Liga de Rugby Kaufland
Current season, competition or edition: | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 1914 |
Administrator | FRR |
No. of teams | 14 |
Country | |
Most recent champion(s) | Dinamo București (17th title) (2023) |
Most titles | Steaua București (24 titles) |
TV partner(s) | Prima Sport |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
The Liga Națională de Rugby (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈliɡa natsjoˈnalə de ˈruɡbi]) is a professional[citation needed] rugby union club competition that is played in Romania. In the 2023 season there are 14 teams competing.[1] The competition was established in 1913 and is governed by the Romanian Rugby Federation. Steaua București is the most successful club in the competition with 24 titles.
History
The first Romanian competition took place in 1914 between two Bucharest team's in Tennis Club Român and Sporting Club with Tennis Club Român taking out the first title winning both of the matches by eight and three points respectively.[2] The competition expanded and grew in the 1920s and 1930s (with a peak in the 1970s and 1980s), after Stadiul Român and seventeen more (other) teams were founded in Bucharest-only ever since. The championship took place on an annual basis, with some gap years caused by the two World Wars mostly.
The first team set up outside Bucharest (to play the top-tier competition) was IAR Brașov in 1939, a team owned and run by the famous Braşov aircraft factory I.A.R. (Industria Aeronautică Română), but the first one to become champion of Romania was Universitatea Timișoara, only in 1972.
The European Champions Cup in its early years (1960s) used to be a Franco-Romanian affair, with RC Grivița București (1964) and Dinamo (1967) grabbing their fair share of glory. In 1995 it was Farul Constanţa the team to represent Romania in the newly born Heineken Cup (splitting with Stade Toulousain the honour of playing on home ground the first ever match of the competition), but that was to be followed by no other participation of a Romanian side ever since (as of 2020). Nonetheless, the Romanian teams turned to the European Challenge Cup although never actually advanced to the quarterfinals. To better cope with the strong clubs of the 6 Nations countries the Romanian Rugby Union pulled together an all-domestic franchise - Stejarii (The Oaks), to be later renamed Lupii București (Bucharest Wolves) - but despite the healthy idea and some gleams of success, the mighty SuperLiga clubs forced the Romanian Rugby Establishment to back off and allow again the champions of the SuperLiga to take part in the European Challenge Cup.
Current teams
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality
Team | Manager | Captain | Stadium | Capacity |
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Dinamo București | Stadionul Arcul de Triumf | 8,207 | ||
Steaua București | Stadionul Steaua | 31,254 | ||
Știința Baia Mare | Arena Zimbrilor | 2,300 | ||
Timișoara | Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu | 1,000 | ||
CS Năvodari | Stadionul Flacăra | 5,000 | ||
Universitatea Cluj | Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu | 500 | ||
RC Grivița | Stadionul Arcul de Triumf | 8,207 | ||
Știința Petroșani | Stadionul Știința | 4,000 | ||
Politehnica Iași | Stadionul Tepro | 1,000 | ||
CSM Galati | Stadionul Nicolae Rainea | 23,000 | ||
RC Bârlad | Stadionul Rulmentul | 2,000 | ||
CSM Suceava | Stadionul Areni | 7,000 | ||
RC Gura Humorului | Stadionul Tineretului | 3,000 | ||
CSM Constanța | Stadionul Callatis | 5,000 | ||
CS Rapid Bucuresti | Stadionul Olimpia | 2,000 |
Champions
Pos. | Club | Wins | Winning Years |
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1 | Steaua București | 24 | 1949, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 |
2 | Dinamo București | 17 | 1951, 1952, 1956, 1965, 1968–69, 1981–82, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2023 |
3 | Grivița București | 12 | 1948, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969–70, 1992–93 |
4 | Tennis Club Român București | 10 | 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1939–40 |
5 | Știința Baia Mare | 9 | 1989–90, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021, 2022 |
6 | Stadiul Român București | 7 | 1919, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1946–47 |
6 | Sportul Studențesc București | 7 | 1925, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938–39, 1945–46, 1947–48 |
8 | Farul Constanța | 6 | 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1994–95, 1996–97 |
8 | SCM Rugby Timișoara | 6 | 1971–72, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016–17, 2017–18 |
10 | Viforul Dacia București | 4 | 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44 |
11 | Poșta Telegraf Telefon București | 2 | 1933, 1934 |
12 | ȘEFS București | 1 | 1920 |
Winners by year
- 1914 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1915 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1916 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1917 - (cancelled due to WWI)
- 1918 - (cancelled due to WWI)
- 1919 - Stadiul Român București
- 1920 - ȘEFS București
- 1921 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1922 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1923 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1924 - Stadiul Român București
- 1925 - Sportul Studențesc București
- 1926 - Stadiul Român București
- 1927 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1928 - Stadiul Român București
- 1929 - Sportul Studențesc București
- 1930 - Stadiul Român București
- 1931 - Stadiul Român București
- 1932 - Sportul Studențesc București
- 1933 - Poșta Telegraf Telefon București
- 1934 - Poșta Telegraf Telefon București
- 1935 - Sportul Studențesc București
- 1935/36 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1936/37 - (cancelled due to a tournament held in autumn of 1937)
- 1937/38 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1938/39 - Sportul Studențesc București
- 1939/40 - Tennis Club Român București
- 1940/41 - Viforul Dacia București
- 1941/42 - Viforul Dacia București
- 1942/43 - Viforul Dacia București
- 1943/44 - Viforul Dacia București
- 1944/45 - (cancelled due to WWII)
- 1945/46 - Sportul Studențesc București
- 1946/47 - Stadiul Român București
- 1947/48 - Sportul Studențesc București
- 1948 - CFR București
- 1949 - CSCA București
- 1950 - Locomotiva CFR București
- 1951 - Dinamo București
- 1952 - Dinamo București
- 1953 - CCA București
- 1954 - CCA București
- 1955 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1956 - Dinamo București
- 1957 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1958 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1959 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1960 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1961 - CCA București
- 1962 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1963 - Steaua București
- 1964 - Steaua București
- 1965 - Dinamo București
- 1966 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1967 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1968/69 - Dinamo București
- 1969/70 - CFR Grivița Roșie București
- 1970/71 - Steaua București
- 1971/72 - Universitatea Timişoara
- 1972/73 - Steaua București
- 1973/74 - Steaua București
- 1974/75 - Farul Constanța
- 1975/76 - Farul Constanța
- 1976/77 - Steaua București
- 1977/78 - Farul Constanța
- 1978/79 - Steaua București
- 1979/80 - Steaua București
- 1980/81 - Steaua București
- 1981/82 - Dinamo București
- 1982/83 - Steaua București
- 1983/84 - Steaua București
- 1984/85 - Steaua București
- 1985/86 - Farul Constanța
- 1986/87 - Steaua București
- 1987/88 - Steaua București
- 1988/89 - Steaua București
- 1989/90 - Știința CEMIN Baia Mare
- 1990/91 - Dinamo București
- 1991/92 - Steaua București
- 1992/93 - Grivița București
- 1993/94 - Dinamo București
- 1994/95 - Farul Constanța
- 1995/96 - Dinamo București
- 1996/97 - Farul Constanța
- 1997/98 - Dinamo București
- 1998/99 - Steaua București
- 1999/00 - Dinamo București
- 2000/01 - Dinamo București
- 2001/02 - Dinamo București
- 2002/03 - Steaua București
- 2003/04 - Dinamo București
- 2004/05 - Steaua București
- 2005/06 - Steaua București
- 2006/07 - Dinamo București
- 2007/08 - Dinamo București
- 2008/09 - Știința Baia Mare
- 2010 - Știința Baia Mare
- 2011 - Știința Baia Mare
- 2012 - Universitatea de Vest Timișoara
- 2013 - Universitatea de Vest Timișoara
- 2014 - Știința Baia Mare
- 2015 - Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
- 2016/17 - Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
- 2017/18 - Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
- 2018/19 - Știința Baia Mare
- 2019/20 - Știința Baia Mare
- 2021 - Știința Baia Mare
- 2022 - Știința Baia Mare
- 2023 - Dinamo București
See also
References
- ^ Rugby season starts, CSM Constanta registers in the league with 14 teams and in which CSM Stiinta Baia Mare is the en-titre winner, ProSport, 31 March 2023 (Romanian). Retrieved on 15 May 2023.
- ^ Constantin-Mao, Vasile (4 July 2010). ""Acum… 80 de ani…" – un patriarh al rugbyului românesc" ["80 years ago" - a patriarch of Romanian rugby]. acum.tv (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 August 2020.
External links
- rugbyromania.ro – Official Website (in Romanian)
- rugby.ro - Romanian Rugby History (in Romanian)