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Superliga
Season2023–24
Dates14 July 2023 – 2 June 2024
Matches played59
Goals scored177 (3 per match)
Top goalscorerAurelian Chițu
Marko Dugandžić
(6 goals)
Best goalkeeperLaurențiu Popescu
(4 clean sheets)
Biggest home winFC U Craiova 1948 4–0 Farul Constanța
(3 September 2023)
Rapid Bucuresti 4–0 Dinamo Bucuresti
(1 September 2023)
Biggest away winUniversitatea Cluj 0–3 Rapid București
(23 July 2023)
Dinamo București 0–3 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
(31 July 2023)
Politehnica Iași 1–4 Universitatea Craiova
(12 August 2023)
Voluntari 1–4 CFR Cluj
(2 September 2023)
Highest scoringU Craiova 1948 3–5 Rapid București
(25 August 2023)
Longest winning run5 matches
FCSB
Longest unbeaten run6 matches
Universitatea Craiova
Longest winless run8 matches
Oțelul Galați
Botoșani
Longest losing run3 matches
U Craiova 1948
Dinamo București
Farul Constanța
Politehnica Iași
Highest attendance28,519
FCSB 1–0 CFR Cluj
(6 August 2023)
Lowest attendance800
Botoșani 2–2 Hermannstadt
(4 September 2023)
Total attendance430,975
Average attendance7,304
All statistics correct as of 4 September 2023.

The 2023–24 Liga I, also known as Superliga due to sponsorship reasons, is the 106th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 14 July 2023 and will end in 2 June 2024. It is the ninth season to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced. Farul Constanța is defending champion club.

After the conclusion of the regular season, teams will be divided according to their place to enter either the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs.

The teams ranked 15th and 16th at the end of the play-out tournament will be directly relegated, while the 13th and 14th places played a promotion/relegation play-off against 3rd and 4th places from Liga II.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

The league consists of 16 teams: 12 from the 2022–23 Liga I, two teams from the 2022–23 Liga II, and the winners of the 2022–23 promotion/relegation play-off.

Teams promoted from Liga II

The first club to be promoted was Politehnica Iași,[1] following their 2–0 win against Oțelul Galați on 2 May 2023. Politehnica Iași returned to Superliga after two years of absence.

The second club to be promoted was Oțelul Galați,[2] following their 1–0 win against Unirea Dej on 21 May 2023. Oțelul Galați returned to Superliga after eight years of absence and first time in history since refounded in 2016 due to bankruptcy.

The third club to be promoted was Dinamo București,[3] after winning the 2022–23 promotion/relegation play-off against Argeș Pitești. Dinamo București returned to Superliga after one year of absence.

Teams relegated to Liga II

The first club to be relegated was Mioveni, which were relegated on 29 April 2023 following a 0–2 defeat against Argeș Pitești, ending their two-year stay in the top flight.[4]

The second club to be relegated was Chindia Târgoviște, which were relegated on 19 May 2023 following their 2–2 draw against Voluntari, ending their four-year stay in the top flight.[5]

The third club to be relegated was Argeș Pitești, which were relegated on 3 June 2023 following their 4–2 win against Dinamo București in the promotion/relegation play-offs, thus ending their three-year stay in the top flight.[6]

Stadiums and locations

FCSB Universitatea Craiova FC U Craiova 1948 Universitatea Cluj
Arena Națională Ion Oblemenco Ion Oblemenco Cluj Arena
Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 30,983 Capacity: 30,983 Capacity: 30,201
CFR Cluj Petrolul Ploiești Rapid București Oțelul Galați
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Ilie Oană Rapid Oțelul
Capacity: 22,198 Capacity: 15,073 Capacity: 14,047 Capacity: 13,500
Hermannstadt
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Location of Bucharest / Ilfov County teams.
 UTA Arad
Municipal (Sibiu) Francisc von Neuman
Capacity: 12,363 Capacity: 11,500
Politehnica Iași Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
Emil Alexandrescu Sepsi Arena
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 8,400
Dinamo București Botoșani Voluntari Farul Constanța
Arcul de Triumf Municipal (Botoșani) Anghel Iordănescu Viitorul
Capacity: 8,207 Capacity: 7,782 Capacity: 4,600 Capacity: 4,554
Stadionul Viitorul

Number of teams by county

Rank County Number Teams
1 Bucharest 3 FCSB, Rapid București, Dinamo București
2 Dolj 2 Universitatea Craiova, FC U Craiova
Cluj CFR Cluj, Universitatea Cluj
4 Sibiu 1 Hermannstadt
Arad UTA Arad
Covasna Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe
Botoșani FC Botoșani
Prahova Petrolul Ploiești
Galați Oțelul Galați
Iași Politehnica Iași
Constanța Farul Constanța
Ilfov Voluntari

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.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Main Shirt sponsor Other Shirt sponsor
Botoșani Romania Dan Alexa Romania Victor Dican Adidas Unibet Elsaco
CFR Cluj Italy Andrea Mandorlini Romania Mário Camora Nike RMB Inter Auto
Dinamo București Romania Ovidiu Burcă Romania Răzvan Patriche Macron win2.ro Renovatio
Farul Constanța Romania Gheorghe Hagi (owner and manager) Romania Ionuț Larie Nike Superbet
FCSB Cyprus Elias Charalambous Romania Darius Olaru Nike Betano
FC U Craiova 1948 Italy Giovanni Costantino Romania Vlad Achim Adidas Craiova Cetatea Banilor
Hermannstadt Romania Marius Măldărășanu Romania Petrișor Petrescu Nike Unibet Primăria Municipiului Sibiu
Oțelul Galați Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Ionuț Neagu Adidas Liberty Galați Municipality
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Florin Pârvu Romania Valentin Țicu Macron La Cocoș
Politehnica Iași Romania Leontin Grozavu Romania Răzvan Tincu Nike Mozzart Bet Municipiul Iași
Rapid București Italy Cristiano Bergodi Romania Cristian Săpunaru Kappa Superbet IMAMED
Sepsi OSK Romania Liviu Ciobotariu Romania Roland Niczuly Adidas Diószegi Gyermelyi
Universitatea Cluj Romania Ioan Sabău Romania Alexandru Chipciu Adidas Superbet AROBS
Universitatea Craiova Romania Corneliu Papură (caretaker) Romania Nicușor Bancu Puma Betano
UTA Arad Romania Mircea Rednic Romania Florin Iacob Saller Efbet Maxximus
Voluntari Romania Ilie Poenaru Moldova Igor Armaș Nike Metropola TV

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sepsi Italy Cristiano Bergodi End of contract 30 June 2023[7] Pre-season Romania Liviu Ciobotariu 1 July 2023[8]
Voluntari Romania Liviu Ciobotariu 30 June 2023[9] Romania Ilie Poenaru 8 June 2023[10]
FC U Craiova Italy Nicolò Napoli 30 June 2023 Romania Nicolae Dică 17 July 2023
U Cluj Romania Ioan Sabău 30 June 2023[11] Romania Anton Petrea 1 July 2023[12]
Botoșani Romania Flavius Stoican Mutual agreement 30 June 2023[13] Romania Marius Croitoru 18 May 2023[14]
CFR Cluj Romania Dan Petrescu 30 June 2023[15] Italy Andrea Mandorlini 1 July 2023[16]
Rapid București Romania Adrian Mutu Signed by Neftçi 7 July 2023 Italy Cristiano Bergodi 9 July 2023
Universitatea Craiova Romania Eugen Neagoe Sacked 25 July 2023 5th Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf 25 July 2023
Botoșani Romania Marius Croitoru 17 August 2023 16th Romania Mihai Ciobanu 17 August 2023
FC U Craiova Romania Nicolae Dică 19 August 2023 11th Romania Paul Răducan 19 August 2023
U Cluj Romania Anton Petrea 24 August 2023 12th Romania Ioan Sabău 24 August 2023
Botoșani Romania Mihai Ciobanu 1 September 2023 16th Romania Dan Alexa 1 September 2023
FC U Craiova Romania Paul Răducan Mutual agreement 16 October 2023 10th Italy Giovanni Costantino 16 October 2023

Regular season

In the regular season the 16 teams will meet twice for a total of 30 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship play-offs and the bottom 10 qualifying for the relegation play-outs.[17]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FCSB 13 9 3 1 25 11 +14 30 Play-off round
2 CFR Cluj 13 8 3 2 25 12 +13 27
3 Rapid București 13 6 5 2 27 16 +11 23
4 Universitatea Craiova 13 6 4 3 20 14 +6 22
5 Petrolul Ploiești 13 4 7 2 18 14 +4 19[a]
6 Farul Constanța 12 6 1 5 17 17 0 19[a]
7 Hermannstadt 13 4 7 2 21 14 +7 19[a] Play-out round
8 Universitatea Cluj 13 3 7 3 18 21 −3 16
9 Politehnica Iași 13 4 3 6 15 19 −4 15[b]
10 Oțelul Galați 13 2 9 2 10 10 0 15[b]
11 Sepsi OSK 13 4 3 6 16 18 −2 15[b]
12 FC U Craiova 1948 13 4 2 7 21 24 −3 14
13 Voluntari 13 3 4 6 15 23 −8 13
14 UTA Arad 12 2 5 5 10 16 −6 11
15 Dinamo București 13 2 3 8 8 24 −16 9
16 Botoșani 13 0 6 7 13 26 −13 6
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2023. Source: LPF (in Romanian) Soccerway
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.[17]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Petrolul Ploiești 4, Farul Constanța 3, Hermannstadt 1.
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head points (goal difference): Politehnica Iaşi 3 (+1), Oțelul Galați 1 (0), Sepsi OSK 1 (-1).

Results

Home \ Away BOT CFR DIN FAR FCS FCU HER IAS OTE PET RAP SPS UCJ UCV UTA VOL
Botoșani 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–2
CFR Cluj 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1
Dinamo București 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 0–2
Farul Constanța 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–1
FCSB 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–0
FC U Craiova 1948 4–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–3 3–5 3–4 3–1
Hermannstadt 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1
Politehnica Iași 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–4
Oțelul Galați 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2
Petrolul Ploiești 3–2 4–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2
Rapid București 2–2 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 0–2 0–0
Sepsi OSK 5–2 2–5 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Universitatea Cluj 3–4 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–1
Universitatea Craiova 5–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
UTA Arad 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0
Voluntari 2–1 1–4 2–3 0–0 1–2 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2023. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Botoșani12111115161515
CFR Cluj2125643
Dinamo București1514161614910
Farul Constanța52467108
FCSB1311111
FC U Craiova 19481415151391114
Hermannstadt13757889
Politehnica Iași16161014151616
Oțelul Galați6101312131313
Petrolul Ploiești79129534
Rapid București104781175
Sepsi OSK11633457
Universitatea Cluj913910101211
Universitatea Craiova3584222
UTA Arad8121411121412
Voluntari4862366
Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-out round
Source: Soccerway

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2024–25 UEFA Champions League and 2024–25 UEFA Europa 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.[18]

Play-off table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Updated to match(es) played on c. Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[19]

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 4 and 5 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[19]

European play-offs

In the semi-final, the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the play-out semi-final will play the highest ranked team of the play-off tournament, that did not already qualify for European competitions. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa Conference League.

European play-off semi-final

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European play-off final

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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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg

First leg

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Second leg

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Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 October 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Aurelian Chițu U Craiova 1948 7
Romania Dan Nistor Universitatea Cluj
3 Croatia Marko Dugandžić Rapid București 6
Romania Daniel Paraschiv FC Hermannstadt
Romania Darius Olaru FCSB
Kosovo Albion Rrahmani Rapid București
7 Nigeria Philip Otele CFR Cluj 5
Romania Ionut Larie Farul Constanta
Romania Silviu Balaure FC Hermannstadt
10 Italy Andrea Compagno FCSB 4
Brazil Jair Petrolul Ploiești
Romania Alexandru Pop Oțelul Galați
Romania Florinel Coman FCSB
Romania Eduard Florescu FC Botosani
Romania Jovan Markovic Universitatea Craiova
Romania Claudiu Petrila Rapid București
Romania Alexandru Ionita Rapid București
Romania Daniel Birligea CFR Cluj
Romania Alin Roman Poli Iasi

Top assists

As of 22 October 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Florinel Coman FCSB 6
2 Romania Alexandru Mitriță Universitatea Craiova 5
3 Slovakia Adam Nemec Voluntari 4
Romania Nicusor Bancu Universitatea Craiova
Romania Daniel Birligea CFR Cluj
Romania Claudiu Petrila Rapid Bucuresti
Brazil Jair Petrolul Ploiești
8 Romania Valentin Țicu Petrolul Ploiești 3
Argentina Juan Bauza FC U Craiova 1948
Romania Aurelian Chitu FC U Craiova 1948
Nigeria Funsho Bamgboye Rapid Bucuresti
Romania Silviu Balaure FC Hermannstadt
Romania Radu Boboc FC Voluntari
Romania Alexandru Chipciu Universitatea Cluj
Romania Dan Nistor Universitatea Cluj
Romania Constantin Budescu Farul Constanta

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Romania Ionut Larie Farul Constanta Voluntari 4–1 (H) 22 July 2023

Clean sheets

As of 22 October 2023
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Romania Ștefan Târnovanu FCSB 6
2 Romania Laurențiu Popescu Universitatea Craiova 5
3 Romania Roland Niczuly Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 4
Romania Horațiu Moldovan Rapid București
Romania Răzvan Sava CFR Cluj
Czech Republic Lukas Zima Petrolul Ploiesti
7 Romania Robert Popa FC U Craiova 3
Romania Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă Oțelul Galați
Romania Florin Iacob UTA Arad
Romania Ionut Ailenei Poli Iasi
Romania Mihai Aioani Farul Constanța
Spain Jesus Fernandez FC Voluntari

Gazeta Sporturilor Monthly Football Awards

Player of the Month

Year Month Player Nationality Pos. Team Ref
2023 July Florinel Coman  Romania FW FCSB
August Aurelian Chițu  Romania FW FC U Craiova
September Darius Olaru  Romania MF FCSB
October
November
December
2024 January
February
March
April
May

Manager of the Month

Year Month Manager Nationality Team Ref
2023 July Liviu Ciobotariu  Romania Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
August Liviu Ciobotariu  Romania Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
September Dorinel Munteanu  Romania Otelul Galati
October
November
December
2024 January
February
March
April
May

Discipline

Champion squad

Awards

Liga I Team of the Season

Annual awards

Award Winner Club
Superliga Manager of the Season
Superliga Player of the Season


See also

References

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