Liga IV Bucharest

Liga IV Bucharest
Founded1968
CountryRomania
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toLiga III
Relegation toLiga V – Bucharest
Domestic cup(s)Cupa României
Supercupa României
Current championsACS FC Dinamo București (1st title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsSpic de Grâu București and
Chitila (4 titles each)
WebsiteAMF Bucharest
Current: 2024–25 Liga IV Bucharest

Liga IV Bucharest is the municipal football division of Liga IV for clubs based in Bucharest, România. The competition is ranked as the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system, the winner may or may not be promoted to Liga III, depending on the result of a promotion play-off that is disputed against a winner of the neighboring counties series.

History

Football in the City and Region of Bucharest included over time, apart from the participating teams at the national level, a variable number of lower category teams, contained in different organizational and competitive formulas.

After 1948, following the administrative and territorial organization of the Romanian People's Republic, the football from the City of Bucharest and from Bucharest Region was governed by the municipal commission and the regional commission within the coordination forum for physical culture and sport.

In the Bucharest Region, football was organized into regional and district championships that comprised over time teams from nowadays Ilfov, Giurgiu, Ialomița, Teleorman and Călărași counties as from City of Bucharest. The Bucharest Regional Championship was disbanded in 1968 along with the new territorial reorganization of the country[1] and the new competitive system in which each county has its own football championship.[2]

In the City of Bucharest competitive formula was that of the municipal championship with teams from the largest Bucharest enterprises, in value categories called Honor, Promotion and Sector. A peak moment in this period, which ended after 1990, was the time interval between 1964 and 1976, when the destinies of football in the Capital were ensured by Prof. Traian Tomescu, and the number of teams, players, referees and coaches reached a record number, under the conditions of some competitions with two series at Honor Category, another four series at Promotion Category and one or two series for each sector of Bucharest.

After 1992 football in the City of Bucharest was organized in the Municipal Football Association (AMFB) and the number of teams included in the competitions being reduced due to the precarious economic and financial conditions.

Promotion

The champions of each county association play one another in a play-off to promote to the Liga III. Geographical criteria are taken into consideration when the play-offs are drawn. In total there are 41 county champions plus the Bucharest municipal champion.

List of Champions

Bucharest Regional Championship

Ed. Season Winners
1 1951 Dinamo 8 București
2 1952 Spartac Giurgiu
3 1953 Dinamo Oltenița
4 1954 Flacăra București
5 1955
6 1956
7 1957–58 Oltul Turnu Măgurele
8 1958–59 CFR Roșiori
9 1959–60 CFR Roșiori
10 1960–61 Dunărea Giurgiu
11 1961–62 Progresul Alexandria
12 1962–63 Unirea Răcari
13 1963–64 Chimia Turnu Măgurele
14 1964–65 Șantierul Naval Oltenița
15 1965–66 Celuloza Călărași
16 1966–67 Chimia Turnu Măgurele
17 1967–68 Celuloza Călărași (East Series)
Comerțul Alexandria (West Series)

Bucharest Municipal Championship

  1. ^ Not disputed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.

See also

Main Leagues

County Leagues (Liga IV series)

References

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