2024–25 Liga II

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

The 2024–25 Liga II was the 85th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. A total of 22 teams contest the league.

It is the ninth Liga II season with a single series.[1] The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams will be relegated to Liga III.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2023–24 Liga III Relegated from 2023–24 Liga I Promoted to 2024–25 Liga I Relegated to 2024–25 Liga III
Metalul Buzău
(debut)
CS Afumați
(after 6 years of absence)
AFC Câmpulung Muscel
(debut)
Bihor Oradea
(debut)
Unirea Ungheni
(debut)
Focșani
(after 16 years of absence) 		FC Voluntari
(after 9 years of absence)
FCU Craiova
(after 3 years of absence)		 Unirea Slobozia[2]
(ended 4-year stay)
Gloria Buzău[3]
(ended 5-year stay)		 CS Tunari[4]
(ended 1-year stay)
Unirea Dej
(ended 3-year stay)
CSM Alexandria
(ended 1-year stay)
Progresul Spartac București
(ended 2-year stay)

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
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 Sorin Colceag Ștefan Ghiță Nike Superbet
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Marco Veronese Patrick Petre Nike SSAB Impex
Chindia Târgoviște Costel Pană Cornel Dinu Macron —
Concordia Chiajna Liță Dumitru Adrian Bălan Joma —
Corvinul Hunedoara Florin Maxim Alexandru Neacșa Joma Prodesign, ArcelorMittal
Csíkszereda Róbert Ilyés Peter Gál-Andrezly 2Rule Csíkszereda, MOL
FC U Craiova Valentin David Andrea Padula Adidas Ediție Specială
CSM Reșița Flavius Stoican Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița
CSM Slatina Claudiu Niculescu Cătălin Doman Macron Primăria Slatina
Dumbrăvița Cosmin Stan Costel Zurbagiu Macron Artoil
Metaloglobus București Ianis Zicu Georgian Honciu Jako —
Metalul Buzău Valentin Stan Marius Tudorică Macron Consiliul Județean Buzău
Mioveni — — — —
Steaua București Daniel Oprița Bogdan Chipirliu Adidas Stanleybet International
Unirea Ungheni Eusebiu Tudor Victoraș Astafei Nike Terra Luxury
Viitorul Târgu Jiu — — — —
Voluntari Mihai Iosif Igor Armaș Nike Metropola TV

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment

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 FC U 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 1599 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] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excluded
22 Viitorul Târgu Jiu[b] 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
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.[5]

Results

Home \ Away SEL AFU ARG BIH CÂM CHI CEA COR CON CSI DUM FCU FOC MET BUZ RES SLA STE UNG VOL
1599 Șelimbăr 0–0 3–1 0–3 0–0
Afumați 1–1 2–1
Argeș Pitești 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Bihor Oradea 1–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–3
Câmpulung Muscel 0–4 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–5
Chindia Târgoviște 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 3–0 0–0 0–3
Corvinul Hunedoara 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–2
Concordia Chiajna 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 4–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 5–1
Dumbrăvița 2–3 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–1
FC U Craiova 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–4 2–0 0–0
Focșani 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0
Metaloglobus București 3–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1
Metalul Buzău 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1
Reșița 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2
Slatina 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1
Steaua București 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2
Unirea Ungheni 2–1 0–1 0–0
Voluntari 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2024. Source:
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.[6]

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 CSA 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 (Q) 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.[8]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ CSA 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.[7]

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 .

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.[6]

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 FC U 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 (R) 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.[8]
(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 1599 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 (R) 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.[8]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
CSC Dumbrăvița 2–4 Chindia Târgoviște 0–1 2–3

References

  1. ^ "Schimbări în sistemul din Liga 2: retrogradează 11 echipe și de la anul va fi o singură serie!". 15 August 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Unirea Slobozia a promovat în Liga 1 pentru prima oară în istorie!". as.ro. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Buzăul revine în primul eșalon fotbalistic după 15 ani". gsp.ro. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Alexandria, Progresul Spartac, Tunari și Unirea Dej vor disputa astăzi ultimul lor meci în Liga 2, în acest sezon". liga2.prosport.ro. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu a fost exclusă din Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Noul sezon de Liga 2, ediția 2021-2022, se va desfășura exact pe modelul celui recent încheiat. În play-out se joacă tot doar meciuri tur". liga2.prosport.ro.
  7. ^ "E clar: CSA Steaua nu poate promova în Liga 1! Federația a intervenit azi" [CSA Steaua can not promote to Liga 1] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  8. ^ a b c "Regulamentul de Organizare a Activității Fotbalistice" (PDF). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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