2007–08 Liga II

The 2007–08 Liga II was the 68th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2007 and lasted until 24 May 2008.

Liga II

Season	2007–08
Promoted	FC Brașov Argeș Pitești Otopeni Gaz Metan Mediaș
Relegated	Inter Gaz București FCM Reșița Focșani Politehnica II Timișoara Dunărea Galați FC Caracal Săcele Corvinul 2005
Top goalscorer	Attila Hadnagy (24 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The format has been maintained to two series, each of them consisting of 18 teams. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to Liga I and the bottom fourth places from both series relegated to Liga III.^[1][2]

Team changes

To Liga II Promoted from Liga III Unirea Focșani Dinamo II București Concordia Chiajna Severnav Drobeta-Turnu Severin Arieșul Turda Liberty Salonta Inter Gaz București Mureșul Deva Relegated from Liga I Național București Argeș Pitești Jiul Petroșani

From Liga II Relegated to Liga III Cetatea Suceava Building Vânju Mare FC Snagov Baia Mare Chimia Brazi Unirea Dej CF Brăila Auxerre Lugoj Promoted to Liga I Universitatea Cluj Gloria Buzău Dacia Mioveni

Renamed teams

Național București was renamed as Progresul București.

Apulum Alba Iulia was renamed as Unirea Alba Iulia.

Unirea Focșani was renamed as CSM Focșani.

Severnav Drobeta-Turnu Severin was renamed as FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Brașov (C, P)	34	24	6	4	81	23	+58	78	Promotion to Liga I
2	Otopeni (P)	34	21	6	7	74	43	+31	69
3	Petrolul Ploiești	34	19	7	8	61	31	+30	64
4	Prefab Modelu	34	17	7	10	54	36	+18	58
5	Concordia Chiajna	34	17	6	11	52	45	+7	57
6	Forex Brașov	34	15	6	13	36	24	+12	51
7	Dunărea Giurgiu	34	13	10	11	37	43	−6	49
8	Delta Tulcea	34	14	6	14	37	37	0	48
9	Botoșani	34	13	8	13	34	41	−7	47
10	Dinamo II București	34	12	9	13	59	73	−14	45	Ineligible for promotion
11	Progresul București	34	12	9	13	38	35	+3	44[a]
12	Sportul Studențesc București	34	10	12	12	37	46	−9	42
13	Câmpina	34	10	8	16	31	48	−17	38[b]
14	FCM Bacău	34	8	14	12	33	37	−4	38[b]
15	Inter Gaz București (R)	34	9	7	18	44	52	−8	34[c]	Relegation to Liga III
16	Focșani (R)	34	8	10	16	39	51	−12	34[c]
17	Dunărea Galați (R)	34	7	7	20	26	66	−40	28
18	Săcele (R)	34	2	12	20	13	55	−42	18

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2008. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Progresul București was deducted 1 point due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Liga I, last season.
2. Bacău 0–0 Câmpina; Câmpina 2–1 Bacău
3. Focșani 3–1 Inter Gaz; Inter Gaz 2–0 Focșani

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argeș Pitești (C, P)	34	25	5	4	77	22	+55	79[a]	Promotion to Liga I
2	Gaz Metan Mediaș (P)	34	24	1	9	77	43	+34	73
3	Râmnicu Vâlcea	34	18	7	9	56	39	+17	61
4	Unirea Alba Iulia	34	18	6	10	56	36	+20	60
5	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	34	17	7	10	46	33	+13	58
6	Jiul Petroșani	34	18	8	8	53	29	+24	57[b]
7	Mureșul Deva	34	14	8	12	39	40	−1	50
8	Bihor Oradea	34	13	8	13	32	36	−4	47[c]
9	Liberty Salonta	34	13	8	13	36	33	+3	47[c]
10	FCM Târgoviște	34	12	11	11	45	40	+5	47[c]
11	IS Câmpia Turzii	34	11	8	15	29	38	−9	41[d]
12	Minerul Lupeni	34	10	11	13	41	45	−4	41[d]
13	CFR Timișoara	34	11	6	17	34	45	−11	39
14	Arieșul Turda	34	10	8	16	35	49	−14	38
15	FCM Reșița (R)	34	9	6	19	38	65	−27	33[e]	Relegation to Liga III
16	Politehnica II Timișoara (R)	34	9	6	19	27	56	−29	33[e]
17	FC Caracal (R)	34	6	7	21	34	57	−23	25
18	Corvinul 2005 Hunedoara (R)	34	4	7	23	21	70	−49	19

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2008. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Argeș Pitești was deducted 1 point due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Liga I, last season.
2. Jiul Petroșani were deducted 5 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Liga I, last season.
3. Bihor: 7 pts; Liberty: 5 pts; Târgoviște: 4 pts.
4. ISCT 1–0 Lupeni; Lupeni 0–0 ISCT
5. Politehnica II 1–4 Reșița; Reșița 0–0 Politehnica II

Top scorers

24 goals

• Attila Hadnagy (FC Brașov)

20 goals

• Claudiu Boaru (Gaz Metan Mediaș)

17 goals

• Marius Pena (Concordia Chiajna)

16 goals

• Kallé Soné (Otopeni)

14 goals

• Adrian Dulcea (Argeș Pitești)
• Robert Ilyes (FC Brașov)

12 goals

• Iulian Tameș (Argeș Pitești)

8 goals

• Costin Curelea (Sportul Studențesc)

6 goals

• Viorel Ferfelea (Sportul Studențesc)
• Daniel Costescu (Progresul București)

5 goals

• Alexandru Bourceanu (Dunărea Galați)
• Sorin Pană (Otopeni)
• Radu Neguț (Forex Brașov)
• Gabriel Apetri (Jiul Petroșani)

See also

• 2007–08 Liga I
• 2007–08 Liga III