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2020–21 Liga II
The 2020–21 Liga II (also known as 2020–21 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 81st season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. A total of 21 teams contested the league, instead of 20, due to the no relegation rule imposed in the previous season by the suspension of the league due to COVID-19 pandemic. It was the fifth Liga II season with a single series. In the regular season each team played every other team once, followed by a promotion play-off and a relegation play-out. The first two teams promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team played a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last six teams relegated to Liga III. The season began on 5 September 2020 and ended on 3 June 2021. Team changes To Liga II Promoted from Liga III * Aerostar Bacău [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga II
The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting company with the official name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor. Format Divisions Since its inception in 1934, Liga II had between 2 and 9 parallel divisions, with clubs divided based on geographic regions. Generally, Seria I included eastern teams while Seria II included western sides, although clubs near the center of the country are allowed to choose in which series they will compete. The first six teams from each series participate in a play-off for potential promotion to Liga I. The teams placed from 7th to 12th will play a relegation play-off, where the last two teams are relegated to Liga III. The first team in each series will be promoted at the end of the season to the Liga I, and the teams in 12th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Football League System
The Romanian football league system, also known as the football pyramid, refers to the system in Romanian club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The first three leagues are organized at a national level and consist of fully professional teams. Lower divisions are organized at county levels, with each county's football association controlling its respective leagues. Reserve teams play in the same league system as their parent clubs. National leagues The first three tiers are organized by nationwide federations: the first tier is overseen by the Romanian Professional Football League, while the second and third are run by the Romanian Football Federation. A total of 114 teams play in the national leagues. Each of these clubs is fully professional and, in addition to playing in its respective league, has the right to compete in the Romanian Cup. They are also affiliated members of the Romanian Football Fede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacău
Bacău ( , , ; hu, Bákó; la, Bacovia) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. At the 2016 national estimation it had a population of 196,883, making it the 12th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistrița River (which meets the Siret River about to the south of Bacău). The Ghimeș Pass links Bacău to the region of Transylvania. Etymology The town's name, which features in Old Church Slavonic documents as ''Bako'', ''Bakova'' or ''Bakovia'', comes most probably from a personal name. Men bearing the name Bakó or Bako are documented in medieval TransylvaniaRădvan 2010, p. 456. and in 15th-century Bulgaria, but according to Victor Spinei the name itself is of Turkicmost probably of Cuman or Pechenegorigin. Nicolae Iorga believes that the city's name is of Hungarian origin (as Adjud and Sascut). Another theory suggests that the town's name has a Slavic origin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Argeș Pitești
Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Pitești, Argeș County, which competes in the Liga I. The team was originally founded as ''Dinamo Pitești'' in 1953, and made its Romanian top tier debut in the 1961–62 season. In 1967, it changed its name to Argeș Pitești. The most successful period of "the White-Violets" was in the 1970s, when they won the national title twice. Three-time Romanian Footballer of the Year winner Nicolae Dobrin was part of the squad during that period, which turned him into a symbol of the club over the years. FC Argeș has amassed over 40 seasons in the first league, and traditionally plays its home matches at the Nicolae Dobrin Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000 seats. History Founding and early years (1953–1967) On August 6, 1953, an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs settled the birthday of ''Dinamo P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC UTA Arad
Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County, which competes in the Liga I. The UTA acronym stands for ''Uzina Textilă Arad'' ("Textiles Factory of Arad"). Founded in 1945 as ''IT Arad'', the team has won six national titles and two Cupa României. Domestically, UTA is one of the most successful Romanian sides of the 20th century, sharing with Chinezul Timișoara the record for the most title wins outside Bucharest. This earned UTA the nickname of ''Campioana Provinciei'' ("the Provincial Champion"), which it lost at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season when newcomer CFR Cluj claimed its seventh Liga I trophy. UTA Arad's decline started with a relegation to the second division in 1979, and it appeared sparringly in the top flight before being dissolved in 2014. A new entity started its way back to the top from the Liga IV, the fourth level of the Romanian league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Liga I
The 2020–21 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 21 August 2020 and ended on 19 May 2021. CFR Cluj were winners and three-time defending champions. It was the sixth season to take place in the play-off/play-out format, and the first since the 2005–06 season to feature 16 teams. The play-off/play-out rule was also altered, with the first six teams at the regular season qualified for the play-off tournament and the last ten for the play-out. The first six teams played two matches against each other as before, but in the play-out the teams only played once against each other. At the end of the play-out, the first two places (or the 7th and 8th overall) played a single match on the ground of the lower ranked team, and the subsequent winner played the last team ranked on a UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off. The winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASC Daco-Getica București
Asociația Sport Club Daco-Getica București, commonly known as Daco-Getica București, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest. From 1992 to the summer of 2018, the team was known as ''Juventus București'', a name which was also used by unrelated Petrolul Ploiești in the past. One year prior to the renaming, Daco-Getica played their first season in the Liga I, the top division in the country. Daco-Getica dissolved its senior squad after 13 rounds played of the 2019–20 Liga II season. History Thus, under the ownership of Ilie Ciuclea, in 1992 was founded ''Juventus Colentina București'', club that had officially no legacy with the old Juventus, but was founded to become a football school which would act as a launch pad for young talents. It was enrolled in the Liga III on the place of ''Calculatorul București'', the old club of Colentina neighbourhood, which disappeared from the stage of the Romanian football system, by this maneuver. Action "Juvent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CS Sportul Snagov
Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov, commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov, was a Romanian professional Association football, football football team, club from Snagov, Ilfov County founded in 2007 as Damila Măciuca and dissolved in 2020. Last time the club played in the Liga II, the second-tier in the Romanian football system, but withdrew during the winter-break of the 2019–20 Liga II, 2019–20 season, due to financial problems. History Damila Măciuca (2007–2013) The club was founded as ''Damila Măciuca'' in the summer of 2007, the colours were white and green and the squad was enrolled in the Liga IV, Vâlcea County series. The owner of the club was Daniel Nițu, businessman who owns Damila SRL, a company with an over 60 millionEuro sign, € fiscal value in 2016 and one of the largest distributors of metallurgical products and construction materials in the south of Romania. Damila won Vâlcea County series and qualified for the Liga III promotion play-off where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Liga III
The 2020–21 Liga III was the 65th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began in September 2020 and ended in May 2021. The format was changed from five series of 16 teams to ten series of 10 teams, as the no relegation rule was applied in the previous season after its suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. __TOC__ Team changes To Liga III Promoted from Liga IV * Bradu Borca (debut) * Dante Botoșani (debut) * Satu Mare (debut) * Progresul Șomcuta Mare (after 18 years of absence) * Unirea Ungheni (after 8 years of absence) * Corona Brașov (after 8 years of absence) * Progresul Ezeriș (debut) * Avântul Periam (debut) * Petrolul Potcoava (debut) * Oltenița (after 1 year of absence) * Steaua București (debut) * Sportul Chiscani (after 1 year of absence) * Gloria Albești (debut) * Plopeni (after 8 years of absence) * Avântul Valea Mărului (after 2 years of absence) * Râmnicu Sărat (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Liga I
The 2019–20 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs, which began in July 2019 and was scheduled to end in June 2020. Suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, the season resumed on 13 June and effectively ended on 5 August. It was the fifth season to take place since the play-off/play-out rule had been introduced. CFR Cluj were two-time defending champions, and they successfully defended their title once more. Universitatea Craiova contented for the trophy until the final fixture of the championship play-offs, and ultimately finished as runner-ups, while FCSB were unable to claim a top three spot in the table for the first time since the 2010–11 season. Because of the aforementioned situation created by the pandemic, it was decided that no club would relegate directly and the 14th-placed team would take part in the promotion/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Unirea Slobozia
Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia, (), commonly known as AFC Unirea Slobozia or simply as Unirea Slobozia, is a Romanian football club based in Slobozia, Ialomița County, which competes in the Liga II. The team was founded in 1955 and reestablished in 2004, being for the most part of its history a participant in the third tier of the Romanian league system, the Liga III. Unirea Slobozia has also spent several seasons in the Liga II, first in the early 1990s and then between 2012 and 2015, when it also obtained its best ranking in the competition, namely a third place behind top flight regulars Politehnica Iași and Rapid București. "The Yellow-Blues" play their home games at the Stadionul 1 Mai, which can host 6,000 spectators. History Founded in 1955, Unirea Slobozia has been for most of its history a classic Liga III team, as it only promoted to the Liga II for the first time in 1989. In the early 2000s, the club encountered financial isses and was dissolved, being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Liga III
The 2019–20 Liga III was the 64th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season was initially scheduled to begin on 24 August 2019 and to end on 30 May 2020. The season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 16 rounds, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After two months of inactivity, on 11 May 2020, the Romanian Football Federation announced that the season was discontinued and the best ranked teams from each series (after 16 rounds) were promoted to Liga II, only if the distance between the leader and the runner-up was bigger than 3 points. Otherwise promotion play-offs will be played between the best two teams of the series. No teams were relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded ( CSU Galați, Tractorul Cetate and Național Sebiș). __TOC__ Team changes To Liga III Promoted from Liga IV * Blejoi (debut) * CSM Bacău (debut) * CSM Slatina (after 8 years of absence) * CSU Galați (aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
