2018–19 Liga I

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Liga I 2018–19
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The 2018–19 Liga I (also known as 2018–19 Liga I Betano) was the 101st season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. The season began in July 2018 and will end in June 2019. CFR Cluj are the defending champions. This is the fourth season to take place since the playoff/playout rule has been introduced. The official fixture schedule was released on TBA.

Teams

The last two teams from the 2017–18 season, TBD and Juventus București, relegated to 2018–19 Liga II. The first two teams from 2017–18 Liga II, Dunărea Călărași and Hermannstadt promoted to Liga I.

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		Alexandru Stan	Joma	Tinmar
Botoșani	Enache, CostelCostel Enache	Alberto Cobrea	Erreà	Elsaco
CFR Cluj		Mário Camora	Joma	NTT Data
Concordia Chiajna	Badea, IonuțIonuț Badea	Marian Cristescu	Lotto	—
CSM Politehnica Iași	Stoican, FlaviusFlavius Stoican	Andrei Cristea	Joma	Municipiul Iași, Cotnari
Dinamo București	Florin Bratu	Dan Nistor	Macron	Orange
Dunărea Călărași	Alexa, DanDan Alexa	Cezar Lungu	Acerbis	Condorul
FCSB	Dică, NicolaeNicolae Dică	Florin Tănase	Nike	City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Pustai, CristianCristian Pustai	Marius Constantin	Joma	Romgaz
Hermannstadt	Pelici, AlexandruAlexandru Pelici	Răzvan Dâlbea	Andu	Primăria Sibiu
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Eugen Neagoe	Attila Hadnagy	Adidas	Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova	Mangia, DevisDevis Mangia	Alexandru Băluță	Joma	Betano.com
Viitorul Constanța	Hagi, GheorgheGheorghe Hagi	Ianis Hagi	Nike	Holsten, Pepsi

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
CFR Cluj	Petrescu, DanDan Petrescu	Mutual agreement	29 May 2018	Pre-season
Astra Giurgiu	Mulțescu, GheorgheGheorghe Mulțescu	End of contract	31 May 2018	Pre-season

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.

Regular season table

2018–19 Liga I Regular Season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	CFR Cluj	26	15	9	2	39	16	+23	54	Qualification to Championship round
2	FCSB	26	14	7	5	49	29	+20	49
3	Universitatea Craiova	26	13	6	7	43	24	+19	45
4	Astra Giurgiu	26	11	9	6	36	23	+13	42
5	Viitorul Constanța	26	11	5	10	26	27	−1	38
6	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	26	10	7	9	32	25	+7	37
7	Botoșani	26	9	9	8	31	33	−2	36	Qualification to Relegation round
8	CSM Politehnica Iași	26	9	9	8	28	38	−10	36
9	Dinamo București	26	8	8	10	29	37	−8	32
10	Hermannstadt	26	9	5	12	25	28	−3	32
11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26	7	10	9	25	32	−7	31
12	Dunărea Călărași	26	4	12	10	16	25	−9	24
13	Voluntari	26	4	9	13	30	46	−16	21
14	Concordia Chiajna	26	4	6	16	19	45	−26	18

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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
Botoșani
CFR Cluj
Concordia Chiajna
CSM Politehnica Iași
Dinamo București
Dunărea Călărași
FCSB
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Hermannstadt
Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe
Univ. Craiova
Viitorul Constanța
TBD
TBD

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.

Championship round table

Template:2018–19 Liga I Championship round table

Championship round results

Home \ Away	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Updated to games played on 3 May 2018
Source: Liga 1
¹The 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.

Relegation round table

Template:2018–19 Liga I Relegation round table

Relegation round results

Home \ Away	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Updated to games played on 3 May 2018
Source: Liga 1
¹The 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	–	–

		v

		v

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 3 May 2018.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 3 May 2018.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets

Discipline

As of 3 May 2018

Player

• Most yellow cards:

Club

• Most yellow cards:

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
	League total					n/a†

Updated to games played on 3 May 2018
Source: League matches: Liga I 2017/2018

Awards

Liga I Team of the Season

Monthly awards

Month	DigiSport Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
July
August
September
October
November
December
February
March
April
May

External links

• Official website (Romanian)

Football in Romania

League competitions The RFF Cup competitions Liga I, Liga II Romania Cupa României Liga III, Liga IV (U-21) Supercupa României Liga V, Liga VI List of clubs Cupa Ligii List of stadiums List of leagues

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