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 Gloria Buzău (after 20 years of absence) Universitatea Cluj (after 8 years of absence) Dacia Mioveni (debut) Relegated from Liga I Progresul București (ended 15-year stay) Argeș Pitești (ended 13-year stay) Jiul Petroșani (ended 2-year stay)

Venues Politehnica Timișoara Steaua București FC U Craiova Gloria Buzău 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 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

Personnel and kits Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Alexandru Forminte Lotto Altex CFR Cluj Cadú Nike Polus Center Dacia Mioveni Mariko Daouda Umbro Consiliul Local Mioveni Dinamo București Bogdan Lobonț Nike Orange Farul Constanța Cristian Șchiopu Umbro SNC FC U Craiova Dorel Stoica Adidas editie.ro Gloria Bistrița Sandu Negrean Puma Darimex Gloria Buzău Alexandru Tudose Hummel Avicola Buzău Oțelul Galați Gabriel Paraschiv Nike ArcelorMittal Pandurii Târgu Jiu Florin Stângă Uhlsport USMO Politehnica Iași Bogdan Onuț Umbro Iulius Mall Politehnica Timișoara Ionel Ganea Lotto Balkan Petroleum Rapid București Vasile Maftei Lotto Holsten Steaua București Mirel Rădoi Nike CitiFinancial Unirea Urziceni George Galamaz Joma Primăria Voluntari Universitatea Cluj Dorin Goga Diadora Banca Transilvania, Oncos UTA Arad Cristian Todea Uhlsport Intesa Sanpaolo Vaslui Sorin Frunză Umbro Deutz-Fahr

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 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 ClujGoalkeepers: Nuno Claro (15 / 0); Lars Hirschfeld (5 / 0); Eduard Stăncioiu (15 / 0). Defenders: Eurípedes Amoreirinha (2 / 0); Ricardo Cadú (29 / 4); Mikael Dorsin (8 / 1); Fredy (1 / 0); Gabriel Mureșan (22 / 0); Cristian Panin (28 / 1); Niklas Sandberg (10 / 1); André Galiassi (28 / 0); Tony (32 / 1). Midfielders: Emmanuel Culio (32 / 1); Dani (29 / 1); Ciprian Deac (10 / 0); Sebastián Dubarbier (15 / 3); Manuel José Vieira (20 / 0); André Leão (15 / 0); Alin Minteuan (18 / 0); Pedro Oliveira (1 / 0); Sixto Peralta (8 / 0); Eugen Trică (30 / 13). Forwards: Adrian Anca (5 / 0); Nicolás Canales (1 / 0); Didi (18 / 7); Cristian Fabbiani (28 / 11); Ibezito Ogbonna (2 / 0); Diego Ruíz (13 / 2); António Semedo (33 / 6). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ioan Andone.

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 Neamț (15th place in 2006–07 season), will continue in Liga I. (2) Timișoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timișoara.

Attendances

# Club Average 1 Timișoara 12,118 2 Steaua 11,764 3 CFR Cluj 9,000 4 Buzău 6,941 5 Vaslui 5,941 6 Pandurii 5,912 7 Craiova 5,541 8 Oțelul 5,441 9 Iași 5,306 10 Dinamo 1948 4,441 11 FC Rapid 4,265 12 U Cluj 3,788 13 Unirea 3,706 14 Ceahlăul 2,965 15 UTA 2,876 16 Mioveni 2,224 17 Farul 2,174 18 Bistriţa 1,871 Source:

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