2019–20 Liga I

The 2019–20 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs, which began in July 2019 and was scheduled to end in June 2020. Suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, the season resumed on 13 June and effectively ended on 5 August.^[1] It was the fifth season to take place since the play-off/play-out rule had been introduced.

Liga I

Season	2019–20
Dates	12 July 2019 – 5 August 2020
Champions	CFR Cluj 6th title
Champions League	CFR Cluj
UEFA Europa League	Universitatea Craiova Botoșani FCSB
Matches played	261
Goals scored	520 (1.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gabriel Iancu (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Giedrius Arlauskis (16 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Viitorul Constanța 5–0 Dinamo București (15 July 2019) CFR Cluj 5–0 Voluntari (13 September 2019)
Biggest away win	Hermannstadt 0–4 FCSB (26 October 2019) Voluntari 0–4 CFR Cluj (21 December 2019)
Highest scoring	FCSB 4–3 Hermannstadt (14 July 2019) Chindia Târgoviște 2–5 Academica Clinceni (1 December 2019) Politehnica Iași 2–5 Universitatea Craiova (15 February 2020)
Longest winning run	8 matches Astra Giurgiu
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Astra Giurgiu FCSB
Longest winless run	16 matches Voluntari
Longest losing run	9 matches Politehnica Iași
Highest attendance	30,235 FCSB 1–1 Dinamo București (5 October 2019)
Lowest attendance	01
Total attendance	684,565
Average attendance	3,493
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 16 June 2020 1Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football.

CFR Cluj were two-time defending champions, and they successfully defended their title once more. Universitatea Craiova competed for the trophy until the final fixture of the championship play-offs, and ultimately finished as runner-ups, while FCSB were unable to claim a top three spot in the table for the first time since the 2010–11 season. Because of the aforementioned situation created by the pandemic, it was decided that no club would be relegated directly. Instead, the 14th-placed team would take part in the promotion/relegation play-offs, which resulted in no club being relegated at all.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The derby between FCSB and Universitatea Craiova on 8 March 2020 was played without spectators because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] Four days later, all football leagues and competitions were suspended by the Romanian Football Federation until 31 March in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.^[3] In May, it was announced that the Liga I would restart on the second weekend of June.^[4]

The first match meant to be played at the resumption was Universitatea Craiova versus FC Botoșani, on 12 June at 20:00 EEST (UTC+3),^[5] but was postponed after the latter club's doctor tested positive for the virus.^[6] This was the second game announced to be postponed on the same day after Dinamo București versus Chindia Târgoviște, which was scheduled for 13 June.^[7] Nevertheless, the season resumed with three other matches on 13 June.^[8]

After the restart, many matches were postponed due to COVID-19 cases that appeared inside the teams. At the end the season, two matches were cancelled in the play-off after Coronavirus cases from Astra Giurgiu and five matches were canceled in the play-out, after the emergence of the same issue at Dinamo București. The final league tables were approved without these matches and it was announced that only the last place, Chindia Târgoviște, would play a promotion/relegation play-off, with the rest of the teams being spared from relegation and the format being changed from 14 teams to 16 teams starting with the next season.^[9]

Teams

The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2018–19 Liga I and two new teams from the 2018–19 Liga II.

Teams promoted to the Liga I

The first club to be promoted was Academica Clinceni, following their 2–1 win against Argeș Pitești on 24 May 2019. Academica will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.^[10]

The second club to be promoted was Chindia Târgoviște, following their 4–1 win against Luceafărul Oradea on 25 May 2019. AFC Chindia will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history, but the city of Târgoviște, returned in the Liga I after 21 years of absence, where it was last represented by FCM Târgoviște, named between 1996 and 2003 as CF Chindia, club that was also the first club of the city and which was replaced by the new club (AFC Chindia) after some internal conflicts.^[11]

Teams relegated to the Liga II

The first club to be relegated was Concordia Chiajna, which were relegated on 22 May 2019 following a 0–2 defeat against Dunărea Călărași, ending their 8-year stay in the top flight.^[12][13]

The second club to be relegated was Dunărea Călărași, which were relegated on 2 June 2019 following a 1–2 defeat against FC Hermannstadt, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.^[14][15]

Venues

FCSB	Universitatea Craiova	CFR Cluj	Chindia Târgoviște
Arena Națională	Ion Oblemenco	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu	Ilie Oană[i]
Capacity: 55,634	Capacity: 30,929	Capacity: 23,500	Capacity: 15,073
Dinamo București	Bucharest Clinceni Astra Botoșani CFR Cluj Chindia Craiova Gaz Metan Hermannstadt Poli Iași Sepsi OSK Viitorul Voluntari Bucharest teams Dinamo FCSB 2019–20 Liga I (Romania) Dinamo FCSB Location of Bucharest teams.		Politehnica Iași
Stadionul Dinamo			Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,032			Capacity: 11,390
Astra Giurgiu			Gaz Metan Mediaș
Marin Anastasovici			Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,500			Capacity: 7,814
FC Botoșani			Sepsi OSK
Municipal			Municipal
Capacity: 7,782			Capacity: 5,200
Hermannstadt	Voluntari	Viitorul Constanța	Academica Clinceni
Municipal[ii]	Anghel Iordănescu	Viitorul	Clinceni
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 4,600	Capacity: 4,554	Capacity: 4,500

1. Chindia Târgoviște was relocated to Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești, because Eugen Popescu Stadium in Târgoviște is under renovations.
2. FC Hermannstadt was relocated for several rounds to Trans-Sil Stadium in Târgu Mureș, because Municipal Stadium in Sibiu is under renovations.

Personnel and kits

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
Academica Clinceni	Ilie Poenaru	Răzvan Patriche	Joma	Nicmar Prima, Fermele Crevedia
Astra Giurgiu	Bogdan Andone	Denis Alibec	Joma	Tinmar, Pambac
Botoșani	Marius Croitoru	Andrei Patache	Erreà	Elsaco
CFR Cluj	Dan Petrescu	Mário Camora	Joma	NTT Data
Chindia Târgoviște	Emil Săndoi	Cristian Cherchez	Joma	Primăria Târgoviște, CJ Dâmbovița
Dinamo București	Gheorghe Mulțescu	Ante Puljić	Macron	Unibet
FCSB	Anton Petrea	Florin Tănase	Nike	City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	Marius Constantin	Joma	Romgaz
Hermannstadt	Rubén Albés	Răzvan Dâlbea	Joma	Natur House
Politehnica Iași	Mircea Rednic	Cosmin Frăsinescu	Joma	Superbet
Sepsi OSK	Leontin Grozavu	István Fülöp	Adidas	Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova	Cristiano Bergodi	Nicușor Bancu	Joma	Betano
Viitorul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi	Gabriel Iancu	Nike	Pepsi
Voluntari	Mihai Teja	Ionuț Balaur	Macron	Winner

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FCSB	Mihai Teja	Sacked	21 May 2019[16]	Pre-season	Bogdan Andone	5 June 2019[17]
Sepsi	Marin Barbu (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	31 May 2019	Pre-season	Csaba László	1 June 2019[18]
Botoșani	Liviu Ciobotariu	Signed by Lebanon	31 May 2019[19]	Pre-season	Marius Croitoru	10 July 2019
Politehnica	Flavius Stoican	Signed by Petrolul Ploiești	31 May 2019[20]	Pre-season	Mihai Teja	10 June 2019[21]
Dinamo	Mircea Rednic	Mutual agreement	3 June 2019[22]	Pre-season	Eugen Neagoe	3 June 2019[23]
Astra	Costel Enache	Sacked	12 June 2019[24]	Pre-season	Dan Alexa	13 June 2019[25]
Hermannstadt	Vasile Miriuță	Signed by Kisvárda	13 June 2019[26]	Pre-season	Costel Enache	17 June 2019[27]
FCSB	Bogdan Andone	Released	2 August 2019[28]	8	Vergil Andronache (caretaker)	2 August 2019[28]
Academica	Ilie Poenaru	No UEFA Pro Licence	8 August 2019	14	Marin Dună	8 August 2019[29]
Dinamo	Eugen Neagoe	Mutual agreement	13 August 2019	13	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	13 August 2019[30]
FCSB	Vergil Andronache (caretaker)	Mutual agreement	23 August 2019[31]	11	Bogdan Vintilă	23 August 2019[31]
Universitatea	Corneliu Papură	Mutual agreement	2 September 2019[32]	3	Victor Pițurcă	2 September 2019[32]
Hermannstadt	Costel Enache	Mutual agreement	28 September 2019[33]	12	Eugen Neagoe	2 October 2019[34]
Astra	Dan Alexa	Sacked	9 October 2019	7	Bogdan Andone	9 October 2019[35]
Sepsi	Csaba László	Mutual agreement	12 November 2019	11	Leontin Grozavu	12 November 2019[36]
Politehnica	Mihai Teja	Mutual agreement	23 December 2019[37]	11	Mircea Rednic	31 December 2019
Hermannstadt	Eugen Neagoe	Mutual agreement	27 December 2019[38]	10	Vasile Miriuță	27 December 2019[38]
Voluntari	Cristiano Bergodi	Sacked	1 January 2020[39]	14	Mihai Teja	8 January 2020[40]
Universitatea	Victor Pițurcă	Mutual agreement	14 January 2020[41]	4	Corneliu Papură	14 January 2020
Dinamo	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	Mutual agreement	11 March 2020	10	Adrian Mihalcea	11 March 2020[42]
Gaz Metan	Edward Iordănescu	Mutual agreement	4 May 2020[43]	6	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	15 June 2020[44]
Universitatea	Corneliu Papură	Mutual agreement	8 May 2020	3	Cristiano Bergodi	9 May 2020
Hermannstadt	Vasile Miriuță	Sacked	14 June 2020[45]	9	Rubén Albés	19 June 2020[46]
Chindia	Viorel Moldovan	End of contract	30 June 2020	13	Emil Săndoi	1 July 2020[47]
Dinamo	Adrian Mihalcea	Mutual agreement	13 July 2020	13	Gheorghe Mulțescu	13 July 2020[48]
FCSB	Bogdan Vintilă	Sacked	19 July 2020	5	Anton Petrea	19 July 2020
Viitorul	Gheorghe Hagi	Mutual agreement	3 August 2020[49]	7	Cătălin Anghel	3 August 2020

Regular season

In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.^[50]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj	26	15	7	4	51	16	+35	52	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Universitatea Craiova	26	14	4	8	41	28	+13	46
3	Botoșani	26	12	9	5	36	30	+6	45
4	FCSB	26	13	5	8	37	29	+8	44
5	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26	12	7	7	34	30	+4	43
6	Astra Giurgiu[a]	26	13	6	7	38	29	+9	42
7	Viitorul Constanța	26	11	7	8	44	29	+15	40	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Dinamo București	26	10	4	12	37	41	−4	34
9	Sepsi OSK	26	7	12	7	30	26	+4	33
10	Hermannstadt	26	5	10	11	26	44	−18	25
11	Chindia Târgoviște	26	6	7	13	29	47	−18	25
12	Politehnica Iași	26	5	7	14	26	40	−14	22
13	Academica Clinceni	26	4	10	12	30	47	−17	22
14	Voluntari	26	5	5	16	22	45	−23	20

Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
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; 7) Play-off.^[50]
Notes:

1. Astra Giurgiu were deducted 3 points due to financial reasons.^[51]

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	AST	BOT	CFR	CHI	DIN	FCS	GAZ	HER	IAS	SPS	UCV	VII	VOL
Academica Clinceni		1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	2–2	0–3	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2
Astra Giurgiu	3–1		2–2	3–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0
Botoșani	2–2	1–2		2–1	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1
CFR Cluj	3–0	2–0	4–1		4–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	5–0
Chindia Târgoviște	2–5	1–0	0–1	1–4		3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
Dinamo București	4–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1		2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–2	2–1
FCSB	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	4–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–3
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	4–0		1–1	3–2	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–0
Hermannstadt	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	0–4	0–2		1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0
Politehnica Iași	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0		1–1	2–5	1–2	2–2
Sepsi OSK	4–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0		1–0	2–2	0–0
Universitatea Craiova	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–1		3–1	2–1
Viitorul Constanța	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–0	5–0	0–2	4–1	3–2	2–1	4–1	1–2		4–0
Voluntari	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–4	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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
Academica Clinceni	13	13	13	14	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	13	13	13	13
Astra Giurgiu	6	9	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	6	5	4	3	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	5	6
Botoșani	4	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	8	6	6	5	9	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	5	4	3
CFR Cluj	9	4	4	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Chindia Târgoviște	5	10	10	13	14	12	11	13	13	12	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11
Dinamo București	14	14	14	11	13	14	9	9	9	10	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	9	8	9	8	8
FCSB	2	6	8	9	10	11	14	11	11	9	9	10	8	7	5	5	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4
Gaz Metan Mediaș	7	5	6	7	5	4	3	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	6	5
Hermannstadt	12	12	12	10	12	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	10	10	10	10	10
Politehnica Iași	8	7	5	5	3	2	4	5	4	5	5	5	7	6	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12
Sepsi OSK	10	8	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	9
Univ. Craiova	3	2	2	3	6	6	5	3	5	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	5	3	4	3	3	2	2
Viitorul Constanța	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	5	6	5	6	7	7
Voluntari	11	11	11	12	9	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: FRF

Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2020–21 UEFA Champions League and 2020–21 UEFA Europa 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.^[52]

Championship play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	7	2	1	17	7	+10	49	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Universitatea Craiova	9	7	0	2	17	14	+3	44	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Astra Giurgiu[a]	8	3	3	2	12	8	+4	33
4	Botoșani	10	2	3	5	10	12	−2	32	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	FCSB[b]	9	2	3	4	13	14	−1	31
6	Gaz Metan Mediaș	10	0	3	7	5	19	−14	25

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[53]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Astra Giurgiu failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
2. FCSB qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Cupa României.

Championship play-off results

Home \ Away	AST	BOT	CFR	FCS	GAZ	UCV
Astra Giurgiu		1–0	2–2	3–2	0–0
Botoșani	0–0		0–2	2–2	4–1	0–2
CFR Cluj	2–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	2–3
FCSB		1–1	0–2		2–2	4–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–1		1–2
Universitatea Craiova	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Astra Giurgiu	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Botosani	3	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	4
CFR Cluj	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
FCSB	4	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	5
Gaz Metan Medias	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Universitatea Craiova	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2

Source: FRF

Relegation play-outs

The bottom eight teams from regular season met twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams started the Relegation 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 finished 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.^[52]

Relegation play-outs table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Viitorul Constanța	14	6	5	3	25	17	+8	43
8	Hermannstadt	12	6	4	2	18	14	+4	35
9	Sepsi OSK	13	4	5	4	19	17	+2	34
10	Academica Clinceni	14	7	0	7	14	21	−7	32
11	Voluntari	14	6	3	5	16	12	+4	31
12	Politehnica Iași	14	5	4	5	17	17	0	30
13	Dinamo București	9	2	2	5	8	11	−3	25
14	Chindia Târgoviște (O)	12	3	1	8	9	17	−8	23	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[54]
(O) Play-off winners

Relegation play-outs results

Home \ Away	ACA	CHI	DIN	HER	IAS	SPS	VII	VOL
Academica Clinceni		1–0	1–3	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–3	2–1
Chindia Târgoviște	3–1			0–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0
Dinamo București	0–1				1–1	1–3	1–1	0–1
Hermannstadt	0–1	1–0			2–2	2–2	2–0	2–1
Politehnica Iași	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–3		3–1	1–1	2–1
Sepsi OSK	1–0	2–0		1–1	1–1		3–3	1–2
Viitorul Constanța	5–0	4–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–3		0–0
Voluntari	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0

Source: Liga 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Academica Clinceni	11	12	14	12	10	10	9	9	11	8	8	8	9	10
Chindia Târgoviște	12	13	13	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Dinamo București	9	10	10	13	8	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Hermannstadt	10	9	9	10	11	12	11	10	10	11	10	10	8	8
Politehnica Iași	13	11	12	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Sepsi OSK	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	9	10	11	11	11	9
Viitorul Constanța	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Voluntari	14	14	11	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	11

Source: FRF

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 14th-placed team of the Liga I faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chindia Târgoviște	3–1	Mioveni	2–0	1–1

Chindia Târgoviște v Mioveni

9 August 2020	Chindia Târgoviște	2–0	Mioveni	Ploiești, Romania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bic 14' Ivančić 41'			Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Mioveni v Chindia Târgoviște

12 August 2020	Mioveni	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Chindia Târgoviște	Mioveni, Romania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hergheligiu 7'		Ivančić 45+1'	Stadium: Orășenesc Attendance: 0 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 16 June 2020.^[55][56][57]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gabriel Iancu	Viitorul Constanța	18
2	Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj	14
	Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu
	Alexandru Cicâldău	Universitatea Craiova
5	Florinel Coman	FCSB	12
	Gabriel Debeljuh	Hermannstadt
7	Rivaldinho	Viitorul Constanța	11
8	Sergiu Buș	Gaz Metan Mediaș	10
	Deian Sorescu	Dinamo București
	Valentin Gheorghe	Astra Giurgiu

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Daniel Popa	Dinamo București	Academica Clinceni	4–2	2 August 2019
George Merloi	Academica Clinceni	Chindia Târgoviște	5–2	1 December 2019

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 9 March 2020.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	15
2	Cristian Bălgrădean	FCSB	10
	Răzvan Pleșca	Gaz Metan Mediaș
4	David Lazar	Astra Giurgiu	6
	Riccardo Piscitelli	Dinamo București
	Denis Rusu	Politehnica Iași
	Roland Niczuly	Sepsi OSK
	Cătălin Căbuz	Viitorul Constanța
9	Cristiano	Hermannstadt	5
10	Eduard Pap	Botoșani	4
	Mihai Aioani	Chindia Târgoviște
	Mirko Pigliacelli	Universitatea Craiova

Discipline

As of 9 March 2020

Player

• Most yellow cards:^[58] 9
  • Bradley Diallo (Chindia Târgoviște)
  • Bogdan Țîru (Viitorul Constanța)¹
  • Valentin Mihăilă (Universitatea Craiova)
  • Nicandro Breeveld (Politehnica Iași)

¹ Bogdan Țîru was transferred to Jagiellonia Białystok during the winter transfer window.

• Most red cards:^[59] 3
  • Răzvan Tincu (Sepsi OSK)

Club

• Most yellow cards:^[60] 81
  • Politehnica Iași
• Most red cards:^[60] 6
  • FCSB
  • Voluntari

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Universitatea Craiova	182,813	30,000	4,200	13,058	−12.0%†
2	FCSB	91,032	30,235	0	6,502	−7.0%3
3	Dinamo București	64,538	27,500	600	4,610	+73.8%†
4	CFR Cluj	57,000	10,000	1,500	4,071	−19.4%†
5	Viitorul Constanța	41,652	4,500	900	2,975	+5.0%†
6	Sepsi OSK	38,900	4,500	1,000	2,779	−4.7%†
7	Politehnica Iași	38,250	7,000	200	2,732	+14.8%6
8	Botoșani	37,580	5,000	500	2,684	+10.7%†
9	Chindia Târgoviște	36,370	10,000	0	2,598	+0.5%1, 2
10	Gaz Metan Mediaș	32,200	8,000	0	2,300	+13.0%†
11	Hermannstadt	22,600	4,000	50	1,614	+19.2%4
12	Academica Clinceni	15,468	3,500	100	1,105	+220.3%1,5
13	Voluntari	13,875	2,011	0	991	−20.1%†
14	Astra Giurgiu	12,287	2,500	150	878	−27.0%†
	League total	684,565	30,235	0	3,493	+1.3%†

Updated to games played on 9 March 2020
Source: League matches: Liga I 2019/2020
Notes:
1: Played last season in Liga II.
2: Chindia Târgoviște played 14 matches out of their stadium.
3: FCSB played 5 matches out of their stadium.
4: Hermannstadt played 8 matches out of their stadium.
5: Clinceni played 6 matches out of their stadium.
6: Politehnica Iași played 4 matches out of their stadium.

Champion squad

CFR Cluj[61][62]

Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (28 / 0); Jesús Fernández (2 / 0); Otto Hindrich (1 / 0); Adrian Rus (1 / 0); Grzegorz Sandomierski (1 / 0); Cosmin Vâtcă (4 / 0). Defenders: Kévin Boli (15 / 2); Andrei Burcă (21 / 2); Mihai Butean (4 / 0); Mário Camora (29 / 2); Mike Cestor (11 / 1); Denis Ciobotariu (1 / 0); Cristian Manea (5 / 0); Andrei Mureșan (7 / 0); Paulo Vinícius (25 / 5); Alex Pașcanu (4 / 0); Andrei Peteleu (13 / 0); Mateo Sušić (16 / 2). Midfielders: Luís Aurélio (11 / 1); Mihai Bordeianu (21 / 2); Alexandru Chipciu (9 / 0); Valentin Costache (34 / 4); Emmanuel Culio (9 / 3); Ciprian Deac (25 / 14); Damjan Đoković (18 / 1); Alin Fică (2 / 0); Ovidiu Hoban (26 / 1); Cătălin Itu (33 / 4); Dodi Joca (5 / 0); Sebastian Mailat (1 / 0); Michaël Pereira (16 / 2); Yacouba Sylla (4 / 0); Adrian Păun (24 / 7); Claudiu Petrila (15 / 0). Forwards: Cătălin Golofca (7 / 0); Billel Omrani (28 / 6); Lacina Traoré (11 / 2); Mario Rondón (24 / 2); George Țucudean (6 / 1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Dan Petrescu.

Awards

Liga I Team of the Season

Arlauskis

Vinícius

Burcă

Constantin

Nistor

Cicâldău

Deac

Rodríguez

Iancu

Coman

Alibec

Liga I Team of the 2019–20 Season^[63] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal

Player	Team	Position
Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	Goalkeeper
Andrei Burcă	CFR Cluj	Defender
Paulo Vinícius	CFR Cluj	Defender
Marius Constantin	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Defender
Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj	Midfielder
Dan Nistor	Dinamo București / Universitatea Craiova	Midfielder
Alexandru Cicâldău	Universitatea Craiova	Midfielder
Jonathan Rodríguez	Botoșani	Midfielder
Gabriel Iancu	Viitorul	Forward
Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	Forward
Florinel Coman	FCSB	Forward

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External links

• Official website (in Romanian)