The 2009–10 Liga II was the 70th season of the second tier of the

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 ar ...

. The season started on 15 August 2009 and ended on 5 June 2010. The format has been maintained to two series, each of them consisting of 18 teams. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to

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and the bottom fifth places from both series relegated to

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. Two more teams relegated this season due to the format changing applied starting with the next season.romaniansoccer.ro
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Team changes

To Liga II

Promoted from

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Steaua II București Fotbal Club FCSB II (), commonly known as FCSB II is a Romanian football club from Bucharest. The team was founded in 2004, dissolved in 2011 and refounded in 2016. It is the reserve team of FCSB. Honours *Liga III: **Winners (1): 2008–09 ** ...

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* Gaz Metan CFR Craiova *

Fortuna Covaci Fortuna Covaci was a Romanian professional football club from Covaci, Timiș County, Romania. The club last played in the Liga VI. History The club was named Fortuna after Fortuna Düsseldorf, the famous German club, because the owner is a hug ...

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș ...

Tricolorul Breaza Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Tricolorul Breaza, commonly known as Tricolorul Breaza, is a Romanian football club based in Breaza, Prahova County and currently playing in the Liga IV – Prahova County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football le ...

* Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei * Săgeata Stejaru** Relegated from

* Argeș Pitești** * Farul Constanța *

Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, some north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 15,850 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. Henri Coandă ...

* Gloria Buzău

From Liga II

Relegated to

* Liberty Salonta** *

Buftea Buftea () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, located north-west of Bucharest. One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town. The film studios MediaPro Pictures and the Buftea Palace of the Știrbei family are located in Buftea ...

** * Știința Bacău * ACU Arad * Progresul București * Prefab Modelu *

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* Mechel Câmpia Turzii Promoted to

* Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț *

Unirea Alba Iulia Clubul Sportiv Municipal Unirea Alba Iulia, commonly known as Unirea Alba Iulia (), is a Romanian professional football club based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, founded in 1924 and currently playing in the Liga III. Among the greatest achievemen ...

FC Ploiești FC Ploieşti was a football club based in Ploieşti, Romania. It was founded in 1922 and dissolved in 1949. History In 1922, in Ploieşti, Tricolor club was formed, some of the founding members being: Gheorghiu, Jan Vasopol, Elly Roman the c ...

* Internațional Curtea de Argeș

Note (**)

''FC Argeș Pitești'' was relegated for match fixing,

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, which initially relegated, was spared from relegation. ''CS Buftea'' sold its

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), sp ...

place to third tier club Săgeata Stejaru. ''Liberty Salonta'' withdrew at the end of the season, CFR Timișoara, which initially relegated, was spared from relegation.

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Top Scorers

Seria I

;23 goals * Viorel Ferfelea ( Sportul Studențesc) ;20 goals * Costin Curelea ( Sportul Studențesc) ;16 goals *

Vasile Olariu Vasile Olariu (born 6 July 1987) is a Romanian football player who plays as a midfielder. Career Born near Timișoara, Olariu began playing professional football for local side Unirea Sânnicolau Mare. In 2009, he was transferred to Victoria ...

(

) ;5 goals *

Marius Nae Marius Nae (born 9 February 1981 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian professional association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily u ...

( Sportul Studențesc)

Seria II

;15 goals *

Paul Batin Paul Ştefan Batin (born 29 June 1987) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker. In his career, Batin also played for teams such as FCM Baia Mare, Miedź Legnica, FC Botoșani or Concordia Chiajna, among others. Career statistics ...

(

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) ;13 goals *

Valentin Lemnaru Valentin Ionuț Lemnaru (born 24 June 1984) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for Sănătatea Cluj. He played in Liga I for Politehnica Timișoara, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Petrolul Ploiești and Universitatea Cluj. Career Lemnaru ...

(

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

) ;12 goals * Victor Astafei ( Arieșul Turda) * Kallé Soné (

) *

Raymond Lukács Raymond Barna Lukács (born 30 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Békéscsaba Előre. Career In his career, Lukács also played for teams such as: Bihor Oradea, Astra Ploiești, Salgótarján, Kisvár ...

( Bihor Oradea) * Dan Roman (

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) *

Adrian Voiculeț Adrian Voiculeţ (born 10 June 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Honours Argeş Piteşti *Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league syst ...

( Argeș Pitești) ;7 goals *

Adrian Dulcea Pavel Adrian Dulcea (born 25 November 1978) is a Romanian former striker. Currently he is a manager. Club career He started his career in his home town, in the 1995/96 season, at FC Râmnicu Vâlcea in Romanian Second League. The oldest k ...

( Argeș Pitești) ;6 goals *

Iulian Tameș Iulian Tameș (born 6 December 1978) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a central offensive midfielder for Liga III side Vedița Colonești. In his career, Tameș also played for important teams such as Dinamo București, FC Argeș Pitești ...

( Argeș Pitești) ;5 goals * Robert Roszel (

)

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2009–10 in Romanian football

Team changes

To Liga II

From Liga II

Note (**)

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Top Scorers

Seria I

Seria II

See also

References