The 2020–21 Liga II (also known as 2020–21 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 81st 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
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 ...
. A total of 21 teams contested the league, instead of 20, due to the no relegation rule imposed in the previous season by the suspension of the league due to
COVID-19 pandemic
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. It was the fifth
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 ...
season with a single series. In the regular season each team played every other team once, followed by a promotion play-off and a relegation play-out. The first two teams 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 ...
at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team played a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team 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 ...
. The last six teams 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 ...
. The season began on 5 September 2020 and ended on 3 June 2021.
Team changes
To Liga II
Promoted from
Liga III
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Aerostar Bacău[Campionatul Ligii 3 a fost ”înghețat”! Decizia FRF în privința retrogradatelor și promovatelor. Două echipe au fost deja desemnate campioane și trimise în Liga 2.](_blank)
Retrieved May 12, 2020. (after 1 year of absence)
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FC U Craiova (after 6 years of absence)
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Unirea Slobozia (after 5 years of absence)
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Slatina (after 7 years of absence)
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Comuna Recea (debut)
Relegated from
Liga I
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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 ...
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Sportul Snagov (ended 8-year stay)
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Daco-Getica București (ended 2-year stay)
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 ...
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UTA Arad (ended 5-year stay)
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Argeș Pitești (ended 3-year stay)
Stadiums by capacity
Locations
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Season results
Statistics
Top scorers
:''Updated to matches played on 28 March 2021.''
Promotion play-off
A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 20 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be 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 ...
, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams 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 ...
. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.
Table
Results
Relegation play-out
A relegation play-out tournament between the last 15 ranked teams at the end of the regular season will be played to decide the five teams that will be 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 ...
. Two play-out groups will be made: the first group will consist of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group will consist of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group will be 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 ...
, while the 5th placed teams in both groups will meet in a tie to avoid relegation.
Group A
Table
Results
Group B
Table
Results
Liga I Promotion/relegation play-offs
The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the
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 ...
faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.
First leg
Second leg
Liga II play-out
The 5th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team 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 ...
.
First leg
Second leg
Attendances
References
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