Liga I

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Liga I (Script error: No such module "IPA".; First League), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons,[1] is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation from and to Liga II. The teams play 30 matches each in the regular season, before entering the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs according to their position in the regular table.

Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909–10 campaign, being currently 25th in UEFA's league coefficient ranking list. It is administered by the Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal, also known by the acronym LPF. Before the 2006–07 season, the competition was known as Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the finding that someone else had registered that trademark.[2]

The best performer to date is Steaua București with 20 or 28 titlesTemplate:Efn followed by longtime cross-town rival Dinamo București with 18 trophies. Furthermore, of the remaining 21 clubs which came victorious in the competition, eight have won it on at least three occasions—CFR Cluj (eight trophies), Venus București (seven), Chinezul Timișoara and UTA Arad (six each), Ripensia Timișoara, Universitatea Craiova and Petrolul Ploiești (four each), and Rapid București (three).

Competition format

Starting with 2020, the Liga I has been expanded to a 16-team format. After each team plays the others twice for 30 fixtures, they are ranked by total points and then divided according to their position to enter either the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs. At this stage, the points are halved and criteria such as goal difference, goals scored etc. are erased completely.

The six clubs which enter the championship play-offs play ten games, while the remaining ten in the relegation play-outs will only play each other once, resulting in nine fixtures. The championship play-offs winners are also crowned winners of the season's Liga I. The 9th and 10th positions in the play-out are relegated directly to the Liga II, while the 7th- and 8th-placed teams will play a two-legged tie against the 3rd and 4th teams from the second league's table. From 2023/24, only 8th placed team will play a two-legged tie against 3rd placed team from second league's table.

Also, the 1st and 2nd teams from the play-out phase will play a one-legged game between each other and the winner will face the last team that completed the play-off phase in a European spot. The winner of that one-legged match will play next season in the UEFA Europa Conference League.[3]

History

Early championships (1909–1921)

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Olympia București, the 1909 champions.

The first official national football tournament was organized in 1909 by the recently founded Romanian Football Federation, then called the Association of Athletic Societies in Romania (Template:Langx). The final matches of the first Romanian Football Championship were held between December 1909 and January 1910 in Bucharest.[4][5] The three pioneer clubs were Olympia and Colentina from Bucharest and United from Ploiești. Each team played a fixture against the other two clubs, totalizing a number of three matches disputed, with Olympia București being crowned as champions of the first Romanian Football Championship.[4][6] In the following years, the tournament was structured into regional groups with the winners of each group participating in a playoff with the eventual winners being declared champions. From 1909 until 1921, the championship was organized as a cup with the winner being crowned as Champions of Romania,[4][6] except for between 1916 and 1919, when the competition was suspended due to World War I.[7] The champions of this period were Olympia and Colentina, each with two titles, and United, Prahova, Venus, Unirea Tricolor București and Româno-Americana, with one title each.[4][6]

Divizia A (1921–2006)

The 1921–22 season marked the first time when a league consisting of seven teams was formed. The championship, which had been confined to several regional leagues, became a national competition in 1921 with the foundation of Divizia A and Divizia B. The inaugural Divizia A season was won by Chinezul Timișoara.[8] Before the 1931–32 season, the competition was dominated by Chinezul and Venus București, with Chinezul winning six championships and Venus two championships during the eleven seasons.[4][8] The 1932–33 season saw the rise of another successful team, Ripensia Timișoara, which alongside rivals Venus, won eight of the following nine championships, before the competition was suspended in 1940 due to World War II.[4][8]

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UTA Arad during 1946–1947.

The post-war years were dominated by UTA Arad, CCA București and Petrolul Ploiești. The 1960s saw the gradual emergence of Dinamo București, with the help from strikers Gheorghe Ene and Florea Dumitrache—both of whom became some of Divizia A's top all-time scorers. The 1970s saw the rise of Dudu Georgescu, from Dinamo București, who was Divizia A's leading scorer for four seasons between 1974 and 1978. He scored an impressive 156 goals and won the European Golden Shoe award for the top scorer in Europe twice, in 1975 and 1977.[9][10] Dinamo București also had two more European Golden Shoe winners in the 1986–87 season in the name of Rodion Cămătaru and in the 1988–89 season in the name of Dorin Mateuţ, with the latter being the last Romanian winner of the trophy.[9] From the 1959–60 season all the way to the 1999–2000 season all the league championships were won by only seven teams: Steaua (16 titles), Dinamo (14 titles), Universitatea Craiova (4 titles), Rapid București, FC Argeș and UTA Arad (2 titles each), and Petrolul Ploiești (one title).[4]

Dinamo București was the first Romanian team to qualify into the European Champions Cup in the 1956–57 season of the competition and Universitatea Craiova was the last team from Romania to qualify in the 1991–92 season, before the competition changed its name to the UEFA Champions League. Romanian teams qualified to 35 of the 37 seasons of the European Champions Cup, with Dinamo București having thirteen appearances, Steaua București having ten appearances, Universitatea Craiova having four appearances, Petrolul having three appearances, UTA Arad and FC Argeş having two appearances and Rapid București having one appearance. The most important results for a Romanian team in this competition were achieved by Steaua București which won the trophy in the 1985–86 season, and reached the semi-finals in the 1987–88 season and another final in the 1988–89 season.[5] Other important achievements include Universitatea Craiova which reached the quarter-finals in the 1981–82 season and Dinamo București which reached the semi-finals in the 1983–84 season.[11][12] However, after the change of the format in 1992–93 to the current Champions League format, Romanian champions have achieved limited successes, with Steaua only reaching the group stage three times before the 21st century.

The beginning of the 2000s were dominated by teams from the capital, with Steaua, Dinamo and Rapid winning all the league titles between 2000 and 2007.[4]

Liga I (2006–present)

At the beginning of the 2006–07 season the competition was forced to change its name from Divizia A to Liga I due to a trademark dispute over the name.[2] The change was made on 15 May 2006, and the Romanian Football Federation decided to also rename the lower leagues; thus Divizia B became Liga II, Divizia C became Liga III, and so on.[2] The 2006–07 season marked the 16th straight time a team from Bucharest won the championship, with Dinamo winning the title. Both 2007–08 and 2008–09 saw new title winners as CFR Cluj and Unirea Urziceni were crowned champions for the first time.[4] CFR Cluj won their second championship in 2009–10, while the 2010–11 saw another new winner, Oțelul Galați. Oțelul is the first and only club from the region of Moldavia to win a national title so far.

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CFR Cluj (pictured at Stamford Bridge in a 2008–09 UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea) won eight championships under the new name of Liga I.

CFR Cluj, the 2007–08 winner became the first Romanian team to qualify directly into the 2008–09 group stage of the UEFA Champions League, and the first team other than Steaua to qualify to this stage since the beginning of the new Champions League format in 1992–93.[13] The 2009–10 champions as well as 2010–11 ones were guaranteed a direct qualification spot into the group stage as well.[14] The best results in the group stage was obtained by CFR Cluj in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League with ten points and third place in a group with Manchester United, Braga, and Galatasaray.

The 2010s also brought new league winners in Liga I, with Astra Giurgiu and Viitorul Constanța clinching the titles in 2015–16 and 2016–17 respectively.[15] Since 2017 onwards, CFR Cluj won five consecutive Liga I titles, amassing a total number of eight national titles as of 2022. CFR Cluj obtained the best result of a Romanian team in the group stage in the 2019–2020 season of Europa League - 12 points. Also, CFR Cluj became the first Romanian team to qualify to UEFA Conference League group stage, when they obtained 4 points in the inaugural season (i.e. 2021–2022).[16]

In June 2022, Liga I officially changed its name into "SuperLiga" for sponsorship reasons, due to Romanian sporting bets agency Superbet sponsoring the competition.

Clubs

Wins by club

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Club Wins Winning years
Steaua București/FCSBTemplate:Efn
28
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1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2023–24, 2024–25
Dinamo București File:Competitiester.svg
18
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1955, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07
CFR Cluj
8
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2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Venus București
7
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1919–20, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40
UTA Arad
6
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1946–47, 1947–48, 1950, 1954, 1968–69, 1969–70
Chinezul Timișoara
6
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1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27
Universitatea Craiova
4
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1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1990–91
Petrolul Ploiești
4
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1929–30, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1965–66
Ripensia Timișoara
4
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1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38
Rapid București
3
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1966–67, 1998–99, 2002–03
Argeș Pitești
2
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1971–72, 1978–79
Unirea Tricolor București
2
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1920–21, 1940–41
Prahova Ploiești
2
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1911–12, 1915–16
Colentina București
2
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1912–13, 1913–14
Olympia București
2
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1909–10, 1910–11
Farul Constanța
2
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2016–17, 2022–23
Astra Giurgiu
1
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2015–16
Oțelul Galați
1
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2010–11
Unirea Urziceni
1
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2008–09
Club Atletic Oradea
1
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1948–49
CSM Reșița
1
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1930–31
Colțea Brașov
1
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1927–28
Româno-Americană București
1
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1914–15

2024–25 season

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Club Position
in 2023–24
First season in
Liga I
Number of seasons
Liga I
First season of
current spell in
Liga I
Top division
titles
Last Liga I title
Botoșani 01313th 2013–14 12 2013–14 0
CFR Cluj 0022nd 1947–48 30 2004–05 8 2021–22
Dinamo București 01414th 1948–49 75 2023–24 18 2006–07
Gloria Buzǎu 0164th in Liga II 1978–79 8 2024–25
Hermannstadt 0099th 2018–19 6 2022–23 0
Oțelul Galați 0088th 1986–87 29 2023–24 1 2010–11
Politehnica Iași 01212nd 2012–13 9 2023–24 0
Sepsi OSK 0055th 2017–18 8 2017–18 0
FCSB 0011st 1947-48Template:Efn 77 1947-48 27 2023-24
Universitatea Craiova 0033rd 1964–65 40 2014–15 3 1980–81
UTA Arad 0077th 1946–47 43 2020–21 6 1969–70
Farul Constanța 0044th 2012–13 13 2012–13 2 2022–23
Petrolul Ploiești 01111th 1933–34 61 2022–23 4 1965–66
Unirea Slobozia 0151st in Liga II 2024–25 1 2024–25
Universitatea Cluj 01010th 1932–33 59 2022–23 0
Rapid București 0066th 1932–33 70 2021–22 3 2002–03

Sponsorship

On 19 December 1998, SABMiller bought the naming rights for four and a half seasons, becoming the first sponsor in the history of the competition. SABMiller changed the name of the competition to "Divizia A Ursus", to promote their Ursus beer.[17]

Starting with the 2004–05 season, European Drinks & Foods, a Romanian $1.3 billion USD revenue company, took over as main sponsor and changed the league's name to "Divizia A Bürger", to promote their Bürger beer.[18]

On 11 May 2008, Realitatea Media bought the naming rights and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Realitatea", to promote their Realitatea TV station.[19]

In late 2008, European Drinks & Foods again bought the rights and the league was renamed as the "Liga I Frutti Fresh", after one of their soft drinks brand.[20]

For the 2009–10 season, the online betting firm Gamebookers purchased the league naming rights and renamed the division "Liga 1 Gamebookers.com".[21]

In July 2010, Bergenbier, a StarBev Group company, bought the naming rights for four seasons and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Bergenbier", to promote their Bergenbier beer.[22]

From the 2015–16 season, the French telecommunications corporation Orange became the main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, for two years, and renamed the league in Liga 1 Orange.[23]

From the 2017–18 season, the international online gaming operator Betano became the main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, for two years, and renamed the league in 'Liga 1 Betano'.

For the 2019–20 season, the national online gaming operator Casa Pariurilor became the main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, and renamed the league in 'Casa Liga 1'.

For the 2022–23 season the operator of games in Romania Superbet is the sponsor of the leagues and the name changes to Superliga României.

Media coverage

In 2004, Telesport, a small TV network, bought the broadcasting rights for $28 million. The four seasons contract ended in the summer of 2008. Telesport sold some of the broadcasting rights for matches to other Romanian networks, including, TVR1, Antena 1, Național TV, and Kanal D.

On 31 March 2008, Antena 1 with RCS & RDS outbid Realitatea Media and Kanal D in the broadcasting rights auction with a bid of €102 million for a three seasons contract.[24]

In 2011, the broadcasting rights were bought by RCS & RDS for their channels Digi Sport 1, Digi Sport 2 and Digi Sport 3. This channels aired broadcasting of seven of the nine matches from each stage of the championship. The other two matches were broadcast by Antena 1 (an Intact Media Group channel) and Dolce Sport (a channel owned by Telekom Romania).

In March 2014, LPF announced that the rights were sold for a five-year period to a company from the European Union, without specifying the company's name.[25] A month later, Look TV and Look Plus were revealed as the TV stations that would broadcast the games from Liga I and Cupa Ligii between 2014 and 2019.[26]

EA Sports

On 27 August 2019, Liga I signed a contract with EA Sports for the rights of the league for FIFA 20. It was the first time that the Liga I had been featured in a sports video game.[27] Liga I has been featured in every FIFA installment since then.

Records

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Players

Top Ten Players With Most Appearances
As of 15 June 2025[28][29][30]
Player Period Club Games
1 Template:Flagicon Ionel Dănciulescu 1993–2014 Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo București, Steaua București 515
2 Template:Flagicon Costică Ștefănescu 1968–1988 Steaua București, Universitatea Craiova, FC Brașov 490
3 Template:Flagicon Florea Ispir 1969–1988 ASA Târgu Mureș 485
4 Template:Flagicon László Bölöni 1971–1988 ASA Târgu Mureș, Steaua București 484
5 Template:Flagicon Dan Nistor 2010– Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Dinamo București, CFR Cluj, Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Cluj 483
6 Template:Flagicon Costel Câmpeanu 1987–2005 FCM Bacău, Dinamo București, Gloria Bistrița, Progresul București, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 470
7 Template:Flagicon Petre Marin 1993–2012 Sportul Studențesc, Național București, Rapid București, Steaua București, Unirea Urziceni, Concordia Chiajna 468
8 Template:Flagicon Paul Cazan 1972–1988 Sportul Studențesc 465
9 Template:Flagicon Cornel Dinu 1966–1983 Dinamo București 454
10 Template:Flagicon Constantin Stancu 1976–1990 Argeș Pitești 447
Top Ten Highest Goalscorers
As of 15 June 2025[28][31]
Player Period Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Dudu Georgescu 1970–1987 Progresul București, CSM Reșița, Dinamo București, FCM Bacău, Gloria Buzău, Flacăra Moreni 252 (Ø 0,68)
2 Template:Flagicon Ionel Dănciulescu 1993–2014 Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo București, Steaua București 214 (Ø 0,41)
3 Template:Flagicon Rodion Cămătaru 1974–1989 Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo București 198 (Ø 0,52)
4 Template:Flagicon Marin Radu 1974–1989 Argeș Pitești, Olt Scornicești, Steaua București, Inter Sibiu 190 (Ø 0,49)
5 Template:Flagicon Florea Dumitrache 1966–1983 Dinamo București, Jiul Petroșani, Corvinul Hunedoara 170 (Ø 0,47)
5 Template:Flagicon Ion Oblemenco 1963–1977 Rapid București, Universitatea Craiova 170 (Ø 0,62)
7 Template:Flagicon Mircea Sandu 1970–1987 Progresul București, Sportul Studențesc 167 (Ø 0,41)
8 Template:Flagicon Victor Pițurcă 1975–1989 Olt Scornicești, Steaua București 166 (Ø 0,55)
9 Template:Flagicon Mihai Adam 1962–1976 Universitatea Cluj, Vagonul Arad, CFR Cluj 160 (Ø 0,45)
10 Template:Flagicon Titus Ozon 1947–1964 Unirea Tricolor, Dinamo București, Dinamo Brașov, Progresul București, Rapid București 157 (Ø 0,58)
Top Ten Foreign Players With Most Appearances
As of 15 June 2025[32][33][34]
Player Period Club Games
1 Template:Flagicon Mário Camora 2011– CFR Cluj 418
2 Template:Flagicon Takayuki Seto 2009–2024 Astra Giurgiu, Petrolul Ploiești 345
3 Template:Flagicon Júnior Morais 2010–2023 Astra Giurgiu, FCSB, Rapid București 318
4 Template:Flagicon Adnan Aganović 2013– FC Brașov, Viitorul Constanța, Steaua București, Sepsi OSK, Unirea Slobozia 255
5 Template:Flagicon Risto Radunović 2017– Astra Giurgiu, FCSB 240
6 Template:Flagicon Ousmane Viera 2009–2021 CFR Cluj, Internațional Curtea de Argeș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Sepsi OSK, Hermannstadt 235
7 Template:Flagicon Eric de Oliveira 2008–2021 Gaz Metan Mediaș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Viitorul Constanța, Voluntari 222
8 Template:Flagicon Radoslav Dimitrov 2015–2024 Botoșani, Universitatea Craiova, Sepsi OSK, Universitatea Cluj 216
9 Template:Flagicon Filipe Teixeira 2010–2019 Brașov, Rapid București, Petrolul Ploiești, Astra Giurgiu, Steaua București 209
10 Template:Flagicon Tha'er Bawab 2010–2019 Gloria Bistrița, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Universitatea Craiova Craiova, Steaua București, Dinamo București, Concordia Chiajna 207

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Top Ten Highest Foreign Players Goalscorers
As of 15 June 2025[35][36]
Player Period Club Goals
1 Template:Flagicon Eric de Oliveira 2008–2021 Gaz Metan Mediaș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Viitorul Constanța, Voluntari 66 (Ø 0,29)
2 Template:Flagicon Wesley 2008–2015 Vaslui, Politehnica Iași 64 (Ø 0,52)
3 Template:Flagicon Harlem Gnohéré 2015–2020 Dinamo București, FCSB 58 (Ø 0,42)
4 Template:Flagicon Bojan Golubović 2011–2018 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Politehnica Iași, Steaua București, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Botoșani 55 (Ø 0,27)
5 Template:Flagicon Pantelis Kapetanos 2008–2014 FCSB, CFR Cluj 48 (Ø 0,38)
6 Template:Flagicon Adam Nemec 2016–2024 Dinamo Bucureşti, Voluntari 47 (Ø 0,24)
7 Template:Flagicon Gabriel Debeljuh 2019– Hermannstadt, CFR Cluj, Sepsi OSK 47 (Ø 0,32)
8 Template:Flagicon Kehinde Fatai 2007–2024 Farul Constanţa, Astra Giurgiu, Argeș Piteşti, Oţelul Galaţi 46 (Ø 0,25)
9 Template:Flagicon Elvir Koljić 2018– Universitatea Craiova, Rapid București 43 (Ø 0,29)
10 Template:Flagicon Tha'er Bawab 2010–2019 Gloria Bistrița, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Universitatea Craiova, Steaua București, Dinamo București, Concordia Chiajna 42 (Ø 0,20)

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Top Ten Youngest Debutants
As of 15 June 2025. The teams written in bold are the ones the players debuted at[37][38][39][40][41]
Player Age Match Season Date
1 Template:Flagicon Nicolae Dobrin 14 years, 10 months and 5 days Știința Cluj - Dinamo Pitești 5–1 1961–62 1 July 1962
2 Template:Flagicon Alexandru Stoian 14 years, 10 months and 13 days FC U Craiova - Farul Constanța 1–2 2022–23 28 October 2022
3 Template:Flagicon Alexandru Bota 14 years, 11 months and 13 days CFR Cluj - Universitatea Cluj 4–0 2022–23 13 March 2023
4 Template:Flagicon Rareș Lazăr 15 years, one month and 19 days Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț - FC Vaslui 2–0 2013–14 17 May 2014
5 Template:Flagicon Răzvan Popa 15 years, 2 months and 13 days Dinamo - Sportul Studențesc 1–3 2011–12 17 March 2012
6 Template:Flagicon Codrin Epure 15 years, 2 months and 21 days FC Vaslui - Astra 1–4 2013–14 19 May 2014
7 Template:Flagicon Vasile Chitaru 15 years, 4 months and 14 days SC Bacău - Jiul Petroșani 3–0 1973–74 19 May 1974
8 Template:Flagicon Ștefan Harsanyi 15 years, 4 months and 22 days Bihor Oradea - Sportul Studențesc 2–0 1982–83 2 July 1983
9 Template:Flagicon Dorel Zamfir 15 years, 5 months and 16 days FC Constanța - Steaua București 0–1 1976–77 16 March 1977
10 Template:Flagicon Enes Sali 15 years, 5 months and 17 days Farul Constanța - Sepsi OSK 1–0 2021–22 9 August 2021

Managers

Top Ten Managers With Most Appearances
As of 15 June 2025[42]
Manager Period Matches Victories Draws Losses Victory percentage
1 Template:Flagicon Florin Halagian 1972–11 878 432 176 270 59%
2 Template:Flagicon Ilie Oană 1952–79 572 232 124 216 51%
3 Template:Flagicon Nicolae Dumitru 1962–93 558 250 120 188 55%
4 Template:Flagicon Ion V. Ionescu 1967–94 496 194 89 213 48%
5 Template:Flagicon Viorel Hizo 1990–13 488 221 85 182 53%
6 Template:Flagicon Ioan Andone 1994–17 456 207 80 169 54%
7 Template:Flagicon Florin Marin 1993–17 456 166 103 187 47%
8 Template:Flagicon Valentin Stănescu 1962–84 455 206 101 148 56%
9 Template:Flagicon Sorin Cârțu 1989–13 454 175 114 165 51%
10 Template:Flagicon Angelo Niculescu 1953–82 445 196 101 148 55%

Referees

Top Ten Referees With Most Appearances
As of 15 June 2025[43][44][45]
Referee Period Matches
1 Template:Flagicon Sebastian Colțescu 2003– 406
2 Template:Flagicon Alexandru Tudor 1999–18 381
3 Template:Flagicon István Kovács 2008– 363
4 Template:Flagicon Cristian Balaj 2000–16 341
5 Template:Flagicon Ovidiu Hațegan 2006–2024 309
6 Template:Flagicon Radu Petrescu 2007– 296
7 Template:Flagicon Sorin Corpodean 1997–09 268
8 Template:Flagicon Nicolae Rainea 1964–84 267
9 Template:Flagicon Marius Avram 2007–20 246
10 Template:Flagicon Adrian Porumboiu 1984–97 239

International competitions

Performance in international competitions

From the quarter-finals onwards.

Club Results
Steaua București

2 cups and 2 finals

European Cup/UEFA Champions League (1) + (1):
- winners in 1986
- finalists in 1989
- semi-finalists in 1988

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

- quarter-finalists in 1972 and 1993

UEFA Super Cup (1):

- winners in 1986

Intercontinental Cup (1):

- finalists in 1986
Dinamo București European Cup/UEFA Champions League:
- semi-finalists in 1984

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

- semi-finalists in 1990
- quarter-finalists in 1989
Universitatea Craiova European Cup/UEFA Champions League:
- quarter-finalists in 1982

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

- semi-finalists in 1983
Rapid București 1 final UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
- quarter-finalists in 1973

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:

- quarter-finalists in 2006

Mitropa Cup: (1)

- finalists in 1940
FCSB UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:
- semi-finalists in 2006
Petrolul Ploiești Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- quarter-finalists in 1963
FCM Bacău Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- quarter-finalists in 1970
UTA Arad UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:
- quarter-finalists in 1972
Victoria București UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League:
- quarter-finalists in 1989
Vaslui 1 cup UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):
- winners in 2008
Oțelul Galați 1 cup UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):
- winners in 2007
CFR Cluj 1 final UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):
- finalists in 2005
Farul Constanța 1 final UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):
- finalists in 2006
Gloria Bistrița 1 final UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):
- finalists in 2007

UEFA ranking

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UEFA League Ranking for the period of 2018–2023:[46]

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See also

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References

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External links

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