Season | 2008–09 |
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Champions | Unirea Urziceni |
Relegated | Argeș Pitești Farul Constanța Otopeni Gloria Buzău |
Champions League | Unirea Urziceni Timișoara |
Europa League | Dinamo București CFR Cluj Vaslui Steaua București |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 707 (2.31 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Gheorghe Bucur, Florin Costea (17) |
Biggest home win | Otopeni 6–0 Farul |
Biggest away win | Pandurii 1–5 Unirea Buzău 1–5 Unirea Otopeni 0–4 CFR |
Highest scoring | Argeș 5–2 Dinamo Vaslui 4–3 Timișoara Gaz Metan 2–5 Universitatea |
Longest winning run | Timișoara (7) |
Longest unbeaten run | Urziceni (13) |
Longest winless run | Buzău (19) |
Longest losing run | Otopeni, Buzău (7) |
Highest attendance | Timișoara–Steaua (30,000)[1] |
Lowest attendance | Otopeni–Bistrița (100)[2] |
← 2007–08 2009–10 → |
The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.
Teams
Promoted
Teams promoted from Liga II at the beginning of the season.
- Serie 1 Champions: Brașov
- Serie 2 Champions: Argeș Pitești
- Serie 1 Runners-up: Otopeni
- Serie 2 Runners-up: Gaz Metan Mediaș
Relegated
Teams relegated to Liga II at the end of season.
Venues
FC Timișoara | Steaua București | FC U Craiova | CFR Cluj |
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Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu |
Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 23,500 |
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Gloria Buzău | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești |
Municipal | Farul | Dinamo | Nicolae Dobrin |
Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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Oțelul Galați |
Location of Bucharest teams. |
Rapid București | |
Oțelul | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | ||
Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 11,704[i] | ||
Politehnica Iași | FC Vaslui | ||
Emil Alexandrescu | Municipal | ||
Capacity: 11,390 | Capacity: 9,240 | ||
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Pandurii Târgu Jiu | FC Brașov | ||
Tudor Vladimirescu | Silviu Ploeșteanu | ||
Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 8,800 | ||
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Gloria Bistrița | CS Otopeni[ii] | Unirea Urziceni | Gaz Metan Mediaș |
Gloria | Astra | Tineretului | Gaz Metan |
Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 5,300 |
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- ^ 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.
- ^ CS Otopeni was relocated to Astra Stadium from Ploiești because Otopeni Stadium from Otopeni does not meet the standards for Liga I.
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Unirea Urziceni (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | FC Timișoara | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 67[a] | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Dinamo București | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 65 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round[b] |
4 | CFR Cluj | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 59 | |
5 | Vaslui | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 57 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
6 | Steaua București | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 56[c] | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
7 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 56[c] | |
8 | Rapid București | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 55[d] | |
9 | Brașov | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 55[d] | |
10 | Argeș Pitești (R) | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 44 | Relegation to Liga II[e] |
11 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 43 | |
12 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 40 | |
13 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 38 | |
14 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 37 | |
15 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 36 | Spared from relegation[e] |
16 | Farul Constanța (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 30 | Relegation to Liga II |
17 | Otopeni (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 22 | |
18 | Gloria Buzău (R) | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 62 | −39 | 17 |
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:
- ^ Timișoara were docked 6 points after not respecting a ruling from CAS.[51] However, this decision was revoked by the CAS on 11 June 2009.[52]
- ^ CFR Cluj as the 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
- ^ a b STE 2–1 CRA; CRA 0–0 STE
- ^ a b RAP 3–1 BRA; BRA 0–0 RAP
- ^ a b Argeș Pitești were relegated to the Liga II due to allegations of referee bribery. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.[53]
Positions by round
Results
Top goalscorers
Source: Liga1.ro (in Romanian)
Champion squad
Unirea Urziceni[56] |
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Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis Manager: Dan Petrescu. |
Season statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Andrei Prepeliță for Craiova against Iași, 64 minutes (Round 1 – 26 July 2008)[57]
- Last goal of the season: Claudiu Niculescu for Dinamo against Argeș, 90+3 minutes (Round 34 – 10 June 2009)[58]
- Fastest goal in a match: Andrei Cristea for Iași against Pandurii, 10 seconds (Round 30 – 9 May 2009)[59]
- Fastest two goals in a match: Pandurii 1–1 Bistrița, minutes 2 and 4 seconds (Round 14 – 8 November 2008)[60]
- Goal scored at the latest point in a match: Cristian Oroș for Brașov against Unirea, 90+4 minutes (Round 1 – 26 July 2008)[61]
- First own goal of the season: Zhivko Zhelev (Oțelul) for Gaz Metan, 31 minutes (Round 1 – 27 July 2008)[62]
- Two own goals by the same team in a match: Diogo and Alexandru Tudose (both Buzău) for CFR, minutes 14 and 79 (Round 2 – 3 August 2008)[63]
- Two goals in one minute and one second: Farul 1–1 Brașov, between 5:53 and 6:54 (Round 13 – 1 November 2008)[64]
- Three goals in three minutes: Farul 1–4 Steaua, minutes 89, 90 and 90+2 (Round 7 – 13 September 2008)[65]
- Six goals in 30 minutes: Gaz Metan 5–1 Timișoara, minutes 60 through 90 (Round 3 – 9 August 2008)[66]
- Most goals in one half: Gaz Metan 0–0 at half time, 5–1 final Timișoara (Round 3 – 9 August 2008)[66]
- Widest winning margin: Otopeni 6–0 Farul (Round 34 – 10 June 2009)[67]
- Hattricks scored: 4
- Alexandru Curtean for Gaz Metan against Timișoara, minutes 65, 75 and 81 (Round 3 – 9 August 2008)[66]
- Marius Niculae for Dinamo against Vaslui, minutes 24, 78 and 90 (Round 24 – 11 April 2009)[68]
- Marius Niculae for Dinamo against Bistrița, minutes 20, 56 and 72 (Round 26 – 21 April 2009)[69]
- Victoraș Iacob for Otopeni against Farul, minutes 4, 34 and 50 (Round 34 – 10 June 2009)[67]
Cards
- First yellow card: Attila Hadnagy for Brașov against Unirea, 19 minutes (Round 1 – 26 July 2008)[70]
- First red card: Rafael Pereira for Gaz Metan against Dinamo, 22 minutes (Round 2 – 3 August 2008)[71]
- Most red cards in a single match: 3
- Dinamo 1–0 Craiova – 2 for Dinamo (Júlio César, Adrian Ropotan) and 1 for Craiova (Josh Mitchell) (Round 6 – 30 August 2008)[72]
- Argeș 1–1 Craiova – 2 for Craiova (Mircea Bornescu, Michael Baird) and 1 for Argeș (Daniel Bălașa) (Round 10 – 3 October 2008)[73]
- Match without any cards: Unirea 1–1 Steaua (Round 34 – 10 June 2009)[74]
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