2012–13 Liga II

The 2012–13 Liga II is the 73rd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The first two teams in each series will promote at the end of the season to the Liga I, and the last five in each series will relegate to the Liga III, instead of three, like the previous season, because the 2013–14 season will have 2 series of 14 teams each.^[1]

Liga II

Season	2012–13
Teams	32
Promoted	FC Botoșani Săgeata Năvodari Corona Brașov ACS Poli Timișoara
Relegated	Chindia Târgovişte Dinamo II București FCM Bacău Callatis Mangalia Astra II Giurgiu FC Maramureş Unirea Alba Iulia Voinţa Sibiu Politehnica Timișoara FC Olt Slatina
Top goalscorer	18 Clement Palimaru (Seria I) 12 Albert Voinea (Seria II)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Botoșani (C, P)	24	17	2	5	47	19	+28	53	Promotion to Liga I
2	Săgeata Năvodari (P)	24	14	4	6	43	29	+14	46
3	Delta Tulcea	24	12	6	6	45	22	+23	42
4	Otopeni	24	12	5	7	37	27	+10	41
5	CF Brăila	24	12	4	8	39	35	+4	40
6	Buftea	24	9	5	10	34	38	−4	32
7	Unirea Slobozia	24	7	9	8	35	38	−3	30
8	Sportul Studențesc	24	9	1	14	28	58	−30	28[a]
9	Dunărea Galați	24	8	4	12	23	30	−7	28[a]
10	Rapid CFR Suceava	24	7	6	11	31	35	−4	27[b]
11	Farul Constanța	24	8	3	13	35	41	−6	27[b]
12	Chindia Târgoviște (R)	24	7	5	12	33	41	−8	26	Relegation to Liga III
13	Dinamo II București (R)	24	5	4	15	27	44	−17	19
14	FCM Bacău[c] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Callatis Mangalia[d] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Astra II Giurgiu[e] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. SPO 1-0 DUN; DUN 1–2 SPO
2. RAP 2-1 FAR; FAR 1–2 RAP
3. FCM Bacău withdrew from the championship after round 1 of the season.^[2]
4. Callatis Mangalia announced its withdrawal from the championship just 4 days before the start.^[3]
5. Astra II Giurgiu didn't register for the new season because it was dissolved by its owner.^[4]

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Corona Brașov (C, P)	24	14	6	4	41	22	+19	48	Promotion to Liga I
2	ACS Poli Timișoara (P)	24	12	9	3	39	19	+20	45
3	Damila Măciuca	24	13	5	6	38	22	+16	44
4	UTA Arad	24	11	7	6	29	17	+12	40
5	Târgu Mureș	24	10	5	9	31	29	+2	35
6	Râmnicu Vâlcea	24	10	4	10	27	28	−1	34
7	Bihor Oradea	24	8	9	7	35	31	+4	33
8	Mioveni	24	7	11	6	27	23	+4	32
9	Argeș Pitești	24	9	4	11	34	40	−6	31
10	Luceafărul Oradea	24	6	8	10	25	32	−7	26
11	Olt Slatina[a]	24	4	10	10	27	29	−2	22
12	FCMU Baia Mare[b] (R)	24	5	8	11	21	36	−15	21	Relegation to Liga III
13	Unirea Alba Iulia[c] (R)	24	3	2	19	12	58	−46	11
14	Voința Sibiu[d] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Politehnica Timișoara[e] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Olt Slatina (2009)[f] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The 11th-placed team Olt Slatina is the successor of the former Alro Slatina club.^[5]
2. FCMU Baia Mare was docked 2 points because of debts owed to Dragoş Petrică.^[6][7]
3. Unirea Alba Iulia withdrew from the championship during the winter break and lost all remaining matches with 0-3.^[8]
4. Voinţa Sibiu withdrew from the championship after round 11 and all of its results were cancelled.^[9]
5. Politehnica Timișoara was excluded from the championship by FRF based on art. 24 let. C.1 of RSTJF.^[10]
6. Olt Slatina (2009) did not register for the new season because it was dissolved.^[5]

Goals

10 goals

• Daniel Florea (Delta Tulcea)

9 goals

• Marius Ene (Corona Braşov)

4 goals

• Cristian Silvăşan (UTA Arad)

See also

• 2012–13 Liga I
• 2012–13 Liga III