Liga IV Călărași

Liga IV Călărași is the county football division of Liga IV for clubs based in Călărași County, Romania. The competition is ranked as the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system and is organized by AJF Călărași – Asociația Județeană de Fotbal (lit. 'County Football Association').

Liga IV Călărași

Founded	1981
Country	Romania
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Liga III
Relegation to	Liga V Călărași
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa României Supercupa României
Current champions	Gloria Fundeni (1st title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Venus Independența (13 titles)
Website	AJF Călărași
Current: 2024–25 Liga IV Călărași

It is contested by a variable number of teams, depending on the number of teams relegated from Liga III, the number of teams promoted from Liga V Călărași, and the teams that withdraw or enter the competition. The winner may or may not be promoted to Liga III, depending on the result of a promotion play-off contested against the winner of a neighboring county series.

History

The Călărași County Championship was formed in 1981 and placed under the authority of the newly established Consiliul Județean pentru Educație Fizică și Sport (lit. 'County Council for Physical Education and Sports') in Călărași, following the new reorganization of the country of the country in February of that year. As part of this reform, the counties of Ilfov and Ialomița were divided, leading to the creation of the new counties of Călărași and Giurgiu.^[1][2]

Since then, the structure and organization of Călărași's main county competition, like those of other county championships, have undergone numerous changes. Between 1981 and 1992, it was known as Campionatul Județean (County Championship). In 1992, it was renamed Divizia C – Faza Județeană (Divizia C – County Phase), became Divizia D in 1997, and has been known as Liga IV since 2006.

Promotion

The champions of each county association play against one another in a play-off to earn promotion to Liga III. Geographical criteria are taken into consideration when the play-offs are drawn. In total, there are 41 county champions plus the Bucharest municipal champion.

List of champions

Ed. Season Winners 1 1980–81 Victoria Lehliu 2 1981–82 ISCIP Ulmeni 3 1982–83 Victoria Lehliu 4 1983–84 Dunărea Grădiștea 5 1984–85 Unirea Mănăstirea 6 1985–86 Victoria Lehliu 7 1986–87 Oțelul Roșu Călărași 8 1987–88 Victoria Lehliu 9 1988–89 Înainte Modelu 10 1989–90 Victoria UJCC Călărași 11 1990–91 Sportul IACMRS Călărași 12 1991–92 Unirea Mănăstirea 13 1992–93 Sportul Chirnogi 14 1993–94 Dunărea Grădiștea 15 1994–95 Dunărea Grădiștea 16 1995–96 Navol Oltenița 17 1996–97 Ceres Ciocănești 18 1997–98 Sportul Drumu Subțire

Ed. Season Winners 19 1998–99 Unirea Mânăstirea 20 1999–00 Sportul Chirnogi 21 2000–01 Navol Oltenița 22 2001–02 Venus Independența 23 2002–03 Avântul Dor Mărunt 24 2003–04 Venus Independența 25 2004–05 Venus Independența 26 2005–06 Venus Independența 27 2006–07 Rapid Gălățui 28 2007–08 Dunărea Grădiștea 29 2008–09 Phoenix Ulmu 30 2009–10 Phoenix Ulmu[3] 31 2010–11 Venus Independența 32 2011–12 Venus Independența 33 2012–13 Venus Independența 34 2013–14 Înainte Modelu 35 2014–15 Oltenița 36 2015–16 Venus Independența[4][5]

Ed. Season Winners 37 2016–17 Agricola Borcea[6] 38 2017–18 Venus Independența[7] 39 2018–19 Mostiștea Ulmu[8] 40 2019–20 Venus Independența[9] 41 2020–21 Venus Independența[10] 42 2021–22 Venus Independența[11] 43 2022–23 Progresul Fundulea[12] 44 2023–24 Venus Independența 45 2024–25 Gloria Fundeni[13]

See also

Main Leagues

• Liga I
• Liga II
• Liga III
• Liga IV

County Leagues (Liga IV series)

North–East Liga IV Bacău Liga IV Botoșani Liga IV Iași Liga IV Neamț Liga IV Suceava Liga IV Vaslui

North–West Liga IV Bihor Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud Liga IV Cluj Liga IV Maramureș Liga IV Satu Mare Liga IV Sălaj

Center Liga IV Alba Liga IV Brașov Liga IV Covasna Liga IV Harghita Liga IV Mureș Liga IV Sibiu

West Liga IV Arad Liga IV Caraș-Severin Liga IV Gorj Liga IV Hunedoara Liga IV Mehedinți Liga IV Timiș

South–West Liga IV Argeș Liga IV Dâmbovița Liga IV Dolj Liga IV Olt Liga IV Teleorman Liga IV Vâlcea

South Liga IV Bucharest Liga IV Călărași Liga IV Giurgiu Liga IV Ialomița Liga IV Ilfov Liga IV Prahova

South–East Liga IV Brăila Liga IV Buzău Liga IV Constanța Liga IV Galați Liga IV Tulcea Liga IV Vrancea