2012–13 Liga I

95th season of top-tier football league in Romania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2012–13 Liga I was the ninety-fifth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. The season began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 30 May 2013.[2] CFR Cluj were the defending champions.

Season2012–13
ChampionsSteaua București
RelegatedRapid București
Turnu Severin
CSMS Iași
Gloria Bistrița
ChampionsLeagueSteaua București
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Liga I
Season2012–13
ChampionsSteaua București
RelegatedRapid București
Turnu Severin
CSMS Iași
Gloria Bistrița
Champions LeagueSteaua București
Europa LeaguePandurii Târgu Jiu
Petrolul Ploiești
Astra Giurgiu
Matches306
Goals816 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerRaul Rusescu (21)
Biggest home winPetrolul 5–0 Ceahlăul
CFR 5–0 Brașov
Biggest away winConcordia 0–6 Steaua
Highest scoringPetrolul 6–4 Brașov
Longest winning runSteaua (6)
Longest unbeaten runPetrolul (16)
Longest losing runGloria (8)
Highest attendanceSteaua 4–0 Brașov (50,224)[1]
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Since Romania dropped from 14th to 22nd place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2011–12 season,[3] the league has lost its second UEFA Champions League berth. Further, all teams who will qualify for a European competition via league placement at the end of this season will have to enter these a round earlier as in the season before. The champions will enter the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, while the second- and third-placed teams will begin at the second and first qualifying rounds, respectively, of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. In addition, the winners of the 2012–13 Cupa României will also start in the second qualifying round of the Europa League, two rounds earlier than before.

Teams

Four teams from the 2011–12 season were relegated to their respective 2012–13 Liga II division, Târgu Mureș, Mioveni, Voința Sibiu, and Sportul Studențesc București.

Four teams, two from each division, were promoted from 2011–12 Liga II. From the Seria I, CSMS Iași and Viitorul Constanța gained the access because they finished first and second in the standings. From Seria II, the promoted teams where Gloria Bistrița and Turnu Severin. Politehnica Timișoara won their promotion place in the field, but they did not receive their licence for the first league, so the Romanian Football Federation decided that the third team in the division, Turnu Severin, should promote instead.[4]

Team FC Astra Ploiești were renamed FC Astra Giurgiu, effective to 1 July 2012.[citation needed]

Venues

More information Steaua București, Universitatea Cluj ...
Steaua București Universitatea Cluj CFR Cluj Turnu Severin
Arena Națională Cluj Arena Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Municipal
Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 30,201 Capacity: 23,500 Capacity: 20,054
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Viitorul Constanța[i] Petrolul Ploiești Dinamo București
Ceahlăul Farul Ilie Oană Dinamo
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,073 Capacity: 15,032
Oțelul Galați
Location of Bucharest teams.
 Rapid București
Oțelul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 11,704[ii]
Politehnica Iași Vaslui
Emil Alexandrescu Municipal
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 9,240
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Brașov
Tudor Vladimirescu Silviu Ploeșteanu
Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 8,800
Astra Giurgiu Gaz Metan Mediaș Gloria Bistrița Concordia Chiajna
Marin Anastasovici Gaz Metan Gloria Concordia
Capacity: 8,500 Capacity: 7,814 Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 5,123
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  1. [i]
    Viitorul Constanța was relocated to Farul Stadium from Constanța for this season, because Orășenesc Stadium from Ovidiu didn't meet the licensing rules.
  2. [ii]
    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.

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.

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Astra Giurgiu Romania Daniel Isăilă Romania Valerică Găman Puma InterAgro
Brașov Romania Adrian Szabo Romania Cristian Munteanu Puma Roman
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Viorel Hizo Romania Marian Constantinescu Masita SuperBet
CFR Cluj Romania Eugen Trică Portugal Cadú Joma EnergoBit
Concordia Chiajna Romania Ilie Stan Romania Sorin Ghionea Nike —
CSMS Iași Romania Sorin Cârțu Romania Răzvan Tincu Legea —
Dinamo București Romania Cornel Țălnar Romania Cătălin Munteanu Nike Orange
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Romania Cristian Todea Joma RomGaz
Gloria Bistrița Romania Nicolae Manea Romania Cornel Predescu Puma Gomar
Oțelul Galați Romania Petre Grigoraș Romania Sergiu Costin Masita ArcelorMittal
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Cristian Pustai Ivory Coast Ousmane Viera Nike USMO
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Cosmin Contra France Sony Mustivar Macron Romprest
Rapid București Romania Marian Rada Romania Daniel Pancu Puma —
Steaua București Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf Romania Alexandru Bourceanu Nike Mihai Nesu Foundation
Turnu Severin Romania Ionel Gane Romania Marius Bălău Puma Primăria Severin
Universitatea Cluj Romania Ionel Ganea Romania Zsolt Szilágyi Nike Romprest
Vaslui Romania Gavril Balint Romania Lucian Sânmărtean Adidas New Holland Agriculture
Viitorul Constanța Romania Cătălin Anghel Romania Nicolae Dică Puma —
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Steaua București Romania Mihai Stoichiță Contract terminated 21 May 2012[5] Pre-season Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf 21 May 2012[6]
Concordia Chiajna Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf Signed by Steaua București 21 May 2012[6] Romania Ilie Stan 8 June 2012[7]
Rapid București Romania Răzvan Lucescu Signed by El Jaish 21 May 2012[8] Romania Ioan Sabău 18 June 2012[9]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Mircea Rednic Resigned 23 May 2012[10] Romania Bogdan Stelea 14 June 2012[11]
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Sacked 24 May 2012[12] Romania Mircea Rednic 29 May 2012[13]
Vaslui Portugal Augusto Inácio Resigned 4 July 2012[14] Romania Marius Șumudică 5 July 2012[15]
Universitatea Cluj Romania Claudiu Niculescu Resigned 23 July 2012[16] 17th Romania Cristian Dulca 26 July 2012[17]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Bogdan Stelea Sacked 10 August 2012[18] 10th Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu 13 August 2012[19]
Turnu Severin Romania Marian Bondrea Sacked 27 August 2012[20] 16th Italy Nicolò Napoli 27 August 2012
CSMS Iași Romania Ionuț Popa Resigned 29 August 2012[21] 17th Romania Liviu Ciobotariu 29 August 2012[21]
Oțelul Galați Romania Dorinel Munteanu Resigned 30 August 2012[22] 15th Romania Viorel Tănase 30 August 2012[22]
Brașov Romania Ionuț Badea Sacked 23 September 2012[23] 11th Romania Sorin Cârțu 10 October 2012[24]
Vaslui Romania Marius Șumudică Resigned 24 September 2012[25] 4th Romania Viorel Hizo 28 September 2012[26]
Universitatea Cluj Romania Cristian Dulca Resigned 1 October 2012[27] 13th Romania Marius Șumudică 10 November 2012[28]
Rapid București Romania Ioan Sabău Sacked 20 October 2012[29] 8th Romania Marian Rada 20 October 2012[29]
CFR Cluj Romania Ioan Andone Mutual consent 24 October 2012[30] 10th Portugal Paulo Sérgio 30 October 2012[31]
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Mircea Rednic Signed by Standard Liège 26 October 2012[32] 6th Romania Cosmin Contra 29 October 2012[33]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Sacked 29 October 2012[34] 3rd Romania Valentin Sinescu 29 October 2012[35]
Brașov Romania Sorin Cârțu Resigned 11 November 2012[36] 10th Romania Adrian Szabo 13 November 2012[36]
Dinamo București Italy Dario Bonetti Sacked 15 November 2012[37] 7th Romania Dorinel Munteanu 15 November 2012[37]
Universitatea Cluj Romania Marius Șumudică Resigned 15 November 2012[38] 14th Romania Marius Popescu 16 November 2012[39]
Turnu Severin Italy Nicolò Napoli End of contract 21 December 2012[40] 17th Romania Ionel Gane 9 January 2013[41]
Dinamo București Romania Dorinel Munteanu Resigned 27 December 2012[42] 7th Romania Cornel Țălnar 28 December 2012[43]
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Petre Grigoraș Resigned 17 January 2013[44] 4th Romania Cristian Pustai 19 January 2013[45]
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Cristian Pustai Signed by Pandurii Târgu Jiu 19 January 2013[45] 12th Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu 21 January 2013[46]
Oțelul Galați Romania Viorel Tănase Mutual consent 30 January 2013[47] 13th Romania Petre Grigoraș 30 January 2013[47]
Universitatea Cluj Romania Marius Popescu End of caretaker spell 31 January 2013[48] 16th Romania Ionel Ganea 31 January 2013[48]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Valentin Sinescu Sacked 6 April 2013[49] 2nd Romania Marin Barbu 6 April 2013[49]
Vaslui Romania Viorel Hizo Resigned 7 April 2013[50] 6th Romania Gavril Balint 9 April 2013[51]
CFR Cluj Portugal Paulo Sérgio Sacked 13 April 2013[52] 8th Romania Eugen Trică 13 April 2013[52]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Marin Barbu Sacked 13 April 2013[53] 2nd Romania Daniel Isăilă 13 April 2013[53]
CSMS Iași Romania Liviu Ciobotariu Sacked 20 April 2013[54] 17th Romania Sorin Cârțu 22 April 2013[55]
Ceahlăul Romania Costel Enache Sacked 12 May 2013[56] 13th Romania Viorel Hizo 12 May 2013[56]
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București (C) 34 24 7 3 74 29 +45 79 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 19 6 9 57 43 +14 63 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Petrolul Ploiești 34 16 14 4 60 34 +26 62
4 Astra Giurgiu 34 17 9 8 64 37 +27 60 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5 Vaslui 34 16 10 8 50 34 +16 58
6 Dinamo București 34 16 8 10 48 40 +8 56
7 Brașov 34 14 9 11 50 51 −1 51
8 Rapid București (R) 34 13 10 11 35 35 0 49[b] Relegation to Liga II[c]
9 CFR Cluj 34 12 13 9 56 39 +17 49[b]
10 Gaz Metan Mediaș 34 12 10 12 42 46 −4 46
11 Oțelul Galați[d] 34 11 10 13 38 42 −4 41
12 Universitatea Cluj 34 10 8 16 39 55 −16 38
13 Viitorul Constanța 34 8 12 14 45 57 −12 36
14 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 34 9 7 18 41 59 −18 34
15 Concordia Chiajna 34 7 12 15 29 49 −20 33 Spared from relegation[c]
16 Turnu Severin (R) 34 7 11 16 36 47 −11 32 Relegation to Liga II
17 CSMS Iași (R) 34 7 5 22 31 50 −19 26
18 Gloria Bistrița (R) 34 3 9 22 21 69 −48 18
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Source: Liga I (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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Astra Giurgiu qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa as Petrolul won the 2012–13 Cupa României and secured a place in the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa.
  2. [b]
    CFR 0-0 RAP; RAP 3-2 CFR
  3. [c]
    Rapid did not obtain a licence for the 2013–14 season, therefore Concordia Chiajna were spared from relegation.
  4. [d]
    Oțelul Galați were deducted two points because of debts owed to agent Codoban Tătar Ionel.

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Steaua București ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Steaua București5322122111111111111111111111111111
Pandurii Târgu Jiu2111111222222322344333335432332222
Petrolul Ploiești1645598679864565656545443243224433
Astra Giurgiu37810753333343233222222222324543344
Vaslui74811634444435444433456666666666655
Dinamo București3234435855556778777764554555455566
Brașov7569121391191097810109988989999998888777
Rapid București71068107107107689987899898887777777998
CFR Cluj1110533675867107656565677778889999889
Gaz Metan Mediaș1114141411811121311121412121314121212111110101010101010101010101010
Oțelul Galați691315151516161615151515151513141413131211111111111111111111111111
Universitatea Cluj1781279116101213111213141415151616161614141212121213121212121212
Viitorul Constanța7101113141213131112131111111111111111121313131514131314141614131313
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț18151612131415141414141314131212131314141415151415141412131313141414
Concordia Chiajna16138681012968109108910101010101012121313151515151415151515
Turnu Severin13161716161717171718181818181818181817171717171717171616161516161616
CSMS Iași13181818171618181817171717171616161515151516161616161717171717171717
Gloria Bistrița13161517181814151516161616161717171718181818181818181818181818181818
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Leader
2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
Relegation to 2013–14 Liga II
Source: [citation needed]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AST ...
Home \ Away AST BRA CEA CFR CON IAȘ DIN GAZ GBI OȚE PAN PET RAP STE TUR UCL VAS VII
Astra Giurgiu 3–0 4–2 3–3 6–3 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 3–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0
Brașov 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 3–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–4 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–3
CFR Cluj 0–2 5–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 0–1
Concordia Chiajna 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–6 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1
CSMS Iași 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–2
Dinamo București 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 5–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–2 1–1 0–1 2–3
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–1
Gloria Bistrița 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–5 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1
Oțelul Galați 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 6–2 2–1 4–1
Petrolul Ploiești 1–1 6–4 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0
Rapid București 0–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–2 2–1
Steaua București 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 2–5
Turnu Severin 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2
Universitatea Cluj 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 3–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Vaslui 2–1 1–1 4–3 0–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–2
Viitorul Constanța 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–4 3–4 1–1 2–2
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Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank[57][58] Player Club Goals
1 Romania Raul Rusescu Steaua București 21
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Jeremy Bokila Petrolul Ploiești 16
3 Romania Marius Alexe Dinamo București 15
4 Nigeria Kehinde Fatai Astra Giurgiu 14
5 Tunisia Hamza Younés Petrolul Ploiești 13
6 Romania Constantin Budescu Astra Giurgiu 12
7 Romania Marius Niculae1 Vaslui 11
Romania Mugurel Buga Brașov
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Golubović Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
10 Jordan Tha'er Bawab Gaz Metan Mediaș 10
Lithuania Deivydas Matulevičius Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Romania Nicolae Dică Viitorul Constanța
Romania Victoraș Astafei Gaz Metan Mediaș / Oțelul Galați
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1 Marius Niculae was transferred to Shandong Luneng during the winter transfer window.

Champion squad

More information Steaua București ...
Steaua București[59][60]

Goalkeepers: Valentin Cojocaru (3 / 0); Răzvan Stanca (4 / 0); Ciprian Tătărușanu (28 / 0).
Defenders: Doru Bratu (2 / 0); Vlad Chiricheș (26 / 1); Andrei Dumitraș (5 / 0); Florin Gardoș (21 / 1); Daniel Georgievski North Macedonia (19 / 0); Iasmin Latovlevici (24 / 2); Valeriu Lupu (2 / 0); Novak Martinović Serbia (5 / 1); Gabriel Matei (1 / 0); Paul Pârvulescu (12 / 0); Cornel Râpă (8 / 0); Łukasz Szukała Poland (20 / 4).
Midfielders: Tiberiu Bălan (5 / 0); Alexandru Bourceanu (32 / 3); Alexandru Chipciu (27 / 6); Lucian Filip (17 / 0); Ionuț Năstăsie (2 / 0); Mihai Pintilii (30 / 5); Adrian Popa (30 / 1); Andrei Prepeliță (18 / 1); Cristian Tănase (29 / 8).
Forwards: Florin Costea (1 / 0); Mihai Costea (12 / 2); Gabriel Iancu (10 / 2); Adi Rocha Brazil (16 / 9); Leandro Tatu Brazil (9 / 2); Stefan Nikolić Montenegro (24 / 5); Raul Rusescu (34 / 21).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Laurențiu Reghecampf.

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Statistics

Scoring

Attendances

More information #, Club ...
#ClubAverage
1Steaua21,099
2Petrolul11,642
3Dinamo 194811,134
4CFR Cluj4,929
5Pandurii4,794
6Oțelul4,706
7Drobeta4,147
8U Cluj3,997
9FC Rapid3,971
10Iași3,735
11Vaslui3,289
12Brașov2,588
13Astra2,450
14Ceahlăul2,394
15Viitorul2,271
16Gaz Metan2,206
17Concordia2,032
18Gloria1,929
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