2007–08 Liga I
Season | 2007–08 |
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Champions | CFR Cluj |
Relegated | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Dacia Mioveni UTA Arad Universitatea Cluj |
Champions League | CFR Cluj Steaua București |
UEFA Cup | Rapid București Dinamo București Urziceni Urziceni Politehnica Știința Timișoara |
Intertoto Cup | Vaslui |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 725 (2.37 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ionel Dănciulescu (21) |
Biggest home win | Dinamo 6–1 Oțelul Steaua 5–0 Buzău |
Biggest away win | Buzău 0–4 Oțelul |
Highest scoring | Dinamo 4–4 Craiova |
Longest winning run | Steaua (10) |
Longest unbeaten run | CFR (18) |
Longest winless run | Pandurii (17) |
Longest losing run | Craiova, Pandurii (7) |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
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 București qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid București, Dinamo București, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica Știința Timișoara 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, Oțelul Galați and Gloria Bistrița are the only teams that have applied, with Vaslui securing their participation.
Teams
Promoted from Liga II
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Relegated from Liga I
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Venues
Politehnica Timișoara | Steaua București | FC U Craiova | Gloria Buzău |
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Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Municipal |
Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 18,000 |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Oțelul Galați |
Ceahlăul | Farul | Dinamo | Oțelul |
Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 13,500 |
CFR Cluj |
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Rapid București | |
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | ||
Capacity: 12,813 | Capacity: 11,704 | ||
Politehnica Iași | FC Vaslui | ||
Emil Alexandrescu | Municipal | ||
Capacity: 11,390 | Capacity: 9,240 | ||
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Gloria Bistrița | ||
Tudor Vladimirescu | Gloria | ||
Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 7,800 | ||
Universitatea Cluj | UTA Arad | Dacia Mioveni | Unirea Urziceni |
Ion Moina | Francisc von Neuman | Orășenesc | Tineretului |
Capacity: 7,600 | Capacity: 7,287 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 7,000 |
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gloria Bistrița was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Reghin for the second part of this season because Gloria Stadium was under renovations.
- ^ Capacity of Ion Moina Stadium has been reduced from 28,000 to 7,600 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure.
Personnel and kits
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Steaua București | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Rapid București | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
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 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
8 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 46 | |
9 | FC U Craiova | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 43 | |
10 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 42 | |
11 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 41 | |
12 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40 | |
13 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 40 | |
14 | Gloria Buzău | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 37 | |
15 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 36 | Relegation to Liga II |
16 | Dacia Mioveni (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 31 | |
17 | UTA Arad (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 26 | |
18 | Universitatea Cluj (R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 23 |
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:
Positions by round
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Ionel Dănciulescu | Dinamo București | 21 |
2 | Emil Jula | Oțelul Galați | 17 |
3 | Gigel Bucur | Politehnica Timișoara | 16 |
Marko Ljubinković | Vaslui | ||
5 | Florin Costea | FC U Craiova | 15 |
6 | Florin Bratu | Dinamo București | 14 |
7 | Eugen Trică | CFR Cluj | 13 |
8 | Cristian Coroian | Gloria Bistrița | 11 |
Cristian Fabbiani | CFR Cluj | ||
10 | Ionuț Mazilu | Rapid București | 9 |
Nicolae Dică | Steaua București | ||
Cristian Dănălache | Unirea Urziceni |
Champion squad
CFR Cluj |
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Goalkeepers: Nuno Claro (15 / 0); Lars Hirschfeld (5 / 0); Eduard Stăncioiu (15 / 0). Manager: Ioan Andone. |