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| Season | 2025–26 |
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| Dates | 11 July 2025 – 24 May 2026 |
| Matches | 16 |
| Goals | 49 (3.06 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Florin Tănase Alex Dobre (9 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Unirea Slobozia 6–1Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc (21 July 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Metaloglobus București 1–4Universitatea Cluj (11 July 2025) Metaloglobus București 0–3Petrolul Ploiesti (25 July 2025) Petrolul Ploiesti 0–3Dinamo Bucuresti (15 September 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Unirea Slobozia 6–1Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc (21 July 2025) Dinamo Bucuresti 4–3FCSB (2 August 2025) |
| Longest winning run | Universitatea Craiova (6) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Universitatea Craiova Rapid Bucuresti (9) |
| Longest winless run | Metaloglobus București (11) |
| Longest losing run | Metaloglobus București (6) |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 29 September 2025. | |
The2025–26 Liga I (also known as the2025–26 SuperLiga Romania for sponsorship reasons) is the 108th season ofLiga I, the top football league in Romania. It started on 11 July 2025 and is scheduled to end on 24 May 2026.
FCSB are the two-time defending champions having won their 28th top-flight title the previous season.
16 teams will compete in the league – the thirteen teams from the previous season, two teams promoted fromLiga II directly and one team promoted via play-off.
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc became the first team to be promoted after fellow promotion contendersMetaloglobus București earned a draw againstReșița on 25 April 2025. The result means Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc will compete in the top flight for the first time in their history.[1]
Argeș Pitești became the second team to be promoted on 6 May 2025 after defeating Reșița in matchweek 8 of the promotion round. This result saw Argeș Pitești return to the top flight after a two-season absence.[2]
Metaloglobus București became the third team to be promoted after defeatingPolitehnica Iași 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result means that Metaloglobus București will compete in the top division for the first time in their history.[3]
Gloria Buzău became the first team to be relegated after suffering a narrow defeat toFarul Constanța on 4 May 2025. This result ended Gloria Buzău's time in Liga I for one season.
Sepsi OSK became the second team to be relegated after suffering a defeat toUnirea Slobozia on 18 May 2025. This result ended Sepsi's time in Liga I for eight seasons.[4]
Politehnica Iași became the third team to be relegated after defeat to Metaloglobus București 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result ended Iasi's time in Liga I for two seasons.[3]
The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season.
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Notes:
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main Kit sponsor | Other kit sponsor(s) |
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| Argeș Pitești | Vlad Cazino | List
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| Botoșani | Unibet | List
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| CFR Cluj | Don | List
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| Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc | MOL | List
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| Dinamo București | Superbet | List
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| Farul Constanța | Superbet | ||||
| FCSB | Betano | List
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| Hermannstadt | Unibet | List
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| Metaloglobus București | None | List
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| Oțelul Galați | Mr Bit | List
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| Petrolul Ploiești | Mr Bit | List
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| Rapid București | Superbet | List
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| Unirea Slobozia | Mr Bit | List
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| Universitatea Cluj | Superbet | List
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| Universitatea Craiova | Superbet | List
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| UTA Arad | Favbet | List
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| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of arrival |
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| Rapid București | End of caretaker role | 24 May 2025 | 3 June 2025[5] | ||
| UTA Arad | Signed by | 24 May 2025 | 5 June 2025[6] | ||
| Unirea Slobozia | Signed byUTA Arad | 24 May 2025 | 7 June 2025[7] | ||
| Petrolul Ploiești | End of contract | 24 May 2025[8] | 9 June 2025[9] | ||
| Farul Constanța | Resigned as manager | 2 June 2025[10] | 3 June 2025[11] | ||
| Metaloglobus București | Signed byFarul Constanța | 3 June 2025 | 14 June 2025 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner | Date of vacancy | Week | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | |
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| Round | Position | |||||||
| CFR Cluj | Resigned | 21 August 2025 | 6 | Regular season | 13 | 22 August 2025 | ||
| Petrolul Ploiesti | Sacked | 16 September 2025 | 9 | Regular season | 14 | 23 September 2025 | ||
| CFR Cluj | Sacked | 25 October 2025 | 14 | Regular season | 13 | 31 October 2025 | ||
| Universitatea Cluj | Sacked | 28 October 2025 | 14 | Regular season | 20 | 29 October 2025 | ||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapid București | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | +14 | 35 | Advances toPlay-off |
| 2 | Botoșani | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 33 | |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 32 | |
| 4 | Dinamo București | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 31 | |
| 5 | Argeș Pitești | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 27 | |
| 6 | Farul Constanța | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 26 | |
| 7 | Oțelul Galați | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 24 | Advances toPlay-out |
| 8 | Universitatea Cluj | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 23 | |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 22 | |
| 10 | FCSB | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 21 | |
| 11 | CFR Cluj | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 19 | |
| 12 | Unirea Slobozia | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 18 | |
| 13 | Petrolul Ploiești | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 16 | |
| 14 | Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 16 | |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 12 | |
| 16 | Metaloglobus București | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 34 | −20 | 8 |
| Home \ Away | ARG | FCB | CFR | CSI | DIN | FAR | FCS | FCH | MET | OTE | FCP | RAP | USL | UCJ | UCV | UTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argeș Pitești | 29 NOV | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Botoșani | 3–1 | 3–1 | 24 NOV | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 8 DEC | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| CFR Cluj | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 23 NOV | 2–1 | a | 2–3 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc | 6 DEC | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |||||
| Dinamo București | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 29 NOV | 0–2 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Farul Constanța | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 30 NOV | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
| FCSB | 0–2 | 6 DEC | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | a | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||||||
| Hermannstadt | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 30 NOV | |||||||
| Metaloglobus București | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 7 DEC | 2–1 | 24 NOV | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Oțelul Galați | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 23 NOV | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5 DEC | 1–2 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Petrolul Ploiești | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1 DEC | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Rapid București | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 28 NOV | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | a | 4–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Unirea Slobozia | 0–1 | 30 NOV | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Universitatea Cluj | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 8 DEC | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1 DEC | 1–1 | ||||||
| Universitatea Craiova | 3–1 | 7 DEC | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | ||||||
| UTA Arad | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 8 DEC | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| 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 |
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| Rapid București | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Botoșani | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Universitatea Craiova | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dinamo București | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Argeș Pitești | 15 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Farul Constanța | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Oțelul Galați | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Universitatea Cluj | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| UTA Arad | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| FCSB | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| CFR Cluj | 10 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Unirea Slobozia | 14 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Petrolul Ploiești | 13 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc | 7 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Hermannstadt | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Metaloglobus București | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Leader and Qualification for thePlay-off round | |
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| Qualification to thePlay-out |
The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places inUEFA Champions League andUEFA 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification toChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification toConference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification toEuropean competition play-offs |
| 4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team ╲ Round |
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| Qualification to theUCL first qualifying round | |
| Qualification to theUECL second qualifying round | |
| Qualification to theEuropean competition play-offs |
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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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 7 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification toEuropean competition play-offs |
| 8 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 14 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated toLiga II |
| 16 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team ╲ Round |
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| Qualification to theRelegation play-offs | |
| Relegated toLiga II |
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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 theConference League.
| Semi-final | Final | ||||||||
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European play-off semi-final
| 2026 | 7th-placed of Liga I | v | 8th-placed of Liga I | |
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European play-off final
| 2026 | Winner of semi-final round | v | 3rd-placed of Liga I | |
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The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of theLiga II.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 13th/14th-placed of Liga I | PO | 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II | TBD | TBD |
| 13th/14th-placed of Liga I | PO | 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II | TBD | TBD |
Promotion/relegation play-off 1
| 2026 | 13th/14th-placed of Liga I | v | 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II | |
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| 2026 | 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II | v | 13th/14th-placed of Liga I | |
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Promotion/relegation play-off 2
| 2026 | 13th/14th-placed of Liga I | v | 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II | |
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| 2026 | 3rd/4th-placed of Liga II | v | 13th/14th-placed of Liga I | |
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at 17 October 2025
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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| 1 | Argeș Pitești | 23,281 | 6,000 | 2,500 | 3,880 | n/a† |
| 2 | Botoșani | 32,214 | 6,972 | 2,614 | 4,602 | +42.8%† |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 19,793 | 11,000 | 1,800 | 2,827 | −37.2%† |
| 4 | Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc | 14,645 | 4,000 | 1,500 | 2,092 | n/a† |
| 5 | Dinamo București | 59,304 | 23,215 | 6,800 | 11,860 | −9.6%† |
| 6 | Farul Constanța | 20,937 | 4,083 | 2,986 | 3,489 | +26.4%† |
| 7 | FCSB | 44,859 | 12,103 | 5,130 | 6,408 | −42.6%† |
| 8 | Hermannstadt | 20,060 | 6,238 | 2,875 | 4,012 | −1.0%† |
| 9 | Metaloglobus București | 7,094 | 3,200 | 76 | 1,182 | n/a† |
| 10 | Oțelul Galați | 44,523 | 10,000 | 2,025 | 6,360 | +14.3%† |
| 11 | Petrolul Ploiești | 33,271 | 10,000 | 3,823 | 6,654 | +7.7%† |
| 12 | Rapid București | 81,065 | 26,871 | 9,092 | 13,510 | +19.2%† |
| 13 | Unirea Slobozia | 4,098 | 1,500 | 300 | 683 | −38.8%† |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 46,002 | 14,066 | 1,850 | 9,200 | −2.7%† |
| 15 | Universitatea Craiova | 89,089 | 22,440 | 10,000 | 14,848 | +62.8%† |
| 16 | UTA Arad | 41,588 | 8,779 | 6,146 | 6,931 | −4.5%† |
| League total | 581,823 | 26,871 | 76 | 5,998 | −8.2%† |
| Team \ Match played | Regular season | Play-off & Play-out | Other | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
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