2008–09 Liga I

Liga I
Season2008–09
ChampionsUnirea Urziceni
RelegatedArgeș Pitești
Farul Constanța
Otopeni
Gloria Buzău
Champions LeagueUnirea Urziceni
Timișoara
Europa LeagueDinamo București
CFR Cluj
Vaslui
Steaua București
Matches played306
Goals scored707 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerGheorghe Bucur, Florin Costea (17)
Biggest home winOtopeni 6–0 Farul
Biggest away winPandurii 1–5 Unirea
Buzău 1–5 Unirea
Otopeni 0–4 CFR
Highest scoringArgeș 5–2 Dinamo
Vaslui 4–3 Timișoara
Gaz Metan 2–5 Universitatea
Longest winning runTimișoara (7)
Longest unbeaten runUrziceni (13)
Longest winless runBuzău (19)
Longest losing runOtopeni, Buzău (7)
Highest attendanceTimișoaraSteaua (30,000)[1]
Lowest attendanceOtopeniBistrița (100)[2]

The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.

Teams

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Teams promoted from Liga II at the beginning of the season.

Relegated

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Teams relegated to Liga II at the end of season.

Venues

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FC Timișoara Steaua București FC U Craiova CFR Cluj
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Ion Oblemenco Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 23,500
Gloria Buzău Farul Constanța Dinamo București Argeș Pitești
Municipal Farul Dinamo Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 15,000
Oțelul Galați
Location of Bucharest teams.
Rapid București
Oțelul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 11,704[i]
Politehnica Iași FC Vaslui
Emil Alexandrescu Municipal
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 9,240
Pandurii Târgu Jiu FC Brașov
Tudor Vladimirescu Silviu Ploeșteanu
Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 8,800
Gloria Bistrița CS Otopeni[ii] Unirea Urziceni Gaz Metan Mediaș
Gloria Astra Tineretului Gaz Metan
Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 5,300
  1. ^ Capacity of Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Stadium has been reduced from 19,100 to 11,704 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the South End.
  2. ^ CS Otopeni was relocated to Astra Stadium from Ploiești because Otopeni Stadium from Otopeni does not meet the standards for Liga I.

Personnel and kits

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Argeș Pitești Romania Ionuț Badea Romania Daniel Bălașa Adidas Pic
Brașov Romania Răzvan Lucescu Romania Robert Ilyeș Diadora Roman
CFR Cluj Portugal António Conceição Portugal Cadú Nike DOMO Group, Sigma Towers
Dinamo București Romania Mircea Rednic Romania Marius Niculae Nike Orange
Farul Constanța Romania Lucian Marinof Romania George Curcă Umbro SNC
FC U Craiova Romania Ionel Gane Romania Dorel Stoica Adidas editie.ro
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Cristian Pustai Romania Claudiu Boaru Joma RomGaz
Gloria Bistrița Romania Ioan Sabău Romania Adrian Nalați Puma Teraplast, Aldis, Darimex
Gloria Buzău Romania Constantin Cârstea Senegal Mansour Gueye Hummel
Otopeni Romania Liviu Ciobotariu Romania Florin Pârvu Kappa Urban
Oțelul Galați Romania Petre Grigoraș Romania Gabriel Paraschiv Hummel ArcelorMittal
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Sorin Cârțu Romania Florin Stângă Umbro USMO
Politehnica Iași Italy Cristiano Bergodi Romania Bogdan Onuț Nike Iulius Mall
Rapid București Romania Viorel Hizo Romania Vasile Maftei Lotto Arsis
Steaua București Italy Massimo Pedrazzini Romania Sorin Ghionea Nike CitiFinancial
Timișoara Romania Valentin Velcea Armenia Artavazd Karamyan Lotto Balkan Petroleum
Unirea Urziceni Romania Dan Petrescu Romania George Galamaz Givova Alexandrion
Vaslui Romania Cristian Dulca Romania Gabriel Cânu Umbro Kia Motors

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Dinamo București Romania Cornel Țălnar[3] Contract not renewed 17 April 2008 Romania Mircea Rednic[3] 17 April 2008
Rapid București Romania Marian Rada Contract not renewed 3 June 2008 Portugal José Peseiro[4] 3 June 2008
Vaslui Romania Emil Săndoi[5] Contract not renewed 10 June 2008 Romania Viorel Hizo[5] 10 June 2008
Otopeni Romania Liviu Ciobotariu[6] Contract not renewed 18 June 2008 Serbia Miodrag Ješić[7] 21 June 2008
Gloria Buzău Romania Ștefan Stoica[8] Sacked 11 August 2008 Portugal Álvaro Magalhães[9] 12 August 2008
Otopeni Serbia Miodrag Ješić[10] Caretaker 18 August 2008 Romania Gabriel Mărgărit[11] 18 August 2008
CFR Cluj Romania Ioan Andone[12] Sacked 30 August 2008 Italy Maurizio Trombetta[13] 1 September 2008
Otopeni Romania Gabriel Mărgărit[14] Sacked 8 September 2008 Romania Marian Bucurescu[14] 8 September 2008
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Eugen Neagoe[15] Sacked 21 September 2008 Romania Sorin Cârțu[16] 21 September 2008
Rapid București Portugal José Peseiro[17] Sacked 2 October 2008 Romania Nicolae Manea[18] 3 October 2008
Gloria Buzău Portugal Álvaro Magalhães[19] Sacked 3 October 2008 Romania Mario Marinică[20] 9 October 2008
Rapid București Romania Nicolae Manea[21] Caretaker 9 October 2008 Portugal José Peseiro[21] 9 October 2008
Steaua București Romania Marius Lăcătuș[22] Resigned 22 October 2008 Romania Dorinel Munteanu[23] 26 October 2008
Vaslui Romania Viorel Hizo[24] Sacked 1 November 2008 Romania Viorel Moldovan[25] 1 November 2008
Otopeni Romania Marian Bucurescu[26] Resigned 24 November 2008 Romania Liviu Ciobotariu[26] 24 November 2008
Timișoara Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[27] Sacked 2 December 2008 Romania Gavril Balint[28] 29 December 2008
Gloria Buzău Romania Mario Marinică[29] Sacked 17 December 2008 Romania Constantin Cârstea[30] 28 January 2009
Steaua București Romania Dorinel Munteanu[31] Sacked 31 December 2008 Romania Marius Lăcătuș[31] 1 January 2009
CFR Cluj Italy Maurizio Trombetta[32] Sacked 6 January 2009 Czech Republic Ales Jindra and
Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[33]
8 January 2009
Politehnica Iași Romania Ionuț Popa[34] Resigned 11 January 2009 Italy Cristiano Bergodi[35] 18 January 2009
Rapid București Portugal José Peseiro[citation needed] Sacked 12 January 2009 Romania Marian Rada[36] 14 January 2009
CFR Cluj Czech Republic Ales Jindra and
Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[37]
Sacked 5 April 2009 Portugal Toni[38] 6 April 2009
Farul Constanța Romania Ion Marin[39] Resigned 13 April 2009 Romania Lucian Marinof[40] 13 April 2009
Rapid București Romania Marian Rada[41] Resigned 17 April 2009 Romania Viorel Hizo[42] 3 May 2009
Universitatea Craiova Italy Nicolo Napoli[43] Sacked 15 May 2009 Romania Ionel Gane[44] 15 May 2009
Steaua București Romania Marius Lăcătuș[45] Resigned 17 May 2009 Italy Massimo Pedrazzini[46] 18 May 2009
Vaslui Romania Viorel Moldovan[47] Resigned 26 May 2009 Romania Cristian Dulca[48] 26 May 2009
Timișoara Romania Gavril Balint[49] Sacked 31 May 2009 Romania Valentin Velcea[50] 1 June 2009

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Unirea Urziceni (C) 34 21 7 6 51 20 +31 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 FC Timișoara 34 20 7 7 58 38 +20 67[a] Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Dinamo București 34 20 5 9 56 30 +26 65 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[b]
4 CFR Cluj 34 16 11 7 44 26 +18 59
5 Vaslui 34 17 6 11 44 37 +7 57 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Steaua București 34 14 14 6 44 27 +17 56[c] Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
7 Universitatea Craiova 34 15 11 8 44 25 +19 56[c]
8 Rapid București 34 16 7 11 44 34 +10 55[d]
9 Brașov 34 14 13 7 35 25 +10 55[d]
10 Argeș Pitești (R) 34 12 8 14 41 47 −6 44 Relegation to Liga II[e]
11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 11 10 13 27 36 −9 43
12 Oțelul Galați 34 11 7 16 37 48 −11 40
13 Gloria Bistrița 34 11 5 18 32 44 −12 38
14 Politehnica Iași 34 10 7 17 32 47 −15 37
15 Gaz Metan Mediaș 34 10 6 18 36 51 −15 36 Spared from relegation[e]
16 Farul Constanța (R) 34 8 6 20 27 56 −29 30 Relegation to Liga II
17 Otopeni (R) 34 5 7 22 32 54 −22 22
18 Gloria Buzău (R) 34 4 5 25 23 62 −39 17
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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Timișoara were docked 6 points after not respecting a ruling from CAS.[51] However, this decision was revoked by the CAS on 11 June 2009.[52]
  2. ^ CFR Cluj as the 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
  3. ^ a b STE 2–1 CRA; CRA 0–0 STE
  4. ^ a b RAP 3–1 BRA; BRA 0–0 RAP
  5. ^ a b Argeș Pitești were relegated to the Liga II due to allegations of referee bribery. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.[53]

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Argeș Pitești913101414131112997586748810111010101010101010101010101010
Brașov48121111856669101091110111111999989988889999
CFR Cluj11578108555575736444454444445564444
Universitatea Craiova38899912101010856343677765555556656557
Dinamo București9641433211111122111111111111111223
Farul Constanța41213121267111214141213151514141213131515151515161616161616161616
Gaz Metan Mediaș714913131413131413131414131416161616161616161616151513141515151515
Gloria Bistrița17111410101214141516171516141313121312121213121313131314131313131313
Gloria Buzău13161617171717171818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Otopeni18181818181818181617161617171717171717171717171717171717171717171717
Oțelul Galați753157109886991110111098101111111111111112121212121112
Pandurii Târgu Jiu9151515151515151312121312121212131414141314131212121211111111111211
Politehnica Iași16171716161616161715151715161515151515151412141414141415151414141414
Rapid București2214256811111087888755536766777775678
Steaua București13875642132344455466687877664447766
Timișoara941187119744433567333343323333333332
Unirea Urziceni13763111323222211222222232222222111
Vaslui432632447711111110999109878698899998885
Source: kicker.de (in German)
  = Leaders; Liga I;   = 2nd place; Liga I;   = 3rd place; Liga I

Results

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Home \ Away ARG BRA CFR UCR DIN FAR GAZ GBI GBU OTO OȚE PAN PIA RAP STE TIM URZ VAS
Argeș Pitești 1–0 0–2 1–1 5–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0
Brașov 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
CFR Cluj 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0
Universitatea Craiova 1–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1
Dinamo București 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 4–1
Farul Constanța 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–4 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–5 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–2
Gloria Bistrița 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–3
Gloria Buzău 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–5 4–1
Otopeni 1–2 2–2 0–4 0–1 2–3 6–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2
Oțelul Galați 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–5 1–0
Politehnica Iași 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–3
Rapid București 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–2
Steaua București 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1
Timișoara 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1
Unirea Urziceni 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Vaslui 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–3 0–2
Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[54][55] Player Club Goals
1 Romania Florin Costea Universitatea Craiova 17
Romania Gheorghe Bucur Timișoara
3 Brazil Spadacio Rapid București 16
4 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo București 12
Romania Marius Niculae
6 Greece Pantelis Kapetanos Steaua București 11
Romania Bogdan Stancu
8 Burkina Faso Yssouf Koné CFR Cluj 10
9 Romania Gabriel Paraschiv Oțelul Galați 9
10 Romania Alexandru Curtean Gaz Metan Mediaș / Timișoara 8
Zimbabwe Mike Temwanjera Vaslui
Portugal Chico Farul Constanța
Romania Marius Onofraș Unirea Urziceni
Romania Marius Bilașco
Romania Romeo Surdu Brașov
Romania Cristian Bud Gaz Metan Mediaș

Source: Liga1.ro (in Romanian)

Champion squad

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Unirea Urziceni[56]

Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis Lithuania (30 / 0); Cătălin Grigore (2 / 0); Daniel Tudor (2 / 0).
Defenders: Valeriu Bordeanu (30 / 0); Pablo Brandán Argentina (26 / 1); George Galamaz (32 / 4); Ersin Mehmedović Serbia (18 / 0); Bruno Fernandes Guinea-Bissau (19 / 0); Epaminonda Nicu (30 / 0).
Midfielders: Iulian Apostol (28 / 2); Tiberiu Bălan (25 / 4); George Bârlădeanu (2 / 0); Jacob Burns Australia (10 / 0); Sorin Frunză (25 / 1); Răzvan Pădurețu (31 / 3); Ricardo Vilana Brazil (20 / 1); Dinu Todoran (22 / 2); Dacian Varga (14 / 4).
Forwards: Bogdan Aldea (1 / 0); Marius Bilașco (27 / 8); Cristian Dănălache (20 / 3); Bogdan Mara (17 / 5); Marius Onofraș (22 / 8); Raul Rusescu (23 / 5).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Dan Petrescu.

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Cards

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