2025–26 Liga I

Superliga
Season	2025–26
Dates	11 July 2025 – 24 May 2026
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Liga I (also known as the 2025–26 SuperLiga Romania for sponsorship reasons) will be the 108th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. It will be start on 11 July 2025 and is end to 24 May 2026.

FCSB are the two-time defending champions having won their 28th top flight title, the previous season.

Overview

16 teams will compete in the league – the thirteen teams from the previous season, two teams promoted from Liga II directly and one team promoted via play-off.

Teams promoted from Liga II

Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc became the first team to be promoted after fellow promotion contenders Metaloglobus București earned a draw against Reșița on 25 April 2025. The result means Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc will compete in the top flight for the first time in their history.^[1]

Argeș Pitești became the second team to be promoted on 6 May 2025 after defeating Reșița in matchweek 8 of the promotion round. This result saw Argeș Pitești return to the top flight after a two-season absence.^[2]

Metaloglobus București became the third team to be promoted after defeating Politehnica Iași 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result means that Metaloglobus București will compete in the top division for the first time in their history.^[3]

Teams relegated to Liga II

Gloria Buzău became the first team to be relegated after suffering a narrow defeat to Farul Constanța on 4 May 2025. This result ended Gloria Buzău's time in Liga I for one season.

Sepsi OSK became the second team to be relegated after suffering a defeat to Unirea Slobozia on 18 May 2025. This result ended Sepsi's time in Liga I for eight seasons.^[4]

Politehnica Iași became the third team to be relegated after defeat to Metaloglobus București 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result ended Iasi's time in Liga I for two seasons.^[3]

Teams

Changes

The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season.

Promoted from Liga II	Relegated to Liga II
Argeș Pitești Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Metaloglobus București (via play-off)	Politehnica Iași (via play-off) Sepsi OSK Gloria Buzău

Stadiums and locations

Bucharest

Bucharest teams
Dinamo
Metaloglobus
FCSB
Rapid

Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Liga I

Locations of teams in the 2025–26 Liga I from București County

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2024–25 season
Argeș Pitești^↑	Pitești	Orășenesc, at Mioveni^[a]	11,000	1st in Liga II
Botoșani	Botoșani	Botoșani Municipal	7,782	12th in Liga I
CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu	22,198	2nd in Liga I
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc^↑	Miercurea Ciuc	Miercurea Ciuc Municipal	4,000	3rd in Liga II
Dinamo București	București	Arcul de Triumf	8,207	6th in Liga I
Farul Constanța	Ovidiu	Central Stadium of the Gheorghe Hagi	4,554	11th in Liga I
FCSB	București	Arena Națională	55,634	1st in Liga I
Hermannstadt	Sibiu	Sibiu Municipal	12,363	7th in Liga I
Metaloglobus București^↑	Pantelimon	Metaloglobus	1,000	Promotion play-off winner
Oțelul Galați	Galați	Oțelul	13,500	8th in Liga I
Petrolul Ploiești	Ploiești	Ilie Oană	15,073	9th in Liga I
Rapid București	Giulești	Superbet Arena-Giulești	14,047	5th in Liga I
Unirea Slobozia	Slobozia	Clinceni, at Clinceni^[b]	4,500	Relegation play-off winner
Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj Arena	30,355	4th in Liga I
Universitatea Craiova	Craiova	Ion Oblemenco	30,983	3rd in Liga I
UTA Arad	Arad	Francisc von Neuman	11,500	10th in Liga I

^↑	Promoted from the Liga II

Notes:

^ Due to the ongoing renovation of Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Argeș Pitești will play their home matches at Orășenesc Stadium in Mioveni.
^ Due to the ongoing renovation of May 1 Stadium, Unirea Slobozia will play their home matches at Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni.

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	Kit manufacturer	Other kit sponsor(s)
Argeș Pitești	Bogdan Andone	Macron	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Botoșani	Leontin Grozavu	Adidas	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
CFR Cluj	Dan Petrescu	Nike	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	Róbert Ilyés	2Rule	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Dinamo București	Željko Kopić	Puma	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Farul Constanța	Ianis Zicu	Nike	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
FCSB	Elias Charalambous	Nike	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Hermannstadt	Marius Măldărășanu	Nike	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Metaloglobus București	Mihai Teja	Jako	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Oțelul Galați	László Balint	Adidas	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Petrolul Ploiești	Liviu Ciobotariu	Macron	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Rapid București	Constantin Gâlcă	Kappa	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Unirea Slobozia	Andrei Prepeliță	Adidas	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Universitatea Cluj	Ioan Sabău	Adidas	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Universitatea Craiova	Mirel Rădoi	Puma	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
UTA Arad	Adrian Mihalcea	Nike	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of arrival
Rapid București	Octavian Chihaia	End of caretaker role	24 May 2025	Constantin Gâlcă	3 June 2025^[5]
UTA Arad	Mircea Rednic	Signed by Standard Liège	24 May 2025	Adrian Mihalcea	5 June 2025^[6]
Unirea Slobozia	Adrian Mihalcea	Signed by UTA Arad	24 May 2025	Andrei Prepeliță	7 June 2025^[7]
Petrolul Ploiești	Mehmet Topal	End of contract	24 May 2025^[8]	Liviu Ciobotariu	9 June 2025^[9]
Farul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi	Resigned as manager	2 June 2025^[10]	Ianis Zicu	3 June 2025^[11]
Metaloglobus București	Ianis Zicu	Signed by Farul Constanța	3 June 2025	Mihai Teja	14 June 2025

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Week	Position in table		Replaced by	Date of appointment
Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Week	Round	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitatea Cluj	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3	Advances to Play-off
2	Rapid București	1	1	0	2	0	+2	3
3	Botoșani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	CFR Cluj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Dinamo București	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Farul Constanța	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advances to Play-out
8	FCSB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Hermannstadt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Oțelul Galați	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Petrolul Ploiești	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Unirea Slobozia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Universitatea Craiova	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	UTA Arad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Argeș Pitești	1	0	1	0	2	−2	0
16	Metaloglobus București	1	0	1	1	4	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.

Results

Home \ Away	CFR	DIN	FCS	FCP	RAP	UCJ
Argeș Pitești
Botoșani
CFR Cluj						a
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
Dinamo București			a
Farul Constanța
FCSB		a			a
Hermannstadt
Metaloglobus București						1–4
Oțelul Galați
Petrolul Ploiești					a
Rapid București			a	a
Unirea Slobozia
Universitatea Cluj	a
Universitatea Craiova
UTA Arad

Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Argeș Pitești
Botoșani
CFR Cluj
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
Dinamo București
Farul Constanța
FCSB
Hermannstadt
Metaloglobus București
Oțelul Galați
Petrolul Ploiești
Rapid București
Unirea Slobozia
Universitatea Cluj
Universitatea Craiova
UTA Arad

	Qualification to the Play-off
	Qualification to the Play-out

Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-off

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in UEFA Champions League and 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

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	TBD	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	TBD	Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
3	TBD	Qualification for European competition play-offs
4	TBD
5	TBD
6	TBD

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round
Team ╲ Round

	Qualification to the UCL first qualifying round
	Qualification to the UECL second qualifying round
	Qualification to the European competition play-offs

First match(es) will be played on 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-off results

Home \ Away	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

First match(es) will be played: 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-out

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

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
7	TBD	Qualification for European competition play-offs
8	TBD	Qualification for European competition play-offs
9	TBD
10	TBD
11	TBD
12	TBD
13	TBD	Qualification for relegation play-offs
14	TBD	Qualification for relegation play-offs
15	TBD	Relegated to Liga II
16	TBD	Relegated to Liga II

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round
Team ╲ Round

	Qualification to the European competition play-offs
	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
	Relegated to Liga II

First match(es) will be played on 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-out results

Home \ Away	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

First match(es) will be played: 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

European play-offs

In the semi-final the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the play-out semi-final will play the highest ranked team of the play-off tournament, that did not already qualify for European competitions. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the Conference League.

Bracket

	Semi-final					Final


	7					3
	8

Matches

European play-off semi-final

2026	7th-placed of Liga I	v	8th-placed of Liga I
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European play-off final

2026	Winner of semi-final round	v	3rd-placed of Liga I
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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.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
13th/14th-placed of Liga I	PO	3rd/4th-placed of Liga II	TBD	TBD
13th/14th-placed of Liga I	PO	3rd/4th-placed of Liga II	TBD	TBD

Matches

Promotion/relegation play-off 1

2026	13th/14th-placed of Liga I	v	3rd/4th-placed of Liga II
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2026	3rd/4th-placed of Liga II	v	13th/14th-placed of Liga I
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Promotion/relegation play-off 2

2026	13th/14th-placed of Liga I	v	3rd/4th-placed of Liga II
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2026	3rd/4th-placed of Liga II	v	13th/14th-placed of Liga I
--:-- UTC+2

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of July 11, 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jovo Lukić	Universitatea Cluj	2
2	Issouf Macalou	Universitatea Cluj	1
2	Mamadou Thiam	Universitatea Cluj	1

Clean sheets

Attendances

Overall

Pos	Team	Change
1	Argeș Pitești	n/a^†
2	Botoșani	n/a^†
3	CFR Cluj	n/a^†
4	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	n/a^†
5	Dinamo București	n/a^†
6	Farul Constanța	n/a^†
7	FCSB	n/a^†
8	Hermannstadt	n/a^†
9	Metaloglobus București	n/a^†
10	Oțelul Galați	n/a^†
11	Petrolul Ploiești	n/a^†
12	Rapid București	n/a^†
13	Unirea Slobozia	n/a^†
14	Universitatea Cluj	n/a^†
15	Universitatea Craiova	n/a^†
16	UTA Arad	n/a^†
	League total	n/a^†

Source: LPF
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in Liga II

Home match played

Team \ Match played	Regular season															Play-off & Play-out					Other	Total
Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	1	2	3	4	5	Other	Total
Argeș Pitești
Botoșani
CFR Cluj
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
Dinamo București
Farul Constanța
FCSB
Hermannstadt
Metaloglobus București
Oțelul Galați
Petrolul Ploiești
Rapid București
Unirea Slobozia
Universitatea Cluj
Universitatea Craiova
UTA Arad
League total																						0

Source: LPF

References

^ Miklós, Boros (25 April 2025). "Liga 2: feljutott az élvonalba a Csíkszereda!". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ "FC Argeș - CSM Reșița 3-0! Piteștenii au promovat matematic în SuperLiga". DIGI Sport (in Romanian). 6 May 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Premieră în SuperLiga României, după 13 ani". DIGI Sport (in Romanian). 2 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Zóltan, Róth; Miklós, Boros (18 May 2025). "Kikapott a Sepsi, és búcsúzott az élvonaltól". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Țone, Marius (3 June 2025). "Fotbal: Constantin Gâlcă este noul antrenor al echipei FC Rapid". Agerpres (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Dănilă, Lucian (5 June 2025). "Adrian Mihalcea a fost confirmat: este noul antrenor al echipei UTA!". Special Arad (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Stan, Cristian (7 June 2025). "Andrei Prepeliță a revenit în SuperLiga. Tehnicianul a semnat cu Unirea Slobozia". iAM Sport (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Bolat, Leila (23 May 2025). "Petrolul Ploieşti s-a despărţit de tehnicianul Mehmet Topal: "Ne-am fi dorit să ducem mai departe colaborarea"". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ Turcu, Luminiţa (3 June 2025). "Superliga: Liviu Ciobotariu este noul antrenor al echipei Petrolul Ploieşti". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ "Comunicat Gheorghe Hagi". Farul Constanța (in Romanian). 2 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
^ "Ianis Zicu este noul antrenor al Farului". Farul Constanța (in Romanian). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[5] Due to the ongoing renovation of Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Argeș Pitești will play their home matches at Orășenesc Stadium in Mioveni.

[6] Due to the ongoing renovation of May 1 Stadium, Unirea Slobozia will play their home matches at Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni.

[1] Miklós, Boros (25 April 2025). "Liga 2: feljutott az élvonalba a Csíkszereda!". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[2] "FC Argeș - CSM Reșița 3-0! Piteștenii au promovat matematic în SuperLiga". DIGI Sport (in Romanian). 6 May 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[Changes-3] "Premieră în SuperLiga României, după 13 ani". DIGI Sport (in Romanian). 2 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[4] Zóltan, Róth; Miklós, Boros (18 May 2025). "Kikapott a Sepsi, és búcsúzott az élvonaltól". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[7] Țone, Marius (3 June 2025). "Fotbal: Constantin Gâlcă este noul antrenor al echipei FC Rapid". Agerpres (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[8] Dănilă, Lucian (5 June 2025). "Adrian Mihalcea a fost confirmat: este noul antrenor al echipei UTA!". Special Arad (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[9] Stan, Cristian (7 June 2025). "Andrei Prepeliță a revenit în SuperLiga. Tehnicianul a semnat cu Unirea Slobozia". iAM Sport (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[10] Bolat, Leila (23 May 2025). "Petrolul Ploieşti s-a despărţit de tehnicianul Mehmet Topal: "Ne-am fi dorit să ducem mai departe colaborarea"". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[11] Turcu, Luminiţa (3 June 2025). "Superliga: Liviu Ciobotariu este noul antrenor al echipei Petrolul Ploieşti". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[12] "Comunicat Gheorghe Hagi". Farul Constanța (in Romanian). 2 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

[13] "Ianis Zicu este noul antrenor al Farului". Farul Constanța (in Romanian). 3 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.

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2025–26 in European men's football (UEFA)
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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '25 '26 Finland '25 '26 France Georgia '25 '26 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '25 '26 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Liechtenstein Lithuania '25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '25 '26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Kazakhstan '25 '26 Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia '25 '26 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Lithuania '25 '26 Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round league phase knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round league phase knockout phase Final Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round first and second rounds third and play-off rounds league phase knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
International competitions	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 2026 Finalissima 2027 Euro Under-21 qualification 2026 Euro Under-19 qualification 2026 Euro Under-17 qualification

Overview

Teams promoted from Liga II

Teams relegated to Liga II

Teams

Changes

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Pre-season

During the season

Regular season

League table

Results

Positions by round

Play-off

Play-off table

Positions by round

Play-off results

Play-out

Play-out table

Positions by round

Play-out results

European play-offs

Bracket

Matches

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Summary

Matches

Season statistics

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Attendances

Overall

Home match played

See also

References