The 2019–20 Liga IV was the 78th season of the
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 ...
, the fourth 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 champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff to gain promotion. This had to be the third season when the counties were divided into 7 regions, each consisting of 6 counties and the draw was made on 15 February 2019, with 4 months before the first matches.
In the spring of 2020, most of the county leagues were suspended due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. On 11 May 2020, the
Romanian Football Federation
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announced that the promotion format will be changed, especially due to the fact that no team (apart from the teams that were already excluded or dissolved) relegated from
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 promotion play-off system was changed from 21 two-legged matches in 14 groups of 3 teams, the winners of the groups and the best 7 ranked runners-up will be promoted to the third tier, 14 teams instead of 21. The groups will be played on neutral ground.
County leagues
;North–East
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Bacău (BC)
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Botoșani (BT)
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Iași (IS)
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Neamț (NT)
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Suceava (SV)
*
Vaslui (VS)
;North–West
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Bihor (BH)
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Bistrița-Năsăud (BN)
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Cluj (CJ)
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Maramureș (MM)
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Satu Mare (SM)
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Sălaj (SJ)
;Center
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Alba (AB)
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Brașov (BV)
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Covasna (CV)
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Harghita (HR)
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Mureș (MS)
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Sibiu (SB)
;West
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Arad (AR)
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Caraș-Severin (CS)
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Gorj (GJ)
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Hunedoara (HD)
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Mehedinți (MH)
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Timiș (TM)
;South–West
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Argeș (AG)
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Dâmbovița (DB)
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Dolj (DJ)
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Olt (OT)
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Teleorman (TR)
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Vâlcea (VL)
;South
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Bucharest (B)
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Călărași (CL)
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Giurgiu (GR)
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Ialomița (IL)
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Ilfov (IF)
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Prahova (PH)
;South–East
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Brăila (BR)
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Buzău (BZ)
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Constanța (CT)
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Galați (GL)
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Tulcea (TL)
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Vrancea (VN)
2019–2020 Promotion play-off
The matches are scheduled to be played in July or August 2020.
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Region 1 (North–East)
Group A
Group B
Region 2 (North–West)
Group A
Group B
Region 3 (Center)
Group A
Group B
Region 4 (West)
Group A
Group B
Region 5 (South–West)
Group A
Group B
Region 6 (South)
Group A
Group B
Region 7 (South–East)
Group A
Group B
Possible promotion
At the end of the promotion tournament, a special table was made between 2nd places from the 14 groups. The first 7 teams in this table were also promoted in 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 ...
.
See also
* 2019–20 Liga I
The 2019–20 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs, which began in July 2019 and was scheduled to end in June 2020. Sus ...
* 2019–20 Liga II
The 2019–20 Liga II (also known as 2019–20 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 80th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 2 August 2020. A total of 20 teams ...
* 2019–20 Liga III
The 2019–20 Liga III was the 64th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season was initially scheduled to begin on 24 August 2019 and to end on 30 May 2020.
The season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, a ...
References
External links
FRF
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Romania
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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 ...