2023–24 Liga II

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

The 2023–24 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the eighth consecutive season held as a single series.[1][2]

The format from the previous season was maintained. The regular season was contested in a single round-robin tournament. The top six teams at the end of the regular season advanced to the promotion play-offs. The first two teams in the play-offs were promoted to Liga I, while the third- and fourth-placed teams played promotion/relegation play-offs against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I.

The remaining fourteen teams competed in the relegation play-outs, divided into two groups. The last two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III.

Teams

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

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

Personnel and kits

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
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 Miercurea Ciuc Róbert Ilyés Dávid Kelemen 2Rule Csíkszereda, MOL
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 București Andrei Erimia Dănilă Parfeon Team Kulterra
Reșița Flavius Stoican Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița
Slatina Daniel Oprescu Cătălin Doman Macron Primăria Slatina
Steaua București Daniel Oprița Bogdan Chipirliu Adidas Get's Bet
Șelimbăr Claudiu Niculescu Ciprian Natea Nike Shopping City Sibiu
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 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Călin Cojocaru Arian Mršulja Nike Târg Auto OLTENIA

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Unirea Slobozia Enache Costea Assistant manager 31 May 2023 Adrian Mihalcea[13] 1 July 2023
Mioveni Vlad Țăranu[14] End of tenure as a caretaker 31 May 2023 Constantin Schumacher[15] 1 July 2023
Chindia Târgoviște Anton Petrea End of contract 31 May 2023[16] Dragoș Militaru 1 July 2023
Concordia Chiajna Eugen Trică 31 May 2023[17] Erik Lincar 1 July 2023[18]
Unirea Dej Dragoș Militaru 31 May 2023[19] Dacian Nastai 1 July 2023[20]
Argeș Pitești Bogdan Vintilă Mutual agreement 8 June 2023[21] Alexandru Pelici 1 July 2023
Tunari Gabriel Manu 14 June 2023 Florin Stângă 1 July 2023[22]
Gloria Buzău Adrian Mihalcea[23] End of contract 30 June 2023 Andrei Prepeliță 1 July 2023

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Round Position
Concordia Chiajna Erik Lincar[24] Mutual consent 5 March 2024 12th 17th Ilie Poenaru[25] 14 March 2024

Regular season

League table

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 Miercurea Ciuc 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 Pandurii 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

Results

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 Miercurea Ciuc 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 București 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 Pandurii 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 București 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

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.[26]

Play-off table

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 Csíkszereda 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.[27]
(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
Csíkszereda 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

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. [26]

Group A

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 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 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.[27]
(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

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 Slatina 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 32
5 Viitorul Pandurii 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.[27]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Chindia Târgoviște finished ahead of Concordia Chiajna on regular season points tally: Chindia Târgoviște 28, Concordia Chiajna 25.

Season statistics

Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics

As of 11 May 2024[28]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Regular season Play-off Play-out Total
1 Bogdan Chipirliu Steaua București 12 0 2 14
2 Marian Drăghiceanu Reșița 8 0 5 13
3 Adrian Bălan Concordia Chiajna 10 0 1 11
Dragoș Huiban Metaloglobus București 10 0 1 11
4 Marius Coman Corvinul Hunedoara 7 3 0 10
5 Alexandru Gîrbiță Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu 7 0 2 9
Richárd Jelena Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 5 4 0 9
6 Dragan Paulevici Dumbrăvița 7 0 1 8
Adi Chică-Roșă Gloria Buzău 5 3 0 8
Ante Živković Chindia Târgoviște 4 0 4 8
7 Cristian Dumitru Gloria Buzău 6 1 0 7
Ștefan Blănaru Mioveni 3 4 0 7
Patrick Petre Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 5 0 2 7
Mirko Ivanovski Tunari 5 0 2 7
Christ Afalna Unirea Slobozia 3 4 0 7
8 Robert Moldoveanu Chindia Târgoviște 6 0 0 6
Nacho Heras Steaua București 3 0 3 6

See also

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