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The 2010–11 Liga I was the ninety-third season of the top-level football league of Romania. The season commenced on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011.[1] A winter break where no matches were played was held between 11 December 2010 and 18 February 2011. A total of eighteen teams participated in the league, where CFR Cluj were the defending champions.

Season2010–11
ChampionsOțelul Galați
RelegatedTimișoara
Gloria Bistrița
FC U Craiova
Unirea Urziceni
Victoria Brănești
ChampionsLeagueOțelul Galați
Vaslui
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Liga I
Season2010–11
ChampionsOțelul Galați
RelegatedTimișoara
Gloria Bistrița
FC U Craiova
Unirea Urziceni
Victoria Brănești
Champions LeagueOțelul Galați
Vaslui
Europa LeagueRapid București
Steaua București
Dinamo București
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Matches305
Goals756 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerIanis Zicu (18)
Biggest home winRapid 7–1 Victoria
Biggest away winTârgu Mureș 2–6 Dinamo
Highest scoringDinamo 5–3 Sportul
Târgu Mureș 2–6 Dinamo
Rapid 7–1 Victoria
Vaslui 5–3 CFR
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Teams

Politehnica Iași, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Unirea Alba Iulia were relegated to Liga II after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom three places. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Unirea Alba Iulia made their immediate return to the second level, while Politehnica Iași ended a six-year tenure in the highest football league of Romania. 15th-placed team Pandurii Târgu Jiu, who originally were to be relegated as well, were allowed to remain in Liga I after Internațional Curtea de Argeș withdrew from the league because of financial reasons.[2] Internațional thus returned to Liga II after having been promoted the previous season.

The four relegated teams were replaced by the champions and runners-up from both 2009–10 Liga II divisions. Victoria Brănești and Sportul Studențesc were promoted from Seria I while Târgu Mureș and Universitatea Cluj were promoted from Seria II, with Victoria Brănești and Universitatea Cluj being constrained to play their home games on grounds in other cities (than home based) as their did not meet Liga I requirements.

Venues

More information FC Timișoara, Steaua București ...
FC Timișoara Steaua București FC U Craiova CFR Cluj
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Ion Oblemenco Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 23,500
Pandurii Târgu Jiu[i] Victoria Brănești[ii] Dinamo București Oțelul Galați
Municipal Municipal Dinamo Oțelul
Capacity: 20,054 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 13,500
Rapid București
Location of Bucharest teams.
 Sportul Studențesc
Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Regie
Capacity: 11,704[iii] Capacity: 10,020
FC Vaslui Astra Ploiești
Municipal Astra
Capacity: 9,240 Capacity: 9,000
FC Brașov Târgu Mureș
Silviu Ploeșteanu Trans-Sil
Capacity: 8,800 Capacity: 8,200
Universitatea Cluj[iv] Gaz Metan Mediaș[v] Gloria Bistrița Unirea Urziceni
Cetate Gaz Metan Gloria Tineretului
Capacity: 8,000[vi] Capacity: 7,814 Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,000
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  1. [i]
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Drobeta-Turnu Severin from the 11th round because Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium from Târgu Jiu was under renovation.
  2. [ii]
    Victoria Brănești was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Buzău until the 23rd round and then to Concordia Stadium from Chiajna because Cătălin Hîldan Stadium from Brănești does not meet the standards for Liga I.
  3. [iii]
    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.
  4. [iv]
    Universitatea Cluj was relocated to Cetate Stadium from Alba Iulia until the 19th round because Cluj Arena was under construction and then was relocated to Gaz Metan Stadium from Mediaș.
  5. [v]
    Gaz Metan Mediaș was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Sibiu until the 10th round because Gaz Metan Stadium from Mediaș was under renovation.
  6. [vi]
    Capacity of Cetate Stadium has been reduced from 18,000 to 8,000 due to security reasons.

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Astra Ploiești Romania Tibor Selymes Japan Takayuki Seto Adidas InterAgro
Brașov Portugal António Conceição Romania Robert Ilyeș Puma Roman
CFR Cluj Romania Alin Minteuan Portugal Cadú Joma EnergoBit
Dinamo București Romania Ioan Andone Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Nike Orange
FC U Craiova Romania Silviu Lung Romania Andrei Prepeliță Adidas Ediție Specială
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Cristian Pustai Romania Cristian Todea Joma RomGaz
Gloria Bistrița Romania Nicolae Manea Romania Călin Albuț Puma Teraplast
Oțelul Galați Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Sergiu Costin Masita[3] ArcelorMittal
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Petre Grigoraș Romania Mihai Pintilii Umbro USMO
Rapid București Romania Marian Rada Brazil Marcos António Puma SuperBet
Sportul Studențesc Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Romania Costin Curelea Puma Omniasig
Steaua București Romania Sorin Cârțu Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu Nike —
Târgu Mureș Romania Ioan Ovidiu Sabău Romania Florin Dan Joma Primăria Târgu Mureș
Timișoara Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin, Jr. Romania Dan Alexa Lotto Balkan Petroleum
Unirea Urziceni Romania Marian Pană Romania Epaminonda Nicu Givova GreenCity
Universitatea Cluj Romania Ionuț Badea Romania Gabriel Boștină Nike Romprest
Vaslui Romania Viorel Hizo Romania Gabriel Cânu Adidas New Holland Agriculture
Victoria Brănești Romania Ciprian Urican Romania Sergiu Bar Nike —
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Steaua București Romania Victor Pițurcă[4] Resigned 9 August 2010 Romania Ilie Dumitrescu[5] 12 August 2010
Unirea Urziceni Israel Ronny Levy[6] Resigned 21 August 2010 Romania Octavian Grigore[7] 12 September 2010
FC U Craiova Romania Aurel Țicleanu[8] Sacked 22 August 2010 Romania Victor Pițurcă[9] 26 August 2010
Astra Ploiești Romania Mihai Stoichiță[10] Sacked 31 August 2010 Romania Tibor Selymes[11] 6 September 2010
Târgu Mureș Romania Adrian Falub[12] Mutual Termination 31 August 2010 Romania Ioan Ovidiu Sabău[13] 3 September 2010
Sportul Studențesc Romania Tibor Selymes[14] Signed by Astra Ploiești 6 September 2010 Romania Viorel Moldovan[15] 9 September 2010
CFR Cluj Italy Andrea Mandorlini[16] Sacked 12 September 2010 Romania Sorin Cârțu[17] 13 September 2010
Timișoara Serbia Vladimir Petrović[18] Signed by Serbia 15 September 2010 Romania Cosmin Contra[19] 15 September 2010
Steaua București Romania Ilie Dumitrescu[20] Resigned 21 September 2010 Romania Marius Lăcătuș[21] 28 September 2010
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Ionuț Badea[22] Sacked 2 October 2010 Romania Petre Grigoraș[23] 2 October 2010
Vaslui Spain Juan Ramón López Caro[24] Sacked 8 October 2010 Romania Viorel Hizo[25] 8 October 2010
Gloria Bistrița Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf[26] Sacked 22 October 2010 Romania Nicolae Manea[27] 23 October 2010
Sportul Studențesc Romania Viorel Moldovan[28] Resigned 31 October 2010 Romania Florin Tene[29] 1 November 2010
Universitatea Cluj Romania Marian Pană[30] Resigned 8 November 2010 Romania Ionuț Badea[31] 25 November 2010
CFR Cluj Romania Sorin Cârțu[32] Sacked 24 November 2010 Romania Alin Minteuan[33] 24 November 2010
Timișoara Romania Cosmin Contra[34] Sacked 4 December 2010 Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[35] 13 December 2010
Brașov Romania Daniel Isăilă[36] Made Assistant Manager 18 December 2010 Portugal António Conceição[36] 18 December 2010
Unirea Urziceni Romania Octavian Grigore Resigned[citation needed] 10 January 2011 Romania Marian Pană[37] 26 February 2011
FC U Craiova Romania Victor Pițurcă[38] Sacked 13 January 2011 Italy Nicolò Napoli[39] 15 January 2011
Steaua București Romania Marius Lăcătuș[40] Resigned 7 March 2011 Romania Sorin Cârțu[41] 8 March 2011
Sportul Studențesc Romania Florin Tene Resigned[citation needed] 13 March 2011 Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu[42] 15 March 2011
FC U Craiova Italy Nicolò Napoli[43] Promoted Director of football 7 April 2011 Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf[43] 8 April 2011
Victoria Brănești Romania Ilie Stan[44] Resigned 19 April 2011 Romania Ciprian Urican[45] 20 April 2011
Rapid București Romania Marius Șumudică[46] Sacked 27 April 2011 Romania Marian Rada[47] (interim) 28 May 2011
FC U Craiova Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf[48] Sacked 2 May 2011 Romania Aurel Țicleanu[49] 2 May 2011
Steaua București Romania Sorin Cârțu[50] Resigned 4 May 2011 Romania Gabriel Caramarin (interim) 5 May 2011
FC U Craiova Romania Aurel Țicleanu[51] Resigned 7 May 2011 Romania Sandu Tăbârcă (interim) 8 May 2011
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Oțelul Galați (C) 34 21 7 6 46 25 +21 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Politehnica Timișoara (R) 34 17 15 2 63 38 +25 66 Relegation to Liga II[a]
3 Vaslui 34 18 11 5 51 28 +23 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rapid București 34 16 11 7 43 22 +21 59 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Steaua București 34 16 9 9 44 27 +17 57 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[b]
6 Dinamo București 34 16 8 10 68 52 +16 56 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7 Gaz Metan Mediaș 34 14 13 7 41 32 +9 55 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
8 Universitatea Cluj 34 13 8 13 48 54 −6 47
9 Târgu Mureș 34 12 9 13 34 41 −7 45[c]
10 CFR Cluj 34 11 12 11 50 45 +5 45[c]
11 Astra Ploiești 34 10 15 9 36 30 +6 45[c]
12 Brașov 34 10 13 11 34 40 −6 43
13 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 9 10 15 36 46 −10 37
14 Gloria Bistrița (R) 34 8 11 15 34 49 −15 35 Relegation to Liga II
15 FC U Craiova (R) 34 7 9 18 35 48 −13 30
16 Victoria Brănești (R) 34 5 10 19 35 61 −26 25[d]
17 Unirea Urziceni (R) 34 6 7 21 23 63 −40 25[d]
18 Sportul Studențesc București 34 7 2 25 38 58 −20 23 Spared from relegation[a]
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Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th overall goal difference; 6th overall goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Timișoara and Gloria Bistrița were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season because of accumulated debt and were therefore relegated to Liga II.[52] Sportul Studențesc as the only team from the relegated sides holding a Liga I licence were hence spared from relegation.[53]
  2. [b]
    Steaua București won the 2010–11 Cupa României competition and therefore qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
  3. [c]
    TMU: 8 pts, 3–1; CFR: 3 pts, 4–5; AST: 3 pts, 3–4
  4. [d]
    VIC 4–1 UUR; UUR 2–1 VIC

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Oțelul Galați ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Oțelul Galați5343435111111111111111111211221111
Politehnica Timișoara7876567632233222222222222122112222
Vaslui18141410121411876654454333333333333333333
Rapid București1569652223322333444457444655664444
Steaua București3454213354546687776646665546556665
Dinamo București3112121467765565665564556464445556
Gaz Metan Mediaș2721346545478746557775777777777777
Universitatea Cluj141717128747881010910101111141114131313111110101011101010118
Târgu Mureș161291113171410121415151113111214131412101211101012111110999109
CFR Cluj9588111012141511119109788888888899988888810
Astra Ploiești1411181715151717141212111311121010999999988899111111911
Brașov523579891013141414161416131210101111101213131312121212121212
Pandurii Târgu Jiu9151418171816181818171717151513161616161616141414141213131313131313
Gloria Bistrița7913710810111315161612141715121112111210121312111414141414141414
FC U Craiova91216151411151611988789991013131414151515151515151515151515
Victoria Brănești13171113161618131616131316121314151515151515161616161616161617171716
Unirea Urziceni91012161812912910101215171617171717171717171717171717171716161617
Sportul Studențesc București1616101491313151717181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
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Leaders; Liga I
2nd place; Liga I
3rd place; Liga I
Source: kicker.de (in German)

Results

More information Home \ Away, AST ...
Home \ Away AST BRA CFR DIN GAZ GBI OȚE PAN RAP SPO STE TGM TIM UUR UCL UCR VAS VIC
Astra Ploiești 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–0
Brașov 0–3 2–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–0
CFR Cluj 2–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0
Dinamo București 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 5–3 2–1 4–1 0–0 3–1 3–4 2–2 1–2 3–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–2
Gloria Bistrița 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–3 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 1–0
Oțelul Galați 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–3[a] 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 4–2
Rapid București 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 7–1
Sportul Studențesc București 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–3 5–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–2
Steaua București 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Târgu Mureș 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–6 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–4 0–2 4–0
Politehnica Timișoara 2–2 2–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–1
Unirea Urziceni 0–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1
Universitatea Cluj 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–2 3–0 1–1 2–3
FC U Craiova 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1
Vaslui 0–0 2–1 5–3 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 4–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0
Victoria Brănești 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 0–2 1–0 1–3
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Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    This match was awarded to Oțelul 0–3 because of debts not paid in time by Pandurii.[54]

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank[55][56] Player Club Goals
1 Romania Ianis Zicu Timișoara 18
2 Brazil Eric Gaz Metan Mediaș 15
3 Romania Claudiu Niculescu Universitatea Cluj 13
Romania Bogdan Stancu1 Steaua București
Brazil Wesley Vaslui
6 Romania Tiberiu Bălan Sportul Studențesc 12
7 Brazil Adaílton Vaslui 11
Romania Ovidiu Herea Rapid București
9 Romania Adrian Cristea Dinamo București / Universitatea Cluj 10
10 Romania Robert Ilyeș Brașov 9
Romania Vasile Olariu Victoria Brănești
Romania Gabriel Torje Dinamo București
Romania Costin Curelea Sportul Studențesc
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Source: Liga1.ro (in Romanian)
1 Bogdan Stancu was transferred to Galatasaray during the winter transfer window.

Champion squad

More information Oțelul Galați ...
Oțelul Galați[57][58]

Goalkeepers: Branko Grahovac Bosnia and Herzegovina (32 / 0); Cristian Brăneț (1 / 0).
Defenders: Samoel Cojoc (7 / 0); Sergiu Costin (31 / 1); Milan Perendija Serbia (23 / 0); Laurențiu Petean (6 / 0); Cornel Râpă (33 / 1); Cristian Sârghi (16 / 2); Adrian Sălăgeanu (29 / 1).
Midfielders: Liviu Antal (28 / 7); Laurențiu Buș (9 / 1); Ioan Filip (11 / 0); Gabriel Giurgiu (28 / 4); John Ibeh Nigeria (9 / 1); Silviu Ilie (29 / 2); Laurențiu Iorga (28 / 3); Ionuț Neagu (26 / 0); Răzvan Ochiroșii (15 / 0); Gabriel Paraschiv (25 / 6); Gabriel Viglianti Argentina (25 / 3).
Forwards: Csaba Borbély (8 / 1); Róbert Elek (2 / 0); Marius Pena (28 / 8); Bratislav Punosevac Serbia (10 / 2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Dorinel Munteanu.

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Attendances

More information #, Club ...
#ClubAverage
1Timișoara11,059
2Craiova10,418
3Steaua8,424
4FC Rapid7,500
5Oțelul7,500
6CFR Cluj6,812
7Târgu Mureș5,324
8Vaslui4,441
9Pandurii4,250
10Dinamo 19484,175
11Gaz Metan3,882
12U Cluj3,194
13Brașov3,106
14Gloria2,912
15Brănești2,771
16Sportul Studenţesc1,665
17Unirea1,488
18Astra1,424
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