2016–17 Liga I

The 2016–17 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 22 July 2016 and concluded on 5 June 2017, being the second to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced. Viitorul Constanța were crowned champions for the first time in their history.

Liga I

Season	2016–17
Champions	Viitorul Constanța (1st title)
Relegated	Pandurii Târgu Jiu Târgu Mureș
Champions League	Viitorul Constanța FCSB
Europa League	Dinamo București Universitatea Craiova Astra Giurgiu
Matches played	268
Goals scored	613 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Azdren Llullaku (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Florin Niță Branko Grahovac (13 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	CFR Cluj 5–0 Voluntari (17 September 2016) Universitatea Craiova 5–0 Voluntari (4 February 2017) Viitorul Constanța 5–0 ACS Poli Timișoara (25 February 2017)
Biggest away win	ACS Poli Timișoara 0–5 Botoșani (18 August 2016)
Highest scoring	Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2–5 Gaz Metan Mediaș (10 December 2016)
Longest winning run	8 matches: Astra Giurgiu
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches: Politehnica Iași
Longest winless run	12 matches: ASA Târgu Mureș
Longest losing run	6 matches: ASA Târgu Mureș Politehnica Iași
Highest attendance	37,669 Dinamo București 2–1 FCSB (1 May 2017)
Lowest attendance	34 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–1 Voluntari (1 December 2016)
Total attendance	1,103,039
Average attendance	4,178
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 5 June 2017.

Teams

The last two teams from the 2015–16 season, ACS Poli Timișoara and Petrolul Ploiești, were relegated to their respective 2016–17 Liga II division. The first team from each of the two divisions of 2015–16 Liga II advanced to Liga I.

On 21 July 2016 Rapid București was excluded from Liga I after the club went into dissolution. Their place was taken by ACS Poli Timișoara.^[1]

Renamed teams

CSM Studențesc Iași was renamed as CSM Politehnica Iași.^[2]
FC Steaua București was renamed as FCSB.^[3]

Venues

FCSB[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
Dinamo București	Bucharest Astra Botoșani CFR Cluj Concordia Craiova Gaz Metan Pandurii Poli Iași Poli Timișoara Târgu Mureș Viitorul Voluntari Bucharest teams Dinamo FCSB 2016–17 Liga I (Romania) Dinamo FCSB Location of Bucharest teams.		CSM Politehnica Iași
Dinamo			Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,032			Capacity: 11,390
Astra Giurgiu			Târgu Mureș[ii]
Marin Anastasovici			Trans-Sil
Capacity: 8,500			Capacity: 8,200
Gaz Metan Mediaș			FC Botoșani
Gaz Metan			Municipal
Capacity: 7,814			Capacity: 7,782
Universitatea Craiova[iii]	Concordia Chiajna	FC Voluntari	Viitorul Constanța[iv]
Extensiv	Concordia	Anghel Iordănescu	Viitorul
Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 5,123	Capacity: 4,600	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. Târgu Mureș on 22 November and 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
ACS Poli Timișoara	Ionuț Popa	Marius Croitoru	Joma	Casa Rusu
Astra Giurgiu	Marius Șumudică	Júnior Morais	Joma	Tinmar
Botoșani	Leontin Grozavu	Gabriel Vașvari	Nike	Elsaco
CFR Cluj	Vasile Miriuță	Mário Camora	Masita	Enex
Concordia Chiajna	Dan Alexa	Cristian Bălgrădean	Lotto	—
CSM Politehnica Iași	Eugen Neagoe	Ionuț Voicu	Nike	Blue Air
CS U Craiova	Gheorghe Mulțescu	Andrei Ivan	Joma	Sticky
Dinamo București	Cosmin Contra	Antun Palić	Nike	Orange
FCSB	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Denis Alibec	Nike	City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Cristian Pustai	Ionuț Buzean	Joma	Romgaz
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Flavius Stoican	Răzvan Stanca	Nike	Artego
Târgu Mureș	Ionel Ganea	Gabriel Mureșan	Joma	energo+
Viitorul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi	Romario Benzar	Nike	Lotto Snacks
Voluntari	Claudiu Niculescu	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
Dinamo București	Mircea Rednic	Mutual agreement	20 May 2016[4]	Pre-season	Ioan Andone	23 May 2016[5]
Universitatea Craiova	Victor Naicu	End of contract	31 May 2016	Pre-season	Gheorghe Mulțescu	9 June 2016[6]
Târgu Mureș	George Ciorceri	End of contract	31 May 2016	Pre-season	Dario Bonetti	17 June 2016[7]
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Edward Iordănescu	End of contract	31 May 2016[8]	Pre-season	Petre Grigoraș	26 June 2016[9]
Concordia Chiajna	Adrian Falub	End of contract	31 May 2016	Pre-season	Emil Săndoi	28 June 2016[10]
CFR Cluj	Toni Conceição	Mutual agreement	27 June 2016[11]	Pre-season	Vasile Miriuță	27 June 2016[12]
Târgu Mureș	Dario Bonetti	Mutual agreement	6 August 2016	13	Dan Alexa	11 August 2016[13]
CSM Poli Iași	Nicolò Napoli	Sacked	7 October 2016	9	Eugen Neagoe	8 October 2016[14]
Concordia Chiajna	Emil Săndoi	Mutual agreement	5 November 2016	11	Emil Ursu (caretaker)	6 November 2016[15]
Concordia Chiajna	Emil Ursu (caretaker)	End of tenure as caretaker	23 December 2016	12	Dan Alexa	23 December 2016[16]
Târgu Mureș	Dan Alexa	Mutual agreement	22 December 2016[17]	13	Ilie Stan	28 December 2016[18]
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Petre Grigoraș	Sacked	9 January 2017[19]	11	Flavius Stoican	11 January 2017[20]
Dinamo București	Ioan Andone	Sacked	14 February 2017[21]	6	Cosmin Contra	17 February 2017[22]
Târgu Mureș	Ilie Stan	Mutual agreement	20 March 2017[23]	14	Ionuț Chirilă	24 March 2017[24]
Voluntari	Dinu Todoran	Mutual agreement	2 April 2017	10	Claudiu Niculescu	3 April 2017[25]
Târgu Mureș	Ionuț Chirilă	Sacked	12 April 2017[26]	14	Ionel Ganea	15 April 2017[27]

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.^[28]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viitorul Constanța	26	16	3	7	39	22	+17	51	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Steaua București	26	13	8	5	34	22	+12	47
3	Astra Giurgiu	26	13	5	8	32	28	+4	44
4	CFR Cluj[a]	26	14	7	5	42	23	+19	43
5	Universitatea Craiova	26	13	4	9	36	26	+10	43
6	Dinamo București	26	12	5	9	40	33	+7	41
7	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26	10	9	7	36	27	+9	39	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Botoșani	26	9	5	12	30	31	−1	32
9	Voluntari	26	8	6	12	30	37	−7	30
10	CSM Politehnica Iași	26	8	5	13	28	31	−3	29
11	Concordia Chiajna	26	6	7	13	17	32	−15	25
12	Pandurii Târgu Jiu[b]	26	6	7	13	24	42	−18	19
13	ACS Poli Timișoara[c]	26	7	7	12	25	42	−17	14
14	Târgu Mureș[d]	26	5	6	15	20	37	−17	12

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.^[35]
Notes:

1. CFR Cluj were deducted six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.^[29]
2. Pandurii Târgu Jiu were deducted six points (three for failing to comply with licensing requirements and three as penalty points).^[30][31]
3. Poli Timișoara were deducted 14 points; eight points for failing to get enough points in the previous season and six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.^[32][33]
4. Târgu Mureș were deducted nine points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.^[34][30]

Results

Home \ Away	ACS	AST	BOT	CFR	CON	IAS	CSU	DIN	FCSB	GAZ	PAN	TGM	VII	VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara		2–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0
Astra Giurgiu	3–1		3–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–4	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Botoșani	2–0	0–0		3–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	4–2	1–2	0–1
CFR Cluj	2–2	5–1	1–0		2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	5–0
Concordia Chiajna	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–2		0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–4
CSM Politehnica Iași	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–0		2–1	3–1	0–2	3–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2
CS U Craiova	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	5–0
Dinamo București	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–1		3–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	3–1
FC Steaua București	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1		0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	1–1		1–3	2–1	2–1	1–0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–5		1–0	0–1	1–1
Târgu Mureș	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	3–0		0–2	0–0
Viitorul Constanța	5–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	3–1		2–1
Voluntari	4–1	1–2	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and 2017–18 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.^[36]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viitorul Constanța (C)	10	5	3	2	12	8	+4	44	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	FCSB	10	6	2	2	15	7	+8	44
3	Dinamo București	10	5	4	1	15	8	+7	40	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	CFR Cluj[a]	10	3	2	5	8	14	−6	33
5	Universitatea Craiova	10	2	3	5	8	14	−6	31	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
6	Astra Giurgiu	10	1	2	7	10	17	−7	27	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]

Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
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) Matches won; 8) Play-off.^[39]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. CFR Cluj failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2015.^[37][38]
2. Since the winners of 2016–17 Cupa României, Voluntari, failed to obtain a UEFA licence, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team with a UEFA licence (in this case to the fifth-placed team) and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away	AST	CFR	UCV	DIN	FCSB	VII
Astra Giurgiu		0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2
CFR Cluj	3–2		0–3	0–3	0–0	0–0
Universitatea Craiova	1–3	1–4		2–2	0–1	0–1
Dinamo București	1–1	2–0	0–0		2–1	2–1
FC Steaua București	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–1		1–1
Viitorul Constanța	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1

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 Giurgiu	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
CFR Cluj	6	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
CS U Craiova	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Dinamo București	5	6	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3
FCSB	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Viitorul Constanța	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

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.^[36]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	CSM Politehnica Iași	14	7	7	0	16	5	+11	43
8	Gaz Metan Mediaș	14	4	7	3	17	11	+6	39
9	Voluntari	14	6	4	4	17	16	+1	37
10	Botoșani	14	4	5	5	15	12	+3	33
11	Concordia Chiajna	14	4	4	6	14	18	−4	29
12	ACS Poli Timișoara (O)	14	5	5	4	16	14	+2	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Pandurii Târgu Jiu (R)	14	4	5	5	12	18	−6	27	Relegation to Liga II
14	Târgu Mureș (R)	14	1	5	8	5	18	−13	14

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Play-off.^[40]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACS	BOT	CON	IAS	GAZ	PAN	TGM	VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara		1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0
Botoșani	1–2		1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
Concordia Chiajna	3–1	2–1		0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2
CSM Politehnica Iași	1–0	2–1	3–1		1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–2		3–1	2–0	4–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–3	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–3
Târgu Mureș	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0		0–2
Voluntari	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1

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	11	12	13	14
ACS Poli Timișoara	13	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Botoșani	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10
Concordia Chiajna	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	11
CSM Politehnica Iași	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Gaz Metan Mediaș	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	12	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	11	13
Târgu Mureș	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Voluntari	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ACS Poli Timișoara	5–2	UTA Arad	2–1	3–1

ACS Poli Timișoara v UTA Arad

12 June 2017	ACS Poli Timișoara	2–1	UTA Arad	Timișoara
20:30	Pedro Henrique 22' Cânu 25'		Strătilă 52'	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: George Găman (Craiova)

UTA Arad v ACS Poli Timișoara

15 June 2017	UTA Arad	1–3	ACS Poli Timișoara	Șiria
17:30	Curtuiuș 5'		Bărbuț 17' Drăghici 21' Pedro Henrique 88'	Stadium: Otto Greffner Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

Notes:

• ACS Poli Timișoara qualified for 2017–18 Liga I and UTA Arad qualified for 2017–18 Liga II.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 5 June 2017.^{[41][42][43][44]}

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Azdren Llullaku1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	16
2	Cristian Bud	CFR Cluj	11
	Aurelian Chițu	Viitorul Constanța
	Adam Nemec	Dinamo București
	Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu (3) / FCSB (8)
	Andrei Cristea	CSM Politehnica Iași
7	Harlem Gnohéré	Dinamo București (5) / FCSB (5)	10
8	Mircea Axente2	Gaz Metan Mediaș	9
	Fernando Boldrin	Astra Giurgiu (1) / FCSB (8)
	Adrian Bălan	Voluntari
	Vlad Morar	ASA Târgu Mureș (4) / Viitorul Constanța (5)
	Andrei Ivan	CS U Craiova
	Sergiu Hanca	Dinamo București
	Lukács Bőle	CSM Politehnica Iași
	George Țucudean	Pandurii Târgu Jiu (5) / Viitorul Constanța (4)
	Cătălin Golofca	Botoșani

¹ Azdren Llullaku was transferred to Astana during the winter transfer window.
² Mircea Axente was transferred to Al-Faisaly during the winter transfer window.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Harlem Gnohéré	Dinamo București	Astra Giurgiu	4–1	23 July 2016
Cristian Bud	CFR Cluj	Voluntari	5–0	17 September 2016
Alexandru Munteanu	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	5–2	10 December 2016
Vlad Morar	Viitorul Constanța	ACS Poli Timișoara	5–0	25 February 2017

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 5 June 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets*
1	Florin Niță	FCSB	13
	Branko Grahovac	CSM Politehnica Iași
3	Silviu Lung Jr.	Astra Giurgiu	12
	Nicolae Calancea	Universitatea Craiova
	Victor Rîmniceanu	Viitorul Constanța
6	Cristian Bălgrădean	Concordia Chiajna	11
7	Cătălin Straton	ACS Poli Timișoara	10
8	Plamen Iliev	Botoșani	8
9	Mihai Mincă	CFR Cluj	7
	Dragoș Balauru	Voluntari
	Alexandru Greab	Gaz Metan Mediaș
12	Eduard Pap	ASA Târgu Mureș	6
	Jaime Penedo	Dinamo București

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

Discipline

As of 5 June 2017

Player

• Most yellow cards:^[45] 12
  • Andrei Artean (ACS Poli Timișoara)
  • Júnior Morais (Astra Giurgiu)
  • Gabriel Vașvari (Botoșani)
  • Daniel Novac (Voluntari)
• Most red cards:^[46] 3
  • George Miron (Botoșani)
  • Radu Zaharia (Gaz Metan Mediaș)

Club

• Most yellow cards:^[47] 104
  • Astra Giurgiu
  • Concordia Chiajna
  • Pandurii Târgu Jiu

• Most red cards:^[47] 8
  • Politehnica Iași
  • Botoșani

Champion squad

Viitorul Constanța[48][49]

Goalkeepers: Alexandru Buzbuchi (8 / 0); Victor Rîmniceanu (28 / 0). Defenders: Romario Benzar (34 / 1); Kévin Boli (33 / 3); Cătălin Carp (14 / 0); Cristian Ganea (26 / 0); Robert Hodorogea (17 / 1); Bogdan Mitache (2 / 0); Sebastian Mladen (2 / 0); Sorin Rădoi (7 / 0). Midfielders: Pablo Brandán (14 / 0); Carlo Casap (15 / 2); Alexandru Cicâldău (6 / 0); Florin Cioablă (1 / 0); Doru Dumitrescu (5 / 0); Ioan Filip (4 / 0); Daniel López (12 / 0); Răzvan Marin (20 / 4); Dragoș Nedelcu (28 / 1); Florin Purece (30 / 2); Neluț Roșu (14 / 0); Florin Tănase (3 / 0); Bogdan Țîru (33 / 1); Ionuț Vînă (15 / 0). Forwards: Aurelian Chițu (36 / 11); Andrei Ciobanu (2 / 0); Florinel Coman (28 / 6); Gabriel Iancu (24 / 5); Vlad Morar (14 / 5); Alex Nimely (18 / 4); Alexandru Stoica (5 / 0); George Țucudean (6 / 4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Gheorghe Hagi.

Awards

Liga I Team of the Season

Niță

Larie

Boli

Benzar

Momčilović

Hanca

Budescu

Alibec

Ivan

Coman

Nemec

Romanian Liga I Team of the 2016–17 season – Liga Profesionista de Fotbal.

Player	Team	Position
Florin Niță	FCSB	Goalkeeper
Romario Benzar	Viitorul	Defender
Ionut Larie	CFR Cluj	Defender
Kevin Boli	Viitorul	Defender
Marko Momčilović	FCSB	Defender
Constantin Budescu	Astra	Midfielder
Sergiu Hanca	Dinamo	Midfielder
Florinel Coman	Viitorul	Midfielder
Andrei Ivan	CSU Craiova	Forward
Adam Nemec	Dinamo	Forward
Denis Alibec	FCSB	Forward

Monthly awards

Month	DigiSport Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
August	Dorin Rotariu	Dinamo București	[50]
September	Cristian Bud	CFR Cluj	[51]
October	Valentin Lazăr	Dinamo București	[52]
November	Liviu Antal	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	[53]
December	Constantin Budescu	Astra Giurgiu	[54]
February	Florinel Coman	Viitorul Constanța	[55]
March	Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj	[56]
April	Sergiu Hanca	Dinamo București	[57]
May	Denis Alibec	FCSB	[58]

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.