Season | 2007–08 |
---|---|
Champions | CFR Cluj [1] |
Relegated |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Dacia Mioveni UTA Arad Universitatea Cluj |
Champions League |
CFR Cluj Steaua București |
UEFA Cup |
Rapid București Dinamo București Urziceni Urziceni Politehnica Știința Timișoara |
Intertoto Cup | Vaslui |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 725 (2.37 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ionel Dănciulescu (21) |
Biggest home win |
Dinamo 6–1
Oțelul Steaua 5–0 Buzău |
Biggest away win | Buzău 0–4 Oțelul |
Highest scoring | Dinamo 4–4 Craiova |
Longest winning run | Steaua (10) |
Longest unbeaten run | CFR (18) |
Longest winless run | Pandurii (17) |
Longest losing run | Craiova, Pandurii (7) |
←
2006–07
2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Bucharest based teams.
CFR Cluj will play in the Champions League group stage, while Steaua București qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid București, Dinamo București, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica Știința Timișoara qualified for the UEFA Cup first round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season. Vaslui, Oțelul Galați and Gloria Bistrița are the only teams that have applied, [2] with Vaslui securing their participation.
Promoted from
Liga II
|
Relegated from
Liga I
|
Politehnica Timișoara | Steaua București | FC U Craiova | Gloria Buzău |
---|---|---|---|
Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Municipal |
Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 18,000 |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Oțelul Galați |
Ceahlăul | Farul | Dinamo | Oțelul |
Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 13,500 |
CFR Cluj |
|
Rapid București | |
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | ||
Capacity: 12,813 | Capacity: 11,704 [i] | ||
Politehnica Iași | FC Vaslui | ||
Emil Alexandrescu | Municipal | ||
Capacity: 11,390 | Capacity: 9,240 | ||
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Gloria Bistrița [ii] | ||
Tudor Vladimirescu | Gloria | ||
Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 7,800 | ||
Universitatea Cluj | UTA Arad | Dacia Mioveni | Unirea Urziceni |
Ion Moina | Francisc von Neuman | Orășenesc | Tineretului |
Capacity: 7,600 [iii] | Capacity: 7,287 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 7,000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Steaua București | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Rapid București | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 61 [a] | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 61 [a] | |
5 | Unirea Urziceni | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61 [a] | |
6 | Politehnica Timișoara | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 57 | |
7 | Vaslui | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
8 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 46 | |
9 | FC U Craiova | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 43 | |
10 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 42 | |
11 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 41 | |
12 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40 [b] | |
13 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 40 [b] | |
14 | Gloria Buzău | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 37 | |
15 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 | Relegation to Liga II |
16 | Dacia Mioveni (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 31 | |
17 | UTA Arad (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 26 | |
18 | Universitatea Cluj (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 23 |
Rank [3] [4] | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ionel Dănciulescu | Dinamo București | 21 |
2 | Emil Jula | Oțelul Galați | 17 |
3 | Gigel Bucur | Politehnica Timișoara | 16 |
Marko Ljubinković | Vaslui | ||
5 | Florin Costea | FC U Craiova | 15 |
6 | Florin Bratu | Dinamo București | 14 |
7 | Eugen Trică | CFR Cluj | 13 |
8 | Cristian Coroian | Gloria Bistrița | 11 |
Cristian Fabbiani | CFR Cluj | ||
10 | Ionuț Mazilu | Rapid București | 9 |
Nicolae Dică | Steaua București | ||
Cristian Dănălache | Unirea Urziceni |
CFR Cluj [5] |
---|
Goalkeepers:
Nuno Claro
(15 / 0);
Lars Hirschfeld
(5 / 0);
Eduard Stăncioiu (15 / 0). Manager: Ioan Andone. |
(1)
Delta Tulcea won the first serie of
Liga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing in
Liga I in the 2007–08 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namely
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (15th place in
2006–07 season), will continue in
Liga I.
[6]
[7]
(2) Timișoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timișoara.
[8]
Season | 2007–08 |
---|---|
Champions | CFR Cluj [1] |
Relegated |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Dacia Mioveni UTA Arad Universitatea Cluj |
Champions League |
CFR Cluj Steaua București |
UEFA Cup |
Rapid București Dinamo București Urziceni Urziceni Politehnica Știința Timișoara |
Intertoto Cup | Vaslui |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 725 (2.37 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ionel Dănciulescu (21) |
Biggest home win |
Dinamo 6–1
Oțelul Steaua 5–0 Buzău |
Biggest away win | Buzău 0–4 Oțelul |
Highest scoring | Dinamo 4–4 Craiova |
Longest winning run | Steaua (10) |
Longest unbeaten run | CFR (18) |
Longest winless run | Pandurii (17) |
Longest losing run | Craiova, Pandurii (7) |
←
2006–07
2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Bucharest based teams.
CFR Cluj will play in the Champions League group stage, while Steaua București qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid București, Dinamo București, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica Știința Timișoara qualified for the UEFA Cup first round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season. Vaslui, Oțelul Galați and Gloria Bistrița are the only teams that have applied, [2] with Vaslui securing their participation.
Promoted from
Liga II
|
Relegated from
Liga I
|
Politehnica Timișoara | Steaua București | FC U Craiova | Gloria Buzău |
---|---|---|---|
Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Municipal |
Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 18,000 |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Oțelul Galați |
Ceahlăul | Farul | Dinamo | Oțelul |
Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 13,500 |
CFR Cluj |
|
Rapid București | |
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | ||
Capacity: 12,813 | Capacity: 11,704 [i] | ||
Politehnica Iași | FC Vaslui | ||
Emil Alexandrescu | Municipal | ||
Capacity: 11,390 | Capacity: 9,240 | ||
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Gloria Bistrița [ii] | ||
Tudor Vladimirescu | Gloria | ||
Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 7,800 | ||
Universitatea Cluj | UTA Arad | Dacia Mioveni | Unirea Urziceni |
Ion Moina | Francisc von Neuman | Orășenesc | Tineretului |
Capacity: 7,600 [iii] | Capacity: 7,287 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 7,000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Steaua București | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Rapid București | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 61 [a] | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 61 [a] | |
5 | Unirea Urziceni | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61 [a] | |
6 | Politehnica Timișoara | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 57 | |
7 | Vaslui | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
8 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 46 | |
9 | FC U Craiova | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 43 | |
10 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 42 | |
11 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 41 | |
12 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40 [b] | |
13 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 40 [b] | |
14 | Gloria Buzău | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 37 | |
15 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 | Relegation to Liga II |
16 | Dacia Mioveni (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 31 | |
17 | UTA Arad (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 26 | |
18 | Universitatea Cluj (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 23 |
Rank [3] [4] | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ionel Dănciulescu | Dinamo București | 21 |
2 | Emil Jula | Oțelul Galați | 17 |
3 | Gigel Bucur | Politehnica Timișoara | 16 |
Marko Ljubinković | Vaslui | ||
5 | Florin Costea | FC U Craiova | 15 |
6 | Florin Bratu | Dinamo București | 14 |
7 | Eugen Trică | CFR Cluj | 13 |
8 | Cristian Coroian | Gloria Bistrița | 11 |
Cristian Fabbiani | CFR Cluj | ||
10 | Ionuț Mazilu | Rapid București | 9 |
Nicolae Dică | Steaua București | ||
Cristian Dănălache | Unirea Urziceni |
CFR Cluj [5] |
---|
Goalkeepers:
Nuno Claro
(15 / 0);
Lars Hirschfeld
(5 / 0);
Eduard Stăncioiu (15 / 0). Manager: Ioan Andone. |
(1)
Delta Tulcea won the first serie of
Liga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing in
Liga I in the 2007–08 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namely
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (15th place in
2006–07 season), will continue in
Liga I.
[6]
[7]
(2) Timișoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timișoara.
[8]