2016–17 Liga II

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The 2016–17 Liga II was the 77th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 6 August 2016.

Season2016–17
Country Romania
Teams20
ChampionsJuventus București
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Liga II
Season2016–17
Country Romania
Teams20
ChampionsJuventus București
PromotedJuventus București
Sepsi OSK
RelegatedMetalul Reșița
Râmnicu Vâlcea
Unirea Tărlungeni
Berceni
Șoimii Pâncota
Matches306
Goals860 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerBogdan Chipirliu (30)
(Juventus București)
Biggest home winOlimpia 7-0 Brăila
Biggest away winClinceni 0-7 Juventus
Highest scoringASU Poli 3-4 Chindia
Rm. Vâlcea 5-2 Metalul
Sepsi 6-1 Foresta
Clinceni 0-7 Juventus
Afumați 5-2 Metalul
Olimpia 7-0 Brăila
Longest winning run8 matches:
Juventus București
Longest unbeaten run9 matches:
Brașov
Longest winless run32 matches:
Unirea Tărlungeni
Longest losing run18 matches:
Unirea Tărlungeni
Highest attendance10,000
ASU Poli 0–3 UTA
(21 May 2017)
Lowest attendance40
Clinceni 1–4 Mioveni
(29 October 2016)
All statistics correct as of 3 June 2017.
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A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the first Liga II season with a single series. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team played a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams relegated to Liga III.[1]

Team changes

Excluded teams

After the end of the last season, Petrolul Ploiești was dissolved.[2]

On 21 July 2016 Rapid București was excluded from Liga I after the club went into dissolution. Their place was taken by Poli Timișoara.[3]

Farul Constanța withdrew from Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III.[4]

SC Bacău withdrew from Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III.[5]

Baia Mare withdrew from the championship due to financial difficulties.[6]

Teams spared from relegation

Foresta Suceava, Unirea Tărlungeni and Metalul Reșița were spared from relegation due to lack of teams.[7]

Renamed teams

Rapid CFR Suceava was renamed as Foresta Suceava.[8]

Moved teams

ACS Berceni moved from Berceni to Buftea.[9]

Unirea Tărlungeni was moved from Tărlungeni to Ștefăneștii de Jos and took all the players and the staff of CS Ștefănești which was dissolved.[10]

Metalul Reșița was moved from Reșița to Snagov and took all the players and the staff of Voința Snagov which was dissolved.[11]

Șoimii Pâncota was moved from Pâncota to Șiria.[12]

Stadiums by capacity

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Club City Stadium Capacity
Academica Clinceni Clinceni 2,800
Afumați Afumați Comunal 3,000
ASU Politehnica Timișoara Știința / Dan Păltinișanu 1,000 / 32,972
Balotești Balotești Central 3,780
Berceni Berceni CNAF / Orășenesc 1,600 / 1,500
Brașov Brașov Silviu Ploeșteanu 8,800
Chindia Târgoviște Eugen Popescu 6,500
Dacia Unirea Brăila Municipal 20,154
Dunărea Călărași Ion Comșa 10,400
Foresta Suceava Areni 7,000
Juventus Bucharest Juventus 6,000
Luceafărul Oradea Luceafărul / Iuliu Bodola 2,200 / 11,155
Metalul Snagov Voința 2,000
Mioveni Mioveni Orășenesc 7,000
Olimpia Satu Mare Olimpia 18,000
Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Municipal 12,000
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Municipal 5,000
Șoimii Șiria Otto Greffner 1,100
Unirea Ștefănești Dumitru Mătărău 1,200
UTA Arad Motorul / Otto Greffner 2,000 / 1,380
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Stadiums by locations

Location of teams in 2016–17 Liga II

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
Academica Clinceni Romania Erik Lincar Romania Florin Matache Joma Salerm Cosmetics
Afumați Romania Vasile Neagu Romania Răzvan Patriche Nike —
ASU Politehnica Romania Sorin Brîndescu Romania Cristian Gălan Westiment Alexandrion
Balotești Romania Augustin Călin Romania Ionuț Sandu Joma —
Berceni — — — —
Brașov Romania Cornel Țălnar Romania Florin Iacob Acerbis Maurer Imobiliare
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Nicolae Croitoru Romania Dragoș Pătru Joma Regata
Dacia Unirea Brăila Romania Alin Pânzaru Romania Laurențiu Ivan Joma Comision Trade
Dunărea Călărași Romania Adrian Mihalcea Romania Cezar Lungu Jako Condorul, Prosol
Foresta Suceava Romania Marius Lup Romania Daniel Lung Givova Primăria Suceava
Juventus București Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Valentin Bărbulescu Joma —
Luceafărul Oradea Romania Alexandru Kiss Romania Constantin Roșu Adidas —
Metalul Reșița Romania Mihai Stoica Romania Cristian Munteanu Nike —
Mioveni Romania Iordan Eftimie Brazil Roberto Ayza Legea Primăria Mioveni
Olimpia Satu Mare Romania Bogdan Andone Romania Cosmin Iuhas Joma Consiliul Judeţean Satu Mare
Râmnicu Vâlcea — — — —
Sepsi OSK Romania Valentin Suciu Romania Attila Hadnagy Adidas Gyermelyi
Șoimii Pâncota — — — —
Unirea Tărlungeni — — — —
UTA Arad Romania Laurențiu Roșu Romania Alin Gligor Saller Pletl
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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
Luceafărul Romania Marius Popa (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 31 May 2016[13] Pre-season Romania Florin Farcaș 9 June 2016[14]
Unirea Tărlungeni Romania Daniel Bona Mutual agreement 17 June 2016[15] Pre-season Romania Laurențiu Tudor 2 August 2016[16]
Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania Adrian Dulcea Mutual agreement 26 June 2016 Pre-season Romania Ionel Gane 27 June 2016[17]
Mioveni Romania Iordan Eftimie Mutual agreement 26 June 2016 Pre-season Romania Alexandru Pelici 27 June 2016[18]
Foresta Suceava Romania Daniel Bălan End of contract 2 July 2016 Pre-season Romania Adrian Iencsi 2 July 2016[19]
Brașov Romania Adrian Szabo End of contract 3 July 2016[20] Pre-season Romania Cornel Țălnar 25 July 2016[21]
Olimpia Satu Mare Romania Mircea Bolba Resigned 25 July 2016[22] Pre-season Romania Bogdan Andone 28 July 2016[23]
Metalul Reșița Romania Carol Gurgu Mutual agreement 5 August 2016 Pre-season Romania George Dumitru 5 August 2016[24]
Șoimii Pâncota Romania Zsolt Muzsnay End of contract 5 August 2016 Pre-season Romania Călin Petrică (caretaker) 5 August 2016[25]
Berceni Romania Răzvan Rotaru Mutual agreement 5 August 2016 Pre-season Romania Marcel Abăluță 5 August 2016[26]
Foresta Suceava Romania Adrian Iencsi Mutual agreement 16 August 2016 17 Romania Cristian Popovici 17 August 2016[27]
Luceafărul Romania Florin Farcaș Resigned 27 August 2016[28] 16 Romania Erik Lincar 29 August 2016[29]
Metalul Reșița Romania George Dumitru Mutual agreement 8 September 2016 18 Romania Mihai Stoica 9 September 2016[30]
Academica Romania Mugur Bolohan Resigned 27 September 2016[31] 15 Romania Adrian Ene (caretaker) 28 September 2016
Șoimii Pâncota Romania Călin Petrică (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 28 September 2016 20 Serbia Nikola Jovanić 29 September 2016[32]
UTA Arad Romania Roland Nagy Sacked 9 October 2016 8 Romania Laurențiu Roșu 10 October 2016[33]
Șoimii Pâncota Serbia Nikola Jovanić Resigned 11 October 2016 [34] 20 Romania Călin Petrică (caretaker) 11 October 2016
Berceni Romania Marcel Abăluță Mutual agreement 13 October 2016 19 Romania Mugur Bolohan 14 October 2016[35]
Șoimii Pâncota Romania Călin Petrică (caretaker) The team was dissolved. 28 October 2016[36] 20 — —
Unirea Tărlungeni Romania Laurențiu Tudor Mutual agreement 31 October 2016 16 Romania Adrian Matei 1 November 2016[37]
Luceafărul Romania Erik Lincar Resigned 8 November 2016[38] 11 Romania Cristian Lupuț (caretaker) 9 November 2016
Berceni Romania Mugur Bolohan The team was dissolved. 13 November 2016[39] 19 — —
Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania Ionel Gane Mutual agreement 8 December 2016[40] 14 Romania Adrian Dulcea (caretaker) 9 December 2016
Balotești Romania Cornel Nica Mutual agreement 22 December 2016[41] 16 Romania Augustin Călin 27 February 2017[42]
Unirea Tărlungeni Romania Adrian Matei Mutual agreement 28 December 2016[43] 17 — —
Luceafărul Romania Cristian Lupuț (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 31 December 2016 8 Romania Cristian Lupuț 9 January 2017[44]
Academica Romania Adrian Ene (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 31 December 2016 13 Romania Adrian Ene 20 January 2017[45]
Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania Adrian Dulcea (caretaker) Signed by Atletic Bradu 13 January 2017[46] 14 — —
Luceafărul Romania Cristian Lupuț Mutual agreement 14 March 2017 9 Romania Alexandru Kiss 14 March 2017[47]
Foresta Suceava Romania Cristian Popovici Mutual agreement 29 March 2017[48] 11 Romania Marius Lup (caretaker) 30 March 2017[49]
Mioveni Romania Alexandru Pelici Sacked 28 April 2017[50] 5 Romania Iordan Eftimie 28 April 2017
Academica Romania Adrian Ene Mutual agreement 11 May 2017 14 Romania Erik Lincar 11 May 2017[51]
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Juventus București (C, P) 34 27 3 4 77 18 +59 84 Promotion to Liga I
2 Sepsi OSK (P) 34 21 8 5 62 29 +33 71
3 UTA Arad 34 20 6 8 64 32 +32 66 Qualification to promotion play-off
4 Mioveni 34 17 8 9 51 30 +21 59
5 Chindia Târgoviște 34 18 4 12 57 37 +20 58
6 Brașov (D, R) 34 15 11 8 49 35 +14 56[a] Relegation to Liga III
7 Dunărea Călărași 34 16 8 10 52 40 +12 56[a]
8 Afumați 34 17 5 12 56 36 +20 56[a]
9 Olimpia Satu Mare 34 16 6 12 53 34 +19 54
10 Luceafărul Oradea 34 14 5 15 48 38 +10 47
11 Dacia Unirea Brăila 34 14 4 16 37 56 −19 46
12 Foresta Suceava 34 12 5 17 49 69 −20 41
13 Balotești 34 11 7 16 44 56 −12 40
14 Academica Clinceni 34 11 6 17 47 69 −22 39
15 ASU Politehnica Timișoara 34 10 8 16 48 59 −11 38
16 Metalul Reșița 34 6 3 25 35 77 −42 21
17 Râmnicu Vâlcea[b] (D, R) 33 4 6 23 16 67 −51 18 Disqualified
18 Unirea Tărlungeni[c] (D, R) 33 2 5 26 15 78 −63 1
19 Berceni[d] (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Șoimii Pâncota[e] (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Source: FRF (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 head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    1. BRA 7P.; 2. DUN 7P.; 3. AFU 3P.
  2. [b]
    CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea withdrew from the championship during the winter break and lost all matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[52]
  3. [c]
    Unirea Tărlungeni were deducted 10 points and withdrew from the championship during the winter break and lost all matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[53]
  4. [d]
    ACS Berceni withdrew from the championship in the first part of the season and all their results were canceled.[54]
  5. [e]
    Șoimii Pâncota was excluded from the championship for unpaid debts and all their results were canceled.[55]

Season results

More information Home \ Away, ACA ...
Home \ Away ACA AFU ASU BAL BRA CHI DUB DUN FOR JUV LUC SNA MIO OLI RMV SPS UNI UTA
Academica Clinceni 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–4 3–3 0–7 1–3 2–3 1–4 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–6
Afumați 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 6–0 1–3 0–0 5–2 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–0
ASU Politehnica Timișoara 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 4–1 2–3 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–3
Balotești 1–3 0–1 3–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–4
Brașov 0–2 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–2
Chindia Târgoviște 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–3
Dacia Unirea Brăila 1–0 1–5 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1
Dunărea Călărași 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Foresta Suceava 2–0 0–2 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–4 3–0 2–4 3–0 0–2
Juventus București 3–0 2–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 6–0 1–2
Luceafărul Oradea 1–2 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 0–1
Sportul Snagov 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–4 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 4–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–1
Mioveni 3–2 1–3 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2
Olimpia Satu Mare 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 7–0 2–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
Râmnicu Vâlcea 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–3 3–0 5–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–3
Sepsi OSK 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 6–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 4–1
Unirea Tărlungeni 2–2 0–3 0–3 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 4–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–4
UTA Arad 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–0
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Source: Liga 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liga I play-off

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ACS Poli Timișoara 5–2 UTA Arad 2–1 3–1
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12 June 2017 ACS Poli Timișoara 2–1UTA AradTimișoara
20:30 Pedro Henrique 22'
Cânu 25'		 Strătilă 52' Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: George Găman (Craiova)
15 June 2017 UTA Arad1–3 ACS Poli Timișoara Șiria
17:30 Curtuiuș 5' Bărbuț 17'
Drăghici 21'
Pedro Henrique 88'		 Stadium: Otto Greffner
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

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Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 3 June 2017.
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Bogdan Chipirliu Juventus București 30
2 Romania Attila Hadnagy Sepsi OSK 28
Romania Adrian Petre UTA Arad
4 Romania Cristian Cherchez Chindia Târgoviște 19
Romania Marian Vlada Afumați
6 Romania Marius Matei Foresta Suceava (9) / Luceafărul Oradea (9) 18
7 Romania Claudiu Herea Balotești 17
8 Romania Ștefan Blănaru ASU Politehnica Timișoara 16
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Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 3 June 2017.
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean sheets*
1 Romania Bogdan Miron UTA Arad 16
2 Romania Relu Stoian Juventus București 15
3 Romania Roland Niczuly Sepsi OSK 13
4 Romania Teodor Meilă Chindia Târgoviște 12
5 Romania Iulian Anca-Trip Olimpia Satu Mare 11
Romania Flavius Croitoru Mioveni
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*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Chindia Târgoviște 34,050 4,000 250 2,003 n/a†
2 Sepsi OSK 27,700 4,000 700 1,847 n/a†
3 Foresta Suceava 27,250 4,100 300 1,603 n/a†
4 ASU Politehnica Timișoara 26,050 11,800 400 1,532 n/a†
5 Brașov 13,800 2,900 300 920 n/a†
6 UTA Arad 13,900 1,900 300 818 n/a1
7 Râmnicu Vâlcea 6,450 1,200 150 645 n/a†
8 Mioveni 11,600 2,000 200 644 n/a†
9 Olimpia Satu Mare 8,400 1,200 150 560 n/a†
10 Juventus București 10,500 1,500 150 553 n/a†
11 Luceafărul Oradea 6,900 800 200 460 n/a†
12 Dunărea Călărași 6,780 1,000 120 399 n/a†
13 Dacia Unirea Brăila 6,370 1,200 70 354 n/a†
14 Balotești 4,630 700 100 257 n/a3
15 Afumați 4,310 750 50 227 n/a†
16 Metalul Reșița 2,610 600 50 174 n/a2
17 Academica Clinceni 2,160 400 40 127 n/a†
18 Șoimii Pâncota 590 400 40 118 n/a2
19 Unirea Tărlungeni 1,080 150 50 108 n/a2
20 Berceni 750 180 50 107 n/a2
League total 215,880 11,800 40 673 n/a†
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Updated to games played on 3 June 2017
Source: League matches: Liga II 2016/2017
Notes:
1: UTA Arad played all matches out of its stadium, which is under construction.
2: Berceni, Metalul Reșița, Șoimii Pâncota and Unirea Tărlungeni were moved from their settlements and played all matches out of their stadiums.

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