Season | 2014–15 |
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Champions |
Steaua București 26th title |
Relegated |
Gaz Metan Mediaș Brașov Universitatea Cluj Rapid București Oțelul Galați Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
Champions League | Steaua București |
Europa League |
Târgu Mureș Astra Giurgiu Botoșani |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 700 (2.29 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Grégory Tadé (18) |
Best goalkeeper | Peterson Peçanha (16 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win |
Steaua 6–0
Pandurii (15 August 2014) |
Biggest away win |
Ceahlăul 0–6
Universitatea (6 December 2014) |
Highest scoring |
Botoșani 4–4
Viitorul (29 May 2015) |
Longest winning run | CFR Cluj (6) |
Longest unbeaten run | Universitatea Craiova (19) |
Longest winless run | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (16) |
Longest losing run | Oțelul Galați, Brașov (5) |
Highest attendance | 38,154 Steaua 3–0 Dinamo (31 October 2014) [1] |
Lowest attendance | 0 (close doors) |
Total attendance | 1,123,632 |
Average attendance | 3,672 |
←
2013–14
2015–16 →
All statistics correct as of 30 May 2015. |
The 2014–15 Liga I was the ninety-seventh season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. The season began on the 25 July 2014 and ended on 30 May 2015. [2] Steaua București successfully defended their title for a record 26th win.
The last three teams and the 5th position from the 2013–14 season were initially relegated to their respective 2014–15 Liga II division. Săgeata Năvodari, Poli Timișoara, Corona Brașov were relegated and the 5th-placed Vaslui was relegated due to financial problems after 9 seasons in the top flight.
The first two teams from each of the two divisions of 2013–14 Liga II advanced to Liga I. CSMS Iași promoted as the winners of Seria I. [3] It is their second season in Liga I. Rapid București, second place in Seria I, made an immediate return to Liga I. Universitatea Craiova is for the first time in Liga I from Seria II, together with Târgu Mureș, who returned after a 2 year absence.
Rapid București was initially not given licence for the 2014–15 Liga I, but on 30 June 2014, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the appeal of Rapid București and therefore decided that they could promote in Liga I. [4]
Universitatea Cluj | Steaua București [i] | Universitatea Craiova [ii] | CFR Cluj |
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Cluj Arena | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu |
Capacity: 30,201 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 23,500 |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Petrolul Ploiești | Dinamo București | Oțelul Galați |
Ceahlăul | Ilie Oană | Dinamo | Oțelul |
Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 15,073 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 13,500 |
Rapid București |
|
CSMS Iași | |
Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | Emil Alexandrescu | ||
Capacity: 11,704 [iii] | Capacity: 11,390 | ||
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | FC Brașov | ||
Tudor Vladimirescu | Silviu Ploeșteanu | ||
Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 8,800 | ||
Astra Giurgiu | Târgu Mureș | ||
Marin Anastasovici | Trans-Sil | ||
Capacity: 8,500 | Capacity: 8,200 | ||
Gaz Metan Mediaș | FC Botoșani | Concordia Chiajna | Viitorul Constanța [iv] |
Gaz Metan | Municipal | Concordia | Concordia |
Capacity: 7,814 | Capacity: 7,782 | Capacity: 5,123 | Capacity: 5,123 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Steaua București | Laurențiu Reghecampf | Mutual termination | 25 May 2014 [5] | Pre-season | Constantin Gâlcă | 2 June 2014 [6] |
Universitatea Craiova | Gavril Balint | Mutual termination | 10 June 2014 [7] | Ionel Gane | 10 June 2014 [8] | |
Oțelul Galați | Ewald Lienen | Resigned | 1 June 2014 [9] | Michael Weiß | 27 June 2014 [10] | |
Viitorul | Bogdan Vintilă | End of contract | 1 June 2014 [11] | Bogdan Stelea | 30 June 2014 [12] | |
Rapid București | Viorel Moldovan | Signed by Romania U-21 | 3 July 2014 [13] | Ionel Ganea | 24 July 2014 [14] | |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Marin Barbu | Resigned | 2 August 2014 [15] | 18 | Florin Marin | 2 August 2014 [15] |
Brașov | Cornel Țălnar | Resigned | 15 August 2014 [16] | 18 | Adrian Szabo | 15 August 2014 [16] |
Viitorul | Bogdan Stelea | Resigned | 19 August 2014 [17] | 14 | Bogdan Vintilă | 21 August 2014 [18] |
CSMS Iași | Marius Lăcătuș | Mutual agreement | 29 August 2014 [19] | 16 | Ionuț Chirilă | 29 August 2014 [19] |
Universitatea Craiova | Ionel Gane | Sacked | 2 September 2014 [20] | 18 | Emil Săndoi | 3 September 2014 [21] |
Universitatea Cluj | Mihai Teja | Resigned | 4 September 2014 [22] | 9 | George Ogăraru | 5 September 2014 [23] |
Petrolul Ploiești | Răzvan Lucescu | Sacked | 16 September 2014 [24] | 4 | Gheorghe Mulțescu | 17 September 2014 [25] |
Oțelul Galați | Michael Weiß | Sacked | 16 September 2014 [26] | 15 | Daniel Florea ( caretaker) | 16 September 2014 [27] |
Oțelul Galați | Daniel Florea ( caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 22 September 2014 [28] | 15 | Tibor Selymes | 22 September 2014 [28] |
Târgu Mureș | Adrian Falub | Sacked | 29 September 2014 [29] | 6 | Cristian Pustai | 30 September 2014 [30] |
Rapid București | Ionel Ganea | Sacked | 29 September 2014 [31] | 14 | Marian Rada | 30 September 2014 [32] |
CSMS Iași | Ionuț Chirilă | Sacked | 9 October 2014 [33] | 18 | Nicolò Napoli | 13 October 2014 [34] |
Astra Giurgiu | Daniel Isăilă | Sacked | 10 October 2014 [35] | 4 | Oleh Protasov | 10 October 2014 [35] |
Viitorul | Bogdan Vintilă | Resigned | 13 October 2014 [36] | 14 | Gheorghe Hagi | 13 October 2014 [36] |
Dinamo București | Flavius Stoican | Mutual agreement | 12 November 2014 [37] | 6 | Ionel Dănciulescu ( caretaker) | 13 November 2014 [38] |
CFR Cluj | Vasile Miriuță | Resigned | 23 November 2014 [39] | 2 | Francisc Dican ( caretaker) | 24 November 2014 [40] |
Gaz Metan Mediaș | Cristian Dulca | Resigned | 30 November 2014 [41] | 14 | Dănuț Matei | 30 November 2014 [41] |
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Petre Grigoraș | Mutual agreement | 7 December 2014 [42] | 12 | Dorian Gugu ( caretaker) | 8 December 2014 [42] |
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Dorian Gugu ( caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 16 December 2014 [43] | 12 | Eduard Iordănescu | 16 December 2014 [43] |
Târgu Mureș | Cristian Pustai | Sacked | 29 December 2014 [44] | 4 | Liviu Ciobotariu | 2 January 2015 [45] |
CFR Cluj | Francisc Dican ( caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 6 January 2015 [46] | 2 | Eugen Trică | 6 January 2015 [46] |
Dinamo București | Ionel Dănciulescu ( caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 7 January 2015 [47] | 8 | Mihai Teja | 7 January 2015 [47] |
Brașov | Adrian Szabo | Mutual agreement | 8 January 2015 [48] | 10 | Vjekoslav Lokica | 8 January 2015 [48] |
Petrolul Ploiești | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Mutual agreement | 8 January 2015 [49] | 3 | Mircea Rednic | 10 January 2015 [50] |
Rapid București | Marian Rada | Mutual agreement | 8 January 2015 [51] | 18 | Cristian Pustai | 8 January 2015 [51] |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Florin Marin | Sacked | 11 January 2015 [52] | 15 | Zé Maria | 12 January 2015 [52] |
Oțelul Galați | Tibor Selymes | Resigned | 2 March 2015 [53] | 17 | Florin Marin | 2 March 2015 [53] |
Universitatea Cluj | George Ogăraru | Mutual agreement | 2 March 2015 [54] | 13 | Adrian Falub | 2 March 2015 [55] |
Astra Giurgiu | Oleh Protasov | Sacked | 2 March 2015 [56] | 5 | Dorinel Munteanu | 4 March 2015 [57] |
Dinamo București | Mihai Teja | Sacked | 12 March 2015 [58] | 6 | Flavius Stoican | 12 March 2015 [59] |
CFR Cluj | Eugen Trică | Resigned | 2 April 2015 [60] | 18 | Francisc Dican ( caretaker) | 3 April 2015 [61] |
Concordia Chiajna | Marius Șumudică | Sacked | 5 April 2015 [62] | 11 | Marius Baciu | 6 April 2015 [63] |
Brașov | Vjekoslav Lokica | Resigned | 12 April 2015 [64] | 12 | Adrian Szabo | 13 April 2015 [64] |
Rapid București | Cristian Pustai | Sacked | 14 April 2015 [65] | 16 | Cristiano Bergodi | 15 April 2015 [65] |
Gaz Metan Mediaș | Dănuț Matei | Resigned | 16 April 2015 [66] | 14 | Ion Balaur ( caretaker) | 16 April 2015 [66] |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Zé Maria | Sacked | 20 April 2015 [67] | 15 | Vanja Radinović | 20 April 2015 [67] |
Astra Giurgiu | Dorinel Munteanu | Resigned | 28 April 2015 [68] | 5 | Marius Șumudică | 28 April 2015 [68] |
Petrolul Ploiești | Mircea Rednic | Mutual agreement | 5 May 2015 [69] | 3 | Valentin Sinescu ( caretaker) | 5 May 2015 [69] |
Dinamo București | Flavius Stoican | Mutual agreement | 6 May 2015 [70] | 8 | Mircea Rednic | 6 May 2015[ citation needed] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Târgu Mureș | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
3 | CFR Cluj [a] (I) | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 57 [b] | Not granted a license for UEFA Competitions |
4 | Astra Giurgiu | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 57 [b] | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [c] |
5 | Universitatea Craiova [d] (I) | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 53 | Not granted a license for UEFA Competitions |
6 | Petrolul Ploiești [d] (I) | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 52 | |
7 | Dinamo București [d] (I) | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 48 | |
8 | Botoșani | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [c] |
9 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 45 | |
10 | CSMS Iași | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 43 [e] | |
11 | Viitorul | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 43 [e] | |
12 | Concordia Chiajna [d] (I) | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 41 | Not granted a license for UEFA Competitions |
13 | Gaz Metan Mediaș (R) | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 39 | Relegation to Liga II |
14 | Brașov [d] (I, R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 | Not granted a license for UEFA Competitions |
15 | Universitatea Cluj [d] (I, R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 35 | |
16 | Rapid București [d] (I, R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 33 | |
17 | Oțelul Galați [d] (I, R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 32 | |
18 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț [d] (I, R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 58 | −33 | 27 |
1 Claudiu Keșerü was transferred to Al-Gharafa during the winter transfer window.
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Kamil Biliński | Dinamo București | Oțelul Galați | 4–0 | 28 July 2014 |
Claudiu Keșerü6 | Steaua București | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 6–0 | 15 August 2014 |
Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | Universitatea Craiova | 5–0 | 31 August 2014 |
Justin Mengolo | Universitatea Cluj | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 6–0 | 6 December 2014 |
Ioan Hora | Târgu Mureș | Viitorul Constanța | 6–1 | 2 May 2015 |
Florin Cernat | Oțelul Galați | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 4–1 | 17 May 2015 |
Mihai Roman | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | CSMS Iași | 5–2 | 24 May 2015 |
6 Player scored 6 goals
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets* |
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1 | Peterson Peçanha | Petrolul Ploiești | 16 |
2 | Eduard Stăncioiu | Târgu Mureș | 15 |
3 | Branko Grahovac | CSMS Iași | 14 |
4 | Cristian Bălgrădean | Universitatea Craiova | 13 |
5 | Giedrius Arlauskis | Steaua București | 12 |
6 | Vasile Curileac | Botoșani | 11 |
Răzvan Pleșca | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 11 | |
8 | Mário Felgueiras2 | CFR Cluj | 9 |
Silviu Lung Jr. | Astra Giurgiu | 9 | |
Alexandru Marc | Dinamo București | 9 | |
11 | Robert Veselovsky | Universitatea Cluj | 8 |
12 | Miloš Buchta | Rapid București | 7 |
2 Mário Felgueiras was transferred to Konyaspor during the winter transfer window.
* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.
Steaua București [86] [87] |
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Goalkeepers:
Giedrius Arlauskis
(25 / 0);
Valentin Cojocaru (7 / 0);
Florin Niță (3 / 0). Manager: Constantin Gâlcă. |
Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |
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Player | Club | ||
July | |||
August | |||
September | |||
October | |||
November | |||
December | |||
February | |||
March | Kamil Biliński | Dinamo București | [88] |
April | Ianis Zicu | ASA Târgu Mureș | [89] |
May | Florin Cernat | Oțelul Galați | [90] |