2010–11 Liga II

Liga II
Season 2010–11
Promoted Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Concordia Chiajna
Petrolul Ploiești
Mioveni
Voința Sibiu
Relegated Steaua II
ACU Arad
Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei
Minerul Lupeni

The 2010–11 Liga II is the 71st season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 4 June 2011.[1][2]

FRF approved the new system with two divisions of 16 teams each,[3] compared to the divisions of 18 teams used last season, thus coming back to the system that was used in the 1953 season, between the 1968–69 season and the 1972–73 season, in the 2001–02 season and in the 2002–03 season.

Seria I

Teams

Victoria Brăneşti and Sportul Studenţesc were promoted to the 2010–11 Liga I at the end of the 2009–10 season. Only one team, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ, was relegated to Seria I in turn, as Internaţional Curtea de Argeş, who were denied a licence for the 2010–11 Liga I season, were relocated to a fourth-level league.

At the other end of the table, Bacău, Tricolorul Breaza, Râmnicu Sărat and Cetatea Suceava were all relegated to their respective 2010–11 Liga III division after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom four places of the table. They were replaced by three teams promoted from the 2009–10 Liga III, Brăila, Viitorul Constanţa, and Juventus Bucureşti.

Stadia and locations

Bucharest
Ilfov
Location of (qualified) teams in Liga II 2010–11
Club City Stadium Capacity
Astra Giurgiu Giurgiu Marin Anastasovici 7,000
Botoşani Botoşani Municipal 12,000
Brăila Brăila Municipal 18,000
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Piatra Neamţ Ceahlăul 18,000
Concordia Chiajna Chiajna Concordia 5,000
Delta Tulcea Tulcea Delta 12,000
Dinamo II Bucureşti Bucharest Florea Dumitrache 1,500
Dunărea Galaţi Galaţi Dunărea 23,000
Farul Constanţa Constanţa Farul 15,500
Gloria Buzău Buzău Municipal 18,000
Juventus Bucureşti Bucharest Juventus 8,000
Otopeni Otopeni Otopeni 1,200
Săgeata Năvodari Năvodari Petromidia 5,000
Snagov Snagov Snagov 2,000
Steaua II Bucureşti Bucharest Steaua II 500
Viitorul Constanţa Constanţa Ovidiu 1,000

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (C) 30 20 7 3 65 23+42 67 Promotion to Liga I
2 Concordia Chiajna (P) 30 17 10 3 48 27+21 61
3 Săgeata Năvodari 30 18 4 8 49 27+22 0581 Qualification to Promotion playoff
4 Delta Tulcea 30 17 4 9 50 37+13 55
5 Dunărea Galați 30 13 9 8 44 26+18 48
6 CS Otopeni 30 14 4 12 35 38−3 46
7 FC Botoșani 30 12 6 12 48 46+2 42
8 Viitorul Constanța 30 10 11 9 37 370 0412
9 Astra II Giurgiu 30 11 8 11 42 44−2 41
10 Gloria Buzău 30 9 11 10 33 34−1 0383
11 FC Snagov 30 11 4 15 36 52−16 37
12 Dinamo II București 30 9 7 14 30 44−14 0342
13 Farul Constanța 30 8 6 16 27 45−18 0303
14 Steaua II București (R) 30 7 6 17 29 48−19 0272 Relegation to Liga III
15 Brăila 30 5 6 19 28 47−19 0214 Spared from relegation
16 Juventus Bucureşti 30 4 7 19 26 52−26 0195

Updated to games played on 4 June 2011.
Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Săgeata were initially declared ineligible for promotion,[4] but they were granted a Liga I license after their appeal.[5] At the end of the season, FRF decided that a playoff round would be played between Săgeata Năvodari and Voinţa Sibiu for the last remaining place in Liga I, following the relegation of five teams.[6]
2 Viitorul Constanţa, Dinamo II and Steaua II were declared ineligible for promotion; Viitorul are younger than three years in existence and therefore ruled ineligible by the Romanian Football Federation,[7] Dinamo II and Steaua II are reserve teams of Liga I sides. Steaua II was dissolved.
3 Farul Constanţa, Gloria Buzău and Juventus Bucureşti were initially denied licences for the 2011–12 season,[8] but were later accepted.[9]
4 Brăila were spared from relegation after Unirea Urziceni, who relegated from Liga I, dissolved and didn't sign up for the following season.[10]
5 Juventus Bucureşti were spared from relegation following the additional vacant spot generated by the disaffiliation of Universitatea Craiova.[9][10][11]
(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.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Alexandru Chiţu Săgeata Năvodari 22
2 Romania Cristinel Gafiţa Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 17
3 Moldova Eugeniu Cebotaru Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 14
4 Romania Ştefan Ciobanu Delta Tulcea/Farul Constanţa 13
5 Romania Nelu Bucă Brăila/Dinamo II Bucureşti 12
Romania Marius Jianu Săgeata Năvodari 12

Seria II

Teams

Târgu Mureş and Universitatea Cluj were promoted to the 2010–11 Liga I at the end of the 2009–10 season. Two teams, Politehnica Iaşi and Unirea Alba Iulia, were relegated to Seria II in turn.

At the other end of the table, Mureşul Deva, Fortuna Covaci, Jiul Petroşani, Drobeta Turnu Severin and CFR Timişoara were all relegated to their respective 2010–11 Liga III division after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom five places of the table. They were replaced by three teams promoted from the 2009–10 Liga III, Alro Slatina, ACU Arad and Voinţa Sibiu.

Stadia and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity
CSMS Iaşi Iaşi Emil Alexandrescu 11,390
ACU Arad Arad Motorul 5,000
Alro Slatina Slatina Metalurgistul 4,000
Arieşul Turda Turda Municipal 10,000
Argeş Piteşti Piteşti Nicolae Dobrin 15,000
Bihor Oradea Oradea Iuliu Bodola 18,000
Gaz Metan CFR Craiova Craiova CFR 3,000
Mioveni Mioveni Dacia 10,000
Mureşul Deva Deva Cetate 4,000
Petrolul Ploieşti Ploieşti Conpet 730
Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Municipal 12,000
Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei Şimleu Silvaniei Măgura 4,000
Unirea Alba Iulia Alba Iulia Cetate 18,000
UTA Arad Arad Francisc von Neumann 7,287
Voinţa Sibiu Sibiu Municipal 14,000

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Petrolul Ploiești (P) 28 18 5 5 46 22+24 59 Promotion to Liga I
2 Bihor Oradea 28 17 7 4 43 20+23 0581
3 Mioveni (P) 28 17 6 5 43 19+24 0571 Promotion to Liga I
4 Voința Sibiu (P) 28 14 8 6 36 17+19 0502 Qualification to Promotion playoff
5 Alro Slatina 28 14 6 8 46 26+20 48
6 CSMS Iași 28 14 5 9 41 30+11 47
7 Râmnicu Vâlcea 28 11 3 14 35 39−4 36
8 UTA Arad 28 13 8 7 48 36+12 0353
9 Arieşul Turda 28 8 9 11 26 31−5 33
10 Gaz Metan CFR Craiova 28 8 7 13 36 39−3 31
11 Unirea Alba Iulia 28 8 6 14 22 35−13 30
12 Argeș Pitești 28 8 5 15 27 40−13 29
13 Mureşul Deva 28 7 5 16 31 48−17 26
14 ACU Arad (R) 28 6 7 15 18 36−18 25 Relegation to Liga III
15 Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei (R) 28 3 1 24 9 69−60 0103
16 Minerul Lupeni (R) 0 0 0 0 0 00 004

Updated to games played on 4 June 2011.
Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Bihor Oradea were denied a licence for the Liga I 2011–12 season because of debts[12] and the next placed team, Mioveni, were promoted instead.[5]
2 A play-off round was scheduled to be played between Săgeata Năvodari and Voinţa Sibiu for the last remaining place in Liga I, following the relegation of five teams.[6]
3 UTA Arad and Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei have been ruled ineligible for promotion by the Romanian Football Federation as the clubs are less than three seasons in existence.[7] UTA Arad were also deducted twelve points because for unpaid international debts.[13] Also, Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei retired from the league during the second half of the season and lost all the remaining games by 0–3.[14]
4 Minerul Lupeni withdrew their participation during the season because of financial problems.[15]
(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.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Adrian Voiculeţ UTA Arad 19
2 Romania Adrian Mărkuș Bihor Oradea 12
3 Romania Laurenţiu Boroiban Gaz Metan CFR Craiova 11
Romania Daniel Oprița Petrolul Ploieşti 11
Romania Claudiu Ionescu Mioveni 11
4 Romania Cătălin-Valentin Bucur Arieşul Turda 10
Brazil Roberto Ayza Mioveni 10

Promotion Play-off

At the end of the season, FRF decided that a promotion playoff round would be played between Săgeata Năvodari and Voinţa Sibiu, third and fourth respectively in each series, following the relegation of five teams from the 2010–11 Liga I.[6] Winners of the promotion spot came Voinţa Sibiu after winning 2–0 on aggregate score.

References

  1. ↑ "FRF decided to delay the start of Liga II by a week" (in Romanian). ASport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Competitii Interne – FRF – Liga a II-a" (in Romanian). FRF. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Romanian football after the Spanish model" (in Romanian). Liga 2. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Clarifications regarding the right to promote of the clubs Săgeata Năvodari and ACSMU Politehnica Iaşi" (in Romanian). FRF. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Conclusion of the licensing process for the 10 Liga II clubs" (in Romanian). FRF. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 "Comitetul de urgenţă al FRF". FRF. 22 June 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Application of article 5bis from ROAF" (in Romanian). FRF. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Licensing process regarding participation to Liga II" (in Romanian). FRF. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Hagi, clear for Liga I: Who are the rivals?" (in Romanian). Liga 2. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  10. 1 2 "Decisions of the Executive Committee" (in Romanian). FRF. 8 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  11. ↑ "Decisions of the Executive Committee of FRF" (in Romanian). FRF. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  12. ↑ "The reason why FC Bihor did not receive the license" (in Romanian). Liga 2. 7 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "UTA was docked 12 points by FRF" (in Romanian). Liga 2. 3 March 2011.
  14. ↑ "Silvania retired from the championship" (in Romanian). Liga 2. 5 March 2011.
  15. ↑ "Decisions of the Disciplinary Board of the Romanian Football Federation" (in Romanian). FRF. 13 October 2011.

See also

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