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Organising body | FRF |
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Founded | - |
Country | Romania |
Number of teams | 100 (10x10) |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
Promotion to | Liga II |
Relegation to | Liga IV |
Domestic cup(s) | Cupa României Supercupa României |
Current champions | Dante Botoșani, Oțelul Galați, Afumați, Progresul Spartac, Odorheiu Secuiesc, Slatina, CSM Reșița, Dumbrăvița, Hunedoara, Minaur Baia Mare (2021–22) |
Current: 2022–23 Liga III |
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 teams each). [1]
Since the 2021–2022 season Liga III was reorganized from 5 to 10 groups, each with 10 teams, based on the geographic position. In each group, teams play each other twice, before the play-off, with the 4 best teams, and the play-out, with the remaining 6 teams, starts.
The top 2 teams form each grout goes in the promotion semi-final, first in group 1 plays second in group 2 and vice versa all the way to group 9 and group 10, and then the final, winners of the games betwen the group 1 and group 2 teams all the way to groups 9 and 10, ending with 5 winners getting promoted to Liga II.
The bottom two teams from each group are relegated at the end of the season to the Liga IV. From the 4th placed teams in the play-out, the team with the least points is relegated.
Season | Seria I | Seria II | Seria III | Seria IV | ||||
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1992–93 | Constructorul Iași | Metalul Plopeni | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Phoenix Baia Mare | ||||
1993–94 | Cetatea Târgu Neamț | Poiana Câmpina | Dacia Pitești | Unirea Dej | ||||
1994–95 | Foresta Fălticeni | Oțelul Târgoviște | Minerul Motru | Minaur Zlatna | ||||
Other promoted teams: Electro Mecon Onești (I), Dunărea Călărași (II), ARO Câmpulung (III), Olimpia Satu Mare (IV). | ||||||||
1995–96 | Petrolul Moinești | Danubiana București | Precizia Săcele | CFR Cluj-Napoca | ||||
1996–97 | Nitramonia Făgăraș | Midia Năvodari | Vega Deva | UM Timișoara | ||||
Season | Seria I | Seria II | Seria III | Seria IV | ||||
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1997–98 | Laminorul Roman | Cimentul Fieni | Rulmentul Alexandria | Bihor Oradea | ||||
Other promoted teams: Chimica Târnăveni (I), Drobeta-Turnu Severin (III) | ||||||||
1998–99 | Diplomatic Focșani | Callatis Mangalia | Electro Bere Craiova | UM Timișoara | ||||
Other promoted teams: Juventus București (II), Flacăra Râmnicu Vâlcea (III) | ||||||||
Season | Seria I | Seria II | Seria III | Seria IV | Seria V | Seria VI |
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1999–00 | Apemin Borsec | Hondor Agigea | Fulgerul Bragadiru | Cetate Deva | Pandurii Târgu-Jiu | Baia Mare |
Season | Seria I | Seria II | Seria III | Seria IV | Seria V | Seria VI | Seria VII | Seria VIII |
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2000–01 | Petrolul Moinești | Dacia Unirea Brăila | Inter Gaz București | Electromagnetica București | Inter Pitești | Minaur Zlatna | Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii | Universitatea Cluj |
2001–02 | Politehnica Unirea Iași | Gloria Buzău | Medgidia | Rulmentul Alexandria | Minerul Motru | Corvinul Hunedoara | Metrom Brașov | CFR Cluj-Napoca |
2002–03 | Petrolul Moinești | Unirea Urziceni | Juventus București | Dacia Mioveni | Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea | Jiul Petroșani | Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe | Armătura Zalău |
Other promoted teams: Laminorul Roman (I), FC Vaslui (I), Poiana Câmpina (II), Callatis Mangalia (III), Electrica Constanța (III), Chindia Târgoviște (IV), Building Vânju Mare (V), Certej (VI), ACU Arad (VI), Precizia Săcele (VII), Tricotaje Ineu (VIII), Oașul Negrești (VIII). | ||||||||
Season | Seria I | Seria II | Seria III | Seria IV | Seria V | Seria VI | Seria VII | Seria VIII | Seria IX |
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2003–04 | Botoșani | Dunărea Galați | Otopeni | Ghimbav | Oltul Slatina | Politehnica Timișoara | Unirea Sânnicolau Mare | Unirea Dej | FC Sibiu |
2004–05 | Cetatea Suceava | Portul Constanța | Dunărea Giurgiu | Poiana Câmpina | Râmnicu Vâlcea | CFR Timișoara | Minerul Lupeni | Forex Brașov | Gloria Bistrița II |
2005–06 | Politehnica Iași II | Delta Tulcea | Snagov | Chimia Brazi | Building Vânju Mare | Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | Auxerre Lugoj | Baia Mare | Ghimbav |
Other promoted teams: Ghimbav were not eligible for promotion, runners-up Tractorul Brașov promoted. | |||||||||
Season | Seria I | Seria II | Seria III | Seria IV | Seria V | Seria VI | Seria VII | Seria VIII | Seria IX | Seria X |
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2020–21 | Bucovina Rădăuți | Oțelul Galați | Afumați | Steaua București | Corona Brașov | Vedița Colonești | Viitorul Șelimbăr | Șoimii Lipova | Cugir | Minaur Baia Mare |
Promoted teams: Dacia Unirea Brăila , Steaua București , Corona Brașov , Viitorul Șelimbăr , Unirea Dej | ||||||||||
2021–22 | Dante Botoșani | Oțelul Galați | Afumați | Progresul Spartac | Odorheiu Secuiesc | Slatina | Reșița | Dumbrăvița | Hunedoara | Minaur Baia Mare |
Promoted teams: Oțelul Galați , Progresul Spartac , Slatina , Dumbrăvița , Minaur Baia Mare | ||||||||||
2022–23 | Foresta Suceava | Metalul Buzău | Afumați | Tunari | Blejoi | Alexandria | Deva | Reșița | Corvinul Hunedoara | Bihor Oradea |
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