2024–25 Liga II

Liga II
Season2024–25
PromotedArgeș Pitești
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
Metaloglobus București
RelegatedFocșani

The 2024–25 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the ninth consecutive season held in a single series.[1]

The format from the previous season was maintained, but the number of participating teams was increased from twenty to twenty-two. The regular season was contested in a single round-robin tournament. The top six teams at the end of the regular season advanced to the promotion play-offs. The first two teams in the play-offs were promoted to Liga I, while the third- and fourth-placed teams played promotion/relegation play-offs against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I.

The remaining sixteen teams competed in the relegation play-outs, divided into two groups. The last two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III. Additionally, the sixth-placed teams from each play-out group faced each other in a play-off to determine the final team to be relegated.

Team changes

The following teams have changed leagues since the 2023–24 season:

League map

Locations of the 2024–25 Liga II teams
Location of Bucharest and Ilfov teams.

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
Afumați Romania Vasile Neagu Romania Ionuț Zaina Nike —
Argeș Pitești Romania Bogdan Andone Romania Costinel Tofan Macron Getica 95
Bihor Oradea Romania Erik Lincar Romania Ioan Hora Macron Viva Chips
Câmpulung Muscel Romania Alecsandru Popovici Romania Ștefan Ghiță Nike Superbet
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Italy Marco Veronese Romania Patrick Petre Nike SSAB Impex
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Costel Pană Romania Cornel Dinu Macron —
Concordia Chiajna Romania Liță Dumitru Romania Adrian Bălan Joma —
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania Florin Maxim Romania Alexandru Neacșa Joma Prodesign, ArcelorMittal
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Romania Róbert Ilyés Slovakia Peter Gál-Andrezly 2Rule Csíkszereda, MOL
Dumbrăvița Romania Cosmin Stan Romania Costel Zurbagiu Macron Artoil
FCU 1948 Craiova Romania Valentin David Italy Andrea Padula Adidas Ediție Specială
Metalul Buzău Romania Valentin Stan Romania Marius Tudorică Macron Consiliul Județean Buzău
Metaloglobus București Romania Ianis Zicu Romania Georgian Honciu Jako —
Mioveni — — — —
Reșița Romania Flavius Stoican Romania Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița
Slatina Romania Claudiu Niculescu Romania Cătălin Doman Macron Primăria Slatina
Steaua București Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Bogdan Chipirliu Adidas Stanleybet International
Șelimbăr Romania Ioan Luca Romania Ciprian Natea Nike Shopping City Sibiu
Unirea Ungheni Romania Eusebiu Tudor Romania Victoraș Astafei Nike Terra Luxury
Viitorul Târgu Jiu — — — —
Voluntari Romania Florian Pârvu Moldova Igor Armaș Nike Metropola TV

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival
Șelimbăr Romania Claudiu Niculescu Mutual consent 8 May 2024 Romania Constantin Schumacher[2] 28 June 2024
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Cristian Pustai[3] Mutual consent 18 May 2024 Italy Marco Veronese[4] 1 July 2024
Chindia Târgoviște Italy Diego Longo[5] End of contract 30 May 2024 Romania Marian Vătavu[6] 27 June 2024
Voluntari Romania Florian Pârvu End of contract 6 June 2024 Romania Claudiu Niculescu[7] 6 June 2024
Bihor Oradea Romania Florin Farcaș[8] Sacked 13 June 2024 Argentina Gustavo Aragolaza[9] 23 June 2024

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Round Position
Câmpulung Muscel Romania Costin Lazăr[10] Sacked 10 September 2024 5th 19th Romania Marius Bratu[11] 17 September 2024
Argeș Pitești Romania Nicolae Dică[12] Sacked 21 September 2024 7th 13th Romania Bogdan Andone[12] 22 September 2024
Câmpulung Muscel Romania Marius Bratu Sacked 3 November 2024 12th 20th Romania Sorin Colceag[13] 22 November 2024
Șelimbăr Romania Constantin Schumacher[14] Sacked 13 November 2024 13th 17th Romania Ioan Luca 13 November 2024
Voluntari Romania Claudiu Niculescu Sacked 22 November 2024 14th 9th Romania Ovidiu Burcă[15] 27 November 2024
Voluntari Romania Ovidiu Burcă Sacked 30 December 2024 17th 5th Romania Mihai Iosif[16] 10 January 2025
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Marian Vătavu Sacked 28 January 2025 17th 14th Romania Costel Pană[17] 4 February 2025
Câmpulung Muscel Romania Sorin Colceag Sacked 16 March 2025 21th 20th Romania Alecsandru Popovici[18] 18 March 2025
Concordia Chiajna Romania Liță Dumitru[19] Sacked 18 March 2025 21th 14th Romania Nicolae Dică[20] 19 March 2025
Voluntari Romania Mihai Iosif Sacked 25 April 2025 5th PO 6th Romania Florian Pârvu[21] 25 April 2025

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 19 14 2 3 37 17 +20 44 Advances to Promotion play-off
2 Steaua București 19 11 8 0 24 8 +16 41
3 Metaloglobus București 19 12 2 5 30 19 +11 38
4 Argeș Pitești 19 9 7 3 19 10 +9 34
5 Reșița 19 10 4 5 31 22 +9 34
6 Voluntari 19 9 6 4 27 16 +11 33
7 Corvinul Hunedoara 19 8 5 6 18 16 +2 29 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
8 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 19 7 6 6 22 22 0 27 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
9 FCU 1948 Craiova 19 7 6 6 21 21 0 27
10 Afumați 19 8 3 8 21 25 −4 27 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
11 Slatina 19 7 5 7 26 19 +7 26
12 Unirea Ungheni 19 7 5 7 19 20 −1 26 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
13 Metalul Buzău 19 6 5 8 18 20 −2 23
14 Concordia Chiajna 19 6 5 8 25 29 −4 23 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
15 Bihor Oradea 19 5 4 10 18 26 −8 19
16 Chindia Târgoviște 19 4 6 9 20 23 −3 18 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
17 Șelimbăr 19 4 6 9 20 24 −4 18
18 Dumbrăvița 19 4 3 12 15 25 −10 15 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
19 Focșani 19 3 5 11 10 22 −12 14
20 Câmpulung Muscel 19 2 1 16 7 44 −37 7 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
21 Mioveni[a] (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excluded
22 Viitorul Târgu Jiu[b] (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
(D) Disqualified or excluded
Notes:
  1. ^ Mioveni was excluded by the FRF due to financial problems.
  2. ^ Viitorul Târgu Jiu was excluded by the FRF due to bankruptcy after failing to attend two matches.[22]

Results

Home \ Away CSI STE MET ARG REȘ VOL COR CEA FCU AFU SLA UNG BUZ CON BIH CHI ȘEL DUM FOC CMU
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 3–1 2–0 5–1 4–2 4–1
Steaua București 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Metaloglobus București 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 3–2
Argeș Pitești 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0
Reșița 2–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Voluntari 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
Corvinul Hunedoara 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–2
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 0–0 3–0 0–3
FCU 1948 Craiova 0–0 2–4 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–1
Afumați 2–1 1–1
Slatina 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
Unirea Ungheni 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Metalul Buzău 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0
Concordia Chiajna 2–1 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–0
Bihor Oradea 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–4
Chindia Târgoviște 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1
Șelimbăr 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Dumbrăvița 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–4 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–0
Focșani 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–0
Câmpulung Muscel 0–1 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–5 2–1 0–4
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 Argeș Pitești (P, C) 10 7 2 1 19 5 +14 57 Promotion to Liga I
2 Steaua București 10 4 2 4 14 14 0 55 Ineligible for promotion [a]
3 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc (P) 10 2 4 4 7 14 −7 54 Promotion to Liga I
4 Voluntari 10 3 5 2 10 7 +3 47 Qualification to play-offs
5 Metaloglobus București (O, P) 10 2 2 6 7 17 −10 46
6 Reșița 10 2 5 3 11 11 0 45
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.[25]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Steaua București is ineligible for promotion due to the club being owned by a governmental department/entity, while Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.[24]

Play-off results

Home \ Away ARG CSI MET RES STE VOL
Argeș Pitești 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 0–0
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 0–4 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–0
Metaloglobus București 2–1 0–1 0–4 0–3 0–0
Reșița 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Steaua București 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–2
Voluntari 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Politehnica Iași 1–2 Metaloglobus București 1–1 0–1
Voluntari 2–2 (3–4 p) Unirea Slobozia 2–1 0–1

Relegation play-out

A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Corvinul Hunedoara 6 5 0 1 16 5 +11 44
2 Metalul Buzău 6 3 1 2 9 10 −1 33
3 FCU 1948 Craiova 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 33
4 Bihor Oradea 6 4 1 1 14 8 +6 32
5 Unirea Ungheni 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 30
6 Dumbrăvița 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 22 Relegation to 2025–26 Liga III
7 Focșani (R) 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 19
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.[25]
(R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slatina 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 38
2 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 35
3 Șelimbăr 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 31
4 Afumați 6 1 1 4 5 12 −7 31
5 Concordia Chiajna 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 30
6 Chindia Târgoviște (O) 6 2 3 1 10 8 +2 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
7 Câmpulung Muscel 6 1 1 4 8 16 −8 11 Relegation to 2025–26 Liga III
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.[25]
(O) Play-off winners

Liga II play-out

The 6th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team to Liga III.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dumbrăvița 2–4 Chindia Târgoviște 0–1 2–3

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