The 2015–16 Liga II was the 76th season of the

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 ...

, the second tier of the

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. The season began on 29 August. The 28 teams were divided in two series (with 14 teams each). The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first six teams from each series played a play-off for promotion to

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. Because of switching to a system with just one series of 22 teams from next season, there will be 11 teams relegated from

this year. After the regular season, the last two teams in each series relegated to

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 last 3 teams in each play-out pool also relegated, while the 3rd placed teams in the play-out faced off in a game that determined the 11th relegated team.

Team changes

At the end of 2014-15 season,

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from Seria I and Poli Timișoara from Seria II were promoted to

.
Four teams were relegated to

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 ...

and

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(Seria I), Olt Slatina and Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (Seria II).
Last six teams from

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were relegated to Liga II: Gaz Metan Mediaș,

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, Oțelul Galați, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.
The winners of the five 2014–15 Liga III series were promoted to Liga II:

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, Chindia Târgoviște,

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and

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Renamed teams

''Academica Argeș'' was moved back to Clinceni and renamed Academica Clinceni.
''CF Brăila'' was renamed

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Seria I

Stadia by capacity and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

Seria II

Stadia by capacity and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Promotion play-offs

At the end of the regular season, the first six teams from each series will play a Promotion play-off. The winners will be promoted to

and the second place from both series will play a Play-Off match. The winner will play against 12th place in

, and the winner of this second match will play in

. The teams will start the play-off with half of the number of points gained in the regular season, after the results with the last two teams are canceled.

Seria I

Seria II

Relegation play-outs

At the end of the regular season, the teams that are on 13th and 14th places will be relegated to

. The teams from 7th place to 12th place will play a relegation play-out. At the end of the play-out, the last 3 teams in both series relegate directly, while the team that finishes on 3rd place from Seria I will play a Play-Out match with the 3rd place from Seria II, the loser of which will also relegate to

. The teams will start the play-out with half of the number of points gained in the regular season, after the results with the last two teams are canceled.

Seria I

Seria II

Liga I play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the

faced the winner of the match between the 2nd-placed teams of Seria I and Seria II.

First round

Second round

Notes: *

qualified for 2016–17 Liga I and

qualified for

2016–17 Liga II The 2016–17 Liga II was the 77th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 6 August 2016. A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the first Liga II season with a single series. Th ...

Liga II play-out

The 9th-placed team of the Seria I faced 9th-placed team of Seria II. Notes: * Gloria Buzău withdrew from the relegation play-out and the matches were homologated with 0–3. Gloria Buzău relegated to

References

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