The 2018–19 Liga III was the 63rd 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 began on 24 August 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019.

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 ...

* 1. FC Gloria
(debut) * Bragadiru
(debut) * Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
(after 38 years of absence) * Crișul Chișineu-Criș
(after 26 years of absence) * Dumbrăvița
(debut) *

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(after 12 years of absence) * FC U Craiova
(debut) * Flacăra Horezu
(after 17 years of absence) *

SCM Gloria Buzău SCM may refer to: Organizations * SCM Corporation, an American typewriter and calculator manufacturer * SCM Holdings, a holding company owned by Ukrainian tycoon Rinat Akhmetov * SCM Press, a UK-based academic publisher of theology * Securities Co ...

(debut) *

Hunedoara Hunedoara (; german: Eisenmarkt; hu, Vajdahunyad ) is a municipiu, city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (''Bós''), Groș ...

(after 2 years of absence) *

Medgidia Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: ''Karasu'' or ''Carasu'', ''Mecidiye'' or ''Megidie'') is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. History Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since th ...

(after 8 years of absence) *

Minaur Baia Mare Club Sportiv Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as CS Minaur Baia Mare, Minaur Baia Mare or simply as Minaur, is a Romanian sports society from Baia Mare, Romania, founded in 1974 by Lascăr Pană, after he took over the old entity (''Minerul'') in ...

(after 3 years of absence) *

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(debut) *

Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; la, Salinae, hu, Marosújvár, german: Miereschhall) is a town in Alba County, Romania, located in the north-eastern corner of the county, near the Mureș River. The town is situated next to a large deposit of salt, mined in the ...

(after 11 years of absence) *

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(debut) *

SR Brașov Asociația Club Sportiv SR Municipal Brașov (), commonly known as SR Brașov or simply Brașov, is a Romanian football club based in the city of Brașov, Brașov County, which competes in the Liga III. The team was created in 2017 by the suppo ...

(debut) * Sticla Arieșul Turda
(after 4 years of absence) * Șomuz Fălticeni
(debut) * Unirea Bascov
(debut) Relegated from

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* Afumați
(after 2 years of absence) * Știința Miroslava
(after 1 year of absence) * Foresta Suceava
(after 6 years of absence)

From Liga III

Relegated to

* Internațional Bălești
(ended 1-year stay) * Avântul Valea Mărului
(ended 2-year stay) * Victoria Traian
(ended 1-year stay) * Urban Titu
(ended 11-year stay) *

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 ...

(ended 5-year stay) * Viitorul Ghimbav
(ended 1-year stay) * Metalosport Galați
(ended 4-year stay) Promoted to

* Aerostar Bacău
(ended 19-year stay) * Farul Constanța
(ended 1-year stay) * Petrolul Ploiești
(ended 1-year stay) * Șirineasa
(ended 2-year stay) *

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 ...

(ended 1-year stay)

Excluded teams

After the end of the previous season,

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 ...

and

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare or simply as Olimpia, is a Romanian professional football club from Satu Mare, Satu Mare County, Romania, founded on 5 May 1921, re-founded in 2010 and 2018. The club play ...

were dissolved. Concordia II Chiajna and Mioveni II withdrew from

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withdrew due to financial problems. Performanța Ighiu withdrew due to financial problems. Gauss Bacău withdrew due to financial problems.

Teams spared from relegation

Metaloglobus București was spared from relegation to

due to withdrawal of Afumați. Sportul Chiscani,

Pașcani Pașcani () is a city in Iași County in the Western Moldavia region of Romania, on the Siret river. , it has a population of 33,745. Five villages are administered by the city: Blăgești, Boșteni, Gâstești, Lunca, and Sodomeni. The city der ...

Iernut Iernut ( hu, Radnót, ) is a town in Mureș County, central Transylvania, Romania. It administers eight villages: Cipău (''Maroscsapó''), Deag (''Marosdég''), Lechința (''Maroslekence''), Oarba de Mureș (''Marosorbó''), Porumbac (''Porumbák ...

, Viitorul Domnești, Delta Dobrogea Tulcea and

Unirea Dej Fotbal Club Unirea Dej, commonly known as Unirea Dej, is a Romanian professional football club from Dej, Cluj County, Romania, founded in 1921. They play in the Liga II. History It is one of Romania's oldest football teams, although it never ...

and were spared from relegation to

due to lack of teams in the Liga III.

Other teams

Afumați withdrew from

after the end of the last season and was enrolled instead in the

, a move made due to financial reasons. Reserve team of

FC Botoșani Fotbal Club Botoșani (), commonly known as FC Botoșani or simply Botoșani, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Botoșani, Botoșani County, that competes in the Liga I. In 2013, twelve years after being established, ...

was enrolled in the championship instead of Gauss Bacău which withdrew due to financial problems.

Renamed teams

ACS Dumitra moved from

Dumitra Dumitra (german: Mettersdorf; hu, Nagydemeter) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cepari, Dumitra and Tărpiu. Natives *Gerhard Poschner Gerhard Hans Poschner (born 23 Septemb ...

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and changed the club's name to 1. FC Gloria. The club would like to be considered the successor of

ACF Gloria Bistrița Asociația Club de Fotbal Gloria Bistrița (), commonly known as Gloria Bistrița, or simply as Gloria, was a Romanian professional association football, football football team, club based in Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud County founded on 6 Jul ...

, but it does not own its brand and record yet. FC Aninoasa moved from

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and changed its name to

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. FCM Alexandria was renamed as

CSM Alexandria Club Sportiv Municipal Alexandria, commonly known as CSM Alexandria or simply as Alexandria, is a Romanian football club from Alexandria, Romania, founded in 1948. It plays in the Romanian Liga III and is one of the most important football clubs ...

. ACS Ghiroda was renamed as CSC Ghiroda. Voința Turnu Măgurele was renamed as Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele.Steaua nu a fost primită în Liga 3. Cum a "judecat" Comitetul Executiv al FRF cererea clubului armatei
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League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Possible relegation

At the end of the season, a special table was made between 12th places from the 5 series. The last team in this table was also relegated in the

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

References

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