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2025–26 Liga I

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Superliga
Season2025–26
Dates11 July 2025 – 24 May 2026
Matches played8
Goals scored24 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerJovo Lukić
Alex Dobre
(2 goals each)
All statistics correct as of 14 July 2025.

The 2025–26 Liga I (also known as the 2025–26 SuperLiga Romania for sponsorship reasons) is the 108th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. It will be start on 11 July 2025 and is end to 24 May 2026.

FCSB are the two-time defending champions having won their 28th top flight title, the previous season.

Overview

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16 teams will compete in the league – the thirteen teams from the previous season, two teams promoted from Liga II directly and one team promoted via play-off.

Teams promoted from Liga II

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Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc became the first team to be promoted after fellow promotion contenders Metaloglobus București earned a draw against Reșița on 25 April 2025. The result means Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc will compete in the top flight for the first time in their history.[1]

Argeș Pitești became the second team to be promoted on 6 May 2025 after defeating Reșița in matchweek 8 of the promotion round. This result saw Argeș Pitești return to the top flight after a two-season absence.[2]

Metaloglobus București became the third team to be promoted after defeating Politehnica Iași 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result means that Metaloglobus București will compete in the top division for the first time in their history.[3]

Teams relegated to Liga II

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Gloria Buzău became the first team to be relegated after suffering a narrow defeat to Farul Constanța on 4 May 2025. This result ended Gloria Buzău's time in Liga I for one season.

Sepsi OSK became the second team to be relegated after suffering a defeat to Unirea Slobozia on 18 May 2025. This result ended Sepsi's time in Liga I for eight seasons.[4]

Politehnica Iași became the third team to be relegated after defeat to Metaloglobus București 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result ended Iasi's time in Liga I for two seasons.[3]

Teams

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Changes

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The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season.

Increase Promoted from Liga II Decrease Relegated to Liga II

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Liga I
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Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Liga I from București County
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2024–25 season
Argeș Pitești↑ Pitești Orășenesc, at Mioveni[a] 11,000 1st in Liga II
Botoșani Botoșani Botoșani Municipal 7,782 12th in Liga I
CFR Cluj Cluj-Napoca Dr. Constantin Rădulescu 22,198 2nd in Liga I
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc↑ Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Municipal 4,000 3rd in Liga II
Dinamo București București Arcul de Triumf 8,207 6th in Liga I
Farul Constanța Ovidiu Central Stadium of the Gheorghe Hagi 4,554 11th in Liga I
FCSB București Arena Națională 55,634 1st in Liga I
Hermannstadt Sibiu Sibiu Municipal 12,363 7th in Liga I
Metaloglobus București↑ Pantelimon Clinceni[b] 4,500 Promotion play-off winner
Oțelul Galați Galați Oțelul 13,500 8th in Liga I
Petrolul Ploiești Ploiești Ilie Oană 15,073 9th in Liga I
Rapid București Giulești Superbet Arena-Giulești 14,047 5th in Liga I
Unirea Slobozia Slobozia Clinceni[c] 4,500 Relegation play-off winner
Universitatea Cluj Cluj-Napoca Cluj Arena 30,355 4th in Liga I
Universitatea Craiova Craiova Ion Oblemenco 30,983 3rd in Liga I
UTA Arad Arad Francisc von Neuman 11,500 10th in Liga I
↑ Promoted from the Liga II

Notes:

  1. ^ Due to the ongoing renovation of Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Argeș Pitești will play their home matches at Orășenesc Stadium in Mioveni.
  2. ^ Will play their home matches at Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni, instead of their regular stadium, Metaloglobus Stadium which do not meets LPF requirements.
  3. ^ Due to the ongoing renovation of May 1 Stadium, Unirea Slobozia will play their home matches at Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni.

Personnel and kits

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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 Main Kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s)
Argeș Pitești Romania national football team Bogdan Andone Romania national football team Costinel Tofan Italy Macron Vlad Cazino
List
    • Front: Catena
    • Back: MetaBet CF, CreditFix
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Botoșani Romania national football team Leontin Grozavu Romania national football team Germany Adidas Unibet, Elsaco
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
CFR Cluj Romania national football team Dan Petrescu Romania national football team United States Nike Don
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Romania national football team Róbert Ilyés Romania national football team Hungary 2Rule Mol
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Dinamo București Croatia national football team Željko Kopić Romania national football team Germany Puma Superbet
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Farul Constanța Romania national football team Ianis Zicu Romania national football team United States Nike Superbet
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
FCSB Cyprus national football team Elias Charalambous Romania national football team Darius Olaru United States Nike Betano
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: MG, Walter Tosto
    • Shorts: None
Hermannstadt Romania national football team Marius Măldărășanu Romania national football team United States Nike Unibet
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Metaloglobus București Romania national football team Mihai Teja Romania national football team Georgian Honciu Germany Jako
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Oțelul Galați Romania national football team László Balint Romania national football team Germany Adidas Mr Bit
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Petrolul Ploiești Romania national football team Liviu Ciobotariu Romania national football team Italy Macron Mr Bit
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Rapid București Romania national football team Constantin Gâlcă Romania national football team Răzvan Onea Italy Kappa Superbet
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: Plus-Auto, MobExpert
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: Dacris
Unirea Slobozia Romania national football team Andrei Prepeliță Romania national football team Germany Adidas Mr Bit, T&T Depo, Oyl Holding
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
Universitatea Cluj Romania national football team Ioan Sabău Romania national football team Alexandru Chipciu Germany Adidas Superbet
List
    • Front: AROBS
    • Back: Banca Transilvania, IRUM, AUTOKLASS, DeLonghi
    • Sleeves: Leier, Rematinvest
    • Shorts: None
Universitatea Craiova Romania national football team Mirel Rădoi Romania national football team Germany Puma Superbet
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None
UTA Arad Romania national football team Adrian Mihalcea Romania national football team United States Nike Favbet, Verbita
List
    • Front: None
    • Back: None
    • Sleeves: None
    • Shorts: None

Managerial changes

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Pre-season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival
Rapid București Romania Octavian Chihaia End of caretaker role 24 May 2025 Romania Constantin Gâlcă 3 June 2025[5]
UTA Arad Romania Mircea Rednic Signed by Belgium Standard Liège 24 May 2025 Romania Adrian Mihalcea 5 June 2025[6]
Unirea Slobozia Romania Adrian Mihalcea Signed by UTA Arad 24 May 2025 Romania Andrei Prepeliță 7 June 2025[7]
Petrolul Ploiești Turkey Mehmet Topal End of contract 24 May 2025[8] Romania Liviu Ciobotariu 9 June 2025[9]
Farul Constanța Romania Gheorghe Hagi Resigned as manager 2 June 2025[10] Romania Ianis Zicu 3 June 2025[11]
Metaloglobus București Romania Ianis Zicu Signed by Farul Constanța 3 June 2025 Romania Mihai Teja 14 June 2025

During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Week Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Round Position

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitatea Cluj 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Advances to Play-off
2 Universitatea Craiova 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2 4
3 Rapid București 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
4 Farul Constanța 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
5 FCSB 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
6 CFR Cluj 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
7 Unirea Slobozia 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 3 Advances to Play-out
8 UTA Arad 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
9 Hermannstadt 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
10 Dinamo București 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
11 Botoșani 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
12 Oțelul Galați 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
13 Petrolul Ploiești 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
14 Metaloglobus București 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 1
15 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 2 0 1 1 3 8 −5 1
16 Argeș Pitești 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2025. Source: LPF (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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.


Results

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Home \ Away ARG FCB CFR CSI DIN FAR FCS FCH MET OTE FCP RAP USL UCJ UCV UTA
Argeș Pitești 0–2
Botoșani 1–1
CFR Cluj 2–1 a
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 2–2
Dinamo București 0–0 a
Farul Constanța 3–2
FCSB a 1–1 a
Hermannstadt 2–2
Metaloglobus București 1–4
Oțelul Galați 0–0
Petrolul Ploiești 0–1 a
Rapid București 1–1 a a
Unirea Slobozia 6–1
Universitatea Cluj a 1–1
Universitatea Craiova 3–1
UTA Arad 3–3
Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

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Qualification to the Play-off
Qualification to the Play-out
Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-off

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The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in UEFA Champions League and 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.

Play-off table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for European competition play-offs
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
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.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round
Qualification to the UCL first qualifying round
Qualification to the UECL second qualifying round
Qualification to the European competition play-offs
First match(es) will be played on 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-off results

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Home \ Away TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
First match(es) will be played: 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-out

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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
7 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for European competition play-offs
8 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs
14 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to Liga II
16 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
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.

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round
Qualification to the European competition play-offs
Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
Relegated to Liga II
First match(es) will be played on 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-out results

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Home \ Away TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
First match(es) will be played: 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

European play-offs

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In the semi-final the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the play-out semi-final will play the highest ranked team of the play-off tournament, that did not already qualify for European competitions. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the Conference League.

Bracket

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Semi-final Final
 
7   3  
8  

Matches

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European play-off semi-final

2026 7th-placed of Liga I v 8th-placed of Liga I
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European play-off final

2026 Winner of semi-final round v 3rd-placed of Liga I
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Promotion/relegation play-offs

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The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.

Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
13th/14th-placed of Liga I PO 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II TBD TBD
13th/14th-placed of Liga I PO 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II TBD TBD

Matches

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Promotion/relegation play-off 1

2026 13th/14th-placed of Liga I v 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II
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2026 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II v 13th/14th-placed of Liga I
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Promotion/relegation play-off 2

2026 13th/14th-placed of Liga I v 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II
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2026 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II v 13th/14th-placed of Liga I
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Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of July 20, 2025
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Romania Ștefan Baiaram Universitatea Craiova 2
Romania Alex Dobre Rapid București
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jovo Lukić Universitatea Cluj
Moldova Virgiliu Postolachi CFR Cluj
Romania Răzvan Tănasă Farul Constanța
2 Cameroon Christ Afalna Unirea Slobozia 1
Romania Ștefan Bană Oțelul Galați
Romania Efraim Bödő Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
Uganda Elio Capradossi Universitatea Cluj
Romania Tiberiu Căpușă FC Hermannstadt
Romania Ionuț Cojocaru Farul Constanța
Romania Valentin Costache UTA Arad
Moldova Daniel Dumbrăvanu CFR Cluj
France Eddy Gnahoré Dinamo București
Romania Dragoș Huiban Metaloglobus București
Romania Alexandru Ișfan Farul Constanța
Romania Andrei Ivan Universitatea Craiova
Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Koljić Rapid București
The Gambia Kalifa Kujabi Hermannstadt
Ivory Coast Issouf Macalou Universitatea Cluj
Romania Sebastian Mailat Botoșani
Romania Alexandru Musi Dinamo București
Brazil Paulinho Oțelul Galați
Ukraine Dmytro Pospyelov UTA Arad
Romania Mihnea Rădulescu Universitatea Craiova
Romania Alin Roman UTA Arad
Ukraine Oleksandr Romanchuk Universitatea Craiova
Kosovo Leard Sadriu Argeș Pitești
Romania Alexandru Stoian FCSB
Romania Ianis Stoica FC Hermannstadt
Romania Florin Tănase FCSB
Senegal Mamadou Thiam Universitatea Cluj
Netherlands Yassine Zakir Metaloglobus București
Romania Dániel Zsóri UTA Arad

Clean sheets

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As of July 19, 2025
Rank Player Team Clean sheet
1 Romania Raul Bălbărău Petrolul Ploiești 1
Romania Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă Oțelul Galați
Austria Franz Stolz Rapid București
Romania Ștefan Târnovanu FCSB

Attendances

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Overall

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Argeș Pitești 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 n/a†
2 Botoșani 0 0 0 0 n/a†
3 CFR Cluj 3,882 3,882 3,882 3,882 n/a†
4 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 0 0 0 0 n/a†
5 Dinamo București 0 0 0 0 n/a†
6 Farul Constanța 0 0 0 0 n/a†
7 FCSB 6,029 6,029 6,029 6,029 n/a†
8 Hermannstadt 0 0 0 0 n/a†
9 Metaloglobus București 386 386 386 386 n/a†
10 Oțelul Galați 6,262 6,262 6,262 6,262 n/a†
11 Petrolul Ploiești 0 0 0 0 n/a†
12 Rapid București 0 0 0 0 n/a†
13 Unirea Slobozia 0 0 0 0 n/a†
14 Universitatea Cluj 0 0 0 0 n/a†
15 Universitatea Craiova 0 0 0 0 n/a†
16 UTA Arad 7,348 7,348 7,348 7,348 n/a†
League total 0 0 0 0 n/a†

Source: LPF
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in Liga II

Home match played

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Team \ Match played Regular season Play-off & Play-out Other Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5
Argeș Pitești
Botoșani
CFR Cluj
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
Dinamo București
Farul Constanța
FCSB
Hermannstadt
Metaloglobus București
Oțelul Galați
Petrolul Ploiești
Rapid București
Unirea Slobozia
Universitatea Cluj
Universitatea Craiova
UTA Arad
League total 0

Source: LPF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Miklós, Boros (25 April 2025). "Liga 2: feljutott az élvonalba a Csíkszereda!". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  2. ^ "FC Argeș - CSM Reșița 3-0! Piteștenii au promovat matematic în SuperLiga". DIGI Sport (in Romanian). 6 May 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Premieră în SuperLiga României, după 13 ani". DIGI Sport (in Romanian). 2 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  4. ^ Zóltan, Róth; Miklós, Boros (18 May 2025). "Kikapott a Sepsi, és búcsúzott az élvonaltól". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ Țone, Marius (3 June 2025). "Fotbal: Constantin Gâlcă este noul antrenor al echipei FC Rapid". Agerpres (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  6. ^ Dănilă, Lucian (5 June 2025). "Adrian Mihalcea a fost confirmat: este noul antrenor al echipei UTA!". Special Arad (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  7. ^ Stan, Cristian (7 June 2025). "Andrei Prepeliță a revenit în SuperLiga. Tehnicianul a semnat cu Unirea Slobozia". iAM Sport (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  8. ^ Bolat, Leila (23 May 2025). "Petrolul Ploieşti s-a despărţit de tehnicianul Mehmet Topal: "Ne-am fi dorit să ducem mai departe colaborarea"". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  9. ^ Turcu, Luminiţa (3 June 2025). "Superliga: Liviu Ciobotariu este noul antrenor al echipei Petrolul Ploieşti". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Comunicat Gheorghe Hagi". Farul Constanța (in Romanian). 2 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Ianis Zicu este noul antrenor al Farului". Farul Constanța (in Romanian). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
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