2007–08 Liga I

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.

Liga I
Season2007–08
ChampionsCFR Cluj[1]
RelegatedCeahlăul Piatra Neamț
Dacia Mioveni
UTA Arad
Universitatea Cluj
Champions LeagueCFR Cluj
Steaua București
UEFA CupRapid București
Dinamo București
Urziceni Urziceni
Politehnica Știința Timișoara
Intertoto CupVaslui
Matches played306
Goals scored725 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerIonel Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home winDinamo 6–1 Oțelul
Steaua 5–0 Buzău
Biggest away winBuzău 0–4 Oțelul
Highest scoringDinamo 4–4 Craiova
Longest winning runSteaua (10)
Longest unbeaten runCFR (18)
Longest winless runPandurii (17)
Longest losing runCraiova, Pandurii (7)

CFR Cluj will play in the Champions League group stage, while Steaua București qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid București, Dinamo București, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica Știința Timișoara 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, Oțelul Galați and Gloria Bistrița are the only teams that have applied,[2] with Vaslui securing their participation.

Teams
Promoted from Liga II
Relegated from Liga I

Venues
Politehnica Timișoara Steaua București FC U Craiova Gloria Buzău
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Ion Oblemenco Municipal
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 18,000
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Farul Constanța Dinamo București Oțelul Galați
Ceahlăul Farul Dinamo Oțelul
Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 13,500
CFR Cluj
Location of Bucharest teams.
 Rapid București
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 12,813 Capacity: 11,704[lower-roman 1]
Politehnica Iași FC Vaslui
Emil Alexandrescu Municipal
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 9,240
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Gloria Bistrița[lower-roman 2]
Tudor Vladimirescu Gloria
Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 7,800
Universitatea Cluj UTA Arad Dacia Mioveni Unirea Urziceni
Ion Moina Francisc von Neuman Orășenesc Tineretului
Capacity: 7,600[lower-roman 3] Capacity: 7,287 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 7,000
  1. Capacity of Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Stadium has been reduced from 19,100 to 11,704 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the South End.
  2. Gloria Bistrița was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Reghin for the second part of this season because Gloria Stadium was under renovations.
  3. Capacity of Ion Moina Stadium has been reduced from 28,000 to 7,600 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure.

Personnel and kits
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Viorel Hizo Alexandru Forminte Lotto Altex
CFR Cluj Ioan Andone Cadú Nike Polus Center
Dacia Mioveni Sorin Cârțu Mariko Daouda Umbro Consiliul Local Mioveni
Dinamo București Cornel Țălnar Bogdan Lobonț Nike Orange
Farul Constanța Marin Ion Cristian Șchiopu Umbro SNC
FC U Craiova Nicolò Napoli Dorel Stoica Adidas editie.ro
Gloria Bistrița Ioan Sabău Sandu Negrean Puma Darimex
Gloria Buzău Ștefan Stoica Alexandru Tudose Hummel Avicola Buzău
Oțelul Galați Petre Grigoraș Gabriel Paraschiv Nike ArcelorMittal
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Eugen Neagoe Florin Stângă Uhlsport USMO
Politehnica Iași Ionuț Popa Bogdan Onuț Umbro Iulius Mall
Politehnica Timișoara Dušan Uhrin Jr. Ionel Ganea Lotto Balkan Petroleum
Rapid București Marian Rada Vasile Maftei Lotto Holsten
Steaua București Marius Lăcătuș Mirel Rădoi Nike CitiFinancial
Unirea Urziceni Dan Petrescu George Galamaz Joma Primăria Voluntari
Universitatea Cluj Alpár Mészáros Dorin Goga Diadora Banca Transilvania, Oncos
UTA Arad Ionuț Chirilă Cristian Todea Uhlsport Intesa Sanpaolo
Vaslui Emil Săndoi Sorin Frunză Umbro Deutz-Fahr

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CFR Cluj (C) 34 23 7 4 52 22 +30 76 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Steaua București 34 23 6 5 51 19 +32 75 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Rapid București 34 18 7 9 52 31 +21 61[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Dinamo București 34 17 10 7 55 36 +19 61[lower-alpha 1]
5 Unirea Urziceni 34 16 13 5 42 24 +18 61[lower-alpha 1]
6 Politehnica Timișoara 34 16 9 9 57 44 +13 57
7 Vaslui 34 12 11 11 44 34 +10 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Oțelul Galați 34 14 4 16 47 50 −3 46
9 FC U 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[lower-alpha 2]
13 Farul Constanța 34 10 10 14 25 38 −13 40[lower-alpha 2]
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 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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. RAP: 7 pts; DIN: 5 pts; UNI: 3 pts
  2. PAN 0-1 FAR; FAR 1-2 PAN

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
CFR Cluj6634331111111111111111111112221211
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț139121311111012139910991010111013121415151616171716161615151515
FC U 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 CFR CEA UCR MIO DIN FAR GBI GBU OȚE PAN PIA RAP STE TIM UCL UTA URZ VAS
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
FC U 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)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo București 21
2 Emil Jula Oțelul Galați 17
3 Gigel Bucur Politehnica Știința Timișoara 16
Marko Ljubinković Vaslui
5 Florin Costea FC U Craiova 15
6 Eugen Trică CFR Cluj 14
Florin Bratu Dinamo București
8 Cristian Coroian Gloria Bistrița 11
9 Cristian Fabbiani CFR Cluj 10
10 Ionuț Mazilu Rapid București 9
Nicolae Dică Steaua București
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 Neamț (15th place in 2006–07 season), will continue in Liga I.[3][4]
(2) Timișoara 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). 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  3. "(Romanian) FRF nu le va permite tulcenilor să evolueze în Liga I." Prosport. 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  4. "(Romanian) Viorel Duru: "Ceahlăul rămâne în Liga I."". Prosport. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  5. "(Romanian) Schimbă numele echipei!". Prosport. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
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