2013–14 Liga I

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The 2013–14 Liga I is the ninety-sixth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. The season began on 19 July 2013 and ended on 21 May 2014.[2] Steaua București are the defending champions.

Season2013–14
ChampionsSteaua București
RelegatedVaslui
Poli Timișoara
Săgeata Năvodari
Corona Brașov
Champions LeagueSteaua București
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Liga I
Season2013–14
ChampionsSteaua București
RelegatedVaslui
Poli Timișoara
Săgeata Năvodari
Corona Brașov
Champions LeagueSteaua București
Europa LeagueAstra Giurgiu
Petrolul Ploiești
CFR Cluj
Matches306
Goals727 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerLiviu Antal (14)
Biggest home winVaslui 8–1 Corona
Biggest away winConcordia 1–5 Pandurii
Viitorul 0–4 Astra
Corona 0–4 Viitorul
Săgeata 0–4 Pandurii
Oțelul 0–4 Astra
Highest scoringVaslui 8–1 Corona
Longest winning runSteaua (6)
Longest unbeaten runSteaua (26)
Longest winless runUniversitatea (12)
Longest losing runBotoșani (6)
Highest attendanceSteaua 2–2 Oțelul (30,000)[1]
Lowest attendanceCorona 0–0 Poli (100)[1]
Total attendance1,774,800
Average attendance5,800[1]
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Since Romania climbed from 22nd to 18th place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2012–13 season,[3] the winners of the 2013–14 Cupa României will start in the third qualifying round of the Europa League instead of second qualifying round. The champions will still enter the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the second-placed team will still enter the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, but third-placed team will enter the second qualifying round instead of first qualifying round.

Teams

The last four teams from the 2012–13 season were initially relegated to their respective 2013–14 Liga II division. Gloria Bistrița, Turnu Severin and CSM Studențesc Iași were relegated after just one season in the top flight, while Concordia Chiajna were to return to Liga II after two years.

Additionally, two other teams were also relegated because they failed to obtain a licence for the 2013–14 Liga I season: Rapid București and Universitatea Cluj.[4] However, on 5 July 2013, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the appeal of Universitatea Cluj and therefore decided that they could remain in Liga I.[5] Also, the Romanian Football Federation announced a play-off game between Rapid Bucharest and Concordia Chiajna for the 18th place in the 2013–14 season.[2] The play-off was played on 13 July 2013 and won by Rapid, with 2–1, after extra-time. The FRF decision was contested by Concordia at the CAS.[6] On 2 August, CAS decided that Concordia Chiajna should play in Liga I and Rapid was relegated to the second division. The results of the matches played by Rapid in the first two rounds of the season, with Viitorul and Vaslui, were canceled.[7][8]

The first two teams from each of the two divisions of 2012–13 Liga II advanced to Liga I. FC Botoșani promoted as the winners of Seria I.[9] It is their first season in Liga I and the first time ever a team from Botoșani County is playing in the first league. The other three teams are also for the first time in Liga I: Săgeata Năvodari, second place in Seria I, Corona Brașov and Poli Timișoara from Seria II. While ACS Poli Timișoara is considered to be the successor of FC Politehnica Timișoara, the club was formed by moving ACS Recaș to Timișoara in the summer of 2012.

This is the first season since 1952 with only two teams from Bucharest.

Season incidents

Between the rounds 10 and 14, FC Vaslui was penalized with an eight points deduction because of debts owed to agent Codoban Tătar Ionel.[10][11] The decision was reverted by the Appeal commission of the Romanian Football Federation on 8 November 2013.[12]

Venues

More information Poli Timișoara, Universitatea Cluj ...
Poli Timișoara Universitatea Cluj Steaua București CFR Cluj
Dan Păltinișanu Cluj Arena Steaua Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 30,201 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 23,500
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Săgeata Năvodari[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.
 FC Vaslui
Oțelul Municipal
Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 9,240
Pandurii Târgu Jiu FC Brașov
Tudor Vladimirescu Silviu Ploeșteanu
Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 8,800
Corona Brașov Astra Giurgiu
Silviu Ploeșteanu Marin Anastasovici
Capacity: 8,800 Capacity: 8,500
Gaz Metan Mediaș FC Botoșani Concordia Chiajna Viitorul Constanța[ii]
Gaz Metan Municipal Concordia Concordia
Capacity: 7,814 Capacity: 7,782 Capacity: 5,123 Capacity: 5,123
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  1. [i]
    Săgeata Năvodari was relocated to Farul Stadium from Constanța for this season, because Flacăra Stadium from Năvodari didn't meet the licensing rules.
  2. [ii]
    Viitorul was relocated to Concordia Stadium from Chiajna for this season, because Orășenesc Stadium from Ovidiu didn't meet the licensing rules.

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 Andrei Mureșan Puma InterAgro
Brașov Romania Cornel Țălnar Romania Cristian Ionescu Puma Roman
Botoșani Romania Leontin Grozavu Romania Ciprian Dinu Legea Elsaco
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Marin Barbu Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Golubović Masita SuperBet
CFR Cluj Romania Vasile Miriuță Portugal Ricardo Cadú Joma Look TV
Concordia Chiajna Romania Marius Șumudică Romania Cristian Melinte Masita —
Corona Brașov Romania Dan Bona Romania Ion Coman Uhlsport Sanohepatic
Dinamo București Romania Flavius Stoican Romania Cosmin Matei Nike Orange
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Cristian Dulca Romania Cristian Todea Joma RomGaz
Oțelul Galați Germany Ewald Lienen Romania Gabriel Giurgiu Masita Astra Asigurări
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Petre Grigoraș Cyprus Paraskevas Christou Erreà CEO
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Răzvan Lucescu Romania Adrian Mutu[13] Puma Opel
Poli Timișoara Romania Dan Alexa Romania Ovidiu Petre Macron —
Săgeata Năvodari Romania Cătălin Anghel Senegal Ousmane N'Doye Nike Primăria Năvodari
Steaua București Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf Romania Mihai Pintilii Nike City Insurance
Universitatea Cluj Romania Mihai Teja Romania Zsolt Szilágyi Nike —
Vaslui Romania Florin Bularda Zimbabwe Mike Temwanjera Adidas New Holland Agriculture
Viitorul Constanța Romania Bogdan Vintilă Romania Nicolae Dică Puma —
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dinamo București Romania Cornel Țălnar Sacked 29 May 2013[14] Pre-season Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu 5 June 2013[15]
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Viorel Hizo End of tenure as a caretaker 30 May 2013[16] Romania Vasile Miriuță 6 June 2013[17]
Concordia Chiajna Romania Ilie Stan Mutual agreement 2 June 2013[18] Romania Ionuț Chirilă 2 June 2013[19]
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Resigned 5 June 2013[20] Romania Cristian Dulca 18 June 2013[21]
Oțelul Galați Romania Petre Grigoraș Resigned 5 June 2013[22] Romania Ionuț Badea 28 June 2013[23]
Săgeata Năvodari Romania Mihai Guliu No PRO licence 6 June 2013[24] Romania Tibor Selymes 16 June 2013[25]
CFR Cluj Romania Eugen Trică End of tenure as a caretaker 14 June 2013[26] Romania Mircea Rednic 14 June 2013[26]
Vaslui Romania Gavril Balint Resigned 16 June 2013[27] Romania Ilie Stan 20 June 2013[28]
Corona Brașov Romania Aurel Țicleanu End of contract 20 June 2013[29] Romania Nicolae Manea 20 June 2013[29]
Vaslui Romania Ilie Stan Resigned 2 August 2013[30] 16 Romania Ionuț Moșteanu (caretaker) 2 August 2013[31]
CFR Cluj Romania Mircea Rednic Mutual agreement 10 August 2013[32] 8 Romania Petre Grigoraș 10 August 2013[32]
Brașov Romania Adrian Szabo Sacked 18 August 2013[33] 15 Romania Aurel Țicleanu 18 August 2013[33]
Viitorul Constanța Romania Cătălin Anghel Resigned 30 August 2013[34] 16 Romania Bogdan Vintilă 12 September 2013[35]
Corona Brașov Romania Nicolae Manea Promoted as president 3 September 2013[36] 18 Romania Ionel Gane 3 September 2013[36]
Brașov Romania Aurel Țicleanu Sacked 21 September 2013[37] 14 Romania Alexandru Pelici 23 September 2013[38]
Dinamo București Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Mutual agreement 22 September 2013[39] 10 Romania Flavius Stoican 22 September 2013[40]
Universitatea Cluj Romania Ionel Ganea Sacked 29 September 2013[41] 17 Romania Gheorghe Barbu (caretaker) 29 September 2013[42]
Vaslui Romania Ionuț Moșteanu End of tenure as a caretaker 8 October 2013[43] 17 Romania Liviu Ciobotariu 8 October 2013[43]
Poli Timișoara Romania Valentin Velcea Sacked 10 October 2013[44] 10 Romania Aurel Șunda 10 October 2013[44]
Universitatea Cluj Romania Gheorghe Barbu End of tenure as a caretaker 22 October 2013[45] 17 Romania Mihai Teja 23 Oktober 2013[45]
Oțelul Galați Romania Ionuț Badea Sacked 28 October 2013[46] 13 Romania Constantin Schumacher (caretaker) 29 October 2013[47]
Brașov Romania Alexandru Pelici Resigned 4 November 2013[48] 14 Romania Ilie Stan 6 November 2013[49]
Oțelul Galați Romania Constantin Schumacher End of tenure as caretaker 5 November 2013[50] 13 Germany Ewald Lienen 5 November 2013[50]
Botoșani Romania Cristian Popovici Sacked 2 December 2013[51] 12 Romania Valeriu Bordeanu (caretaker) 2 December 2013[51]
Săgeata Năvodari Romania Tibor Selymes Sacked 10 December 2013[52] 15 Romania Gheorghe Butoiu (caretaker) 10 December 2013[52]
Săgeata Năvodari Romania Gheorghe Butoiu End of tenure as caretaker 20 December 2013[53] 13 Romania Cătălin Anghel 20 December 2013[53]
CFR Cluj Romania Petre Grigoraș Sacked 23 December 2013[54] 7 Romania Vasile Miriuță 23 December 2013[54]
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Vasile Miriuță Signed by CFR Cluj 23 December 2013[54] 9 Romania Constantin Ilie 30 December 2013[55]
Botoșani Romania Valeriu Bordeanu (caretaker) Sacked 5 January 2014[56] 12 Romania Leontin Grozavu 5 January 2014[56]
Brașov Romania Ilie Stan Mutual agreement 16 January 2014[57] 16 Romania Cornel Țălnar 16 January 2014[57]
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Cosmin Contra Signed by Spain Getafe 10 March 2014[58] 3 Romania Răzvan Lucescu 11 March 2014[59]
Concordia Chiajna Romania Ionuț Chirilă Sacked 12 March 2014[60] 10 Romania Marius Șumudică 12 March 2014[61]
Poli Timișoara Romania Aurel Șunda Sacked 17 March 2014[62] 12 Romania Dan Alexa 17 March 2014[62]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Daniel Isăilă Resigned 22 March 2014[63] 2 Romania Florin Marin 22 March 2014[64]
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Constantin Ilie Sacked 9 April 2014[65] 11 Romania Marian Bondrea 9 April 2014[65]
Corona Brașov Romania Ionel Gane Sacked 14 April 2014[66] 18 Romania Adrian Hârlab 14 April 2014[66]
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Cristian Pustai Resigned 23 April 2014[67] 6 Romania Petre Grigoraș 25 April 2014[68]
Vaslui Romania Liviu Ciobotariu Resigned 24 April 2014[69] 5 Romania Costinel Botez (caretaker) 24 April 2014[69]
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Marian Bondrea Sacked 29 April 2014[70] 13 Romania Marin Barbu 29 April 2014[70]
Vaslui Romania Costinel Botez End of tenure as caretaker 30 April 2014[71] 5 Romania Florin Bularda 30 April 2014[71]
Corona Brașov Romania Adrian Hârlab Resigned 4 May 2014[72] 18 Romania Dan Bona 4 May 2014[72]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Florin Marin Resigned 8 May 2014[73] 3 Romania Daniel Isăilă 8 May 2014[73]
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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 22 11 1 71 20 +51 77 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Astra Giurgiu 34 22 6 6 70 28 +42 72 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3 Petrolul Ploiești 34 18 14 2 53 20 +33 68 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Dinamo București 34 17 8 9 52 34 +18 59 [a]
5 CFR Cluj 34 13 12 9 44 33 +11 51 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6 Vaslui (R) 34 15 6 13 38 32 +6 51 Relegation to Liga IV[a]
7 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 14 8 12 59 39 +20 50
8 Botoșani 34 12 7 15 36 52 −16 43
9 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 34 10 11 13 27 31 −4 41[b]
10 Oțelul Galați 34 12 5 17 43 52 −9 41[b]
11 Universitatea Cluj 34 11 7 16 29 46 −17 40[c]
12 Viitorul Constanța 34 10 10 14 29 50 −21 40[c]
13 Gaz Metan Mediaș 34 10 9 15 32 38 −6 39[d]
14 Concordia Chiajna 34 10 9 15 34 47 −13 39[d]
15 Brașov 34 9 11 14 32 40 −8 38[e] Spared from relegation[a]
16 ACS Poli Timișoara (R) 34 10 8 16 26 42 −16 38[e] Relegation to Liga II
17 Săgeata Năvodari (R) 34 10 8 16 32 54 −22 38[e]
18 Corona Brașov (R) 34 2 8 24 20 69 −49 14
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Source: Liga I (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Vaslui did not receive a license for financial reasons.[74] Dinamo București filed for insolvency, thus didn't get an UEFA licence. CFR Cluj got their Europa League spot.[75]
  2. [b]
    OȚE 0-1 CEA; CEA 2-0 OȚE
  3. [c]
    UCL 3-1 VII; VII 1-0 UCL
  4. [d]
    GAZ 1-0 CON; CON 1-0 GAZ
  5. [e]
    BRA: 8 pts; ACS: 4 pts; SĂG: 3 pts

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACS ...
Home \ Away ACS AST BRA BOT CEA CFR CON COR DIN GAZ OȚE PAN PET SĂG STE UCL VAS VII
ACS Poli Timișoara 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0
Astra Giurgiu 5–1 3–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0
Brașov 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 3–5 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–0
Botoșani 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0
CFR Cluj 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 7–2 1–1 1–1 6–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1
Concordia Chiajna 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–5 0–0 4–0 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–2
Corona Brașov 0–0 2–5 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–4
Dinamo București 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 4–1 1–2 6–0 2–0 1–2
Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 4–0
Oțelul Galați 1–0 0–4 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–1 1–3 3–1 6–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1
Petrolul Ploiești 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
Săgeata Năvodari 1–2 3–4 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–1
Steaua București 3–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 5–0 2–0 0–1 4–0
Universitatea Cluj 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1
Vaslui 1–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 8–1 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1
Viitorul Constanța 1–2 0–4 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–0
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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[76][77] Player Club Goals
1 Romania Liviu Antal Vaslui 15
2 Romania Valentin Lemnaru Universitatea Cluj 13
Romania Constantin Budescu Astra Giurgiu
4 Romania Szabolcs Székely Poli Timișoara 11
Brazil Eric Pereira1 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Brazil Alex dos Santos Gonçalves Pandurii Târgu Jiu
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Golubović Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 10
Italy Federico Piovaccari Steaua București
Uruguay Juan Ángel Albín Petrolul Ploiești
Brazil Marquinhos Carioca Oțelul Galați
Brazil Wellington Carlos da Silva Concordia Chiajna
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Last updated: 19 April 2014
1 Eric was transferred to Al-Ahli during the winter transfer window.

Champion squad

More information Steaua București ...
Steaua București[78][79]

Goalkeepers: Florin Niță (5 / 0); Ciprian Tătărușanu (29 / 0).
Defenders: Vlad Chiricheș (2 / 0); Florin Gardoș (29 / 2); Daniel Georgievski North Macedonia (9 / 1); Iasmin Latovlevici (25 / 3); Gabriel Matei (2 / 0); Paul Pârvulescu (15 / 1); Cornel Râpă (7 / 0); Łukasz Szukała Poland (29 / 4); Fernando Varela Cape Verde (23 / 4).
Midfielders: Alexandru Bourceanu (17 / 0); Alexandru Chipciu (22 / 6); Lucian Filip (12 / 2); Adrian Cristea (9 / 1); Răzvan Grădinaru (2 / 0); Ionuț Neagu (4 / 0); Mihai Pintilii (23 / 0); Adrian Popa (28 / 7); Andrei Prepeliță (26 / 3); Mihai Răduț (7 / 0); Lucian Sânmărtean (12 / 2); Nicolae Stanciu (29 / 5); Cristian Tănase (24 / 2); Alexandru Târnovan (1 / 0); Robert Vâlceanu (4 / 1).
Forwards: Mihai Costea (1 / 0); Gabriel Iancu (19 / 2); Pantelis Kapetanos Greece (8 / 3); Claudiu Keșerü (17 / 8); Stefan Nikolić Montenegro (4 / 0); Federico Piovaccari Italy (25 / 10); Leandro Tatu Brazil (7 / 1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Laurențiu Reghecampf.

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Statistics

Scoring

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...
Month Player of the Month Reference
Player Club
July Romania Constantin Budescu Astra Giurgiu [81]
August Romania Constantin Budescu Astra Giurgiu [82]
September Brazil Romania Eric Pereira Pandurii Târgu Jiu [83]
October Brazil Romania Eric Pereira Pandurii Târgu Jiu [84]
November Romania Valentin Lemnaru Universitatea Cluj [85]
December Tunisia Hamza Younés Petrolul Ploiești [86]
March Romania Alexandru Chipciu Steaua București [87]
April Romania Cosmin Matei Dinamo București [88]
May Romania Ciprian Deac CFR Cluj [89]
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Attendances

More information #, Club ...
#ClubAverage
1Petrolul10,000
2Steaua9,688
3Dinamo 19487,336
4U Cluj4,929
5Botoșani4,276
6CFR Cluj4,265
7Timișoara3,588
8Oțelul3,500
9Pandurii2,982
10Astra2,749
11Ceahlăul2,647
12Vaslui2,059
13Brașov1,924
14Gaz Metan1,924
15Concordia1,365
16Săgeata1,300
17Viitorul1,194
18Corona1,051
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