2018–19 Liga I

The 2018–19 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 20 July 2018 and ended on 2 June 2019, being the fourth to take place since the play-off/play-out rule has been introduced.

Liga I

Season	2018–19
Champions	CFR Cluj 5th title
Relegated	Concordia Chiajna Dunărea Călărași
Champions League	CFR Cluj
Europa League	FCSB Viitorul Constanța Universitatea Craiova
Matches played	268
Goals scored	624 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Țucudean (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Giedrius Arlauskis (18 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	CFR Cluj 5–0 Voluntari (30 November 2018)
Biggest away win	Voluntari 1–5 Universitatea Craiova (27 August 2018) Botoșani 1–5 CFR Cluj (3 November 2018) Astra Giurgiu 1–5 CFR Cluj (6 May 2019) Sepsi OSK 1–5 FCSB (11 May 2019)
Highest scoring	Concordia Chiajna 3–6 Politehnica Iași (14 December 2018)
Longest winning run	6 matches Botoșani
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches CFR Cluj
Longest winless run	19 matches Concordia Chiajna
Longest losing run	8 matches Concordia Chiajna
Highest attendance	30,000 Universitatea Craiova 2–1 FCSB (21 October 2018)
Lowest attendance	50 Concordia Chiajna 3–6 Politehnica Iași (14 December 2018) Voluntari 1–1 Astra Giurgiu (15 December 2018) Hermannstadt 0–1 Politehnica Iași (6 April 2018) Concordia Chiajna 4–1 Politehnica Iași (26 May 2019)
Total attendance	923,723
Average attendance	3,447
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 2 June 2019.

Dunărea Călărași and Hermannstadt joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Liga II. CFR Cluj managed to defend the title for the first time in their history, while FCSB became the first team in the country to finish as runner-ups for four consecutive seasons in a row.^[1]

Teams

The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2017–18 Liga I and two new teams from the 2017–18 Liga II.

Teams promoted to the Liga I

The first club to be promoted was Dunărea Călărași, following their 3–1 win against Ripensia Timișoara on 5 May 2018. Dunărea will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.^[2]

The second club to be promoted was Hermannstadt, following their 1–1 draw against Chindia Târgoviște on 13 May 2018. Hermannstadt will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history, but the city of Sibiu, which had many different teams over time, returned in the Liga I after six years of absence, where was last time represented by Voința Sibiu.^[3]

Teams relegated to the Liga II

The first club to be relegated was Juventus București, which were relegated on 22 May 2018 following a 1–3 defeat against Concordia Chiajna, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.^[4]

The second club to be relegated was Poli Timișoara, which were relegated on 2 June 2018 following their 1–0 win against Concordia Chiajna, ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.^[5]

Venues

FCSB	Universitatea Craiova	CFR Cluj	Dinamo București
Arena Națională	Ion Oblemenco	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu	Dinamo
Capacity: 55,634	Capacity: 30,929	Capacity: 23,500	Capacity: 15,032
Politehnica Iași	Bucharest   Astra   Botoșani   CFR Cluj   Concordia   Craiova   Dunărea   Gaz Metan   Hermannstadt   Poli Iași   Sepsi OSK   Viitorul   Voluntari   Bucharest teams Dinamo FCSB 2018–19 Liga I (Romania)     Dinamo   FCSB class=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams.		Dunărea Călărași
Emil Alexandrescu			Ion Comșa
Capacity: 11,390			Capacity: 10,400
Astra Giurgiu			Gaz Metan Mediaș
Marin Anastasovici			Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,500			Capacity: 7,814
FC Botoșani			Sepsi OSK
Municipal			Municipal
Capacity: 7,782			Capacity: 5,200
Concordia Chiajna	Hermannstadt^[i]	Voluntari	Viitorul Constanța
Concordia	Municipal	Anghel Iordănescu	Viitorul
Capacity: 5,123	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 4,600	Capacity: 4,554

1. Hermannstadt was relocated to Trans-Sil Stadium in Târgu Mureș between round 1 and round 24 and to Nicolae Dobrin Stadium in Pitești between round 24 and round 8 of the play-out, because Municipal Stadium in Sibiu was under renovations.

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
Astra Giurgiu	Costel Enache	Filip Mrzljak	Joma	—
Botoșani	Liviu Ciobotariu	Andrei Burcă	Erreà	Casa Pariurilor
CFR Cluj	Dan Petrescu	Mário Camora	Joma	NTT Data
Concordia Chiajna	Adrian Falub	Marian Cristescu	Lotto	—
Dinamo București	Mircea Rednic	Dan Nistor	Macron	Orange
Dunărea Călărași	Dan Alexa	Alin Dobrosavlevici	Acerbis	Fortuna
FCSB	Mihai Teja	Mihai Pintilii	Nike	City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Edward Iordănescu	Marius Constantin	Joma	Romgaz
Hermannstadt	Vasile Miriuță	Răzvan Dâlbea	Andu	Primăria Sibiu
Politehnica Iași	Flavius Stoican	Cosmin Frăsinescu	Joma	Superbet
Sepsi OSK	Marin Barbu	Attila Hadnagy	Adidas	Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova	Corneliu Papură	Nicușor Bancu	Joma	Betano.com
Viitorul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi	Ianis Hagi	Nike	—
Voluntari	Cristiano Bergodi	Cosmin Vâtcă	Macron	Winner

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Astra	Gheorghe Mulțescu	End of contract	31 May 2018^[6]	Pre-season	Marius Măldărășanu	10 June 2018^[7]
CFR Cluj	Dan Petrescu	Signed by Guizhou Hengfeng	4 June 2018^[8]	Pre-season	Edward Iordănescu	13 June 2018^[9]
Voluntari	Adrian Mutu	Sacked	14 June 2018^[10]	Pre-season	Daniel Oprița	21 June 2018^[11]
Gaz Metan	Cristian Pustai	End of contract	30 June 2018^[12]	Pre-season	Mihai Teja	1 July 2018^[13]
CFR Cluj	Edward Iordănescu	Mutual agreement	26 July 2018^[14]	8	Toni Conceição	26 July 2018^[15]
Voluntari	Daniel Oprița	Resigned	21 August 2018^[16]	14	Dinu Todoran	25 August 2018^[17]
Astra	Marius Măldărășanu	Sacked	2 September 2018^[18]	4	Gheorghe Mulțescu	2 September 2018^[19]
Concordia	Ionuț Badea	Mutual agreement	15 September 2018^[20]	13	Dorinel Munteanu	17 September 2018^[21]
Dinamo	Florin Bratu	Mutual agreement	22 September 2018^[22]	10	Claudiu Niculescu	24 September 2018^[23]
Hermannstadt	Alexandru Pelici	Mutual agreement	9 October 2018^[24]	13	Vasile Miriuță	9 October 2018^[25]
Dinamo	Claudiu Niculescu	Mutual agreement	13 October 2018^[26]	12	Mircea Rednic	13 October 2018^[27]
Voluntari	Dinu Todoran	Mutual agreement	7 November 2018	14	Cristiano Bergodi	8 November 2018^[28]
Astra	Gheorghe Mulțescu	Sacked	10 November 2018^[29]	6	Costel Enache	17 November 2018^[30]
Botoșani	Costel Enache	Mutual agreement	16 November 2018^[31]	12	Liviu Ciobotariu	16 November 2018^[32]
FCSB	Nicolae Dică	Mutual agreement	23 December 2018^[33]	2	Mihai Teja	27 December 2018^[34]
Gaz Metan	Mihai Teja	Signed by FCSB	27 December 2018^[34]	8	Edward Iordănescu	7 January 2019^[35]
Concordia	Dorinel Munteanu	Sacked	7 January 2019^[36]	13	Adrian Falub	8 January 2019^[37]
CFR Cluj	Toni Conceição	Mutual agreement	19 February 2019^[38]	1	Alin Minteuan (caretaker)	19 February 2019^[39]
CFR Cluj	Alin Minteuan (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	22 March 2019	1	Dan Petrescu	22 March 2019^[40]
Universitatea	Devis Mangia	Mutual agreement	15 April 2019^[41]	3	Corneliu Papură	22 March 2019^[42]
Sepsi	Eugen Neagoe	Mutual agreement	2 May 2019^[43]	6	Marin Barbu (caretaker)	3 May 2019^[44]

Regular season

In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.^[45]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj	26	15	9	2	39	16	+23	54	Qualification for the Championship round
2	FCSB	26	14	7	5	49	29	+20	49
3	Universitatea Craiova	26	13	6	7	43	24	+19	45
4	Astra Giurgiu	26	11	9	6	36	23	+13	42
5	Viitorul Constanța	26	11	5	10	26	27	−1	38
6	Sepsi OSK	26	10	7	9	32	25	+7	37
7	Botoșani	26	9	9	8	31	33	−2	36	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Politehnica Iași	26	10	4	12	28	38	−10	34
9	Dinamo București	26	8	8	10	29	37	−8	32
10	Hermannstadt	26	9	5	12	25	28	−3	32
11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26	7	10	9	25	32	−7	31
12	Dunărea Călărași	26	4	12	10	16	25	−9	24
13	Voluntari	26	4	9	13	30	46	−16	21
14	Concordia Chiajna	26	4	6	16	19	45	−26	18

Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
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.^[46]

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BOT	CFR	CON	DIN	DUN	FCS	GAZ	HER	IAS	SPS	UCV	VII	VOL
Astra Giurgiu		1–1	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–0	0–0
Botoșani	1–1		1–5	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0
CFR Cluj	1–1	1–1		2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	5–0
Concordia Chiajna	0–3	0–1	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–6	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3
Dinamo București	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Dunărea Călărași	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	0–0		1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–1
FCSB	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	3–3	2–0		2–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–3		0–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Hermannstadt	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–1		2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–0
Politehnica Iași	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–2		1–1	0–3	1–2	2–2
Sepsi OSK	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–2	1–3	3–0		1–0	0–0	1–1
Universitatea Craiova	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1		2–0	3–1
Viitorul Constanța	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–0		2–0
Voluntari	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–3	4–2	1–5	1–2

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
Astra Giurgiu	3	4	3	7	6	3	4	2	2	2	5	3	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4
Botoșani	6	1	2	6	10	9	10	11	12	12	11	8	9	11	12	8	9	10	9	10	10	8	7	6	6	7
CFR Cluj	6	8	4	1	1	2	2	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Concordia Chiajna	10	11	13	10	4	12	13	13	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Dinamo București	1	2	8	4	8	4	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9
Dunărea Călărași	3	5	4	9	11	5	9	7	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
FCSB	12	10	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Gaz Metan Mediaș	1	3	1	5	9	8	6	4	6	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	7	8	9	10	10	9	11
Hermannstadt	3	7	10	12	4	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	9	8	8	10	9	7	7	9	9	10	10
Politehnica Iași	8	8	12	13	13	13	11	9	7	8	9	10	11	13	11	13	11	9	8	8	9	10	8	8	8	8
Sepsi OSK	12	6	9	3	6	7	5	3	4	5	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	7	5	4	5	6	5	5	6
Univ. Craiova	8	14	11	8	12	6	3	8	5	7	6	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Viitorul Constanța	12	13	7	11	3	11	7	6	8	6	4	7	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	7	7	5
Voluntari	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa 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.^[47]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	7	2	1	15	4	+11	50	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	FCSB	10	7	2	1	18	6	+12	48	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Viitorul Constanța	10	6	2	2	18	10	+8	39	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Universitatea Craiova	10	4	1	5	8	10	−2	36	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Astra Giurgiu	10	2	0	8	6	20	−14	27
6	Sepsi OSK	10	0	1	9	5	20	−15	20

Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[48]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AST	CFR	FCS	SPS	UCV	VII
Astra Giurgiu		1–5	0–2	3–2	0–1	1–4
CFR Cluj	1–0		0–0	3–1	1–0	3–1
FCSB	1–0	1–0		2–0	3–2	1–2
Sepsi OSK	0–1	0–1	1–5		0–1	0–0
Universitatea Craiova	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0		1–2
Viitorul Constanța	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1

Source: Liga 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Astra Giurgiu	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
CFR Cluj	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FCSB	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sepsi OSK	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Universitatea Craiova	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Viitorul Constanța	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Relegation play-outs

The bottom eight teams from regular season met twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams started the Relegation 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 finished 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.^[47]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Gaz Metan Mediaș	14	10	2	2	25	9	+16	48
8	Botoșani	14	8	2	4	18	9	+9	44
9	Dinamo București	14	8	3	3	16	7	+9	43
10	Politehnica Iași	14	3	5	6	12	18	−6	31
11	Voluntari	14	5	5	4	14	16	−2	31
12	Hermannstadt (O)	14	2	5	7	9	19	−10	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Dunărea Călărași (R)	14	3	4	7	8	18	−10	25	Relegation to Liga II
14	Concordia Chiajna (R)	14	2	4	8	17	23	−6	19

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[49]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BOT	CON	DIN	DUN	GAZ	HER	IAS	VOL
Botoșani		0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0
Concordia Chiajna	2–2		0–2	3–0	0–2	2–2	4–1	1–2
Dinamo București	1–0	3–2		2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
Dunărea Călărași	0–2	2–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	1–2	1–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0		4–1	1–1	4–0
Hermannstadt	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2		0–1	1–1
Politehnica Iași	0–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	1–1		0–2
Voluntari	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0

Source: Liga 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Botoșani	9	10	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Concordia Chiajna	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Dinamo București	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9
Dunărea Călărași	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	13
Gaz Metan Mediaș	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7
Hermannstadt	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12
Politehnica Iași	10	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Voluntari	12	11	9	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hermannstadt	2–1	Universitatea Cluj	2–0	0–1

Universitatea Cluj v Hermannstadt

9 June 2019	Universitatea Cluj	0–2	Hermannstadt	Cluj-Napoca
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Petrescu   79' Tsoumou   80'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 25,664 Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)

Hermannstadt v Universitatea Cluj

12 June 2019	Hermannstadt	0–1	Universitatea Cluj	Sibiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Goga   64'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 2 June 2019.^{[50][51][52][53]}

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	George Țucudean	CFR Cluj	18
2	Harlem Gnohéré	FCSB	15
3	Mattia Montini	Dinamo București	13
	Elvir Koljić	Universitatea Craiova
	Alexandru Mitriță^1	Universitatea Craiova
6	Florinel Coman	FCSB	11
	Ibrahima Tandia	Sepsi OSK
8	Florin Tănase	FCSB	10
	Mario Rondón	Gaz Metan Mediaș
	Ianis Hagi	Viitorul Constanța
	Alexandru Tudorie	Voluntari
12	Mihai Roman II	Botoșani	9
	Dennis Man	FCSB

¹ Alexandru Mitriță was transferred to New York City during the winter transfer window.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Nicușor Bancu	CSU Craiova	Voluntari	5–1	27 August 2018
George Țucudean	CFR Cluj	Voluntari	5–0	30 November 2018
Mattia Montini	Dinamo București	CSU Craiova	3–0	15 December 2018
Mario Rondón	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Hermannstadt	4–1	3 May 2019

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 2 June 2019.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	18
2	Mirko Pigliacelli	Universitatea Craiova	16
3	Răzvan Pleșca	Gaz Metan Mediaș	13
4	Cristian Bălgrădean	FCSB	12
5	Cătălin Straton	Dunărea Călărași	11
6	Cătălin Căbuz	Hermannstadt	10
7	Roland Niczuly	Sepsi OSK	9
8	Eduard Pap	Botoșani	8
	Martin Fraisl	Botoșani
	Parfait Mandanda	Dinamo Bucuresti
11	Valentin Cojocaru	Viitorul Constanța	7
12	Denis Rusu	Politehnica Iași	6
	Cosmin Vâtcă	Voluntari

Discipline

Updated 2 June 2019

Player

• Most yellow cards:^[54] 15
  •   Alexandru Răuță (Voluntari)

• Most red cards:^[55] 3
  •   Emmanuel Culio (CFR Cluj)

Club

• Most yellow cards:^[56] 130
  • Concordia Chiajna
• Most red cards:^[56] 8
  • Astra Giurgiu
  • FCSB
  • Gaz Metan Mediaș

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Universitatea Craiova	267,100	30,000	3,500	14,839	+26.8%^†
2	FCSB	125,855	27,835	700	6,992	−29.5%^3
3	CFR Cluj	90,912	14,000	1,000	5,051	−19.5%^†
4	Dunărea Călărași	60,570	8,000	1,000	3,029	+97.5%^1
5	Sepsi OSK	52,500	3,500	2,000	2,917	+4.7%^†
6	Viitorul Constanța	51,000	4,500	1,000	2,833	+12.6%^†
7	Dinamo București	53,039	21,763	150	2,652	−7.7%^†
8	Botoșani	48,500	5,000	300	2,425	−19.4%^†
9	Politehnica Iași	47,600	6,800	200	2,380	−37.8%^†
10	Gaz Metan Mediaș	40,700	6,500	400	2,035	+53.4%^†
11	Hermannstadt	27,070	5,000	50	1,354	−65.2%^1, 2
12	Voluntari	24,827	3,766	50	1,241	−5.4%^†
13	Astra Giurgiu	21,650	3,500	200	1,203	−33.4%^†
14	Concordia Chiajna	12,400	3,000	50	620	−41.1%^†
	League total	923,732	30,000	50	3,447	−2.8%^†

Updated to games played on 2 June 2019
Source: League matches: Liga I 2018/2019
Notes:
1: Played last season in Liga II.
2: Hermannstadt played 16 matches out of their stadium which was under renovation.
3: FCSB played 5 matches out of their stadium.

Champion squad

CFR Cluj^[57]^[58]

Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis   (31 / 0); Jesús Fernández   (3 / 0); Cosmin Vâtcă (2 / 0). Defenders: Kévin Boli   (10 / 0); Mário Camora   (32 / 1); Ádám Lang   (18 / 0); Cristian Manea (34 / 1); Andrei Mureșan (22 / 2); Paulo Vinícius   (31 / 2); Andrei Peteleu (8 / 0); Andrei Radu (1 / 0). Midfielders: Mihai Bordeianu (26 / 1); Valentin Costache (18 / 1); Emmanuel Culio   (25 / 5); Ciprian Deac (26 / 4); Damjan Đoković   (33 / 4); Ovidiu Hoban (12 / 1); Alexandru Ioniță (23 / 2); Cătălin Itu (1 / 0); Sebastian Mailat (10 / 0); Mate Maleš   (8 / 0); Thierry Moutinho   (16 / 1); Adrian Păun (27 / 3); Claudiu Petrila (5 / 0). Forwards: Júlio Baptista   (2 / 0); Cristian Bud (4 / 0); Giuseppe De Luca   (3 / 0); Billel Omrani   (32 / 6); Robert Tambe   (6 / 0); George Țucudean (27 / 8); Urko Vera   (2 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Edward Iordănescu / Toni Conceição   / Alin Minteuan / Dan Petrescu.

Awards

Liga I Team of the Regular Season

 

 

Pigliacelli

 

Vinícius

 

Cestor

 

Benzar

 

Camora

 

Cicâldău

 

Tandia

 

Tănase

 

Hagi

 

Mitriță

 

Țucudean

Liga I Team of the 2018–19 Regular Season^[59] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal

Player	Team	Position
Mirko Pigliacelli	Universitatea Craiova	Goalkeeper
Romario Benzar	FCSB	Defender
Paulo Vinícius	CFR Cluj	Defender
Mike Cestor	Astra Giurgiu	Defender
Camora	CFR Cluj	Defender
Ibrahima Tandia	Sepsi OSK	Midfielder
Alexandru Cicâldău	Universitatea Craiova	Midfielder
Florin Tănase	FCSB	Midfielder
Ianis Hagi	Viitorul	Forward
George Țucudean	CFR Cluj	Forward
Alexandru Mitriță	Universitatea Craiova	Forward

Liga I Team of the Championship play-offs

 

 

Arlauskis

 

Vinícius

 

Cristea

 

Benzar

 

Camora

 

Cicâldău

 

Hagi

 

Man

 

Djoković

 

Gnohéré

 

Coman

Liga I Team of the 2018–19 Championship play-offs^[60] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal

Player	Team	Position
Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	Goalkeeper
Romario Benzar	FCSB	Defender
Paulo Vinícius	CFR Cluj	Defender
Iulian Cristea	FCSB	Defender
Camora	CFR Cluj	Defender
Damjan Djoković	CFR Cluj	Midfielder
Alexandru Cicâldău	Universitatea Craiova	Midfielder
Dennis Man	FCSB	Midfielder
Ianis Hagi	Viitorul	Midfielder
Florinel Coman	FCSB	Forward
Harlem Gnohéré	FCSB	Forward

Liga I Team of the Season

 

 

Pigliacelli

 

Vinícius

 

Benzar

 

Camora

 

Nistor

 

Cicâldău

 

Man

 

Coman

 

Hagi

 

Gnohéré

 

Țucudean

Liga I Team of the 2018–19 Season^[61] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal

Player	Team	Position
Mirko Pigliacelli	Universitatea Craiova	Goalkeeper
Romario Benzar	FCSB	Defender
Paulo Vinícius	CFR Cluj	Defender
Camora	CFR Cluj	Defender
Dennis Man	FCSB	Midfielder
Dan Nistor	Dinamo București	Midfielder
Alexandru Cicâldău	Universitatea Craiova	Midfielder
Florinel Coman	FCSB	Midfielder
Ianis Hagi	Viitorul	Forward
George Țucudean	CFR Cluj	Forward
Harlem Gnohéré	FCSB	Forward

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External links

• Official website (in Romanian)