner and manager) Romania Ionuț Larie Nike Superbet Auchan
FCSB Cyprus Elias Charalambous Romania Darius Olaru Nike Betano Walter Tosto, MG
Hermannstadt Romania Marius Măldărășanu Romania Ionuț Stoica Nike Unibet Sibiu Municipality, Escudo
Gloria Buzău Romania Ilie Stan Romania David Lazar Joma Getica 95 Hai Buzău!, Favbet
Oțelul Galați Romania László Balint Romania Ionuț Neagu Adidas Liberty Mr Bit
Petrolul Ploiești Turkey Mehmet Topal Romania Gheorghe Grozav Macron Mr Bit La Cocoș
Politehnica Iași Hungary Vasile Miriuță Romania Mihai Bordeianu Nike Maxbet Iași Municipality
Rapid București Romania Marius Șumudică Romania Cristian Săpunaru Kappa Superbet IMAMED
Sepsi OSK Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Florin Ștefan Adidas Diószegi Gyermelyi
Unirea Slobozia Romania Adrian Mihalcea Romania Adrian Toma Adidas Mr Bit Andisol, Terra Oyl Group, Taboo Events, Ialomița
Universitatea Cluj Romania Ioan Sabău Romania Alexandru Chipciu Adidas Superbet AROBS
Universitatea Craiova Romania Mirel Rădoi Romania Nicușor Bancu Puma Betano
UTA Arad Romania Mircea Rednic Romania Alexandru Benga Saller Favbet

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Advances
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
Source: LPF (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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Craiova (4); Universitatea Cluj (1).
  2. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Sepsi (+3); Hermannstadt (-3).
  3. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Politehnica Iași (4); Botoșani (1).


Results

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Home \ Away BOT CFR DIN FAR FCS GLO HER IAS OTE PET RAP SPS UCJ UCV UNS UTA
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
Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
FCSB 7101315913151011666666662232222421111
CFR Cluj 2481067545555532221455534314332
Universitatea Craiova 1031211224444455555544455532423
Universitatea Cluj 624332111111111113111111143244
Dinamo București 1376544363333324444323343255555
Rapid București 5912121312791210101010127778878666666666
Sepsi OSK 413456101288888910887667888777777
Hermannstadt 1114151610149771515151515151615131299999999888
Petrolul Ploiești 12159885656222243336786777888999
Farul Constanța 161216914881113131313131313111111101112121211121010101110
UTA Arad 81314771112131499991011121210131210101012101111111011
Oțelul Galați 1621234327777891010991011111110111212121212
Botoșani 141610131610141515161616161616141415151515151615141414141313
Politehnica Iași 1581114159131410111111111189912111414141414151515151414
Unirea Slobozia 355612151189121212121112131314141313131313131313131515
Gloria Buzău 9117111116161616141414141414151616161616161516161616161616
Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-out round
Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-off round

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CFR UCV FCS DIN UCJ RAP
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
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2025. Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
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

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation HER SPS UTA PET BOT FAR IAS OTE UNS GLO
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
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 2025. Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
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

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Top scorers

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As of 17 March 2025
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Louis Munteanu CFR Cluj 20
2 Romania Alexandru Mitriță Universitatea Craiova 13
Romania Daniel Bîrligea FCSB/CFR Cluj
4 Kosovo Astrit Selmani Dinamo București 12
5 Romania Vladislav Blănuță Universitatea Cluj 10
Romania Dan Nistor Universitatea Cluj
Romania Ștefan Baiaram Universitatea Craiova
8 Romania Darius Olaru FCSB 8
Romania Alexandru Tudorie Petrolul Ploiești
Romania Ianis Stoica Hermannstadt
Senegal Mamadou Thiam Universitatea Cluj

Clean sheets

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As of 17 March 2025
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Romania Ștefan Târnovanu FCSB 12
2 Romania Laurențiu Popescu Universitatea Craiova 10
Greece Giannis Anestis Botoșani
4 Romania Iustin Popescu Oțelul Galați 9
Lithuania Edvinas Gertmonas Universitatea Cluj
Spain Jesús Fernández Politehnica Iași
7 Czech Republic Lukáš Zima Petrolul Ploiești 8
Romania Alexandru Roșca Dinamo București
Romania Alexandru Buzbuchi Farul Constanța
10 Romania Cătălin Căbuz Hermannstadt 7

References

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  3. ^ "Liviu Ciobotariu este noul antrenor principal al FC Botoșani". FCBT (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024年07月25日.
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  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ a b "Departajarea în play-off-ul şi play-out-ul din Liga 1 și Liga 2, explicată de FRF" [The play-off and play-out standings in League 1 and League 2, explained by the FRF] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
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