Liga I

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Liga I Bergenbier

Countries	Romania
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Founded	1909
Number of teams	18
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Liga II
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa României Supercupa României
League cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	Oţelul Galaţi (2010–11)
TV partners	GSP TV Digi Sport Antena 1
Website	LPF.ro
2010–11 Season

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier,^[1] is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A".^[2] Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909-10 campaign, and currently enjoys a ranking of 14th in UEFA's league coefficientranking list.

Liga I is part of the Romanian Professional Football League (LPF).

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[edit]History

The first football club's organization formula was "A Divisional College" (Colegiul Divizionar A) founded on October 5, 1970 and led by Mircea Angelescu. Until 1990, the "A Divisional College" was formal without remarkable decisions. During the 90's a lot of changes were implemented, reflected in the new names of the organization, e.g. "A Divisional Team's League", " National Football League", "Professional Club's League", etc. On October 10, 1992, the organization's name became "Professional Football A Division League", led by Mircea Angelescu - president, Dumitru Dragomir - vice-president and Daniel Lăzărescu - general secretary. On 22 January 1993, the name of the organization became "Professional Football League of Romania", an A-Division professional football clubs representation. On October 13, 1993, the B Division clubs members were included. On September 30, 1996, Dumitru Dragomir has been elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania". The headquarters is located on 47 Mihai Eminescu Street (since February 1997). In December the same year it was decided that the league will organize the A-Division Championship starting with 1997-1998 edition.

In October 2000, Dumitru Dragomir has been re-elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania"

There are currently 18 teams at this level, of which the bottom four are relegated at the season's end. These teams are replaced by the champions of the two divisions that make up Liga 2, the second level of the Romanian football league system.

Starting in 2007-08, the champions and runners-up of Divizia A are eligible to compete in the UEFA Champions League during the following season. The 3rd and 4th placed team is eligible to compete in the UEFA Europa League.

The most successful teams over the years have been Steaua Bucureşti (23 titles), Dinamo Bucureşti (18 titles), UTA Arad (6 titles), Universitatea Craiova (4 titles) and other notable teams being: Rapid Bucureşti and Petrolul Ploieşti, each with three titles won. CFR Cluj was the first non-Bucharest team to win the championship (in 2007-2008) since the 1990-1991 season.

[edit]Sponsorship

On December 19, 1998, SABMiller bought the naming rights for four and a half seasons, becoming the first sponsor in the history of the competition. SABMiller changed the name of the competition to "Divizia A Ursus", in order to promote their Ursus beer.^[3]

Starting with the 2004/05 season, European Food company took over as main sponsor and changed the league's name to "Divizia A Bürger", to promote theirBürger beer.^[4]

On May 11, 2008, Realitatea Media bought the naming rights for 5 years and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Realitatea", to promote their Realitatea TV station.^[5]

In late 2008, Frutti Fresh, a Romanian soft drink company bought the rights and the league was named after the brand as Frutti Fresh Liga I.

For the 2009/2010 Season Gamebookers.com - the biggest online betting firm in Romania - purchased the league naming rights and renamed the division "Liga 1 Gamebookers.com".

[edit]Broadcasting rights

In 2004, Telesport, a small TV network, bought the broadcasting rights for $28 million. The four seasons contract ended in the summer of 2008. Telesport sold some of matches to other Romanian networks: TVR1, Antena 1, Naţional TV and Kanal D.

On March 31, 2008, Antena 1 together with RCS&RDS outbid Realitatea Media and Kanal D in the broadcasting rights auction with a bid of €102 million for a three seasons contract.^[6]

[edit]List of champions

[edit]Year by year

Main article: Liga I Final Tables

[edit]Performance by club

The teams in bold play in the 2010-11 season of Liga I. The teams in italics no longer exist. The teams in neither bold or italics are existing past winners of the championship that relegated to Romania's lower leagues.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Steaua Bucureşti	23	13	1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1967-68, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89,1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06
Dinamo Bucureşti	18	20	1955, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1989-90,1991-92, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07
Venus Bucureşti	8	0	1919-20, 1920-21, 1928-29, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1939-40
UTA Arad	6	1	1946-47, 1947-48, 1950, 1954, 1968-69, 1969-70
Chinezul Timişoara	6	0	1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27
Universitatea Craiova	4	5	1973-74, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1990-91
Ripensia Timişoara	4	1	1932-33, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1937-38
Rapid Bucureşti	3	12	1966-67, 1998-99, 2002-03
Petrolul Ploieşti	3	1	1957-58, 1958-59, 1965-66
Argeş Piteşti	2	2	1971-72, 1978-79
Colentina Bucureşti	2	2	1912-13, 1913-14
CFR Cluj	2	0	2007-08, 2009-10
Olympia Bucureşti	2	0	1909-10, 1910-11
CA Oradea	1	2	1948-49
Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti	1	2	1940-41
Unirea Urziceni	1	1	2008-09
CSM Reşiţa	1	1	1930-31
Juventus Bucureşti	1	1	1929-30
Colţea Braşov	1	1	1927-28
Prahova Ploieşti	1	1	1915-16
United Ploieşti	1	1	1911-12
Oţelul Galaţi	1	0	2010-11
Româno-Americană Bucureşti	1	0	1914-15

[edit]Cities

The following table lists the Romanian champions by cities.

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Bucureşti	59	Steaua (23), Dinamo (18), Venus (8), Rapid (3), Colentina (2), Olympia (2), Juventus (1), Româno-Americana (1), Unirea Tricolor (1)
Timişoara	10	Chinezul (6), Ripensia (4),
Arad	6	UTA (6)
Ploieşti	5	Petrolul (3), Prahova (1), United (1)
Craiova	4	Universitatea (4)
Piteşti	2	Argeş (2)
Cluj-Napoca	2	CFR (2)
Galaţi	1	Oţelul (1)
Braşov	1	Colţea (1)
Oradea	1	CAO (1)
Reşiţa	1	CSM (1)
Urziceni	1	Unirea (1)

[edit]All-time table (1932 - 2011)

The ranking is computed awarding two points for a win, one for a draw. It includes matches played in the 2010/11 season. The teams in bold plays in the 2011/12 season of Liga I. The teams in italics no longer exist.^[7]

#	Team	S	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Steaua Bucureşti	63	1910	1054	436	420	3637	1955	2544
2	Dinamo Bucureşti	62	1880	1041	410	429	3683	2029	2492
3	Rapid Bucureşti	63	1798	815	411	572	2789	2163	2041
4	Universitatea Craiova	46	1492	660	323	508	2216	1728	1643
5	Argeş Piteşti	44	1404	571	276	557	1845	1797	1418
6	Politehnica Timişoara	49	1336	508	321	507	1782	1839	1337
7	Universitatea Cluj	52	1474	511	300	663	1926	2304	1320
8	FC Braşov	42	1293	488	278	527	1611	1674	1254
9	FCM Bacău	42	1319	489	262	568	1538	1809	1240
10	Farul Constanţa	42	1299	473	260	566	1577	1839	1206
11	Petrolul Ploieşti	41	1223	466	267	490	1550	1546	1199
12	Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti	35	1120	429	244	449	1532	1519	1102
13	UTA Arad	38	1071	419	244	408	1599	1522	1082
14	Jiul Petroşani	41	1197	402	250	545	1403	1845	1054
15	Naţional Bucureşti	32	945	380	189	376	1355	1320	949
16	Oţelul Galaţi	23	758	316	147	295	919	936	781
17	Politehnica Iaşi	28	881	297	187	397	1028	1264	781
18	Gloria Bistriţa	21	690	266	124	300	883	934	656
19	ASA Târgu Mureş	21	690	251	109	330	817	1025	611
20	CFR Cluj	16	508	202	139	167	628	631	543
21	Corvinul Hunedoara	17	562	210	98	254	831	881	518
22	Bihor Oradea	18	572	181	118	273	683	893	480
23	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	14	460	166	98	196	560	657	430
24	CSM Reşiţa	16	482	154	103	225	667	891	411
25	CA Oradea	17	378	145	80	153	630	635	370
26	Olt Scorniceşti	11	357	137	64	156	424	498	338
27	Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti (Dinamo Braşov, Dinamo Cluj)	16	347	128	78	141	625	669	334
28	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	10	340	121	64	155	368	533	306
29	CFR Timişoara	11	273	104	70	99	406	392	278
30	Inter Sibiu	8	272	110	47	115	358	276	267
31	Juventus Bucureşti	12	268	102	61	105	501	479	265
32	Chindia Târgovişte	9	298	95	64	139	312	469	254
33	Venus Bucureşti	9	180	108	35	37	499	248	251
34	Ripensia Timişoara	9	184	110	28	46	512	277	248
35	FC Vaslui	6	200	84	58	58	247	208	226
36	Astra Ploieşti	7	226	77	62	87	264	260	216
37	CS Târgu Mureş	10	241	85	46	110	360	418	216
38	Maramureş Baia Mare	7	230	83	35	112	267	370	201
39	Unirea Urziceni	5	170	74	47	49	199	162	195
40	Vagonul Arad	9	184	76	31	77	318	323	183
41	Olimpia Satu Mare	7	222	69	40	113	223	363	178
42	Victoria Bucureşti	5	153	70	33	50	242	203	173
43	Gloria Buzău	7	238	64	45	129	236	403	173
44	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	6	200	57	52	91	166	234	166
45	Gaz Metan Mediaş	6	188	49	53	86	205	309	151
46	Gloria Arad	8	156	59	31	66	296	332	149
47	Victoria Cluj	8	154	61	23	70	266	294	145
48	Extensiv Craiova	5	170	54	36	80	171	213	144
49	Dacia Unirea Brăila	6	178	54	30	94	193	328	138
50	Flacăra Moreni	4	136	53	23	60	180	198	129
51	Dunărea Galaţi	5	170	44	32	94	174	310	120
52	Chinezul Timişoara	6	120	46	21	53	281	288	113
53	Crişana Oradea	6	110	40	20	50	199	232	100
54	Foresta Suceava	3	98	24	27	47	102	145	75
55	Minerul Lupeni	4	101	30	15	56	106	204	75
56	FC Ploieşti	5	102	28	16	58	131	255	72
57	Unirea Alba Iulia	3	94	24	21	49	93	171	69
58	Phoenix Baia Mare	3	62	26	11	25	96	106	63
59	Ciocanul Bucureşti	2	56	24	10	22	100	87	58
60	Rocar Bucureşti	2	64	25	6	33	93	107	56
61	FCM Oneşti	2	68	21	6	41	94	160	48
62	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	2	33	15	10	8	50	31	40
63	Siderurgistul Galaţi	2	52	13	10	29	62	104	36
64	FCM Târgu Mureş	1	34	12	9	13	34	41	33
65	Carmen Bucureşti	1	26	14	5	7	90	44	33
66	Metalul Câmpia Turzii	2	48	7	19	22	46	86	33
67	Gloria CFR Galaţi	2	46	13	7	26	54	100	33
68	CAM Timişoara	2	34	12	7	15	54	76	31
69	Ferar Cluj	1	26	13	4	9	44	29	30
70	Internaţional Curtea de Argeş	1	34	10	6	18	32	49	26
71	Dermata Cluj	1	30	7	11	12	41	50	25
72	CSM Suceava	1	34	10	5	19	36	69	25
73	FC Craiova	2	50	10	5	35	61	171	25
74	Mica Brad	1	24	12	0	12	51	43	24
75	CS Mioveni	1	34	7	10	17	26	43	24
76	Şoimii Sibiu	3	48	5	12	31	42	131	22
77	Victoria Brăneşti	1	34	5	10	19	35	61	20
78	CS Otopeni	1	34	5	7	22	32	54	17
79	Viitorul Bucureşti	1	14	6	3	5	33	26	15
80	Vulturii Lugoj	1	18	6	2	10	24	41	14
81	Metalochimic Bucureşti	1	26	5	4	17	50	80	14
82	UM Timişoara	1	30	3	6	21	24	71	12
83	Aripile CFR Braşov	1	18	4	3	11	26	45	11
84	Prahova Ploieşti	2	32	10	1	21	42	99	21
85	Avântul Reghin	1	24	3	3	18	19	57	9
86	Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi	1	18	4	0	14	26	57	8
87	Braşovia Braşov	2	26	1	3	22	28	85	5
88	Mureşul Târgu Mureş	1	14	1	2	11	15	53	4
89	Concordia Chiajna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[edit]Records

The ranking include matches played and goals scored in the 2010/11 season.^[8]

**Top Ten Players With Most Appearances**^[9]
Player		Period	Club^[10]	Games
1	Costică Ştefănescu	1969–88	Steaua Bucureşti, Universitatea Craiova, FCM Braşov	490
2	Florea Ispir	1970–87	ASA Târgu Mureş	485
3	László Bölöni	1970–87	ASA Târgu Mureş, Steaua Bucureşti	484
4	Costel Câmpeanu	1987–05	SC Bacău, Dinamo Bucureşti, Gloria Bistriţa, Progresul Bucureşti,Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	470
5	Paul Cazan	1972–87	Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti	465
6	Cornel Dinu	1966–83	Dinamo Bucureşti	454
7	Petre Marin	1993–Present	Sportul Studenţesc, Naţional Bucureşti, Rapid Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Unirea Urziceni	453
8	Ionel Dănciulescu	1993–Present	Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti	451
9	Constantin Stancu	1976–90	Argeş Piteşti	447
10	Ion Dumitru	1967–88	Rapid Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Politehnica Timişoara,Universitatea Craiova	442

**Top Ten Highest Goalscorers**^[11]
Player		Period	Club^[12]	Goals
1	Dudu Georgescu	1970–86	Progresul Bucureşti, CSM Reşiţa, Dinamo Bucureşti, SC Bacău,Gloria Buzău, Flacăra Moreni	252 (Ø 0,68)
2	Rodion Cămătaru	1974–89	Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo Bucureşti	198 (Ø 0,52)
3	Ionel Dănciulescu	1993–Present	Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti	194 (Ø 0,43)
4	Marin Radu	1974–89	Argeş Piteşti, Olt Scorniceşti, Steaua Bucureşti, Inter Sibiu	190 (Ø 0,49)
5	Florea Dumitrache	1966–83	Dinamo Bucureşti, Jiul Petroşani, Corvinul Hunedoara	170 (Ø 0,47)
5	Ion Oblemenco	1964–76	Rapid Bucureşti, Universitatea Craiova	170 (Ø 0,62)
7	Mircea Sandu	1970–87	Progresul Bucureşti, Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti	167 (Ø 0,41)
8	Victor Piţurcă	1975–89	Olt Scorniceşti, Steaua Bucureşti	166 (Ø 0,55)
9	Mihai Adam	1962–76	Universitatea Cluj-Napoca, Vagonul Arad, CFR Cluj-Napoca	160 (Ø 0,45)
10	Titus Ozon	1947–64	Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti, Dinamo Bucureşti, Dinamo Braşov,Progresul Bucureşti, Rapid Bucureşti	157 (Ø 0,58)

[edit]UEFA Ranking

For updated information on UEFA coefficients as they change throughout the 2011–12 season, see UEFA coefficient#League coefficient.

The national league rankings for the 2012–13 season of UEFA competitions is based upon results in UEFA competitions from the 2006–07 through 2010–11 seasons. The previous rank, which was used to calculate team allocations for 2011–12 competitions, is given in parentheses.