Liga IV Călărași

Liga IV Călărași is the county football division of Liga IV for clubs based in Călărași County, România. The competition is ranked as the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system and it is competed between 18 teams, the winner may or may not be promoted to Liga III, depending on the result of a promotion play-off that is disputed against a winner of the neighboring counties series.

Liga IV Călărași

Founded	1981
Country	Romania
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Liga III
Relegation to	Liga V – Călărași County
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa României Supercupa României
Current champions	Progresul Fundulea (1st title) (2022–23)
Most championships	Venus Independența (12 titles)
Website	AJF Călărași
Current: 2022–23 Liga IV Călărași

History

In 1968, along with the territorial reorganization of the country,^[1] but also due to the large number of requests, the Romanian Football Federation proposes a competitive system in which each county has its own football championship, which will activate the former teams in the regional championship as well as the racing and town championship teams from the previous edition.^[2]

Promotion

The champions of each county association play one another in a play-off to promote to the Liga III. Geographical criteria are taken into consideration when the play-offs are drawn. In total there are 41 county champions plus the Călărași municipal champion.

List of champions

Season Winners 1980–81 Victoria Lehliu 1981–82 ISCIP Ulmeni 1982–83 Victoria Lehliu 1983–84 Dunărea Grădiștea 1984–85 Unirea Mănăstirea 1985–86 Victoria Lehliu 1986–87 Oțelul Roșu Călărași 1987–88 Victoria Lehliu 1988–89 Înainte Modelu 1989–90 Victoria UJCC Călărași 1990–91 Sportul IACMRS Călărași 1991–92 Unirea Mănăstirea 1992–93 Sportul Chirnogi 1993–94 Dunărea Grădiștea 1994–95 Dunărea Grădiștea 1995–96 Navol Oltenița 1996–97 Ceres Ciocănești

Season Winners 1997–98 Sportul Drumu Subțire 1998–99 Unirea Mânăstirea 1999–00 Sportul Chirnogi 2000–01 Navol Oltenița 2001–02 Venus Independența 2002–03 Avântul Dor Mărunt 2003–04 Venus Independența 2004–05 Venus Independența 2005–06 Venus Independența 2006–07 Rapid Gălățui 2007–08 Dunărea Grădiștea 2008–09 Phoenix Ulmu 2009–10 Phoenix Ulmu^[3] 2010–11 Venus Independența 2011–12 Venus Independența 2012–13 Venus Independența 2013–14 Înainte Modelu

Season Winners 2014–15 Oltenița 2015–16 Venus Independența^[4] 2016–17 Agricola Borcea^[5] 2017–18 Venus Independența^[6] 2018–19 Mostiștea Ulmu^[7] 2019–20 Venus Independența^[8] 2020–21 Venus Independența^[9] 2021–22 Venus Independența^[10] 2022–23 Progresul Fundulea^[11]

See also

Main Leagues

•   Liga I
•   Liga II
•   Liga III
•   Liga IV

County Leagues (Liga IV series)

North–East   Liga IV Bacău   Liga IV Botoșani   Liga IV Iași   Liga IV Neamț   Liga IV Suceava   Liga IV Vaslui

North–West   Liga IV Bihor   Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud   Liga IV Cluj   Liga IV Maramureș   Liga IV Satu Mare   Liga IV Sălaj

Center   Liga IV Alba   Liga IV Brașov   Liga IV Covasna   Liga IV Harghita   Liga IV Mureș   Liga IV Sibiu

West   Liga IV Arad   Liga IV Caraș-Severin   Liga IV Gorj   Liga IV Hunedoara   Liga IV Mehedinți   Liga IV Timiș

South–West   Liga IV Argeș   Liga IV Dâmbovița   Liga IV Dolj   Liga IV Olt   Liga IV Teleorman   Liga IV Vâlcea

South   Liga IV Bucharest   Liga IV Călărași   Liga IV Giurgiu   Liga IV Ialomița   Liga IV Ilfov   Liga IV Prahova

South–East   Liga IV Brăila   Liga IV Buzău   Liga IV Constanța   Liga IV Galați   Liga IV Tulcea   Liga IV Vrancea

References

1. "Controversele ultimei reorganizări administrativ-teritoriale" [Controversies of the last administrative-territorial reorganization]. adevarul.ro. from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
2. "Fotbalul Călărașiean la ceas aniversar: 110 ani de fotbal și 40 de ani de FC Călărași". eCălărașieanul.ro.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Campioană meritată în Călărași" [Deserved champion in Călărași]. liga2.prosport.ro. from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.(in Romanian)
4. "Campioană pentru a opta oară! An istoric pentru clubul Venus Independența. „Sper să nu ne dezamăgim suporterii la baraj"" [Champion for the eight time! Historic year for the Venus Independența club. "I hope we don't disappoint our supporters at the dam"]. liga2.prosport.ro. from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.(in Romanian)
5. "Agricola Borcea a obținut primul titlu de Campioană Județeană!" [Agricola Borcea obtained the first County Champion title]. frf.ro. from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.(in Romanian)
6. "Venus Independența, pentru a 9-a oară campioană județeană!" [Venus Independența, for the 9th time county champion!]. arenamedia.ro. from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.(in Romanian)
7. "Liga a 4-a Acerbis / Mostiștea, oficial, campioană. Vezi care e a 4-a echipă retrogradată!" [Liga 4 Acerbis / Mostiștea, official, champion. See which is the 4th relegated team!]. arenamedia.ro. from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.(in Romanian)
8. "Liga a 4-a / Venus, pentru a 10-a oară campioană judeţeană!" [Liga 4 / Venus, for the 10th time county champion!]. arenamedia.ro. from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.(in Romanian)
9. "Fotbal, Liga a IV-a: Venus Independența este noua campioană județeană" [Football, League IV: Venus Independența is the new county champion]. infomuntenia.ro. from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.(in Romanian)
10. "Venus Independența, campioană județeană!" [Venus Independența, county champion!]. arenamedia.ro. from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.(in Romanian)
11. "Progresul Fundulea, campioană județeană!" [Progresul Fundulea, county champion!]. arenamedia.ro. from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.(in Romanian)

External links

• Official website