The 2006–07 Liga I was the eighty-ninth season of
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 ...
, the top-level
football league of
Romania
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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
Moldova
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, four clubs from
Transylvania
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, one from
Dobruja
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and nine from
Wallachia
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four of them coming from the country's capital city
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...
.
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 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 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 ...
due to financial problems. They relegated together with
FC Bacău, 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 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 ...
), plus
Unirea Urziceni (winning the playoff for Liga I) and
UTA Arad 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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Liga I seasons
Romania
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