The 2008–09 Liga II was the 69th season of the second 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 season began on 16 August 2008 and lasted until 13 June 2009.
The format has been maintained to two series, each of them consisting of 18 teams. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to
Liga I
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
and the bottom fourth places from both series relegated to
Liga III
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
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Team changes
To Liga II
Promoted from Liga III
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
* Cetatea Suceava
Club Sportiv Municipal 1932 Cetatea Suceava, commonly known as CSM Cetatea Suceava or Cetatea Suceava, is a Romanian football (soccer), football club based in Suceava, Suceava County. The club was originally established in 1932, under the name o ...
* FC Snagov
* FC Ploiești
* Internațional Curtea de Argeș
* Unirea Sânnicolau Mare**
* Luceafărul-Lotus Băile Felix
* Buftea
Buftea () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, located north-west of Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Rom ...
* ACU Arad
Relegated from Liga I
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
* Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
* Dacia Mioveni
Clubul Sportiv Mioveni (), commonly known as CS Mioveni or simply Mioveni, was a Romanian professional football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to scor ...
* UTA Arad
* Universitatea Cluj
From Liga II
Relegated to Liga III
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
* Inter Gaz București
* FCM Reșița
* Focșani
Focșani (; ) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. , it has a population of 66,719.
Geography
Focșani lies at the foot of the Curvature Carpathians, at a point of ...
* Politehnica II Timișoara
* Dunărea Galați**
* FC Caracal
* Săcele
Săcele (; German: ''Siebendörfer''; Hungarian: ''Négyfalu'', between 1950 and 2001 ''Szecseleváros'') is a city in Brașov County, Romania, in the Burzenland area of southeastern Transylvania, with a population of 30,920 inhabitants in 202 ...
* Corvinul 2005 Hunedoara
Promoted to Liga I
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
* FC Brașov
* Argeș Pitești
* Otopeni
Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, neighbouring the north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 21,750 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city.
H ...
* Gaz Metan MediaÈ™
Note (**)
''Unirea Sânnicolau Mare'' was absorbed by newly founded FCM Târgu Mureș The word FCM may refer to:
Science and technology
* FCM (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen
* Flow cytometry
* Food contact materials
* Fuel-containing material
* Flight control module, a computer that assists in the control of an aircraft
C ...
, as a result of a merge. Unirea Sânnicolau Mare was refounded in the lower leagues.
''FCM Câmpina'' was absorbed by Dunărea Galați, as a result of a merge. Dunărea Galați continued in the second tier on the place of Câmpina and FCM Câmpina
FCM Câmpina was a Romanian football (soccer), football team from Poiana Câmpina, Prahova County founded in 1936 and dissolved in 2008.
History
The team was founded under the name ''Astra Câmpina'', which was a local factory that was sponsor ...
was dissolved.
Renamed teams
''Luceafărul-Lotus Băile Felix'' was moved from Băile Felix
Băile Felix () is a thermal spa resort near the commune of Sânmartin, Bihor, Sânmartin in Bihor County, Transylvania, Romania. Băile Felix is at a close distance to Oradea, a major city in western Romania.
History
Thermal springs were valued i ...
to Bacău
Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 census), Bacău is the 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the ...
and renamed/ re-founded as Știința Bacău.
''IS Câmpia Turzii'' was renamed as Mechel Câmpia Turzii.
League tables
Seria I
Seria II
Top scorers
Seria I
;15 goals
* Ștefan Iordache (Dunărea Giurgiu
Dunărea may refer to:
* Dunărea, the Romanian name for the river Danube in Central Europe
* Dunărea (river), a tributary of the Danube in Constanța County, Romania
* Dunărea, a village in the commune Seimeni, Constanța County, Romania
See ...
)
;12 goals
* Daniel Costescu ( Progresul București) / ( Delta Tulcea)
* Costin Curelea ( Sportul Studențesc)
* Cristinel Gafița ( Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț)
;7 goals
* Ștefan Odoroabă ( Petrolul Ploiești)
;3 goals
* Andrei Boroștean (Botoșani
Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa.
Origin of the ...
)
Seria II
;18 goals
* Sorin Gheju (Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...
)
;15 goals
* Cristian Luca ( ACU Arad)
;14 goals
* Enache Câju (Râmnicu Vâlcea
Râmnicu Vâlcea (formerly ''Râmnic'', ) is a city in Romania. Located in the south-central part of the country, in the historical province of Oltenia, it is the seat of Vâlcea County and its main urban settlement. According to the 2021 Romanian ...
)
;10 goals
* Bogdan Vrăjitoarea ( Liberty Salonta)
;8 goals
* Lucian Itu ( Internațional Curtea de Argeș)
;6 goals
* Liviu Antal (Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...
)
;5 goals
* Robert Roszel ( UTA Arad)
;4 goals
* Marian Constantinescu ( Internațional Curtea de Argeș)
See also
* 2008–09 Liga I
* 2008–09 Liga III
* 2008–09 Liga IV
References
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Biomechanics and medicine
* Risk of mortality, a medical classification to estimate the likelihood of death for a patient
* Rupture of membranes, a term used during pregnancy to describe a rupture of the amniotic sac
* ...
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