2017–18 Liga I

The 2017–18 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 14 July 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018, being the third to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.^[1]

Liga I

Season	2017–18
Champions	CFR Cluj 4th title
Relegated	Juventus București ACS Poli Timișoara
Champions League	CFR Cluj
Europa League	FCSB Universitatea Craiova Viitorul Constanța
Matches played	268
Goals scored	622 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Țucudean Harlem Gnohéré (15 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Jaime Penedo Giedrius Arlauskis Alberto Cobrea (14 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	FCSB 7–0 ACS Poli Timișoara (22 October 2017)
Biggest away win	Juventus București 0–5 Concordia Chiajna (24 November 2017)
Highest scoring	ACS Poli Timișoara 4–3 CFR Cluj (26 August 2017) Viitorul Constanța 5–2 CSM Politehnica Iași (30 September 2017) FCSB 7–0 ACS Poli Timișoara (22 October 2017) Universitatea Craiova 2–5 FCSB (29 October 2017) Astra Giurgiu 4–3 Gaz Metan Mediaș (9 February 2018) Concordia Chiajna 3–4 Dinamo București (12 February 2018)
Longest winning run	6 matches CFR Cluj Dinamo București
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches FCSB CFR Cluj
Longest winless run	16 matches ACS Poli Timișoara
Longest losing run	6 matches Juventus București
Highest attendance	30,000 FCSB 1–1 CFR Cluj (29 April 2018)
Lowest attendance	15 Concordia Chiajna 3–1 Voluntari (27 February 2018)
Total attendance	950,288
Average attendance	3,546
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 2 June 2018.

Defending champions Viitorul Constanța came fourth. CFR Cluj became the new champions in the last fixture of the play-off, clinching their fourth league title after finishing one point above FCSB.^[2] Juventus București and Sepsi OSK entered as the promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga II, but only the latter managed to avoid relegation.

Since Romania dropped from 15th to 17th in the UEFA association coefficient rankings, only the title winner qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

Teams

The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2016–17 Liga I and two new teams from the 2016–17 Liga II.

Teams promoted to the Liga I

The first club to be promoted was Juventus București, following their 3–1 win against Balotești on 30 April 2017. Juventus will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.^[3]

The second club to be promoted was Sepsi OSK, following their 1–1 draw against Mioveni on 3 June 2017. Sepsi will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.^[4]

Teams relegated to the Liga II

The first club to be relegated was Târgu Mureș, which were relegated on 19 May 2017 following a 0–1 defeat against Pandurii Târgu Jiu, ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.^[5]

The second and final club to be relegated was Pandurii Târgu Jiu, which were relegated on 4 June 2018 following their 1–2 defeat against Botoșani, ending their 12-year stay in the top flight.^[6]

Venues

FCSB[i]	ACS Poli Timișoara	Universitatea Craiova[ii]	CFR Cluj
Arena Națională	Dan Păltinișanu	Ion Oblemenco	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Capacity: 55,634	Capacity: 32,972	Capacity: 30,983	Capacity: 23,500
Dinamo București	Bucharest Astra Botoșani CFR Cluj Concordia Craiova Gaz Metan Poli Iași Poli Timișoara Sepsi OSK Viitorul Voluntari Bucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus 2017–18 Liga I (Romania) Dinamo FCSB Juventus Location of Bucharest teams.		CSM Politehnica Iași
Dinamo			Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,032			Capacity: 11,390
Astra Giurgiu			Gaz Metan Mediaș
Marin Anastasovici			Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,500			Capacity: 7,814
FC Botoșani			Sepsi OSK
Municipal			Municipal
Capacity: 7,782			Capacity: 5,200
Concordia Chiajna	FC Voluntari	Juventus București[iii]	Viitorul Constanța[iv]
Concordia	Anghel Iordănescu	Anghel Iordănescu	Viitorul
Capacity: 5,123	Capacity: 4,600	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. Universitatea Craiova was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Drobeta-Turnu Severin for the first 17 rounds of this season because Ion Oblemenco Stadium was under construction.
3. Juventus was relocated to Anghel Iordănescu Stadium from Voluntari for the play-out round, after having previously played in the regular season (Round 1-26) on Ilie Oană Stadium from Ploiești. The relocation was necessary because Juventus Stadium from Bucharest does not meet the standards for Liga I.
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	Adrian Neaga	Gabriel Cânu	Joma	Vox Technology Park, Casa Rusu
Astra Giurgiu	Gheorghe Mulțescu	Alexandru Stan	Joma	Tinmar
Botoșani	Costel Enache	Alberto Cobrea	Nike / Erreà	Elsaco
CFR Cluj	Dan Petrescu	Mário Camora	Joma	NTT Data
Concordia Chiajna	Ionuț Badea	Marian Cristescu	Lotto	—
CSM Politehnica Iași	Flavius Stoican	Andrei Cristea	Joma	Municipiul Iași, Cotnari
Dinamo București	Florin Bratu	Dan Nistor	Macron	Orange
FCSB	Nicolae Dică	Florin Tănase	Nike	City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Cristian Pustai	Marius Constantin	Joma	Romgaz
Juventus București	Marius Baciu	Liviu Băjenaru	Joma	Phoenicia Hotels
Sepsi OSK	Eugen Neagoe	Attila Hadnagy	Adidas	Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova	Devis Mangia	Alexandru Băluță	Joma	Betano.com
Viitorul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi	Ianis Hagi	Nike	Holsten, Pepsi
Voluntari	Adrian Mutu	Daniel Novac	Puma	Academia de Fotbal Voluntari

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FCSB	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Mutual agreement	31 May 2017[7]	Pre-season	Nicolae Dică	1 June 2017[8]
Astra Giurgiu	Marius Șumudică	End of contract	31 May 2017[9]	Pre-season	Edward Iordănescu	1 June 2017[10]
Universitatea Craiova	Gheorghe Mulțescu	End of contract	31 May 2017[11]	Pre-season	Devis Mangia	1 June 2017[12]
Botoșani	Leontin Grozavu	End of contract	5 June 2017[13]	Pre-season	Costel Enache	5 June 2017[14]
CSM Politehnica Iași	Eugen Neagoe	End of contract	5 June 2017[15]	Pre-season	Flavius Stoican	9 June 2017[16]
CFR Cluj	Vasile Miriuță	Mutual agreement	6 June 2017[17]	Pre-season	Dan Petrescu	10 June 2017[18]
Concordia Chiajna	Dan Alexa	Mutual agreement	18 July 2017[19]	10	Vasile Miriuță	19 July 2017[20]
Juventus București	Daniel Oprița	Resigned	19 August 2017[21]	14	Marin Barbu (caretaker)	20 August 2017[22]
Dinamo București	Cosmin Contra	Signed by Romania	17 September 2017[23]	7	Vasile Miriuță	21 September 2017[24]
Concordia Chiajna	Vasile Miriuță	Signed by Dinamo București	21 September 2017[24]	12	Ion Moldovan	21 September 2017[25]
Sepsi OSK	Valentin Suciu	Mutual agreement	25 October 2017[26]	12	Sándor Nagy (caretaker)	25 October 2017[27]
Sepsi OSK	Sándor Nagy (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	14 November 2017	12	Eugen Neagoe	14 November 2017[28]
Juventus București	Marin Barbu (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	17 December 2017	14	Marius Baciu	18 December 2017[29]
Poli Timișoara	Ionuț Popa	Mutual agreement	5 February 2018[30]	9	Leontin Grozavu	6 February 2018[31]
Dinamo București	Vasile Miriuță	Resigned	26 February 2018	8	Florin Bratu	26 February 2018[32]
Astra Giurgiu	Edward Iordănescu	Mutual agreement	2 April 2018[33]	5	Gheorghe Mulțescu	4 April 2018[34]
Voluntari	Claudiu Niculescu	Mutual agreement	14 April 2018[35]	10	Adrian Mutu	14 April 2018[35]
Poli Timișoara	Leontin Grozavu	Mutual agreement	18 April 2018[36]	12	Adrian Neaga	18 April 2018[37]
Concordia Chiajna	Ion Moldovan	Mutual agreement	25 April 2018[38]	11	Ionuț Badea	25 April 2018[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	CFR Cluj	26	18	5	3	42	13	+29	59	Qualification for the Championship round
2	FCSB	26	16	7	3	52	18	+34	55
3	Universitatea Craiova	26	14	9	3	41	26	+15	51
4	Astra Giurgiu	26	12	8	6	38	27	+11	44[a]
5	Viitorul Constanța	26	13	5	8	34	21	+13	44[a]
6	CSM Politehnica Iași	26	11	6	9	34	31	+3	39[b]
7	Botoșani	26	11	6	9	28	26	+2	39[b]	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Dinamo București	26	11	6	9	39	31	+8	39[b]
9	Concordia Chiajna	26	8	4	14	36	37	−1	28[c]
10	Voluntari	26	7	7	12	25	35	−10	28[c]
11	ACS Poli Timișoara	26	6	9	11	22	37	−15	27
12	Sepsi OSK	26	5	4	17	15	44	−29	19
13	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26	2	10	14	14	39	−25	16
14	Juventus București	26	1	8	17	12	47	−35	11

Source: LPF (in Romanian), 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. Astra is ahead of Viitorul on head-to-head results: Astra–Viitorul 3–1, Viitorul–Astra 1–1.
2. Iași is ahead of Botoșani and Dinamo on head-to-head points: Iași 7 pts, Botoșani 5 pts, Dinamo 4 pts.
3. Concordia is ahead of Voluntari on head-to-head results: Voluntari–Concordia 0–1, Concordia–Voluntari 3–1.

Results

Home \ Away	ACS	AST	BOT	CFR	CON	CSU	IAȘ	DIN	GAZ	JUV	SPS	STE	VII	VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara		2–1	1–1	4–3	0–3	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–3
Astra Giurgiu	3–0		2–1	2–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–3
Botoșani	1–0	1–3		1–1	2–1	1–0	3–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	0–3	1–0	1–0
CFR Cluj	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Concordia Chiajna	0–1	1–2	3–0	0–1		1–2	0–1	3–4	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1
Universitatea Craiova	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–5	3–1	1–1
CSM Politehnica Iași	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–2		2–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–1
Dinamo București	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	2–1		3–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–4	2–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–3		0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1
Juventus București	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–1		2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Sepsi OSK	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1		0–4	1–0	0–3
FCSB	7–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–0		2–0	2–1
Viitorul Constanța	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	5–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0		0–0
Voluntari	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–3	0–1	0–1	0–4	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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	5	9	10	7	7	9	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11
Astra Giurgiu	6	10	5	5	4	5	6	6	2	3	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4
Botoșani	8	4	1	1	1	2	2	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	8	7
CFR Cluj	7	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Concordia Chiajna	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	9
CSM Politehnica Iași	12	12	8	10	10	8	8	8	10	8	10	9	10	11	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6
Universitatea Craiova	3	3	6	6	6	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Dinamo București	1	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8
Gaz Metan Mediaș	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13
Juventus București	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Sepsi OSK	10	8	11	8	8	10	10	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12
FCSB	4	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Viitorul Constanța	2	7	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	8	10	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5
Voluntari	9	6	7	9	9	7	9	11	8	9	9	8	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season would meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2018–19 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	CFR Cluj (C)	10	5	5	0	12	6	+6	50	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	FCSB	10	6	3	1	14	6	+8	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Universitatea Craiova	10	3	3	4	10	10	0	38	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4	Viitorul Constanța	10	3	4	3	13	11	+2	35	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Astra Giurgiu	10	3	2	5	9	11	−2	33
6	CSM Politehnica Iași	10	1	1	8	5	19	−14	24

Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[43]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Universitatea Craiova qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Cupa României.

Results

Home \ Away	AST	CFR	IAS	UCV	FCSB	VFC
Astra Giurgiu		0–2	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–2
CFR Cluj	1–1		2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
CSM Politehnica Iași	0–3	1–1		1–2	1–0	0–2
CS Universitatea Craiova	1–0	0–0	4–1		0–1	3–3
FCSB	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0		2–1
Viitorul Constanța	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–2

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	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
CFR Cluj	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
CSM Politehnica Iași	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Universitatea Craiova	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
FCSB	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Viitorul Constanța	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	4

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.^[42]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Dinamo București	14	11	1	2	29	10	+19	54
8	Botoșani	14	5	5	4	12	9	+3	40
9	Sepsi OSK	14	6	6	2	21	14	+7	34
10	Gaz Metan Mediaș	14	6	4	4	18	15	+3	30
11	Concordia Chiajna	14	4	4	6	13	17	−4	30
12	Voluntari (O)	14	3	4	7	16	22	−6	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	ACS Poli Timișoara (R)	14	3	4	7	10	16	−6	27	Relegation to Liga II
14	Juventus București (R)	14	3	2	9	9	25	−16	17

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[44]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ACS	BOT	CON	DIN	GAZ	JUV	SPS	VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara		0–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–3
Botoșani	0–0		0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0
Concordia Chiajna	0–1	0–0		0–4	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1
Dinamo București	1–0	2–0	3–1		3–0	1–2	0–0	2–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3		3–0	1–1	1–0
Juventus București	1–0	0–3	1–3	0–2	0–3		0–2	2–2
Sepsi OSK	3–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1		2–2
Voluntari	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–4	1–2	0–1	1–2

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	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Botoșani	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Concordia Chiajna	10	10	10	12	10	11	12	11	11	10	11	10	11	11
Dinamo București	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Gaz Metan Mediaș	13	13	12	13	13	12	10	12	12	11	10	11	10	10
Juventus București	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Sepsi OSK	12	12	14	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Voluntari	9	9	9	9	11	9	11	9	10	12	12	12	12	12

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
Voluntari	1–1 (3–0 p)	Chindia Târgoviște	1–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)

Voluntari v Chindia Târgoviște

9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)	Voluntari	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Voluntari
19:00	Balaur 79'			Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

Chindia Târgoviște v Voluntari

13 June 2018 (2018-06-13)	Chindia Târgoviște	1–0 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	Voluntari	Târgoviște
17:30	Ciobotariu 68'			Stadium: Eugen Popescu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)
	Penalties
	Cherchez Pencea Neguț		Cernat Marinescu Răuță Leasă

Notes:

• Voluntari remained in Liga I and Chindia Târgoviște remained in Liga II.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.^{[45][46][47][48]}

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	George Țucudean	Viitorul Constanța (11) / CFR Cluj (4)	15
	Harlem Gnohéré	FCSB
3	Paul Batin	Concordia Chiajna	13
4	Alexandru Mitriță	Universitatea Craiova	12
5	Gustavo	Universitatea Craiova	11
	Alexandru Ioniță	Astra Giurgiu (10) / CFR Cluj (1)
	Alexandru Băluță	Universitatea Craiova
	Mihai Roman	Botoșani
9	Florin Tănase	FCSB	10
	Dennis Man	FCSB
	Constantin Budescu	FCSB
12	Andrei Cristea	CSM Politehnica Iași	9
	István Fülöp	Sepsi OSK
	Marian Cristescu	Concordia Chiajna
	Mario Rondón	Gaz Metan Mediaș
	Daniel Popa	Botoșani (1) / Dinamo București (8)
	Diogo Salomão	Dinamo București
	Adrian Bălan	Voluntari

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Alexandru Tudorie	Voluntari	Sepsi OSK	3–0	10 September 2017
George Țucudean4	Viitorul Constanța	CSM Iași	5–2	30 September 2017
Harlem Gnohéré	FCSB	ACS Poli Timișoara	7–0	22 October 2017
Alexandru Mitriță	Universitatea Craiova	CSM Politehnica Iași	4–1	14 April 2018
Ely	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Juventus București	3–0	22 April 2018

⁴ Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Jaime Penedo	Dinamo București	14
	Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj
	Alberto Cobrea	Botoșani
4	Plamen Iliev	Astra Giurgiu	12
5	Victor Rîmniceanu	Viitorul Constanța (10) / Sepsi OSK (1)	11
6	Florin Niță1	FCSB	10
7	Cosmin Vâtcă	CFR Cluj	8
8	Nicolae Calancea	Universitatea Craiova	7
	Cristian Bălgrădean	Concordia Chiajna (2) / FCSB (5)
10	Dragoș Balauru	Voluntari	6
	Virgil Drăghia	Juventus București
	Cătălin Straton	ACS Poli Timișoara
	Răzvan Pleșca	Gaz Metan Mediaș

¹ Florin Niță was transferred to Sparta Prague during the winter transfer window.

Discipline

As of 2 June 2018

Player

• Most yellow cards:^[49] 14
  • István Fülöp (Sepsi OSK)
• Most red cards:^[50] 2
  • Anatole Abang (Astra Giurgiu)
  • Ionuț Cioinac (CSM Politehnica Iași)
  • Diogo Salomão (Dinamo București)
  • Kévin Boli (CFR Cluj)
  • Kamer Qaka (CSM Politehnica Iași)
  • Mădălin Mihăescu (CSM Politehnica Iași)
  • Mihai Pintilii (FCSB)
  • Gabriel Cânu (ACS Poli Timișoara)
  • Dragoș Balauru (Voluntari)

Club

• Most yellow cards:^[51] 116
  • CSM Politehnica Iași
• Most red cards:^[51] 9
  • Astra Giurgiu

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Universitatea Craiova	210,576	29,000	600	11,699	+168.2%2
2	FCSB	178,500	30,000	1,000	9,917	+81.5%†
3	CFR Cluj	112,918	18,000	1,000	6,273	+61.1%†
4	Politehnica Iași	68,904	13,000	700	3,828	+114.3%†
5	FC Botoșani	60,150	5,000	650	3,008	−19.3%†
6	Dinamo București	57,467	24,726	200	2,873	−35.0%†
7	Sepsi OSK	55,700	6,000	400	2,785	+50.8%1
8	Viitorul Constanța	45,300	5,000	800	2,517	+76.4%†
9	ACS Poli Timișoara	41,450	20,000	50	2,073	+2.9%†
10	Astra Giurgiu	32,500	4,500	300	1,806	+13.7%†
11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26,550	3,000	200	1,327	−34.8%†
12	Voluntari	26,237	4,000	231	1,312	+12.9%†
13	Concordia Chiajna	21,065	4,000	15	1,053	+15.1%†
14	Juventus București	12,971	7,000	27	649	+17.4%1
	League total	950,288	30,000	15	3,546	+31.1%†

Updated to games played on 2 June 2018
Source: League matches: Liga I 2017/2018
Notes:
1: Played last season in Liga II.
2: Universitatea Craiova played 8 matches in Turnu Severin while their new stadium was being built.
3: FC Voluntari played 6 matches out of their stadium until it was opened.

Champion squad

CFR Cluj[52][53]

Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (26 / 0); Cosmin Vâtcă (10 / 0). Defenders: Kévin Boli (14 / 0); Mário Camora (30 / 1); Srdjan Luchin (3 / 0); Cristian Manea (35 / 0); Andrei Mureșan (27 / 1); Paulo Vinícius (34 / 5); Andrei Peteleu (7 / 0); Alexandru Vlad (3 / 0). Midfielders: Mihai Bordeianu (6 / 0); Valentin Costache (13 / 0); Emmanuel Culio (33 / 8); Ciprian Deac (34 / 5); Damjan Đoković (23 / 3); Ovidiu Hoban (34 / 3); Alexandru Ioniță (9 / 1); Sebastian Mailat (13 / 1); Thierry Moutinho (8 / 0); Dan Nistor (17 / 0); Bryan Nouvier (15 / 1); Adrian Păun (19 / 2); Laurențiu Rus (10 / 0). Forwards: Ibrahima Baldé (13 / 4); Jeremy Bokila (5 / 0); Marius Coman (4 / 0); Billel Omrani (30 / 8); George Țucudean (14 / 4); Urko Vera (15 / 5). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Dan Petrescu.

Awards

Best Team of the Championship play-offs

Arlauskis

Planić

Vinícius

Manea

Momčilović

Culio

Budescu

Hagi

Mitriță

Țucudean

Gnohéré

Best Team of the 2017–18 Championship play-offs^[54] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal

Player	Team	Position
Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	Goalkeeper
Cristian Manea	CFR Cluj	Defender
Paulo Vinícius	CFR Cluj	Defender
Bogdan Planić	FCSB	Defender
Marko Momčilović	FCSB	Defender
Alexandru Mitriță	Universitatea Craiova	Midfielder
Emmanuel Culio	CFR Cluj	Midfielder
Constantin Budescu	FCSB	Midfielder
Ianis Hagi	Viitorul	Forward
George Țucudean	CFR Cluj	Forward
Harlem Gnohéré	FCSB	Forward

Monthly awards

Month	DigiSport Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
July	Alexandru Băluță	Universitatea Craiova	[55]
August	Sergiu Hanca	Dinamo București	[56]
September	Alexandru Tudorie	Voluntari	[57]
October	Harlem Gnohéré	FCSB	[58]
November	Alexandru Ioniță	Astra Giurgiu	[59]
December	Florin Tănase	FCSB	[60]
February	Not awarded
March	Not awarded
April	Not awarded
May	Not awarded