2007–08 Liga I

Liga I
Season 2007–08
Champions CFR Cluj[1]
Relegated Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
Dacia Mioveni
UTA Arad
Universitatea Cluj
Champions League CFR Cluj
Steaua Bucureşti
UEFA Cup Rapid Bucureşti
Dinamo Bucureşti
Urziceni Urziceni
Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara
Intertoto Cup Vaslui
Matches played 306
Goals scored 725 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer Ionel Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home win Dinamo 6–1 Oţelul
Steaua 5–0 Buzău
Biggest away win Buzău 0–4 Oţelul
Highest scoring Dinamo 4–4 Craiova
Longest winning run Steaua (10)
Longest unbeaten run CFR (18)
Longest winless run Pandurii (17)
Longest losing run Craiova, Pandurii (7)

The 2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Bucharest based teams.

CFR Cluj will play in the Champions League group stage, while Steaua Bucureşti qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid Bucureşti, Dinamo Bucureşti, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara qualified for the UEFA Cup first round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season. Vaslui, Oţelul Galaţi and Gloria Bistriţa are the only teams that have applied,[2] with Vaslui securing their participation.

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Poli Timișoara Universitatea Cluj Steaua Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova Rapid Bucureşti Ceahlăul
Dan Păltinișanu Ion Moina Steaua Ion Oblemenco Valentin Stănescu Ceahlăul
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 27,063 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 19,100 Capacity: 18,000
Gloria Buzău Farul Constanţa Dinamo Bucureşti Oţelul Galaţi CFR Cluj Politehnica Iaşi
Municipal Farul Dinamo Oţelul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 15,167 Capacity: 13,932 Capacity: 12,813 Capacity: 11,390
FC Vaslui Pandurii Târgu Jiu Gloria Bistriţa UTA Arad Dacia Mioveni Unirea Urziceni
Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu Gloria Francisc von Neumann Dacia Tineretului
Capacity: 9,240 Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,287 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 7,000

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    Kits and sponsors

    Team Kitmaker Shirt sponsor Notes
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Lotto Altex
    CFR Cluj Nike Polus Center Cluj
    Dacia Mioveni Umbro Consiliul Local Mioveni Umbro take over as new sponsor
    Dinamo Bucureşti Nike Orange Orange take over as new sponsor
    Farul Constanţa Umbro Şantierul Naval Constanţa Umbro take over from previous manufacturer, Lotto
    Gloria Bistriţa Puma Darimex Puma take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
    Gloria Buzău hummel Avicola Buzău hummel take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
    Oţelul Galaţi Nike Arcelor Mittal
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu Uhlsport USMO Uhlsport take over from previous manufacturer, Kappa
    Politehnica Iaşi Umbro Iulius Mall Iaşi
    Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara Lotto Balkan Petroleum Lotto take over from previous manufacturer, Nike-Converse
    Rapid Bucureşti Lotto Holsten Holsten take over as new sponsor
    Steaua Bucureşti Nike CitiFinancial CitiFinancial take over as new sponsor
    Unirea Urziceni Joma Primăria Voluntari Joma take over from previous manufacturer, Umbro
    Universitatea Cluj Diadora Majors: Banca Transilvania, Oncos Diadora take over from previous manufacturer, Uhlsport
    Universitatea Craiova Adidas editie.ro Adidas take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
    UTA Arad Uhlsport San Paolo IMI Bank Uhlsport take over from previous manufacturer, Errea
    Vaslui Umbro Same Deutz-Fahr Same Deutz-Fahr take over as new sponsor

    League table

    Pos
    		 Team
    		 Pld
    		 W
    		 D
    		 L
    		 GF
    		 GA
    		 GD
    		 Pts
    		Qualification or relegation
    		Head-to-head
    1 CFR Cluj (C) 34 23 7 4 52 22 +30 76 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
    2 Steaua București 34 23 6 5 51 19 +32 75 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
    3 Rapid București 34 18 7 9 52 31 +21 61 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round RAP: 7 pts
    DIN: 5 pts
    UNI: 3 pts
    4 Dinamo București 34 17 10 7 55 36 +19 61
    5 Unirea Urziceni 34 16 13 5 42 24 +18 61
    6 Politehnica Timișoara 34 16 9 9 57 44 +13 57
    7 Vaslui 34 12 11 11 44 34 +10 47 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
    8 Oțelul Galați 34 14 4 16 47 50 −3 46
    9 Universitatea Craiova 34 12 7 15 42 48 −6 43
    10 Gloria Bistrița 34 11 9 14 34 40 −6 42
    11 Politehnica Iași 34 11 8 15 37 41 −4 41
    12 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 11 7 16 36 43 −7 40 PAN 0-1 FAR
    FAR 1-2 PAN
    13 Farul Constanța 34 10 10 14 25 38 −13 40
    14 Gloria Buzău 34 10 7 17 30 56 −26 37
    15 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) 34 10 6 18 33 46 −13 36 Relegation to 2008–09 Liga II
    16 Dacia Mioveni (R) 34 7 10 17 26 43 −17 31
    17 UTA Arad (R) 34 6 8 20 30 52 −22 26
    18 Universitatea Cluj (R) 34 4 11 19 32 58 −26 23

    Source: LT (in Romanian)
    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) number of goals scored
    notes
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
    Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

    Positions by round

    Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
    CFR Cluj6634331111111111111111111112221211
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț139121311111012139910991010111013121415151616171716161615151515
    Universitatea Craiova11011121416181817141216121214111314111311111110109998889119
    Dacia Mioveni14151718181414151617161111101212101112141514141212121313151516161616
    Dinamo București31256696465454567656666663445554444
    Farul Constanța18181815151515141516141413151617171516161313121315151514131312101213
    Gloria Bistrița7137119887888888888888888888889913111310
    Gloria Buzău15171516161716161415171716131113121310111212131413141415141414141414
    Oțelul Galați161613141212111191010910119999999999910101010109888
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu11810885991011111214141515151617171818171514131111111210121012
    Politehnica Iași171114910101313111213131517131414121410101010111111121212111113911
    Rapid București4541222533232222222222334333333333
    Steaua București5112477877677755544533222221112122
    Politehnica Știința Timișoara2227765644346344365454446656666666
    Universitatea Cluj12141617171817171818181818181818181818181717181818181817181718181818
    UTA Arad87910131312101213151517161716161715151616161717161618171817171717
    Unirea Urziceni9485544322523433433345555564445555
    Vaslui10363113256765676777777777777777777

    Source: LT (in Romanian)

    Results

    Home \ Away[1] CFR CEA UCRMIODINFARGBIGBUOȚEPANPIARAPSTETIMUCLUTAURZVAS
    CFR Cluj 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
    Universitatea Craiova 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1
    Dacia Mioveni 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–2
    Dinamo București 1–2 2–1 4–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 6–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2
    Farul Constanța 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1
    Gloria Bistrița 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0
    Gloria Buzău 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1
    Oțelul Galați 0–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–3
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
    Politehnica Iași 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–5 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–3 0–1
    Rapid București 1–2 5–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1
    Steaua București 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
    Politehnica Știința Timișoara 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
    Universitatea Cluj 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–3
    UTA Arad 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1
    Unirea Urziceni 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 2–0
    Vaslui 0–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–4 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–1

    Source: LT (in Romanian)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top goalscorers

    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo Bucureşti 21
    2 Romania Emil Jula Oţelul Galaţi 17
    3 Romania Gigel Bucur Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara 16
    Serbia Marko Ljubinković Vaslui
    5 Romania Florin Costea Universitatea Craiova 15
    6 Romania Eugen Trică CFR Cluj 14
    Romania Florin Bratu Dinamo Bucureşti
    8 Romania Cristian Coroian Gloria Bistriţa 11
    9 Argentina Cristian Fabbiani CFR Cluj 10
    10 Romania Ionuţ Mazilu Rapid Bucureşti 9
    Romania Nicolae Dică Steaua Bucureşti
    Romania Cristian Dănălache Unirea Urziceni

    Source: LPF (in Romanian)

    Notes

    (1) Delta Tulcea won the first serie of Liga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing in Liga I in the 2007-08 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namely Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (15th place in 2006-07 season), will continue in Liga I.[3][4]
    (2) Timişoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timișoara.[5]

    References

    1. ↑ 2007–08 Liga I
    2. ↑ "Sorti favorabili pentru echipele romanesti: Traseu facil in Intertoto". RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian). 2008-04-21. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
    3. ↑ "(Romanian) FRF nu le va permite tulcenilor să evolueze în Liga I." Prosport. 2007-05-31. Archived from the original on 2007-06-02. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
    4. ↑ "(Romanian) Viorel Duru: "Ceahlăul rămâne în Liga I."". Prosport. 2007-06-12. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
    5. ↑ "(Romanian) Schimbă numele echipei!". Prosport. 2007-06-07. Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
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