2007–08 Liga I

Liga I
Season 2007–08
Champions CFR Cluj[1]
Relegated Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
Dacia Mioveni
UTA Arad
Universitatea Cluj
Champions League CFR Cluj
Steaua Bucureşti
UEFA Cup Rapid Bucureşti
Dinamo Bucureşti
Urziceni Urziceni
Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara
Intertoto Cup Vaslui
Matches played 306
Goals scored 725 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer Ionel Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home win Dinamo 6–1 Oţelul
Steaua 5–0 Buzău
Biggest away win Buzău 0–4 Oţelul
Highest scoring Dinamo 4–4 Craiova
Longest winning run Steaua (10)
Longest unbeaten run CFR (18)
Longest losing run Craiova, Pandurii (7)

The 2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Bucharest based teams.

CFR Cluj will play in the Champions League group stage, while Steaua Bucureşti qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid Bucureşti, Dinamo Bucureşti, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara qualified for the UEFA Cup first round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season. Vaslui, Oţelul Galaţi and Gloria Bistriţa are the only teams that have applied,[2] with Vaslui securing their participation.

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Poli Timișoara Universitatea Cluj Steaua Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova Rapid Bucureşti Ceahlăul
Dan Păltinișanu Ion Moina Steaua Ion Oblemenco Valentin Stănescu Ceahlăul
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 27,063 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 19,100 Capacity: 18,000
Gloria Buzău Farul Constanţa Dinamo Bucureşti Oţelul Galaţi CFR Cluj Politehnica Iaşi
Municipal Farul Dinamo Oţelul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 15,167 Capacity: 13,932 Capacity: 12,813 Capacity: 11,390
FC Vaslui Pandurii Târgu Jiu Gloria Bistriţa UTA Arad Dacia Mioveni Unirea Urziceni
Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu Gloria Francisc von Neumann Dacia Tineretului
Capacity: 9,240 Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,287 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 7,000

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    Kits and sponsors

    Team Kitmaker Shirt sponsor Notes
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Lotto Altex
    CFR Cluj Nike Polus Center Cluj
    Dacia Mioveni Umbro Consiliul Local Mioveni Umbro take over as new sponsor
    Dinamo Bucureşti Nike Orange Orange take over as new sponsor
    Farul Constanţa Umbro Şantierul Naval Constanţa Umbro take over from previous manufacturer, Lotto
    Gloria Bistriţa Puma Darimex Puma take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
    Gloria Buzău hummel Avicola Buzău hummel take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
    Oţelul Galaţi Nike Arcelor Mittal
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu Uhlsport USMO Uhlsport take over from previous manufacturer, Kappa
    Politehnica Iaşi Umbro Iulius Mall Iaşi
    Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara Lotto Balkan Petroleum Lotto take over from previous manufacturer, Nike-Converse
    Rapid Bucureşti Lotto Holsten Holsten take over as new sponsor
    Steaua Bucureşti Nike CitiFinancial CitiFinancial take over as new sponsor
    Unirea Urziceni Joma Primăria Voluntari Joma take over from previous manufacturer, Umbro
    Universitatea Cluj Diadora Majors: Banca Transilvania, Oncos Diadora take over from previous manufacturer, Uhlsport
    Universitatea Craiova Adidas editie.ro Adidas take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
    UTA Arad Uhlsport San Paolo IMI Bank Uhlsport take over from previous manufacturer, Errea
    Vaslui Umbro Same Deutz-Fahr Same Deutz-Fahr take over as new sponsor

    League table

    Pos
    Team
    Pld
    W
    D
    L
    GF
    GA
    GD
    Pts
    Qualification or relegation
    Head-to-head
    1 CFR Cluj (C) 34 23 7 4 52 22+30 76 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
    2 Steaua București 34 23 6 5 51 19+32 75 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
    3 Rapid București 34 18 7 9 52 31+21 61 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round RAP: 7 pts
    DIN: 5 pts
    UNI: 3 pts
    4 Dinamo București 34 17 10 7 55 36+19 61
    5 Unirea Urziceni 34 16 13 5 42 24+18 61
    6 Politehnica Timișoara 34 16 9 9 57 44+13 57
    7 Vaslui 34 12 11 11 44 34+10 47 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
    8 Oțelul Galați 34 14 4 16 47 503 46
    9 Universitatea Craiova 34 12 7 15 42 486 43
    10 Gloria Bistrița 34 11 9 14 34 406 42
    11 Politehnica Iași 34 11 8 15 37 414 41
    12 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 11 7 16 36 437 40 PAN 0-1 FAR
    FAR 1-2 PAN
    13 Farul Constanța 34 10 10 14 25 3813 40
    14 Gloria Buzău 34 10 7 17 30 5626 37
    15 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) 34 10 6 18 33 4613 36 Relegation to 2008–09 Liga II
    16 Dacia Mioveni (R) 34 7 10 17 26 4317 31
    17 UTA Arad (R) 34 6 8 20 30 5222 26
    18 Universitatea Cluj (R) 34 4 11 19 32 5826 23

    Source: LT (Romanian)
    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
    notes
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
    Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

    Positions by round

    Team \ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
    CFR Cluj 6 6 3 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 13 9 12 13 11 11 10 12 13 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 11 10 13 12 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 15 15
    Universitatea Craiova 1 10 11 12 14 16 18 18 17 14 12 16 12 12 14 11 13 14 11 13 11 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 11 9
    Dacia Mioveni 14 15 17 18 18 14 14 15 16 17 16 11 11 10 12 12 10 11 12 14 15 14 14 12 12 12 13 13 15 15 16 16 16 16
    Dinamo București 3 12 5 6 6 9 6 4 6 5 4 5 4 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
    Farul Constanța 18 18 18 15 15 15 15 14 15 16 14 14 13 15 16 17 17 15 16 16 13 13 12 13 15 15 15 14 13 13 12 10 12 13
    Gloria Bistrița 7 13 7 11 9 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 13 11 13 10
    Gloria Buzău 15 17 15 16 16 17 16 16 14 15 17 17 16 13 11 13 12 13 10 11 12 12 13 14 13 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14
    Oțelul Galați 16 16 13 14 12 12 11 11 9 10 10 9 10 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 8
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu 11 8 10 8 8 5 9 9 10 11 11 12 14 14 15 15 15 16 17 17 18 18 17 15 14 13 11 11 11 12 10 12 10 12
    Politehnica Iași 17 11 14 9 10 10 13 13 11 12 13 13 15 17 13 14 14 12 14 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 11 11 13 9 11
    Rapid București 4 5 4 1 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
    Steaua București 5 1 1 2 4 7 7 8 7 7 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2
    Politehnica Știința Timișoara 2 2 2 7 7 6 5 6 4 4 3 4 6 3 4 4 3 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
    Universitatea Cluj 12 14 16 17 17 18 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 17 18 18 18 18
    UTA Arad 8 7 9 10 13 13 12 10 12 13 15 15 17 16 17 16 16 17 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 16 16 18 17 18 17 17 17 17
    Unirea Urziceni 9 4 8 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 5 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
    Vaslui 10 3 6 3 1 1 3 2 5 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

    Source: LT (Romanian)

    Results

    Home ╲ Away CFR CEA UCRMIODINFARGBIGBUOȚEPANPIARAPSTETIMUCLUTAURZVAS
    CFR Cluj 21 41 10 11 21 10 20 31 12 21 10 00 22 20 20 20 10
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 00 10 11 03 01 20 40 01 21 10 01 01 21 30 11 00 11
    Universitatea Craiova 13 32 10 11 40 11 31 11 10 21 11 12 21 11 01 01 21
    Dacia Mioveni 00 21 12 12 23 00 00 10 11 21 12 12 22 10 01 03 22
    Dinamo București 12 21 44 11 00 01 20 61 12 21 02 21 11 21 31 11 02
    Farul Constanța 02 20 31 11 01 10 00 02 12 11 00 01 11 00 10 01 21
    Gloria Bistrița 22 01 01 10 11 10 32 21 31 20 12 13 00 20 21 22 00
    Gloria Buzău 12 41 10 01 12 10 10 04 13 11 10 11 21 32 10 00 11
    Oțelul Galați 01 41 21 31 01 20 20 23 31 00 01 01 31 21 21 32 03
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu 01 10 20 10 01 01 13 30 10 10 13 01 13 22 21 11 11
    Politehnica Iași 10 10 21 10 25 11 20 30 22 10 02 21 21 30 41 23 01
    Rapid București 12 51 20 30 12 20 22 00 42 10 30 03 01 12 23 11 21
    Steaua București 31 21 10 20 10 30 10 50 31 00 10 00 11 40 21 10 10
    Politehnica Știința Timișoara 10 32 13 12 11 41 31 10 41 31 31 11 20 30 20 00 21
    Universitatea Cluj 01 11 20 00 12 12 22 12 21 11 11 12 21 12 22 02 23
    UTA Arad 03 01 01 10 13 01 01 21 01 33 00 10 11 23 11 12 11
    Unirea Urziceni 11 20 22 02 00 00 20 20 00 10 10 01 10 41 32 10 20
    Vaslui 02 01 20 30 21 11 20 41 20 10 00 24 01 30 00 22 11

    Source: LT (Romanian)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top goalscorers

    Rank Player Club Goals
    1 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo Bucureşti 21
    2 Romania Emil Jula Oţelul Galaţi 17
    3 Romania Gigel Bucur Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara 16
    Serbia Marko Ljubinković Vaslui
    5 Romania Florin Costea Universitatea Craiova 15
    6 Romania Eugen Trică CFR Cluj 14
    Romania Florin Bratu Dinamo Bucureşti
    8 Romania Cristian Coroian Gloria Bistriţa 11
    9 Argentina Cristian Fabbiani CFR Cluj 10
    10 Romania Ionuţ Mazilu Rapid Bucureşti 9
    Romania Nicolae Dică Steaua Bucureşti
    Romania Cristian Dănălache Unirea Urziceni

    Source: LPF (Romanian)

    Notes

    (1) Delta Tulcea won the first serie of Liga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing in Liga I in the 2007-08 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namely Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (15th place in 2006-07 season), will continue in Liga I.[3][4]
    (2) Timişoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timișoara.[5]

    References

    1. 2007–08 Liga I
    2. "Sorti favorabili pentru echipele romanesti: Traseu facil in Intertoto". RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian). 2008-04-21. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
    3. "(Romanian) FRF nu le va permite tulcenilor să evolueze în Liga I.". Prosport. 2007-05-31. Archived from the original on 2007-06-02. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
    4. "(Romanian) Viorel Duru: "Ceahlăul rămâne în Liga I."". Prosport. 2007-06-12. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
    5. "(Romanian) Schimbă numele echipei!". Prosport. 2007-06-07. Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
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