| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Champions | CFR Cluj[1] |
| Relegated | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Dacia Mioveni UTA Arad Universitatea Cluj |
| Champions League | CFR Cluj Steaua București |
| UEFA Cup | Rapid București Dinamo București Urziceni Urziceni Politehnica Știința Timișoara |
| Intertoto Cup | Vaslui |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 725 (2.37 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ionel Dănciulescu (21) |
| Biggest home win | Dinamo 6–1Oțelul Steaua 5–0Buzău |
| Biggest away win | Buzău 0–4Oțelul |
| Highest scoring | Dinamo 4–4Craiova |
| Longest winning run | Steaua (10) |
| Longest unbeaten run | CFR (18) |
| Longest winless run | Pandurii (17) |
| Longest losing run | Craiova,Pandurii (7) |
2008–09 → | |
The2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season ofLiga I, the top-levelfootball league ofRomania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008.CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign ofBucharest based teams.
CFR Cluj will play in theChampions Leaguegroup stage, whileSteaua București qualified for the Champions Leaguethird qualifying round.Rapid București,Dinamo București,Unirea Urziceni andPolitehnica Știința Timișoara qualified for theUEFA Cupfirst round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of theUEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season.Vaslui,Oțelul Galați andGloria Bistrița are the only teams that have applied,[2] withVaslui securing their participation.
Promoted fromLiga II
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Relegated fromLiga I
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| Politehnica Timișoara | Steaua București | FC U Craiova | Gloria Buzău |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Municipal |
| Capacity:32,972 | Capacity:28,365 | Capacity:25,252 | Capacity:18,000 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Oțelul Galați |
| Ceahlăul | Farul | Dinamo | Oțelul |
| Capacity:17,500 | Capacity:15,520 | Capacity:15,032 | Capacity:13,500 |
| CFR Cluj | Location of Bucharest teams. | Rapid București | |
| Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | ||
| Capacity:12,813 | Capacity:11,704[i] | ||
| Politehnica Iași | FC Vaslui | ||
| Emil Alexandrescu | Municipal | ||
| Capacity:11,390 | Capacity:9,240 | ||
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Gloria Bistrița[ii] | ||
| Tudor Vladimirescu | Gloria | ||
| Capacity:9,200 | Capacity:7,800 | ||
| Universitatea Cluj | UTA Arad | Dacia Mioveni | Unirea Urziceni |
| Ion Moina | Francisc von Neuman | Orășenesc | Tineretului |
| Capacity:7,600[iii] | Capacity:7,287 | Capacity:7,000 | Capacity:7,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CFR Cluj(C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 76 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Steaua București | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 75 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Rapid București | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 61[a] | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 61[a] | |
| 5 | Unirea Urziceni | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61[a] | |
| 6 | Politehnica Timișoara | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 57 | |
| 7 | Vaslui | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 47 | Qualification toIntertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 46 | |
| 9 | FC U Craiova | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 43 | |
| 10 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 42 | |
| 11 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 41 | |
| 12 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40[b] | |
| 13 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 40[b] | |
| 14 | Gloria Buzău | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 37 | |
| 15 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț(R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 | Relegation toLiga II |
| 16 | Dacia Mioveni(R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 31 | |
| 17 | UTA Arad(R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 26 | |
| 18 | Universitatea Cluj(R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 23 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| CFR Cluj | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| FC U Craiova | 1 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Dacia Mioveni | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Dinamo București | 3 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Farul Constanța | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 7 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| Gloria Buzău | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Oțelul Galați | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Politehnica Iași | 17 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 |
| Rapid București | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Steaua București | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Politehnica Știința Timișoara | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| UTA Arad | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Vaslui | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Home \ Away | CFR | CEA | UCR | MIO | DIN | FAR | GBI | GBU | OȚE | PAN | PIA | RAP | STE | TIM | UCL | UTA | URZ | VAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFR Cluj | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| FC U Craiova | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Dacia Mioveni | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Dinamo București | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Farul Constanța | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Gloria Buzău | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Politehnica Iași | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Rapid București | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Steaua București | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Politehnica Știința Timișoara | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| UTA Arad | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Vaslui | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — |
| CFR Cluj[5] |
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Goalkeepers:Nuno Claro Manager:Ioan Andone. |
(1)Delta Tulcea won the first serie ofLiga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing inLiga I in the 2007–08 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namelyCeahlăul Piatra Neamț (15th place in2006–07 season), will continue inLiga I.[6][7]
(2) Timișoara change of name following name conflict withFC Politehnica Timișoara.[8]