2016–17 Liga III

Liga III
Season 2016–17
Promoted Știința Miroslava
Metaloglobus București
SCM Pitești
Ripensia Timișoara
Hermannstadt
Relegated Atletico Vaslui
Sportul Chiscani
SC Bacău
Petrolistul Boldești
Arsenal Malu
CS Șirineasa
Urban Titu
CS Podari
UTA II Arad
NMM Becicherecu Mic
ASA II Târgu Mureș
CS Oşorhei
Recolta Dorolț
FC Bistrița
Matches played 951
Goals scored 3,027 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer Mediop Ndiaye (21)
(Ripensia Timișoara)
Biggest home win Înainte 14-1 Arsenal M.
Biggest away win Pașcani 1-7 Atletico V.
Arsenal M. 0-6 SC Popești
Arsenal M. 0-6 Domnești
Highest scoring Înainte 14-1 Arsenal M.
Longest winning run 9 matches:
SCM Pitești
Longest unbeaten run 28 matches:
SCM Pitești
Longest winless run 26 matches:
Arsenal Malu
Longest losing run 26 matches:
Arsenal Malu
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2017.

The 2016–17 Liga III is the 61st season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September.[1]

Team changes

Teams spared from relegation

Foresta Suceava, Unirea Tărlungeni and Metalul Reșița were spared from relegation to Liga III due to lack of teams in Liga II.[2]

Excluded teams

After the end of the last season, Bucovina Pojorâta, Dorohoi, Caransebeș and Muscelul Câmpulung were dissolved. Oțelul Galați, Universitatea Cluj and Bihor Oradea were also dissolved, but refounded in the middle of 2016 and enrolled in Liga IV respectively Liga V.

Farul Constanța dropped out from the Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III, but then were excluded from Liga III also.[3]

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Gloria Buzău were relegated to Liga V, because the teams were excluded during the 2015–16 Liga II season.

CS Panciu and FC Hunedoara were excluded from Liga III.

Măgura Cisnădie and Inter Dorohoi withdrew from Liga III.

Sporting Turnu Măgurele and Minerul Motru withdrew from Liga III and dissolved their senior teams, but remain with their youth centers.

CS Ineu withdrew from Liga III and enrolled in Liga IV due to financial difficulties.

Unirea Tărlungeni was moved from Tărlungeni to Ștefăneștii de Jos and took all the players and the staff from CS Ștefănești. CS Ștefănești was dissolved.

Metalul Reșița was moved from Reșiţa to Snagov and took all the players and the staff of Voința Snagov which was dissolved.

Argeș 1953 Pitești, CS Păulești, Mureșul Vințu de Jos, Petrolul Berca, Siretul Lespezi and Voința Ion Creangă declined participation in Liga III due to lack of funds.

Other teams

SC Bacău withdrew from Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III.[4]

ACS Poli Timișoara, ASA Târgu Mureș, Astra Giurgiu, CS Mioveni, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Steaua București and UTA Arad enrolled in Liga III their second teams.

Unirea Alba Iulia received the permission to enroll in Liga III, due to the excellent results recorded in the youth championships.

Renamed teams

Petrotub Roman was renamed as CSM Roman.

Gloria Popești-Leordeni was renamed as SC Popești-Leordeni.

League tables

Seria I

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Știința Miroslava (C) (P) 28 20 4 4 65 31 +34 64 Promotion to Liga II
2 AFC Hărman 28 19 6 3 63 19 +44 63 HĂR 1-1 FKM
FKM 1-1 HĂR
3 FK Miercurea Ciuc 28 19 6 3 61 18 +43 63
4 Aerostar Bacău 28 14 6 8 47 29 +18 48
5 Avântul Valea Mărului 28 13 4 11 49 53 −4 43
6 CSM Roman 28 12 4 12 48 50 −2 40
7 Olimpic Cetate Râșnov 28 11 5 12 33 31 +2 38 OCT 0-1 SPO
SPO 0-1 OCT
8 Sporting Liești 28 11 5 12 40 38 +2 38
9 Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat 28 10 4 14 33 35 −2 34
10 Metalosport Galați 28 8 6 14 25 41 −16 30
11 Atletico Vaslui (R) 27 9 2 16 35 53 −18 0292/3 Relegation to Liga IV
12 AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc 28 8 4 16 27 63 −36 28
13 CSM Paşcani (Q) 28 6 5 17 41 65 −24 23 Possible relegation to Liga IV
14 Sportul Chiscani (R) 28 4 4 20 26 67 −41 16 Relegation to Liga IV
15 SC Bacău (R) 27 10 5 12 48 48 0 0-251/3

Updated to games played on May 26, 2017.
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(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. 1 SC Bacău were deducted 60 points for unpaid debts.[5]
2 Atletico Vaslui was excluded from the championship and lost all matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[6]
3 The match between SC Bacau and Atletico Vaslui was declared double forfeit because SC Bacău used a suspended player at the time of the match and Atletico Vaslui was subsequently excluded.[7]

Seria II

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Metaloglobus București (C) (P) 26 19 3 4 50 27 +23 60 Promotion to Liga II
2 Viitorul Domnești 26 16 1 9 50 28 +22 49
3 CS Tunari 26 13 7 6 39 28 +11 46
4 Viitorul II Constanța 26 13 5 8 52 33 +19 44
5 Unirea Slobozia 26 12 5 9 49 36 +13 41
6 SC Popești-Leordeni 26 11 6 9 40 37 +3 39 GPL 2-1 DEL
DEL 2-2 GPL
7 Delta Dobrogea Tulcea 26 12 5 9 52 48 +4 0391
8 Dinamo II București 26 10 8 8 42 32 +10 38
9 CSM Olteniţa 26 10 5 11 41 39 +2 35 AST 1-1 OLT
OLT 1-1 AST
10 Astra II Giurgiu 26 10 5 11 37 36 +1 35
11 Axiopolis Cernavodă 26 9 7 10 49 47 +2 34
12 Înainte Modelu (Q) 26 7 8 11 60 55 +5 29 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Petrolistul Boldeşti (R) 26 7 1 18 34 59 −25 22 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Arsenal Malu (R) 26 0 0 26 10 100 −90 002

Updated to games played on May 26, 2017.
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(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. 1 Delta Dobrogea Tulcea were deducted 2 points for unpaid debts.[8]
2 Arsenal Malu withdrew from the championship during the winter break and lost all matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[9]

Seria III

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 SCM Pitești (C) (P) 28 22 6 0 72 15 +57 72 Promotion to Liga II
2 Atletic Bradu 28 14 5 9 52 44 +8 47
3 FCM Alexandria 28 13 6 9 35 28 +7 45
4 FC Voluntari II 28 12 8 8 47 38 +9 44
5 Flacăra Moreni 28 11 10 7 41 29 +12 43
6 Concordia II Chiajna 28 11 7 10 46 44 +2 40 CON 0-0 SRO
SRO 2-2 CON
7 Sporting Roşiori 28 11 7 10 36 36 0 40
8 Steaua II București 28 10 8 10 42 43 −1 38 STE 1-0 MIO
MIO 2-2 STE
9 Mioveni II 28 10 8 10 38 39 −1 38
10 CSO Filiaşi 28 9 10 9 38 33 +5 37
11 Universitatea II Craiova 28 10 6 12 42 42 0 36
12 Aninoasa (Q) 28 8 10 10 33 37 −4 34 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Şirineasa (R) 28 8 3 17 26 49 −23 27 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Urban Titu (R) 28 5 8 15 29 51 −22 23
15 CS Podari (R) 28 3 4 21 16 65 −49 0131

Updated to games played on May 26, 2017.
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(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. 1 CS Podari withdrew from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[10]

Seria IV

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Ripensia Timișoara (C) (P) 26 16 7 3 69 30 +39 55 Promotion to Liga II
2 CSMȘ Reșița 26 17 3 6 50 19 +31 54
3 CSM Lugoj 26 15 6 5 42 27 +15 51
4 Naţional Sebiş 26 16 2 8 45 27 +18 50
5 Industria Galda 26 13 7 6 41 28 +13 46 CET 1-3 IND
IND 1-0 CET
6 Cetate Deva 26 15 1 10 40 37 +3 46
7 Performanţa Ighiu 26 10 9 7 41 34 +7 39
8 Gloria Lunca-Teuz Cermei 26 7 7 12 27 37 −10 28
9 Poli II Timişoara 26 8 3 15 40 62 −22 27 PAN 1-2 ACS
ACS 4-0 PAN
10 Pandurii II Târgu Jiu 26 8 3 15 31 40 −9 27
11 Unirea Alba Iulia 26 7 5 14 29 38 −9 26
12 Millenium Giarmata (Q) 26 6 6 14 28 47 −19 24 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 UTA II Arad (R) 27 6 4 17 23 41 −18 22 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic (R) 26 5 3 18 21 60 −39 18

Updated to games played on May 26, 2017.
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(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.

Seria V

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Hermannstadt (C) (P) 28 21 4 3 64 23 +41 67 Promotion to Liga II
2 Metalurgistul Cugir 28 17 4 7 62 27 +35 55
3 Sănătatea Cluj 28 15 8 5 42 21 +21 53 UNJ 1-1 SĂN
SĂN 0-0 UNJ
4 Unirea Jucu 28 16 5 7 64 30 +34 53
5 ACSF Recea 28 14 8 6 50 32 +18 50
6 FC Zalău 28 15 4 9 41 24 +17 49
7 Avântul Reghin 28 14 4 10 46 29 +17 46 AVÂ 3-1 GAZ
GAZ 1-1 AVÂ
8 Gaz Metan II Mediaș 28 13 7 8 60 48 +12 46
9 Unirea Dej 28 10 8 10 44 38 +6 38
10 Viitorul Ulmeni 28 8 9 11 39 47 −8 33
11 CS Iernut 28 9 2 17 45 68 −23 29
12 Târgu Mureș II (Q) 28 8 3 17 31 65 −34 27 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Oșorhei (R) 28 7 2 19 32 54 −22 23 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Recolta Dorolț (R) 28 5 2 21 28 71 −43 17
15 FC Bistrița (R) 28 2 2 24 13 84 −71 081

Updated to games played on May 26, 2017.
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(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. 1 FC Bistrița was excluded from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[11]

Possible relegation

At the end of the championship a special table will be made between 12th places from the 5 series. The last team in this table will relegate also in Liga IV. In this table 12th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Aninoasa 22 4 9 9 23 36 −13 21
2 Înainte Modelu 22 3 8 11 34 49 −15 17
3 Millenium Giarmata 22 4 5 13 22 42 −20 17
4 CSM Paşcani 22 4 3 15 31 50 −19 15
5 Târgu Mureș II (R) 22 4 3 15 20 58 −38 15 Relegation to Liga IV

Updated to games played on May 26, 2017.
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(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.

References

  1. ↑ "Componenţa celor cinci serii ale Ligii 3. 74 de echipe, posibil 75, vor participa în noul sezon care începe pe 2 şi 3 septembrie". ProSport. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-b/burleanu-a-chemat-comitetul-de-urgenta-pentru-o-sedinta-fulger-frf-a-decis-echipele-care-vor-juca-sezonul-viitor-in-liga-a-2-a-484905.html
  3. ↑ http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/fc-farul-nu-va-juca-in-liga-3-si-intra-in-faliment-seria-a-ii-a-ramane-cu-14-echipe-asa-cum-va-fi-mai-nou-si-cazul-seriei-a-iv-a-15636751
  4. ↑ http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/luni-aflam-componenta-noului-sezon-al-ligii-2-situatia-echipelor-in-acest-moment-farul-a-renuntat-sc-bacau-o-poate-urma-iar-baia-mare-si-a-anulat-decizia-de-excludere-15544920
  5. ↑ "Atletico Vaslui a scăpat de excluderea din Liga 3. Vezi decizia FRF în cazul meciului nedisputat cu Aerostar. SC Bacău şi AFC Astra II au fost şi ele clientele comisiei". 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Atletico Vaslui, exclusă din Liga 3! CSM Paşcani s-a salvat matematic de la retrogradare". 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Atletico Vaslui, exclusă din Liga 3! CSM Paşcani s-a salvat matematic de la retrogradare". 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "FRF a început cu depunctările! O echipă care s-a luptat în ultimele două sezoane pentru promovare pierde din punctele acumulate pe teren". 13 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ştiinţa Miroslava şi-a întrerupt seria de 20 de victorii consecutive pe teren propriu cu AFC Hărman. Rezultatele şi marcatorii etapelor 14 şi 16. Arsenal Malu, prima echipă care s-a retras". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Clasamentul Seriei a 3-a a Ligii 3 a suferit modificări după retragerea echipei CS Podari. FCSB II şi CS U Craiova II sunt cele mai câştigate". 21 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Campionatul Ligii 3 rămâne fără încă o echipă. FC Bistriţa nu a fost programată pentru meciul cu ASA Târgu Mureş II şi va fi exclusă". 13 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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