101st season of top-tier football league in Romania
Football league season
Liga I Season 2018–19 Champions CFR Cluj 5th titleRelegated Concordia Chiajna Dunărea Călărași Champions League CFR Cluj Europa League FCSB Viitorul Constanța Universitatea Craiova Matches played 268 Goals scored 624 (2.33 per match) Top goalscorer George Țucudean (18 goals)Best goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis (18 clean sheets)Biggest home win CFR Cluj 5–0 Voluntari (30 November 2018) Biggest away win Voluntari 1–5 Universitatea Craiova (27 August 2018) Botoșani 1–5 CFR Cluj(3 November 2018) Astra Giurgiu 1–5 CFR Cluj(6 May 2019) Sepsi OSK 1–5 FCSB(11 May 2019) Highest scoring Concordia Chiajna 3–6 Politehnica Iași (14 December 2018) Longest winning run 6 matches Botoșani Longest unbeaten run 15 matches CFR Cluj Longest winless run 19 matches Concordia Chiajna Longest losing run 8 matches Concordia Chiajna Highest attendance 30,000 Universitatea Craiova 2–1 FCSB(21 October 2018) Lowest attendance 50Concordia Chiajna 3–6 Politehnica Iași (14 December 2018) Voluntari 1–1 Astra Giurgiu(15 December 2018) Hermannstadt 0–1 Politehnica Iași(6 April 2018) Concordia Chiajna 4–1 Politehnica Iași (26 May 2019) Total attendance 923,723 Average attendance 3,447
All statistics correct as of 2 June 2019.
The 2018–19 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of the Liga I , the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 20 July 2018 and ended on 2 June 2019, being the fourth to take place since the play-off/play-out rule has been introduced.
Dunărea Călărași and Hermannstadt joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Liga II . CFR Cluj managed to defend the title for the first time in their history, while FCSB became the first team in the country to finish as runners-up for four consecutive seasons.[ 1]
Teams
The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2017–18 Liga I and two new teams from the 2017–18 Liga II .
Teams promoted to the Liga I
The first club to be promoted was Dunărea Călărași , following their 3–1 win against Ripensia Timișoara on 5 May 2018. Dunărea will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.[ 2]
The second club to be promoted was Hermannstadt , following their 1–1 draw against Chindia Târgoviște on 13 May 2018. Hermannstadt will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history, but the city of Sibiu , which had many different teams over time, returned in the Liga I after six years of absence, where was last time represented by Voința Sibiu .[ 3]
Teams relegated to the Liga II
The first club to be relegated was Juventus București , which were relegated on 22 May 2018 following a 1–3 defeat against Concordia Chiajna , ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.[ 4]
The second club to be relegated was Poli Timișoara , which were relegated on 2 June 2018 following their 1–0 win against Concordia Chiajna , ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.[ 5]
Venues
FCSB
Universitatea Craiova
CFR Cluj
Dinamo București
Arena Națională
Ion Oblemenco
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Dinamo
Capacity: 55,634
Capacity: 30,929
Capacity: 23,500
Capacity: 15,032
Politehnica Iași
Location of Bucharest teams.
Dunărea Călărași
Emil Alexandrescu
Ion Comșa
Capacity: 11,390
Capacity: 10,400
Astra Giurgiu
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Marin Anastasovici
Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,500
Capacity: 7,814
FC Botoșani
Sepsi OSK
Municipal
Municipal
Capacity: 7,782
Capacity: 5,200
Concordia Chiajna
Hermannstadt [ i]
Voluntari
Viitorul Constanța
Concordia
Municipal
Anghel Iordănescu
Viitorul
Capacity: 5,123
Capacity: 5,000
Capacity: 4,600
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.[ 45]
Table
Source:
LPF (in Romanian) ,
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.
[ 46]
Results
Source:
LPF (in Romanian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
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 Astra Giurgiu 3 4 3 7 6 3 4 2 2 2 5 3 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 Botoșani 6 1 2 6 10 9 10 11 12 12 11 8 9 11 12 8 9 10 9 10 10 8 7 6 6 7 CFR Cluj 6 8 4 1 1 2 2 5 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Concordia Chiajna 10 11 13 10 4 12 13 13 11 11 10 11 10 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 Dinamo București 1 2 8 4 8 4 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 Dunărea Călărași 3 5 4 9 11 5 9 7 9 9 8 9 8 8 8 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 FCSB 12 10 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 Gaz Metan Mediaș 1 3 1 5 9 8 6 4 6 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 7 8 9 10 10 9 11 Hermannstadt 3 7 10 12 4 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 9 8 8 10 9 7 7 9 9 10 10 Politehnica Iași 8 8 12 13 13 13 11 9 7 8 9 10 11 13 11 13 11 9 8 8 9 10 8 8 8 8 Sepsi OSK 12 6 9 3 6 7 5 3 4 5 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 5 7 5 4 5 6 5 5 6 Univ. Craiova 8 14 11 8 12 6 3 8 5 7 6 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 Viitorul Constanța 12 13 7 11 3 11 7 6 8 6 4 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 7 7 5 Voluntari 10 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13
Championship play-offs
The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa 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.[ 47]
Table
Source:
Soccerway ,
Romanian Football Federation Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
[ 48] (C) Champions
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 Giurgiu 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 CFR Cluj 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 FCSB 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Sepsi OSK 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Universitatea Craiova 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 Viitorul Constanța 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3
Relegation play-outs
The bottom eight teams from regular season met twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams started 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 finished 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.[ 47]
Table
Source:
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)
[ 49] (O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
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 Botoșani 9 10 11 11 10 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 Concordia Chiajna 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Dinamo București 7 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 9 Dunărea Călărași 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 Gaz Metan Mediaș 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 Hermannstadt 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 13 13 12 Politehnica Iași 10 8 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Voluntari 12 11 9 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II .
Season statistics
Top scorers
Updated to matches played on 2 June 2019. [ 50] [ 51] [ 52] [ 53]
1 Alexandru Mitriță was transferred to New York City during the winter transfer window.
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Updated to matches played on 2 June 2019.
Discipline
Updated 2 June 2019
Player
Most yellow cards:[ 54] 15
Club
Most yellow cards:[ 56] 130
Most red cards:[ 56] 8
Attendances
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Universitatea Craiova
267,100
30,000
3,500
14,839
+26.8% †
2
FCSB
125,855
27,835
700
6,992
−29.5% 3
3
CFR Cluj
90,912
14,000
1,000
5,051
−19.5% †
4
Dunărea Călărași
60,570
8,000
1,000
3,029
+97.5% 1
5
Sepsi OSK
52,500
3,500
2,000
2,917
+4.7% †
6
Viitorul Constanța
51,000
4,500
1,000
2,833
+12.6% †
7
Dinamo București
53,039
21,763
150
2,652
−7.7% †
8
Botoșani
48,500
5,000
300
2,425
−19.4% †
9
Politehnica Iași
47,600
6,800
200
2,380
−37.8% †
10
Gaz Metan Mediaș
40,700
6,500
400
2,035
+53.4% †
11
Hermannstadt
27,070
5,000
50
1,354
−65.2% 1, 2
12
Voluntari
24,827
3,766
50
1,241
−5.4% †
13
Astra Giurgiu
21,650
3,500
200
1,203
−33.4% †
14
Concordia Chiajna
12,400
3,000
50
620
−41.1% †
League total
923,732
30,000
50
3,447
−2.8% †
Updated to games played on 2 June 2019 Source: League matches: Liga I 2018/2019 Notes: 1: Played last season in Liga II. 2: Hermannstadt played 16 matches out of their stadium which was under renovation. 3: FCSB played 5 matches out of their stadium.
Champion squad
Awards
Liga I Team of the Regular Season
Liga I Team of the 2018–19 Regular Season
[ 59] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal
Liga I Team of the Championship play-offs
Liga I Team of the 2018–19 Championship play-offs
[ 60] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal
Liga I Team of the Season
Liga I Team of the 2018–19 Season
[ 61] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal
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