The 2008–09 Liga III season was the 53rd season of

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 ...

, the third tier of the

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. The winners of each division got promoted to the 2009–10 Liga II season. There were also two playoff tournaments held at neutral venues involving the second placed teams, one with those from series 1, 2 and 3, the other with those from series 4, 5, and 6. The winners of the playoffs also got promoted to the 2009–10 Liga II season. The bottom three from each division were relegated at the end of the season to the

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. From the 15th placed teams, another three were relegated. To determine these teams, separate standings were computed, using only the games played against clubs ranked 1st through 14th.

Standings

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Seria VI

Playoffs

Group 1

* 10 June 2009 –

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– Oţelul II Galaţi – Tricolorul Breaza 0-3 * 13 June 2009 –

– Tricolorul Breaza –

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3-1 * 17 June 2009 –

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– Oţelul II Galaţi 1-3 * Tricolorul Breaza Promoted

Group 2

* 10 June 2009 – Cetate Stadium – FC Caracal – Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei 0-2 * 13 June 2009 – Cetate Stadium – Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei – CS Ineu 3-1 * 17 June 2009 – Cetate Stadium – FC Caracal – CS Ineu Cancelled * Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei Promoted