2023–24 Liga II
Season | 2023–24 |
---|---|
Promoted | Unirea Slobozia Gloria Buzău |
Relegated | CSM Alexandria Progresul Spartac București Tunari Unirea Dej |
Europa League | Corvinul Hunedoara |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 16 May 2023. |
The 2023–24 Liga II is the 84th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. A total of 20 teams contest the league.
It is the eighth Liga II season with a single series.[1] The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last four teams will be relegated to Liga III. The season began on 5 August 2023 and is scheduled to end in June 2024.[2]
Teams
[edit]Team changes
[edit]Promoted from 2022–23 Liga III | Relegated from 2022–23 Liga I | Promoted to 2023–24 Liga I | Relegated to 2023–24 Liga III |
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Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț[3][4] (after 7 years of absence) CS Tunari (debut) CSM Alexandria (after 18 years of absence) CSM Reșița (after 2 years of absence) Corvinul Hunedoara (after 15 years of absence) | Argeș Pitești[5] (after 3 years of absence) Chindia Târgoviște[6] (after 4 years of absence) CS Mioveni[7] (after 2 years of absence) | Politehnica Iași[8] (ended 2-year stay) Oțelul Galați[9] (ended 1-year stay) Dinamo București[10] (ended 1-year stay) | Progresul Spartac București[11] (ended 1-year stay) Ripensia Timișoara (ended 6-year stay) Minaur Baia Mare (ended 1-year stay) Politehnica Timișoara (ended 7-year stay) Unirea Constanța (ended 2-year stay) |
Teams excluded by Romanian Football Federation
[edit]On 7 August 2023, FC Brașov was excluded from Liga II by the Romanian Football Federation.[12]
Teams spared from relegation
[edit]Progresul Spartac București was spared from relegation to 2023–24 Liga III season, due to the decision to relegate FC Brașov, decision that vacanted place in the 2022–23 Liga II season.
Venues
[edit]Steaua București | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Corvinul Hunedoara | Argeș Pitești |
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Steaua | Ceahlăul | Michael Klein | Nicolae Dobrin |
Capacity: 31,254 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 16,500 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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Viitorul Târgu Jiu | CSM Reșița | Gloria Buzău | 1599 Șelimbăr |
Tudor Vladimirescu | Mircea Chivu | Municipal | Municipal[i] |
Capacity: 12,518 | Capacity: 12,500 | Capacity: 12,321 | Capacity: 12,000 |
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Slatina | Location of Bucharest and Ilfov teams. | Mioveni | |
1 Mai | Orășenesc | ||
Capacity: 11,390 | Capacity: 10,000 | ||
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Chindia Târgoviște | Unirea Dej | ||
Eugen Popescu | Unirea | ||
Capacity: 8,400 | Capacity: 6,000 | ||
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Unirea Slobozia | Concordia Chiajna | Csíkszereda | Alexandria |
1 Mai | Concordia | Municipal | Municipal |
Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 5,123 | Capacity: 4,000 | Capacity: 2,000 |
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Tunari | Progresul Spartac București | Dumbrăvița | Metaloglobus București |
Comunal | CNAF[ii] | Ștefan Dobay | Metaloglobus |
Capacity: 1,700 | Capacity: 1,600 | Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 1,000 |
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- ^ 1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to Municipal Stadium in Râmnicu Vâlcea, because Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr is under renovations.
- ^ Progresul Spartac was relocated to CNAF Stadium in Buftea, because Progresul Spartac Stadium in Bucharest did not meet the standards for the second-tier.
Personnel and kits
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Slobozia | ![]() | Assistant manager | 31 May 2023 | Pre-season | ![]() | 1 July 2023[13] |
Mioveni | ![]() | End of tenure as a caretaker | 31 May 2023[14] | ![]() | 1 July 2023 | |
Chindia | ![]() | End of contract | 31 May 2023[15] | ![]() | 1 July 2023 | |
Concordia | ![]() | 31 May 2023[16] | ![]() | 1 July 2023[17] | ||
Dej | ![]() | 31 May 2023[18] | ![]() | 1 July 2023[19] | ||
Argeș | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 8 June 2023[20] | ![]() | 1 July 2023 | |
Tunari | ![]() | 14 June 2023 | ![]() | 1 July 2023[21] | ||
Gloria | ![]() | End of contract | 30 June 2023[22] | ![]() | 1 July 2023 |
Regular season
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | 1599 Șelimbăr | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for Promotion play-off |
2 | Unirea Slobozia | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 40 | |
3 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 37 | |
4 | Gloria Buzău | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 34 | |
5 | Mioveni | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 33 | |
6 | Csíkszereda | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 32 | |
7 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 31 | Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A |
8 | Steaua București | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 28 | Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B |
9 | Chindia Târgoviște | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 28 | |
10 | Reșița | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 27 | Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A |
11 | Metaloglobus București | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 26 | |
12 | Concordia Chiajna | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 25 | Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B |
13 | Slatina | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 25 | |
14 | Argeș Pitești | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 24 | Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A |
15 | Dumbrăvița | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 23 | |
16 | Viitorul Târgu Jiu | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 23 | Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B |
17 | Tunari | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 16 | |
18 | Unirea Dej | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 13 | Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A |
19 | Alexandria | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 9 | |
20 | Progresul Spartac București | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 50 | −41 | 1 | Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B |
Rules for classification: During Season: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored. End of Season: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Goals scored
Season results
[edit]Promotion play-off
[edit]A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.[23]
Play-off table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | Unirea Slobozia (P, C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 60 | Promotion to Liga I |
2 | Corvinul Hunedoara[a] | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[b] |
3 | 1599 Șelimbăr[a] | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 51[c] | |
4 | Gloria Buzău (P) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 51[c] | Promotion to Liga I |
5 | Mioveni (Q) | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 43 | Qualification for play-offs |
6 | Miercurea Ciuc (Q) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 40 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play off); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play off); 9) Play-off.[24]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
- ^ a b Corvinul Hunedoara and 1599 Șelimbăr are ineligible for promotion due to the clubs being owned by comunal departments/entities, all Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.
- ^ Corvinul Hunedoara qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as 2023–24 Cupa României winners
- ^ a b 1599 Șelimbăr finished ahead of Gloria Buzău on regular season points: 1599 Șelimbăr 42, Gloria Buzău 34
- Results
Relegation play-out
[edit]A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III. [23]
Group A
[edit]- Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CSM Reșița | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 40 | |
2 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 36 | |
3 | Metaloglobus București | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 34[a] | |
4 | Argeș Pitești | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 34[a] | |
5 | Dumbrăvița | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 27[b] | |
6 | Unirea Dej (R) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 27[b] | Relegation to 2024–25 Liga III |
7 | CSM Alexandria (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 13 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.[24]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Group B
[edit]- Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Steaua București | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 44 | |
2 | Chindia Târgoviște | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 38[a] | |
3 | Concordia Chiajna | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 38[a] | |
4 | CSM Slatina | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
5 | Viitorul Târgu Jiu | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 30 | |
6 | Tunari (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 20 | Relegation to 2024–25 Liga III |
7 | Progresul Spartac București (R) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.[24]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Promotion/relegation play-offs
[edit]The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dinamo București | 2–0 | Miercurea Ciuc | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Botoșani | 2–0 | Mioveni | 1–0 | 1–0 |
First leg
[edit]17 May 2024 | Botoșani | 1–0 | Mioveni | Botoșani |
| Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Horațiu Feșnic |
20 May 2024 | Dinamo București | 2–0 | Miercurea Ciuc | Bucharest |
| Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Rareș Vidican |
Second leg
[edit]27 May 2024 | Miercurea Ciuc | 0–0 | Dinamo București | Miercurea Ciuc |
20:00 | Stadium: Municipal Referee: Horațiu Feșnic |
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