The 2010–11 Liga II was the 71st season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on 28 August 2010 and ended on 4 June 2011.
FRF approved the new system with two divisions of 16 teams each, 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. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to Liga I and the bottom three places from both series relegated to Liga III.rsssf.orgromaniansoccer.ro
Team changes
To Liga II Promoted from Liga III CF Brăila Viitorul Constanța Juventus București Alro Slatina ACU Arad Voința Sibiu
Relegated from Liga I Internațional Curtea de Argeș** Politehnica Iași** Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Unirea Alba Iulia
From Liga II Relegated to Liga III Baia Mare** FCM Bacău Fortuna Covaci Jiul Petroșani Râmnicu Sărat Drobeta-Turnu Severin Cetatea Suceava CFR Timișoara
Promoted to Liga I Victoria Brănești Târgu Mureș Sportul Studențesc Universitatea Cluj
Note (**) Internațional Curtea de Argeș withdrew from Liga I at the end of the season and was relegated directly in the Liga IV. Mureșul Deva was spared from relegation.
FC Politehnica Iași (1945) was dissolved after relegation from Liga I. A successor team was founded by the merge of Navobi Iași and Tricolorul Breaza and enrolled directly in the second league, due to the vacant place left by Baia Mare. The new team was named ACSMU Politehnica Iași.
Săgeata Stejaru left its second league licence to the newly formed Săgeata Năvodari. The new entity was founded by the former owners of Săgeata Stejaru, team which was subsequently enrolled in the lower leagues.
Renamed teams Dunărea Giurgiu signed a partnership with Liga I side Astra Ploiești and started to be its second squad. Dunărea Giurgiu was renamed as Astra II Giurgiu.
Dacia Mioveni ended its sponsorship contract with Automobile Dacia and was renamed as CS Mioveni.
Seria I Stadia and locations
Club City Stadium Capacity Astra II Giurgiu Marin Anastasovici 7,000 Botoșani Botoșani Municipal 12,000 Brăila Brăila Municipal 18,000 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Ceahlăul 18,000 Concordia Chiajna Concordia 5,000 Delta Tulcea Delta 12,000 Dinamo II Bucharest Florea Dumitrache 1,500 Dunărea Galați Dunărea 23,000 Farul Constanța Farul 15,500 Gloria Buzău Municipal 18,000 Juventus Bucharest Juventus 8,000 Otopeni Otopeni Otopeni 1,200 Săgeata Năvodari Petromidia 5,000 Snagov Snagov Snagov 2,000 Steaua II Bucharest Steaua II 500 Viitorul Constanța Ovidiu 1,000
League table
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Alexandru ChițuSăgeata Năvodari222 Cristinel GafițaCeahlăul Piatra Neamț173 Eugeniu CebotaruCeahlăul Piatra Neamț144 Ștefan CiobanuDelta Tulcea / Farul Constanța135 Nelu BucăBrăila / Dinamo II București12 Marius JianuSăgeata Năvodari12
Seria II Stadia and locations
Club City Stadium Capacity ACU Arad Motorul 5,000 Alro Slatina Metalurgistul 4,000 Arieșul Turda Municipal 10,000 Argeș Pitești Nicolae Dobrin 15,000 Bihor Oradea Iuliu Bodola 18,000 Gaz Metan CFR Craiova CFR 3,000 Mioveni Mioveni Dacia 10,000 Mureșul Deva Cetate 4,000 Petrolul Ploiești Conpet 1,732 Politehnica Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11,390 Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Municipal 12,000 Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei Măgura 4,000 Unirea Alba Iulia Cetate 18,000 UTA Arad Francisc von Neumann 7,287 Voința Sibiu Municipal 14,000
League table
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Adrian VoiculețUTA Arad192 Adrian MărkușBihor Oradea123 Laurențiu BoroibanGaz Metan CFR Craiova11 Daniel OprițaPetrolul Ploiești11 Claudiu IonescuMioveni114 Cătălin BucurArieșul Turda10 Roberto AyzaMioveni10
Promotion play-off At the end of the season, FRF decided that a promotion playoff round would be played between Săgeata Năvodari and Voința Sibiu, third and fourth respectively in each series, following the relegation of five teams from the 2010–11 Liga I. Winners of the promotion spot came Voința Sibiu after winning 2–0 on aggregate score.
See also 2010–11 Liga I 2010–11 Liga III
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