The 2024–25 Liga I (also known as Superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. The season started on 12 July 2024. The newcomers were Unirea Slobozia, who made their debut in Liga I, and Gloria Buzău, who returned to Liga I after a 15-year absence. The draw took place on 1 July 2024.
Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) The league consists of 16 teams: 14 teams from 2023–24 Liga I and two teams promoted from 2023–24 Liga II.
Teams promoted from the Liga II The first club to be promoted was Unirea Slobozia, they made their debut in Liga 1.
The second club to be promoted was Gloria Buzău, they returned to Liga I after fifteen years of absence.
Teams relegated to the Liga II The first club to be relegated was FCU 1948 Craiova, ending their three-year stay in the top flight.
The second club to be relegated was Voluntari, ending their nine-year stay in the top flight.
Stadiums and locations FCSB Universitatea Craiova Universitatea Cluj CFR Cluj Arena Națională Ion Oblemenco Stadium Cluj Arena Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 30,983 Capacity: 30,201 Capacity: 22,198 Petrolul Ploiești Rapid București Oțelul Galați Hermannstadt Ilie Oană Stadium Rapid–Giulești Stadium Oțelul Stadium Sibiu Municipal Stadium Capacity: 15,073 Capacity: 14,047 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 12,363 Gloria Buzău UTA Arad Buzău Municipal Stadium Francisc von Neuman Capacity: 12,321 Capacity: 11,500 Politehnica Iași Sepsi OSK Emil Alexandrescu Stadium Sepsi Arena Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 8,400 Dinamo București Botoșani Unirea Slobozia Farul Constanța Arcul de Triumf Stadium Botosani Municipal Stadium Clinceni Stadium Central Stadium Capacity: 8,207 Capacity: 7,782 Capacity: 4,502 Capacity: 4,554
Personnel and sponsorship
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 Main Shirt sponsorOther Shirt sponsor Botoșani Andrei Miron Adidas Unibet Elsaco, Electroalfa CFR Cluj Dan Petrescu Camora Nike Player MyPlace Residence, Aquavita Dinamo București Răzvan Patriche Macron Superbet Renovatio Farul Constanța (owner and manager) Ionuț Larie Nike Superbet Auchan FCSB Elias Charalambous Darius Olaru Nike Betano Walter Tosto, MG Hermannstadt Ionuț Stoica Nike Unibet Sibiu Municipality, Escudo Gloria Buzău Ilie Stan David Lazar Joma Getica 95 Hai Buzău!, Favbet Oțelul Galați László Balint Ionuț Neagu Adidas Liberty Mr Bit Petrolul Ploiești Mehmet Topal Gheorghe Grozav Macron Mr Bit La Cocoș Politehnica Iași Vasile Miriuță Mihai Bordeianu Nike Maxbet Iași Municipality Rapid București Octavian Chihaia (caretaker) Cristian Săpunaru Kappa Superbet IMAMED Sepsi OSK Csaba László (caretaker) Florin Ștefan Adidas Diószegi Gyermelyi Unirea Slobozia Adrian Mihalcea Constantin Toma Adidas Mr Bit Andisol, Terra Oyl Group, Taboo Events, Ialomița Universitatea Cluj Ioan Sabău Alexandru Chipciu Adidas Superbet AROBS Universitatea Craiova Mirel Rădoi Nicușor Bancu Puma Betano UTA Arad Alexandru Benga Saller Favbet
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Rapid București (caretaker) End of contract 30 June 2024 Pre-season 1 July 2024 Petrolul Ploiești Sacked 30 June 2024 1 July 2024 Botoșani 25 July 2024 16th 25 July 2024 Rapid București 20 August 2024 12th 20 August 2024 Gloria Buzău Mutual Agreement 4 September 2024 16th 5 September 2024 Politehnica Iași Resigned 4 September 2024 14th Emil Săndoi 11 September 2024 Sepsi OSK Sacked 5 September 2024 12th (caretaker) 10 September 2024 Petrolul Ploiești Resigned 24 December 2024 6th 31 December 2024 Oțelul Galați 30 December 2024 11th 1 January 2025 Botoșani Sacked 6 January 2025 15th 6 January 2025 Politehnica Iași 27 January 2025 14th Vasile Miriuță 28 January 2025 Universitatea Craiova 28 January 2025 5th Mirel Rădoi 28 January 2025 Gloria Buzău Mutual Agreement 10 March 2025 16th 12 March 2025 Petrolul Ploiești 17 March 2025 9th 18 March 2025 Sepsi OSK (caretaker) Demoted 18 March 2025 8th 18 March 2025 Oțelul Galați Sacked 19 March 2025 14th 19 March 2025 Sepsi OSK Mutual Agreement 28 April 2025 14th Csaba László (caretaker) 29 April 2025 Rapid București Marius Șumudică Resigned 20 May 2025 5th Octavian Chihaia (caretaker) 21 May 2025
Regular season League table
Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 FCSB 30 15 11 4 43 24 +19 56 2 CFR Cluj 30 14 12 4 56 32 +24 54 3 Universitatea Craiova 30 14 10 6 45 28 +17 52 4 Universitatea Cluj 30 14 10 6 43 27 +16 52 5 Dinamo București 30 13 12 5 41 26 +15 51 6 Rapid București 30 11 13 6 35 26 +9 46 7 Sepsi OSK 30 11 8 11 38 35 +3 41 8 Hermannstadt 30 11 8 11 34 40 −6 41 9 Petrolul Ploiești 30 9 13 8 29 29 0 40 10 Farul Constanța 30 8 11 11 29 38 −9 35 11 UTA Arad 30 8 10 12 28 35 −7 34 12 Oțelul Galați 30 7 11 12 24 32 −8 32 13 Politehnica Iași 30 8 7 15 29 46 −17 31 14 Botoșani 30 7 10 13 26 37 −11 31 15 Unirea Slobozia 30 7 5 18 28 47 −19 26 16 Gloria Buzău 30 5 5 20 25 51 −26 20
Results
Positions by round
Play-off round The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2025–26 UEFA Champions League and 2025–26 UEFA Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.
Play-off table
Play-out round The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.
Play-out table
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
Season statistics Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Louis MunteanuCFR Cluj232 Alexandru MitrițăUniversitatea Craiova193 Daniel BîrligeaFCSB / CFR Cluj164 Astrit SelmaniDinamo București145 Ianis StoicaHermannstadt136 Vladislav BlănuțăUniversitatea Cluj127 Ștefan BaiaramUniversitatea Craiova11 Dan NistorUniversitatea Cluj9 Gheorghe GrozavPetrolul Ploiești1010 Denis AlibecFarul Constanta9 Mamadou ThiamUniversitatea Cluj Meriton KorenicaCFR Cluj
Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets1 Ștefan TârnovanuFCSB162 Jesús FernándezPolitehnica Iași133 Laurențiu PopescuUniversitatea Craiova124 Edvinas GertmonasUniversitatea Cluj11 Giannis AnestisBotoșani Alexandru BuzbuchiFarul Constanța7 Iustin PopescuOțelul Galați10 Cătălin CăbuzHermannstadt9 Alexandru RoșcaDinamo București910 Lukáš ZimaPetrolul Ploiești8 Otto HindrichCFR Cluj Dejan IlievUTA Arad
Champion squad FCSBGoalkeepers: Ștefan Târnovanu (38 / 0); Mihai Udrea (1 / 0); Andrei Vlad (1 / 0); Lukáš Zima (1 / 0) Defenders: Nana Antwi (4 / 0); Ionuț Cercel (3 / 0); Valentin Crețu (36 / 1); Andrei Dăncuș (1 / 0); Joyskim Dawa (27 / 1); Denis Haruț (1 / 0); David Kiki (5 / 0); Siyabonga Ngezana (23 / 1); Mihai Popescu (25 / 0); Alexandru Pantea (8 / 0); Ionuț Panțîru (8 / 0); Risto Radunović (31 / 1); Matei Manolache (1 / 0) Midfielders: Baba Alhassan (29 / 2); William Baeten (9 / 0); Alexandru Băluță (26 / 3); Vlad Chiricheș (25 / 1); Luca Ciobanu (1 / 0); Juri Cisotti (16 / 4); Malcom Edjouma (24 / 0); Andrei Gheorghiță (8 / 0); Mihai Lixandru (13 / 1); Alexandru Musi (21 / 3); Darius Olaru (17 / 8); Andrei Pandele (1 / 0); Marius Ștefănescu (26 / 3); Adrian Șut (30 / 1); Mihai Toma (15 / 0) Forwards: Daniel Bîrligea (24 / 14); Jordan Gele (12 / 1); David Miculescu (37 / 6); Luis Phelipe (7 / 0); Daniel Popa (15 / 0); Octavian Popescu (18 / 4); Alexandru Stoian (2 / 1); Florin Tănase (28 / 4) (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Elias Charalambous
Awards AwardWinnerClubManager of the Season Elias CharalambousFCSB
Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Ștefan Târnovanu (FCSB)Defence Valentin Crețu (FCSB) Siyabonga Ngezana (FCSB) Lucas Masoero (Universitatea Cluj) Risto Radunović (FCSB)Midfield Ștefan Baiaram (Universitatea Craiova) Meriton Korenica (CFR Cluj) Adrian Șut (FCSB) Alexandru Mitriță (Universitatea Craiova)Attack Daniel Bîrligea (CFR Cluj/FCSB) Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj)
Attendances Overall
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