2006–07 Liga I

Liga I
Season2006–07
ChampionsDinamo București[1]
RelegatedArgeș Pitești
Național București
Jiul Petroșani
Champions LeagueDinamo București
Steaua București
UEFA CupCFR Cluj
Rapid București
Intertoto CupOțelul Galați
Gloria Bistrița
Matches played306
Goals scored706 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerClaudiu Niculescu (18)
Biggest home winSteaua 6–0 Naţional
Biggest away winOțelul 0–7 Rapid
Highest scoringCeahlăul 4–3 Oțelul
Vaslui 2–5 UTA
Oțelul 5–2 Național
Oțelul 0–7 Rapid
Longest winning runDinamo (13)
Longest unbeaten runDinamo (17)
Longest winless runJiul (12)
Longest losing runArgeș (11)

The 2006–07 Liga I was the eighty-ninth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 28 July 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007.

Teams

Eighteen teams played in the 2006–07 season. Four teams were from Moldova, four clubs from Transylvania, one from Dobruja and nine from Wallachia four of them coming from the country's capital city Bucharest.

Pandurii Târgu Jiu had been relegated at the end of the previous season but they re-entered Liga I at the expense of Sportul Studenţesc which has been relegated to Liga II due to financial problems. They relegated together with FC Bacău, who finished 16th last season. The other four new teams which gained access to Liga I were Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Universitatea Craiova (both winning two of the three series of Liga II), plus Unirea Urziceni (winning the playoff for Liga I) and UTA Arad which bought the place from Liberty Salonta (winner of the third series of Liga II).

Venues

Politehnica Timișoara Steaua București FC U Craiova Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Ion Oblemenco Ceahlăul
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 17,500
Farul Constanța Jiul Petroșani Dinamo București Argeș Pitești
Farul Jiul Dinamo Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 15,000
Național București
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Location of Bucharest teams.
 Oțelul Galați
Cotroceni Oțelul
Capacity: 14,542 Capacity: 13,500
Rapid București Politehnica Iași
Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 11,704[i] Capacity: 11,390
CFR Cluj[ii] FC Vaslui
CFR Municipal
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 9,240
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Gloria Bistrița UTA Arad Unirea Urziceni
Tudor Vladimirescu Gloria Francisc von Neuman Tineretului
Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,287 Capacity: 7,000
  1. ^ Capacity of Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Stadium has been reduced from 19,100 to 11,704 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the South End.
  2. ^ CFR Cluj was relocated to Unirea Stadium from Dej for the first five home matches of this season because CFR Stadium was under renovations.

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Argeș Pitești Romania Constantin Cârstea Romania Alin Chița Italy Lotto Pic
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Aurel Șunda Romania Adrian Iencsi Italy Lotto Altex
CFR Cluj Italy Cristiano Bergodi Romania Vasile Jula Italy Erreà DOMO Group, Polus Center
Dinamo București Romania Mircea Rednic Romania Claudiu Niculescu United States Nike Omniasig
Farul Constanța Romania Marin Ion Romania Mihai Guriță Italy Lotto SNC
FC U Craiova Romania Florin Cioroianu Romania Dorel Stoica Italy Erreà Golden Brau
Gloria Bistrița Romania Ioan Sabău Romania Sandu Negrean United States Nike Darimex, Aldis
Jiul Petroșani Romania Gheorghe Poenaru Romania Ciprian Dinu United States Nike Atomis
Național București Romania Eugen Nae Romania Ovidiu Herea United States Nike Intercons
Oțelul Galați Romania Petre Grigoraș Romania Viorel Tănase United States Nike Mittal Steel
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Eugen Neagoe Romania Florin Stângă Italy Lotto USMO
Politehnica Iași Romania Ionuț Popa Romania Bogdan Onuț England Umbro Iulius Mall
Politehnica Timișoara Romania Valentin Velcea Romania Dan Alexa Italy Lotto Balkan Petroleum
Rapid București Romania Răzvan Lucescu Romania Vasile Maftei Italy Lotto Lukoil
Steaua București Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Romania Mirel Rădoi United States Nike RAFO
Unirea Urziceni Romania Dan Petrescu Romania Bogdan Mara England Umbro —
UTA Arad Romania Marius Lăcătuș Romania Daniel Tudor Italy Erreà Intesa Sanpaolo
Vaslui Romania Viorel Hizo Romania Bogdan Buhuș England Umbro —

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C) 34 23 8 3 63 24 +39 77 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Steaua București 34 21 8 5 61 22 +39 71 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 CFR Cluj 34 21 6 7 59 32 +27 69 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Rapid București 34 16 11 7 63 39 +24 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Oțelul Galați 34 17 5 12 60 56 +4 56 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6 Gloria Bistrița 34 16 6 12 42 35 +7 54 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 Politehnica Timișoara 34 15 8 11 37 33 +4 53
8 Vaslui 34 13 11 10 41 44 −3 50
9 FC U Craiova 34 12 12 10 39 43 −4 48
10 Unirea Urziceni 34 13 8 13 30 29 +1 47
11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 13 5 16 26 35 −9 44
12 UTA Arad 34 11 8 15 28 39 −11 41
13 Politehnica Iași 34 10 10 14 34 41 −7 40
14 Farul Constanța 34 8 13 13 31 35 −4 37
15 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 34 8 7 19 27 53 −26 31 Spared from relegation[a]
16 Național București (R) 34 6 6 22 27 52 −25 24[b] Relegation to Liga II
17 Argeș Pitești (R) 34 5 9 20 23 47 −24 24[b]
18 Jiul Petroşani (R) 34 5 5 24 15 47 −32 20
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Delta Tulcea, the winner of the Liga II, Seria I, was denied the right to participate in next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ was spared from relegation.
  2. ^ a b ARG 0-3 PRO; PRO 0-2 ARG

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Argeș Pitești4111416181718181818181818181616161616161616161616161616161616161617
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț510131510911101011121111121415151515151515151515151515151515151515
CFR Cluj1111133234444444444443222222223333
Dinamo București3322211111111111111111111111111111
Farul Constanța6645712911129101213131113131414131211121212121413131414141414
FC U Craiova101410101214151516141414121012811111111111014131414131212121110109
Gloria Bistrița159111114117686888766656555555555566676
Jiul Petroşani16151717131316161516171717171818181717171718181818181818181818171818
Național București14161214171814131415151516161717171818181817171717171717171717181716
Oțelul Galați17171813975443333577778788868677777755
Pandurii Târgu Jiu712912151513141313111010899101012121013101111111099910111211
Politehnica Iași225454657766791012121310101399910101110111012121313
Politehnica Timișoara12769684865776655565666687866655567
Rapid București8877868758555333333332444344444444
Steaua București11533322322222222222224333433332222
Unirea Urziceni181815811101291112131314141514141213141414111099988889910
UTA Arad9486451012910999118119999912131413131214141313131112
Vaslui13131618161617171717161615151310887877776781110119888
Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away ARG CEA CFR DIN FAR FCU GLO JIU OȚE NAȚ PAN PIS PTM RAP STE URZ UTA VAS
Argeș Pitești — 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 1–1 — 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–3 1–0 0–4 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–2
CFR Cluj 2–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 5–0 2–2
Dinamo București 2–1 2–0 1–0 — 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0
Farul Constanța 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
FC U Craiova 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–4 1–0 — 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Gloria Bistrița 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 3–2 4–1 — 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0
Jiul Petroșani 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 — 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–3
Național București 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 — 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–1
Oțelul Galați 5–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 — 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–7 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2
Politehnica Iași 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0
Politehnica Timișoara 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–5 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2
Rapid București 2–1 4–1 3–1 1–4 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 — 2–3 1–0 4–0 2–0
Steaua București 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–4 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 6–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 — 3–0 0–0 3–1
Unirea Urziceni 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 — 1–0 1–0
UTA Arad 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 — 0–1
Vaslui 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 3–3 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–5 —
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[2][3] Player Club Goals
1 Romania Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo București 18
2 Romania Ionel Ganea Rapid București / Dinamo București 16
3 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo București 15
4 Romania Emil Jula Oțelul Galați 14
5 Romania Valentin Badea Steaua București 13
6 Romania Ianis Zicu Rapid București 12
6 Romania Daniel Stan Oțelul Galați 11
Romania Cristian Coroian CFR Cluj
Romania Dorel Zaharia Gloria Bistrița
10 Romania Nicolae Dică Steaua București 10
France Cyril Théréau
Moldova Viorel Frunză CFR Cluj / Vaslui
Romania Romeo Surdu CFR Cluj

Champion squad

Dinamo București[4]

Goalkeepers: Uladzimir Hayew Belarus (11 / 0); Bogdan Lobonț (14 / 0); Florin Matache (7 / 0); Glen Moss New Zealand (1 / 0); Deniss Romanovs Latvia (1 / 0).
Defenders: George Blay Ghana (31 / 0); Silviu Bălace (9 / 0); Eugen Crăciun (1 / 0); George Galamaz (1 / 0); Lucian Goian (7 / 0); Sergiu Homei (1 / 0); Dorin Mihuț (5 / 0); Cosmin Moți (29 / 1); Nicolae Mușat (2 / 0); Cosmin Pașcovici (4 / 0); Cristian Pulhac (32 / 0); Ștefan Radu (32 / 1); Adrian Scarlatache (6 / 0); Māris Smirnovs Latvia (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Adrian Cristea (28 / 3); Fabrice Fernandes France (5 / 0); Leo Lerinc Serbia (1 / 0); Andrei Mărgăritescu (31 / 1); Cătălin Munteanu (32 / 4); Andrei Nițu (2 / 0); Cornel Predescu (8 / 0); Adrian Ropotan (21 / 0); Sreten Stanić Serbia (1 / 0); Dennis Șerban (7 / 2); Iulian Tameș (15 / 0); Vojislav Vranjković Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 / 0); Zé Kalanga Angola (21 / 2).
Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (31 / 15); Ionel Ganea (18 / 14); Liviu Ganea (9 / 2); Valentin Lemnaru (1 / 0); Jean-Philippe Mendy France (9 / 0); Claudiu Niculescu (31 / 18).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Mircea Rednic.

References

  1. ^ 2006–07 Liga I
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Top Scorers". www.worldfootball.net (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.