2006–07 Liga I

The 2006–07 Liga I was the eighty-ninth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 28 July 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007.

Teams

Eighteen teams played in the 2006–07 season. Four teams were from Moldova, four clubs from Transylvania, one from Dobruja and nine from Wallachia four of them coming from the country's capital city Bucharest.

Pandurii Târgu Jiu had been relegated at the end of the previous season but they re-entered Liga I at the expense of Sportul Studenţesc which has been relegated to Liga II due to financial problems. They relegated together with FC Bacău, who finished 16th last season. The other four new teams which gained access to Liga I were Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Universitatea Craiova (both winning two of the three series of Liga II), plus Unirea Urziceni (winning the playoff for Liga I) and UTA Arad which bought the place from Liberty Salonta (winner of the third series of Liga II).

Venues

Politehnica Timișoara	Steaua București	FC U Craiova	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Dan Păltinișanu	Steaua	Ion Oblemenco	Ceahlăul
Capacity: 32,972	Capacity: 28,365	Capacity: 25,252	Capacity: 17,500
File:Panoramio - V&A Dudush - Stadionu Dan Paltinisan.jpg	File:Stadionul Steaua.jpg	File:Stadium Ion Oblemenco - inside.JPG	File:Stadionul Ceahlăul - tribune (3).jpg
Farul Constanța	Jiul Petroșani	Dinamo București	Argeș Pitești
Farul	Jiul	Dinamo	Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 15,520	Capacity: 15,500	Capacity: 15,032	Capacity: 15,000
File:Stadionul Farul in the 80's.jpg	File:No image available.svg	File:Dinamo Stadium (2006).jpg	File:Nicolae Dobrin stadium.jpg
Național București			Oțelul Galați
Cotroceni			Oțelul
Capacity: 14,542			Capacity: 13,500
File:StadiumCotroceniProgresulBucharest1.jpg			File:Stadionul Otelul din Galati.JPG
Rapid București			Politehnica Iași
Giulești-Valentin Stănescu			Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 11,704Template:Efn-lr			Capacity: 11,390
File:Giulesti Stadium.JPG			File:Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu panorama.jpg
CFR ClujTemplate:Efn-lr			FC Vaslui
CFR			Municipal
Capacity: 10,000			Capacity: 9,240
File:Uclujsuporteri.jpg			File:Stadionul Municipal (Vaslui).jpg
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Gloria Bistrița	UTA Arad	Unirea Urziceni
Tudor Vladimirescu	Gloria	Francisc von Neuman	Tineretului
Capacity: 9,200	Capacity: 7,800	Capacity: 7,287	Capacity: 7,000
File:RO GJ Targu Jiu stadium 1.jpg	File:StadionGloriaBistrita.jpg	File:Stadionuta.jpg	File:Intrare stadion - panoramio.jpg

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Argeș Pitești	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Alin Chița	Lotto	Pic
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Adrian Iencsi	Lotto	Altex
CFR Cluj	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Vasile Jula	Erreà	DOMO Group, Polus Center
Dinamo București	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Claudiu Niculescu	Nike	Omniasig
Farul Constanța	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Mihai Guriță	Lotto	SNC
FC U Craiova	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Dorel Stoica	Erreà	Golden Brau
Gloria Bistrița	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Sandu Negrean	Nike	Darimex, Aldis
Jiul Petroșani	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Ciprian Dinu	Nike	Atomis
Național București	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Ovidiu Herea	Nike	Intercons
Oțelul Galați	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Viorel Tănase	Nike	Mittal Steel
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Florin Stângă	Lotto	USMO
Politehnica Iași	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Bogdan Onuț	Umbro	Iulius Mall
Politehnica Timișoara	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Dan Alexa	Lotto	Balkan Petroleum
Rapid București	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Vasile Maftei	Lotto	Lukoil
Steaua București	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Mirel Rădoi	Nike	RAFO
Unirea Urziceni	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Bogdan Mara	Umbro	—
UTA Arad	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Daniel Tudor	Erreà	Intesa Sanpaolo
Vaslui	Template:Flagicon	Template:Flagicon Bogdan Buhuș	Umbro	—

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Claudiu Niculescu	Dinamo București	18
2	Template:Flagicon Ionel Ganea	Rapid București / Dinamo București	16
3	Template:Flagicon Ionel Dănciulescu	Dinamo București	15
4	Template:Flagicon Emil Jula	Oțelul Galați	14
5	Template:Flagicon Valentin Badea	Steaua București	13
6	Template:Flagicon Ianis Zicu	Rapid București	12
6	Template:Flagicon Daniel Stan	Oțelul Galați	11
	Template:Flagicon Cristian Coroian	CFR Cluj
	Template:Flagicon Dorel Zaharia	Gloria Bistrița
10	Template:Flagicon Nicolae Dică	Steaua București	10
	Template:Flagicon Cyril Théréau
	Template:Flagicon Viorel Frunză	CFR Cluj / Vaslui
	Template:Flagicon Romeo Surdu	CFR Cluj

Champion squad

Dinamo București

Goalkeepers: Uladzimir Hayew Template:Flagicon (11 / 0); Bogdan Lobonț (14 / 0); Florin Matache (7 / 0); Glen Moss Template:Flagicon (1 / 0); Deniss Romanovs Template:Flagicon (1 / 0). Defenders: George Blay Template:Flagicon (31 / 0); Silviu Bălace (9 / 0); Eugen Crăciun (1 / 0); George Galamaz (1 / 0); Lucian Goian (7 / 0); Sergiu Homei (1 / 0); Dorin Mihuț (5 / 0); Cosmin Moți (29 / 1); Nicolae Mușat (2 / 0); Cosmin Pașcovici (4 / 0); Cristian Pulhac (32 / 0); Ștefan Radu (32 / 1); Adrian Scarlatache (6 / 0); Māris Smirnovs Template:Flagicon (1 / 0). Midfielders: Adrian Cristea (28 / 3); Fabrice Fernandes Template:Flagicon (5 / 0); Leo Lerinc Template:Flagicon (1 / 0); Andrei Mărgăritescu (31 / 1); Cătălin Munteanu (32 / 4); Andrei Nițu (2 / 0); Cornel Predescu (8 / 0); Adrian Ropotan (21 / 0); Sreten Stanić Template:Flagicon (1 / 0); Dennis Șerban (7 / 2); Iulian Tameș (15 / 0); Vojislav Vranjković Template:Flagicon (9 / 0); Zé Kalanga Template:Flagicon (21 / 2). Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (31 / 15); Ionel Ganea (18 / 14); Liviu Ganea (9 / 2); Valentin Lemnaru (1 / 0); Jean-Philippe Mendy Template:Flagicon (9 / 0); Claudiu Niculescu (31 / 18). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Mircea Rednic.