Football league season
The 2023–24 Liga II is the 84th season of the Liga II , the second tier of the Romanian football league system . A total of 20 teams contest the league.
It is the eighth Liga II season with a single series.[ 1] The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last four teams will be relegated to Liga III . The season began on 5 August 2023 and is scheduled to end in June 2024.[ 2]
Teams
Team changes
On 7 August 2023, FC Brașov was excluded from Liga II by the Romanian Football Federation .[ 12]
Teams spared from relegation
Progresul Spartac București was spared from relegation to 2023–24 Liga III season , due to the decision to relegate FC Brașov , decision that vacanted place in the 2022–23 Liga II season.
Venues
Steaua București
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Corvinul Hunedoara
Argeș Pitești
Steaua
Ceahlăul
Michael Klein
Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 31,254
Capacity: 18,000
Capacity: 16,500
Capacity: 15,000
Viitorul Târgu Jiu
CSM Reșița
Gloria Buzău
1599 Șelimbăr
Tudor Vladimirescu
Mircea Chivu
Municipal
Municipal [ i]
Capacity: 12,518
Capacity: 12,500
Capacity: 12,321
Capacity: 12,000
Slatina
Locations of the 2023–24 Liga II teams
Location of Bucharest and Ilfov teams.
Mioveni
1 Mai
Orășenesc
Capacity: 11,390
Capacity: 10,000
Chindia Târgoviște
Unirea Dej
Eugen Popescu
Unirea
Capacity: 8,400
Capacity: 6,000
Unirea Slobozia
Concordia Chiajna
Csíkszereda
Alexandria
1 Mai
Concordia
Municipal
Municipal
Capacity: 6,000
Capacity: 5,123
Capacity: 4,000
Capacity: 2,000
Tunari
Progresul Spartac București
Dumbrăvița
Metaloglobus București
Comunal
CNAF [ ii]
Ștefan Dobay
Metaloglobus
Capacity: 1,700
Capacity: 1,600
Capacity: 1,000
Capacity: 1,000
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Source:
FRF (in Romanian) Rules for classification:
During Season : 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored.
End of Season : 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Goals scored
Season results
Source:
FRF Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I , 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 . The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.[ 23]
Play-off table
Source:
FRF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play off); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play off); 9) Play-off.
[ 24] (C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
^ a b Corvinul Hunedoara and 1599 Șelimbăr are ineligible for promotion due to the clubs being owned by comunal departments/entities, all Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.
^ Corvinul Hunedoara qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as 2023–24 Cupa României winners
^ a b 1599 Șelimbăr finished ahead of Gloria Buzău on regular season points: 1599 Șelimbăr 42, Gloria Buzău 34
Results
Source:
FRF Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation play-out
A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III . Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III . [ 23]
Group A
Table
Source:
FRF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.
[ 24] (R) Relegated
Notes:
^ a b Metaloglobus București finished ahead of Argeș on regular season points tally: Metaloglobus București 26, Argeș 24
^ a b Dumbrăvița finished ahead of Unirea Dej on regular season points tally: Dumbrăvița 23, Unirea Dej 13
Group B
Table
Source:
FRF Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.
[ 24] (R) Relegated
Notes:
^ a b Chindia Târgoviște finished ahead of Concordia Chiajna on regular season points tally: Chindia Târgoviște 28, Concordia Chiajna 25
The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.
First leg
Second leg
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