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The 2025–26 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the tenth consecutive season held in a single series.[1]

The format has been maintained, with a regular season contested by twenty-two teams in a single round-robin tournament. The top six teams at the end of the regular season advance to the promotion play-offs. The first two teams in the play-offs will be promoted to Liga I, while the third- and fourth-placed teams will play a promotion/relegation play-off against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I.[2]

The remaining fourteen teams will compete in the relegation play-outs, divided into two groups. The last two teams from each group will be relegated to Liga III. Additionally, the sixth-placed teams from each play-out group will face each other in a play-off to decide the final team to be relegated.[2]

Teams

A total of twenty-two teams contested the league, including fourteen from the previous season, two relegated from Liga I, five promoted from Liga III, and one taking over a place through a cession.

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Location of Bucharest and close-by Ilfov teams.
  1. Afumați played its home match in the 16th round on 6 December 2025 against 1599 Șelimbăr at Voința Stadium in Ghermănești.[7]
  2. Dinamo București was relocated to the CNAF Stadium in Buftea, as the Dinamo Stadium did not receive a license to host matches in Liga II.[8]
  3. 1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to the Măgura Stadium in Cisnădie, because Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr is under renovations.

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
1599 Șelimbăr Romania Eugen Beza Romania Ciprian Natea Nike Shopping City Sibiu
Afumați Romania Vasile Neagu Romania Ionuț Zaina Nike Shark Doors
ASA Târgu Mureș Romania Eusebiu Tudor Romania Florin Iacob Kappa Târgu Mureș
Bacău Romania Costel Enache Romania Ionuț Chirilă Nike Dedeman
Bihor Oradea Romania Erik Lincar Romania Ioan Hora Macron Selina, Viva Chips
Câmpulung Muscel Romania Vasile Slăninoiu (interim) Romania Ștefan Ghiță Nike Superbet
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Vasile Avădanei Romania Andrei Marc Nike SSAB Impex
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Nicolae Croitoru Romania Cornel Dinu Nike Kruk[9]
Concordia Chiajna Romania Andrei Cristea Romania Mihai Bălașa Masita —
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania Florin Maxim Romania Alexandru Neacșa Gamer Design VBet[10]
Dinamo București Romania Ionel Dănciulescu[a] Romania Roberto Mălăele Joma Superbet
Dumbrăvița Romania Florin Fabian Romania Alin Șeroni Macron Artoil
Gloria Bistrița Romania Nicolae Grigore Romania Alin Burdeț Uhlsport Superbet
Metalul Buzău Romania Valentin Stan Romania Marius Tudorică Macron Consiliul Județean Buzău
Olimpia Satu Mare Romania Alexandru Botoș[b] Romania Ervin Zsiga Adidas M-SYS, Best Build Technology
Politehnica Iași Romania Tibor Selymes Romania Ștefan Ștefanovici Nike Maxbet
Reșița Romania Leontin Doană Romania Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Romania Ovidiu Burcă Romania Cosmin Matei Adidas Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Slatina Romania Viorel Ferfelea Romania Ionuț Mitran Macron Organizația Trebuie
Steaua București Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Stephan Drăghici Adidas Stanleybet
Tunari Romania Paul Pîrvulescu Romania Claudiu Dragu Uhlsport Pinum, Shaormeria Băneasa
Voluntari Romania Florian Pârvu Slovakia Adam Nemec Nike Metropola TV
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Managerial changes

Pre-season

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Costel Pană[11] Mutual consent 16 June 2025 Romania Ilie Poenaru[12] 16 June 2025
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Romania Csaba László End of interim spell 18 June 2025 Romania Ovidiu Burcă[13] 18 June 2025
Dumbrăvița Romania Cosmin Stan[14] Mutual consent 19 June 2025 Romania Florin Fabian[15] 20 June 2025
1599 Șelimbăr Romania Ioan Luca 1 July 2025 Romania Eugen Beza[16] 1 July 2025
ASA Târgu Mureș Romania Cătălin Kalo 1 July 2025 Romania Eusebiu Tudor 1 July 2025
Tunari Romania Dan Alexa[17] 22 July 2025 Romania Bogdan Pătrașcu[18] 25 July 2025
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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
Olimpia Satu Mare Romania Alexandru Botoș[b][19] Sacked 26 August 2025 4th 22nd Romania Zoltan Ritli[b][20] 2 September 2025
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Italy Marco Veronese[21] 29 August 2025 4th 11th Romania Vasile Avădanei (interim) 22 August 2025
Gloria Bistrița Romania Cristian Pustai[22] 31 August 2025 5th 18th Romania Nicolae Grigore[23] 2 September 2025
Tunari Romania Bogdan Pătrașcu[24] 20 September 2025 7th 16th Romania Alin Ilin (interim) 25 September 2025
Concordia Chiajna Romania Nicolae Dică[25] 22 September 2025 7th 11th Romania Andrei Cristea[26] 23 September 2025
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Vasile Avădanei End of interim spell 22 September 2025 7th 12th Romania Cristian Pustai[27] 25 September 2025
Olimpia Satu Mare Romania Zoltan Ritli[b] Remained as assistant 20 October 2025 10th 22nd Romania Alexandru Botoș[b] 20 October 2025
Tunari Romania Alin Ilin[29] End of interim spell 4 November 2025 12th 21st Romania Dinu Todoran[29] 4 November 2025
Politehnica Iași Portugal Tony[30] Mutual consent 13 November 2025 13th 10th Romania Tibor Selymes[30] 13 November 2025
Câmpulung Muscel Romania Alecsandru Popovici Advanced technical director 17 January 2026 17th 21st Croatia Goran Miscević[31] 17 January 2026
Slatina Romania Claudiu Niculescu[32] Signed by Unirea Slobozia 4 February 2026 17th 14th Romania Viorel Ferfelea[33] 6 February 2026
Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamț Romania Cristian Pustai[34] Resigned 11 February 2026 17th 17th Romania Vasile Avădanei[34] 11 February 2026
Dinamo București Romania Florin Bratu[35] Signed by Metaloglobus București 3 March 2026 19th 19th Bosnia and Herzegovina Boris Keča[35] 3 March 2026
Reșița Romania Flavius Stoican[36] Resigned 9 March 2026 20th 8th Romania Leontin Doană[37] 10 March 2026
Câmpulung Muscel Croatia Goran Miscević[38] Sacked 10 March 2026 20th 22nd Serbia Vladislav Rosić[39] 11 March 2026
Dinamo București Bosnia and Herzegovina Boris Keča[a] Remained as assistant 2 April 2026 1st (play-out) 7th (play-out) Romania Ionel Dănciulescu[40] 2 April 2026
Tunari Romania Dinu Todoran[41] Resigned 4 April 2026 2nd (play-out) 7th (play-out) Romania Alin Ilin (interim) 4 April 2026
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Ilie Poenaru[42] Sacked 10 April 2026 3rd (play-off) 6th (play-off) Romania Nicolae Croitoru[43] 11 April 2026
Câmpulung Muscel Serbia Vladislav Rosić[44] Resigned 10 April 2026 3rd (play-out) 7th (play-out) Romania Vasile Slăninoiu (interim) 15 April 2026
Tunari Romania Alin Ilin End of interim spell 17 April 2026 3rd (play-out) 7th (play-out) Romania Paul Pîrvulescu[45] 17 April 2026
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  1. Boris Keča retained de facto control of the team while serving as an assistant, while Ionel Dănciulescu was listed as the official head coach in match reports due to licensing regulations.[40]
  2. Although Zoltan Ritli remained the official head coach in match reports due to licensing regulations, Alexandru Botoș took over de facto control of the team while officially serving as an assistant.[28]

Regular season

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Corvinul Hunedoara 21 16 5 0 37 13 +24 53 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe 21 13 5 3 34 18 +16 44
3 Chindia Târgoviște 21 12 3 6 38 20 +18 39
4 Bihor Oradea 21 12 3 6 40 24 +16 39
5 Voluntari 21 11 6 4 30 16 +14 39
6 Steaua București 21 12 3 6 36 27 +9 39
7 ASA Târgu Mureș 21 11 4 6 37 22 +15 37 Qualification for Relegation play-out
8 Reșița 21 10 3 8 35 29 +6 33
9 Bacău 21 9 6 6 28 26 +2 33
10 Metalul Buzău 21 10 2 9 33 26 +7 32
11 Politehnica Iași 21 9 4 8 25 22 +3 31
12 Afumați 21 9 3 9 30 26 +4 30
13 Concordia Chiajna 21 8 3 10 29 24 +5 27
14 Gloria Bistrița 21 7 5 9 29 29 0 26
15 Slatina 21 7 5 9 27 28 −1 26
16 Dumbrăvița 21 7 4 10 25 33 −8 25
17 1599 Șelimbăr 21 5 5 11 27 32 −5 20
18 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 21 5 3 13 20 43 −23 18[a]
19 Dinamo București 21 3 7 11 19 35 −16 16
20 Tunari 21 3 7 11 19 36 −17 16
21 Olimpia Satu Mare 21 4 2 15 19 45 −26 14
22 Câmpulung Muscel 21 2 4 15 10 53 −43 10
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Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: During Season: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored. End of Season: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț were deducted two points for failing to pay former player Ronald Gbizie. However, they recovered their points on 10 December 2025.[46][47]

Results

More information Home \ Away, COR ...
Home \ Away COR SEP CHI BIH VOL STE ASA REȘ BAC MBZ IAȘ AFU CON GLO SLA DUM ȘEL CEA DIN TUN STM CMU
Corvinul Hunedoara 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 3–2 2–2 3–0
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe 0–2 0–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Chindia Târgoviște 3–0[a] 1–0 0–2 3–0 4–0 2–3 2–3 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–0
Bihor Oradea 2–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 5–0 0–0
Voluntari 1–2 2–0 3–3 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0
Steaua București 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 4–3 2–0
ASA Târgu Mureș 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 3–0 4–0 3–0
Reșița 1–3 2–3 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 7–0
Bacău 0–2 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1
Metalul Buzău 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 5–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 4–0
Politehnica Iași 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 6–1
Afumați 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Concordia Chiajna 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 8–0 2–1 4–2 2–0
Gloria Bistrița 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 6–0
Slatina 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0
Dumbrăvița 1–2 2–3 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0
1599 Șelimbăr 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 5–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 2–3 0–0 0–3 1–5 1–5 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0
Dinamo București 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 3–1
Tunari 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0
Olimpia Satu Mare 2–4 2–4 1–4 0–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–4 2–0 1–1
Câmpulung Muscel 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–3 1–3 3–0
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Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. The initial result, 1–1, was overturned and awarded as a 3–0 win to Chindia, as Sepsi fielded an unlisted substitute.[48]

Promotion play-off

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 21 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.[49]

Play-off table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Corvinul Hunedoara (C, P) 10 5 1 4 12 7 +5 69 Promotion to Liga I
2 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (P) 10 6 2 2 14 7 +7 64[a]
3 FC Voluntari (O, P) 10 8 1 1 17 6 +11 64 Qualification for play-offs
4 Bihor Oradea[b] 10 3 2 5 15 20 −5 50
5 Steaua București[c] 10 3 1 6 11 15 −4 49
6 Chindia Târgoviște 10 1 1 8 6 20 −14 43 Qualification for play-offs
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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.[52]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Sepsi OSK is ahead of Voluntari on points from the regular season.
  2. Bihor Oradea was ineligible for promotion after failing to obtain the Liga I license due to the absence of registered women's youth teams (U13 and U15).[50]
  3. Steaua București was ineligible for promotion due to being owned by a governmental entity, as Liga I clubs must be privately owned.[51]

Play-off results

More information Home \ Away, COR ...
Home \ Away COR SEP VOL BIH STE CHI
Corvinul Hunedoara 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1
Voluntari 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 5–1
Bihor Oradea 1–3 3–2 0–2 3–3 3–1
Steaua București 1–3 0–2 2–4 3–1 2–0
Chindia Târgoviște 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–2
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Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-out

A relegation play-out tournament between the last 16 ranked teams at the end of the regular season 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, 19 and 22, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20 and 21, 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.[49]

Group A

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ASA Târgu Mureș 7 4 2 1 16 7 +9 51
2 Metalul Buzău 7 6 0 1 16 6 +10 50
3 Slatina 7 5 2 0 13 4 +9 43
4 Politehnica Iași 7 3 1 3 7 6 +1 41
5 Gloria Bistrița 7 2 2 3 10 8 +2 34
6 Dinamo București (R) 7 3 0 4 9 10 −1 25 Qualification for relegation play-offs
7 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) 7 0 2 5 4 19 −15 20 Relegation to Liga III
8 Câmpulung Muscel (R) 7 0 1 6 4 19 −15 11
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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.[52]
(R) Relegated
Results
More information Home \ Away, ASA ...
Home \ Away ASA MBZ SLA IAȘ GLO DIN CEA CMU
ASA Târgu Mureș 1–4 1–1 4–0 6–1
Metalul Buzău 1–3 2–0 4–2 1–0
Slatina 0–0 1–0 1–1
Politehnica Iași 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–0
Gloria Bistrița 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–0
Dinamo București 1–3 1–2 0–1
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 0–3 0–3 0–2
Câmpulung Muscel 0–4 0–1 3–3
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Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bacău 7 3 0 4 7 11 −4 42
2 Concordia Chiajna 7 4 2 1 10 5 +5 41
3 Reșița 7 2 1 4 6 10 −4 40
4 Afumați 7 2 1 4 8 9 −1 37
5 Dumbrăvița 7 2 1 4 6 7 −1 32
6 1599 Șelimbăr (O) 7 3 1 3 8 9 −1 30 Qualification for relegation play-offs
7 Olimpia Satu Mare (R) 7 4 2 1 16 9 +7 28 Relegation to Liga III
8 Tunari (R) 7 3 2 2 9 10 −1 27
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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.[52]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
More information Home \ Away, BAC ...
Home \ Away BAC CON REȘ AFU DUM STM ȘEL TUN
Bacău 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–0
Concordia Chiajna 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1
Reșița 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–2
Afumați 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1
Dumbrăvița 2–0 1–0 0–0
Olimpia Satu Mare 3–2 4–0 1–1
1599 Șelimbăr 4–1 0–2 1–2
Tunari 3–1 0–4 2–1
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Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liga II play-out

The 6th-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
Dinamo București 1–3 1599 Șelimbăr 1–1 0–2
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First leg
16 May 2026 Dinamo București1–11599 ȘelimbărBuftea
11:00 EEST (UTC+3) Matei 86' Report Buzan 90+4' Stadium: CNAF
Referee: Claudiu Gaitin
Second leg
23 May 2026 1599 Șelimbăr2–0Dinamo BucureștiCisnădie
11:00 EEST (UTC+3) Petrescu 74'
Vuc 84'
Report Stadium: Măgura
Referee: Viorel Flueran

Season statistics

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

Top scorers

As of 16 May 2026[53]
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Regular Play-off Play-out Total
1 Romania Valentin Robu Metalul Buzău 13 0 4 17
2 Romania Cristian Măgerușan ASA Târgu Mureș 11 0 5 16
Romania Bogdan Chipirliu Steaua București 10 6 0 16
Spain Nacho Heras Sepsi OSK 13 3 0 16
5 Romania Nicu Modan Reșița 11 0 3 14
6 Ghana Carl Davordzie Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț / Sepsi OSK[a] 10 3 0 13
7 Spain Rubio Steaua București 9 3 0 12
Romania Ioan Hora Bihor Oradea 9 3 0 12
9 Romania Dragoș Tescan Bihor Oradea 7 4 0 11
10 Romania Daniel Florea Chindia Târgoviște 10 0 0 10
Romania Robert Jerdea Reșița 10 0 0 10
Portugal Sérgio Ribeiro Corvinul Hunedoara 8 2 0 10
Romania Cosmin Bucuroiu 1599 Șelimbăr 8 0 2 10
Romania Claudiu Dragu Tunari 9 0 1 10
15 Guinea Sekou Camara Politehnica Iași 6 0 3 9
16 Croatia Matko Babić Voluntari 6 2 0 8
Romania Andrei Pavel Bacău 7 0 1 8
Romania Alexandru Saim Tudor Metalul Buzău 7 0 1 8
Equatorial Guinea Óscar Siafá Slatina 5 0 3 8
Cameroon Serge Ekollo ASA Târgu Mureș 5 0 3 8
Romania Filip Ilie Corvinul Hunedoara 7 1 3 8
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  1. Carl Davordzie was transferred to Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe during the winter transfer window, having scored 10 goals for Ceahlăul.

Hat-tricks

As of 16 May 2026[53]
More information Player, For ...
Player For Against Result Date Round
Nigeria Kehinde Fatai Afumați Bacău 3–2 (H)[54] 2 August 2025 1
Romania Cristian Măgerușan ASA Târgu Mureș Câmpulung Muscel 3–0 (H) 30 August 2025 5
Romania Cosmin Bucuroiu 1599 Șelimbăr Câmpulung Muscel 5–0 (H) 4 October 2025 9
Romania Valentin Robu[a] Metalul Buzău Dumbrăvița 5–1 (H)[55] 18 October 2025 10
Romania Bogdan Chipirliu Olimpia Satu Mare Steaua București 1–4 (A) 25 October 2025 11
Norway Moses Mawa Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Reșița 5–0 (H)[56] 28 February 2026 19
Guinea Sekou Camara Politehnica Iași Câmpulung Muscel 6–1 (H) 7 March 2026 20
Ivory Coast Imrane Bamba Tunari Afumați 0–4 (A) 4 April 2026 2 (play-out)
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  1. Player scored four goals.

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