2021–22 Liga I

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Liga I 2021–22
Season information
Dates	15 July 2021 – 28 May 2022
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa Conference League
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Deian Sorescu (4 goals)
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The 2021–22 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the 104th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 15 July 2021 and is scheduled to end in May 2022. It is the sixth to take place since the play-off/play-out rule has been introduced, and the second since the 2005–06 season to feature 16 teams. CFR Cluj are the four-time defending champions.

The play-off/play-out rule is the same as in the previous season, the first six teams at the regular season will qualify for the play-off tournament and the last 10 for the play-out. The first 6 teams will play two matches against each other (as before), but in the play-out, the teams will play only one match against each other. At the end of the play-out first two places (7th and 8th) will play a single match on the ground of the 7th place ranked team, subsequently the winner will play against the last team ranked on a UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off, only the winner of this second encounter will qualify for UEFA Europa Conference League.

The teams ranked 15th and 16th at the end of the play-out tournament will be relegated directly to the Liga II, on the other hand, the 13th and 14th places will play a promotion/relegation play-off against 3rd and 4th places from Liga II.

Teams

The league consists of 16 teams: 12 from the 2020–21 Liga I, two teams from the 2020–21 Liga II, and the winners of the 2020–21 promotion/relegation play-off.

Teams promoted to the Liga I The first club to be promoted was FC U Craiova, following their 0–0 draw against Miercurea Ciuc on 13 May 2021. FC U Craiova returned in the Liga I after 10 years of absence.

The second club to be promoted was Rapid București, following their 1–3 defeat against FC U Craiova on 17 May 2021. Rapid returned in the Liga I after 6 years of absence.

The third club to be promoted was Mioveni, following their 2–1 win against Hermannstadt on 2 June 2021, in the promotion/relegation play-offs. Mioveni returned in the Liga I after 9 years of absence.

Teams relegated to the Liga II The first club to be relegated was Politehnica Iași, which were relegated on 15 May 2021 following a 0–1 defeat against Hermannstadt, ending their 7-year stay in the top flight.

The second club to be relegated was Astra Giurgiu, which were relegated on 19 May 2021 following their 0–1 defeat against Viitorul Constanța, ending their 12-year stay in the top flight.

The third club to be relegated was Hermannstadt, which were relegated on 2 June 2021 following their 1–2 defeat against Mioveni in the promotion/relegation play-offs, thus ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.

Other changes In June 2021, Gheorghe Hagi (owner of Viitorul Constanța), chairman Gheorghe Popescu and Farul Constanța owner Ciprian Marica announced in a press conference that their two clubs have merged; second division club Farul Constanța therefore took Viitorul's place in the first league from the 2021–22 Liga I season.

Venues

FCSB	Universitatea Craiova	FC U Craiova	CFR Cluj
Arena Națională	Ion Oblemenco	Ion Oblemenco	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Capacity: 55,634	Capacity: 30,929	Capacity: 30,929	Capacity: 23,500
Dinamo București	Argeș Pitești	Rapid București	UTA Arad
Dinamo	Nicolae Dobrin	Rapid	Francisc von Neuman
Capacity: 15,032	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 14,050	Capacity: 12,700
Chindia Târgoviște			Mioveni
Municipal			Orășenesc
Capacity: 12,000			Capacity: 10,000
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe			Gaz Metan Mediaș
Sepsi			Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,400			Capacity: 7,814
Botoșani	Voluntari	Farul Constanța	Academica Clinceni
Municipal	Anghel Iordănescu	Viitorul	Clinceni
Capacity: 7,782	Capacity: 4,600	Capacity: 4,554	Capacity: 4,500

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
Academica Clinceni	Poenaru, IlieIlie Poenaru	Răzvan Patriche	Joma	Nicmar Prima Service
Argeș Pitești	Prepeliță, AndreiAndrei Prepeliță	Ionuț Șerban	Macron	Primăria Pitești, Getica 95
Botoșani	Croitoru, MariusMarius Croitoru	Enriko Papa	Erreà	Elsaco
CFR Cluj	Șumudică, MariusMarius Șumudică	Mário Camora	Nike	eToro
Chindia Târgoviște	Săndoi, EmilEmil Săndoi	Daniel Florea	Joma	Consiliul Județean Dâmbovița
Dinamo București	Bonetti, DarioDario Bonetti	Deian Sorescu	Macron	Unibet
Farul Constanța	Hagi, GheorgheGheorghe Hagi	Andrei Ciobanu	Nike	OMV Petrom
FCSB	Todoran, DinuDinu Todoran	Florin Tănase	Nike	City Insurance
FC U Craiova	Mutu, AdrianAdrian Mutu	Dragoș Albu	Adidas	Justice for Craiova
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Teja, MihaiMihai Teja	Nasser Chamed	Joma	Romgaz
Mioveni	Pelici, AlexandruAlexandru Pelici	Robert Gherghe	Joma	Mioveni
Rapid București	Iosif, MihaiMihai Iosif	Cristi Săpunaru	Nike	Greenfield, Superbet
Sepsi OSK	Grozavu, LeontinLeontin Grozavu	Bogdan Mitrea	Adidas	Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova	Reghecampf, LaurențiuLaurențiu Reghecampf	Nicușor Bancu	Puma	Betano
UTA Arad	Balint, LászlóLászló Balint	Florin Iacob	Saller	Efbet, International Alexander Holding
Voluntari	Ciobotariu, LiviuLiviu Ciobotariu	Cosmin Achim	Nike	CJ Ilfov

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FC U Craiova	Trică, EugenEugen Trică	Sacked	24 May 2021	Pre-season	Mutu, AdrianAdrian Mutu	2 June 2021
FCSB	Petrea, AntonAnton Petrea	End of contract	31 May 2021	Pre-season	Todoran, DinuDinu Todoran	1 June 2021
CFR Cluj	Iordănescu, EdwardEdward Iordănescu	End of contract	31 May 2021	Pre-season	Șumudică, MariusMarius Șumudică	2 June 2021
Farul Constanța	Zicu, IanisIanis Zicu	End of contract	31 May 2021	Pre-season	Hagi, GheorgheGheorghe Hagi	21 June 2021
Dinamo București	Uhrin Jr., DušanDušan Uhrin Jr.	Resigned	10 July 2021	Pre-season	Bonetti, DarioDario Bonetti	14 July 2021
Universitatea Craiova	Ouzounidis, MarinosMarinos Ouzounidis	Sacked	23 July 2021	4	Reghecampf, LaurențiuLaurențiu Reghecampf	26 July 2021

Regular season

In the regular season the 16 teams will meet twice for a total of 30 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship play-offs and the bottom 10 qualifying for the relegation play-outs.

Table

Template:2021–22 Liga I Regular Season table

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, 2022–23 UEFA Europa League, and 2022–23 UEFA Europa 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-out round

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.

European play-offs

In the semi-final, the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I plays a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the semi-final will encounter the team ranked on the last UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off tournament. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

• Deian Sorescu–Dinamo – 3 Goals

External links

• Official website

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