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2023–24 Liga II

The 2023–24 Liga II is the 84th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. A total of 20 teams contest the league.

Liga II
Season2023–24
PromotedUnirea Slobozia
Gloria Buzău
RelegatedCSM Alexandria
Progresul Spartac București
Tunari
Unirea Dej
Europa LeagueCorvinul Hunedoara
All statistics correct as of 16 May 2023.

It is the eighth Liga II season with a single series.[1] The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last four teams will be relegated to Liga III. The season began on 5 August 2023 and is scheduled to end in June 2024.[2]

Teams

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Team changes

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Promoted from 2022–23 Liga III Relegated from 2022–23 Liga I Promoted to 2023–24 Liga I Relegated to 2023–24 Liga III
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț[3][4]
(after 7 years of absence)
CS Tunari
(debut)
CSM Alexandria
(after 18 years of absence)
CSM Reșița
(after 2 years of absence)
Corvinul Hunedoara
(after 15 years of absence)		 Argeș Pitești[5]
(after 3 years of absence)
Chindia Târgoviște[6]
(after 4 years of absence)
CS Mioveni[7]
(after 2 years of absence)		 Politehnica Iași[8]
(ended 2-year stay)
Oțelul Galați[9]
(ended 1-year stay)
Dinamo București[10]
(ended 1-year stay)		 Progresul Spartac București[11]
(ended 1-year stay)
Ripensia Timișoara
(ended 6-year stay)
Minaur Baia Mare
(ended 1-year stay)
Politehnica Timișoara
(ended 7-year stay)
Unirea Constanța
(ended 2-year stay)

Teams excluded by Romanian Football Federation

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On 7 August 2023, FC Brașov was excluded from Liga II by the Romanian Football Federation.[12]

Teams spared from relegation

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Progresul Spartac București was spared from relegation to 2023–24 Liga III season, due to the decision to relegate FC Brașov, decision that vacanted place in the 2022–23 Liga II season.

Venues

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Steaua București Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Corvinul Hunedoara Argeș Pitești
Steaua Ceahlăul Michael Klein Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 31,254 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 15,000
       
Viitorul Târgu Jiu CSM Reșița Gloria Buzău 1599 Șelimbăr
Tudor Vladimirescu Mircea Chivu Municipal Municipal[i]
Capacity: 12,518 Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 12,321 Capacity: 12,000
       
Slatina
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Locations of the 2023–24 Liga II teams
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Location of Bucharest and Ilfov teams.
 Mioveni
1 Mai Orășenesc
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 10,000
   
Chindia Târgoviște Unirea Dej
Eugen Popescu Unirea
Capacity: 8,400 Capacity: 6,000
   
Unirea Slobozia Concordia Chiajna Csíkszereda Alexandria
1 Mai Concordia Municipal Municipal
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 5,123 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 2,000
       
Tunari Progresul Spartac București Dumbrăvița Metaloglobus București
Comunal CNAF[ii] Ștefan Dobay Metaloglobus
Capacity: 1,700 Capacity: 1,600 Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 1,000
       
  1. ^ 1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to Municipal Stadium in Râmnicu Vâlcea, because Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr is under renovations.
  2. ^ Progresul Spartac was relocated to CNAF Stadium in Buftea, because Progresul Spartac Stadium in Bucharest did not meet the standards for the second-tier.

Personnel and kits

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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 Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1599 Șelimbăr   Claudiu Niculescu   Ciprian Natea Nike Shopping City Sibiu
CSM Alexandria   Sorin Albeanu   Dragoș Balauru Peak Sport Products Primăria Alexandria
Argeș Pitești   Eugen Neagoe   Costinel Tofan Macron Getica 95
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț   Cristian Pustai   Azdren Llullaku Masita SSAB Impex
Chindia Târgoviște   Diego Longo   Cornel Dinu Macron —
Concordia Chiajna   Ilie Poenaru   Gabriel Torje Joma —
Corvinul Hunedoara   Florin Maxim   Alexandru Neacșa Joma Prodesign, ArcelorMittal
Csíkszereda   Róbert Ilyés   Dávid Kelemen 2Rule Csíkszereda, MOL
CSM Reșița   Flavius Stoican   Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița
CSM Slatina   Daniel Oprescu   Cătălin Doman Macron Primăria Slatina
Dumbrăvița   Cosmin Stan   Costel Zurbagiu Macron Artoil
Gloria Buzău   Andrei Prepeliță   Cristian Dumitru Joma Superbet, Getica 95
Metaloglobus București   Ianis Zicu   Georgian Honciu Jako —
Mioveni   Constantin Schumacher   Daniel Șerbănică Macron —
Progresul Spartac   Andrei Erimia   Dănilă Parfeon Team Kulterra
Steaua București   Daniel Oprița   Bogdan Chipirliu Adidas Get's Bet
Tunari   Dan Alexa   Mirko Ivanovski Nike Pinum
Unirea Dej   Dragoș Militaru   Mihai Kereki Hummel Dendiarom
Unirea Slobozia   Adrian Mihalcea   Constantin Toma Joma Consiliul Județean Ialomița
Viitorul Târgu Jiu   Călin Cojocaru   Arian Mršulja Nike Târg Auto OLTENIA

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Slobozia   Enache Costea Assistant manager 31 May 2023 Pre-season   Adrian Mihalcea 1 July 2023[13]
Mioveni   Vlad Țăranu End of tenure as a caretaker 31 May 2023[14]   Constantin Schumacher 1 July 2023
Chindia   Anton Petrea End of contract 31 May 2023[15]   Dragoș Militaru 1 July 2023
Concordia   Eugen Trică 31 May 2023[16]   Erik Lincar 1 July 2023[17]
Dej   Dragoș Militaru 31 May 2023[18]   Dacian Nastai 1 July 2023[19]
Argeș   Bogdan Vintilă Mutual agreement 8 June 2023[20]   Alexandru Pelici 1 July 2023
Tunari   Gabriel Manu 14 June 2023   Florin Stângă 1 July 2023[21]
Gloria   Adrian Mihalcea End of contract 30 June 2023[22]   Andrei Prepeliță 1 July 2023

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 1599 Șelimbăr 19 12 6 1 23 9 +14 42 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Unirea Slobozia 19 12 4 3 22 8 +14 40
3 Corvinul Hunedoara 19 11 4 4 30 16 +14 37
4 Gloria Buzău 19 10 4 5 31 21 +10 34
5 Mioveni 19 9 6 4 20 9 +11 33
6 Csíkszereda 19 9 5 5 19 14 +5 32
7 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 19 9 4 6 30 17 +13 31 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
8 Steaua București 19 7 7 5 37 24 +13 28 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
9 Chindia Târgoviște 19 7 7 5 27 14 +13 28
10 Reșița 19 7 6 6 28 25 +3 27 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
11 Metaloglobus București 19 6 8 5 20 22 −2 26
12 Concordia Chiajna 19 6 7 6 24 18 +6 25 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
13 Slatina 19 6 7 6 16 18 −2 25
14 Argeș Pitești 19 6 6 7 17 16 +1 24 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
15 Dumbrăvița 19 6 5 8 19 22 −3 23
16 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 19 5 8 6 16 28 −12 23 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
17 Tunari 19 3 7 9 16 32 −16 16
18 Unirea Dej 19 4 1 14 13 35 −22 13 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
19 Alexandria 19 2 3 14 10 29 −19 9
20 Progresul Spartac București 19 0 1 18 9 50 −41 1 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: During Season: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored. End of Season: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Goals scored

Season results

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Home \ Away ȘEL USZ COR GBZ MIO CSI CEA STE CHI RES MET CON SLA ARG DUM VTJ TUN UDJ ALX PRS
1599 Șelimbăr 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1
Unirea Slobozia 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Corvinul Hunedoara 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 4–0
Gloria Buzău 2–1 0–2 1–1 4–4 1–0 0–2 5–0 2–1 1–0
Mioveni 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–1
Csíkszereda 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0
Steaua București 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 5–0 2–1 1–1
Chindia Târgoviște 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–0
Reșița 0–1 2–0 3–1 5–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0
Metaloglobus 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–1
Concordia Chiajna 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1
Slatina 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0
Argeș Pitești 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Dumbrăvița 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 6–1 2–0
Viitorul Târgu Jiu 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–1
Tunari 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–1
Unirea Dej 0–0 2–4 0–1 2–6 1–3 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Alexandria 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–4 0–1 0–1
Progresul Spartac 0–2 1–2 1–5 1–6 0–1 0–6 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–3
Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

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A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.[23]

Play-off table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Unirea Slobozia (P, C) 10 6 2 2 9 6 +3 60 Promotion to Liga I
2 Corvinul Hunedoara[a] 10 4 3 3 14 11 +3 52 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[b]
3 1599 Șelimbăr[a] 10 1 6 3 8 12 −4 51[c]
4 Gloria Buzău (P) 10 4 5 1 12 7 +5 51[c] Promotion to Liga I
5 Mioveni (Q) 10 2 4 4 10 11 −1 43 Qualification for play-offs
6 Miercurea Ciuc (Q) 10 2 2 6 9 15 −6 40
Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play off); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play off); 9) Play-off.[24]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Corvinul Hunedoara and 1599 Șelimbăr are ineligible for promotion due to the clubs being owned by comunal departments/entities, all Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.
  2. ^ Corvinul Hunedoara qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as 2023–24 Cupa României winners
  3. ^ a b 1599 Șelimbăr finished ahead of Gloria Buzău on regular season points: 1599 Șelimbăr 42, Gloria Buzău 34
Results
Home \ Away ȘEL COR CSI GBZ MIO USZ
1599 Șelimbăr 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–2
Corvinul Hunedoara 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Miercurea Ciuc 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1
Gloria Buzău 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0
Mioveni 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1
Unirea Slobozia 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-out

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A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III. [23]

Group A

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Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CSM Reșița 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 40
2 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 6 1 2 3 10 11 −1 36
3 Metaloglobus București 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 34[a]
4 Argeș Pitești 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 34[a]
5 Dumbrăvița 6 1 1 4 3 9 −6 27[b]
6 Unirea Dej (R) 6 4 2 0 7 2 +5 27[b] Relegation to 2024–25 Liga III
7 CSM Alexandria (R) 6 1 1 4 5 12 −7 13
Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.[24]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Metaloglobus București finished ahead of Argeș on regular season points tally: Metaloglobus București 26, Argeș 24
  2. ^ a b Dumbrăvița finished ahead of Unirea Dej on regular season points tally: Dumbrăvița 23, Unirea Dej 13

Group B

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Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București 6 5 1 0 12 2 +10 44
2 Chindia Târgoviște 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 38[a]
3 Concordia Chiajna 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 38[a]
4 CSM Slatina 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 32
5 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 30
6 Tunari (R) 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4 20 Relegation to 2024–25 Liga III
7 Progresul Spartac București (R) 6 1 0 5 5 15 −10 4
Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.[24]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Chindia Târgoviște finished ahead of Concordia Chiajna on regular season points tally: Chindia Târgoviște 28, Concordia Chiajna 25

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo București 2–0 Miercurea Ciuc 2–0 0–0
Botoșani 2–0 Mioveni 1–0 1–0

First leg

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17 May 2024 Botoșani 1–0 Mioveni Botoșani
  • Aldaír   90+3'
 Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
20 May 2024 Dinamo București 2–0 Miercurea Ciuc Bucharest
 Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Rareș Vidican

Second leg

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24 May 2024 Mioveni 0–1 Botoșani Mioveni
 Stadium: Orășenesc
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
27 May 2024 Miercurea Ciuc 0–0 Dinamo București Miercurea Ciuc
20:00 Stadium: Municipal
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

References

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