98th season of Liga I
Football league season
The 2015–16 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Orange for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of the Liga I , the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began 10 July 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016, being the first to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.
FC Steaua București were the defending champions for a third consecutive time, but they did not retain the title. Astra Giurgiu became winners for the first time in their history.
Teams
The last six teams from the 2014–15 season were relegated to their respective 2015–16 Liga II division. Gaz Metan Mediaș , Brașov , Universitatea Cluj , Rapid București , Oțelul Galați and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț .
The first team from each of the two divisions of 2014–15 Liga II advanced to Liga I. Voluntari promoted as the winners of Seria I .[ 1] It is their first season in Liga I. ACS Poli Timișoara promoted as the winners of Seria II .[ 2] It is their second season in Liga I.
Venues
Steaua București [ i]
ACS Poli Timișoara
CFR Cluj
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Arena Națională
Dan Păltinișanu
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Municipal [ note 1]
Capacity: 55,634
Capacity: 32,972
Capacity: 23,500
Capacity: 20,054
Petrolul Ploiești
Location of Bucharest teams.
Dinamo București
Ilie Oană
Dinamo
Capacity: 15,073
Capacity: 15,032
FC Voluntari [ ii]
CSMS Iași
Dinamo
Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,032
Capacity: 11,390
Astra Giurgiu
Târgu Mureș [ iii]
Marin Anastasovici
Trans-Sil
Capacity: 8,500
Capacity: 8,200
FC Botoșani
Universitatea Craiova [ iv]
Concordia Chiajna
Viitorul Constanța [ v]
Municipal
Extensiv
Concordia
Viitorul
Capacity: 7,782
Capacity: 7,000
Capacity: 5,123
Capacity: 4,554
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
In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.[ 40]
Table
Source:
Liga 1 ,
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.
[ 41] Notes:
^ CFR Cluj were deducted ten points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.[citation needed ]
^ Petrolul Ploiești were deducted six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.[citation needed ]
Results
Source:
Liga 1 Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ACS Poli Timișoara 12 12 9 9 11 12 12 12 11 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 FC Astra Giurgiu 2 11 6 6 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 FC Botoșani 7 7 10 12 10 8 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 11 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 10 10 CFR Cluj 13 13 13 10 12 9 8 9 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 CS Concordia Chiajna 2 9 11 11 13 10 11 8 10 11 11 11 11 12 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 CSMS Iași 5 3 2 5 1 4 4 7 7 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 CS U Craiova 7 10 12 13 8 11 9 10 9 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 FC Dinamo București 7 4 4 3 3 1 2 3 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 5 5 4 5 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 FC Petrolul Ploiești 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 FC Steaua București 7 2 3 2 2 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 ASA Târgu Mureș 7 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 4 3 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 FC Viitorul Constanța 2 6 7 7 7 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 FC Voluntari 5 7 8 8 9 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12
Championship play-offs
The top six teams from Regular season met twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.[ 42]
Table
Source:
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points.
(C) Champions
Notes:
^ Dinamo București failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2014.[ 43] [ 44]
^ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Târgu Mureș will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).[ 45]
Results
Source:
Liga 1 Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Astra 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dinamo 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Pandurii 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Steaua 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Târgu Mureș 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Viitorul 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Relegation play-outs
The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation 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 finishes 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.[ 46]
Table
Source:
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points.
(D) Disqualified;
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Source:
Liga 1 Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ACS Poli 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 Botoșani 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 10 9 CFR 9 9 9 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 8 10 7 10 Concordia 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 CSMS Iași 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 CS U Craiova 7 8 7 7 8 8 9 7 7 8 9 7 9 8 Petrolul 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Voluntari 12 12 11 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the winner of the match between second place from Liga II , Seria I and second place from Seria II.
First round
Second round
Notes :
Season statistics
Top scorers
Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016 [ 50] [ 51] [ 52] [ 53]
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016
* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.
Discipline
As of 29 May 2016
Player
Most yellow cards:[ 54] 13
Most red cards:[ 55] 3
Club
Most yellow cards:[ 56] 119
Most red cards:[ 56] 14
Champion squad
Monthly awards
Notes
^ Pandurii was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Drobeta-Turnu Severin for the next two seasons, as a result of the renovations of the Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium.
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