The 2021–22 Liga II (also known as 2021–22 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 82nd 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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. A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the sixth

season with a single series. In the regular season each team played every other team once, then followed a promotion play-off and a relegation play-out. The first two teams promoted to

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

at the end of the season and the third-placed and fifth-placed team played a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from

. 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 ...

. The season began on 31 July 2021 and end on 4 June 2022.

Team changes

To Liga II

Promoted from

* Steaua Bucureşti
(debut) *

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(after 2 years of absence) * Corona Brașov
(after 9 years of absence) * 1599 Șelimbăr
(debut) *

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 ...

(after 14 years of absence) Relegated from

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent th ...

(after 12 years of absence) * Politehnica Iași
(after 9 years of absence) *

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(after 3 years of absence)

From Liga II

Relegated to

* Comuna Recea
(ended 1-year stay) *

CSM Reșița Clubul Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a professional football club based in Reșița, Romania, currently playing in the Liga III. The club was founded on 25 May 1926 as ''UD (Uzinele � ...

(ended 2-year stay) * Slatina
(ended 1-year stay) *

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(ended 4-year stay) * Aerostar Bacău
(ended 1-year stay) * Turris Turnu Măgurele
(ended 2-year stay) Promoted to

* FC U Craiova
(ended 1-year stay) *

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(ended 2-year stay) *

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(ended 9-year stay)

Other

In June 2021, Gheorghe Hagi (owner of Viitorul Constanța), chairman

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and Farul Constanța owner

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announced in a press conference that their two clubs have merged;

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club Farul Constanța therefore took Viitorul's place in the first league from the 2021–22 Liga I season.

Renamed teams

''SCM Gloria Buzău'' was renamed back as

FC Buzău FC Buzău (), coloquially known as Gloria Buzău, is a Romanian association football club based in Buzău. The club currently plays in the Liga II. History Establishment After the bankruptcy of FC Gloria Buzău, businessman Ionel Turturică fo ...

, in order to get a

licence, provided that SCM Gloria was a public entity, but FC Buzău is a public-private partnership, a partnership that is legally eligible for a top-flight licence. ''Viitorul Șelimbăr'' was renamed back as 1599 Șelimbăr. On 2 July 2021,

former owner and currently a shareholder of Farul Constanța announced that the second division place was sold to a new established club, Unirea Constanța, club that will played its home matches in

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. ''Corona Brașov'' merged and then was absorbed by FC Brașov, club that was re-established as a new entity, but with the original "FC Brașov" brand, after 4 years of absence. ''ACS Dacia Unirea Brăila'' was renamed as

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Venues

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

Regular season

League table

Season results

Statistics

Top scorers

Promotion play-off

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to

, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from

. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.

Play-off table

Positions by round

Relegation play-out

A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to

. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to

, while the 5th placed teams in both groups will meet in a tie to avoid relegation.

Group A

Group B

Liga I Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the

faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.

First leg

Second leg

Liga II play-out

The 5th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team to

First leg

Second leg

Attendances

References

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