The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.
Season | 2008–09 |
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Champions | Unirea Urziceni |
Relegated | Argeș Pitești Farul Constanța Otopeni Gloria Buzău |
Champions League | Unirea Urziceni Timișoara |
Europa League | Dinamo București CFR Cluj Vaslui Steaua București |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 707 (2.31 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Gheorghe Bucur, Florin Costea (17) |
Biggest home win | Otopeni 6–0 Farul |
Biggest away win | Pandurii 1–5 Unirea Buzău 1–5 Unirea Otopeni 0–4 CFR |
Highest scoring | Argeș 5–2 Dinamo Vaslui 4–3 Timișoara Gaz Metan 2–5 Universitatea |
Longest winning run | Timișoara (7) |
Longest unbeaten run | Urziceni (13) |
Longest winless run | Buzău (19) |
Longest losing run | Otopeni, Buzău (7) |
Highest attendance | Timișoara–Steaua (30,000)[1] |
Lowest attendance | Otopeni–Bistrița (100)[2] |
← 2007–08 2009–10 → |
Teams
editPromoted
editTeams promoted from Liga II at the beginning of the season.
- Serie 1 Champions: Brașov
- Serie 2 Champions: Argeș Pitești
- Serie 1 Runners-up: Otopeni
- Serie 2 Runners-up: Gaz Metan Mediaș
Relegated
editTeams relegated to Liga II at the end of season.
Venues
editFC Timișoara | Steaua București | FC U Craiova | CFR Cluj |
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Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu |
Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 23,500 |
Gloria Buzău | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești |
Municipal | Farul | Dinamo | Nicolae Dobrin |
Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 |
Oțelul Galați |
Location of Bucharest teams. |
Rapid București | |
Oțelul | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | ||
Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 11,704[i] | ||
Politehnica Iași | FC Vaslui | ||
Emil Alexandrescu | Municipal | ||
Capacity: 11,390 | Capacity: 9,240 | ||
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | FC Brașov | ||
Tudor Vladimirescu | Silviu Ploeșteanu | ||
Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 8,800 | ||
Gloria Bistrița | CS Otopeni[ii] | Unirea Urziceni | Gaz Metan Mediaș |
Gloria | Astra | Tineretului | Gaz Metan |
Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 5,300 |
- ^ Capacity of Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Stadium has been reduced from 19,100 to 11,704 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the South End.
- ^ CS Otopeni was relocated to Astra Stadium from Ploiești because Otopeni Stadium from Otopeni does not meet the standards for Liga I.
Personnel and kits
editManagerial changes
editLeague table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Unirea Urziceni (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | FC Timișoara | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 67[a] | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Dinamo București | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 65 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round[b] |
4 | CFR Cluj | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 59 | |
5 | Vaslui | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 57 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
6 | Steaua București | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 56[c] | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
7 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 56[c] | |
8 | Rapid București | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 55[d] | |
9 | Brașov | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 55[d] | |
10 | Argeș Pitești (R) | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 44 | Relegation to Liga II[e] |
11 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 43 | |
12 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 40 | |
13 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 38 | |
14 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 37 | |
15 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 36 | Spared from relegation[e] |
16 | Farul Constanța (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 30 | Relegation to Liga II |
17 | Otopeni (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 22 | |
18 | Gloria Buzău (R) | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 62 | −39 | 17 |
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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Timișoara were docked 6 points after not respecting a ruling from CAS.[51] However, this decision was revoked by the CAS on 11 June 2009.[52]
- ^ CFR Cluj as the 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
- ^ a b STE 2–1 CRA; CRA 0–0 STE
- ^ a b RAP 3–1 BRA; BRA 0–0 RAP
- ^ a b Argeș Pitești were relegated to the Liga II due to allegations of referee bribery. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.[53]
Positions by round
editResults
editTop goalscorers
editSource: Liga1.ro (in Romanian)
Champion squad
editUnirea Urziceni[56] |
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Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis Manager: Dan Petrescu. |
Season statistics
editScoring
edit- First goal of the season: Andrei Prepeliță for Craiova against Iași, 64 minutes (Round 1 – 26 July 2008)[57]
- Last goal of the season: Claudiu Niculescu for Dinamo against Argeș, 90+3 minutes (Round 34 – 10 June 2009)[58]
- Fastest goal in a match: Andrei Cristea for Iași against Pandurii, 10 seconds (Round 30 – 9 May 2009)[59]
- Fastest two goals in a match: Pandurii 1–1 Bistrița, minutes 2 and 4 seconds (Round 14 – 8 November 2008)[60]
- Goal scored at the latest point in a match: Cristian Oroș for Brașov against Unirea, 90+4 minutes (Round 1 – 26 July 2008)[61]
- First own goal of the season: Zhivko Zhelev (Oțelul) for Gaz Metan, 31 minutes (Round 1 – 27 July 2008)[62]
- Two own goals by the same team in a match: Diogo and Alexandru Tudose (both Buzău) for CFR, minutes 14 and 79 (Round 2 – 3 August 2008)[63]
- Two goals in one minute and one second: Farul 1–1 Brașov, between 5:53 and 6:54 (Round 13 – 1 November 2008)[64]
- Three goals in three minutes: Farul 1–4 Steaua, minutes 89, 90 and 90+2 (Round 7 – 13 September 2008)[65]
- Six goals in 30 minutes: Gaz Metan 5–1 Timișoara, minutes 60 through 90 (Round 3 – 9 August 2008)[66]
- Most goals in one half: Gaz Metan 0–0 at half time, 5–1 final Timișoara (Round 3 – 9 August 2008)[66]
- Widest winning margin: Otopeni 6–0 Farul (Round 34 – 10 June 2009)[67]
- Hattricks scored: 4
- Alexandru Curtean for Gaz Metan against Timișoara, minutes 65, 75 and 81 (Round 3 – 9 August 2008)[66]
- Marius Niculae for Dinamo against Vaslui, minutes 24, 78 and 90 (Round 24 – 11 April 2009)[68]
- Marius Niculae for Dinamo against Bistrița, minutes 20, 56 and 72 (Round 26 – 21 April 2009)[69]
- Victoraș Iacob for Otopeni against Farul, minutes 4, 34 and 50 (Round 34 – 10 June 2009)[67]
Cards
edit- First yellow card: Attila Hadnagy for Brașov against Unirea, 19 minutes (Round 1 – 26 July 2008)[70]
- First red card: Rafael Pereira for Gaz Metan against Dinamo, 22 minutes (Round 2 – 3 August 2008)[71]
- Most red cards in a single match: 3
- Dinamo 1–0 Craiova – 2 for Dinamo (Júlio César, Adrian Ropotan) and 1 for Craiova (Josh Mitchell) (Round 6 – 30 August 2008)[72]
- Argeș 1–1 Craiova – 2 for Craiova (Mircea Bornescu, Michael Baird) and 1 for Argeș (Daniel Bălașa) (Round 10 – 3 October 2008)[73]
- Match without any cards: Unirea 1–1 Steaua (Round 34 – 10 June 2009)[74]
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