2021–22 Liga I

Liga I
Season	2021–22
Dates	15 July 2021 – 29 May 2022
Champions	CFR Cluj
Relegated	Gaz Metan Mediaș; Academica Clinceni; Dinamo București
Champions League	CFR Cluj
Europa Conference League	FCSB; Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe; Universitatea Craiova
Top goalscorer	Florin Tănase ; (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Rapid 8–0 Gaz Metan Mediaș; (18 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Academica Clinceni 2–8 Farul Constanța; (17 February 2022); Argeș Pitești 0–6 CFR Cluj; (7 May 2022)
Highest scoring	Academica Clinceni 2–8 Farul Constanța; (17 February 2022)
Longest winning run	9 matches; CFR Cluj
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches; CFR Cluj
Longest winless run	17 matches; Academica Clinceni
Longest losing run	13 matches; Gaz Metan
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 27 May 2022.

The 2021–22 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 104th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 15 July 2021 and ended in May 2022.^[1] It was the seventh to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced, and CFR Cluj was four-time defending champion.

After the conclusion of the regular season, teams were divided according to their place to enter either the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs.^[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 consistsed of 16 teams: 12 from the 2020–21 Liga I, two teams from the 2020–21 Liga II, and the winners of the 2020–21 promotion/relegation play-off.

Teams promoted to the Liga I

The first club to be promoted was FC U Craiova 1948, following their 0–0 draw against Miercurea Ciuc on 13 May 2021. FC U Craiova returned in the Liga I after 10 years of absence.^[3]

The second club to be promoted was Rapid București, following their 1–3 defeat against FC U Craiova on 17 May 2021. Rapid returned in the Liga I after 6 years of absence.^[4]

The third club to be promoted was Mioveni, following their 2–1 win against Hermannstadt on 2 June 2021, in the promotion/relegation play-offs. Mioveni returned in the Liga I after 9 years of absence.^[5]

Teams relegated to the Liga II

The first club to be relegated was Politehnica Iași, which were relegated on 15 May 2021 following a 0–1 defeat against Hermannstadt, ending their 7-year stay in the top flight.^[6]

The second club to be relegated was Astra Giurgiu, which were relegated on 19 May 2021 following their 0–1 defeat against Viitorul Constanța, ending their 12-year stay in the top flight.^[7]

The third club to be relegated was Hermannstadt, which were relegated on 2 June 2021 following their 1–2 defeat against Mioveni in the promotion/relegation play-offs, thus ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.^[8]

Other changes

In June 2021, Gheorghe Hagi (owner of Viitorul Constanța), chairman Gheorghe Popescu and Farul Constanța owner Ciprian Marica announced in a press conference that their two clubs have merged; second division club Farul Constanța therefore took Viitorul's place in the first league from the 2021–22 Liga I season.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Venues

FCSB	Universitatea Craiova	FC U Craiova 1948	CFR Cluj
Arena Națională	Ion Oblemenco	Ion Oblemenco	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Capacity: 55,634	Capacity: 30,929	Capacity: 30,929	Capacity: 23,500

Dinamo București	Argeș Pitești	Rapid București	UTA Arad
Dinamo	Nicolae Dobrin	Rapid	Francisc von Neuman
Capacity: 15,032	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 14,050	Capacity: 12,700

Chindia Târgoviște	Bucharest Argeș Botoșani CFR Cluj Chindia Clinceni CSU Farul FCU Gaz Metan Mioveni Sepsi OSK UTA Voluntari Bucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Rapid 2021–22 Liga I (Romania) Dinamo FCSB Rapid class=notpageimage\| Location of Bucharest teams.		Mioveni
Municipal^[i]			Orășenesc
Capacity: 12,000			Capacity: 10,000

Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe			Gaz Metan Mediaș
Sepsi			Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,400			Capacity: 7,814

Botoșani	Voluntari	Farul Constanța	Academica Clinceni
Municipal	Anghel Iordănescu	Viitorul	Clinceni
Capacity: 7,782	Capacity: 4,600	Capacity: 4,554	Capacity: 4,500

^ Chindia Târgoviște was relocated to Municipal Stadium in Buzău, because Eugen Popescu Stadium in Târgoviște 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.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Academica Clinceni	Florin Stângă	Răzvan Patriche	Joma	Consiliul Județean Ilfov
Argeș Pitești	Andrei Prepeliță	Ionuț Șerban	Macron	Getica 95, MozzartBet
Botoșani	Marius Croitoru	Enriko Papa	Erreà	Trutzi, Elsaco
CFR Cluj	Dan Petrescu	Mário Camora	Nike	eToro
Chindia Târgoviște	Emil Săndoi	Daniel Florea	Joma	–
Dinamo București	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	Gabriel Torje	Macron	Unibet
Farul Constanța	Gheorghe Hagi	Ionuț Larie	Nike	OMV Petrom
FCSB	Anton Petrea	Florin Tănase	Nike
FC U Craiova 1948	Nicolò Napoli	Dragoș Albu	Adidas	Justice for Craiova
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Flavius Boroncoi	Nasser Chamed	Joma	Romgaz
Mioveni	Alexandru Pelici	Ionuț Burnea	Macron	Mioveni
Rapid București	Adrian Mutu	Cristian Săpunaru	Nike	Superbet, Aqua City
Sepsi OSK	Cristiano Bergodi	Bogdan Mitrea	Adidas	Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Nicușor Bancu	Puma	Betano
UTA Arad	Ionuț Badea	Florin Iacob	Saller	Efbet, International Alexander Holding
Voluntari	Liviu Ciobotariu	Cosmin Achim	Nike	Metropola TV

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
FC U Craiova 1948	Eugen Trică	Sacked	24 May 2021^[12]	Pre-season	Adrian Mutu	2 June 2021^[13]
FCSB	Anton Petrea	End of contract	31 May 2021	Pre-season	Dinu Todoran	1 June 2021^[14]
CFR Cluj	Edward Iordănescu	End of contract	31 May 2021	Pre-season	Marius Șumudică	2 June 2021^[15]
Farul Constanța	Ianis Zicu	End of contract	31 May 2021	Pre-season	Gheorghe Hagi	21 June 2021^[9]
Dinamo București	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	Resigned	10 July 2021^[16]	Pre-season	Dario Bonetti	14 July 2021^[17]
Universitatea Craiova	Marinos Ouzounidis	Sacked	23 July 2021^[18]	4	Laurențiu Reghecampf	26 July 2021^[19]
FCSB	Dinu Todoran	Sacked	17 August 2021	4	Edward Iordănescu	18 August 2021
CFR Cluj	Marius Șumudică	Sacked	27 August 2021	1	Dan Petrescu	31 August 2021
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Mihai Teja	Sacked	15 September 2021	15	Ilie Poenaru	17 September 2021
Academica Clinceni	Ilie Poenaru	Sacked	15 September 2021	16	Ionuț Chirilă	21 September 2021
Dinamo București	Dario Bonetti	Sacked	14 September 2021	14	Mircea Rednic	29 September 2021
FC U Craiova 1948	Adrian Mutu	Sacked	4 October 2021	13	Flavius Stoican	5 October 2021
Sepsi OSK	Leontin Grozavu	Sacked	7 October 2021	12	Cristiano Bergodi	8 October 2021
FC U Craiova 1948	Flavius Stoican	Sacked	3 November 2021	12	Eugen Trică	6 November 2021
FCSB	Edward Iordănescu	Resigned	13 November 2021	2	Anton Petrea	1 December 2021
Academica Clinceni	Ionuț Chirilă	Sacked	1 December 2021	16	Adrian Falub	6 December 2021
FC U Craiova 1948	Eugen Trică	Sacked	4 December 2021	14	Nicolò Napoli	11 January 2022
Dinamo București	Mircea Rednic	Sacked	21 December 2021	15	Flavius Stoican	22 December 2021
UTA Arad	László Balint	Resigned	31 January 2022	10	Ionuț Badea	31 January 2022
Academica Clinceni	Adrian Falub	Resigned	4 February 2021	16	Florin Stângă	15 February 2021
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Ilie Poenaru	Resigned	17 February 2022	14	Flavius Boroncoi	18 February 2022
Rapid Bucuresti	Mihai Iosif	Sacked	2 March 2022	9	Adrian Mutu	3 March 2022
Dinamo Bucuresti	Flavius Stoican	Resigned	8 March 2022	14	Dušan Uhrin Jr.	8 March 2022

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.^[20]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj	30	24	4	2	48	16	+32	76	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	FCSB	30	18	8	4	54	28	+26	62
3	Universitatea Craiova	30	16	6	8	55	29	+26	54
4	Argeș Pitești	30	14	6	10	28	22	+6	48
5	Farul Constanța	30	14	6	10	42	21	+21	48
6	Voluntari	30	13	8	9	31	27	+4	47
7	Botoșani	30	11	13	6	33	28	+5	46	Qualification for the Play-out round
8	UTA Arad	30	9	13	8	24	20	+4	40
9	Rapid București	30	9	13	8	34	31	+3	40
10	Sepsi OSK	30	9	12	9	33	29	+4	39
11	Chindia Târgoviște	30	8	11	11	23	23	0	35
12	FC U Craiova 1948	30	8	9	13	31	35	−4	33
13	Mioveni	30	6	11	13	19	36	−17	29
14	Dinamo București	30	4	5	21	24	66	−42	17
15	Academica Clinceni	30	3	5	22	21	64	−43	14
16	Gaz Metan Mediaș^[a]	30	6	6	18	21	46	−25	2

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.^[20]
Notes:

^ Gaz Metan Mediaș were deducted 22 points due to financial reasons.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ARG	BOT	CHI	CFR	DIN	FAR	FCS	FCU	GAZ	MIO	RAP	SPS	UCV	UTA	VOL
Academica Clinceni		0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–8	0–3	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	0–0
Argeș Pitești	1–0		0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–0
Botoșani	2–0	1–2		0–0	1–0	4–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1
Chindia Târgoviște	2–2	1–1	1–1		0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0
CFR Cluj	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		4–1	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Dinamo București	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–3		0–2	0–3	0–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–6	2–2	3–2
Farul Constanța	5–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–0		0–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0
FCSB	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	3–3	6–0	0–2		2–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0
FC U Craiova 1948	1–2	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1		2–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2
Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–4	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–3		1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2
Mioveni	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–2	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–0
Rapid București	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1		1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1
Sepsi OSK	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–2		3–1	0–0	1–2
Universitatea Craiova	5–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	5–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–0	5–2	1–0	1–1		0–0	3–0
UTA Arad	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0		2–0
Voluntari	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1

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

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2022–23 UEFA Champions League and 2022–23 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.^[21]

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CFR	FCS	UCV	VOL	FAR	ARG
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	6	1	3	18	9	+9	57	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round		0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0
2	FCSB	10	8	1	1	24	7	+17	56	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round	3–1		0–2	4–0	2–0	4–0
3	Universitatea Craiova (O)	10	7	0	3	22	9	+13	48	Qualification to European competition play-offs	3–2	0–1		1–0	4–1	3–0
4	Voluntari	10	3	2	5	9	14	−5	35		0–1	2–2	3–1		1–0	0–1
5	Farul Constanța	10	2	2	6	5	16	−11	32		0–0	0–4	0–3	1–1		1–0
6	Argeș Pitești	10	1	0	9	3	26	−23	27		0–6	2–3	0–4	0–1	0–2

Source: Soccerway, 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.)^[22]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

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.^[21]

Play-out table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	SPS	BOT	RAP	FCU	UTA	MIO	CHI	DIN	ACA	GAZ
7	Sepsi OSK (Q)	9	7	1	1	21	4	+17	42	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]					1–0	3–1	2–1		6–0	3–1
8	Botoșani	9	6	0	3	18	9	+9	41	Qualification to European competition play-offs	0–1			2–1	1–0			2–3		5–0
9	Rapid București	9	6	1	2	22	7	+15	39		1–0	3–0		2–3				3–1		8–0
10	FC U Craiova 1948	9	5	2	2	14	11	+3	34		0–5				1–0	1–1			4–0
11	UTA Arad	9	4	1	4	10	6	+4	33				0–2			1–0	1–0		3–0	4–0
12	Mioveni	9	5	1	3	12	10	+2	31			0–2	3–2				1–0	2–0
13	Chindia Târgoviște (O)	9	2	2	5	8	8	0	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		1–2	0–0	0–0				0–2		3–0
14	Dinamo București (R)	9	4	2	3	14	11	+3	23	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	0–0			1–2	1–1				5–1
15	Academica Clinceni^[b] (D, R)	9	0	0	9	4	32	−28	−43	Clubs withdrew from the league		0–4	0–1			0–2	0–3
16	Gaz Metan Mediaș^[c] (D, R)	9	1	0	8	6	31	−25	−46	Clubs withdrew from the league				0–2		1–2		0–1	4–3

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.)^[23]
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sepsi OSK qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League by winning the 2021–22 Cupa României.
^ Academica were deducted 44 points due to financial reasons. They later dissolved and restarted under a new name called HD Clinceni 2022.
^ Gaz Metan Mediaș were deducted 50 points due to financial reasons. They later withdrew and completed under the name of ACS Mediaș 2022.

European play-offs

In the semi-final, the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). However the 7th place team, Sepsi, has already qualified to the Europa Conference League as Romanian Cup winners, so the semi-final was not played. In the final, the 8th place team will play the team ranked in 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 final

27 May 2022	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Botoșani	Craiova
EEST (UTC+3)	Koljić 26' Ivan 90+1'			Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 10.000

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Concordia Chiajna	2–2 (1–4 p)	Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	0–1
Universitatea Cluj	3–1	Dinamo București	2–0	1–1

First leg

21 May 2022	Concordia Chiajna	2–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Chiajna
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Voicu 58' (pen.) Pițian 68' (o.g.)		Florea 50'	Stadium: Concordia Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

21 May 2022	Universitatea Cluj	2–0	Dinamo București	Cluj
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Remacle 14' Boiciuc 83'			Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)

Second leg

29 May 2022	Chindia Târgoviște	1–0 (4–1 p)	Concordia Chiajna	Ploiești
18:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Chamed 90+1'			Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: István Kovács (Carei)
	Penalties
	Iacob Passaglia Chunchukov Celea		Soković Palmeș Llullaku

29 May 2022	Dinamo București	1–1	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Morar 19'		Tescan 17'	Stadium: Stadionul Dinamo Attendance: 13,770 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 27 May 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Florin Tănase	FCSB	20
2	Jefté Betancor	Farul	16
3	Gabriel Debeljuh	CFR Cluj	14
3	Andrei Ivan	Universitatea Craiova	14
5	Jovan Marković	Universitatea Craiova	13
6	Andrea Compagno	FC U Craiova 1948	12
7	Gustavo Vagenin	Universitatea Craiova	10
	Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj
	Octavian Popescu	FCSB
10	Claudiu Petrila	CFR Cluj	9
	Adrian Petre	Farul
	Mihai Roman	FC Botoșani
	Bogdan Rusu	Mioveni

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Deian Sorescu	Dinamo	FC Voluntari	3–2 (H)	19 July 2021
Jefte Betancor	Farul Constanța	Academica Clinceni	5–0 (H)	13 September 2021
Andrei Ivan	Universitatea Craiova	CS Mioveni	5–2 (H)	30 October 2021
Gabriel Debeljuh	CFR Cluj	Dinamo	4–1 (H)	6 March 2022
Florin Tănase	FCSB	Farul Constanța	0–4 (A)	25 April 2022

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Top assists

As of 18 May 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Andrei Ivan	Universitatea Craiova	11
2	Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj	10
2	Rareș Ilie	Rapid Bucuresti	10
3	Billel Omrani	CFR Cluj	9
3	Darius Olaru	FCSB	9
4	Ronaldo Deaconu	Gaz Metan Medias	7
5	Bradley de Nooijer	Farul	6
	Dan Nistor	Universitatea Craiova
	Florin Tănase	FCSB
	Gustavo Vagenin	CS Universitatea Craiova
	Christopher Braun	FC Botosani
	William Baeten	FC U Craiova 1948
6	Ion Gheorghe	FC Voluntari	5
	Alexi Pitu	Farul
	Juan Bauza	FC U Craiova 1948
	Malcom Edjouma	FCSB

Clean sheets

As of 15 March 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Florin Iacob	UTA Arad	15
2	Cătălin Căbuz	Chindia	14
3	Mirko Pigliacelli	Universitatea Craiova	13
4	Horațiu Moldovan	Rapid București	11
	Alexandru Greab	FC Arges
	Mihai Aioani	Farul Constanța
	Mihai Popa	FC Voluntari
8	Eduard Pap	FC Botosani	10
	Otto Hindrich	CFR Cluj
	Andrei Vlad	FCSB

Gazeta Sporturilor Monthly Football Awards

Player of the Month

Year	Month	Player	Nationality	Pos.	Team	Ref
2021	August	Cristian Săpunaru	Romania	DF	Rapid București	^{[citation needed]}
	September	Jefté Betancor	Spain	FW	Farul Constanța	^[24]
	October	Andrei Ivan	Romania	FW	Universitatea Craiova	^[25]
	November	Alexandru Cicâldău	Romania	MF	Galatasaray	^[26]
	December	Gabriel Tamaș	Romania	DF	FC Voluntari	^[27]
2022	February	Gustavo Vagenin	Brazil	FW	Universitatea Craiova	^[28]
	March	Octavian Popescu	Romania	FW	FCSB	^[29]
	April	Darius Olaru	Romania	MF	FCSB	^[30]
	May	Marius Ștefănescu	Romania	FW	Sepsi OSK	^[31]

Manager of the Month

Year	Month	Manager	Nationality	Team	Ref
2021	August	Mihai Iosif	Romania	Rapid București	^{[citation needed]}
	September	Liviu Ciobotariu	Romania	FC Voluntari	^[24]
	October	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Romania	Universitatea Craiova	^[25]
	November	Andrei Prepeliță	Romania	FC Argeș	^[26]
	December	Dan Petrescu	Romania	CFR Cluj	^[27]
2022	February	Nicolò Napoli	Italy	FC U Craiova 1948	^[28]
	March	Răzvan Lucescu	Romania	PAOK	^[29]
	April	Adrian Mutu	Romania	Rapid București	^[30]
	May	Cristiano Bergodi	Italy	Sepsi OSK	^[31]

Discipline

Team

Champion squad

CFR Cluj^[32]^[33]
Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (2 / 0); Cristian Bălgrădean (15 / 0); Otto Hindrich (19 / 0); Karlo Letica (4 / 0). Defenders: Rachid Bouhenna (10 / 1); Rareș Bălan (1 / 0); Andrei Burcă (30 / 2); Mário Camora (31 / 1); Mike Cestor (12 / 0); Denis Ciobotariu (6 / 0); Kristian Dimitrov (1 / 1); Cristian Manea (25 / 1); Iasmin Latovlevici (5 / 1); Daniel Graovac (29 / 2); Yuri Matias (14 / 0); Florin Ștefan (8 / 0); Mateo Sušić (20 / 1). Midfielders: Nana Boateng (32 / 2); Mihai Bordeianu (31 / 1); Emmanuel Culio (8 / 1); Lovro Cvek (3 / 0); Alexandru Chipciu (23 / 3); Valentin Costache (21 / 3); Ciprian Deac (39 / 10); Alin Fică (1 / 0); Guessouma Fofana (4 / 0); Adrian Gîdea (8 / 0); Ovidiu Hoban (4 / 0); Cătălin Itu (3 / 0); George Leață (1 / 0); Sergiu Luca (1 / 0); Anas Tahiri (4 / 1); Jonathan Rodríguez (5 / 0); Rúnar Sigurjónsson (12 / 3); Adrian Păun (36 / 1); Claudiu Petrila (31 / 9); Roger (2 / 0). Forwards: Denis Alibec (12 / 2); Daniel Birligea (6 / 1); Sergiu Buș (4 / 0); Gabriel Debeljuh (36 / 14); Marko Dugandžić (13 / 1); Cristian Neguț (8 / 1); Billel Omrani (30 / 5); Hadi Sacko (5 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Marius Șumudică / Dan Petrescu.