2019–20 Liga II

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Liga II
Season2019–20
Promoted UTA Arad
Argeș Pitești
Relegated Sportul Snagov
Daco-Getica București
Matches played231
Goals scored562 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer Albert Voinea (15)
Biggest home win Buzău 7–0 Snagov
Biggest away win Reșița 1–7 Viitorul T.J.
M. Ciuc 0–6 UTA Arad
Highest scoring Reșița 1–7 Viitorul T.J.
Longest winning run6 matches:
Turris Turnu Măgurele
Longest unbeaten run13 matches:
Mioveni
Argeș Pitești
Longest winless run16 matches:
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Longest losing run6 matches:
Sportul Snagov
Highest attendance9,000
Rapid 1–0 Petrolul
(16 October 2019)
Lowest attendance40
Viitorul T.J. 1–0 Metalo.
(26 October 2019)
2020–21
All statistics correct as of 2 August 2020.

The 2019–20 Liga II (also known as 2019–20 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 80th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 2 August 2020. [1] A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the fourth Liga II season with a single series. The season was initially scheduled to be played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams would be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team would play a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams would relegate to Liga III.

Contents

The season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 25 rounds, due to COVID-19 pandemic. After two months of inactivity, on 14 May 2020, the Romanian Football Federation announced that a promotion play-off tournament between the first 6 ranked teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. No teams will be relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded (Sportul Snagov and Daco-Getica București). [2]

Team changes

Excluded and spared teams

Luceafărul Oradea withdrew from Liga II on 30 July 2019, with three days before the start of the championship and chose to enroll in the Liga III. Place of Luceafărul was occupied by Energeticianul. [3]

Other changes

Energeticianul was moved from Petroșani to Târgu Jiu, but the club will play its home matches on Municipal Stadium in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, until Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium in Târgu Jiu will be opened.

Renamed teams

CSM Școlar Reșița was renamed as CSM Reșița after recovering its right to use the brand and record of the old entity. [4] [5]

Energeticianul was renamed as Viitorul Târgu Jiu. [6]

Stadiums by capacity

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Argeș Pitești Nicolae Dobrin 15,000
ASU Politehnica Timișoara Știința 1,000
Concordia Chiajna Concordia 5,123
CSM Reșița Mircea Chivu 12,500
Daco-Getica Bucharest Colentina 6,000
Dunărea Călărași Ion Comșa 10,400
Farul Constanța Farul 15,520
Metaloglobus Bucharest Metaloglobus 1,000
Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Municipal 1,200
Mioveni Mioveni Orășenesc 10,000
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 12,518
Petrolul Ploiești Ilie Oană 15,073
Rapid Bucharest Regie 10,020
Ripensia Timișoara Electrica 5,000
SCM Gloria Buzău Municipal 18,000
Sportul Snagov Voința 2,000
Turris Turnu Măgurele Municipal 2,000
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cluj Arena 30,201
UTA Arad Motorul 4,000
Viitorul Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 12,518

Stadiums by locations

Romania Bucharest location map.svg
Location of Bucharest teams.

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.

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Argeș Pitești Flag of Romania.svg Ionuț Badea Flag of Romania.svg Vasile Buhăescu Macron Primăria Pitești
ASU Politehnica Timișoara Flag of Romania.svg Octavian Benga Flag of Romania.svg Ioan Mera Westiment / MacronDe Construct Ind
Concordia Chiajna Flag of Romania.svg Florin Bratu Flag of Romania.svg Petre Ivanovici Joma
CSM Reșița Flag of Romania.svg Dorinel Munteanu Flag of Romania.svg Laurențiu Rus Jako Primăria Reșița
Daco-Getica București
Dunărea Călărași Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Pustai Flag of Romania.svg Georgian Honciu JomaCJ Călărași
Farul Constanța Flag of Romania.svg Ianis Zicu Flag of Romania.svg Vlad Muțiu Joma
Metaloglobus București Flag of Romania.svg Marius Măldărășanu Flag of Romania.svg Ovidiu Herea Jako
Miercurea Ciuc Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Suciu Flag of Hungary.svg Adrián Majzik 2Rule Csíkszereda
Mioveni Flag of Romania.svg Claudiu Niculescu Flag of Romania.svg Ionuț Burnea Joma Primăria Mioveni
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Flag of Romania.svg Călin Cojocaru Flag of Romania.svg Daniel Ciobanu Nike
Petrolul Ploiești Flag of Romania.svg Costel Enache Flag of Romania.svg Laurențiu Marinescu Joma Veolia
Rapid București Flag of Romania.svg Dan Alexa Flag of Romania.svg Ionuț Voicu MacronGreenfield, Superbet
Ripensia Timișoara Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Pelici Flag of Romania.svg Claudiu Apro ILAAlmira
Sportul Snagov
SCM Gloria Buzău Flag of Romania.svg Ilie Stan Flag of Romania.svg Marius Ioniță Joma
Turris Turnu Măgurele Flag of Romania.svg Erik Lincar Flag of Romania.svg Silviu Pană JomaNutrelo
Universitatea Cluj Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Falub Flag of Romania.svg Dorin Goga Adidas IRUM, De'Longhi, Untold
UTA Arad Flag of Romania.svg László Balint Flag of Romania.svg Ciprian Rus Saller Primăria Arad
Viitorul Târgu Jiu Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Lupuț Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Oroș JomaHotel Brâncuși, Vitalact

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Concordia Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Falub Mutual agreement6 June 2019Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Laurențiu Diniță 6 June 2019 [7]
Universitatea Flag of Romania.svg Bogdan Lobonț Sacked13 June 2019 [8] Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Dulca 1 July 2019 [9]
SCM Gloria Flag of Romania.svg George Timiș Promoted as Director of football30 June 2019Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Ilie Stan 1 July 2019 [10]
Mioveni Flag of Romania.svg Marius Stoica (caretaker)End of tenure as a caretaker30 June 2019Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Marius Stoica 1 July 2019 [11]
Metaloglobus Flag of Romania.svg László Balint Signed by UTA Arad 30 June 2019Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg M. Măldărășanu 1 July 2019 [12]
UTA Arad Flag of Romania.svg Ionuț Popa End of contract30 June 2019Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg László Balint 1 July 2019 [13]
Snagov Flag of Romania.svg Eugen Trică Signed by FCU Craiova 30 June 2019 [14] Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Valeriu Răchită 16 July 2019 [15]
FC Argeș Flag of Romania.svg Augustin Eduard End of contract30 June 2019Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Nicolae Dică 1 July 2019 [16]
Farul Flag of Romania.svg Petre Grigoraș End of contract30 June 2019 [17] Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Ianis Zicu 3 July 2019 [18]
Petrolul Flag of Romania.svg Gheorghe Mulțescu End of contract30 June 2019 [19] Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Flavius Stoican 1 July 2019 [20]
Dunărea Flag of Romania.svg Dan Alexa Signed by Astra Giurgiu 30 June 2019 [21] Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Pustai 1 July 2019 [22]
Viitorul T.J. Flag of Romania.svg Viorel Tănase End of contract30 June 2019Pre-season Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Lupuț 31 July 2019 [23]
ASU Poli Flag of Romania.svg Cosmin Petruescu Resigned31 August 2019 [24] 15 Flag of Romania.svg Mugur Gușatu 31 August 2019 [25]
Snagov Flag of Romania.svg Valeriu Răchită Promoted as General Manager31 August 201920 Flag of Romania.svg Viorel Dumitrescu 31 August 2019 [26]
Universitatea Flag of Romania.svg Cristian Dulca Mutual agreement2 September 2019 [27] 17 Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Falub 4 September 2019 [28]
Turris Flag of Romania.svg Erik Lincar Mutual agreement1 October 2019 [29] 1 Flag of Romania.svg Florin Bratu 3 October 2019 [30]
Concordia Flag of Romania.svg Laurențiu Diniță Sacked5 October 2019 [31] 11 Flag of Romania.svg Erik Lincar 7 October 2019 [32]
Argeș Pitești Flag of Romania.svg Nicolae Dică Mutual agreement7 October 20196 Flag of Romania.svg Ionuț Badea 9 October 2019 [33]
Snagov Flag of Romania.svg Viorel Dumitrescu Mutual agreement13 October 201920 Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Ivan 13 October 2019 [34]
Pandurii Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Bogoi Mutual agreement22 October 201918 Flag of Romania.svg Tiberiu Bălan 22 October 2019 [35]
Turris Flag of Romania.svg Florin Bratu Mutual agreement22 October 2019 [36] 2 Flag of Romania.svg Marius Baciu 26 October 2019
Politehnica Flag of Romania.svg Mugur Gușatu Resigned23 October 2019 [37] 16 Flag of Romania.svg Antonio Foale (caretaker)23 October 2019
Daco-Getica Flag of Romania.svg Marius Baciu Mutual agreement23 October 2019 [38] 19
Snagov Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Ivan Mutual agreement1 November 201919 Flag of Romania.svg Laurențiu Tudor 1 November 2019 [39]
Politehnica Flag of Romania.svg Antonio Foale (caretaker)End of tenure as a caretaker6 November 201911 Flag of Romania.svg Octavian Benga 6 November 2019 [40]
CSM Reșița Flag of Romania.svg Leontin Doană Sacked10 November 201916 Flag of Romania.svg Dorinel Munteanu 10 November 2019 [41]
Pandurii Flag of Romania.svg Tiberiu Bălan Released10 November 2019 [42] 19 Flag of Romania.svg Călin Cojocaru 12 November 2019 [43]
Snagov Flag of Romania.svg Laurențiu Tudor Mutual agreement30 November 201918 Flag of Romania.svg Răzvan Ciodar (caretaker)30 November 2019 [44]
Petrolul Flag of Romania.svg Flavius Stoican Resigned11 December 2019 [45] 8 Flag of Romania.svg Costel Enache 16 December 2019 [46]
Turris Flag of Romania.svg Marius Baciu Mutual agreement27 December 2019 [47] 5 Flag of Romania.svg Erik Lincar 2 January 2020 [48]
Concordia Flag of Romania.svg Erik Lincar Released27 December 2019 [49] 16 Flag of Romania.svg Florin Bratu 6 January 2020 [50]
Mioveni Flag of Romania.svg Marius Stoica Sacked2 February 20202 Flag of Romania.svg Claudiu Niculescu 2 February 2020 [51]
Rapid Flag of Romania.svg Daniel Pancu Sacked10 March 2020 [52] 6 Flag of Romania.svg Dan Alexa 13 March 2020 [53]
Petrolul Flag of Romania.svg Costel Enache Mutual agreement30 July 2020 [54] 6 Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Munteanu 31 July 2020 [55]

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 UTA Arad (Q)2315534913+3650Qualification to Promotion play-offs
2 Mioveni (Q)2310943622+1439
3 Turris Turnu Măgurele (Q)2211653625+1139
4 Argeș Pitești (Q)2310853425+938
5 Petrolul Ploiești (Q)2310852320+338
6 Rapid București (Q)2310763220+1237
7 Metaloglobus București 2310762820+837
8 SCM Gloria Buzău 239683527+833
9 Farul Constanța 239682720+733
10 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 229673025+533
11 ASU Politehnica Timișoara 228862012+832
12 Dunărea Călărași 238782930131
13 Ripensia Timișoara 2361072834628
14 Universitatea Cluj 2351262926+327
15 CSM Reșița 2266103035524
16 Concordia Chiajna [lower-alpha 1] 22661020301024Spared from relegation
17 Miercurea Ciuc [lower-alpha 1] 23571117331622
18 Sportul Snagov (R)2323181659439 [lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Liga III
19 Pandurii Târgu Jiu [lower-alpha 1] 2315171053438Spared from relegation
20 Daco-Getica București (R)00000000 [lower-alpha 3] Relegation to Liga III
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2020. Source: FRF (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored. [58]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Concordia Chiajna, Miercurea Ciuc and Pandurii Târgu Jiu were spared from relegation after the season was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Sportul Snagov withdrew from Liga II during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part by forfeit. [56]
  3. Daco-Getica București withdrew from Liga II after the 13th round and all its results were canceled. [57]

Season results

Home \ Away ARG ASU CON REȘ DUN FAR MET MIE MIO PAN PET RAP RIP SCM SNA TUR UCJ UTA VTJ
Argeș Pitești 3–22–21–12–11–10–21–23–13–03–21–00–0
ASU Politehnica Timișoara 3–00–00–01–10–01–11–00–11–00–02–0 null
Concordia Chiajna 1–12–12–11–02–11–11–11–32–00–3
CSM Reșița 2–10–13–11–11–21–22–11–12–02–31–7
Dunărea Călărași 1–22–11–13–12–14–01–30–01–13–20–31–0
Farul Constanța 3–11–02–02–05–00–03–11–01–00–13–2
Metaloglobus București 0–01–01–03–00–11–20–03–03–01–02–01–1
Miercurea Ciuc 0–01–01–13–02–21–21–02–21–11–01–10–6
Mioveni 2–00–11–11–12–23–04–01–50–02–15–20–2
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–40–30–01–40–10–00–00–10–12–50–0
Petrolul Ploiești 1–03–02–00–00–01–00–00–11–10–33–1
Rapid București 1–03–10–10–04–01–00–03–20–01–12–01–2
Ripensia Timișoara 1–21–12–11–13–00–50–11–23–12–10–0
SCM Gloria Buzău 0–12–13–12–01–21–00–13–37–02–20–0
Sportul Snagov 0–33–30–20–30–13–23–20–32–31–10–30–3
Turris Turnu Măgurele 2–02–12–02–01–13–13–32–11–11–12–0
Universitatea Cluj 1–10–02–11–11–22–24–01–10–21–13–0
UTA Arad 1–0 1–03–01–03–01–13–03–03–04–02–0
Viitorul Târgu Jiu 2–11–40–01–32–11–01–10–14–02–11–1
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2020. Source: Liga 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. [2] The teams started the promotion play-offs with half of the points accumulated until the interruption of the regular season. [59]

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 UTA Arad (C, P)512288030Promotion to Liga I
2 Argeș Pitești (P)522176+127
3 Mioveni (Q)521256127Qualification to Liga I play-off
4 Turris Turnu Măgurele 513155026
5 Petrolul Ploiești 513144025 [lower-alpha 1]
6 Rapid București 513144025 [lower-alpha 1]
Source: FRF (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored. [60]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head : Rapid suffered rounding from odd points(37), while Petrolul from even points(38)

Results

Home \ Away ARG MIO PET RAP TUR UTA
Argeș Pitești 2–31–1
Mioveni 1–20–00–2
Petrolul Ploiești 1–20–0
Rapid București 1–21–1
Turris Turnu Măgurele 0–00–10–0
UTA Arad 1–11–23–4
Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liga I play-off

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Chindia Târgoviște 3–1 Mioveni 2–01–1
9 August 2020 Chindia Târgoviște 2–0 Mioveni Ploiești, Romania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Bic Soccerball shade.svg14' Ivančić Soccerball shade.svg74'Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 0
Referee: István Kovács (Carei)
12 August 2020 Mioveni 1–1
(1–3 agg.)
Chindia Târgoviște Mioveni, Romania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Hergheligiu Soccerball shade.svg7' Ivančić Soccerball shade.svg45+1'Stadium: Orășenesc
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

Season statistics

Regular season and promotion play-off overall statistics. [61] [62]

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Romania.svg Albert Voinea Ripensia Timișoara / Turris-Oltul 15
2 Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Buhăcianu UTA Arad 14
3 Flag of Romania.svg Ciprian Rus UTA Arad 13
4 Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Blejdea Argeș Pitești 12
5 Flag of Romania.svg Ovidiu Herea Metaloglobus București 11
Flag of Romania.svg Sergiu Arnăutu Petrolul Ploiești
7 Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Alexandru SCM Gloria Buzău / Rapid București 10
8 Flag of Romania.svg Valentin Munteanu SCM Gloria Buzău 9
Flag of Romania.svg Bogdan Rusu Dunărea Călărași
Flag of Romania.svg Silviu Pană Turris Turnu Măgurele
11 Flag of Romania.svg Mircea Axente ASU Politehnica Timișoara 8
Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Hlistei Rapid București

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Flag of Romania.svg Vlad Muțiu Farul Constanța 10
Flag of Romania.svg Flavius Croitoru Mioveni
Flag of Romania.svg Florin Iacob UTA Arad
4 Flag of Romania.svg Raul Avram Petrolul Ploiești 8
5 Flag of Romania.svg Rareș Murariu ASU Politehnica Timișoara 7
6 Flag of Romania.svg David Duțu Turris Turnu Măgurele 6
7 Flag of Romania.svg Dragoș Balauru SCM Gloria Buzău 5
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Tătaru Rapid București
Flag of Romania.svg Răzvan Ducan Argeș Pitești
8 Flag of Romania.svg Ionuț Rus Turris Turnu Măgurele 4
Flag of Romania.svg George Gavrilaș Metaloglobus București
Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Greab Concordia Chiajna

*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Attendances

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Rapid București 55,2009,0001,7005,018n/a2
2 Petrolul Ploiești 32,5006,0001,0003,250−15.4%
3 CSM Reșița 29,6008,5007002,960n/a2
4 UTA Arad 23,6004,0001,5002,622+132.9%
5 Argeș Pitești 28,3508,0003002,577+102.0%
6 SCM Gloria Buzău 20,0005,0003001,818n/a2
7 Universitatea Cluj 10,8293,0001,0001,805−49.3%1
8 Turris Turnu Măgurele 15,3002,0002001,391n/a2
9 Mioveni 11,4004,0002001,267+61.6%
10 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 9,7007,0002001,213+104.9%
11 ASU Politehnica Timișoara 13,0007,0003001,182−7.0%
12 Miercurea Ciuc 9,6002,0005001,067n/a2
13 Farul Constanța 9,5002,0003001,056+22.6%
14 Metaloglobus București 6,6002,500200660+114.3%
15 Ripensia Timișoara 5,0002,000200556+84.1%
16 Dunărea Călărași 4,4001,000200550−81.8%
17 Daco-Getica București 2,300600200383−0.3%
18 Concordia Chiajna 3,400800100340−45.2%
19 Sportul Snagov 1,9501,00050244−14.1%
20 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 2,3351,00040212−18.1%
League total294,5649,000401,508+56.3%

Updated to games played on 8 March 2020
Source: League attendance: Liga II 2019/2020
Notes:
1: Universitatea Cluj had the home ground suspended for 2 rounds.
2: SCM Gloria Buzău, Rapid București, Turris Turnu Măgurele, CSM Reșița and Miercurea Ciuc played last season in the Liga III.

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