2024–25 Liga I

The 2024–25 Liga I, known officially as the SuperLiga Romania, is the 107th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. The season will start on 12 July 2024.^[1] The newcomers are Unirea Slobozia who are making their debut in Liga I and Gloria Buzău who returned to Liga I after a 15-year absence. The draw took place on 1 July 2024.^[2]

Liga I

Season	2024–25
Dates	12 July 2024 –
Matches played	224
Goals scored	524 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Louis Munteanu (20 goals)
Biggest home win	CFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025)
Biggest away win	UTA Arad 1–4 CFR Cluj (11 February 2025)
Highest scoring	Universitatea Craiova 5–1 Gloria Buzău (17 August 2024) CFR Cluj 6–0 Gloria Buzău (9 March 2025)
Longest winning run	CFR Cluj (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	FCSB (14 matches)
Longest winless run	Gloria Buzău (7 matches)
Longest losing run	Gloria Buzău (5 matches)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 23 February 2025.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

The league consists of 16 teams: 14 teams from 2023–24 Liga I and two teams promoted from 2023–24 Liga II.

Teams promoted from the Liga II

The first club to be promoted was Unirea Slobozia, they made their debut in Liga 1.

The second club to be promoted was Gloria Buzău, they returned to Liga I after fifteen years of absence.

Teams relegated to the Liga II

The first club to be relegated was FC U Craiova, ending their three-year stay in the top flight.

The second club to be relegated was Voluntari, ending their nine-year stay in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

FCSB	Universitatea Craiova	Universitatea Cluj	CFR Cluj
Arena Națională	Ion Oblemenco Stadium	Cluj Arena	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Capacity: 55,634	Capacity: 30,983	Capacity: 30,201	Capacity: 22,198
Petrolul Ploiești	Rapid București	Oțelul Galați	Hermannstadt
Ilie Oană Stadium	Rapid–Giulești Stadium	Oțelul Stadium	Sibiu Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 15,073	Capacity: 14,047	Capacity: 13,500	Capacity: 12,363
Gloria Buzău	Bucharest Botoșani CFR Universitatea Farul Hermannstadt Gloria Oțelul Petrolul Politehnica Sepsi Unirea Universitatea UTA Bucharest / Ilfov teams Dinamo FCSB Rapid 2024–25 Liga I (Romania) Dinamo FCSB Rapid Location of Bucharest / Ilfov County teams.		UTA Arad
Buzău Municipal Stadium			Francisc von Neuman
Capacity: 12,321			Capacity: 11,500
Politehnica Iași			Sepsi OSK
Emil Alexandrescu Stadium			Sepsi Arena
Capacity: 11,390			Capacity: 8,400
Dinamo București	Botoșani	Unirea Slobozia	Farul Constanța
Arcul de Triumf Stadium	Botosani Municipal Stadium	Clinceni Stadium[i]	Central Stadium
Capacity: 8,207	Capacity: 7,782	Capacity: 4,502	Capacity: 4,554

1. Unirea Slobozia is currently relocated to Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni because Stadionul 1 Mai in Slobozia is under renovations.

Personnel and sponsorship

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	Main Shirt sponsor	Other Shirt sponsor
Botoșani	Leontin Grozavu	Andrei Miron	Adidas	Unibet	Elsaco, Electroalfa
CFR Cluj	Dan Petrescu	Camora	Nike	Player	MyPlace Residence, Aquavita
Dinamo București	Željko Kopić	Răzvan Patriche	Macron	Superbet	Renovatio
Farul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi (owner and manager)	Ionuț Larie	Nike	Superbet	Auchan
FCSB	Elias Charalambous	Darius Olaru	Nike	Betano	Walter Tosto, MG
Hermannstadt	Marius Măldărășanu	Ionuț Stoica	Nike	Unibet	Sibiu Municipality, Escudo
Gloria Buzău	Ilie Stan	David Lazar	Joma	Getica 95	Hai Buzău!, Favbet
Oțelul Galați	László Balint	Ionuț Neagu	Adidas	Liberty	Mr Bit
Petrolul Ploiești	Mehmet Topal	Gheorghe Grozav	Macron	Mr Bit	La Cocoș
Politehnica Iași	Vasile Miriuță	Mihai Bordeianu	Nike	Maxbet	Iași Municipality
Rapid București	Marius Șumudică	Cristian Săpunaru	Kappa	Superbet	IMAMED
Sepsi OSK	Dorinel Munteanu	Florin Ștefan	Adidas	Diószegi	Gyermelyi
Unirea Slobozia	Adrian Mihalcea	Adrian Toma	Adidas	Mr Bit	Andisol, Terra Oyl Group, Taboo Events, Ialomița
Universitatea Cluj	Ioan Sabău	Alexandru Chipciu	Adidas	Superbet	AROBS
Universitatea Craiova	Mirel Rădoi	Nicușor Bancu	Puma	Betano
UTA Arad	Mircea Rednic	Alexandru Benga	Saller	Favbet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Rapid București	Bogdan Lobonț (caretaker)	End of contract	30 June 2024	Pre-season	Neil Lennon	1 July 2024
Petrolul Ploiești	László Balint	Sacked	30 June 2024		Mehmet Topal	1 July 2024
Botoșani	Bogdan Andone		25 July 2024	16th	Liviu Ciobotariu	25 July 2024[3]
Rapid București	Neil Lennon		20 August 2024	12th	Marius Șumudică	20 August 2024[4]
Gloria Buzău	Andrei Prepeliță	Mutual Agreement	4 September 2024[5]	16th	Eugen Neagoe	5 September 2024
Politehnica Iași	Anthony da Silva	Resigned	4 September 2024[6]	14th	Emil Săndoi	11 September 2024
Sepsi OSK	Bernd Storck	Sacked	5 September 2024	12th	Valentin Suciu (caretaker)	10 September 2024
Petrolul Ploiești	Mehmet Topal	Resigned	24 December 2024	6th	Adrian Mutu	31 December 2024
Oțelul Galați	Dorinel Munteanu		30 December 2024	11th	Ovidiu Burcă	1 January 2025
Botoșani	Liviu Ciobotariu	Sacked	6 January 2025	15th	Leontin Grozavu	6 January 2025
Politehnica Iași	Emil Săndoi		27 January 2025	14th	Vasile Miriuță	28 January 2025
Universitatea Craiova	Constantin Gâlcă		28 January 2025	5th	Mirel Rădoi	28 January 2025
Gloria Buzău	Eugen Neagoe	Mutual Agreement	10 March 2025	16th	Ilie Stan	12 March 2025
Petrolul Ploiești	Adrian Mutu		17 March 2025	9th	Mehmet Topal	18 March 2025
Sepsi OSK	Valentin Suciu (caretaker)	Demoted	18 March 2025	8th	Dorinel Munteanu	18 March 2025
Oțelul Galați	Ovidiu Burcă	Sacked	19 March 2025	14th	László Balint	19 March 2025

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Advances
1	FCSB	30	15	11	4	43	24	+19	56	Qualification for play-off round
2	CFR Cluj	30	14	12	4	56	32	+24	54
3	Universitatea Craiova	30	14	10	6	45	28	+17	52[a]
4	Universitatea Cluj	30	14	10	6	43	27	+16	52[a]
5	Dinamo București	30	13	12	5	41	26	+15	51
6	Rapid București	30	11	13	6	35	26	+9	46
7	Sepsi OSK	30	11	8	11	38	35	+3	41[b]	Qualification for play-out round
8	Hermannstadt	30	11	8	11	34	40	−6	41[b]
9	Petrolul Ploiești	30	9	13	8	29	29	0	40
10	Farul Constanța	30	8	11	11	29	38	−9	35
11	UTA Arad	30	8	10	12	28	35	−7	34
12	Oțelul Galați	30	7	11	12	24	32	−8	32
13	Politehnica Iași	30	8	7	15	29	46	−17	31[c]
14	Botoșani	30	7	10	13	26	37	−11	31[c]
15	Unirea Slobozia	30	7	5	18	28	47	−19	26
16	Gloria Buzău	30	5	5	20	25	51	−26	20

Source: LPF (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; 7) Play-off.^[7]
Notes:

1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Craiova (4); Universitatea Cluj (1).
2. Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Sepsi (+3); Hermannstadt (-3).
3. Ranked on head-to-head points: Politehnica Iași (4); Botoșani (1).

Results

Home \ Away	BOT	CFR	DIN	FAR	FCS	GLO	HER	IAS	OTE	PET	RAP	SPS	UCJ	UCV	UNS	UTA
Botoșani		1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0
CFR Cluj	3–0		3–2	3–1	2–2	6–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–3	0–2	3–0	1–3
Dinamo București	2–2	1–1		0–2	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Farul Constanța	0–1	0–3	1–1		1–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1
FCSB	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2		3–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0
Gloria Buzău	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2		3–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	3–0	1–1
Hermannstadt	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–1		6–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Politehnica Iași	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–2		2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1
Oțelul Galați	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	2–1	1–0	2–3		0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1
Petrolul Ploiești	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	3–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1
Rapid București	1–0	2–2	1–1	5–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1		2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–0
Sepsi OSK	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
Universitatea Cluj	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–0		1–1	3–2	0–1
Universitatea Craiova	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0		3–0	4–2
Unirea Slobozia	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–2	0–1		0–1
UTA Arad	2–0	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–4

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	27	28	29	30
FCSB	7	10	13	15	9	13	15	10	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	1
CFR Cluj	2	4	8	10	6	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	2	1	4	5	5	5	3	4	3	1	4	3	3	2
Universitatea Craiova	10	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	2	4	2	3
Universitatea Cluj	6	2	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	4	4
Dinamo București	13	7	6	5	4	4	3	6	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	5	5	5	5	5
Rapid București	5	9	12	12	13	12	7	9	12	10	10	10	10	12	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Sepsi OSK	4	1	3	4	5	6	10	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	8	8	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Hermannstadt	11	14	15	16	10	14	9	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	13	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Petrolul Ploiești	12	15	9	8	8	5	6	5	6	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	6	7	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9
Farul Constanța	16	12	16	9	14	8	8	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	11	10
UTA Arad	8	13	14	7	7	11	12	13	14	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	10	13	12	10	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	10	11
Oțelul Galați	1	6	2	1	2	3	4	3	2	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12
Botoșani	14	16	10	13	16	10	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Politehnica Iași	15	8	11	14	15	9	13	14	10	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14
Unirea Slobozia	3	5	5	6	12	15	11	8	9	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15
Gloria Buzău	9	11	7	11	11	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
	Qualification for the Play-off round
	Qualification for the Play-out round

Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and 2025–26 UEFA 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.^[8]

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UCV	FCS	CFR	DIN	UCJ	RAP
1	Universitatea Craiova	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	32	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round			13 Apr			3–0
2	FCSB	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	32	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round						5 Apr	3–3
3	CFR Cluj	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	30	Qualification to European competition play-offs		7 Apr			3–1		14 Apr
4	Dinamo București	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	26				1–2
5	Universitatea Cluj	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	26					31 Mar	12 Apr
6	Rapid București	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	24			1–2			6 Apr

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2025. Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[9] Source:^[10]

Play-out round

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.

Play-out table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		HER	BOT	PET	SPS	IAS	UTA	FAR	OTE	UNS	GLO
1	Hermannstadt	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	25	Ineligible for European competition play-offs[a]				11 Apr						1–1	6 Apr
2	Botoșani	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	22									4–3	14 Apr
3	Petrolul Ploiești	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	21				0–2		4 Apr
4	Sepsi OSK	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	21	Qualification to European competition play-offs		0–2						12 Apr			1–2
5	Politehnica Iași	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	20								4–0
6	UTA Arad	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	20	Ineligible for European competition play-offs[a]			5 Apr			0–4			2–0
7	Farul Constanța	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	19	Qualification to relegation play-offs						0–0				7 Apr
8	Oțelul Galați	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	16							4 Apr
9	Unirea Slobozia	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	15	Relegation to 2025–26 Liga II				0–0			13 Apr
10	Gloria Buzău	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	13							11 Apr			31 Mar

Updated to match(es) played on 30 March 2025. Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[11] Source:^[10]
Notes:

1. Club is ineligible to advance to the European competition play-offs because it did not receive a UEFA license.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 29 March 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Louis Munteanu	CFR Cluj	20
2	Alexandru Mitriță	Universitatea Craiova	14
3	Daniel Bîrligea	FCSB/CFR Cluj	13
4	Astrit Selmani	Dinamo București	12
5	Vladislav Blănuță	Universitatea Cluj	10
	Dan Nistor	Universitatea Cluj
	Ștefan Baiaram	Universitatea Craiova
8	Darius Olaru	FCSB	8
	Alexandru Tudorie	Petrolul Ploiești
	Ianis Stoica	Hermannstadt
	Mamadou Thiam	Universitatea Cluj

Clean sheets

As of 30 March 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ștefan Târnovanu	FCSB	12
2	Laurențiu Popescu	Universitatea Craiova	10
	Giannis Anestis	Botoșani
	Jesús Fernández	Politehnica Iași
5	Iustin Popescu	Oțelul Galați	9
	Edvinas Gertmonas	Universitatea Cluj
7	Lukáš Zima	Petrolul Ploiești	8
	Alexandru Roșca	Dinamo București
	Alexandru Buzbuchi	Farul Constanța
	Cătălin Căbuz	Hermannstadt