The 2009–10 Liga III season was the 54th season of

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

, the third tier of the

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. The season started on August 21, 2009 and ended on June 4, 2010. The winners of each division got promoted to the

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season. The bottom six from each division were relegated at the end of the season to the county football leagues (

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). From the 12th placed teams, another one was relegated. To determine this team, separate standings were computed, using only the games played against the clubs ranked 1st through 11th.

Team changes

To Liga III

Relegated from

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* Liberty Salonta** *

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

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* Mechel Câmpia Turzii

From Liga III

Promoted to

Râmnicu Sărat Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Sărat'', , german: Rümnick or ''Rebnick''; tr, Remnik) is a city in Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It was first attested in a document of 1439, and raised to the rank of ' ...

* Steaua București II *

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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 ...

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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**

Note (**)

''CS Buftea'' sold its

place to third tier club Săgeata Stejaru. ''Liberty Salonta'' withdrew at the end of the season from

, CFR Timișoara, which initially relegated, was spared from relegation.

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Seria VI

References

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