2022–23 Liga I (women's football)

Liga I
Season2022–23
ChampionsU Olimpia Cluj
12th Liga I title
2023–24 →
All statistics correct as of 21 August 2023.

The 2022–23 Liga I is the 33rd season of the top level women's football league of the Romanian football league system. 12 teams will play a one legged-round robin. The top 6 teams progress then to the play-offs, while the bottom 6 teams to the play-out, where a two-legged round-robin will take place. Teams ranked 11 and 12 (5 and 6 in the play-out) will relegate directly to the 2023–24 Liga II.

U Olimpia Cluj defended their title and won their 12th title.


Team changes

Renamed teams

While still technically having remained a separate club for the duration of the 2021-22 season, and after using the Politehnica brand for one season,[1][2] ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic was finally dissafiliated and the cession of participation rights in all women's football competitions to the SSU Politehnica Timișoara club was approved on 5 August 2022, finalizing a deal long in the making.[3]

Excluded and spared teams

In the summer of 2022, Heniu Prundu Bârgăului was supposed to be taken over by the CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud club, which had more financial support. The move fell short due to identity issues, the main reason being the Heniu brand would have been suppressed in favor of the Gloria one.[4] Heniu coach Călin Svoboda, along with a large part of the players opted to move to found the women's football section of Gloria 2018, while Heniu disbanded due to a combination of lack of players and financial support. As a consequence, the 11th place in the 2021-22 Liga I, Universitatea Galați was spared from relegation.


Stadiums by capacity and location

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Location of teams in 2022–23 Liga I
Club City Stadium Capacity
CSM Alexandria Alexandria Municipal (Alexandria) 5,000
Banat Girls Comloșu Mare Comunal
Carmen București Giurgiu Marin Anastasovici 8,500
Csiksereda Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Municipal (Miercurea Ciuc)
Fair Play Bucharest Ciorogârla 1,000
Heniu Prundu Bârgăului Heniu 500
Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare Viorel Mateianu 7,000
Ladies Târgu Mureş Târgu Mureş Academia de Sport Mureşul
U Olimpia Cluj Cluj-Napoca Clujana / Iclod Arena
Piroș Security Arad Sânnicolaul Mic 1,500
Politehnica Femina Timișoara Stadionul Știința / Baza Poli 2
Târgoviște Târgoviște Alpan (Șotânga) 1,000
Universitatea Galați Siderurgistul 6,000
Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc Municipal (Odorheiu Secuiesc) 5,000

Regular season

Home \ Away OLI UGL ALE VAS PIR CAR BMA PTF FPB LTM MIE BGR
U Olimpia Cluj — — — 8–2 — 4–0 — 0–3 — 7–0 3–0 4–0
Universitatea Galați 1–6 — 0–3 — 1–2 — 1–1 — 0–3 — — 0–10
CSM Alexandria 0–3 — — 3–0 — 0–3 — — 3–0 2–0 — —
Vasas Femina — 3–0 — — 3–1 — 3–0 0–3 — — 0–0 —
Piroș Security Arad 0–13 — 3–3 — — 0–8 — — 2–2 0–1 — —
Carmen București — 10–0 — 8–0 — — — 0–1 — 9–0 2–0 5–1
Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare 0–11 — 1–3 — 2–0 0–5 — — 3–0 — — —
Politehnica Timișoara — 18–0 4–0 — 11–0 — 17–0 — 6–0 — — 2–0
Fair Play București 2–15 — — 1–4 — 0–6 — — — 6–5 1–5 0–3
Ladies Târgu Mureș — 5–1 — 1–1 — — 0–1 0–3 — — 3–0 —
Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc — 8–0 3–2 — 2–0 — 4–0 0–7 — — — 1–0
Banat Girls — — 5–0 1–2 4–0 — 1–0 — — 4–1 — —
Source: Liga I Feminin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Politehnica Timișoara 11 11 0 0 75 0 +75 33 Calificare în play-off
2 U Olimpia Cluj 11 10 0 1 74 8 +66 30
3 Carmen București 11 9 0 2 56 6 +50 27
4 Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc 11 6 1 4 23 8 +15 19
5 Banat Girls 11 6 0 5 29 15 +14 18
6 Vasas Femina Odorhei 11 5 2 4 18 26 −8 17
7 CSM Alexandria 11 5 1 5 19 20 −1 16 Calificare în play-out
8 Ladies Târgu Mureș 11 3 1 7 16 34 −18 10
9 Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare 11 3 1 7 8 45 −37 10
10 Piroș Security Arad 11 1 2 8 8 50 −42 5
11 Fair Play București 11 2 1 8 15 52 −37 1[a]
12 Universitatea Galați 11 0 1 10 4 69 −65 1
Source: FRF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Notes:
  1. ^ On September 28, 2022, Fair-Play Bucharest was sanctioned with 6 points.[5]

Play-offs

Home \ Away OLI PTF CAR VAS BGR MIE
U Olimpia Cluj — 7–0 1–3 8–1 6–2 3–0
Politehnica Timișoara 1–3 — 2–2 6–0 2–0 2–0
Carmen București 0–1 2–3 — 5–0 2–0 2–0
Vasas Femina 0–5 1–2 2–4 — 4–0 1–2
Banat Girls 0–1 0–3 0–4 2–1 — 2–2
Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc 3–4 0–7 0–2 4–0 3–0 —
Source: Liga I Feminin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 U Olimpia Cluj (C) 10 9 0 1 39 10 +29 57 Champions League 2023-2024
2 Politehnica Timișoara 10 7 1 2 28 15 +13 55
3 Carmen București (D, R) 10 7 1 2 26 9 +17 49 Disbanded at the end of the season
4 Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc 10 3 1 6 14 23 −9 29
5 Banat Girls 10 1 1 8 6 28 −22 22
6 Vasas Femina (R) 10 1 0 9 10 38 −28 20 Relegation to the Second League
Source: Liga I Feminin
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated

Play-outs

Home \ Away PIR BMA ALE LTM FPB UGL
Piroș Security Arad — 0–1 0–5 0–4 2–2 1–0
Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare 0–1 — 3–4 0–2 3–1 4–0
CSM Alexandria 6–1 10–4 — 4–1 10–2 7–1
Ladies Târgu Mureș 2–2 7–1 2–1 — 3–0 2–0
Fair Play București 2–3 6–4 0–4 2–0 — 3–3
Universitatea Galați 1–3 1–0 1–5 0–6 0–2 —
Source: Liga I Feminin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 CSM Alexandria 10 9 0 1 56 15 +41 43
8 Ladies Târgu Mureș 10 7 1 2 29 10 +19 32
9 Piroș Security Arad (D, R) 10 4 2 4 13 23 −10 19 Disbanded at the end of the season
10 Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare (R) 10 3 0 7 20 32 −12 19[a] Relegation to the Second League
11 Fair Play București (R) 10 3 2 5 20 32 −12 12
12 Universitatea Galați (R) 10 1 1 8 7 33 −26 5
Source: Liga I Feminin
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare withdrew at the end of the season

References

  1. ^ "Politehnica Timișoara și Fortuna Becicherecu Mic și-au unit forțele în elita fotbalului feminin" [Politehnica Timișoara and Fortuna Becicherecu Mic unite their forces in the women's football elite]. fortunabecicherec.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Politehnica Timișoara și Fortuna Becicherecu Mic și-au unit forțele în elita fotbalului feminin" [Politehnica Timișoara and Fortuna Becicherecu Mic unite their forces in the women's football elite]. sspolitehnica.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Deciziile Comitetului Executiv din 5 august 2022" [Decisions of the Executive Committee of 5 August 2022]. frf.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Heniu rămâne Heniu! CS Gloria 2018 nu a reușit „transferul" echipei feminine de fotbal în propria curte" [Heniu stays Heniu! CS Gloria 2018 did not manage to „transfer” the women's football team to its own court]. bistriteanul.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. ^ Feminin • Liga 1 Feminin - Sezon Regular • Etapa 11, Federația Română de Fotbal