Football records and statistics in Romania

Records in this section refer to Liga I from its founding in 1909 through to the present.

Players

Appearances

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Top Ten Players With Most Appearances
As of 6 June 2026^[1][2][3]

Player		Period	Club	Games
1	Ionel Dănciulescu	1993–2014	Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo București, Steaua București	515
2	Dan Nistor	2010–	Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Dinamo București, CFR Cluj, Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Cluj	512
3	Costică Ștefănescu	1968–1988	Steaua București, Universitatea Craiova, FC Brașov	490
4	Florea Ispir	1969–1988	ASA Târgu Mureș	485
5	László Bölöni	1971–1988	ASA Târgu Mureș, Steaua București	484
6	Costel Câmpeanu	1987–2005	FCM Bacău, Dinamo București, Gloria Bistrița, Progresul București, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	470
7	Petre Marin	1993–2012	Sportul Studențesc, Național București, Rapid București, Steaua București, Unirea Urziceni, Concordia Chiajna	468
8	Paul Cazan	1972–1988	Sportul Studențesc	465
9	Cornel Dinu	1966–1983	Dinamo București	454
10	Mário Camora	2011–	CFR Cluj	453

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Top Ten Foreign Players With Most Appearances
As of 6 June 2026^[4][5][6]

Player		Period	Club	Games
1	Mário Camora	2011–	CFR Cluj	453
2	Takayuki Seto	2009–	Astra Giurgiu, Petrolul Ploiești, Argeș Pitești	362
3	Júnior Morais	2010–	Astra Giurgiu, FCSB, Rapid București, Metaloglobus București	320
4	Risto Radunović	2017–	Astra Giurgiu, FCSB	269
5	Adnan Aganović	2013–2025	FC Brașov, Viitorul Constanța, Steaua București, Sepsi OSK, Unirea Slobozia	261
6	Ricardinho	2018–	Voluntari, Petrolul Ploiești	243
7	Ousmane Viera	2009–2021	CFR Cluj, Internațional Curtea de Argeș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Sepsi OSK, Hermannstadt	235
8	Vadim Rață	2021–	Voluntari, FCSB, Universitatea Cluj, Argeș Pitești	234
9	Eric de Oliveira	2008–2021	Gaz Metan Mediaș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Viitorul Constanța, Voluntari	222
10	Radoslav Dimitrov	2015–2024	Botoșani, Universitatea Craiova, Sepsi OSK, Universitatea Cluj	216

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Goals

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Top Ten Highest Goalscorers
As of 6 June 2026^[1][7]

Player		Period	Club	Goals
1	Dudu Georgescu	1970–1987	Progresul București, CSM Reșița, Dinamo București, FCM Bacău, Gloria Buzău, Flacăra Moreni	252 (Ø 0,68)
2	Ionel Dănciulescu	1993–2014	Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo București, Steaua București	214 (Ø 0,41)
3	Rodion Cămătaru	1974–1989	Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo București	198 (Ø 0,52)
4	Marin Radu	1974–1989	Argeș Pitești, Olt Scornicești, Steaua București, Inter Sibiu	190 (Ø 0,49)
5	Ion Oblemenco	1963–1977	Rapid București, Universitatea Craiova	170 (Ø 0,62)
5	Florea Dumitrache	1966–1983	Dinamo București, Jiul Petroșani, Corvinul Hunedoara	170 (Ø 0,47)
7	Mircea Sandu	1970–1987	Progresul București, Sportul Studențesc	167 (Ø 0,41)
8	Victor Pițurcă	1975–1989	Universitatea Craiova, Olt Scornicești, Steaua București	166 (Ø 0,55)
9	Mihai Adam	1962–1976	Universitatea Cluj, Vagonul Arad, CFR Cluj	160 (Ø 0,45)
10	Titus Ozon	1947–1964	Unirea Tricolor, Dinamo București, Dinamo Brașov, Progresul București, Rapid București	157 (Ø 0,58)

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Top Ten Highest Foreign Players Goalscorers
As of 6 June 2026^[8][9]

Player		Period	Club	Goals
1	Eric de Oliveira	2008–2021	Gaz Metan Mediaș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Viitorul Constanța, Voluntari	66 (Ø 0,29)
2	Wesley	2008–2015	Vaslui, Politehnica Iași	64 (Ø 0,52)
3	Harlem Gnohéré	2015–2020	Dinamo București, FCSB	58 (Ø 0,42)
4	Bojan Golubović	2011–2018	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Politehnica Iași, Steaua București, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Botoșani	55 (Ø 0,27)
5	Pantelis Kapetanos	2008–2014	FCSB, CFR Cluj	48 (Ø 0,38)
6	Gabriel Debeljuh	2019–2026	Hermannstadt, CFR Cluj, Sepsi OSK	47 (Ø 0,29)
	Elvir Koljić	2018–2026	Universitatea Craiova, Rapid București	47 (Ø 0,25)
Adam Nemec	2016–2024	Dinamo București, Voluntari	47 (Ø 0,24)
9	Kehinde Fatai	2007–2024	Farul Constanța, Astra Giurgiu, Argeș Pitești, Oțelul Galați	46 (Ø 0,25)
10	Tha'er Bawab	2010–2019	Gloria Bistrița, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Universitatea Craiova, Steaua București, Dinamo București, Concordia Chiajna	42 (Ø 0,20)

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Top Ten Youngest Debutants
As of 6 June 2026. The teams written in bold are the ones the players debuted at^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Player		Age	Match	Season	Date
1	Nicolae Dobrin	14 years, 10 months and 5 days	Știința Cluj - Dinamo Pitești 5–1	1961–62	1 July 1962
2	Alexandru Stoian	14 years, 10 months and 13 days	FC U Craiova - Farul Constanța 1–2	2022–23	28 October 2022
3	Alexandru Bota	14 years, 11 months and 13 days	CFR Cluj - Universitatea Cluj 4–0	2022–23	13 March 2023
4	Rareș Lazăr	15 years, one month and 19 days	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț - FC Vaslui 2–0	2013–14	17 May 2014
5	Răzvan Popa	15 years, 2 months and 13 days	Dinamo București - Sportul Studențesc 1–3	2011–12	17 March 2012
6	Codrin Epure	15 years, 2 months and 21 days	FC Vaslui - Astra Giurgiu 1–4	2013–14	19 May 2014
7	Vasile Chitaru	15 years, 4 months and 14 days	SC Bacău - Jiul Petroșani 3–0	1973–74	19 May 1974
8	Ștefan Harsanyi	15 years, 4 months and 22 days	Bihor Oradea - Sportul Studențesc 2–0	1982–83	2 July 1983
9	Dorel Zamfir	15 years, 5 months and 16 days	FC Constanța - Steaua București 0–1	1976–77	16 March 1977
10	Enes Sali	15 years, 5 months and 17 days	Farul Constanța - Sepsi OSK 1–0	2021–22	9 August 2021

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Managers

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Top Ten Managers With Most Appearances
As of 6 June 2026^[15]

Manager		Period	Matches	Victories	Draws	Losses	Victory percentage
1	Florin Halagian	1972–2011	878	432	176	270	59%
2	Ilie Oană	1952–1979	572	232	124	216	51%
3	Nicolae Dumitru	1962–1993	558	250	120	188	55%
4	Ion V. Ionescu	1967–1994	496	194	89	213	48%
5	Viorel Hizo	1990–2013	488	221	85	182	53%
6	Ioan Andone	1994–2017	456	207	80	169	54%
7	Florin Marin	1993–2017	456	166	103	187	47%
8	Valentin Stănescu	1962–1984	455	206	101	148	56%
9	Sorin Cârțu	1989–2013	454	175	114	165	51%
10	Angelo Niculescu	1953–1982	445	196	101	148	55%

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Referees

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Top Ten Referees With Most Appearances
As of 6 June 2026^[16]

Referee		Period	Matches
1	Sebastian Colțescu	2003–2026	423
2	István Kovács	2008–00	382
3	Alexandru Tudor	1999–2018	381
4	Cristian Balaj	2000–2016	341
5	Radu Petrescu	2007–00	310
6	Ovidiu Hațegan	2006–2024	308
7	Sorin Corpodean	1997–2009	268
8	Nicolae Rainea	1964–1984	267
9	Marcel Bîrsan	2012–00	261
10	Marius Avram	2007–2020	246

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Teams in Italics no longer exist.
Teams in Bold compete in the 2025–26 Liga I season.

This table is updated as of 17th of May 2026, following U Craiova winning the 2025-26 Liga I.

The ranking is computed awarding three points for a win, one for a draw. It includes matches played between the 1932–33 and 2025–26 season including. The teams in bold play in the 2026–27 season of Liga I. ^[18]

This table lists only league finishes since 1932–33, when a national league was first introduced. Since an official national championship has been awarded since 1909, some teams are not listed with all their championships. For example, Venus București have been champions seven times, but are listed only with the four titles they won since 1932.

League or status at 2026–27:

• List of Romanian football champions
• List of football clubs in Romania by major honors won