2009–10 Liga I

Liga I
Season 2009–10
Champions CFR Cluj
Relegated Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
Politehnica Iaşi
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
Unirea Alba Iulia
Champions League CFR Cluj
Unirea Urziceni
Europa League Vaslui
Steaua Bucureşti
Timişoara
Dinamo Bucureşti
Matches played 246
Goals scored 558 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Andrei Cristea (16)
Biggest home win Timişoara 6–0 Ceahlăul
Timişoara 6–0 Unirea
Braşov 6–0 Bistriţa
Biggest away win Gaz Metan 2–6 Timişoara
Ceahlăul 0–4 Dinamo
Ceahlăul 0–4 Rapid
Highest scoring Urziceni 4–4 Dinamo
Gaz Metan 2–6 Timişoara

The 2009–10 Liga I was the ninety-second season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.

Teams

Farul Constanţa, Otopeni and Gloria Buzău were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. They were joined by Argeş Piteşti, who were demoted upon a decision of the Professional Football League on 8 July 2009, after their owner, Cornel Penescu, was found guilty of corruption.[1] As a consequence, 15th-placed Gaz Metan Mediaş were spared relegation.

The four relegated teams were replaced by the champions and runners-up from both 2008–09 Liga II divisions. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Ploieşti were promoted from Seria I while Unirea Alba Iulia and Internaţional Curtea de Argeş were promoted from Seria II.

Promoted team FC Ploieşti were renamed FC Astra Ploieşti, effective to 1 July 2009.[2]

Stadia and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity
Astra Ploieşti Ploieşti Astra 10,000
Braşov Braşov Silviu Ploeşteanu 13,670
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Piatra Neamţ Ceahlăul 17,500
CFR Cluj Cluj-Napoca Dr. Constantin Rădulescu 23,500
Dinamo Bucureşti Bucharest Dinamo 15,300
Gaz Metan Mediaş Mediaş Municipal Gaz Metan 9,000
Gloria Bistriţa Bistriţa Gloria 8,700
Internaţional Curtea de Argeş Dacia 7,000
Oţelul Galaţi Galaţi Oţelul 13,932
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 9,200
Politehnica Iaşi Iaşi Emil Alexandrescu 12,841
Rapid Bucureşti Bucharest Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu 19,100
Steaua Bucureşti Bucharest Steaua 28,365
Timişoara Timişoara Dan Păltinişanu 32,019
Unirea Alba Iulia Alba Iulia Victoria-Cetate 8,500
Unirea Urziceni Urziceni Tineretului (Urziceni) 7,000
Universitatea Craiova Craiova Ion Oblemenco 27,915
Vaslui Vaslui Municipal (Vaslui) 11,220

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Braşov Italy Nicolò Napoli[3] Sacked July 27, 2009 Romania Viorel Moldovan[3] July 27, 2009
Astra Ploieşti Romania Ion Moldovan[4] Sacked August 20, 2009 Italy Nicolò Napoli[5] August 20, 2009
Steaua Bucureşti Italy Cristiano Bergodi Sacked September 17, 2009 Romania Mihai Stoichiţă September 18, 2009
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Romania Mihai Ionescu Romania Florin Marin
Universitatea Craiova Romania Daniel Mogoşanu Sacked September 21, 2009 Romania Eugen Neagoe September 21, 2009
Vaslui Romania Cristian Dulca Sacked September 23, 2009 Romania Dorin Zotincă
Vaslui Romania Dorin Zotincă Interim Romania Marius Lăcătuş September 28, 2009
Dinamo Bucureşti Italy Dario Bonetti Sacked October 2, 2009 Romania Marin Ion October 2, 2009
Gloria Bistriţa Romania Sandu Tăbârcă Resigned October 18, 2009 Romania Florin Halagian
Gloria Bistriţa Romania Florin Halagian Interim Romania Marian Pană October 20, 2009
Dinamo Bucureşti Romania Marin Ion[6] Resigned October 23, 2009 Romania Cornel Ţălnar[7] October 24, 2009
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Sorin Cârţu Romania Liviu Ciobotariu
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Romania Florin Marin Romania Gheorghe Mulţescu
Rapid Bucureşti Romania Viorel Hizo Resigned October 29, 2009 Romania Nicolae Manea November 1, 2009
CFR Cluj Portugal António Conceição Sacked November 16, 2009 Italy Andrea Mandorlini November 18, 2009
Universitatea Craiova Romania Eugen Neagoe Sacked December 13, 2009 Netherlands Mark Wotte Ianuary 3, 2010
Internaţional Curtea de Argeş Romania Ştefan Stoica Sacked December 2009 Romania Ionuţ Badea December 2009
Unirea Urziceni Romania Dan Petrescu Resigned December 26, 2009 Israel Ronny Levy December 2009
Gloria Bistriţa Romania Marian Pană Sacked January, 2010 Romania Marius Şumudică January 4, 2010
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Romania Gheorghe Mulţescu Sacked February 27, 2010 Montenegro Zoran Filipović March 3, 2010
Unirea Alba Iulia Romania Adrian Falub Sacked March 8, 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina Blaž Slišković March 11, 2010
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Liviu Ciobotariu Resigned March 17, 2010 Romania Sorin Cârţu March 17, 2010
Rapid Bucureşti Romania Nicolae Manea Resigned April 1, 2010 Romania Ioan Andone April 1, 2010
Politehnica Iasi Romania Petre Grigoraş Resigned April 15, 2010 Romania Dumitru Dumitriu April 15, 2010
Astra Ploieşti Italy Nicolò Napoli Sacked April 20, 2010 Romania Marin Barbu April 20, 2010
Universitatea Craiova Netherlands Mark Wotte Sacked Romania Florin Bejinaru May 14, 2010

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 CFR Cluj (C) 34 20 9 5 46 23+23 69 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Unirea Urziceni 34 18 12 4 53 26+27 66 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Vaslui 34 18 8 8 44 28+16 62 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1 VAS 2–1 STE
STE 2–1 VAS
4 Steaua București 34 18 8 8 49 36+13 62
5 Politehnica Timișoara 34 15 14 5 55 27+28 59 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Dinamo București 34 13 14 7 48 37+11 53 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
7 Rapid București 34 14 10 10 53 38+15 52
8 Oțelul Galați 34 14 8 12 38 380 50
9 Brașov 34 12 10 12 40 30+10 46
10 Gaz Metan Mediaș 34 9 15 10 33 374 42
11 Gloria Bistrița 34 10 11 13 35 4611 41
12 Internațional Curtea de Argeș (R) 34 10 6 18 32 4917 36 Relegation to 2010–11 Liga II 2 INT: 7 pts, 6–4
CRA: 6 pts, 4–6
AST: 4 pts, 5–5
13 Universitatea Craiova 34 11 3 20 44 528 36
14 Astra Ploiești 34 8 12 14 33 4512 36
15 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 7 13 14 19 3011 34 Spared from relegation 2
16 Politehnica Iași (R) 34 7 10 17 28 5022 31 Relegation to 2010–11 Liga II
17 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) 34 6 10 18 28 5729 28
18 Unirea Alba Iulia (R) 34 7 5 22 33 6229 26

Source: LPF (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) number of goals scored
1 Since 2009–10 Cupa României winners CFR Cluj and runners-up Vaslui qualified for European competitions via their league placement, the allocation of UEFA Europa League spots effectively reverted to league placement as well, with the 6th-placed team Dinamo Bucureşti also qualifying.
2 Internaţional were denied a licence for the 2010–11 season because they failed to meet the requirements. Pandurii Târgu Jiu as the best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Astra Ploiești 12 15 16 18 13 14 11 13 14 12 14 14 15 12 14 13 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 13 13 13 11 12 13 13 14
Brașov 4 5 6 1 1 1 1 4 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 16 17 18 16 17 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 17
CFR Cluj 2 2 1 5 3 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Universitatea Craiova 8 12 9 12 8 11 14 15 12 14 15 15 13 10 11 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 13 11 10 11 13 13 14 14 13
Dinamo București 8 15 7 3 2 4 2 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Gaz Metan Mediaș 10 8 3 9 11 15 12 10 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 10 12 12 12 11 10 10 10
Gloria Bistrița 12 12 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 16 14 14 13 12 12 10 10 10 12 11 10 10 10 11 11 11
Internațional Curtea de Argeș 12 10 14 10 12 10 13 14 15 13 11 11 12 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 12
Oțelul Galați 4 5 12 13 16 13 15 12 13 15 12 12 11 14 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 4 1 4 11 7 3 8 9 10 10 9 10 10 13 12 14 11 13 13 13 14 14 16 16 15 14 15 16 15 15 15 16 16 15
Politehnica Iași 18 18 17 14 15 12 10 8 8 9 13 13 14 11 13 11 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 15 16 16 16 15 15 16
Rapid București 1 7 13 8 10 9 7 3 1 3 3 1 4 2 6 5 5 5 7 5 3 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7
Steaua București 2 2 8 5 9 5 3 5 6 4 4 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 4
Politehnica Timișoara 4 4 2 2 6 8 6 6 4 1 1 5 5 3 1 1 4 4 2 4 5 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 5
Unirea Alba Iulia 12 12 11 15 14 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18
Unirea Urziceni 16 11 4 7 5 2 5 1 2 5 6 7 7 6 3 3 2 2 3 2 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vaslui 10 9 10 4 4 7 9 11 9 8 5 4 3 1 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 6 2 2 3 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 3

Source: kicker.de (German)

Results

Home ╲ Away AST BRA CEACFRUCRDINGAZGBIINTOȚEPANPIARAPSTETIMUAIURZVAS
Astra Ploiești 21 11 10 31 11 00 00 11 03 01 11 31 21 13 42 02 00
Brașov 00 10 01 20 01 32 60 12 30 20 20 11 00 10 21 00 11
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 00 21 24 21 04 00 21 22 01 12 10 04 02 11 11 23 01
CFR Cluj 10 21 20 20 22 20 10 21 10 10 11 10 11 00 32 20 00
Universitatea Craiova 10 30 32 23 00 12 51 13 30 20 21 34 12 12 31 14 12
Dinamo București 33 00 11 10 21 10 11 01 01 11 11 11 20 12 20 21 11
Gaz Metan Mediaș 00 11 02 00 21 10 11 00 01 10 21 00 24 26 50 00 00
Gloria Bistrița 31 21 10 02 21 32 11 01 21 10 50 11 12 00 11 00 13
Internațional Curtea de Argeș 21 03 20 01 01 13 24 21 01 00 02 12 02 03 21 12 12
Oțelul Galați 32 11 00 10 10 23 01 30 10 11 40 00 01 33 10 14 10
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 02 10 00 10 00 00 00 11 23 23 11 11 00 00 20 00 10
Politehnica Iași 20 00 20 02 10 13 11 00 00 11 10 21 02 11 10 12 13
Rapid București 01 21 11 14 01 22 41 21 40 30 10 41 51 032 20 11 32
Steaua București 20 10 13 22 20 01 20 11 32 10 10 21 11 33 20 01 21
Politehnica Timișoara 00 12 60 11 11 20 02 10 00 21 10 21 10 01 60 00 01
Unirea Alba Iulia 21 01 32 11 20 12 00 12 12 31 01 21 01 21 33 12 20
Unirea Urziceni 41 10 40 01 32 44 11 20 10 00 30 20 10 22 00 10 12
Vaslui 31 22 10 20 01 20 21 01 10 11 21 21 10 21 01 30 11

Source: LPF (Romanian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 The original result (1–0) was annulled and Rapid were awarded a 0–3 loss because they used ineligible players in the match against Timişoara.[8]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Romania Andrei Cristea Dinamo Bucureşti 16
2 Greece Pantelis Kapetanos Steaua Bucureşti 15
3 Romania Dorin Goga Timişoara 12
Brazil Wesley Vaslui
Romania Marius Bilaşco Unirea Urziceni
6 Romania Liviu Ganea Astra Ploieşti 11
7 Romania Cristian Bud CFR Cluj 10
Brazil Júnior Moraes Gloria Bistriţa
Romania Alexandru Ioniţă Rapid Bucureşti

Source: RomanianSoccer

Season statistics

Scoring

References

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  2. "A reînviat Astra!" [A revived Astra!]. liga2.ro. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Napoli, schimbat cu Moldovan după 20 de zile! Noul antrenor este acum în vestiar" (in Romanian). GSP. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  4. "Astra a rămas fără antrenor! Napoli în cărţi!" (in Romanian). Prosport. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
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