2017–18 Liga III

Liga III
Season2017–18
PromotedAerostar Bacău
Farul Constanța
Petrolul Ploiești
Șirineasa
Universitatea Cluj
RelegatedSportul Chiscani
CSM Pașcani
CS Iernut
Viitorul Domnești
Internaţional Băleşti
Delta Dobrogea Tulcea
Unirea Dej
Avântul Valea Mărului
Victoria Traian
Urban Titu
NMM Becicherecu Mic
Viitorul Ghimbav
Metalosport Galați
Matches played967
Goals scored3,348 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorerCătălin Vraciu (29)
(Aerostar Bacău)
Biggest home winKSE 17-0 Metalosport
Biggest away winMetalosport 0-11 Liești
Highest scoringKSE 17-0 Metalosport
Național 16-1 NMM
Longest winning run12 matches:
Universitatea Cluj
Longest unbeaten run28 matches:
Șirineasa
Longest winless run27 matches:
Metalosport Galați
Longest losing run27 matches:
Metalosport Galați
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2018.

The 2017–18 Liga III is the 62nd season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018.[1]

Team changes

To Liga III

Promoted from Liga IV

Relegated from Liga II

  • —

From Liga III

Relegated to Liga IV

Promoted to Liga II

Teams spared from relegation

Metalul Reșița was spared from relegation to Liga III due to withdrawal of Brașov from Liga II.

Sportul Chiscani, Urban Titu, CS Șirineasa and Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic were spared from relegation to Liga IV due to lack of teams in Liga III.[2]

Excluded teams

After the end of the last season, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Unirea Tărlungeni, Berceni, Șoimii Pâncota were dissolved.

Dinamo II București, Pandurii II Târgu Jiu and Poli II Timișoara withdrew and then were dissolved.[3][4][5]

FC Milcov, Șurianu Sebeș, Viitorul Ulmeni, FC Zalău, Unirea Jucu and Viitorul II Constanța withdrew from Liga III.[6][7][8][9]

Other teams

Hermannstadt enrolled in Liga III its second team.[10]

CFR II Cluj, CFR Cluj's second team was also enrolled in Liga III.[11]

CNP Timișoara received the permission to enroll in Liga III, due to the excellent results recorded in the youth championships.

Renamed teams

Voința Saelele was moved from Saelele to Turnu Măgurele and renamed as Voința Turnu Măgurele.[12]

Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat was renamed as CSM Râmnicu Sărat.[13]

League tables

Seria I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Aerostar Bacău (C, P) 28 21 5 2 80 20 +60 68 Promotion to Liga II
2 Miercurea Ciuc 28 20 6 2 74 25 +49 66
3 Oțelul Galați 28 17 9 2 55 15 +40 60
4 Roman 28 14 4 10 60 41 +19 46
5 Bucovina Rădăuți 28 13 6 9 41 24 +17 45
6 Olimpic Cetate Râșnov 28 12 8 8 41 28 +13 44[a]
7 Hărman 28 13 5 10 55 31 +24 44[a]
8 Sporting Liești 28 13 5 10 48 35 +13 44[a]
9 KSE Târgu Secuiesc 28 12 6 10 69 45 +24 42
10 Focșani 28 11 8 9 47 36 +11 41
11 Odorheiu Secuiesc 28 10 3 15 39 48 −9 33
12 Sănătatea Darabani (O) 28 8 6 14 41 52 −11 30 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Pașcani (R) 28 6 2 20 30 75 −45 20 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Avântul Valea Mărului[b] (R) 27 2 1 24 26 79 −53 7
15 Metalosport Galați[c] (R) 27 0 0 27 2 154 −152 −12
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 1. OLI 10P.; 2. HĂR 4P.; 3. LIE 3P.
  2. ^ Avântul Valea Mărului withdrew from the championship during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part with 0-3.[14]
  3. ^ Metalosport Galați were deducted 12 points for unpaid debts, was excluded from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part by forfeit.[15]

Seria II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Farul Constanța (C, P) 26 21 4 1 93 26 +67 67 Promotion to Liga II
2 Progresul Spartac București 26 19 5 2 77 28 +49 62
3 Unirea Slobozia 26 18 3 5 93 36 +57 57
4 Axiopolis Cernavodă 26 16 4 6 65 27 +38 52
5 Metalul Buzău 26 15 5 6 47 25 +22 50
6 Steaua II București 26 14 5 7 75 38 +37 47
7 Voluntari II 26 12 7 7 59 33 +26 43
8 Înainte Modelu 26 13 1 12 70 57 +13 40
9 Râmnicu Sărat 26 9 4 13 34 56 −22 31
10 Oltenița 26 4 9 13 37 58 −21 21
11 Agricola Borcea 26 5 3 18 42 79 −37 18[a]
12 Sportul Chiscani (R) 26 5 3 18 22 80 −58 18[a] Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Delta Dobrogea Tulcea (R) 26 3 1 22 28 97 −69 10 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Victoria Traian (R) 26 1 0 25 17 119 −102 3
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b SPO-AGR 0-2 ; AGR-SPO 3-1

Seria III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Petrolul Ploiești (C, P) 24 19 3 2 57 18 +39 60 Promotion to Liga II
2 Alexandria 24 17 5 2 59 16 +43 56[a]
3 Voința Turnu Măgurele 24 17 5 2 51 15 +36 56[a]
4 Astra II 24 12 6 6 33 18 +15 42
5 Popești-Leordeni 24 11 2 11 47 38 +9 35
6 Flacăra Moreni 24 10 3 11 39 38 +1 33
7 Tunari 24 9 5 10 38 30 +8 32
8 Atletic Bradu 24 7 5 12 28 46 −18 26
9 Concordia II Chiajna 24 7 4 13 33 41 −8 25
10 Aninoasa 24 5 5 14 30 47 −17 20[b]
11 Mioveni II 24 6 2 16 21 53 −32 20[b]
12 Sporting Roșiori (O) 24 6 2 16 24 42 −18 20[b] Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Viitorul Domnești (R) 24 5 3 16 25 83 −58 18 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Urban Titu[c] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ALX-VOI 1-1 ; VOI-ALX 2-2
  2. ^ a b c 1. ANI 10P.; 2. MIO 4P.; 3. SRO 3P.
  3. ^ Urban Titu withdrew from the championship after round 5 and all their results were canceled.[16]

Seria IV

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Șirineasa (C, P) 26 20 6 0 70 14 +56 66 Promotion to Liga II
2 CSMȘ Reșița 26 17 6 3 64 18 +46 57
3 Național Sebiș 26 17 5 4 67 22 +45 56
4 Lugoj 26 16 5 5 61 33 +28 53
5 CS U II Craiova 26 13 3 10 55 34 +21 42
6 Șoimii Lipova 26 10 7 9 41 38 +3 37
7 Filiași 26 9 9 8 36 30 +6 36
8 Cetate Deva 26 8 8 10 44 38 +6 32[a]
9 Ghiroda 26 9 5 12 40 41 −1 32[a]
10 Gloria Lunca-Teuz Cermei 26 7 7 12 44 56 −12 28
11 Hermannstadt II 26 7 6 13 42 61 −19 27
12 Millenium Giarmata (O) 26 7 5 14 45 58 −13 26 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Internaţional Bălești (R) 26 3 4 19 19 63 −44 13 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic[b] (R) 26 0 2 24 8 130 −122 −14
— CNP Timișoara[c] 28 11 2 15 41 61 −20 35 Not eligible to be promoted or relegated
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CET-GHI 2-0 ; GHI-CET 1-1
  2. ^ Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic were deducted 16 points for unpaid debts.[17]
  3. ^ CNP Timișoara is the squad of the National Training Center of the Romanian Football Federation and is not eligible to be promoted to the Liga II or relegated to the Liga IV. The team's results don't count in the final standings.[18][19]

Seria V

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Universitatea Cluj (C, P) 28 24 2 2 88 16 +72 74 Promotion to Liga II
2 Comuna Recea 28 17 5 6 56 25 +31 56
3 Performanța Ighiu 28 16 6 6 56 32 +24 54
4 Metalurgistul Cugir 28 15 6 7 47 30 +17 51
5 Industria Galda 28 15 5 8 47 37 +10 50
6 Unirea Alba Iulia 28 14 6 8 45 34 +11 48
7 Sănătatea Cluj 28 12 9 7 49 25 +24 45
8 CFR Cluj-Napoca II 28 13 5 10 53 36 +17 44
9 Unirea Tășnad 28 12 4 12 40 48 −8 40
10 Avântul Reghin 28 10 5 13 36 43 −7 35
11 Avrig 28 8 9 11 37 42 −5 33
12 Gaz Metan II Mediaș (O) 28 6 5 17 28 60 −32 23 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Iernut (R) 28 4 7 17 39 73 −34 19 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Unirea Dej (R) 28 5 2 21 21 55 −34 17
15 Viitorul Ghimbav[a] (R) 28 1 0 27 15 101 −86 3
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Viitorul Ghimbav withdrew from the championship during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part with 0-3.[20]

Possible relegation

At the end of the championship a special table will be made between 12th places from the 5 series. The last team in this table will relegate also in Liga IV. In this table 12th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Millenium Giarmata 22 5 4 13 38 55 −17 19
2 Sporting Roșiori 22 5 2 15 18 35 −17 17
3 Sănătatea Darabani 22 4 4 14 25 49 −24 16
4 Gaz Metan II Mediaș 22 2 5 15 15 52 −37 11
5 Sportul Chiscani (R) 22 2 3 17 13 72 −59 9 Relegation to Liga IV
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

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