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Liga II

Association football league in Romania

Field	Value
logo	[[File:Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor 2019.png	200px]]
pixels	100
country	Romania
organiser	FRF
founded	1934
teams	22
promotion	Liga I
relegation	Liga III
levels	2
domest_cup	Cupa României
Supercupa României
champions	Argeș Pitești (5th title)
season	2024–25
most successful club	Politehnica Timișoara
(10 titles)
current	2025–26 Liga II
tv	Digi Sport
Prima Sport
website	frfotbal.ro
https://liga2.prosport.ro

Supercupa României (10 titles) Prima Sport https://liga2.prosport.ro

The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting company under the official name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor.

Format

Since its inception in 1934, Liga II has had between 2 and 9 parallel divisions, with clubs divided based on geographic regions. But since the 2016-17 Liga II, it changed to one group of 20 teams. Currently, the top six teams goes in the promotion play-off, in which the top 2 teams get promoted and the next 2 play a promotion play-off against teams from Liga I. In the play-out, there are 2 groups, 7th, 10th, 11th, etc. in group 1, 8th, 9th, 12th, etc. in group 2. the bottom 2 teams from each group gets relegated and the 3rd worst places in the 2 groups play each other home and away to decide the last team relegated.

New format from 2024

On 14 July 2023, the federation announced that the league will be expanded to 22 teams starting with the 2024-2025 season.

The expansion will be achieved by having only 4 teams relegate at the end of the 2023-24 Liga II season ( by giving up on the extra relegation match-up between the second to last teams in the play-out groups ), and having 6 teams promote from Liga III ( 5 play-off winners plus a sixth team to be determined by extra matches between the best 4 teams that lost in the final round of the Liga III play-off ).

The new format will be similar to the current one, with teams playing each other once in the regular season ( for a total of 21 match days this time ), followed by a promotion play-off with 6 teams, playing each other twice, and a relegation play-out with two groups of 8 teams playing each other once ( as opposed to the current play-out format with groups of 7 also playing each other once ).

On the promotion end, the format will be the same as currently, with the top two teams from the play-off promoting directly and next two playing an extra promotion play-off against teams from Liga I.

List of champions and promoted teams

Teams promoted are shown in bold or in "Other teams promoted" column.

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Other teams promoted	Notes (summarily)
1934–35	Maccabi București
Jiul Petroșani
Phoenix Baia Mare
SG Sibiu
Dacia Unirea Brăila	CFR Brașov
ILSA Timișoara
Tricolor Baia Mare
CFR Simeria
Franco-Româna Brăila		League play-off won by Jiul Petroșani.
Promotion/relegation play-off won by AMEF Arad (last place 1934–35 Divizia A).
1935–36	Victoria Constanța
ILSA Timișoara
Phoenix Baia Mare
IAR Brașov
Franco-Româna Brăila	CFR Brașov
Rovine Grivița Craiova
Olimpia CFR Satu Mare
Șoimii Sibiu
Dacia Unirea Brăila		League play-off won by ILSA Timișoara.
Promotion/relegation play-off won by Universitatea Cluj (last place 1935–36 Divizia A).
1936–37	Sportul Studențesc București
Phoenix Baia Mare	CFR Brașov
Jiul Petroșani	Dacia Unirea Brăila (3rd)
Vulturii Textila Lugoj (3rd)	Six teams were promoted, and no teams were relegated. 1937–38 Divizia A was expanded to 20 teams (two groups of 10).
1937–38	Tricolor Ploiești
UD Reșița	Victoria Constanța
CAM Timișoara		Two teams were promoted, and 10 teams were relegated. 1938–39 Divizia A reverted to 12 Teams.
1938–39	Unirea Tricolor București
Gloria CFR Galați
CAM Timișoara
Mureșul Târgu Mureș	Maccabi București
Dacia VA Galați
CA Oradea
IS Câmpia Turzii		Mureșul Târgu Mureș lost in the promotion play-off, and the other three winners were promoted. 3 teams were relegated.
1939–40	FC Ploiești
Mica Brad
Crișana Oradea
Franco-Româna Brăila	Mureșul Târgu Mureș
Minerul Lupeni
Universitatea Cluj
Feroemail Ploiești	FC Craiova (3rd)
FC Brăila (4th)
Gloria Arad (6th)	Workers' teams were banned.
FC Brăila replaced Franco-Româna Brăila.
FC Craiova and Gloria Arad replaced CAM Timișoara and AMEF Arad.
Crișana Oradea from Oradea was under Hungary occupation.
1940–41	CFR Turnu Severin
Jiul Petroșani
Juventus București	SSM Resița
IS Câmpia Turzii
Franco-Româna Brăila		url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1941_42.shtml	title=Divizia A – Tables – statistics	publisher=romaniansoccer.ro	access-date=27 October 2015}}
The Heroes Cup was unofficial due to World War II-related circumstances.
1941–46	Two unofficial editions were played due to World War II.
1946–47	Unirea Tricolor București
FC Ploiești
Dermata Cluj	AMEF Arad
Textila Sfântu Gheorghe
Karres Mediaș
1947–48	Dezrobirea Constanța
Metalochimic București
Politehnica Timișoara
Phoenix Baia Mare	Șoimii CFR Sibiu
Concordia Ploiești
CAM Timișoara
IS Câmpia Turzii
1948–49	Șoimii CFR Sibiu
Unirea Tricolor București	ARLUS Bacău
Metalochimic Reșița
1950	Unirea Tricolor București
Universitatea Cluj	Metalul București
CS Armata Cluj
1951	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Metalul Câmpia Turzii	Flacăra Moreni
Metalul Sibiu
1952	Locomotiva București
Știința Timișoara	Locomotiva Iași
Flacăra Mediaș
1953	Flacăra Ploiești
Metalul Hunedoara	Spartac București
Metalul Câmpia Turzii
1954	Progresul București
Avântul Reghin
Locomotiva Constanța	Progresul Sibiu
Flacăra Mediaș
Dinamo Bacău
1955	Locomotiva București
Progresul Oradea
Dinamo Bacău	Progresul Sibiu
Metalul Câmpia Turzii
Flacăra Poiana Câmpina
1956	Recolta Târgu Mureș
Steagul Roșu Brașov	Energia Hunedoara
Progresul București
1957–58	Știința Cluj
Farul Constanța	Corvinul Hunedoara
Dinamo Bacău
1958–59	Minerul Lupeni
Tarom București	CFR Timișoara
Metalul Titanii București
1959–60	CSMS Iași
Știința Timișoara
Corvinul Hunedoara	Dinamo Galați
Dinamo Obor București
CSM Baia Mare
1960–61	Metalul Târgoviște
Dinamo Pitești
Jiul Petroșani	Dinamo Galați
Știința Craiova
CSM Baia Mare
1961–62	CSMS Iași
Farul Constanța
Crișana Oradea	FCM Poiana Câmpina
CSM Reșița
IS Câmpia Turzii
1962–63	Siderurgistul Galați
Dinamo Pitești
Crișul Oradea	Metalul Târgoviște
CSM Reșița
CFR Timișoara
1963–64	Știința Craiova
Minerul Baia Mare	Metalul Târgoviște
CSM Reșița
1964–65	Siderurgistul Galați
Știința Timișoara	Dinamo Bacău
IS Câmpia Turzii
1965–66	Progresul București
Jiul Petrila	Știința București
Minerul Baia Mare
1966–67	Dinamo Bacău
ASA Târgu Mureș	Siderurgistul Galați
Minerul Baia Mare
1967–68	Politehnica Iași
Vagonul Arad	Politehnica Galați
Crișul Oradea
1968–69	Steagul Roșu Brașov
CFR Cluj	Politehnica Galați
CSM Reșița
1969–70	Progresul București
CFR Timișoara	Metalul Târgoviște
CSM Sibiu
1970–71	ASA Târgu Mureș
Crișul Oradea	Sportul Studențesc București
Politehnica Timișoara
1971–72	Sportul Studențesc București
CSM Reșița	Progresul București
Minerul Baia Mare
1972–73	Politehnica Iași
Politehnica Timișoara	Metalul București
Bihor Oradea
1973–74	FC Galați
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Olimpia Satu Mare	Gloria Buzău
Șoimii Sibiu
Bihor Oradea
1974–75	Sport Club Bacău
Rapid București
Bihor Oradea	Progresul Brăila
Progresul București
Șoimii Sibiu
1975–76	FCM Galați
Progresul București
Corvinul Hunedoara	FC Brăila
Dinamo Slatina
Șoimii Sibiu
1976–77	Petrolul Ploiești
CS Târgoviște
Olimpia Satu Mare	Gloria Buzău
Steagul Roșu Brașov
Gloria Bistrița
1977–78	Gloria Buzău
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
FC Baia Mare	FCM Galați
Dinamo Slatina
CFR Cluj
1978–79	FCM Galați
Viitorul Scornicești
Universitatea Cluj	Steagul Roșu Brașov
Metalul București
Gloria Bistrița
1979–80	FCM Brașov
Progresul Vulcan București
Corvinul Hunedoara	FC Constanța
Rapid București
Bihor Oradea
1980–81	FC Constanța
CS Târgoviște
UTA Arad	Gloria Bistrița
Petrolul Ploiești
Olimpia Satu Mare
1981–82	Politehnica Iași
Petrolul Ploiești
Bihor Oradea	Gloria Bistrița
Rapid București
FC Baia Mare
1982–83	Dunărea CSU Galați
Rapid București
FC Baia Mare	Gloria Buzău
Dinamo Victoria București
UTA Arad
1983–84	Gloria Buzău
FCM Brașov
Politehnica Timișoara	Gloria Bistrița
Șoimii IPA Sibiu
Universitatea Cluj
1984–85	Petrolul Ploiești
Dinamo Victoria București
Universitatea Cluj	Dunărea CSU Galați
Șoimii Sibiu
Gloria Bistrița
1985–86	Oțelul Galați
Flacăra Moreni
Jiul Petroșani	Politehnica Iași
Progresul Vulcan București
FCM Baia Mare
1986–87	CSM Suceava
ASA Târgu Mureș
Politehnica Timișoara	Politehnica Iași
Progresul Vulcan București
FCM Baia Mare
1987–88	FC Constanța
Inter Sibiu
Bihor Oradea	Politehnica Iași
Jiul Petroșani
Gloria Bistrița
1988–89	Petrolul Ploiești
Jiul Petroșani
Politehnica Timișoara	Progresul Brăila
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
UTA Arad
1989–90	Progresul Brăila
Rapid București
Gloria Bistrița	Gloria Buzău
AS Drobeta-Turnu Severin
UTA Arad		Three teams were promoted and replaced Olt Scornicești. Victoria București was dissolved, and Flacăra Moreni was relegated.
1990–91	Oțelul Galați
Electroputere Craiova
ASA Târgu Mureș	Gloria Buzău
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
CFR Timișoara		Three teams were promoted, and three teams were relegated.
1991–92	Progresul București
CSM Reșița
Universitatea Cluj	Gloria CFR Galați
UTA Arad
FCM Baia Mare		Three teams were promoted, and three teams were relegated.
1992–93	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
UTA Arad	Steaua Mizil
Bihor Oradea		Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
1993–94	Argeș Pitești
FCM Baia Mare	Politehnica Iași
Unirea Alba Iulia		Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
1994–95	Selena Bacău
Politehnica Timișoara	Dacia Unirea Brăila
Corvinul Hunedoara	Politehnica Iași (3rd)
–––	Promotion/relegation play-off won by Politehnica Iași and Sportul.
Dacia Unirea Brăila was not allowed to compete.
1995–96	Oțelul Târgoviște
Jiul Petroșani	Dacia Unirea Brăila
Foresta Fălticeni		Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
1996–97	Foresta Fălticeni
CSM Reșița	Precizia Săcele
Electroputere Craiova		Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
1997–98	Astra Ploiești
Olimpia Satu Mare	FC Onești
Electroputere Craiova		Three teams were promoted, and three teams were relegated.
FC Onești won the promotion play-off against Electroputere.
1998–99	FC Brașov
Extensiv Craiova	Rocar București
UTA Arad		Three teams were promoted, and three teams were relegated.
Rocar București won the promotion play-off against UTA Arad.
1999–00	Foresta Suceava
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Midia Năvodari
ARO Câmpulung		Two teams were promoted, and four teams were relegated.
Divizia A was reduced to 16 teams.
2000–01	Sportul Studențesc București
UM Timișoara	Farul Constanța
FC Baia Mare		Promotion/relegation play-off won by Farul and Baia Mare.
FC Baia Mare sold their 2001–02 Divizia A place to FCM Bacău.
2001–02	AEK București
UTA Arad	Cimentul Fieni
FC Baia Mare		Promotion/relegation play-off won by Sportul & Farul.
Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
2002–03	Petrolul Ploiești
Apulum Alba Iulia	Gloria Buzău
Bihor Oradea		Promotion/relegation play-off won by Bihor & AEK Timișoara.
Petrolul sold its promotion place to Oțelul and merged with Astra.
2003–04	Politehnica Iași
Sportul Studențesc București
CFR Cluj	FC Vaslui
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Jiul Petroșani		Three teams were promoted, and three teams were relegated.
2004–05	FC Vaslui
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Jiul Petroșani	Midia Năvodari
FC Sibiu
Gaz Metan Mediaș		Three teams were promoted, and three teams were relegated.
2005–06	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Universitatea Craiova
Liberty Salonta	Forex Brașov
Unirea Urziceni
Bihor Oradea	UTA Arad (14th)	Salonta sold its promotion to UTA even though they were relegated.
The promotion play-off was won by Urziceni against Bihor and Forex.
Four teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
2006–07	Delta Tulcea
Universitatea Cluj	Gloria Buzău
Dacia Mioveni		Delta were denied a licence, so Ceahlăul (15th) was not relegated.
Three teams were promoted, and three teams were relegated.
2007–08	FC Brașov
Argeș Pitești	CS Otopeni
Gaz Metan Mediaș		Four teams were promoted, and four teams were relegated.
2008–09	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Unirea Alba Iulia	FC Ploiești
Internațional Curtea de Argeș		Four teams were promoted, and four teams were relegated.
2009–10	Victoria Brănești
FCM Târgu Mureș	Sportul Studențesc București
Universitatea Cluj		Four teams were promoted, and four teams were relegated.
2010–11	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Petrolul Ploiești	Concordia Chiajna
Bihor Oradea	Voința Sibiu (4th)
CS Mioveni (3rd)	Bihor were denied a licence, so Mioveni (3rd) were promoted instead.
The promotion play-off was won by Voința (4th) against Săgeata (3rd).
2011–12	CSM Studențesc Iași
Politehnica Timișoara	Viitorul Constanța
Gloria Bistrița	–––
Gaz Metan Severin (3rd)	Timișoara canceled their licence, so Severin were promoted.
Four teams were promoted, and four teams were relegated.
2012–13	FC Botoșani
Corona Brașov	Săgeata Năvodari
ACS Poli Timișoara		Four teams were promoted, and four teams were relegated.
2013–14	CSM Studențesc Iași
CS Universitatea Craiova	Rapid București
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș		Four teams were promoted, and four teams were relegated.
2014–15	FC Voluntari
ACS Poli Timișoara	Academica Argeș
CS Mioveni		Two teams were promoted, and six teams were relegated.
Liga I was reduced to 14 teams.
2015–16	Rapid București
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Dunărea Călărași
UTA Arad		Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
2016–17	Juventus București	Sepsi OSK		Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
2017–18	Dunărea Călărași	FC Hermannstadt		Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
2018–19	Chindia Târgoviște	Academica Clinceni		Two teams were promoted, and two teams were relegated.
2019–20	UTA Arad	Argeș Pitești		Two teams were promoted, and no team was relegated due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Liga I returned to 16 teams.
2020–21	FC U Craiova	FC Rapid București	CS Mioveni
Farul Constanța (7th)	Four teams were promoted, and five were relegated. Farul Constanța merged with Liga I's Viitorul.
2021–22	Petrolul Ploiești	Hermannstadt	Universitatea Cluj	Three teams were promoted, and five were relegated.
2022–23	Politehnica Iași	Steaua București	Oțelul Galați
Dinamo București	Three teams were promoted, and five were relegated.
Steaua was ineligible for promotion due to the club being owned by a governmental department/entity, all Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.

Champions and promotions

194 titles were awarded for winning the Liga II championship. 86 teams won the Liga II championship.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Politehnica Timișoara			1947–48, 1952, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1994–95, 2011–12
Politehnica Iași			1959–60, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1981–82, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2022–23
Petrolul Ploiești			1940–41, 1954, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2010–11, 2021–22
Jiul Petroșani			1934–35, 1940–41, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2004–05
Progresul București			1954, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1991–92
Rapid București			1952, 1955, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1989–90, 2015–16
Universitatea Cluj			1950, 1957–58, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1991–92, 2006–07
FC Brașov			1956, 1968–69, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1998–99, 2007–08
Bihor Oradea			1962–63, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1987–88
Farul Constanța			1954, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1980–81, 1987–88
Argeș Pitești			1960–61, 1962–63, 1993–94, 2007–08, 2024–25
FCM Baia Mare			1963–64, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1993–94
UTA Arad			1980–81, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2019–20
CSM Reșița			1937–38, 1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97
Sportul Studențesc București			1936–37, 1971–72, 2000–01, 2003–04
FCM Târgoviște			1960–61, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1995–96
FCM Bacău			1955, 1966–67, 1974–75, 1994–95
Dunărea Galați			1973–74, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1982–83
Corvinul Hunedoara			1953, 1959–60, 1975–76, 1979–80
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț			1992–93, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
ASA Târgu Mureș			1966–67, 1970–71, 1986–87, 1990–91
Unirea Tricolor București			1938–39, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950
Phoenix Baia Mare			1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1947–48
Olimpia Satu Mare			1973–74, 1976–77, 1997–98
FC Ploiești			1937–38, 1939–40, 1946–47
Dacia Unirea Brăila			1934–35, 1989–90
Gloria Buzău			1977–78, 1983–84
Gaz Metan Mediaș			1999–00, 2015–16
Siderurgistul Galați			1962–63, 1964–65
FC Caracal			1990–91, 1998–99
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea			1973–74, 1977–78
Franco-Româna Brăila			1935–36, 1939–40
Universitatea Craiova			1963–64, 2013–14
Unirea Alba Iulia			2002–03, 2008–09
CFR Cluj			1968–69, 2003–04
Foresta Fălticeni			1996–97, 1999–00
Club Atletic Oradea			1955, 1961–62
Oțelul Galați			1985–86, 1990–91
FC U Craiova 1948			2005–06, 2020–21
Gloria Bistrița			1989–90
CSM Câmpia Turzii			1951
Șoimii Sibiu			1948–49
Faur București			1947–48
CFR Timișoara			1969–70
Victoria București			1984–85
CAM Timișoara			1938–39
Dunărea Călărași			2017–18
Poli Timișoara			2014–15
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș			2009–10
Pandurii Târgu Jiu			2004–05
Sporting Vaslui			2004–05
Astra Giurgiu			1997–98
Flacăra Moreni			1985–86
Vagonul Arad			1967–68
Minerul Lupeni			1958–59
Mureșul Târgu Mureș			1938–39
Victoria Constanța			1935–36
ILSA Timișoara			1935–36
Maccabi București			1934–35
Unirea Slobozia			2023–24
Chindia Târgoviște			2018–19
Daco-Getica București			2016–17
FC Voluntari			2014–15
FC Botoșani			2012–13
Corona Brașov			2012–13
Victoria Brănești			2009–10
Delta Tulcea			2006–07
Liberty Oradea			2005–06
AEK București			2001–02
UM Timișoara			2000–01
Inter Sibiu			1987–88
CSM Suceava			1986–87
Olt Scornicești			1978–79
Tarom București			1958–59
CS Târgu Mureș			1956
Avântul Reghin			1954
CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc			1951
Dezrobirea Constanța			1947–48
Dermata Cluj			1946–47
CFR Turnu Severin			1940–41
Aurul Brad			1939–40
Crișana Oradea			1939–40
Gloria CFR Galați			1938–39
IAR Brașov			1935–36
Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu			1934–35

References

(20 October 2017). "Casa Pariurilor este noul sponsor al Ligii 2 și al Cupei României". [[Romanian Football Federation.
(14 July 2023). "Liga 2 2024/2025, cu 22 de echipe la start".
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"Divizia A – Tables – statistics". romaniansoccer.ro.
(14 March 2022). "E clar: Steaua nu poate promova in Liga 1! Federația a intervenit azi". gsp.ro.

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