2006–07 Liga I
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The 2006–07 Liga I was the eighty-ninth season of
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, the top-level
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league of
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. Season began on 28 July 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007.


Teams

Eighteen teams played in the 2006–07 season. Four teams were from
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, four clubs from
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, one from
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and nine from
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four of them coming from the country's capital city
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.
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had been relegated at the end of the previous season but they re-entered Liga I at the expense of Sportul Studenţesc which has been relegated to
Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly 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 football season. It is currently Sponso ...
due to financial problems. They relegated together with
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, who finished 16th last season. The other four new teams which gained access to Liga I were Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Universitatea Craiova (both winning two of the three series of
Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly 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 football season. It is currently Sponso ...
), plus
Unirea Urziceni Fotbal Club Unirea Urziceni, commonly known as Unirea Urziceni (), was a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County. Unirea became Divizia A Final Tables, national champions ...
(winning the playoff for Liga I) and
UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...
which bought the place from Liberty Salonta (winner of the third series of Liga II).


Venues


Personnel and kits


League table


Positions by round


Results


Top goalscorers


Champion squad


References

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