The 2017–18 Liga II (also known as 2017–18 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 78th season of the

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 ...

, the second tier of the

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. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018. A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the second

season with a single series. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams promoted to

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at the end of the season and the third-placed team played a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from

. The last five teams relegated to

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Team changes

To Liga II

Promoted from

* Știința Miroslava
(debut) * Metaloglobus București
(debut) * SCM Pitești
(after 4 years of absence) * Ripensia Timișoara
(after 70 years of absence) * Hermannstadt
(debut) Relegated from

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(ended 12-year stay in the top flight) *

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 ...

(ended 4-year stay in the top flight)

From Liga II

Relegated to

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(ended 12-year stay) * Unirea Tărlungeni
(ended 4-year stay) * Berceni
(ended 4-year stay) * Șoimii Pâncota
(ended 3-year stay) Promoted to

* Juventus București
(ended 1-year stay) * Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
(ended 1-year stay)

Excluded teams

After the end of last season,

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

was dissolved.

Teams spared from relegation

Metalul Reșița was spared from relegation due to withdrawal of

Renamed teams

SCM Pitești bought FC Argeș brand and was renamed as Argeș Pitești. Metalul Reșița was renamed as Sportul Snagov at one year after its movement to

Snagov Snagov is a commune, located north of Bucharest, in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. The commune is composed of five villages: Ciofliceni, Ghermănești, Snagov, Tâncăbești, and Vlădiceasca. Snagov is a tourist and spa resort, but the nec ...

Stadiums by capacity

Stadiums by locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Season results

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the

faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II. Notes: *

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qualified for

2018–19 Liga I The 2018–19 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 20 July 2018 and ended on 2 June 2019, being t ...

and Chindia Târgoviște qualified for 2018–19 Liga II.

Season statistics

Top scorers

:''Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.''

Clean sheets

:''Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.'' ^*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Attendance

References

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2017–18 in Romanian football