2020-21_Liga_I

2020–21 Liga I

103rd season of top-tier football league in Romania

The 2020–21 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 21 August 2020 and ended on 19 May 2021.^[1] CFR Cluj were winners and three-time defending champions. It was the sixth season to take place in the play-off/play-out format, and the first since the 2005–06 season to feature 16 teams.

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Liga I
Season	2020–21
Dates	21 August 2020 – 27 May 2021
Champions	CFR Cluj
Relegated	Hermannstadt Astra Giurgiu Politehnica Iași
Champions League	CFR Cluj
Europa Conference League	FCSB Universitatea Craiova Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
Matches played	256
Goals scored	570 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Florin Tănase (24 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Mirko Pigliacelli (16 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	FCSB 5–0 Hermannstadt (26 October 2020)
Biggest away win	UTA Arad 0–6 Astra Giurgiu (21 December 2020)
Highest scoring	Politehnica Iași 5–2 FCSB (27 September 2020) Academica Clinceni 4-3 Botoșani (14 May 2021)
Longest winning run	7 matches FCSB Universitatea Craiova
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Argeș Pitești
Longest winless run	13 matches Dinamo București
Longest losing run	5 matches Politehnica Iași Dinamo București Gaz Metan Mediaș
Highest attendance	0 (behind closed doors)
Lowest attendance	0 (behind closed doors)
Total attendance	0 (behind closed doors)
Average attendance	0 (behind closed doors)
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 19 May 2021.

The play-off/play-out rule was also altered, with the first six teams at the regular season qualified for the play-off tournament and the last ten for the play-out. The first six teams played two matches against each other as before, but in the play-out the teams only played once against each other. At the end of the play-out, the first two places (or the 7th and 8th overall) played a single match on the ground of the lower ranked team, and the subsequent winner played the last team ranked on a UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off. The winner of the latter encounter qualified for the Europa Conference League.^[2]

The teams ranked 15th and 16th at the end of the play-out tournament were directly relegated, while the 13th and 14th places played a promotion/relegation play-off against 3rd and 4th places from Liga II.^[2]

Teams

The league consists of 16 teams: 13 from the 2019–20 Liga I, two teams from the 2019–20 Liga II, and the winner of the 2019–20 promotion/relegation play-off.

Teams promoted to the Liga I

The first club to be promoted was UTA Arad, following their 1–1 draw against FC Argeș on 2 August 2020. UTA returned in the Liga I after 12 years of absence.^[3]

The second club to be promoted was FC Argeș, following their 1–1 draw against UTA Arad on 2 August 2020. FC Argeș returned in the Liga I after 11 years of absence.^[4]

Teams relegated to the Liga II

No teams were relegated from the 2019–20 Liga I.

Initially, two clubs would have been relegated at the end of the 2019–20 Liga I season, with a third playing a relegation play-off with the 3rd-placed team from the 2019–20 Liga II. The first club to have been relegated would have been Chindia Târgoviște, following a 0–1 defeat on 2 August 2020 against Politehnica Iași, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.^[5] However, owing to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the previous season, the league table was frozen on 6 August 2020^[6] and no teams were directly relegated. Instead, Chindia Târgoviște played a promotion/relegation play-off against CS Mioveni and kept their Liga I spot after a 3–1 aggregate result.

Venues

More information FCSB, Universitatea Craiova ...

FCSB	Universitatea Craiova	CFR Cluj	Dinamo București
Arena Națională	Ion Oblemenco	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu	Dinamo
Capacity: 55,634	Capacity: 30,929	Capacity: 23,500	Capacity: 15,032

FC Argeș	UTA Arad	Chindia Târgoviște	Politehnica Iași
Nicolae Dobrin	Francisc von Neuman	Municipal^{[lower-roman 1]}	Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 12,700	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 11,390

Astra Giurgiu	Bucharest Clinceni FC Argeș Astra Botoșani CFR Cluj Chindia Craiova Gaz Metan Hermannstadt UTA Poli Iași Sepsi OSK Viitorul Voluntari Bucharest teams Dinamo FCSB 2020–21 Liga I (Romania)		Gaz Metan Mediaș
Marin Anastasovici			Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,500			Capacity: 7,814

FC Botoșani			Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe
Municipal			Municipal
Capacity: 7,782			Capacity: 5,200

Hermannstadt Sibiu	Voluntari	Viitorul Constanța	Academica Clinceni
Gaz Metan^{[lower-roman 2]}	Anghel Iordănescu	Viitorul	Clinceni
Capacity: 7,814	Capacity: 4,600	Capacity: 4,554	Capacity: 4,500

Chindia Târgoviște was relocated to Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești and Municipal Stadium in Buzău, because Eugen Popescu Stadium in Târgoviște is under renovations.
FC Hermannstadt was relocated to Gaz Metan in Mediaș, because Municipal Stadium in Sibiu is under renovations.

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.

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Academica Clinceni	Ilie Poenaru	Răzvan Patriche	Joma	Nicmar Prima Service
Argeș Pitești	Andrei Prepeliță	Ionuț Șerban	Macron	Primăria Pitești, Getica 95
Astra Giurgiu	Ionuț Badea	Valerică Găman	Joma	Tinmar Energy
Botoșani	Marius Croitoru	Jonathan Rodríguez	Erreà	Elsaco
CFR Cluj	Edward Iordănescu	Mário Camora	Nike	NTT Data
Chindia Târgoviște	Emil Săndoi	Daniel Florea	Joma	Consiliul Județean Dâmbovița
Dinamo București	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	Ante Puljić	Macron	Unibet
FCSB	Anton Petrea	Florin Tănase	Nike	City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Mihai Teja	Răzvan Pleșca	Joma	Romgaz
Hermannstadt	Eugen Beza	Răzvan Dâlbea	Joma	ro:Superbet, Natur House
Politehnica Iași	Nicolò Napoli	Andrei Cristea	Joma	Superbet
Sepsi OSK	Leontin Grozavu	Rachid Bouhenna	Adidas	Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova	Marinos Ouzounidis	Nicușor Bancu	Puma	Betano
UTA Arad	László Balint	Ciprian Rus	Saller	Efbet, International Alexander Holding
Viitorul Constanța	Cătălin Anghel	Romario Benzar	Nike	OMV Petrom
Voluntari	Liviu Ciobotariu	Cosmin Achim	Macron	-

Managerial changes

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Politehnica Iași	Mircea Rednic	End of contract	7 August 2020^[7]	Pre-season	Daniel Pancu	11 August 2020^[8]
Viitorul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi	Mutual agreement	7 August 2020	Pre-season	Rubén de la Barrera	7 August 2020^[9]
Dinamo București	Gheorghe Mulțescu	Mutual agreement	26 August 2020^[10]	7	Cosmin Contra	26 August 2020^[11]
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	Sacked	24 September 2020^[12]	6	Jorge Costa	30 September 2020^[13]
Universitatea Craiova	Cristiano Bergodi	Sacked	7 November 2020	1	Corneliu Papură	13 November 2020
Viitorul Constanța	Rubén de la Barrera	Sacked	30 November 2020	7	Mircea Rednic	2 December 2020
CFR Cluj	Dan Petrescu	Sacked	30 November 2020	3	Edward Iordănescu	3 December 2020
Dinamo București	Cosmin Contra	Mutual Agreement	3 December 2020	12	Ionel Gane	4 December 2020
Argeș Pitești	Ionuț Moșteanu	Sacked	12 December 2020	16	Andrei Prepeliță	13 December 2020
Voluntari	Mihai Teja	Sacked	28 December 2020	13	Bogdan Andone	29 December 2020
Hermannstadt	Rubén Albés	Sacked	14 January 2021	14	Liviu Ciobotariu	15 January 2021
Politehnica Iași	Daniel Pancu	Sacked	28 January 2021	16	Andrei Cristea	29 January 2021
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Jorge Costa	Sacked	1 February 2021	10	Mihai Teja	1 February 2021
Universitatea Craiova	Corneliu Papură	Sacked	1 February 2021	3	Marinos Ouzounidis	5 February 2021
Viitorul Constanța	Mircea Rednic	Sacked	8 April 2021	13	Cătălin Anghel	11 April 2021
Voluntari	Bogdan Andone	Sacked	8 May 2021	14	Liviu Ciobotariu	8 May 2021
Astra Giurgiu	Eugen Neagoe	Sacked	8 May 2021	13	Ionuț Badea	9 May 2021

Regular season

In the regular season the 16 teams will meet twice for a total of 30 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship play-offs and the bottom 10 qualifying for the relegation play-outs.^[14]

Table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FCSB	30	20	5	5	57	22	+35	65	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	CFR Cluj	30	19	7	4	42	15	+27	64
3	Universitatea Craiova	30	16	10	4	33	14	+19	58
4	Sepsi OSK	30	10	15	5	43	31	+12	45
5	Academica Clinceni	30	10	14	6	30	26	+4	44
6	Botoșani	30	11	9	10	39	36	+3	42
7	Argeș Pitești	30	10	10	10	33	41	−8	40	Qualification for the Play-out round
8	Chindia Târgoviște	30	10	9	11	24	26	−2	39
9	Astra Giurgiu	30	9	11	10	38	39	−1	38
10	UTA Arad	30	9	10	11	26	36	−10	37
11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	30	9	6	15	33	41	−8	33
12	Voluntari	30	8	8	14	32	40	−8	32
13	Viitorul Constanța	30	6	13	11	36	37	−1	31
14	Dinamo București	30	7	6	17	26	41	−15	27
15	Hermannstadt	30	5	11	14	28	40	−12	26
16	Politehnica Iași	30	7	4	19	29	64	−35	25

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.^[14]

Results

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Home \ Away	ACA	ARG	AST	BOT	CFR	CHI	DIN	FCS	GAZ	HER	IAS	SPS	UCV	UTA	VII	VOL
Academica Clinceni		1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–1
Argeș Pitești	1–1		1–0	2–3	0–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1
Astra Giurgiu	0–2	0–2		1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3
Botoșani	0–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–1
CFR Cluj	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–1		0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0
Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–1		1–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Dinamo București	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1		0–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–5	3–0
FCSB	0–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	3–2		1–0	5–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–3		1–1	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–0
Hermannstadt	2–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1		0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–2
Politehnica Iași	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	5–2	1–4	1–0		1–4	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–2
Sepsi OSK	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3		0–1	3–0	1–1	2–2
Universitatea Craiova	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0		2–0	1–1	2–1
UTA Arad	0–0	1–2	0–6	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2		0–0	0–0
Viitorul Constanța	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–4	1–1		0–1
Voluntari	3–3	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–2

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Academica Clinceni ...

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	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Academica Clinceni	12	11	10	12	8	10	13	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Argeș Pitești	11	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	12	12	12	13	12	10	7	9	8	7	7	8	7
Astra Giurgiu	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	10	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	10	10	10	8	8	9	9
Botoșani	2	2	2	4	5	8	10	5	8	11	11	11	10	8	8	10	10	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
CFR Cluj	3	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Chindia Târgoviște	14	7	7	10	13	9	5	7	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	7	9	9	7	8
Dinamo București	7	12	12	9	12	14	14	14	15	15	14	12	9	10	11	8	8	11	11	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14
FCSB	1	1	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gaz Metan Mediaș	13	6	6	6	9	11	12	13	10	9	9	10	13	14	12	9	9	9	10	10	11	8	9	11	11	12	12	13	13	11
Hermannstadt	8	9	11	7	6	5	6	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Politehnica Iași	5	8	9	7	4	7	9	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sepsi OSK	15	13	13	13	10	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Universitatea Craiova	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
UTA Arad	9	10	8	11	11	12	11	6	5	7	6	7	7	9	9	11	11	10	9	11	8	9	7	8	7	9	10	10	10	10
Viitorul Constanța	10	14	16	14	14	13	8	9	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	10	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	13
Voluntari	4	5	3	5	7	4	7	10	11	10	10	9	11	12	13	13	13	15	15	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12

	Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
	Qualification for the Play-off round
	Qualification for the Play-out round

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, and 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference 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.^[15]

Play-off table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CFR	FCS	UCV	SPS	ACA	BOT
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	7	1	2	15	5	+10	54	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round		2–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0
2	FCSB	10	3	3	4	13	14	−1	45	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round	1–1		0–1	1–2	2–2	2–1
3	Universitatea Craiova	10	3	3	4	9	11	−2	41		1–3	2–0		0–0	0–0	2–3
4	Sepsi (O)	10	5	2	3	11	8	+3	40	Qualification to European competition play-offs	0–1	2–2	2–0		1–0	1–0
5	Academica Clinceni	10	3	2	5	10	15	−5	33		0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1		4–3
6	Botoșani	10	3	1	6	13	18	−5	31		0–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–1

Source: , FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
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.)^[16]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, CFR Cluj ...

Team ╲ Round	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Team ╲ Round
CFR Cluj	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FCSB	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Universitatea Craiova	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sepsi	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Academica Clinceni	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Botoșani	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
	Qualification to European competition play-offs

Source: FRF

Play-out round

The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out 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 finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.^[15]

Play-out table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CHI	UTA	GAZ	VII	ARG	DIN	VOL	HER	AST	IAS
7	Chindia Târgoviște	9	4	4	1	7	3	+4	36	Qualification to European competition play-offs			1–1	0–2				2–0	0–0	2–0
8	UTA Arad^{[lower-alpha 1]}	9	4	1	4	7	9	−2	32^{[lower-alpha 2]}		0–1		1–0	1–0				0–1		1–2
9	Gaz Metan Mediaș^{[lower-alpha 3]}	9	4	3	2	15	10	+5	32^{[lower-alpha 2]}						1–1	4–1	1–1		2–1	4–2
10	Viitorul Constanța (M)	9	5	1	3	9	4	+5	32^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Merged with Farul Constanța after qualification to European competition play-offs			1–0		1–0	1–2			1–0
11	Argeș Pitești	9	3	2	4	10	7	+3	31^{[lower-alpha 4]}		0–1	4–1				1–2	3–0			0–0
12	Dinamo București	9	5	2	2	11	8	+3	31^{[lower-alpha 4]}		0–0	0–1					2–0	2–0
13	Voluntari (O)	9	3	3	3	6	7	−1	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	0–0	0–0		1–0				0–1
14	Hermannstadt (R)	9	4	1	4	6	9	−3	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs			1–2	0–0	1–0				1–3
15	Astra Giurgiu (R)	9	1	2	6	6	12	−6	24	Relegation to 2021–22 Liga II		1–2			0–1	0–0	0–3			1–2
16	Politehnica Iași (R)	9	2	1	6	7	15	−8	20	Relegation to 2021–22 Liga II				0–3		1–2	0–1	0–1

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 4 and 5 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[17]
(M) Merged with another team; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

UTA Arad failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
Points in the regular season: UTA 37, Gaz 33, Viitorul 31
Gaz Metan Mediaș failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
Points w/o rounding: Argeș 31.0, Dinamo 30.5

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Team ╲ Round
Chindia Târgoviște	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
UTA Arad	10	8	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	8
Gaz Metan Mediaș	11	11	13	12	11	9	10	9	11	9
Viitorul Constanța	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	12	12	10
Argeș Pitești	7	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	11
Dinamo București	14	14	14	15	14	14	12	11	10	12
Voluntari	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	14	13	13
Hermannstadt	15	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	14
Astra Giurgiu	9	10	9	10	10	11	11	13	14	15
Politehnica Iași	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Qualification to European competition play-offs
	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2021–22 Liga II
	Qualification to European competition play-offs

Source: FRF

European play-offs

In the semi-final, the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I plays a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the semi-final will encounter the team ranked on the last UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off tournament. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

European play-off semi-final

Chindia Târgoviște v Viitorul Constanța

27 May 2021	Chindia Târgoviște	2–3	Viitorul Constanța	Buzău
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Popa 6' Rață 64'	Report	Artean 38' Fernandes 49' Tsoumou 86'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

European play-off final

Sepsi OSK v Viitorul Constanța

30 May 2021	Sepsi OSK	1–0	Viitorul Constanța	Sfântu Gheorghe
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Aganović 42'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dunărea Călărași	1–6	Voluntari	1–2	0–4
Mioveni	2–1	Hermannstadt	0–0	2–1

First leg

Mioveni v Hermannstadt

29 May 2021	Mioveni	0–0	Hermannstadt	Mioveni
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Orășenesc Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

Dunărea Călărași v Voluntari

29 May 2021	Dunărea Călărași	1–2	Voluntari	Călărași
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Kanda 31'	Report	Betancor 42' Vlad 73'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova)

Second leg

Hermannstadt v Mioveni

2 June 2021	Hermannstadt	1–2	Mioveni	Mediaș
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Yazalde 21'		Massaro 72' Panait 90+3'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj-Napoca)

Voluntari v Dunărea Călărași

3 June 2021	Voluntari	4-0	Dunărea Călărași	Voluntari
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dropa 7' Betancor 18' I.Armaș 79' C. Achim 86' (pen.)			Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Referee: Horia Mladinovici (Bucharest)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of games played on 20 May 2021^[18]^[19]^[20]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Florin Tănase	FCSB	24
2	Cephas Malele	FC Argeș	18
3	Dennis Man	FCSB	14
3	Hamidou Keyta	Botoșani	14
4	Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj	13
5	Alexandru Cicâldău	Universitatea Craiova	11
6	Kevin Luckassen	Viitorul Constanța	9
6	Ronaldo Deaconu	Gaz Metan	9
7	Constantin Budescu	Astra Giurgiu	8
	Gabriel Debeljuh	CFR Cluj
	Olimpiu Morutan	FCSB

Top assists

As of games played on 23 April 2021

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Olimpiu Moruțan	FCSB	15
2	Constantin Budescu	Astra Giurgiu	8
3	Deian Sorescu	Dinamo București	7
3	Ronaldo Deaconu	Gaz Metan Medias	7
5	Petrișor Petrescu	Hermannstadt	6
6	Florinel Coman	FCSB	5
	Dan Nistor	Universitatea Craiova
	Juan Pablo Passaglia	Politehnica Iași
	Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj
	Adrian Păun	CFR Cluj

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dennis Man	FCSB	FC Argeș	3–0 (H)	20 September 2020
Andrei Cristea	Politehnica Iași	FCSB	5–2 (H)	27 September 2020
Constantin Budescu	Astra Giurgiu	UTA Arad	6–0 (A)	21 December 2020

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Double

More information Player, For ...

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Marko Dugandžić	Botoșani	Politehnica Iași	4–0 (H)	30 August 2020
Valentin Gheorghe	Astra Giurgiu	Sepsi OSK	2–2 (H)	13 September 2020
Elvir Koljić	Universitatea Craiova	Viitorul Constanța	4–1 (A)	14 September 2020
Gabriel Iancu	Viitorul Constanța	Astra Giurgiu	4–1 (H)	26 September 2020
Jefté Betancor	Voluntari	Astra Giurgiu	3–2 (A)	3 October 2020
Florin Tănase	FCSB	Dinamo București	3–2 (H)	3 October 2020
Cephas Malele	FC Argeș	Viitorul Constanța	2–2 (A)	25 October 2020
Vlad Morar	UTA Arad	Botoșani	2–3 (A)	31 October 2020
Cosmin Achim	Voluntari	Politehnica Iași	4–0 (H)	7 November 2020
Dennis Man	FCSB	Botoșani	4–1 (H)	7 November 2020
Florin Tănase (2)	FCSB	Botoșani	4–1 (H)	7 November 2020
Mario Rondón	CFR Cluj	FC Argeș	2–0 (H)	8 November 2020
Nicolao Dumitru	Gaz Metan Mediaș	UTA Arad	3–1 (A)	9 November 2020
Borja Valle	Dinamo București	Voluntari	3–0 (H)	20 November 2020
Darius Olaru	FCSB	Gaz Metan Mediaș	3–2 (A)	23 November 2020
Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj	Politehnica Iași	2–0 (A)	6 December 2020
Hamidou Keyta	Botoșani	Viitorul Constanța	2–1 (A)	15 December 2020
Cephas Malele (2)	FC Argeș	Hermannstadt	2–2 (H)	16 December 2020
Pavol Šafranko	Sepsi OSK	UTA Arad	3–0 (H)	17 December 2020
Dennis Man (2)	FCSB	Universitatea Craiova	2–0 (A)	18 December 2020
Shlomi Azulay	Astra Giurgiu	UTA Arad	6–0 (A)	21 December 2020
Ze Manuel	Gaz Metan Mediaș	FC Voluntari	2–0 (H)	12 January 2021
Florin Tănase (3)	FCSB	Astra Giurgiu	3–0 (H)	14 January 2021
Hamidou Keyta (2)	FC Botoșani	Dinamo București	4–0 (H)	24 January 2021
Kevin Luckassen	FC Viitorul	Sepsi OSK	3–3 (H)	26 January 2021
Andrei Ciobanu	FC Viitorul	Dinamo Bucuresti	5–0 (A)	26 February 2021
Antoni Ivanov	FC Voluntari	Politehnica Iași	2–0 (A)	1 March 2021
Ciprian Deac (2)	CFR Cluj	FC Arges	5–0 (H)	1 March 2021
Cephas Malele (3)	FC Argeș	Politehnica Iași	2–1 (H)	8 March 2021
Ciprian Deac (3)	CFR Cluj	Politehnica Iași	4–0 (H)	14 March 2021
Yazalde	FC Hermannstadt	FC Arges	4–1 (H)	3 April 2021
Cephas Malele (4)	FC Arges	Chindia	3–1 (H)	9 April 2021
Florin Tanase (4)	FCSB	Academica Clinceni	2–0 (A)	22 April 2021

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

As of games played on 23 April 2021

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mirko Pigliacelli	Universitatea Craiova	19
2	Andrei Vlad	FCSB	17
3	Cristian Bălgrădean	CFR Cluj	16
4	Octavian Vâlceanu	Academica Clinceni	14
5	Mihai Aioani	Chindia Târgovişte	13
6	Florin Iacob	UTA Arad	10
7	Roland Niczuly	Sepsi OSK	9
7	David Lazar	Astra Giurgiu	9
9	Victor Rîmniceanu	Voluntari	8
10	Valentin Cojocaru	Viitorul Constanta	6
10	Alexandru Greab	Argeș Pitești	6

Discipline

As of games played on 16 February 2021

Player

Most yellow cards: 9
- Ousmane Viera (Hermannstadt)
Most red cards: 2
- Ondřej Bačo (Gaz Metan Mediaș)
- Alexandru Benga (UTA Arad)
- Valentin Gheorghe (Astra Giurgiu)
- Gabriel Matei (FC Argeș)

Team

Most yellow cards: 74
- Hermannstadt
- Gaz Metan Mediaș
Most red cards: 6
- Botoșani
Fewest yellow cards: 34
- Universitatea Craiova
Fewest red cards: 0
- CFR Cluj

Champion squad

More information CFR Cluj ...

CFR Cluj^[21]^[22]
Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (6 / 0); Cristian Bălgrădean (26 / 0); Rareș Murariu (1 / 0); Grzegorz Sandomierski (11 / 0). Defenders: Syam Ben Youssef (7 / 0); Kévin Boli (1 / 0); Andrei Burcă (35 / 2); Mihai Butean (1 / 0); Mário Camora (35 / 0); Mike Cestor (6 / 0); Denis Ciobotariu (11 / 1); Cristian Manea (26 / 0); Iasmin Latovlevici (7 / 0); Paulo Vinícius (25 / 3); Mateo Sušić (26 / 0). Midfielders: Luís Aurélio (11 / 0); Mihai Bordeianu (12 / 0); Nicolae Carnat (10 / 0); Alexandru Chipciu (30 / 2); Valentin Costache (35 / 4); Ciprian Deac (34 / 13); Damjan Đoković (16 / 0); Adrian Gîdea (21 / 1); Ovidiu Hoban (28 / 1); Cătălin Itu (24 / 3); Dodi Joca (5 / 0); Sebastian Mailat (1 / 0); Michaël Pereira (21 / 0); Rúnar Sigurjónsson (12 / 3); Adrian Păun (39 / 5); Claudiu Petrila (6 / 1); William Soares (16 / 0); Ivica Žunić (1 / 0). Forwards: Gabriel Debeljuh (32 / 8); Cătălin Golofca (1 / 0); Gheorghe Gondiu (1 / 0); Billel Omrani (16 / 3); Mario Rondón (29 / 5); Jakub Vojtuš (7 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Dan Petrescu / Edward Iordănescu.

Awards

Liga I Team of the Season

Liga I Team of the 2020–21 Season^[23] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal

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External links

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