2025–26 Liga I

The 2025–26 Liga I (also known as the 2025–26 SuperLiga Romania for sponsorship reasons) will be the 108th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania.

FCSB are the two-time defending champions having won their 28th top flight title, the previous season.

Overview

16 teams will compete in the league – the thirteen teams from the previous season, two teams promoted from Liga II directly and one team promoted via play-off.

Teams promoted from Liga II

Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc became the first team to be promoted after fellow promotion contenders Metaloglobus București earned a draw against Reșița on 25 April 2025. The result means Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc will compete in the top flight for the first time in their history.

Argeș Pitești became the second team to be promoted on 6 May 2025 after defeating Reșița in matchweek 8 of the promotion round. This result saw Argeș Pitești return to the top flight after a two-season absence.

Metaloglobus București became the third team to be promoted after defeating Politehnica Iași 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result means that Metaloglobus București will compete in the top division for the first time in their history.

Teams relegated to Liga II

Gloria Buzău became the first team to be relegated after suffering a narrow defeat to Farul Constanța on 4 May 2025. This result ended Gloria Buzău's time in Liga I for one season.

Sepsi OSK became the second team to be relegated after suffering a defeat to Unirea Slobozia on 18 May 2025. This result ended Sepsi's time in Liga I for eight seasons.

Politehnica Iași became the third team to be relegated after defeat to Metaloglobus București 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result ended Iasi's time in Liga I for two seasons.

Teams

Changes

The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season.

Stadiums and locations

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Personnel and kits

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Managerial changes

Pre-season

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During the season

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Regular season

League table

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Results

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Positions by round

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Play-off

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.

Play-off table

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Positions by round

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Play-off results

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Play-out

The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.

Play-out table

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Positions by round

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Play-out results

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European play-offs

In the semi-final the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the play-out semi-final will play the highest ranked team of the play-off tournament, that did not already qualify for European competitions. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the Conference League.

Bracket

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Matches

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Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.

Summary

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Season statistics

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Attendances

Overall

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{{Fb a team, p=4 , t= Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0, nt=†
{{Fb a team, p=5 , t=Dinamo București , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
{{Fb a team, p=6 , t= Farul Constanța , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
{{Fb a team, p=7 , t=FCSB , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
{{Fb a team, p=8 , t=Hermannstadt , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
{{Fb a team, p=9 , t= Metaloglobus București , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0, nt=†
{{Fb a team, p=10 , t= Oțelul Galați , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
{{Fb a team, p=11 , t= Petrolul Ploiești , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
{{Fb a team, p=12 , t=Rapid București , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
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{{Fb a team, p=14 , t= Universitatea Cluj , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
{{Fb a team, p=15 , t= Universitatea Craiova , s=0 , h=0 , l=0 , a=0 , pr=0
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Teams played previous season in Liga II

See also

* 2025–26 Liga II
* 2025–26 Liga III
* 2025–26 Liga IV
* 2025–26 Cupa României

References

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