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The 2022–23 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the seventh consecutive season held in a single series. It began on 6 August 2022 and ended on 4 June 2023.[1]

Season2022–23
ChampionsPolitehnica Iași
PromotedDinamo București
Oțelul Galați
Politehnica Iași
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Liga II
Season2022–23
ChampionsPolitehnica Iași
PromotedDinamo București
Oțelul Galați
Politehnica Iași
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The competition format was maintained, consisting of two stages. In the first stage, each team played every other team once, followed by a six-team promotion play-off and a relegation play-out split into two groups of seven. In the second stage, the top two teams were promoted to Liga I, while the 3rd- and 4th-placed sides played two-legged play-offs against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The bottom two teams in each group were relegated, and the 5th-placed teams met to decide the fifth relegation berth to Liga III.[2]

Teams

A total of twenty teams contested the league, including fourteen from the previous season, one relegated from Liga I, and five promoted from Liga III.

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2022–23 Liga II teams
Location of Bucharest and Ilfov teams.
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Club City Stadium Capacity
Concordia Chiajna Chiajna Concordia 5,123
CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Șelimbăr Municipal[a] 12,000
CSC Dumbrăvița Dumbrăvița Ștefan Dobay 20,154
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Municipal 1,200
CSM Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 10,000
FC Dinamo București București Marin Anastasovici[b] 8,500
FC Brașov Brașov Silviu Ploeșteanu 8,800
Gloria Buzău Buzău Municipal 18,000
Metaloglobus București Bucharest Metaloglobus 1,000
Minaur Baia Mare Baia Mare Viorel Mateianu 8,000
Oțelul Galați Galați Oțelul 13,500
Politehnica Iași Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11,390
Politehnica Timișoara Timișoara Știința[c] 2,600
Progresul Spartac București București CNAF[d] 1,600
Ripensia Timișoara Timișoara Electrica 5,000
Steaua București București Steaua 31,254
Unirea Constanța Constanța Clinceni[e] 4,500
Unirea Dej Dej Unirea 6,000
Unirea Slobozia Slobozia 1 Mai 6,000
Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 12,518
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  1. [a]
    1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to Municipal Stadium in Râmnicu Vâlcea, because Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr is under renovations.
  2. [b]
    Dinamo București was relocated to Marin Anastasovici Stadium in Giurgiu, because Dinamo Stadium in Bucharest is proposed for reconstruction.
  3. [c]
    Politehnica Timișoara was relocated to Știința Stadium in Timișoara (normally its 2nd ground), because Dan Păltinișanu Stadium was closed and proposed for demolition.
  4. [d]
    Progresul Spartac was relocated to CNAF Stadium in Buftea, because Progresul Spartac Stadium in Bucharest did not meet the standards for the second-tier.
  5. [e]
    Unirea Constanța was relocated to Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni, due to an agreement to move the entire club from Constanța to Ilfov County.

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.

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1599 Șelimbăr Romania Claudiu Niculescu Romania Alexandru Dandea Joma —
Brașov Romania Dan Alexa Croatia Ivan Fuštar Acerbis —
Concordia Chiajna Romania Eugen Trică Romania Raul Palmeș Joma —
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Romania Róbert Ilyés Romania Attila Csürös 2Rule Csíkszereda
Dinamo București Romania Ovidiu Burcă Romania Răzvan Patriche Macron 888 Holdings
Dumbrăvița Romania Cosmin Stan Romania Costel Zurbagiu Macron Primăria Dumbrăvița
Gloria Buzău Romania Adrian Mihalcea Romania Relu Stoian Beltona Superbet
Metaloglobus București Romania Eusebiu Tudor Romania Daniel Lung Jako —
Minaur Baia Mare Romania Mihai Iosif Romania Ciprian Stanciu Hummel Primăria Baia Mare
Oțelul Galați Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Ionuț Neagu Jako Liberty
Politehnica Iași Romania Leontin Grozavu Romania Florin Plămadă Givova Municipiul Iași
Politehnica Timișoara Romania Octavian Benga Romania Denis Radu Westiment Unibet
Progresul Spartac București Romania Andrei Erimia Romania Eugen Lixandru Nike Kulterra
Ripensia Timișoara Romania Iulian Muntean Romania Gabriel Stoi Cottontex Almira, La Migdali, ILA
Slatina Romania Daniel Oprescu Romania Cătălin Doman Macron Primăria Slatina
Steaua București Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Adrian Popa Adidas Get's Bet
Unirea Constanța Romania Dacian Nastai Romania Mihai Udrea Macron CJ Ilfov
Unirea Dej Romania Dragoș Militaru Romania Florin Blaj Hummel Dendiarom
Unirea Slobozia Romania Costel Enache Romania Constantin Toma Joma CJ Ialomița
Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Călin Cojocaru Romania Claudiu Dragu Nike Artego
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Managerial changes

Pre-season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dinamo București Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin Jr.[5] End of contract 31 May 2022 Romania Ovidiu Burcă[6] 21 July 2022
Politehnica Iași Romania Costel Enache[7] 31 May 2022 Romania Claudiu Niculescu[8] 7 June 2022
Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Alexandru Ciobanu End of interim spell 31 May 2022 Romania Florin Stângă[9] 5 July 2022
Unirea Slobozia Romania Adrian Mihalcea[10] Signed by Chindia 31 May 2022 Romania Costel Enache[11] 13 June 2022
Politehnica Timișoara Romania Antonio Foale End of interim spell 31 May 2022 Romania Bogdan Andone[12] 21 June 2022
Brașov Romania Călin Moldovan[13] End of contract 31 May 2022 Romania Dan Alexa[14] 21 June 2022
Metaloglobus București Romania Nicolae Grigore[15] 31 May 2022 Romania Eugen Trică 1 July 2022[15]
Slatina Romania Ovidiu Burcă[16] 30 June 2022 Romania Daniel Oprescu[17] 1 July 2022
Unirea Constanța Romania Leonard Strizu 30 June 2022 Romania Dacian Nastai[18] 1 July 2022
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During the season

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Round Position
Metaloglobus București Romania Eugen Trică[19] Released 12 September 2022 6th 20th Romania Florin Drăghici (interim)[19] 13 September 2022
Metaloglobus București Romania Florin Drăghici[20] End of interim spell 20 September 2022 7th 20th Romania Eusebiu Tudor[20] 20 September 2022
Concordia Chiajna Romania Ianis Zicu[21] Mutual agreement 20 September 2022 7th 14th Romania Eugen Trică[22] 22 September 2022
Politehnica Timișoara Romania Bogdan Andone[23] Released 23 September 2022 7th 18th Romania Octavian Benga[24] 27 September 2022
Gloria Buzău Romania Cristian Pustai[25] 4 October 2022 8th 8th Romania Adrian Mihalcea[26] 5 October 2022
Politehnica Iași Romania Claudiu Niculescu[27] Mutual agreement 10 October 2022 9th 5th Romania Leontin Grozavu[28] 14 October 2022
Minaur Baia Mare Romania Ciprian Danciu[29] Released 17 October 2022 10th 16th Romania Mihai Iosif[30] 19 October 2022
1599 Șelimbăr Romania Eugen Beza[31] Mutual agreement 4 November 2022 12th 10th Romania Claudiu Niculescu[32] 7 November 2022
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Romania Francisc Dican[33] Released 30 November 2022 15th 6th Romania Csaba László (interim)[a][35] 1 December 2022
Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Florin Stângă[36] Released 16 January 2023 16th 13th Romania Călin Cojocaru[36] 16 January 2023
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Romania Csaba László End of interim spell 24 January 2023 16th 7th Germany Werner Burger[37] 24 January 2023
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Germany Werner Burger Released 18 March 2023 19th 11th Romania Róbert Ilyés[38] 18 March 2023
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  1. [a]
    Although appointed as interim manager, Csaba László was not listed in the referees’ report, which instead named assistant coach Barna Bajkó.[34]

Regular season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Steaua București 19 12 4 3 37 18 +19 40 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Politehnica Iași 19 12 4 3 30 14 +16 40
3 Oțelul Galați 19 10 6 3 21 12 +9 36
4 Unirea Dej 19 8 8 3 30 25 +5 32
5 Gloria Buzău 19 8 7 4 27 21 +6 31
6 Dinamo București 19 9 4 6 27 18 +9 31
7 Unirea Slobozia 19 8 7 4 30 17 +13 31 Qualification for Relegation play-out
8 Concordia Chiajna 19 9 2 8 22 17 +5 29
9 Brașov 19 7 7 5 26 20 +6 28
10 Slatina 19 6 9 4 18 11 +7 27
11 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 19 7 5 7 25 18 +7 26
12 Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu 19 8 1 10 22 28 −6 25
13 1599 Șelimbăr 19 6 6 7 19 22 −3 24
14 Dumbrăvița 19 7 3 9 24 34 −10 24
15 Metaloglobus București 19 6 3 10 18 22 −4 21
16 Progresul Spartac București 19 3 8 8 17 28 −11 17
17 Ripensia Timișoara 19 4 4 11 16 23 −7 16
18 Minaur Baia Mare 19 3 7 9 18 29 −11 16
19 Politehnica Timișoara 19 2 7 10 13 29 −16 13
20 Unirea Constanța 19 4 0 15 15 49 −34 12
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Source: FRF (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) Goals scored;

Results

More information Home \ Away, STE ...
Home \ Away STE IAȘ OȚE DEJ GBZ DIN USZ CON BRA SLA CSI VTJ ȘEL DUM MET PRS RIP MIN PTM UCT
Steaua București 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 3–1 5–0
Politehnica Iași 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Oțelul Galați 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–2
Unirea Dej 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1
Gloria Buzău 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Dinamo București 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 6–0
Unirea Slobozia 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0
Concordia Chiajna 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–1
Brașov 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–2
Slatina 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–1
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–0
Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu 4–3 1–2 2–0 0–4 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–1
1599 Șelimbăr 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 4–0
Dumbrăvița 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Metaloglobus București 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1
Progresul Spartac București 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
Ripensia Timișoara 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–0
Minaur Baia Mare 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–4 2–2 1–1
Politehnica Timișoara 1–3 1–1 2–4 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0
Unirea Constanța 1–2 3–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 0–3 1–0
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Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.[39]

Play-off table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Politehnica Iași (C, P) 10 5 5 0 20 8 +12 60 Promotion to Liga I
2 Steaua București[a] 10 3 3 4 16 18 −2 52
3 Oțelul Galați (P) 10 4 1 5 8 13 −5 49 Promotion to Liga I
4 Dinamo București (P) 10 4 3 3 16 12 +4 46 Qualification for play-offs
5 Gloria Buzău 10 2 5 3 9 11 −2 42
6 Unirea Dej 10 1 5 4 2 9 −7 40
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Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play off); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play off); 9) Play-off.[41]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Steaua București is ineligible for promotion due to the club being owned by a governmental department/entity, all Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.[40]
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Relegation play-out

A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III, while the 5th placed teams in both groups will meet in a tie to avoid relegation.[39]

Group A

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 39
2 1599 Șelimbăr 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 36
3 Unirea Slobozia 6 0 3 3 7 11 −4 34
4 Slatina 6 2 1 3 2 5 −3 34
5 Metaloglobus București (O) 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 32 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
6 Minaur Baia Mare (R) 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 22 Relegation to Liga III
7 Politehnica Timișoara (R) 6 2 0 4 5 11 −6 19
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Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.[41]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
More information Home \ Away, CSI ...
Home \ Away CSI SEL USZ SLA MET MIN PTM
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 3–1 2–0 2–1
1599 Șelimbăr 1–3 2–0 1–2
Unirea Slobozia 2–3 0–0 1–2
Slatina 0–0 1–0 1–0
Metaloglobus București 3–3 1–0 0–0
Minaur Baia Mare 1–1 0–1 2–1
Politehnica Timișoara 2–1 0–1 0–5
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Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Brașov 6 5 1 0 23 5 +18 44
2 Concordia Chiajna 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 39
3 Dumbrăvița 6 3 0 3 12 8 +4 33
4 Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 32
5 Progresul Spartac București (R) 6 4 0 2 15 7 +8 29 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
6 Unirea Constanța (R) 6 2 0 4 5 27 −22 18 Relegation to Liga III
7 Ripensia Timișoara (R) 6 0 1 5 2 11 −9 17
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Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.[41]
(R) Relegated
Results
More information Home \ Away, BRA ...
Home \ Away BRA CON DUM VTJ PRS UCT RIP
Brașov 2–2 3–1 9–0
Concordia Chiajna 3–1 1–0 0–1
Dumbrăvița 1–2 4–0 2–0
Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–0 0–1 7–2
Progresul Spartac București 1–4 3–2 1–0
Unirea Constanța 0–2 0–9 2–0
Ripensia Timișoara 0–3 1–2 1–1
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Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liga II play-out

The 5th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team to Liga III.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Metaloglobus București 1–1 (5–3 p) Progresul Spartac București 1–1 0–0
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First leg
13 May 2023 Metaloglobus București1–1Progresul Spartac BucureștiClinceni
11:00 EEST (UTC+3) Dragoș Huiban 45+3' Report Andrei Grigore 34' Stadium: Arena Clinceni
Attendance: 150
Referee: Iulian Călin (Ștefănești)
Second leg
20 May 2023 Progresul Spartac București0–0 (3–5 p)Metaloglobus BucureștiBuftea
11:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: CNAF Stadium
Referee: Bogdan Dumitrache (București)

Season statistics

Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics

As of 21 May 2023[42]

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Regular Play-off Play-out Total
1 Romania Bogdan Chipirliu Steaua București 12 5 0 17
2 Bulgaria Milcho Angelov Brașov 8 0 8 16
3 Romania Lóránt Kovács Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 8 0 2 10
Romania Claudiu Dragu Viitorul Târgu Jiu 7 0 3 10
5 Romania Dragoș Huiban Metaloglobus București 7 0 2 9
Romania Angelo Cocian Unirea Dej 9 0 0 9
Romania Alexandru Pop Unirea Dej 7 3 0 9
England Shayon Harrison Politehnica Iași 5 4 0 9
France Lamine Ghezali Dinamo Bucuresti 3 6 0 9
10 Romania Cătălin Hlistei Politehnica Iași 6 2 0 8
Moldova Alexandru Boiciuc Gloria Buzau 6 2 0 8
Hungary Richárd Jelena Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 5 0 3 8
Romania Adi Chică-Roșă Brașov 3 0 5 8
Bulgaria Tsvetelin Chunchukov Steaua București 5 4 0 8
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Hat-tricks

As of 21 May 2023
More information Player, For ...
Player For Against Result Date Round
Romania Adi Chică-Roșă Brașov Unirea Constanța 9–0 (H) 14 April 2023 4 (Play-out)[43]
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