2025–26 Liga II

Liga II
Season2025–26
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The 2025–26 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) is the 86th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the tenth consecutive season held in a single series.[1]

The format has been maintained, with a regular season contested by twenty-two teams in a single round-robin tournament. The top six teams at the end of the regular season advance to the promotion play-offs. The first two teams in the play-offs will be promoted to Liga I, while the third- and fourth-placed teams will play a promotion/relegation play-off against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I.[2]

The remaining fourteen teams will compete in the relegation play-outs, divided into two groups. The last two teams from each group will be relegated to Liga III. Additionally, the sixth-placed teams from each play-out group will face each other in a play-off to decide the final team to be relegated.[2]

Team changes

The following teams have changed leagues since the 2024–25 season:

Other changes

  • FCU Craiova was excluded after failing to obtain a Liga II license.[4]
  • Following the withdrawal and exclusion of two clubs, the Romanian Football Federation granted the vacant places to Dumbrăvița and Câmpulung Muscel, based on their applications and in accordance with the regulations.[4]

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2024–25 Liga II teams
Location of Bucharest and close-by Ilfov teams.
Club Locație Stadion Capacitate
AFC Câmpulung Muscel Câmpulung Muscelul 3.000
ASA Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș Trans-Sil 8.200
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Piatra Neamț Ceahlăul 18.000
Chindia Târgoviște Târgoviște Eugen Popescu 8.400
Concordia Chiajna Chiajna Concordia 5.123
Corvinul Hunedoara Hunedoara Complexul Sportiv Corvinul 16.500
CS Afumați Afumați Comunal 2.000
CS Tunari Tunari Central 1.700
CS Dinamo București București CNAF[a] 1.600
CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Șelimbăr Măgura[b] 2,450
CSC Dumbrăvița Dumbrăvița Ștefan Dobay 500
CSM Olimpia Satu Mare Satu Mare Daniel Prodan 18.000
CSM Reșița Reșița Mircea Chivu 12.500
CSM Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 12.000
FC Bacău Ruși-Ciutea Ruși-Ciutea 700
FC Bihor Oradea Oradea Iuliu Bodola 12.376
FC Voluntari Voluntari Anghel Iordănescu 4.600
Gloria Bistrița Bistrița Jean Pădureanu 7.814
Metalul Buzău Buzău Metalul 1.573
Politehnica Iași Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11.350
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Sepsi 8.400
Steaua București București Steaua 31.254
  1. ^ CS Dinamo București was relocated to the CNAF Stadium in Buftea, as the Dinamo Stadium did not receive a license to host matches in Liga II.[7]
  2. ^ 1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to the Măgura Stadium in Cisnădie, because Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr is under renovations.

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
AFC Câmpulung Muscel Romania Alecsandru Popovici Romania Georgian Jenaru Nike Superbet
ASA Târgu Mureș Romania Eusebiu Tudor Romania Robert Geantă Kappa Târgu Mureș
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Italy Marco Veronese Romania Patrick Petre Nike SSAB Impex
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Ilie Poenaru Romania Cornel Dinu Macron —
Concordia Chiajna Romania Nicolae Dică Romania Rareș Lazăr Joma —
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania Florin Maxim Romania Alexandru Neacșa Joma Primăria Hunedoara
CS Afumați Romania Vasile Neagu Romania Ionuț Zaina Nike —
CS Tunari Romania Bogdan Pătrașcu Romania Claudiu Dragu Uhlsport Pinum, Shaormeria Băneasa
CS Dinamo București Romania Florin Bratu Romania Andrei Bobaru Joma Superbet
CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Romania Eugen Beza Romania Ciprian Natea Nike Shopping City Sibiu
CSC Dumbrăvița Romania Florin Fabian Romania Costel Zurbagiu Macron Artoil
CSM Olimpia Satu Mare Romania Alexandru Botoș Romania Cătălin Oanea Adidas M-SYS, Best Build Technology
CSM Reșița Romania Flavius Stoican Romania Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița
CSM Slatina Romania Claudiu Niculescu Romania Andreas Mihaiu Macron Organizația Trebuie
FC Bacău Romania Costel Enache Romania Ionuț Chirilă Nike Dedeman
FC Bihor Oradea Romania Erik Lincar Romania Răzvan Gunie Macron Selina, Viva Chips
FC Voluntari Romania Florian Pârvu Romania Doru Andrei Nike Metropola TV
Gloria Bistrița Romania Cristian Pustai Albania Azdren Llullaku Hummel Superbet
Metalul Buzău Romania Valentin Stan Romania Marius Tudorică Macron Consiliul Județean Buzău
Politehnica Iași Portugal Tony Romania Mihai Bordeianu Nike Maxbet
Sepsi OSK Romania Ovidiu Burcă Romania Cosmin Matei Adidas Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Steaua București Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Stephan Drăghici Adidas Stanleybet

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Costel Pană[8] Mutual consent 16 June 2025 Romania Ilie Poenaru[9] 16 June 2025
Sepsi OSK Romania Csaba László[10] End of interim spell 18 June 2025 Romania Ovidiu Burcă[11] 18 June 2025
CSC Dumbrăvița Romania Cosmin Stan[12] Mutual consent 19 June 2025 Romania Florin Fabian[13] 20 June 2025
CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Romania Ioan Luca Mutual consent 1 July 2025 Romania Eugen Beza[14] 1 July 2025
ASA Târgu Mureș Romania Cătălin Kalo Mutual consent 1 July 2025 Romania Eusebiu Tudor 1 July 2025
CS Tunari Romania Dan Alexa[15] Mutual consent 22 July 2025 Romania Bogdan Pătrașcu[16] 25 July 2025

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 CSM Reșița 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Advances to Promotion play-off
2 FC Bihor 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
3 FC Voluntari 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9
4 ASA Târgu Mureș 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
5 Steaua București 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
6 Corvinul Hunedoara 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
7 Concordia Chiajna 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
8 Politehnica Iași 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
9 Chindia Târgoviște 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
10 CS Afumați 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
11 Metalul Buzău 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
12 CS Dinamo București 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
13 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 3 1 1 1 2 9 −7 4
14 FC Bacău 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
15 CSC Dumbrăvița 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
16 Sepsi OSK 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
17 Gloria Bistrița 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
18 CSM Slatina 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
19 CS Tunari 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
20 CSC 1599 Șelimbăr 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
21 CSM Olimpia Satu Mare 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0 Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
22 AFC Câmpulung Muscel 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0 Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. 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

Results

Home \ Away REȘ BIH VOL ASA STE COR CON IAȘ CHI AFU MBZ CSD CEA BAC DUM SEP GLO SLA TUN ȘEL STM CMU
CSM Reșița – – – – – – – – – 2–1 7–0
FC Bihor – – – – – – – – 3–2 – – 1–0
FC Voluntari – – – – – 2–1 – – – 1–0 –
ASA Târgu Mureș – 0–0 – – – – – – – 4–0 –
Steaua București – – 4–1 – – – – – – –
Corvinul Hunedoara – – – 1–0 – – – – – –
Concordia Chiajna – – – – – – 8–0 – – – 2–0
Politehnica Iași – – – – – 0–1 3–0 – – – –
Chindia Târgoviște – – – – – – – – 1–1 – 3–1
CS Afumați – 0–1 – – – – – 3–2 – – –
Metalul Buzău – – – – – 0–0 – – – –
CS Dinamo București – – – 0–0 – – – 1–2 – – –
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț – – – – – – – 1–1 – –
FC Bacău – – – – 1–2 – – – – –
CSC Dumbrăvița 1–3 – – – – – – – – –
Sepsi OSK – – 0–2 – – – – – – –
Gloria Bistrița – – – – 1–1 – – – – –
CSM Slatina – – – – 2–3 – – 0–0 – – –
CS Tunari – – – 1–3 – – – 1–2 – – –
CSC 1599 Șelimbăr – 1–3 – – – – – – – –
CSM Olimpia Satu Mare 1–4 – – – – – – – – –
AFC Câmpulung Muscel – – – – – – 2–3 – – –
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics

As of 19 August 2025[17]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Kehinde Fatai CS Afumați 3
Romania Angelo Cocian FC Bihor
Romania Nicu Modan CSM Reșița
Cameroon Serge Ekollo ASA Târgu Mureș
Romania George Cîrstean FC Bacău
Romania Nicolae Carnat Concordia Chiajna
2 Romania Ștefan Pacionel Steaua București 2
Romania Bogdan Chipirliu Steaua București
Ghana Carl Davoridzie Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Romania Alin Cocoș AFC Câmpulung Muscel
Romania Ioan Hora FC Bihor
Romania Robert Jerdea CSM Reșița
Romania Florentin Puiu Metalul Buzău
Romania Mihai Bălașa Concordia Chiajna
Romania Claudiu Dragu CS Tunari
Spain Carlos Inglada Politehnica Iași

Hat-tricks

As of 17 August 2025
Player For Against Result Date
Ghana Kehinde Fatai CS Afumați FC Bacău 3–2 (H)[18] 2 August 2025

See also

References

  1. ^ "Schimbări în sistemul din Liga 2: retrogradează 11 echipe și de la anul va fi o singură serie!" [Changes in the Liga 2 system: 11 teams are relegated and from this year there will be only one series!] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "A început a 86-a ediție a Ligii 2" [The 86th edition of Liga 2 has begun] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 2 August 2025. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Încă un club din România se desființează! În sezonul trecut, a evoluat în SuperLigă" [Another club in Romania is disbanding! Last season, it played in the Super League] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 29 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b "S-a terminat pentru FCU Craiova! FRF a anunțat componența Ligii 2: echipa lui Adrian Mititelu a fost exclusă oficial!" [It's over for FCU Craiova! FRF announced the composition of Liga 2: Adrian Mititelu's team was officially excluded!] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 21 August 2025. Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Au deschis șampaniile? FRF, aviz favorabil: încă un hop și sar două eșaloane, direct în Liga 2!" [Have they opened the champagne? FRF, favorable opinion: one more hop and we'll jump two echelons, directly to Liga 2!] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 13 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Sunt gata actele la Bistrița! Gloria Bistrița Năsăud își schimbă denumirea, nu și forma de organizare! Echipa este la a patra încercare de promovare în Liga 2" [The documents are ready in Bistrița! Gloria Bistrița Năsăud changes its name, not its organizational form! The team is on its fourth attempt to promote to League 2] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 3 June 2025. Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Unde va juca CS Dinamo în Liga 2: stadionul din „Ștefan cel Mare" nu a fost omologat" [Where will CS Dinamo play in LIGA 2: the stadium from "Ștefan cel Mare" has not been approved] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 29 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Chindia Târgoviște s-a despărțit de Costel Pană! Colaborare încheiată cu fostul antrenor" [Chindia Târgoviște has parted ways with Costel Pană! Collaboration with the former coach ended] (in Romanian). damboviteanul.com. 17 June 2025. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Ilie Poenaru, prezentat la Chindia Târgoviște!" [Ilie Poenaru, presented at Chindia Târgoviște!] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 16 June 2025. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Chindia Târgoviște s-a despărțit de Costel Pană! Colaborare încheiată cu fostul antrenor" [Chindia Târgoviște has parted ways with Costel Pană! Collaboration with the former coach ended] (in Romanian). damboviteanul.com. 17 June 2025. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Ovidiu Burcă, prezentat oficial la Sepsi OSK" [Ovidiu Burcă, officially presented at Sepsi OSK] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 18 June 2025. Archived from the original on 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  12. ^ "CSC Dumbrăvița anunță despărțirea de antrenorul Cosmin Stan cu un mesaj telenovelistic!" [CSC Dumbrăvița announces the separation from coach Cosmin Stan with a soap opera message!] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 19 June 2025. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Florin Fabian este noul antrenor al CSC Dumbrăvița" [Florin Fabian is the new coach of CSC Dumbrăvița] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 20 June 2025. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Mutarea anului la CSC Șelimbăr: un sibian numit antrenor principal" [The move of the year at CSC Șelimbăr: a Sibiu native named head coach] (in Romanian). oradesibiu.ro. 1 July 2025. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Dan Alexa pleacă de la CS Tunari și le-a comunicat jucătorilor decizia" [Dan Alexa leaves CS Tunari and communicated the decision to the players] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 22 July 2025. Archived from the original on 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  16. ^ "CS Tunari are un nou antrenor principal" [CS Tunari has a new head coach] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 25 July 2025. Archived from the original on 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  17. ^ "Clasament Golgheteri" [Top Scorers Ranking]. liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  18. ^ "Hat-trick-ul lui Kehinde Fatai a răpus-o pe FC Bacău la debutul în L2" [Kehinde Fatai's hat-trick defeated FC Bacău on his debut in L2] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 2 August 2025. Archived from the original on 18 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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