2023–24 Liga II

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

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.

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 five teams will be relegated to Liga III. The season began on 5 August 2023 and is scheduled to end in June 2024.[2]

Teams

Team changes

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

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

Teams spared from relegation

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

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

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

Managerial changes

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 1599 Șelimbăr (Q) 19 12 6 1 23 9 +14 42 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Unirea Slobozia (Q) 19 12 4 3 22 8 +14 40
3 Corvinul Hunedoara (Q) 19 11 4 4 30 16 +14 37
4 Gloria Buzău (Q) 19 10 4 5 31 21 +10 34
5 Mioveni (Q) 19 9 6 4 20 9 +11 33
6 Miercurea Ciuc (Q) 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
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2024. 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
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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.[23]

Play-off table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Unirea Slobozia (P, C) 9 6 1 2 9 6 +3 59 Promotion to Liga I
2 Corvinul Hunedoara[a] 9 4 3 2 13 8 +5 52 Ineligible for promotion
3 1599 Șelimbăr[b] 9 1 5 3 8 12 −4 50
4 Gloria Buzău (P) 9 3 5 1 11 7 +4 48 Promotion to Liga I
5 Mioveni (Q) 9 1 4 4 7 10 −3 40[c] Qualification for play-offs
6 Miercurea Ciuc (Q) 9 2 2 5 9 14 −5 40[c]
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2024. 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. ^ Corvinul Hunedoara is ineligible for promotion due to the club being owned by a comunal department/entity, all Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.
  2. ^ 1599 Șelimbăr is ineligible for promotion due to the club being owned by a comunal department/entity, all Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.
  3. ^ a b Mioveni are ahead of Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc on regular season points: Mioveni 33, Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 32
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 1–1 0–1
Gloria Buzău 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0
Mioveni 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1
Unirea Slobozia 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2024. Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Source: [citation needed]

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. [23]

Group A

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 5 1 1 3 9 10 −1 35
3 Argeș Pitești 5 3 0 2 7 3 +4 33
4 Metaloglobus București 5 2 1 2 5 4 +1 33
5 Dumbrăvița 5 1 0 4 2 8 −6 26
6 Unirea Dej 5 3 2 0 6 2 +4 24 Relegation to 2024–25 Liga III
7 CSM Alexandria (R) 5 1 1 3 5 11 −6 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

Group B

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 41
2 Concordia Chiajna 5 4 1 0 8 4 +4 38
3 Chindia Târgoviște 5 2 1 2 5 4 +1 35
4 CSM Slatina 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 32
5 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 30
6 Tunari (R) 5 1 1 3 7 9 −2 20 Relegation to 2024–25 Liga III
7 Progresul Spartac București (R) 5 0 0 5 2 14 −12 1
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

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