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.
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.
Teams Team changes
To Liga II Relegated from Liga I Voluntari – returned after nine years in the top flight. FCU 1948 Craiova – returned after three years in the top flight.
Promoted from Liga III Metalul Buzău – debut. Afumați – returned after six years of absence. Câmpulung Muscel – debut. Bihor Oradea – returned after eight years of absence. Unirea Ungheni – debut. Focșani – returned after sixteen years of absence.
From Liga II Promoted to Liga I Unirea Slobozia – ended a four-year stay. Gloria Buzău – ended a five-year stay.
Relegated to Liga III Tunari – ended a one-year stay. Unirea Dej – ended a three-year stay. Alexandria – ended a one-year stay. Progresul Spartac București – ended a two-year stay.
Stadiums and locations
Club Locație Stadion Capacitate AFC Câmpulung Muscel Câmpulung Muscelul 3.000 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 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Municipal 2.480 CS Afumați Afumați Comunal 2.000 CS Mioveni Mioveni Orășenesc 10.000 CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Șelimbăr Măgura 2.450 CSC Dumbrăvița Dumbrăvița Ștefan Dobay 500 CSM Focșani Focșani Milcovul 8.500 CSM Reșița Reșița Mircea Chivu 12.500 CSM Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 12.000 FC Argeș Pitești Pitești Nicolae Dobrin 15,000 FC Bihor Oradea Oradea Iuliu Bodola 12.376 FC Voluntari Voluntari Anghel Iordănescu 4.600 FCU 1948 Craiova Craiova Complex Sportiv Craiova 30.983 Metalul Buzău Buzău Metalul 1.573 Metaloglobus București București Metaloglobus 1.000 Steaua București București Steaua 31.254 Unirea Ungheni Ungheni Central 2.000 Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu Constantina Diță-Tomescu 12.518
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 Ioan Luca Ciprian Natea Nike Shopping City Sibiu Afumați Vasile Neagu Ionuț Zaina Nike — Argeș Pitești Bogdan Andone Costinel Tofan Macron Getica 95 Bihor Oradea Erik Lincar Ioan Hora Macron Viva Chips Câmpulung Muscel Alecsandru Popovici Ștefan Ghiță Nike Superbet Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Marco Veronese Patrick Petre Nike SSAB Impex Chindia Târgoviște Costel Pană Cornel Dinu Macron — Concordia Chiajna Nicolae Dică Adrian Bălan Joma — Corvinul Hunedoara Florin Maxim Alexandru Neacșa Joma Prodesign, ArcelorMittal Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Róbert Ilyés Peter Gál-Andrezly 2Rule Csíkszereda, MOL Dumbrăvița Cosmin Stan Costel Zurbagiu Macron Artoil FCU 1948 Craiova Valentin David Andrea Padula Adidas Ediție Specială Focșani Alin Chița Sorin Săpunaru Erima Consiliul Local Focșani, Primăria Focșani, Scorpion Metalul Buzău Valentin Stan Marius Tudorică Macron Consiliul Județean Buzău Metaloglobus București Ianis Zicu Georgian Honciu Jako — Mioveni Dragoș Stroe Flavius Croitoru Macron — Reșița Flavius Stoican Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița Slatina Claudiu Niculescu Cătălin Doman Macron Primăria Slatina Steaua București Bogdan Chipirliu Adidas Stanleybet International Unirea Ungheni Eusebiu Tudor Victoraș Astafei Nike Terra Luxury Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Călin Cojocaru Arian Mršulja Nike Târg Auto OLTENIA Voluntari Florian Pârvu Igor Armaș Nike Metropola TV
Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival 1599 Șelimbăr Claudiu Niculescu Mutual consent 8 May 2024 Constantin Schumacher 28 June 2024 FCU 1948 Craiova Eugen Trică Mutual consent 12 May 2024 Marius Croitoru 28 May 2024 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Cristian Pustai Mutual consent 18 May 2024 Marco Veronese 1 July 2024 Chindia Târgoviște Diego Longo End of contract 30 May 2024 Marian Vătavu 27 June 2024 Voluntari Florian Pârvu End of contract 6 June 2024 Claudiu Niculescu 6 June 2024 Unirea Ungheni Florentin Petre Mutual consent 10 June 2024 Eusebiu Tudor 15 June 2024 Bihor Oradea Florin Farcaș Sacked 13 June 2024 Gustavo Aragolaza 23 June 2024
During the season TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment Round Position Câmpulung Muscel Costin Lazăr Sacked 10 September 2024 5th 19th Marius Bratu 17 September 2024 Focșani Călin Moldovan Sacked 18 September 2024 6th 20th Rareș Forika (interim) 18 September 2024 Argeș Pitești Nicolae Dică Sacked 21 September 2024 7th 13th Bogdan Andone 22 September 2024 Focșani Rareș Forika End of interim spell 1 October 2024 8th 21st Sorin Colceag 1 October 2024 FCU 1948 Craiova Marius Croitoru Mutual agreement 22 October 2024 10th 12th Valentin David 22 October 2024 Mioveni Alin Chița Resigned 29 October 2024 11th 21st Dragoș Stroe 2 November 2024 Câmpulung Muscel Marius Bratu Sacked 3 November 2024 12th 20th Sorin Colceag 22 November 2024 Bihor Oradea Gustavo AragolazaMutual agreement 4 November 2024 12th 16th Gheorghe Ghiț 4 November 2024 1599 Șelimbăr Constantin Schumacher Sacked 13 November 2024 13th 17th Ioan Luca 13 November 2024 Focșani Sorin Colceag Resigned 14 November 2024 13th 19th Alin Chița 19 November 2024 Voluntari Claudiu Niculescu Sacked 22 November 2024 14th 9th Ovidiu Burcă 27 November 2024 Slatina Daniel Oprescu Resigned 26 November 2024 14th 13th Claudiu Niculescu29 November 2024 Voluntari Ovidiu Burcă Sacked 30 December 2024 17th 5th Mihai Iosif 10 January 2025 Chindia Târgoviște Marian Vătavu Sacked 28 January 2025 17th 14th Costel Pană 4 February 2025 Bihor Oradea Gheorghe Ghiț Sacked 11 March 2025 20th 17th Erik Lincar 17 March 2025 Câmpulung Muscel Sorin Colceag Sacked 16 March 2025 21st 20th Alecsandru Popovici 18 March 2025 Concordia Chiajna Liță Dumitru Sacked 18 March 2025 21st 14th Nicolae Dică 19 March 2025 Voluntari Mihai Iosif Sacked 25 April 2025 5th PO 6th Florian Pârvu 25 April 2025
Regular season League table
Results
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.
Play-off table
Play-off results
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.
First leg
Second leg
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.
Group A
Group B
Liga II play-out The 6th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups faced each other in order to determine the last relegated team to Liga III.
Matches
Season statistics Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubRegularPlay-off Play-out Total 1 Bogdan ChipirliuSteaua București114015 Matko Babić1599 Șelimbăr807152 Jozef DolnýCsíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc1120133 Alexandru BoiciucConcordia Chiajna1101124 Valentin RobuMetalul Buzău80210 Carl DavordzieCeahlăul Piatra Neamț604105 Cătălin DomanSlatina9009 Dragoș HuibanMetaloglobus București8109 Moussa SamakéReșița72096 Robert MoldoveanuArgeș Pitești35087 Giovani GhimfușConcordia Chiajna7007 Nacho HerasSteaua București4307 Patrick PetreCeahlăul Piatra Neamț7007 Florian HaităReșița6107 Nicolae CarnatVoluntari6107 Adam NemecVoluntari5207 Nicu ModanDumbrăvița6017 Iulian RoșuChindia Târgoviște3047
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound Bogdan ChipirliuAfumațiSteaua București0–4 (A)14 December 202417 (Regular season) Matko Babić1599 ȘelimbărAfumați3–0 (H)10 May 20257 (Play-out)
References
External links FRF