The 2020–21 Liga III was the 65th season of

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 third 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 in September 2020 and ended in May 2021. The format was changed from five series of 16 teams to ten series of 10 teams, as the no relegation rule was applied in the previous season after its suspension due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

Team changes

To Liga III

Promoted from

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 ...

* Bradu Borca
(debut) * Dante Botoșani
(debut) *

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 ...

(debut) * Progresul Șomcuta Mare
(after 18 years of absence) * Unirea Ungheni
(after 8 years of absence) * Corona Brașov
(after 8 years of absence) * Progresul Ezeriș
(debut) * Avântul Periam
(debut) * Petrolul Potcoava
(debut) *

Oltenița Oltenița () is a Municipiu, city in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania, on the left bank of the river Argeș (river), Argeș, where its waters flow into the Danube. Geography The city is located in the southwestern part of the county; it sta ...

(after 1 year of absence) * Steaua București
(debut) * Sportul Chiscani
(after 1 year of absence) * Gloria Albești
(debut) * Plopeni
(after 8 years of absence) * Avântul Valea Mărului
(after 2 years of absence) *

Râmnicu Sărat Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Sărat'', , or ''Rebnick''; ) is a municipiu, city in Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It was first attested in a document of 1439, and raised to the rank of ''municipiu'' in ...

(after 1 year of absence) *

Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; , , ) is a town in Alba County, Romania, located in the north-eastern corner of the county, near the Mureș River. The town administers five villages: Cisteiu de Mureș (''Magyarcsesztve''), Micoșlaca (''Miklóslaka''), Războien ...

(after 1 year of absence) * Sporting Vaslui
(after 17 years of absence) * Măgura Cisnădie
(after 4 years of absence) * CA Oradea
(debut) * Sportul Șimleu Silvaniei
(after 11 years of absence) * Jiul Petroșani
(after 8 years of absence) * Minerul Costești
(debut) * Someșul Dej
(debut) * Sepsi OSK II
(debut) Relegated from

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 ...

* Sportul Snagov
(after 8 years of absence) * Daco-Getica București
(after 4 years of absence)

From Liga III

Relegated to

* Botoșani II
(ended 2-year stay) * CSU Galați
(ended 1-year stay) * Poseidon Limanu-2 Mai
(ended 1-year stay) * Medgidia
(ended 2-year stay) * Tractorul Cetate
(ended 1-year stay) * Național Sebiș
(ended 12-year stay) * CFR II Cluj
(ended 3-year stay) Promoted to

* Aerostar Bacău
(ended 1-year stay) * FC U Craiova
(ended 2-year stay) * Unirea Slobozia
(ended 5-year stay) * CSM Slatina
(ended 1-year stay) * Comuna Recea
(ended 5-year stay)

Excluded teams

Sportul Snagov and Daco-Getica București were dissolved and excluded by the

Romanian Football Federation The Romanian Football Federation (; FRF) is the governing body of football in Romania. They are headquartered in the capital city of Bucharest and affiliated with FIFA and UEFA since 1923 and 1955 respectively. The Federation organizes the men's ...

before the start of the new season.

Teams spared from relegation

Hușana Huși, CSM Bacău,

Pașcani Pașcani () is a city in Iași County in the Western Moldavia region of Romania, on the Siret river. , it has a population of 30,766. Five villages are administered by the city: Blăgești, Boșteni, Gâstești, Lunca, and Sodomeni. The city der ...

, Axiopolis Cernavodă, Dacia Unirea Brăila, FCSB II, Recolta Gheorghe Doja,

Pucioasa Pucioasa () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Bela, Diaconești, Glodeni, Malurile, Miculești, and Pucioasa-Sat. The town is located on the middle course of the Ialomița (river), Ialomița River, ...

, Astra II,

Balotești Balotești is a Communes of Romania, commune in the northwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Two small rivers flow through this location: Cociovaliștea and Vlăsia. It is composed of three villages: Balotești, Dumbrăveni, and Săft ...

, Sporting Roșiori, Cetate Deva,

Filiași Filiași () is a town in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania, on the river Jiu. The town administers six villages: Almăjel, Bâlta, Braniște, Fratoștița, Răcarii de Sus, and Uscăci. Natives * Bianca Curmenț (born 1997), handball player * � ...

, ACS Poli Timișoara, Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești, Unirea Alba Iulia, Industria Galda,

Odorheiu Secuiesc Odorheiu Secuiesc (; , ; ) is the second largest municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as ''Odorhei'' in Romanian and ''Udvarhely'' in Hungarian. The Hungarian name of the town "Udvarhely" mean ...

and SCM Zalău were spared from relegation due to the interruption of the 2019–20 season, as a result of the

Renamed teams and other changes

''Cetate Deva'' was renamed as CSM Deva.Programul seriilor Ligii 3, sezonul 2020-2021
frf.ro ''Metalurgistul Cugir'' was renamed as CSO Cugir.

Other teams

Viitorul II Constanța, Dinamo II București, Rapid II București, Concordia II Chiajna, Academica II Clinceni, Gaz Metan II Mediaș, Hermannstadt II and Kids Tâmpa Brașov were enrolled directly in the

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Seria VI

Seria VII

Seria VIII

Seria IX

Seria X

Promotion play-offs

In this season a new format was adopted, due to

. The 100 football clubs were placed in 10 series, the first two teams from each series qualified for the promotion play-off, but only the best 5 teams promoted to 2021–22 Liga II season.

First round

Second round

Relegation play-outs

In this season a new format was adopted, due to

. The 100 football clubs were placed in 10 series, the last two teams from each series and the worst 8th place qualified for the relegation play-outs, which was played against 21 winners of the

2020–21 Liga IV The 2020–21 Liga IV was the 79th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season was initially postponed due to the high costs generated by COVID-19 pandemic, but on 7 April 2021, the Romanian Football ...

season. Only the winners of the 21 encounters will continue in the 2021–22 Liga III.VIDEO S-a tras la sorți barajul pentru Liga 3
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References

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