2024–25 Liga I
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 12 July 2024 – 24 May 2025 |
Champions | FCSB (28th title) |
Relegated | Gloria Buzău Sepsi OSK Politehnica Iași |
Champions League | FCSB |
Europa League | CFR Cluj |
Conference League | Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Cluj |
Matches played | 315 |
Goals scored | 733 (2.33 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Louis Munteanu (23 goals) |
Biggest home win | CFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025) |
Biggest away win | UTA Arad 1-4 CFR Cluj (11 February 2025) Sepsi OSK 0-3 Oțelul Galați (25 April 2025) |
Highest scoring | Universitatea Craiova 5–1 Gloria Buzău (17 August 2024) CFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025) |
Longest winning run | CFR Cluj (6 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | FCSB (24 matches) |
Longest winless run | Sepsi OSK (9 matches) |
Longest losing run | Gloria Buzău (5 matches) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
The 2024–25 Liga I, known officially as the SuperLiga Romania, was the 107th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. The season will start on 12 July 2024.[1] The newcomers were Unirea Slobozia, who made their debut in Liga I, and Gloria Buzău who returned to Liga I after a 15-year absence. The draw took place on 1 July 2024.[2]
Teams
[edit]Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
[edit]The league consists of 16 teams: 14 teams from 2023–24 Liga I and two teams promoted from 2023–24 Liga II.
Teams promoted from the Liga II
[edit]The first club to be promoted was Unirea Slobozia, they made their debut in Liga 1.
The second club to be promoted was Gloria Buzău, they returned to Liga I after fifteen years of absence.
Teams relegated to the Liga II
[edit]The first club to be relegated was FC U Craiova, ending their three-year stay in the top flight.
The second club to be relegated was Voluntari, ending their nine-year stay in the top flight.
Stadiums and locations
[edit]FCSB | Universitatea Craiova | Universitatea Cluj | CFR Cluj |
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Arena Națională | Ion Oblemenco Stadium | Cluj Arena | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium |
Capacity: 55,634 | Capacity: 30,983 | Capacity: 30,201 | Capacity: 22,198 |
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Petrolul Ploiești | Rapid București | Oțelul Galați | Hermannstadt |
Ilie Oană Stadium | Rapid–Giulești Stadium | Oțelul Stadium | Sibiu Municipal Stadium |
Capacity: 15,073 | Capacity: 14,047 | Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 12,363 |
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Gloria Buzău |
Location of Bucharest / Ilfov County teams. |
UTA Arad | |
Buzău Municipal Stadium | Francisc von Neuman | ||
Capacity: 12,321 | Capacity: 11,500 | ||
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Politehnica Iași | Sepsi OSK | ||
Emil Alexandrescu Stadium | Sepsi Arena | ||
Capacity: 11,390 | Capacity: 8,400 | ||
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Dinamo București | Botoșani | Unirea Slobozia | Farul Constanța |
Arcul de Triumf Stadium | Botosani Municipal Stadium | Clinceni Stadium[i] | Central Stadium |
Capacity: 8,207 | Capacity: 7,782 | Capacity: 4,502 | Capacity: 4,554 |
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- ^ Unirea Slobozia is currently relocated to Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni because Stadionul 1 Mai in Slobozia is under renovations.
Personnel and sponsorship
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Rapid București | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2024 |
Petrolul Ploiești | ![]() |
Sacked | 30 June 2024 | ![]() |
1 July 2024 | |
Botoșani | ![]() |
25 July 2024 | 16th | ![]() |
25 July 2024[3] | |
Rapid București | ![]() |
20 August 2024 | 12th | ![]() |
20 August 2024[4] | |
Gloria Buzău | ![]() |
Mutual Agreement | 4 September 2024[5] | 16th | ![]() |
5 September 2024 |
Politehnica Iași | ![]() |
Resigned | 4 September 2024[6] | 14th | ![]() |
11 September 2024 |
Sepsi OSK | ![]() |
Sacked | 5 September 2024 | 12th | ![]() |
10 September 2024 |
Petrolul Ploiești | ![]() |
Resigned | 24 December 2024 | 6th | ![]() |
31 December 2024 |
Oțelul Galați | ![]() |
30 December 2024 | 11th | ![]() |
1 January 2025 | |
Botoșani | ![]() |
Sacked | 6 January 2025 | 15th | ![]() |
6 January 2025 |
Politehnica Iași | ![]() |
27 January 2025 | 14th | ![]() |
28 January 2025 | |
Universitatea Craiova | ![]() |
28 January 2025 | 5th | ![]() |
28 January 2025 | |
Gloria Buzău | ![]() |
Mutual Agreement | 10 March 2025 | 16th | ![]() |
12 March 2025 |
Petrolul Ploiești | ![]() |
17 March 2025 | 9th | ![]() |
18 March 2025 | |
Sepsi OSK | ![]() |
Demoted | 18 March 2025 | 8th | ![]() |
18 March 2025 |
Oțelul Galați | ![]() |
Sacked | 19 March 2025 | 14th | ![]() |
19 March 2025 |
Sepsi OSK | ![]() |
Mutual Agreement | 28 April 2025 | 14th | ![]() |
29 April 2025 |
Rapid București | ![]() |
Resigned | 20 May 2025 | 5th | ![]() |
21 May 2025 |
Regular season
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Advances |
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1 | FCSB | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 56 | Qualification for play-off round |
2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 54 | |
3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 52[a] | |
4 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 52[a] | |
5 | Dinamo București | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 51 | |
6 | Rapid București | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 46 | |
7 | Sepsi OSK | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 41[b] | Qualification for play-out round |
8 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 41[b] | |
9 | Petrolul Ploiești | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 40 | |
10 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 35 | |
11 | UTA Arad | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 34 | |
12 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 32 | |
13 | Politehnica Iași | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 31[c] | |
14 | Botoșani | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 31[c] | |
15 | Unirea Slobozia | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 26 | |
16 | Gloria Buzău | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 20 |
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.[7]
Notes:
Results
[edit]Positions by round
[edit]Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round | |
Qualification for the Play-off round | |
Qualification for the Play-out round |
Play-off round
[edit]The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and 2025–26 UEFA Conference 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.[8]
Play-off table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FCS | CFR | UCV | UCJ | RAP | DIN | |
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1 | FCSB (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 52 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | ||
2 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 43 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a] | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||
3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 40 | Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||
4 | Universitatea Cluj | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 39 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | |||
5 | Rapid București | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 33 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |||
6 | Dinamo București | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 31 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[9] Source:[10]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ The winner of the 2024–25 Cupa României (CFR Cluj) qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round.
Play-out round
[edit]The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out 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 finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.
Play-out table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | HER | OTE | PET | UTA | FAR | BOT | IAS | UNS | SPS | GLO | |
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7 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 36 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |||||||
8 | Oțelul Galați | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 35 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
9 | Petrolul Ploiești | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |||||||
10 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 31 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
11 | Farul Constanța | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 31 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||||
12 | Botoșani | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 29 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | ||||||||
13 | Politehnica Iași (R) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for relegation play-offs | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
14 | Unirea Slobozia (O) | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 27 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||
15 | Sepsi OSK (R) | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 26 | Relegation to 2025–26 Liga II | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | ||||||
16 | Gloria Buzău (R) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 17 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[11] Source:[10]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Promotion/relegation play-offs
[edit]The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Politehnica Iași | 1–2 | Metaloglobus București | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Voluntari | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Unirea Slobozia | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of 24 May 2025
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
CFR Cluj | 23 |
2 | ![]() |
Universitatea Craiova | 19 |
3 | ![]() |
FCSB/CFR Cluj | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
Dinamo București | 14 |
5 | ![]() |
Hermannstadt | 13 |
6 | ![]() |
Universitatea Cluj | 12 |
7 | ![]() |
Universitatea Craiova | 11 |
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Universitatea Cluj | ||
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Petrolul Ploiești | 10 |
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Farul Constanta | 9 |
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Universitatea Cluj | ||
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CFR Cluj |
Clean sheets
[edit]- As of 19 May 2025
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
FCSB | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Politehnica Iași | 13 |
3 | ![]() |
Universitatea Craiova | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
Universitatea Cluj | 11 |
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Botoșani | ||
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Farul Constanța | ||
7 | ![]() |
Oțelul Galați | 10 |
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Hermannstadt | ||
9 | ![]() |
Dinamo București | 9 |
10 | ![]() |
Petrolul Ploiești | 8 |
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CFR Cluj | ||
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UTA Arad |
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- ^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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