2006–07 Liga I

Liga I
Season 2006–07
Champions Dinamo Bucureşti[1]
Relegated Argeş Piteşti
Naţional Bucureşti
Jiul Petroşani
Champions League Dinamo Bucureşti
Steaua Bucureşti
UEFA Cup CFR Cluj
Rapid Bucureşti
Intertoto Cup Oţelul Galaţi
Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played 306
Goals scored 706 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Claudiu Niculescu (18)
Biggest home win Steaua 6–0 Naţional
Biggest away win Oţelul 0–7 Rapid
Highest scoring Ceahlăul 4–3 Oţelul
Vaslui 2–5 UTA
Oţelul 5–2 Naţional
Oţelul 0–7 Rapid
Longest winning run Dinamo (13)
Longest unbeaten run Dinamo (17)
Longest losing run Argeş (11)

The 2006–07 Liga I was the eighty-ninth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 28 July 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007.

Teams

Eighteen teams played in the 2006–07 season. Four teams were from Moldova, four clubs from Transylvania, one from Dobrogea and nine from Wallachia four of them coming from the country's capital city Bucharest.

Pandurii Târgu Jiu had been relegated at the end of the previous season but they re-entered Liga I at the expense of Sportul Studenţesc which has been relegated to Liga II due to financial problems. The other four new teams which gained access to Liga I were Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Universitatea Craiova (both winning two of the three series of Liga II), plus Unirea Urziceni (wninning the playoff for Liga I) and UTA Arad which bought the place from Liberty Salonta (winner of the third series of Liga II).

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Poli Timișoara Steaua Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova Rapid Bucureşti Ceahlăul Argeş Piteşti
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Ion Oblemenco Valentin Stănescu Ceahlăul Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 27,063 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 19,100 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 16,500
Farul Constanţa Jiul Petroşani Dinamo Bucureşti Progresul Bucureşti Oţelul Galaţi Politehnica Iaşi
Farul Jiul Dinamo Cotroceni Oţelul Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 15,167 Capacity: 14,542 Capacity: 13,932 Capacity: 11,390
CFR Cluj FC Vaslui Pandurii Târgu Jiu Gloria Bistriţa UTA Arad Unirea Urziceni
CFR Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu Gloria Francisc von Neumann Tineretului
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 9,240 Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,287 Capacity: 7,000

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    League table

    Pos
    Team
    Pld
    W
    D
    L
    GF
    GA
    GD
    Pts
    Qualification or relegation
    Head-to-head
    1 Dinamo București (C) 34 23 8 3 63 24+39 77 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
    2 Steaua București 34 21 8 5 61 22+39 71 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
    3 CFR Cluj 34 21 6 7 59 32+27 69 UEFA Cup 2007-08 Second qualifying round
    4 Rapid București 34 16 11 7 63 39+24 59 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
    5 Oțelul Galați 34 17 5 12 60 56+4 56 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
    6 Gloria Bistrița 34 16 6 12 42 35+7 54 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
    7 Politehnica Timișoara 34 15 8 11 37 33+4 53
    8 Vaslui 34 13 11 10 41 443 50
    9 Universitatea Craiova 34 12 12 10 39 434 48
    10 Unirea Urziceni 34 13 8 13 30 29+1 47
    11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 13 5 16 26 359 44
    12 UTA Arad 34 11 8 15 28 3911 41
    13 Politehnica Iași 34 10 10 14 34 417 40
    14 Farul Constanța 34 8 13 13 31 354 37
    15 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 34 8 7 19 27 5326 31 Spared from relegation 1
    16 Național București (R) 34 6 6 22 27 5225 24 Relegation to 2007–08 Liga II ARG 0-3 PRO
    PRO 0-2 ARG
    17 Argeș Pitești (R) 34 5 9 20 23 4724 24
    18 Jiul Petroşani (R) 34 5 5 24 15 4732 20

    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
    1 Delta Tulcea, the winner of the Liga II, Seria I, was denied the right to participate in next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ was spared from relegation.
    (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
    Argeș Pitești 4 11 14 16 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17
    CFR Cluj 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 5 10 13 15 10 9 11 10 10 11 12 11 11 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
    Universitatea Craiova 10 14 10 10 12 14 15 15 16 14 14 14 12 10 12 8 11 11 11 11 11 10 14 13 14 14 13 12 12 12 11 10 10 9
    Dinamo București 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Farul Constanța 6 6 4 5 7 12 9 11 12 9 10 12 13 13 11 13 13 14 14 13 12 11 12 12 12 12 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 14
    Gloria Bistrița 15 9 11 11 14 11 7 6 8 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
    Jiul Petroşani 16 15 17 17 13 13 16 16 15 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18
    Oțelul Galați 17 17 18 13 9 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 5 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 6 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu 7 12 9 12 15 15 13 14 13 13 11 10 10 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 10 13 10 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 10 11 12 11
    Politehnica Iași 2 2 5 4 5 4 6 5 7 7 6 6 7 9 10 12 12 13 10 10 13 9 9 9 10 10 11 10 11 10 12 12 13 13
    Național București 14 16 12 14 17 18 14 13 14 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 16
    Rapid București 8 8 7 7 8 6 8 7 5 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
    Steaua București 11 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
    Politehnica Timișoara 12 7 6 9 6 8 4 8 6 5 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7
    UTA Arad 9 4 8 6 4 5 10 12 9 10 9 9 9 11 8 11 9 9 9 9 9 12 13 14 13 13 12 14 14 13 13 13 11 12
    Unirea Urziceni 18 18 15 8 11 10 12 9 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 14 14 12 13 14 14 14 11 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 10
    Vaslui 13 13 16 18 16 16 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 15 13 10 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 8 11 10 11 9 8 8 8

    Source: LT (Romanian)

    Results

    Home ╲ Away ARG CFR CEAUCRDINFARGBIJIUOȚEPANPIANATRAPSTETIMUTAURZVAS
    Argeș Pitești 00 10 00 23 01 20 01 31 00 02 03 12 01 02 01 11 11
    CFR Cluj 20 11 51 21 10 21 11 21 10 21 10 32 12 21 50 40 22
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 11 13 02 22 00 10 10 43 10 04 11 03 00 12 21 21 32
    Universitatea Craiova 31 01 10 04 10 12 20 02 22 33 10 00 00 01 21 00 00
    Dinamo București 21 10 20 00 21 20 10 30 10 50 10 31 10 31 20 12 00
    Farul Constanța 11 02 01 00 11 00 00 31 20 30 11 12 11 13 00 01 11
    Gloria Bistrița 31 32 21 41 01 32 00 12 20 10 20 33 20 11 10 00 30
    Jiul Petroşani 01 02 00 12 01 12 01 12 02 31 20 10 02 01 20 01 13
    Oțelul Galați 51 13 31 41 21 00 11 21 20 31 52 07 21 10 21 32 20
    Pandurii Târgu Jiu 21 13 10 02 03 10 10 20 21 10 21 11 00 10 20 10 12
    Politehnica Iași 10 01 10 11 11 02 01 40 11 21 11 00 11 00 10 13 20
    Național București 02 01 20 12 12 20 10 00 13 01 21 40 03 02 12 02 01
    Rapid București 21 31 41 11 14 32 40 10 33 11 30 21 23 20 40 10 20
    Steaua București 20 42 20 30 24 30 21 30 30 10 10 60 11 31 00 30 31
    Politehnica Timișoara 31 31 20 15 11 11 10 10 10 10 01 11 00 00 20 10 22
    UTA Arad 00 10 10 10 11 11 01 30 11 30 00 11 10 03 21 10 01
    Unirea Urziceni 00 00 20 12 11 01 01 30 10 10 02 20 11 12 20 10 10
    Vaslui 10 00 32 33 12 13 32 20 31 10 11 10 11 10 10 25 00

    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 Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo Bucureşti 18
    2 Romania Ionel Ganea Rapid Bucureşti / Dinamo Bucureşti 16
    3 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo Bucureşti 15
    4 Romania Emil Jula Oţelul Galaţi 14
    5 Romania Valentin Badea Steaua Bucureşti 13
    Romania Daniel Stan Oţelul Galaţi
    Romania Ianis Zicu Rapid Bucureşti
    8 Romania Cristian Coroian CFR Cluj 11
    Romania Dorel Zaharia Gloria Bistriţa
    10 Romania Nicolae Dică Steaua Bucureşti 10
    France Cyril Théréau
    Moldova Viorel Frunză CFR Cluj / Vaslui
    Romania Romeo Surdu CFR Cluj

    References

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