The 2017–18 Liga II (also known as 2017–18 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 78th 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
Romanian football league system
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. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.
A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the second
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 ...
season with a single series. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams promoted to
Liga I
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at the end of the season and the third-placed team played a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from
Liga I
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. The last five teams 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 ...
.
Team changes
To Liga II
Promoted from
Liga III
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Știința Miroslava (debut)
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Metaloglobus București (debut)
*
SCM Pitești (after 4 years of absence)
*
Ripensia Timișoara (after 70 years of absence)
*
Hermannstadt
Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...
(debut)
Relegated from
Liga I
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Pandurii Târgu Jiu
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(ended 12-year stay in the top flight)
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Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the List of cities and towns in Romania, 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of the 2011 Romania ...
(ended 4-year stay in the top flight)
From Liga II
Relegated to
Liga III
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Râmnicu Vâlcea
Râmnicu Vâlcea (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Vîlcea'' or, in the past, ''Rîmnic-Vâlcea'', ) (population: 92,573 as per the 2011 Romanian census) is the county capital ( ro, Reședință de județ) and also the largest town of Vâlcea County, cent ...
(ended 12-year stay)
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Unirea Tărlungeni Unirea may refer to:
Places in Romania
* Unirea, Alba, a commune
* Unirea, Brăila, a commune
* Unirea, Călărași, a commune
* Unirea, Dolj, a commune and village
* General Berthelot, a commune in Hunedoara, called ''Unirea'' from 1965 to ...
(ended 4-year stay)
*
Berceni (ended 4-year stay)
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Șoimii Pâncota (ended 3-year stay)
Promoted to
Liga I
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*
Juventus București (ended 1-year stay)
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Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (ended 1-year stay)
Excluded teams
After the end of last season,
Brașov
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According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...
was dissolved.
Teams spared from relegation
Metalul Reșița was spared from relegation due to withdrawal of
Brașov
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According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...
.
Renamed teams
SCM Pitești bought FC Argeș brand and was renamed as
Argeș Pitești.
Metalul Reșița was renamed as
Sportul Snagov
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at one year after its movement to
Snagov
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.
Stadiums by capacity
Stadiums by locations
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
League table
Season results
Promotion/relegation play-offs
The 12th-placed team of the
Liga I
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faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.
Notes:
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Voluntari
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The population ...
qualified for
2018–19 Liga I and
Chindia Târgoviște qualified for
2018–19 Liga II.
Season statistics
Top scorers
:''Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.''
Clean sheets
:''Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.''
*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.
Attendance
References
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Biomechanics and medicine
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* Rupture of membranes, a term used during pregnancy to describe a rupture of the amniotic sac
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2017–18 in Romanian football