97th season of top-tier football league in Romania
Football league season
The2014–15 Liga I was the ninety-seventh season ofLiga I , the top-levelfootball league ofRomania . The season began on the 25 July 2014 and ended on 30 May 2015.[ 2] Steaua București successfully defended their title for a record 26th win.
The last three teams and the 5th position from the 2013–14 season were initially relegated to their respective 2014–15Liga II division.Săgeata Năvodari ,Poli Timișoara ,Corona Brașov were relegated and the 5th-placedVaslui was relegated due to financial problems after 9 seasons in the top flight.
The first two teams from each of the two divisions of2013–14 Liga II advanced to Liga I.CSMS Iași promoted as the winners ofSeria I .[ 3] It is their second season in Liga I.Rapid București , second place in Seria I, made an immediate return to Liga I.Universitatea Craiova is for the first time in Liga I fromSeria II , together withTârgu Mureș , who returned after a 2 year absence.
Rapid București was initially not given licence for the2014–15 Liga I , but on 30 June 2014, the InternationalCourt of Arbitration for Sport upheld the appeal of Rapid București and therefore decided that they could promote in Liga I.[ 4]
Universitatea Cluj Steaua București [ i] Universitatea Craiova [ ii] CFR Cluj Cluj Arena Steaua Ion Oblemenco Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Capacity:30,201 Capacity:28,365 Capacity:25,252 Capacity:23,500 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Petrolul Ploiești Dinamo București Oțelul Galați Ceahlăul Ilie Oană Dinamo Oțelul Capacity:18,000 Capacity:15,073 Capacity:15,032 Capacity:13,500 Rapid București Location of Bucharest teams.
CSMS Iași Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Emil Alexandrescu Capacity:11,704 [ iii] Capacity:11,390 Pandurii Târgu Jiu FC Brașov Tudor Vladimirescu Silviu Ploeșteanu Capacity:9,200 Capacity:8,800 Astra Giurgiu Târgu Mureș Marin Anastasovici Trans-Sil Capacity:8,500 Capacity:8,200 Gaz Metan Mediaș FC Botoșani Concordia Chiajna Viitorul Constanța [ iv] Gaz Metan Municipal Concordia Concordia Capacity:7,814 Capacity:7,782 Capacity:5,123 Capacity:5,123
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Source:
Liga I (in Romanian) UEFA.com (in English) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions;
(I) Unable to qualify for
UEFA Competitions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ CFR Cluj were initially deducted 24 points due to financial reasons,[ 71] but the decision was adjourned byCourt of Arbitration for Sport until the conclusion of the insolvency proceedings.[ 72] CFR Cluj were not eligible to play in Europe as they did not obtain an UEFA license[ 73] because they filed for insolvency.[ 74] ^a b CFR Cluj ahead on head-to-head record; CFR Cluj–Astra Giurgiu 4–1, Astra Giurgiu–CFR Cluj 0–1 ^a b The Romanian Cup finalist Universitatea Cluj filed for insolvency, and the other one is Steaua București, so the European spot meant for cup winner will be filled up by the 3rd eligible team from the Liga I and the spot for the third-placed team will be given to the 4th eligible team from the Liga I.[ 75] ^a b c d e f g h i Teams who have not been given a UEFA license (Brașov ,Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț ,CFR Cluj ,Concordia Chiajna ,Universitatea Craiova ,Dinamo București ,Oțelul Galați ,Petrolul Ploiești ,Rapid București andUniversitatea Cluj ) were not eligible to play in European competitions.[ 73] Petrolul Ploiești,[ 76] Dinamo București,[ 77] Rapid București,[ 78] FC Brașov,[ 79] Universitatea Cluj[ 75] and CFR Cluj[ 74] were not eligible to play in Europe because they filed for insolvency and Universitatea Craiova was not eligible because it was affiliated in 2013.[ 80] ^a b CSMS Iași ahead on head-to-head record; CSMS Iași–Viitorul 0–0, Viitorul–CSMS Iași 0–3 Source:
LPF (in Romanian) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
First goal:Kehinde Fatai for Astra Giurgiu against Concordia Chiajna (11th minute, 18:41 EEST) (25 July 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a single player:6 goals Steaua'sClaudiu Keșerü became the first player in the club's history to score six goals in a match, breaking a club record that stood 20 years which was previous set by Keșerü's current managerConstantin Gâlcă . Keșerü was also the first player sinceMarian Popa in 1993 to score six goals in a league game – that feat also featured five goals from open play and the sixth goal being a penalty kick.[ 81] Updated to matches played on 30 May 2015. [ 82] [ 83] [ 84] 1 Claudiu Keșerü was transferred toAl-Gharafa during the winter transfer window.
6 Player scored 6 goals
As of 30 May 2015 2 Mário Felgueiras was transferred toKonyaspor during the winter transfer window.
* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.
As of 30 May 2015 Most yellow cards:[ 85] 12 Most red cards:3 Most yellow cards:100 Most red cards:14
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