2025–26 Liga II

Liga II
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The 2025–26 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) is the 86th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the tenth consecutive season held in a single series.[1]

The format has been maintained, with a regular season contested by twenty-two teams in a single round-robin tournament. The top six teams at the end of the regular season advance to the promotion play-offs. The first two teams in the play-offs will be promoted to Liga I, while the third- and fourth-placed teams will play a promotion/relegation play-off against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I.[2]

The remaining fourteen teams will compete in the relegation play-outs, divided into two groups. The last two teams from each group will be relegated to Liga III. Additionally, the sixth-placed teams from each play-out group will face each other in a play-off to decide the final team to be relegated.[2]

Teams

A total of twenty-two teams contested the league, including fourteen from the previous season, two relegated from Liga I, five promoted from Liga III, and one taking over a place through a cession.

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2024–25 Liga II teams
Location of Bucharest and close-by Ilfov teams.
Club City Stadium Capacity
AFC Câmpulung Muscel Câmpulung Muscelul 3.000
ASA Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș Trans-Sil 8.200
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Piatra Neamț Ceahlăul 18.000
Chindia Târgoviște Târgoviște Eugen Popescu 8.400
Concordia Chiajna Chiajna Concordia 5.123
Corvinul Hunedoara Hunedoara Complexul Sportiv Corvinul 16.500
CS Afumați Afumați Comunal[a] 2.000
CS Tunari Tunari Central 1.700
CS Dinamo București București CNAF[b] 1.600
CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Șelimbăr Măgura[c] 2.450
CSC Dumbrăvița Dumbrăvița Ștefan Dobay 500
CSM Olimpia Satu Mare Satu Mare Daniel Prodan 18.000
CSM Reșița Reșița Mircea Chivu 12.500
CSM Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 12.000
FC Bacău Ruși-Ciutea Ruși-Ciutea 700
FC Bihor Oradea Oradea Iuliu Bodola 12.376
FC Voluntari Voluntari Anghel Iordănescu 4.600
Gloria Bistrița Bistrița Jean Pădureanu 7.814
Metalul Buzău Buzău Metalul 1.573
Politehnica Iași Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11.350
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe Sepsi 8.400
Steaua București București Steaua 31.254
  1. ^ Afumați played its home match in the 16th round on 6 December 2025 against 1599 Șelimbăr at Voința Stadium in Ghermănești.[7]
  2. ^ Dinamo București was relocated to the CNAF Stadium in Buftea, as the Dinamo Stadium did not receive a license to host matches in Liga II.[8]
  3. ^ 1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to the Măgura Stadium in Cisnădie, because Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr is under renovations.

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
1599 Șelimbăr Eugen Beza Ciprian Natea Nike Shopping City Sibiu
Afumați Vasile Neagu Ionuț Zaina Nike Shark Doors
ASA Târgu Mureș Eusebiu Tudor Robert Geantă Kappa Târgu Mureș
Bacău Costel Enache Ionuț Chirilă Nike Dedeman
Bihor Oradea Erik Lincar Ioan Hora Macron Selina, Viva Chips
Câmpulung Muscel Alecsandru Popovici Georgian Jenaru Nike Superbet
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Cristian Pustai Patrick Petre Nike SSAB Impex
Chindia Târgoviște Ilie Poenaru Cornel Dinu Macron Kruk[9]
Concordia Chiajna Nicolae Dică Mihai Balasa Joma —
Corvinul Hunedoara Florin Maxim Alexandru Neacșa Joma Primăria Hunedoara
Dinamo București Florin Bratu Andrei Bobaru Joma Superbet
Dumbrăvița Florin Fabian Nicolae Sofran Macron Artoil
Gloria Bistrița Nicolae Grigore Alin Burdeț Hummel Superbet
Metalul Buzău Valentin Stan Marius Tudorică Macron Consiliul Județean Buzău
Olimpia Satu Mare Zoltan Ritli Ervin Zsiga Adidas M-SYS, Best Build Technology
Politehnica Iași Tibor Selymes Ștefan Ștefanovici Nike Maxbet
Reșița Flavius Stoican Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Ovidiu Burcă Cosmin Matei Adidas Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Slatina Claudiu Niculescu Ionuț Năstăsie Macron Organizația Trebuie
Steaua București Daniel Oprița Stephan Drăghici Adidas Stanleybet
Tunari Dinu Todoran Claudiu Dragu Uhlsport Pinum, Shaormeria Băneasa
Voluntari Florian Pârvu Doru Andrei Nike Metropola TV

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival
Chindia Târgoviște Costel Pană[10] Mutual consent 16 June 2025 Ilie Poenaru[11] 16 June 2025
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Csaba László End of interim spell 18 June 2025 Ovidiu Burcă[12] 18 June 2025
Dumbrăvița Cosmin Stan[13] Mutual consent 19 June 2025 Florin Fabian[14] 20 June 2025
1599 Șelimbăr Ioan Luca Mutual consent 1 July 2025 Eugen Beza[15] 1 July 2025
ASA Târgu Mureș Cătălin Kalo Mutual consent 1 July 2025 Eusebiu Tudor 1 July 2025
Tunari Dan Alexa[16] Mutual consent 22 July 2025 Bogdan Pătrașcu[17] 25 July 2025

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Round Position
Olimpia Satu Mare Alexandru Botoș[18] Sacked 26 August 2025 4th 22th Zoltan Ritli[19] 2 September 2025
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Marco Veronese[20] Sacked 29 August 2025 4th 11th Vasile Avădanei (interim) 22 August 2025
Gloria Bistrița Cristian Pustai[21] Sacked 31 August 2025 5th 18th Nicolae Grigore[22] 2 September 2025
Tunari Bogdan Pătrașcu[23] Sacked 20 September 2025 7th 16th Alin Ilin (interim) 25 September 2025
Concordia Chiajna Nicolae Dică[24] Sacked 22 September 2025 7th 11th Andrei Cristea[25] 23 September 2025
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Vasile Avădanei End of interim spell 22 September 2025 7th 12th Cristian Pustai[26] 25 September 2025
Tunari Alin Ilin[27] End of interim spell 4 November 2025 12th 21th Dinu Todoran[27] 4 November 2025
Politehnica Iași Tony[28] Mutual consent 13 November 2025 13th 10th Tibor Selymes[28] 13 November 2025

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Corvinul Hunedoara 17 13 4 0 28 9 +19 43 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe 17 11 3 3 25 15 +10 36
3 Bihor Oradea 17 11 2 4 35 18 +17 35
4 ASA Târgu Mureș 17 10 3 4 35 18 +17 33
5 Voluntari 17 9 6 2 22 12 +10 33
6 Reșița 17 10 2 5 31 17 +14 32
7 Chindia Târgoviște 17 9 3 5 30 15 +15 30 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
8 Steaua București 17 9 3 5 30 23 +7 30 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
9 Metalul Buzău 17 9 2 6 29 18 +11 29
10 Politehnica Iași 17 7 4 6 16 17 −1 25 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
11 Concordia Chiajna 17 7 3 7 25 18 +7 24
12 Afumați 17 7 3 7 25 23 +2 24 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
13 Bacău 17 6 5 6 21 22 −1 23
14 Slatina 17 6 4 7 22 22 0 22 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
15 1599 Șelimbăr 17 4 4 9 24 26 −2 16
16 Gloria Bistrița 17 4 4 9 21 27 −6 16 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
17 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 17 5 3 9 17 32 −15 16[a]
18 Dumbrăvița 17 4 3 10 21 32 −11 15 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
19 Dinamo București 17 2 6 9 12 28 −16 12
20 Olimpia Satu Mare 17 3 1 13 14 38 −24 10 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
21 Câmpulung Muscel 17 2 3 12 8 41 −33 9 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
22 Tunari 17 1 5 11 13 33 −20 8 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2025. 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
Notes:
  1. ^ Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț were deducted two points for failing to pay former player Ronald Gbizie.[29]

Results

Home \ Away COR SEP BIH ASA VOL REȘ CHI STE MBZ IAȘ CON AFU BAC SLA ȘEL GLO CEA DUM DIN STM CMU TUN
Corvinul Hunedoara – 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 – 3–0
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe 0–2 – – 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Bihor Oradea – – – 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 5–0 0–0
ASA Târgu Mureș 0–0 0–2 – – 4–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–0
Voluntari 1–2 3–3 3–2 – 2–1 0–0 1–0 – 1–0 0–0 3–1
Reșița – 2–3 – 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 7–0
Chindia Târgoviște 3–0[a] – 0–2 3–0 – 2–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
Steaua București 2–1 2–1 2–1 – 4–1 – 4–3 1–2 2–0 0–1
Metalul Buzău 0–1 0–0 1–1 – 1–0 – 2–1 5–1 0–1 4–0
Politehnica Iași 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 – – 2–0
Concordia Chiajna – 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 8–0 2–1 – 2–0
Afumați 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 – 0–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 –
Bacău 0–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 – 1–1 – 1–0
Slatina 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 – 2–0 3–1 – 1–1
1599 Șelimbăr 0–2 1–3 – 2–1 – 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 5–0
Gloria Bistrița 0–1 1–3 – 3–1 1–1 – 2–1 0–1 6–0 2–2
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 2–3 0–3 – 0–0 – 1–5 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1
Dumbrăvița 1–2 2–3 1–3 – – 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0
Dinamo București – 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 – 1–2 3–1
Olimpia Satu Mare 2–4 1–4 0–1 2–4 1–4 2–1 0–1 1–4 – –
Câmpulung Muscel 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 – 0–0 2–3 3–0 –
Tunari 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–4 1–1 0–2 1–2 – –
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ The initial result, 1–1, was overturned and awarded as a 3–0 win to Chindia, as Sepsi fielded an unlisted substitute.[30]

Season statistics

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

As of 14 December 2025[31]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nacho Heras Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe 11
Cristian Măgerușan ASA Târgu Mureș
Valentin Robu Metalul Buzău
4 Carl Davordzie Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 10
Nicu Modan Reșița
6 Bogdan Chipirliu Steaua București 9
Robert Jerdea Reșița
8 Daniel Florea Chindia Târgoviște 8
Alexandru Iamandache Afumați
Ioan Hora Bihor Oradea
11 Cosmin Bucuroiu 1599 Șelimbăr 7
Alexandru Saim Tudor Metalul Buzău

Hat-tricks

As of 14 December 2025
Player For Against Result Date Round
Kehinde Fatai Afumați Bacău 3–2 (H)[32] 2 August 2025 1
Cristian Măgerușan ASA Târgu Mureș Câmpulung Muscel 3–0 (H) 30 August 2025 5
Cosmin Bucuroiu 1599 Șelimbăr Câmpulung Muscel 5–0 (H) 4 October 2025 9
Valentin Robu4 Metalul Buzău Dumbrăvița 5–1 (H)[33] 18 October 2025 10
Bogdan Chipirliu Olimpia Satu Mare Steaua București 1–4 (A) 25 October 2025 11

4 – Player scored four goals.[33]

See also

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