The 2008–09 Liga IV was the 67th season of the
Liga IV
Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 counties and in the Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – County Phase and Divizia D. Its ...
, the fourth 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 champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a play-off match played on a neutral venue. The winners of the play-off matches promoted 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 ...
.
County leagues
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Alba (AB)
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Arad (AR)
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Argeș (AG)
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Bacău (BC)
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Bihor (BH)
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Bistrița-Năsăud (BN)
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Botoșani (BT)
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Brașov (BV)
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Brăila (BR)
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Bucharest (B)
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Buzău (BZ)
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Caraș-Severin (CS)
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Călărași (CL)
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Cluj (CJ)
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Constanța (CT)
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Covasna (CV)
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Dâmbovița (DB)
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Dolj (DJ)
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Galați (GL)
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Giurgiu (GR)
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Gorj (GJ)
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Harghita (HR)
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Hunedoara (HD)
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Ialomița (IL)
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Iași (IS)
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Ilfov (IF)
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Maramureș (MM)
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Mehedinți (MH)
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Mureș (MS)
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Neamț (NT)
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Olt (OT)
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Prahova (PH)
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Satu Mare (SM)
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Sălaj (SJ)
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Sibiu (SB)
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Suceava (SV)
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Teleorman (TR)
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Timiș (TM)
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Tulcea (TL)
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Vaslui (VS)
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Vâlcea (VL)
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Vrancea (VN)
Promotion play-off
The matches was scheduled to be played on 17 June 2009.
Leagues standings
Alba County
Arad County
Bacău County
;Relegation play-out
The teams on the 12th and 13th places in Liga IV Bacău face the teams on the 2nd place in the two series of the
Liga V Bacău. All matches were played on 7 and 8 July 2009 at
Letea Stadium in
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 ...
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Bihor County
Botoșani County
;Relegation play-off
The 11th and 12th-placed teams of the Liga IV faces the 2nd placed teams from the two series of
Liga V Botoșani.
Bucharest
; Series I
; Series II
;Championship play-off
All matches were played at
Romprim Stadium in
București
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2. ...
on 2, 5 and 9 June 2009.
;Group 1
;Group 2
;Final
The championship final was played on 11 June 2009 at
Dinamo Stadium in
București
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 2. ...
.
''Comprest GIM București won the Liga IV Bucharest and qualify to
promotion play-off
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
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in Liga III.''
Caraș-Severin County
Cluj County
Covasna County
Galați County
; Championship play-off
Harghita County
Hunedoara County
Ilfov County
;Championship play-off
The championship play-off was played in a single
round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...
between the best four teams of the regular season.
;Results
Maramureș County
;North Series
; South Series
;Championship final
The championship final was played on 4 June 2009 at
Viorel Mateianu Stadium in
Baia Mare
Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...
.
''Someșul Ulmeni won the Liga IV Maramureș County and qualify to
promotion play-off
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
in Liga III.''
Mureș County
;Championship play-off
;Championship play-out
Neamț County
Prahova County
Satu Mare County
;Championship final
The championship final was played on 6 June 2009 at
Olimpia Stadium in
Satu Mare
Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania ...
.
''Turul Micula won the Liga IV Satu Mare County and qualify to
promotion play-off
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
in Liga III.''
Suceava County
Teleorman County
Timiș County
Vâlcea County
Vrancea County
; Championship final
''Dumitrești won the Liga IV Vrancea County and qualify to
promotion play-off
Promotion may refer to:
Marketing
* Promotion (marketing), one of the four marketing mix elements, comprising any type of marketing communication used to inform or persuade target audiences of the relative merits of a product, service, brand or i ...
in Liga III.''
See also
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2008–09 Liga I
The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.
Teams
Promoted
Teams promoted from Liga II at ...
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2008–09 Liga II
The 2008–09 Liga II was the 69th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. 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 tea ...
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2008–09 Liga III
The 2008–09 Liga III season was the 53rd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.
The winners of each division got promoted to the 2009–10 Liga II season. There were also two playoff tournaments held at neutra ...
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2008–09 Cupa României
References
External links
FRF
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Liga IV seasons
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Romania
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