2009–10 Liga II

The 2009–10 Liga II was the 70th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on 15 August 2009 and ended on 5 June 2010.

Liga II

Season	2009–10
Promoted	Victoria Brănești Târgu Mureș Sportul Studențesc Universitatea Cluj
Relegated	Baia Mare FCM Bacău Fortuna Covaci Jiul Petroșani Râmnicu Sărat Drobeta-Turnu Severin Cetatea Suceava CFR Timișoara
Top goalscorer	Viorel Ferfelea (23 goals) Paul Batin (15 goals)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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 fifth places from both series relegated to Liga III. Two more teams relegated this season due to the format changing applied starting with the next season.^[1][2]

Team changes

To Liga II Promoted from Liga III Râmnicu Sărat Steaua II București Victoria Brănești Gaz Metan CFR Craiova Fortuna Covaci Baia Mare Tricolorul Breaza Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei Săgeata Stejaru** Relegated from Liga I Argeș Pitești** Farul Constanța Otopeni Gloria Buzău

From Liga II Relegated to Liga III Liberty Salonta** Buftea** Știința Bacău ACU Arad Progresul București Prefab Modelu FCM Târgoviște Forex Brașov Mechel Câmpia Turzii Promoted to Liga I Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Unirea Alba Iulia FC Ploiești Internațional Curtea de Argeș

Note (**)

FC Argeș Pitești was relegated for match fixing, Gaz Metan Mediaș, which initially relegated, was spared from relegation.

CS Buftea sold its Liga II place to third tier club Săgeata Stejaru.

Liberty Salonta withdrew at the end of the season, CFR Timișoara, which initially relegated, was spared from relegation.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Victoria Brănești (C, P)	34	21	8	5	62	28	+34	71	Promotion to Liga I
2	Sportul Studențesc București (P)	34	20	8	6	65	26	+39	68
3	Petrolul Ploiești	34	18	13	3	58	20	+38	67
4	FC Snagov	34	18	6	10	62	41	+21	60
5	Delta Tulcea	34	17	8	9	41	23	+18	59
6	Săgeata Stejaru	34	17	7	10	46	29	+17	58
7	Concordia Chiajna	34	16	6	12	51	36	+15	54
8	Farul Constanța	34	16	5	13	52	48	+4	53
9	Dunărea Giurgiu	34	14	7	13	43	41	+2	49[a]
10	Botoșani	34	13	10	11	45	36	+9	49[a]
11	Dunărea Galați	34	13	6	15	37	39	−2	45
12	FCM Bacău[b] (R)	34	12	7	15	47	57	−10	43	Relegation to Liga III
13	Steaua II București	34	10	11	13	36	36	0	41
14	Gloria Buzău[c]	34	12	7	15	39	44	−5	35[d]	Spared from relegation
15	Dinamo II București[e]	34	8	5	21	36	65	−29	29
16	Tricolorul Breaza[f]	34	8	4	22	31	66	−35	28
17	Râmnicu Sărat (R)	34	4	7	23	14	68	−54	19	Relegation to Liga III
18	Cetatea Suceava[g] (R)	34	2	9	23	14	76	−62	15

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2010. 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. Botoșani 0–1 Giurgiu; Giurgiu 2–1 Botoșani
2. FCM Bacău was excluded from the championship after round 32 and lost the remaining two matches by forfeit.
3. Gloria Buzău was spared from relegation due to FCM Bacău exclusion.
4. Gloria Buzău were deducted 8 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Liga I, last season.
5. Dinamo II București was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of Liga I club Politehnica Iași.
6. Tricolorul Breaza was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of Liga II club Baia Mare.
7. Cetatea Suceava withdrew during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Târgu Mureș (C, P)	32	20	9	3	52	20	+32	69	Promotion to Liga I
2	Universitatea Cluj (P)	32	20	7	5	60	24	+36	67
3	Dacia Mioveni	32	19	9	4	46	20	+26	66
4	UTA Arad	32	16	10	6	50	26	+24	58
5	Argeș Pitești	32	16	6	10	48	30	+18	54
6	Otopeni	32	15	8	9	59	40	+19	50[a]
7	Gaz Metan CFR Craiova	32	12	9	11	39	36	+3	45
8	Baia Mare[b] (R)	32	11	11	10	34	35	−1	44	Relegation to Liga III
9	Bihor Oradea	32	10	12	10	49	40	+9	42[c]
10	Arieșul Turda	32	13	3	16	40	43	−3	42[c]
11	Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei	32	10	7	15	31	46	−15	37
12	Minerul Lupeni	32	8	12	12	33	41	−8	36[d]
13	Râmnicu Vâlcea	32	9	9	14	51	51	0	36[d]
14	Mureșul Deva[e]	32	9	4	19	28	50	−22	31	Spared from relegation
15	Fortuna Covaci (R)	32	7	5	20	37	59	−22	26[f]	Relegation to Liga III
16	Jiul Petroșani[g] (R)	31	7	5	19	21	59	−38	26[f]
17	Drobeta-Turnu Severin[h] (R)	31	5	2	24	12	70	−58	17
18	CFR Timișoara[i] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2010. 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. Otopeni were deducted 3 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Liga I, last season.
2. Baia Mare withdrew at the end of the season.
3. Arieșul 2–3 Bihor; Bihor 2–2 Arieșul
4. Lupeni 0–0 Rm. Vâlcea; Rm. Vâlcea 3–3 Lupeni
5. Mureșul Deva was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of Liga I side Internațional Curtea de Argeș.
6. Fortuna 2–3 Jiul; Jiul 0–3 Fortuna
7. Jiul Petroșani was excluded after round 21 and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.
8. Drobeta-Turnu Severin withdrew during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.
9. CFR Timișoara was excluded in the first part of the season and all its results were cancelled.

Top Scorers

Seria I

23 goals

• Viorel Ferfelea (Sportul Studențesc)

20 goals

• Costin Curelea (Sportul Studențesc)

16 goals

• Vasile Olariu (Victoria Brănești)

5 goals

• Marius Nae (Sportul Studențesc)

Seria II

15 goals

• Paul Batin (UTA Arad)

13 goals

• Valentin Lemnaru (Universitatea Cluj)

12 goals

• Victor Astafei (Arieșul Turda)
• Kallé Soné (Otopeni)
• Raymond Lukács (Bihor Oradea)
• Dan Roman (Târgu Mureș)
• Adrian Voiculeț (Argeș Pitești)

7 goals

• Adrian Dulcea (Argeș Pitești)

6 goals

• Iulian Tameș (Argeș Pitești)

5 goals

• Robert Roszel (Baia Mare)

See also

• 2009–10 Liga I
• 2009–10 Liga III
• 2009–10 Liga IV