The 2017–18 Liga III is the 62nd season of the

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

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 began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018.

Team changes

To Liga III

Promoted from

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before the start of play for the 2006–07 season. Current format Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...

* ACS Ghiroda * Agricola Borcea * Bucovina Rădăuți *

CSM Focșani Clubul Sportiv Municipal Focșani, commonly known as CSM Focșani, or simply Focșani, is a Romanian professional football club from Focşani, Vrancea County, founded in 1953 as ''Spartac Focșani''. History The club was founded in 1953 as ' ...

* Farul Constanța * FC Avrig * Internațional Bălești * KSE Târgu Secuiesc * Metalul Buzău * Oțelul Galați * Petrolul Ploiești * Progresul Spartac București * Sănătatea Darabani * Șoimii Lipova * Unirea Tășnad *

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 ...

* Victoria Traian * Viitorul Ghimbav * Voința Saelele Relegated from

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. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...

* —

From Liga III

Relegated to

* Atletico Vaslui * SC Bacău * Petrolistul Boldești * Arsenal Malu * CS Podari * UTA II Arad * ASA II Târgu Mureș *

CS Oşorhei CS, C-S, C.S., Cs, cs, or cs. may refer to: Job titles * Chief Secretary (Hong Kong) * Chief superintendent, a rank in the British and several other police forces * Company secretary, a senior position in a private sector company or public s ...

* Recolta Dorolț * FC Bistrița Promoted to

* Știința Miroslava * Metaloglobus București * SCM Pitești * Ripensia Timișoara *

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 ...

Teams spared from relegation

Metalul Reșița was spared from relegation to

due to withdrawal of

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a pop ...

from

. Sportul Chiscani, Urban Titu,

CS Șirineasa CS, C-S, C.S., Cs, cs, or cs. may refer to: Job titles * Chief Secretary (Hong Kong) * Chief superintendent, a rank in the British and several other police forces * Company secretary, a senior position in a private sector company or public se ...

and

Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic was a Romanian professional football club from Jimbolia, Timiș County, Romania, originally from Becicherecu Mic. History The club was founded in 2002 in the Liga V – Timiș and managed to promote to the Liga II ...

were spared from relegation to

due to lack of teams in

Excluded teams

After the end of the last season,

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, centr ...

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 ...

, Berceni, Șoimii Pâncota were dissolved. Dinamo II București, Pandurii II Târgu Jiu and Poli II Timișoara withdrew and then were dissolved. FC Milcov, Șurianu Sebeș, Viitorul Ulmeni,

FC Zalău Fotbal Club Zalău was a Romanian football team from Zalău, Sălaj County, founded in 2005 and dissolved in 2017 after encountered financial problems. History FC Zalău was founded in the summer of 2005, in order to continue Zalău's football ...

, Unirea Jucu and Viitorul II Constanța withdrew from

Other teams

enrolled in

its second team. CFR II Cluj,

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club'', whe ...

's second team was also enrolled in

. CNP Timișoara received the permission to enroll in

, due to the excellent results recorded in the youth championships.

Renamed teams

Voința Saelele was moved from Saelele to

Turnu Măgurele Turnu Măgurele () is a city in Teleorman County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Da ...

and renamed as Voința Turnu Măgurele. Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat was renamed as

CSM Râmnicu Sărat Clubul Sportiv Municipal Râmnicu Sărat (), commonly known as CSM Râmnicu Sărat or Râmnicu Sărat, is a Romanian professional football (soccer), football football team, club from Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County, Romania, founded in 1966. Th ...

.Hotărârea Comitetului de Urgență din 24 august 2017
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League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Possible relegation

At the end of the championship a special table will be made between 12th places from the 5 series. The last team in this table will relegate also in

. In this table 12th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.

References

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