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2022–23 Liga II
Liga II
Season2022–23
All statistics correct as of 7 June 2022.

The 2022–23 Liga II (referred to as the Liga II Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. A total of 20 teams contest the league.

It is the seventh Liga II season with a single series.[1] The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams will be relegated to Liga III. The season began on 6 August 2022 and is scheduled to end in June 2023.[2]

Teams

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Team changes

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Promoted from 2021–22 Liga III Relegated from 2021–22 Liga I Promoted to 2022–23 Liga I Relegated to 2022–23 Liga III
Oțelul Galați
(after 6 years of absence)
Progresul Spartac București
(debut)
CSM Slatina
(after 1 year of absence)
Dumbrăvița
(debut)
Minaur Baia Mare
(after 6 years of absence)
Dinamo Bucuresti
(debut)
Petrolul Ploiești
(ended 4-year stay)
Hermannstadt
(ended 1-year stay)
Universitatea Cluj
(ended 4-year stay)
Dunărea Călărași
(ended 3-year stay)
Dacia Unirea Brăila
(ended 1-year stay)
Astra Giurgiu
(ended 1-year stay)

Excluded teams

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Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Mediaș relegated to Liga II at the end of the 2021–22 Liga I season. On 27 June 2022, Academica and Gaz Metan were relegated directly to Liga III, by the Romanian Football Federation, which denied a second tier licence for both clubs, due to important financial problems and unpaid debts to current and former players and managers.[3]

Renamed teams

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FC Buzău was renamed back as FC Gloria Buzău, due to brand rights.[4]

Teams spared from relegation

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Due to Academica and Gaz Metan exclusion by the Romanian Football Federation, their places were occupied by Politehnica Timișoara and Unirea Constanța, best two ranked teams from the relegated five registered at the 2021–22 Liga II.[3]

Venues

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Steaua București Gloria Buzău Oțelul Galați Viitorul Târgu Jiu
Steaua Municipal Oțelul Tudor Vladimirescu
Capacity: 31,254 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 12,518
1599 Șelimbăr Politehnica Iași Slatina FC Brașov
Municipal[i] Emil Alexandrescu 1 Mai Silviu Ploieșteanu
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 8,800
Dinamo București Minaur Baia Mare
Marin Anastasovici[ii] Viorel Mateianu
Capacity: 8,500 Capacity: 8,000
Unirea Dej Unirea Slobozia
Unirea 1 Mai
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,000
Concordia Chiajna Ripensia Timișoara Unirea Constanța Csíkszereda
Concordia Electrica Clinceni[iii] Municipal
Capacity: 5,123 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 4,000
Politehnica Timișoara Progresul Spartac București Dumbrăvița Metaloglobus București
Știința[iv] CNAF[v] Ștefan Dobay Metaloglobus
Capacity: 2,600 Capacity: 1,600 Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 1,000
  1. ^ 1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to Municipal Stadium in Râmnicu Vâlcea, because Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr is under renovations.
  2. ^ Dinamo București was relocated to Marin Anastasovici Stadium in Giurgiu, because Dinamo Stadium in Bucharest is proposed for reconstruction.
  3. ^ Unirea Constanța was relocated to Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni, due to an agreement to move the entire club from Constanța to Ilfov County.
  4. ^ Politehnica Timișoara was relocated to Știința Stadium in Timișoara (normally its 2nd ground), because Dan Păltinișanu Stadium was closed and proposed for demolition.
  5. ^ Progresul Spartac was relocated to CNAF Stadium in Buftea, because Progresul Spartac Stadium in Bucharest did not meet the standards for the second-tier.

Personnel and kits

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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 Shirt sponsor
1599 Șelimbăr Romania Claudiu Niculescu Romania Alexandru Dandea Joma
Brașov Romania Dan Alexa Croatia Ivan Fuštar Acerbis
Concordia Chiajna Romania Eugen Trică Romania Raul Palmeș Joma
Csíkszereda Romania Barna Bajkó Romania Attila Csürös 2Rule Csíkszereda
Dinamo București Romania Ovidiu Burcă Romania Răzvan Patriche Macron 888 Holdings
Dumbrăvița Romania Cosmin Stan Romania Costel Zurbagiu Macron Primăria Dumbrăvița
Gloria Buzău Romania Adrian Mihalcea Romania Relu Stoian Beltona Superbet
Metaloglobus București Romania Eusebiu Tudor Romania Daniel Lung Jako
Minaur Baia Mare Romania Mihai Iosif Romania Ciprian Stanciu Hummel Primăria Baia Mare
Oțelul Galați Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Ionuț Neagu Jako Liberty
Politehnica Iași Romania Leontin Grozavu Romania Florin Plămadă Givova Municipiul Iași
Politehnica Timișoara Romania Octavian Benga Romania Denis Radu Westiment Unibet
Progresul București Romania Andrei Erimia Romania Eugen Lixandru Nike Kulterra
Ripensia Timișoara Romania Iulian Muntean Romania Gabriel Stoi Cottontex Almira, La Migdali, ILA
Slatina Romania Daniel Oprescu Romania Cătălin Doman Macron Primăria Slatina
Steaua București Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Adrian Popa Adidas Get's Bet
Unirea Constanța Romania Dacian Nastai Romania Mihai Udrea Macron CJ Ilfov
Unirea Dej Romania Dragoș Militaru Romania Florin Blaj Hummel Dendiarom
Unirea Slobozia Romania Costel Enache Romania Constantin Toma Joma CJ Ialomița
Viitorul Târgu Jiu Romania Florin Stângă Romania Claudiu Dragu Nike Artego

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dinamo Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin Jr. End of contract 31 May 2022[5] Pre-season Romania Ovidiu Burcă 21 July 2022[6]
Poli Iași Romania Costel Enache 31 May 2022[7] Romania Claudiu Niculescu 7 June 2022[8]
Viitorul Tg. Jiu Romania Alexandru Ciobanu End of tenure as a caretaker 31 May 2022 Romania Florin Stângă 5 July 2022[9]
Unirea Slobozia Romania Adrian Mihalcea Signed by Chindia 31 May 2022[10] Romania Costel Enache 13 June 2022[11]
Poli Timișoara Romania Antonio Foale End of tenure as a caretaker 31 May 2022 Romania Bogdan Andone 21 June 2022[12]
Brașov Romania Călin Moldovan End of contract 31 May 2022[13] Romania Dan Alexa 21 June 2022[14]
Metaloglobus Romania Nicolae Grigore 31 May 2022[15] Romania Eugen Trică 1 July 2022[15]
Slatina Romania Ovidiu Burcă 30 June 2022[16] Romania Daniel Oprescu 1 July 2022[17]
Unirea Constanța Romania Leonard Strizu 30 June 2022 Romania Dacian Nastai 1 July 2022[18]
Metaloglobus Romania Eugen Trică Released 12 September 2022[19] 20th Romania Florin Drăghici (caretaker) 13 September 2022[20]
Metaloglobus Romania Florin Drăghici (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 20 September 2022[19] 20th Romania Eusebiu Tudor 20 September 2022[20]
Concordia Chiajna Romania Ianis Zicu Mutual agreement 20 September 2022[21] 14th Romania Eugen Trică 22 September 2022[22]
Poli Timișoara Romania Bogdan Andone Released 23 September 2022[23] 18th Romania Octavian Benga 27 September 2022[24]
Gloria Buzău Romania Cristian Pustai 4 October 2022[25] 8th Romania Adrian Mihalcea 5 October 2022[26]
Poli Iași Romania Claudiu Niculescu Mutual agreement 10 October 2022[27] 5th Romania Leontin Grozavu 14 October 2022[28]
Minaur Baia Mare Romania Ciprian Danciu Released 17 October 2022[29] 16th Romania Mihai Iosif 19 October 2022[30]
1599 Șelimbăr Romania Eugen Beza Mutual agreement 4 November 2022[31] 10th Romania Claudiu Niculescu 7 November 2022[32]
Csíkszereda Romania Francisc Dican Released 30 November 2022[33] 6th Romania Barna Bajkó (caretaker) 4 December 2022[34]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Steaua București 19 12 4 3 37 18 +19 40 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Politehnica Iași 19 12 4 3 30 14 +16 40
3 Oțelul Galați 19 10 6 3 21 12 +9 36
4 Unirea Dej 19 8 8 3 30 25 +5 32
5 Gloria Buzău 19 8 7 4 27 21 +6 31
6 Dinamo București 19 9 4 6 27 18 +9 31
7 Unirea Slobozia 19 8 7 4 30 17 +13 31 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
8 Concordia Chiajna 19 9 2 8 22 17 +5 29 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
9 Brașov 19 7 7 5 26 20 +6 28
10 Slatina 19 6 9 4 18 11 +7 27 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
11 Csíkszereda 19 7 5 7 25 18 +7 26
12 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 19 8 1 10 22 28 −6 25 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
13 1599 Șelimbăr 19 6 6 7 19 22 −3 24
14 Dumbrăvița 19 7 3 9 24 34 −10 24 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
15 Metaloglobus București 19 6 3 10 18 22 −4 21
16 Progresul Spartac București 19 3 8 8 17 28 −11 17 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
17 Ripensia Timișoara 19 4 4 11 16 23 −7 16
18 Minaur Baia Mare 19 3 7 9 18 29 −11 16 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
19 Politehnica Timișoara 19 2 7 10 13 29 −16 13
20 Unirea Constanța 19 4 0 15 15 49 −34 12 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
Source: FRF (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;

Season results

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Home \ Away STE IAȘ OȚE DEJ GBZ DIN USZ CON BRA SLA CSI VTJ ȘEL DUM MET PRS RIP MIN PTM UCT
Steaua București 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 3–1 5–0
Politehnica Iași 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Oțelul Galați 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–2
Unirea Dej 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1
Gloria Buzău 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Dinamo București 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 6–0
Unirea Slobozia 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0
Concordia Chiajna 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–1
Brașov 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–2
Slatina 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–1
Csíkszereda 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–0
Viitorul Târgu Jiu 4–3 1–2 2–0 0–4 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–1
1599 Șelimbăr 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 4–0
Dumbrăvița 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Metaloglobus 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1
Progresul Spartac 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1
Ripensia Timișoara 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–0
Minaur Baia Mare 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–4 2–2 1–1
Poli Timișoara 1–3 1–1 2–4 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0
Unirea Constanța 1–2 3–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–3 0–3 1–0
Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

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A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 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.[35]

Play-off table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Politehnica Iași (C, P) 10 5 5 0 20 8 +12 60 Promotion to Superliga
2 Steaua București 10 3 3 4 16 18 −2 52 Ineligible for promotion [a]
3 Oțelul Galați (P) 10 4 1 5 8 13 −5 49 Promotion to Superliga
4 Dinamo București (P) 10 4 3 3 16 12 +4 46 Qualification for play-offs
5 Gloria Buzău 10 2 5 3 9 11 −2 42
6 Unirea Dej 10 1 5 4 2 9 −7 40
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.[37]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Steaua București is ineligible for promotion due to the club being owned by a governmental department/entity, all Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.[36]
Results
Home \ Away DIN GBZ OȚE IAȘ STE DEJ
Dinamo București 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 0–0
Gloria Buzău 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Oțelul Galați 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–0
Politehnica Iași 4–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 0–0
Steaua București 2–0 4–2 1–1 2–2 3–0
Unirea Dej 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1
Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Team ╲ Round1920212223242526272829
Steaua Bucuresti11221222222
Politehnica Iași22112111111
Oțelul Galați33333333333
Unirea Dej46666666566
Gloria Buzău54555555655
Dinamo București65444444444
Source: FRF

Relegation play-out

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A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to 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 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, 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, while the 5th placed teams in both groups will meet in a tie to avoid relegation.[35]

Group A

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Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Csíkszereda 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 39
2 1599 Șelimbăr 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 36
3 Unirea Slobozia 6 0 3 3 7 11 −4 34
4 Slatina 6 2 1 3 2 5 −3 34
5 Metaloglobus București (O) 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 32 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
6 Minaur Baia Mare (R) 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 22 Relegation to 2023–24 Liga III
7 Politehnica Timișoara (R) 6 2 0 4 5 11 −6 19
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.[37]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away SEL CSI MET MIN PTM SLA USZ
1599 Șelimbăr 1–3 1–2 2–0
Csíkszereda 2–1 2–0 3–1
Metaloglobus București 0–0 1–0 3–3
Minaur Baia Mare 0–1 1–1 2–1
Politehnica Timișoara 0–1 2–1 0–5
Slatina 1–0 1–0 0–0
Unirea Slobozia 2–3 0–0 1–2
Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC Brașov (D, R) 6 5 1 0 23 5 +18 44 Dissolved and disqualified
2 Concordia Chiajna 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 39
3 Dumbrăvița 6 3 0 3 12 8 +4 33
4 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 32
5 Progresul Spartac București (O) 6 4 0 2 15 7 +8 29 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
6 Unirea Constanța (D, R) 6 2 0 4 5 27 −22 18 Dissolved and disqualified
7 Ripensia Timișoara (R) 6 0 1 5 2 11 −9 17 Relegation to 2023–24 Liga III
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.[37]
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away CON DUM BRA PRS RIP UCT VTJ
Concordia Chiajna 3–1 1–0 0–1
Dumbrăvița 1–2 2–0 4–0
FC Brașov 2–2 9–0 3–1
Progresul Spartac București 3–2 1–4 1–0
Ripensia Timișoara 1–2 0–3 1–1
Unirea Constanța 0–2 0–9 2–0
Viitorul Târgu Jiu 1–0 0–1 7–2
Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liga I promotion/relegation play-offs

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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
Gloria Buzău 1–5 UTA Arad 0–0 1–5
Dinamo București 8–5 FC Argeș 6–1 2–4

First leg

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28 May 2023 Gloria Buzău 0–0 UTA Arad Buzău
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Andrei Chivulete (București)
29 May 2023 Dinamo București 6–1 FC Argeș București
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Quentin Bena 15'
Gorka Larrucea 24'
Alexandru Pop 28'
Lamine Ghezali 40'
Dani Iglesias 56'
Lamine Ghezali 62'
Report Mario Zebić 55' Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj-Napoca)

Second leg

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Liga II play-out

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The 5th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team to Liga III.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Metaloglobus București 1–1 (5–3 p) Progresul Spartac 1–1 0–0

First leg

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Second leg

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Season statistics

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References

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