2018–19 Liga I

Liga I
Season 2018–19
Matches played 77
Goals scored 181 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer Alexandru Mitriță
George Țucudean
(8 goals)
Best goalkeeper Roland Niczuly
(6 clean sheets)
Biggest home win FCSB 4–0 Politehnica Iași
(5 August 2018)
Hermannstadt 4–0 Voluntari
(20 August 2018)
Biggest away win Voluntari 1–5 Universitatea Craiova
(27 August 2018)
Highest scoring FCSB 3–3 Dinamo București
(29 July 2018)
Voluntari 1–5 Universitatea Craiova
(27 August 2018)
Longest winning run 4 matches
FCSB
Longest unbeaten run 9 matches
Astra Giurgiu
FCSB
Longest winless run 11 matches
Voluntari
Longest losing run 5 matches
Hermannstadt
Highest attendance 27,835
FCSB 3–3 Dinamo București
(29 July 2018)
Lowest attendance 100
Hermannstadt 0–1 CFR Cluj
(22 September 2018)
Concordia Chiajna 1–1 Dunărea Călărași
(1 October 2018)
Total attendance 300,334
Average attendance 3,900
All statistics correct as of 8 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) is the 101st season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began in July 2018 and is scheduled end in June 2019, being the fourth to take place since the play-off/play-out rule has been introduced. CFR Cluj are the defending champions.

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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
Hermannstadt[lower-roman 1] Botoșani
Municipal Municipal
Capacity: 14,200 Capacity: 12,000
Politehnica Iași 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
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Concordia Chiajna Voluntari Viitorul Constanța
Municipal Concordia Anghel Iordănescu Viitorul
Capacity: 5,200 Capacity: 5,123 Capacity: 4,600 Capacity: 4,554
  1. ↑ Hermannstadt was relocated to Trans-Sil Stadium in Târgu Mureș for the first 4 rounds of this season because Municipal Stadium was under renovations.

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.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Astra Giurgiu Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Romania Florin Bejan Joma Tinmar
Botoșani Romania Costel Enache Romania Andrei Burcă Erreà Casa Pariurilor
CFR Cluj Portugal Toni Conceição Portugal Mário Camora Joma NTT Data
Concordia Chiajna Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Marian Cristescu Lotto —
Dinamo București Romania Claudiu Niculescu Romania Dan Nistor Macron Orange
Dunărea Călărași Romania Dan Alexa Romania Cezar Lungu Acerbis Fortuna
FCSB Romania Nicolae Dică Romania Florin Tănase Nike City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Mihai Teja Romania Marius Constantin Joma Romgaz
Hermannstadt Hungary Vasile Miriuță Romania Răzvan Dâlbea Andu Primăria Sibiu
Politehnica Iași Romania Flavius Stoican Romania Andrei Cristea Joma Superbet
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Romania Eugen Neagoe Romania Attila Hadnagy Adidas Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova Italy Devis Mangia Romania Alexandru Mitriță Joma Betano.com
Viitorul Constanța Romania Gheorghe Hagi Romania Ianis Hagi Nike Holsten, Pepsi
Voluntari Romania Dinu Todoran Romania Costin Lazăr Macron —

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Astra Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu End of contract 31 May 2018[5] Pre-season Romania Marius Măldărășanu 10 June 2018[6]
CFR Cluj Romania Dan Petrescu Signed by Guizhou Hengfeng 4 June 2018[7] Pre-season Romania Edward Iordănescu 13 June 2018[8]
Voluntari Romania Adrian Mutu Sacked 14 June 2018[9] Pre-season Romania Daniel Oprița 21 June 2018[10]
Gaz Metan Romania Cristian Pustai End of contract 30 June 2018[11] Pre-season Romania Mihai Teja 1 July 2018[12]
CFR Cluj Romania Edward Iordănescu Mutual agreement 26 July 2018[13] 8 Portugal Toni Conceição 26 July 2018[14]
Voluntari Romania Daniel Oprița Resigned 21 August 2018[15] 14 Romania Dinu Todoran 25 August 2018[16]
Astra Romania Marius Măldărășanu Sacked 2 September 2018[17] 4 Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu 2 September 2018[18]
Concordia Romania Ionuț Badea Mutual agreement 15 September 2018[19] 13 Romania Dorinel Munteanu 17 September 2018[20]
Dinamo Romania Florin Bratu Mutual agreement 22 September 2018[21] 10 Romania Claudiu Niculescu 24 September 2018[22]
Hermannstadt Romania Alexandru Pelici Mutual agreement 9 October 2018[23] 13 Hungary Vasile Miriuță 9 October 2018[24]
Dinamo Romania Claudiu Niculescu Mutual agreement 13 October 2018[25] 12 Romania Mircea Rednic 13 October 2018[26]

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.[27]

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FCSB 11 6 3 2 24 11 +13 21 Qualification for the Championship round
2 CFR Cluj 11 5 5 1 13 8 +5 20
3 Gaz Metan Mediaș 11 6 2 3 14 15 −1 20
4 Viitorul Constanța 11 6 1 4 12 11 +1 19
5 Astra Giurgiu 11 4 5 2 14 8 +6 17
6 Universitatea Craiova 11 4 4 3 18 10 +8 16
7 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 11 4 4 3 11 7 +4 16 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Dunărea Călărași 11 3 5 3 11 12 −1 14
9 Politehnica Iași 11 4 2 5 11 16 −5 14
10 Concordia Chiajna 11 4 2 5 10 15 −5 14
11 Botoșani 11 2 6 3 14 14 0 12
12 Dinamo București 11 3 2 6 12 19 −7 11
13 Hermannstadt 11 2 2 7 9 14 −5 8
14 Voluntari 11 0 5 6 9 22 −13 5
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2018. 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.[28]

Regular season results

Home \ Away AST BOT CFR CON DIN DUN FCS GAZ HER IAS SPS UCV VII VOL
Astra Giurgiu — 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0
Botoșani 1–1 — 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–0
CFR Cluj 1–1 — 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–2
Concordia Chiajna 0–3 — 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–1
Dinamo București 1–2 — 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Dunărea Călărași 3–2 0–0 — 2–0 1–3 1–1
FCSB 2–2 0–1 3–3 2–0 — 4–0 2–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–3 — 1–0 3–2
Hermannstadt 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 — 1–0 4–0
Politehnica Iași 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 — 1–2
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–0 1–2 3–0 — 1–0 1–1
Universitatea Craiova 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 — 2–0
Viitorul Constanța 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–0 — 2–0
Voluntari 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2018. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Regular season 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
Botoșani 6 1 2 6 10 9 10 11 12 12 11
CFR Cluj 6 8 4 1 1 2 2 5 3 3 2
Concordia Chiajna 10 11 13 10 4 12 13 13 11 11 10
Dinamo București 1 2 8 4 8 4 8 10 10 10 12
Dunărea Călărași 3 5 4 9 11 5 9 7 9 9 8
FCSB 12 10 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gaz Metan Mediaș 1 3 1 5 9 8 6 4 6 4 3
Hermannstadt 3 7 10 12 4 10 12 12 13 13 13
Politehnica Iași 8 8 12 13 13 13 11 9 7 8 9
Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe 12 6 9 3 6 7 5 3 4 5 7
Univ. Craiova 8 14 11 8 12 6 3 8 5 7 6
Viitorul Constanța 12 13 7 11 3 11 7 6 8 6 4
Voluntari 10 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

Championship round

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.[29]

Championship round table

Template:2018–19 Liga I Championship round table

Championship round results

Home \ Away[1] TBD TBD TBDTBDTBDTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Updated to games played on 3 May 2018.
Source: Liga 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round positions by round

Team/
Round		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Relegation round

The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start 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 finishes 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.[29]

Relegation round table

Template:2018–19 Liga I Relegation round table

Relegation round results

Home \ Away[1] TBD TBD TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Updated to games played on 3 May 2018.
Source: Liga 1
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round positions by round

Team/
Round		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Liga I play-off

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
TBD – TBD – –

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 8 October 2018.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Alexandru Mitriță Universitatea Craiova 8
Romania George Țucudean CFR Cluj
3 France Harlem Gnohéré FCSB 7
4 Romania Florinel Coman FCSB 6
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Koljić Universitatea Craiova 5
6 Romania Neluț Roșu Astra Giurgiu 4
Romania Dennis Man FCSB
Portugal Carlos Fortes Gaz Metan Mediaș
Mali Birahima Tandia Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
Romania Ianis Hagi Viitorul Constanța
11 Romania Mihai Roman II Botoșani 3
Romania Paul Batin Concordia Chiajna
Portugal Diogo Salomão Dinamo București
Senegal Mediop Ndiaye Dunărea Călărași
Romania Florin Tănase FCSB
Romania Ștefan Blănaru Hermannstadt
Romania Andrei Cristea Politehnica Iași
Romania Nicușor Bancu Universitatea Craiova
France Aïssa Laïdouni Voluntari

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Romania Nicușor BancuCSU CraiovaVoluntari5–127 August 2018

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 8 October 2018.
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Romania Roland Niczuly Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 6
2 Italy Mirko Pigliacelli Universitatea Craiova 4
3 Bulgaria Plamen Iliev Astra Giurgiu 3
Romania Eduard Pap Botoșani
Lithuania Giedrius Arlauskis CFR Cluj
Romania Cătălin Straton Dunărea Călărași
Romania Cristian Bălgrădean FCSB
Romania Răzvan Pleșca Gaz Metan Mediaș
9 Italy Alessandro Caparco Concordia Chiajna 2
Romania Alexandru Greab Concordia Chiajna
Panama Jaime Penedo Dinamo Bucuresti
Romania Cătălin Căbuz Hermannstadt
Moldova Denis Rusu Politehnica Iași
Romania Alexandru Buzbuchi Viitorul Constanța
Romania Valentin Cojocaru Viitorul Constanța

Discipline

As of 8 October 2018

Player

Club

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Universitatea Craiova 84,600 25,000 8,600 14,100 +20.5%†
2 FCSB 38,202 27,835 700 6,367 −35.8%3
3 CFR Cluj 33,000 12,000 3,000 5,500 −12.3%†
4 Dunărea Călărași 23,370 7,530 2,840 4,674 +204.7%1
5 Politehnica Iași 21,800 6,800 1,500 4,360 +13.9%†
6 Gaz Metan Mediaș 21,200 6,500 700 3,533 +166.2%†
7 Botoșani 17,000 5,000 2,000 3,400 +13.0%†
8 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 16,500 3,500 3,000 3,300 +18.5%†
9 Viitorul Constanța 15,500 4,500 1,500 2,583 +2.6%†
10 Dinamo București 10,208 3,140 1,000 2,042 −28.9%†
11 Astra Giurgiu 8,550 3,500 250 1,425 −21.1%†
12 Voluntari 4,804 2,664 307 961 −26.8%†
13 Hermannstadt 3,600 2,000 100 600 −84.6%1,2
14 Concordia Chiajna 2,000 1,000 100 400 −62.0%†
League total 300,334 27,835 100 3,900 +9.4%†

Updated to games played on 8 October 2018
Source: League matches: Liga I 2018/2019
Notes:
1: Played last season in Liga II.
2: Hermannstadt played 6 matches out of their stadium until it was opened.
3: FCSB played 3 matches out of their stadium.

Awards

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