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The 2019–20 Liga II (also known as 2019–20 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 80th 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. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...
, the second tier of the
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. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 2 August 2020. A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the fourth
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 ...
season with a single series. The season was initially scheduled to be played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams would be 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 Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It ...
at the end of the season and the third-placed team would play a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from
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. The last five teams would relegate 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 was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 25 rounds, due to
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. After two months of inactivity, on 14 May 2020, the Romanian Football Federation announced that a promotion play-off tournament between the first 6 ranked teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be 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 Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It ...
and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from
Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It ...
. No teams will be relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded (
Sportul Snagov Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov, commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov, was a Romanian professional football club from Snagov, Ilfov County founded in 2007 as Damila Măciuca and dissolved in 2020. Last time the club played in the Lig ...
and Daco-Getica București).


Team changes


To Liga II

Promoted from
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*
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(debut) *
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(after 4 years of absence) * Turris Turnu Măgurele
(debut) *
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(after 11 years of absence) *
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(debut) Relegated from
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*
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(after 1 year of absence) *
Concordia Chiajna Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional football club based in Chiajna, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga II. Founded in 1957, the team's best period was between 2011 and 2019, wh ...

(after 8 years of absence)


From Liga II

Relegated to
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*
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(ended 3-year stay) * Aerostar Bacău
(ended 1-year stay) * ACS Poli Timișoara
(ended 1-year stay) *
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(ended 5-year stay) *
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(ended 9-year stay) Promoted to
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* Chindia Târgoviște
(ended 4-year stay) * Academica Clinceni
(ended 7-year stay)


Excluded and spared teams

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withdrew 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 ...
on 30 July 2019, with three days before the start of the championship and chose to enroll 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 ...
. Place of Luceafărul was occupied by Energeticianul.


Other changes

Energeticianul was moved from
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to
Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu () is the capital of Gorj County in the Oltenia region of Romania. It is situated on the Southern Sub-Carpathians, on the banks of the river Jiu. Eight localities are administered by the city: Bârsești, Drăgoieni, Iezureni, Polat ...
, but the club will play its home matches on Municipal Stadium in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, until
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in
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will be opened.


Renamed teams

CSM Școlar Reșița was renamed as
CSM ReÈ™iÈ›a Clubul Sportiv Muncitoresc ReÈ™iÈ›a (), commonly known as CSM ReÈ™iÈ›a or simply as ReÈ™iÈ›a, is a professional football club based in ReÈ™iÈ›a, Romania, currently playing in the Liga III. The club was founded on 25 May 1926 as ''UD (Uzinele È ...
after recovering its right to use the brand and record of the old entity. Energeticianul was renamed as Viitorul Târgu Jiu.


Stadiums by capacity


Stadiums by locations


Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


Managerial changes


Regular season


League table


Season results


Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be 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 Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It ...
and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from
Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It ...
. The teams started the promotion play-offs with half of the points accumulated until the interruption of the regular season.


Table


Results


Liga I play-off

The 12th-placed team of the
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faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II


Season statistics

''Regular season and promotion play-off overall statistics.''Players
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Top scorers


Clean sheets

*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.


Attendances


References

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2019–20 in Romanian football Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic