2015–16 Liga I

The 2015–16 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Orange for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began 10 July 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016, being the first to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.

Liga I

Season	2015–16
Champions	Astra Giurgiu (1st title)
Relegated	Petrolul Ploiești
Champions League	Astra Giurgiu Steaua București
Europa League	Pandurii Târgu Jiu Viitorul Constanța CSMS Iași
Matches played	268
Goals scored	659 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ioan Hora (19 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Branko Grahovac Alexandru Marc (14 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	CFR Cluj 6–0 Botoșani (16 April 2016)
Biggest away win	Astra Giurgiu 1–5 Târgu Mureș (19 July 2015) Dinamo București 1–5 Viitorul Constanța (2 November 2015) Petrolul Ploiești 0–4 Botoșani (22 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Steaua București 5–3 Botoșani (8 November 2015)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Astra Giurgiu
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches: Dinamo București
Longest winless run	14 matches: Voluntari
Longest losing run	9 matches: Petrolul Ploiești
Highest attendance	48,613 Steaua București 1–1 Dinamo București (10 April 2016)
Lowest attendance	100 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–3 Botoșani (5 December 2015)
Total attendance	1,190,724
Average attendance	4,443
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 29 May 2016.

FC Steaua București were the defending champions for a third consecutive time, but they did not retain the title. Astra Giurgiu became winners for the first time in their history.

Teams

The last six teams from the 2014–15 season were relegated to their respective 2015–16 Liga II division. Gaz Metan Mediaș, Brașov, Universitatea Cluj, Rapid București, Oțelul Galați and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

The first team from each of the two divisions of 2014–15 Liga II advanced to Liga I. Voluntari promoted as the winners of Seria I.^[1] It is their first season in Liga I. ACS Poli Timișoara promoted as the winners of Seria II.^[2] It is their second season in Liga I.

Venues

Steaua București[i]	ACS Poli Timișoara	CFR Cluj	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Arena Națională	Dan Păltinișanu	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu	Municipal[note 1]
Capacity: 55,634	Capacity: 32,972	Capacity: 23,500	Capacity: 20,054
Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest Astra Botoșani CFR Cluj Concordia CSMS Iași Universitatea Craiova Pandurii Petrolul Poli Timișoara Târgu Mureș Viitorul Voluntari Bucharest teams Dinamo Steaua 2015–16 Liga I (Romania) Dinamo Steaua Location of Bucharest teams.		Dinamo București
Ilie Oană			Dinamo
Capacity: 15,073			Capacity: 15,032
FC Voluntari[ii]			CSMS Iași
Dinamo			Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,032			Capacity: 11,390
Astra Giurgiu			Târgu Mureș[iii]
Marin Anastasovici			Trans-Sil
Capacity: 8,500			Capacity: 8,200
FC Botoșani	Universitatea Craiova[iv]	Concordia Chiajna	Viitorul Constanța[v]
Municipal	Extensiv	Concordia	Viitorul
Capacity: 7,782	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 5,123	Capacity: 4,554

1. Since 29 November 2015 to 18 March 2016, Steaua was relocated to Nicolae Dobrin Stadium from Pitești, as a result of Arena Națională not having an ISU licence.
2. Voluntari was relocated to Dinamo Stadium for this season, as a result of the renovations of the Anghel Iordănescu Stadium.
3. Târgu Mureș on 22 November – 2 December 2015, ASA Târgu Mureș played two home matches at Cluj Arena from Cluj-Napoca, as a result of Trans-Sil Stadium not having an ISU licence.
4. Universitatea Craiova was relocated to Extensiv Stadium for this season, as a result of the demolition of the old Ion Oblemenco Stadium, that is planned to be replaced by a modern arena, new Ion Oblemenco Stadium.
5. Viitorul was relocated to Viitorul Stadium from Ovidiu, as a result of the opening of the stadium.

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	Marius Șumudică	Valerică Găman	Puma	InterAgro
Botoșani	Leontin Grozavu	Michael Ngadeu	Nike	Elsaco
CFR Cluj	Toni Conceição	Mário Camora	Joma	EnergoBit
Concordia Chiajna	Adrian Falub	Christian Obodo	Lotto	—
CSMS Iași	Nicolò Napoli	Ionuț Voicu	Nike	Blue Air
Universitatea Craiova	Victor Naicu	Valentin Iliev	Joma	—
Dinamo București	Mircea Rednic	Paul Anton	Nike	Orange
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Eduard Iordănescu	Dan Nistor	Jako	Complexul Energetic Oltenia
Petrolul Ploiești	Ionel Gane	Alberto Cobrea	Nike	SuperBet
Poli Timișoara	Ionuț Popa	Cristian Scutaru	Joma	Casa Rusu
Steaua București	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Fernando Varela	Nike	City Insurance
Târgu Mureș	George Ciorceri	Gabriel Mureșan	Joma	energo+
Viitorul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi	Florin Cernat	Nike	Lotto Snacks
Voluntari	Dinu Todoran	Vasile Maftei	Puma	Primăria Orașului Voluntari

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Voluntari	Ilie Poenaru	No PRO licence	31 May 2015	Pre-season	Bogdan Vintilă	21 June 2015[3]
Petrolul Ploiești	Valentin Sinescu (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	2 June 2015		Tibor Selymes	3 June 2015[4]
Târgu Mureș	Liviu Ciobotariu	Mutual agreement	4 June 2015[5]		Dan Petrescu	11 June 2015[6]
Steaua București	Constantin Gâlcă	End of contract	9 June 2015[7]		Massimo Pedrazzini	9 June 2015[8]
Târgu Mureș	Dan Petrescu	Signed by Jiangsu Sainty	10 July 2015[9]		Vasile Miriuță	10 July 2015[10]
Voluntari	Bogdan Vintilă	Sacked	14 August 2015[11]	13	Flavius Stoican	15 August 2015[12]
Poli Timișoara	Dan Alexa	Resigned	21 August 2015[13]	12	Florin Marin	25 August 2015[14]
Petrolul Ploiești	Tibor Selymes	Mutual agreement	25 August 2015[15]	14	Eusebiu Tudor	25 August 2015[16]
Concordia Chiajna	Marius Baciu	Mutual agreement	1 September 2015[17]	10	Cornel Țălnar	1 September 2015[17]
Steaua București	Massimo Pedrazzini	Mutual agreement	11 September 2015	5	Dumitru Dumitriu	11 September 2015
Botoșani	Leontin Grozavu	Sacked	14 September 2015[18]	12	Mugur Cornățeanu (caretaker)	14 September 2015[18]
Târgu Mureș	Vasile Miriuță	Mutual agreement	20 September 2015	3	Cristiano Bergodi	22 September 2015
Voluntari	Flavius Stoican	Mutual agreement	24 September 2015	13	Mircea Rădulescu	24 September 2015
Botoșani	Mugur Cornățeanu (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	1 October 2015[19]	12	Cristian Pustai	1 October 2015[19]
Voluntari	Mircea Rădulescu	Mutual agreement	6 October 2015	13	Gheorghe Mulțescu	6 October 2015
Petrolul Ploiești	Eusebiu Tudor	Mutual agreement	29 October 2015	14	Mihai Stoichiță	29 October 2015
Concordia Chiajna	Cornel Țălnar	Mutual agreement	25 November 2015[20]	12	Adrian Falub	25 November 2015[20]
Steaua București	Dumitru Dumitriu	Mutual agreement	2 December 2015	5	Laurențiu Reghecampf	3 December 2015
CFR Cluj	Francisc Dican	Mutual agreement	5 December 2015[21]	9	Toni Conceição	7 December 2015[22]
Târgu Mureș	Cristiano Bergodi	Resigned	17 December 2015[23]	6	Petre Grigoraș	29 December 2015[24]
Petrolul Ploiești	Mihai Stoichiță	Mutual agreement	5 January 2016[25]	14	Constantin Schumacher	5 January 2016[25]
Universitatea Craiova	Emil Săndoi	Mutual agreement	8 January 2016[26]	8	Victor Naicu	8 January 2016[26]
Voluntari	Gheorghe Mulțescu	Resigned	22 January 2016[27]	13	Ionel Ganea	24 January 2016[27]
Târgu Mureș	Petre Grigoraș	Mutual agreement	22 February 2016[28]	7	Carol Fekete (caretaker)	22 February 2016[28]
Târgu Mureș	Carol Fekete (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	9 March 2016[29]	6	George Ciorceri	9 March 2016[29]
Petrolul Ploiești	Constantin Schumacher	Mutual agreement	14 March 2016[30]	8 Relegation round	Ionel Gane	15 March 2016[30]
Poli Timișoara	Florin Marin	Mutual agreement	23 March 2016[31]	7 Relegation round	Petre Grigoraș	28 March 2016[32]
Botoșani	Cristian Pustai	Mutual agreement	1 April 2016[33]	5 Relegation round	Leontin Grozavu	5 April 2016[34]
Voluntari	Ionel Ganea	Sacked	25 April 2016[35]	6 Relegation round	Sorin Popescu	27 April 2016[36]
Poli Timișoara	Petre Grigoraș	Sacked	23 May 2016[37]	7 Relegation round	Ionuț Popa	23 May 2016[38]
Voluntari	Sorin Popescu	Mutual agreement	24 May 2016	6 Relegation round	Dinu Todoran	24 May 2016[39]

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.^[40]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astra Giurgiu	26	14	9	3	42	29	+13	51	Qualification for the championship round
2	Dinamo București	26	13	9	4	36	24	+12	48
3	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	26	13	8	5	35	26	+9	47
4	Viitorul Constanța	26	13	7	6	49	30	+19	46
5	Steaua București	26	12	8	6	35	25	+10	44
6	Târgu Mureș	26	9	11	6	27	21	+6	38
7	CSMS Iași	26	9	10	7	22	25	−3	37	Qualification for the relegation round
8	Universitatea Craiova	26	8	7	11	26	27	−1	31
9	CFR Cluj[a]	26	9	10	7	31	25	+6	27
10	Botoșani	26	6	8	12	30	35	−5	26
11	ACS Poli Timișoara	26	5	10	11	24	35	−11	25
12	Voluntari	26	5	9	12	28	42	−14	24
13	Concordia Chiajna	26	3	8	15	22	46	−24	17
14	Petrolul Ploiești[b]	26	2	8	16	17	34	−17	8

Source: Liga 1, 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.^[41]
Notes:

1. CFR Cluj were deducted ten points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.^{[citation needed]}
2. Petrolul Ploiești were deducted six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ACS	AST	BOT	CFR	CON	IAȘ	CSU	DIN	PAN	PET	STE	TGM	VII	VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara		1–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–2
Astra Giurgiu	2–2		1–0	2–2	2–2	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–5	2–2	1–1
Botoșani	1–1	0–1		2–1	5–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
CFR Cluj	1–0	1–1	3–1		0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0
Concordia Chiajna	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–1		0–1	0–2	1–3	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2
CSMS Iași	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1		1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1
CS U Craiova	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0		3–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2
Dinamo București	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	4–0	0–0	1–0		2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–5	3–0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–2		3–2	0–3	2–0	1–0	2–1
Petrolul Ploiești	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1		0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1
Steaua București	3–1	0–1	5–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	3–1
Târgu Mureș	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1		2–2	2–1
Viitorul Constanța	4–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–0		3–0
Voluntari	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–3

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	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
ACS Poli Timișoara	12	12	9	9	11	12	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
FC Astra Giurgiu	2	11	6	6	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FC Botoșani	7	7	10	12	10	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10
CFR Cluj	13	13	13	10	12	9	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9
CS Concordia Chiajna	2	9	11	11	13	10	11	8	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
CSMS Iași	5	3	2	5	1	4	4	7	7	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7
CS U Craiova	7	10	12	13	8	11	9	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
FC Dinamo București	7	4	4	3	3	1	2	3	2	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1	5	5	4	5	7	7	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	5	5	4	3
FC Petrolul Ploiești	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
FC Steaua București	7	2	3	2	2	6	6	5	5	5	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
ASA Târgu Mureș	7	1	1	1	4	5	5	4	4	3	6	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
FC Viitorul Constanța	2	6	7	7	7	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	4
FC Voluntari	5	7	8	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season met twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.^[42]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astra Giurgiu (C)	10	7	1	2	20	9	+11	48	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Steaua București	10	6	3	1	18	8	+10	43
3	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	10	3	6	1	12	7	+5	39	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Dinamo București[a]	10	2	6	2	12	15	−3	36
5	Viitorul Constanța	10	1	3	6	14	21	−7	29	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
6	Târgu Mureș[b]	10	0	3	7	8	24	−16	22

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Dinamo București failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2014.^[43][44]
2. On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Târgu Mureș will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).^[45]

Results

Home \ Away	AST	DIN	PAN	STE	TGM	VII
Astra Giurgiu		4–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Dinamo București	1–4		1–1	1–1	1–0	3–3
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–0	0–0		0–1	3–3	1–1
Steaua București	2–0	1–1	1–1		2–1	3–0
Târgu Mureș	1–4	0–0	0–2	1–4		1–1
Viitorul Constanța	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–3	6–1

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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dinamo	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Pandurii	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Steaua	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Târgu Mureș	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Viitorul	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation play-outs

The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start 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 finishes 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.^[46]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	CSMS Iași	14	5	5	4	17	15	+2	39	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Universitatea Craiova	14	7	2	5	19	17	+2	39
9	Botoșani	14	7	4	3	29	19	+10	38
10	CFR Cluj[a]	14	6	4	4	25	13	+12	36
11	Concordia Chiajna	14	7	5	2	19	13	+6	35
12	Voluntari (O)	14	5	2	7	19	20	−1	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	ACS Poli Timișoara[b]	14	1	4	9	14	36	−22	20
14	Petrolul Ploiești (D, R)	14	4	2	8	9	18	−9	18	Not admitted to Liga II and revival in lower leagues

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points.
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. CFR Cluj would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Cupa României, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2015.^[47][48]
2. ACS Poli Timișoara were not relegated because the winners of 2015–16 Liga II, Rapid București, were excluded from Liga I after the club went to dissolution.^[49]

Results

Home \ Away	ACS	BOT	CFR	CON	IAȘ	CSU	PET	VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara		1–4	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–2	0–1	2–1
Botoșani	6–1		4–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2
CFR Cluj	5–1	6–0		2–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–1
Concordia Chiajna	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1
CSMS Iași	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–3		3–0	1–0	0–1
CS U Craiova	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2		2–0	3–0
Petrolul Ploiești	3–2	0–4	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0		1–2
Voluntari	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–0

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
ACS Poli	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Botoșani	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	9
CFR	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	10	7	10
Concordia	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
CSMS Iași	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	7
CS U Craiova	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	7	7	8	9	7	9	8
Petrolul	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Voluntari	12	12	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the winner of the match between second place from Liga II, Seria I and second place from Seria II.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dunărea Călărași	4–5	UTA Arad	3–1	1–4 (a.e.t.)

Dunărea Călărași v UTA Arad

1 June 2016	Dunărea Călărași	3–1	UTA Arad	Călărași
18:00	Alexandru 4', 45' Kanda 80'		Strătilă 43'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

UTA Arad v Dunărea Călărași

4 June 2016	UTA Arad	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Dunărea Călărași	Arad
18:00	Man 17' Curtuiuș 34' Rus 77', 99'		Stoica 81'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Voluntari	3–1	UTA Arad	3–0	0–1

Voluntari v UTA Arad

8 June 2016	Voluntari	3–0	UTA Arad	Voluntari
18:30	Voduț 27' Tudorie 44' Bălan 79'			Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

UTA Arad v Voluntari

12 June 2016	UTA Arad	1–0	Voluntari	Arad
13:00	Rus 88'			Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

Notes:

• Voluntari qualified for 2016–17 Liga I and UTA Arad qualified for 2016–17 Liga II.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016^{[50][51][52][53]}

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ioan Hora	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	19
2	Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	16
3	Florin Tănase	Viitorul Constanța	15
4	Nicolae Stanciu	Steaua București	12
	Cristian López	CFR Cluj
	Harlem Gnohéré	Dinamo București
	Bojan Golubović	CSMS Iași
8	Adrian Bălan	Voluntari	11
	Gonzalo Cabrera	Botoșani
10	Nuno Rocha	Universitatea Craiova	9

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Cristian López	CFR Cluj	FC Botoșani	3–1	31 August 2015
Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	Dinamo București	4–1	1 April 2016

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets*
1	Branko Grahovac	CSMS Iași	14
	Alexandru Marc	CFR Cluj
3	Vytautas Černiauskas	Dinamo București	13
4	Cristian Bălgrădean	Universitatea Craiova / Concordia Chiajna	12
5	Eduard Stăncioiu	Târgu Mureș	10
6	Silviu Lung	Astra Giurgiu	9
7	Florin Niță	Steaua București	8
8	Pedro Mingote	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	7
9	Victor Rîmniceanu	Viitorul Constanța	6
	Răzvan Stanca	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
11	Sascha Kirschstein	ACS Poli Timișoara	5
12	Valentin Cojocaru	Steaua București	4
	Florin Matache	Concordia Chiajna
	Alberto Cobrea	Petrolul Ploiești
	Răzvan Pleșca	Botoșani

^* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Discipline

As of 29 May 2016

Player

• Most yellow cards:^[54] 13
  • Adrian Ropotan (Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
  • Gabriel Mureșan (Târgu Mureș)
• Most red cards:^[55] 3
  • Steliano Filip (Dinamo București)

Club

• Most yellow cards:^[56] 119
  • Petrolul Ploiești
• Most red cards:^[56] 14
  • Târgu Mureș

Champion squad

Astra Giurgiu[57][58]

Goalkeepers: Ionuț Boșneag (1 / 0); George Gavrilaș (9 / 0); Silviu Lung Jr. (27 / 0). Defenders: Alexandru Dandea (19 / 2); Valerică Găman (28 / 6); Geraldo Alves (23 / 0); Júnior Morais (29 / 1); Cristian Oroș (19 / 1); Pedro Queirós (32 / 0); Ricardo Alves (4 / 0); Adrian Scarlatache (1 / 0). Midfielders: Fernando Boldrin (32 / 5); Boubacar Mansaly (13 / 0); Damien Boudjemaa (11 / 1); Constantin Budescu (18 / 8); Gabriel Enache (22 / 1); Filipe Teixeira (26 / 4); Alexandru Ioniță (19 / 3); Florin Lovin (25 / 0); Romario Moise (1 / 0); Iulian Roșu (4 / 1); Takayuki Seto (15 / 0); Alexandru Stan (12 / 1); Fwayo Tembo (3 / 0); William De Amorim (30 / 5). Forwards: Denis Alibec (26 / 16); Daniel Florea (29 / 3); Ninos Gouriye (4 / 0); Daniel Niculae (19 / 2); Mădălin Răileanu (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Marius Șumudică.

Monthly awards

Month	DigiSport Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
July	Constantin Budescu	Astra Giurgiu	[59]
August	Constantin Budescu	Astra Giurgiu	[60]
September	Harlem Gnohéré	Dinamo București	[61]
October	Ioan Hora	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	[62]
November	Nicolae Stanciu	Steaua București	[63]
December	Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	[64]
February	Marcel Essombé	Dinamo București	[65]
March	Nicolae Stanciu	Steaua București	[66]
April	Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	[67]
May	Gonzalo Cabrera	FC Botoșani	[68]

Notes

1. Pandurii was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Drobeta-Turnu Severin for the next two seasons, as a result of the renovations of the Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium.