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The 2024–25 Liga I (also known as Superliga for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 107th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. The season started on 12 July 2024.[2] The newcomers were Unirea Slobozia, who made their debut in Liga I, and Gloria Buzău, who returned to Liga I after a 15-year absence. The draw took place on 1 July 2024.[3]

Season2024–25
Dates12 July 2024 – 24 May 2025
ChampionsFCSB (28th title)
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Liga I
Season2024–25
Dates12 July 2024 – 24 May 2025
ChampionsFCSB (28th title)
RelegatedGloria Buzău
Sepsi OSK
Politehnica Iași
Champions LeagueFCSB
Europa LeagueCFR Cluj
Conference LeagueUniversitatea Craiova
Universitatea Cluj
Matches315
Goals733 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerLouis Munteanu (23 goals)
Biggest home winCFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025)
Biggest away winUTA Arad 1–4 CFR Cluj (11 February 2025)
Sepsi OSK 0–3 Oțelul Galați (25 April 2025)
Highest scoringUniversitatea Craiova
5–1 Gloria Buzău (17 August 2024)
CFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025)
Longest winning runCFR Cluj (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runFCSB (24 matches)
Longest winless runSepsi OSK (9 matches)
Longest losing runGloria Buzău (5 matches)
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Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

The league consists of 16 teams: 14 teams from 2023–24 Liga I and two teams promoted from 2023–24 Liga II.

Teams promoted from the Liga II

The first club to be promoted was Unirea Slobozia, they made their debut in Liga 1.[4]

The second club to be promoted was Gloria Buzău, they returned to Liga I after fifteen years of absence.

Teams relegated to the Liga II

The first club to be relegated was FCU 1948 Craiova, ending their three-year stay in the top flight.[5]

The second club to be relegated was Voluntari, ending their nine-year stay in the top flight.[5]

Stadiums and locations

More information FCSB, Universitatea Craiova ...
FCSB Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Cluj CFR Cluj
Arena Națională Ion Oblemenco Stadium Cluj Arena Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 30,983 Capacity: 30,201 Capacity: 22,198
Petrolul Ploiești Rapid București Oțelul Galați Hermannstadt
Ilie Oană Stadium Rapid–Giulești Stadium Oțelul Stadium Sibiu Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 15,073 Capacity: 14,047 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 12,363
Gloria Buzău
Location of Bucharest / Ilfov County teams.
UTA Arad
Buzău Municipal Stadium Francisc von Neuman
Capacity: 12,321 Capacity: 11,500
Politehnica Iași Sepsi OSK
Emil Alexandrescu Stadium Sepsi Arena
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 8,400
Dinamo București Botoșani Unirea Slobozia Farul Constanța
Arcul de Triumf Stadium Botosani Municipal Stadium Clinceni Stadium[i] Central Stadium
Capacity: 8,207 Capacity: 7,782 Capacity: 4,502 Capacity: 4,554
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  1. Unirea Slobozia is currently relocated to Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni because Stadionul 1 Mai in Slobozia is under renovations.

Personnel and sponsorship

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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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Rapid București Romania Bogdan Lobonț (caretaker) End of contract 30 June 2024 Pre-season Northern Ireland Neil Lennon 1 July 2024
Petrolul Ploiești Romania László Balint Sacked 30 June 2024 Turkey Mehmet Topal 1 July 2024
Botoșani Romania Bogdan Andone 25 July 2024 16th Romania Liviu Ciobotariu 25 July 2024[7]
Rapid București Northern Ireland Neil Lennon 20 August 2024 12th Romania Marius Șumudică 20 August 2024[8]
Gloria Buzău Romania Andrei Prepeliță Mutual Agreement 4 September 2024[9] 16th Romania Eugen Neagoe 5 September 2024
Politehnica Iași Portugal Anthony da Silva Resigned 4 September 2024[10] 14th Romania Emil Săndoi 11 September 2024
Sepsi OSK Germany Bernd Storck Sacked 5 September 2024 12th Romania Valentin Suciu (caretaker) 10 September 2024
Petrolul Ploiești Turkey Mehmet Topal Resigned 24 December 2024 6th Romania Adrian Mutu 31 December 2024
Oțelul Galați Romania Dorinel Munteanu 30 December 2024 11th Romania Ovidiu Burcă 1 January 2025
Botoșani Romania Liviu Ciobotariu Sacked 6 January 2025 15th Romania Leontin Grozavu 6 January 2025
Politehnica Iași Romania Emil Săndoi 27 January 2025 14th Hungary Vasile Miriuță 28 January 2025
Universitatea Craiova Romania Constantin Gâlcă 28 January 2025 5th Romania Mirel Rădoi 28 January 2025
Gloria Buzău Romania Eugen Neagoe Mutual Agreement 10 March 2025 16th Romania Ilie Stan 12 March 2025
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Adrian Mutu 17 March 2025 9th Turkey Mehmet Topal 18 March 2025
Sepsi OSK Romania Valentin Suciu (caretaker) Demoted 18 March 2025 8th Romania Dorinel Munteanu 18 March 2025
Oțelul Galați Romania Ovidiu Burcă Sacked 19 March 2025 14th Romania László Balint 19 March 2025
Sepsi OSK Romania Dorinel Munteanu Mutual Agreement 28 April 2025 14th Romania Csaba László (caretaker) 29 April 2025
Rapid București Romania Marius Șumudică Resigned 20 May 2025 5th Romania Octavian Chihaia (caretaker) 21 May 2025
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Regular season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Advances
1 FCSB 30 15 11 4 43 24 +19 56 Qualification for play-off round
2 CFR Cluj 30 14 12 4 56 32 +24 54
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 14 10 6 45 28 +17 52[a]
4 Universitatea Cluj 30 14 10 6 43 27 +16 52[a]
5 Dinamo București 30 13 12 5 41 26 +15 51
6 Rapid București 30 11 13 6 35 26 +9 46
7 Sepsi OSK 30 11 8 11 38 35 +3 41[b] Qualification for play-out round
8 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 34 40 −6 41[b]
9 Petrolul Ploiești 30 9 13 8 29 29 0 40
10 Farul Constanța 30 8 11 11 29 38 −9 35
11 UTA Arad 30 8 10 12 28 35 −7 34
12 Oțelul Galați 30 7 11 12 24 32 −8 32
13 Politehnica Iași 30 8 7 15 29 46 −17 31[c]
14 Botoșani 30 7 10 13 26 37 −11 31[c]
15 Unirea Slobozia 30 7 5 18 28 47 −19 26
16 Gloria Buzău 30 5 5 20 25 51 −26 20
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Source: LPF (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; 7) Play-off.[11]
Notes:
  1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Craiova (4); Universitatea Cluj (1).
  2. Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Sepsi (+3); Hermannstadt (-3).
  3. Ranked on head-to-head points: Politehnica Iași (4); Botoșani (1).
More information Pos., Team ...
Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FCSB 30151144324+1956
2 CFR Cluj 30141245632+2454
3 Universitatea Craiova 30141064528+1752
4 Universitatea Cluj 30141064327+1652
5 Dinamo București 30131254126+1551
6 Rapid București 30111363526+946
7 Sepsi OSK 30118113835+341
8 Hermannstadt 30118113440−641
9 Petrolul Ploiești 3091382929040
10 Farul Constanța 30811112938−935
11 UTA Arad 30810122835−734
12 Oțelul Galați 30711122432−832
13 Politehnica Iași 3087152946−1731
14 Botoșani 30710132637−1131
15 Unirea Slobozia 3075182847−1926
16 Gloria Buzău 3055202551−2620
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Results

More information Home \ Away, BOT ...
Home \ Away BOT CFR DIN FAR FCS GLO HER IAS OTE PET RAP SPS UCJ UCV UNS UTA
Botoșani 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0
CFR Cluj 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 6–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–3 0–2 3–0 1–3
Dinamo București 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Farul Constanța 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–1
FCSB 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0
Gloria Buzău 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1
Hermannstadt 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 6–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Politehnica Iași 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1
Oțelul Galați 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Petrolul Ploiești 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Rapid București 1–0 2–2 1–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–0
Sepsi OSK 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Universitatea Cluj 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–2 0–1
Universitatea Craiova 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–2
Unirea Slobozia 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–1
UTA Arad 2–0 1–4 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–4
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Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, FCSB ...
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
FCSB7101315913151011666666662232222421111
CFR Cluj2481067545555532221455534314332
Universitatea Craiova1031211224444455555544455532423
Universitatea Cluj624332111111111113111111143244
Dinamo București1376544363333324444323343255555
Rapid București5912121312791210101010127778878666666666
Sepsi OSK413456101288888910887667888777777
Hermannstadt1114151610149771515151515151615131299999999888
Petrolul Ploiești12159885656222243336786777888999
Farul Constanța161216914881113131313131313111111101112121211121010101110
UTA Arad81314771112131499991011121210131210101012101111111011
Oțelul Galați1621234327777891010991011111110111212121212
Botoșani141610131610141515161616161616141415151515151615141414141313
Politehnica Iași1581114159131410111111111189912111414141414151515151414
Unirea Slobozia355612151189121212121112131314141313131313131313131515
Gloria Buzău9117111116161616141414141414151616161616161516161616161616
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Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-out round
Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and 2025–26 UEFA Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.[12]

Play-off table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCS CFR UCV UCJ RAP DIN
1 FCSB (C) 10 7 3 0 18 9 +9 52 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–3 3–1
2 CFR Cluj 10 4 4 2 17 11 +6 43 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a] 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 4 2 4 13 11 +2 40 Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–1
4 Universitatea Cluj 10 4 1 5 12 15 −3 39 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–4
5 Rapid București 10 2 4 4 12 17 −5 33 1–2 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–0
6 Dinamo București 10 1 2 7 10 19 −9 31 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–0
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Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[13] Source:[14]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. The winner of the 2024–25 Cupa României (CFR Cluj) qualifies for the Europa League first qualifying round.

Play-out round

The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.

Play-out table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation HER OTE PET UTA FAR BOT IAS UNS SPS GLO
7 Hermannstadt 9 4 3 2 12 8 +4 36 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–2
8 Oțelul Galați 9 6 1 2 13 5 +8 35 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0
9 Petrolul Ploiești 9 3 2 4 10 10 0 31 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 4–0
10 UTA Arad 9 4 2 3 9 11 −2 31 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 0–0
11 Farul Constanța 9 3 4 2 12 9 +3 31 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
12 Botoșani 9 4 1 4 11 12 −1 29 2–1 0–1 4–3 1–1
13 Politehnica Iași (R) 9 3 3 3 9 5 +4 28 Qualification for relegation play-offs 0–2 4–0 3–0 0–0
14 Unirea Slobozia (O) 9 3 5 1 11 8 +3 27 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
15 Sepsi OSK (R) 9 1 2 6 7 16 −9 26 Relegation to 2025–26 Liga II 0–2 0–3 1–4 2–0 1–2
16 Gloria Buzău (R) 9 2 1 6 4 14 −10 17 Dissolved 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–3
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Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[15] Source:[14]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-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
Politehnica Iași 1–2 Metaloglobus București 1–1 0–1
Voluntari 2–2 (3–4 p) Unirea Slobozia 2–1 0–1
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First leg
26 May 2025 Voluntari2–1Unirea SloboziaVoluntari
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Andreș 21'
Schieb 86'
Report Vojtuš 32' Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
Attendance: 500
Referee: Marian Barbu
Second leg
1 June 2025 Metaloglobus București1–0Politehnica IașiClinceni
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Huiban 85' Report Stadium: Clinceni Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
2 June 2025 Unirea Slobozia1–0
(4–3 p)
VoluntariClinceni
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Arabuli 41' Report Stadium: Clinceni Stadium
Attendance: 2,401
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Penalties
Vojtuš football with red X
Arabuli football with check mark
Perianu football with check mark
Bărbuț football with check mark
Toma football with check mark
Dumiter football with check mark
Panțîru football with red X
Carnat football with red X
Crișan football with check mark
Guțea football with check mark

Season statistics

Champion squad

More information FCSB ...
FCSB[16]

Goalkeepers: Ștefan Târnovanu (38 / 0); Mihai Udrea (1 / 0); Andrei Vlad (1 / 0); Lukáš Zima Czech Republic (1 / 0)
Defenders: Nana Antwi Ghana (4 / 0); Ionuț Cercel (3 / 0); Valentin Crețu (36 / 1); Andrei Dăncuș (1 / 0); Joyskim Dawa Cameroon (27 / 1); Denis Haruț (1 / 0); David Kiki Benin (5 / 0); Siyabonga Ngezana South Africa (23 / 1); Mihai Popescu (25 / 0); Alexandru Pantea (8 / 0); Ionuț Panțîru (8 / 0); Risto Radunović Montenegro (31 / 1); Matei Manolache (1 / 0)
Midfielders: Baba Alhassan Uganda (29 / 2); William Baeten Belgium (9 / 0); Alexandru Băluță (26 / 3); Vlad Chiricheș (25 / 1); Luca Ciobanu (1 / 0); Juri Cisotti Italy (16 / 4); Malcom Edjouma France (24 / 0); Andrei Gheorghiță (8 / 0); Mihai Lixandru (13 / 1); Alexandru Musi (21 / 3); Darius Olaru (17 / 8); Andrei Pandele (1 / 0); Marius Ștefănescu (26 / 3); Adrian Șut (30 / 1); Mihai Toma (15 / 0)
Forwards: Daniel Bîrligea (24 / 14); Jordan Gele France (12 / 1); David Miculescu (37 / 6); Luis Phelipe Brazil (7 / 0); Daniel Popa (15 / 0); Octavian Popescu (18 / 4); Alexandru Stoian (2 / 1); Florin Tănase (28 / 4)
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Elias Charalambous Cyprus

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Awards

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Award Winner Club
Manager of the Season Cyprus Elias Charalambous[17] FCSB
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More information Team of the Season ...
Team of the Season[17]
Goalkeeper Romania Ștefan Târnovanu (FCSB)
Defence Romania Valentin Crețu (FCSB) South Africa Siyabonga Ngezana (FCSB) Argentina Lucas Masoero (Universitatea Cluj) Montenegro Risto Radunović (FCSB)
Midfield Romania Ștefan Baiaram (Universitatea Craiova) Kosovo Meriton Korenica (CFR Cluj) Romania Adrian Șut (FCSB) Romania Alexandru Mitriță (Universitatea Craiova)
Attack Romania Daniel Bîrligea (CFR Cluj/FCSB) Romania Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj)
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Attendances

Overall

As of 24 May 2025
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 FCSB 313,140 53,135 15,657 n/a†
2 Universitatea Cluj 224,160 25,722 11,208 n/a†
3 Rapid București 222,900 30,823 11,145 n/a†
4 Universitatea Craiova 220,180 28,012 11,009 n/a†
5 Dinamo București 218,900 45,469 10,945 n/a†
6 UTA Arad 130,587 10,374 6,873 n/a†
7 Petrolul Ploiești 107,065 9,700 5,635 n/a†
8 Oțelul Galați 103,800 9,678 5,190 n/a†
9 CFR Cluj 103,240 11,252 5,162 n/a†
10 Politehnica Iași 80,864 9,122 4,256 n/a†
11 Hermannstadt 76,114 8,000 4,006 n/a†
12 Botoșani 62,852 6,102 3,308 n/a†
13 Sepsi OSK 60,401 6,550 3,179 n/a†
14 Farul Constanța 51,946 4,080 2,734 n/a†
15 Gloria Buzău 46,930 7,623 2,470 n/a†
16 Unirea Slobozia 17,138 3,500 902 n/a†
League total 2,040,217 53,135 6,532 n/a†
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Source: European Football Statistics
Notes:
† Teams played the previous season in Liga II.

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