Season | 2021–22 |
---|---|
Dates | 15 July 2021 – 29 May 2022 |
Champions | CFR Cluj |
Relegated |
Gaz Metan Mediaș Academica Clinceni Dinamo București |
Champions League | CFR Cluj |
Europa Conference League |
FCSB Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Universitatea Craiova |
Top goalscorer |
Florin Tănase (20 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Rapid 8–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș (18 April 2022) |
Biggest away win |
Academica Clinceni 2–8
Farul Constanța (17 February 2022) Argeș Pitești 0–6 CFR Cluj (7 May 2022) |
Highest scoring |
Academica Clinceni 2–8
Farul Constanța (17 February 2022) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches CFR Cluj |
Longest unbeaten run | 21 matches CFR Cluj |
Longest winless run | 17 matches Academica Clinceni |
Longest losing run | 13 matches Gaz Metan |
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2020–21
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2022. |
The 2021–22 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 104th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 15 July 2021 and ended in May 2022. [1] It was the seventh to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced, and CFR Cluj was four-time defending champion.
After the conclusion of the regular season, teams were divided according to their place to enter either the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs. [2]
The teams ranked 15th and 16th at the end of the play-out tournament were directly relegated, while the 13th and 14th places played a promotion/relegation play-off against 3rd and 4th places from Liga II. [2]
The league consistsed of 16 teams: 12 from the 2020–21 Liga I, two teams from the 2020–21 Liga II, and the winners of the 2020–21 promotion/relegation play-off.
Teams promoted to the Liga I
The first club to be promoted was FC U Craiova 1948, following their 0–0 draw against Miercurea Ciuc on 13 May 2021. FC U Craiova returned in the Liga I after 10 years of absence. [3]
The second club to be promoted was Rapid București, following their 1–3 defeat against FC U Craiova on 17 May 2021. Rapid returned in the Liga I after 6 years of absence. [4]
The third club to be promoted was Mioveni, following their 2–1 win against Hermannstadt on 2 June 2021, in the promotion/relegation play-offs. Mioveni returned in the Liga I after 9 years of absence. [5]
Teams relegated to the Liga II
The first club to be relegated was Politehnica Iași, which were relegated on 15 May 2021 following a 0–1 defeat against Hermannstadt, ending their 7-year stay in the top flight. [6]
The second club to be relegated was Astra Giurgiu, which were relegated on 19 May 2021 following their 0–1 defeat against Viitorul Constanța, ending their 12-year stay in the top flight. [7]
The third club to be relegated was Hermannstadt, which were relegated on 2 June 2021 following their 1–2 defeat against Mioveni in the promotion/relegation play-offs, thus ending their 3-year stay in the top flight. [8]
Other changes
In June 2021, Gheorghe Hagi (owner of Viitorul Constanța), chairman Gheorghe Popescu and Farul Constanța owner Ciprian Marica announced in a press conference that their two clubs have merged; second division club Farul Constanța therefore took Viitorul's place in the first league from the 2021–22 Liga I season. [9] [10] [11]
FCSB | Universitatea Craiova | FC U Craiova 1948 | CFR Cluj |
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Arena Națională | Ion Oblemenco | Ion Oblemenco | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu |
Capacity: 55,634 | Capacity: 30,929 | Capacity: 30,929 | Capacity: 23,500 |
Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești | Rapid București | UTA Arad |
Dinamo | Nicolae Dobrin | Rapid | Francisc von Neuman |
Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 14,050 | Capacity: 12,700 |
Chindia Târgoviște |
|
Mioveni | |
Municipal [i] | Orășenesc | ||
Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | ||
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe | Gaz Metan Mediaș | ||
Sepsi | Gaz Metan | ||
Capacity: 8,400 | Capacity: 7,814 | ||
Botoșani | Voluntari | Farul Constanța | Academica Clinceni |
Municipal | Anghel Iordănescu | Viitorul | Clinceni |
Capacity: 7,782 | Capacity: 4,600 | Capacity: 4,554 | Capacity: 4,500 |
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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FC U Craiova 1948 | Eugen Trică | Sacked | 24 May 2021 [12] | Pre-season | Adrian Mutu | 2 June 2021 [13] |
FCSB | Anton Petrea | End of contract | 31 May 2021 | Pre-season | Dinu Todoran | 1 June 2021 [14] |
CFR Cluj | Edward Iordănescu | End of contract | 31 May 2021 | Pre-season | Marius Șumudică | 2 June 2021 [15] |
Farul Constanța | Ianis Zicu | End of contract | 31 May 2021 | Pre-season | Gheorghe Hagi | 21 June 2021 [9] |
Dinamo București | Dušan Uhrin Jr. | Resigned | 10 July 2021 [16] | Pre-season | Dario Bonetti | 14 July 2021 [17] |
Universitatea Craiova | Marinos Ouzounidis | Sacked | 23 July 2021 [18] | 4 | Laurențiu Reghecampf | 26 July 2021 [19] |
FCSB | Dinu Todoran | Sacked | 17 August 2021 | 4 | Edward Iordănescu | 18 August 2021 |
CFR Cluj | Marius Șumudică | Sacked | 27 August 2021 | 1 | Dan Petrescu | 31 August 2021 |
Gaz Metan Mediaș | Mihai Teja | Sacked | 15 September 2021 | 15 | Ilie Poenaru | 17 September 2021 |
Academica Clinceni | Ilie Poenaru | Sacked | 15 September 2021 | 16 | Ionuț Chirilă | 21 September 2021 |
Dinamo București | Dario Bonetti | Sacked | 14 September 2021 | 14 | Mircea Rednic | 29 September 2021 |
FC U Craiova 1948 | Adrian Mutu | Sacked | 4 October 2021 | 13 | Flavius Stoican | 5 October 2021 |
Sepsi OSK | Leontin Grozavu | Sacked | 7 October 2021 | 12 | Cristiano Bergodi | 8 October 2021 |
FC U Craiova 1948 | Flavius Stoican | Sacked | 3 November 2021 | 12 | Eugen Trică | 6 November 2021 |
FCSB | Edward Iordănescu | Resigned | 13 November 2021 | 2 | Anton Petrea | 1 December 2021 |
Academica Clinceni | Ionuț Chirilă | Sacked | 1 December 2021 | 16 | Adrian Falub | 6 December 2021 |
FC U Craiova 1948 | Eugen Trică | Sacked | 4 December 2021 | 14 | Nicolò Napoli | 11 January 2022 |
Dinamo București | Mircea Rednic | Sacked | 21 December 2021 | 15 | Flavius Stoican | 22 December 2021 |
UTA Arad | László Balint | Resigned | 31 January 2022 | 10 | Ionuț Badea | 31 January 2022 |
Academica Clinceni | Adrian Falub | Resigned | 4 February 2021 | 16 | Florin Stângă | 15 February 2021 |
Gaz Metan Mediaș | Ilie Poenaru | Resigned | 17 February 2022 | 14 | Flavius Boroncoi | 18 February 2022 |
Rapid Bucuresti | Mihai Iosif | Sacked | 2 March 2022 | 9 | Adrian Mutu | 3 March 2022 |
Dinamo Bucuresti | Flavius Stoican | Resigned | 8 March 2022 | 14 | Dušan Uhrin Jr. | 8 March 2022 |
In the regular season the 16 teams will meet twice for a total of 30 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship play-offs and the bottom 10 qualifying for the relegation play-outs. [20]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 16 | +32 | 76 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
2 | FCSB | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 62 | |
3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 54 | |
4 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 48 | |
5 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 48 | |
6 | Voluntari | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 47 | |
7 | Botoșani | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
8 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 40 | |
9 | Rapid București | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 40 | |
10 | Sepsi OSK | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 39 | |
11 | Chindia Târgoviște | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 35 | |
12 | FC U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 33 | |
13 | Mioveni | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 29 | |
14 | Dinamo București | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 17 | |
15 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 64 | −43 | 14 | |
16 | Gaz Metan Mediaș [a] | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 2 |
The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. [21]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CFR | FCS | UCV | VOL | FAR | ARG | |
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1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 57 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
2 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 56 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
3 | Universitatea Craiova (O) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 48 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | ||
4 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 35 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||
5 | Farul Constanța | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 32 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||
6 | Argeș Pitești | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 27 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th. [21]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SPS | BOT | RAP | FCU | UTA | MIO | CHI | DIN | ACA | GAZ | |
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7 | Sepsi OSK (Q) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 42 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round [a] | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | ||||||
8 | Botoșani | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 41 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 | ||||||
9 | Rapid București | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 39 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 8–0 | |||||||
10 | FC U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 34 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | ||||||||
11 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 33 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |||||||
12 | Mioveni | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 31 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||
13 | Chindia Târgoviște (O) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | ||||||
14 | Dinamo București (R) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 23 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | ||||||||
15 | Academica Clinceni [b] (D, R) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | −28 | −43 | Clubs withdrew from the league | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |||||||
16 | Gaz Metan Mediaș [c] (D, R) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | −25 | −46 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 |
In the semi-final, the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). However the 7th place team, Sepsi, has already qualified to the Europa Conference League as Romanian Cup winners, so the semi-final was not played. In the final, the 8th place team will play the team ranked in the last UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off tournament. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
27 May 2022 | Universitatea Craiova | 2–0 | Botoșani | Craiova |
EEST ( UTC+3) | Stadium:
Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 10.000 |
The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faced the 3rd and 4th-placed teams of the Liga II.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Concordia Chiajna | 2–2 (1–4 p) | Chindia Târgoviște | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Universitatea Cluj | 3–1 | Dinamo București | 2–0 | 1–1 |
21 May 2022 | Concordia Chiajna | 2–1 | Chindia Târgoviște | Chiajna |
15:30 EEST ( UTC+3) |
Voicu 58' (
pen.) Pițian 68' ( o.g.) |
Florea 50' | Stadium:
Concordia Referee: Marcel Bîrsan ( Bucharest) |
21 May 2022 | Universitatea Cluj | 2–0 | Dinamo București | Cluj |
20:30 EEST ( UTC+3) |
Remacle 14' Boiciuc 83' |
Stadium:
Cluj Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa ( Pitești) |
29 May 2022 | Chindia Târgoviște | 1–0 (4–1 p) | Concordia Chiajna | Ploiești |
18:15 EEST ( UTC+3) | Chamed 90+1' | Stadium:
Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: István Kovács ( Carei) | ||
Penalties | ||||
Iacob Passaglia Chunchukov Celea |
Soković Palmeș Llullaku |
29 May 2022 | Dinamo București | 1–1 | Universitatea Cluj | Bucharest |
21:00 EEST ( UTC+3) | Morar 19' | Tescan 17' | Stadium:
Stadionul Dinamo Attendance: 13,770 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru ( Galați) |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Florin Tănase | FCSB | 20 |
2 | Jefté Betancor | Farul | 16 |
3 | Andrei Ivan | Universitatea Craiova | 15 |
4 | Gabriel Debeljuh | CFR Cluj | 14 |
5 | Jovan Marković | Universitatea Craiova | 13 |
6 | Andrea Compagno | FC U Craiova 1948 | 12 |
7 | Gustavo Vagenin | Universitatea Craiova | 10 |
Ciprian Deac | CFR Cluj | ||
Octavian Popescu | FCSB | ||
10 | Claudiu Petrila | CFR Cluj | 9 |
Adrian Petre | Farul | ||
Mihai Roman | FC Botoșani | ||
Bogdan Rusu | Mioveni |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Deian Sorescu | Dinamo | FC Voluntari | 3–2 (H) | 19 July 2021 |
Jefte Betancor | Farul Constanța | Academica Clinceni | 5–0 (H) | 13 September 2021 |
Andrei Ivan | Universitatea Craiova | CS Mioveni | 5–2 (H) | 30 October 2021 |
Gabriel Debeljuh | CFR Cluj | Dinamo | 4–1 (H) | 6 March 2022 |
Florin Tănase | FCSB | Farul Constanța | 0–4 (A) | 25 April 2022 |
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Florin Iacob | UTA Arad | 15 |
2 | Cătălin Căbuz | Chindia | 14 |
3 | Mirko Pigliacelli | Universitatea Craiova | 13 |
4 | Horațiu Moldovan | Rapid București | 11 |
Alexandru Greab | FC Arges | ||
Mihai Aioani | Farul Constanța | ||
Mihai Popa | FC Voluntari | ||
8 | Eduard Pap | FC Botosani | 10 |
Otto Hindrich | CFR Cluj | ||
Andrei Vlad | FCSB |
Year | Month | Player | Nationality | Pos. | Team | Ref |
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2021 | August | Cristian Săpunaru | Romania | DF | Rapid București | [ citation needed] |
September | Jefté Betancor | Spain | FW | Farul Constanța | [24] | |
October | Andrei Ivan | Romania | FW | Universitatea Craiova | [25] | |
November | Alexandru Cicâldău | Romania | MF | Galatasaray | [26] | |
December | Gabriel Tamaș | Romania | DF | FC Voluntari | [27] | |
2022 | February | Gustavo Vagenin | Brazil | FW | Universitatea Craiova | [28] |
March | Octavian Popescu | Romania | FW | FCSB | [29] | |
April | Darius Olaru | Romania | MF | FCSB | [30] | |
May | Marius Ștefănescu | Romania | FW | Sepsi OSK | [31] |
Year | Month | Manager | Nationality | Team | Ref |
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2021 | August | Mihai Iosif | Romania | Rapid București | [ citation needed] |
September | Liviu Ciobotariu | Romania | FC Voluntari | [24] | |
October | Laurențiu Reghecampf | Romania | Universitatea Craiova | [25] | |
November | Andrei Prepeliță | Romania | FC Argeș | [26] | |
December | Dan Petrescu | Romania | CFR Cluj | [27] | |
2022 | February | Nicolò Napoli | Italy | FC U Craiova 1948 | [28] |
March | Răzvan Lucescu | Romania | PAOK | [29] | |
April | Adrian Mutu | Romania | Rapid București | [30] | |
May | Cristiano Bergodi | Italy | Sepsi OSK | [31] |