The 2014–15 Liga I was the ninety-seventh season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. The season began on the 25 July 2014 and ended on 30 May 2015." Programul competitional al sezonului 2014-2015". LPF. 18 June 2014 Steaua București successfully defended their title for a record 26th win.

Teams The last three teams and the 5th position from the 2013–14 season were initially relegated to their respective 2014–15 Liga II division. Săgeata Năvodari, Poli Timișoara, Corona Brașov were relegated and the 5th-placed Vaslui was relegated due to financial problems after 9 seasons in the top flight.

The first two teams from each of the two divisions of 2013–14 Liga II advanced to Liga I. CSMS Iași promoted as the winners of Seria I. It is their second season in Liga I. Rapid București, second place in Seria I, made an immediate return to Liga I. Universitatea Craiova is for the first time in Liga I from Seria II, together with Târgu Mureș, who returned after a 2 year absence.

Rapid București was initially not given licence for the 2014–15 Liga I, but on 30 June 2014, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the appeal of Rapid București and therefore decided that they could promote in Liga I.

Venues

Universitatea Cluj Steaua București Universitatea Craiova CFR Cluj Cluj Arena Steaua Ion Oblemenco Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Capacity: 30,201 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 23,500 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Petrolul Ploiești Dinamo București Oțelul Galați Ceahlăul Ilie Oană Dinamo Oțelul Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,073 Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 13,500 Rapid București CSMS Iași Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Emil Alexandrescu Capacity: 11,704 Capacity: 11,390 Pandurii Târgu Jiu FC Brașov Tudor Vladimirescu Silviu Ploeșteanu Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 8,800 Astra Giurgiu Târgu Mureș Marin Anastasovici Trans-Sil Capacity: 8,500 Capacity: 8,200 Gaz Metan Mediaș FC Botoșani Concordia Chiajna Viitorul Constanța Gaz Metan Municipal Concordia Concordia Capacity: 7,814 Capacity: 7,782 Capacity: 5,123 Capacity: 5,123

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Târgu Mureș Gabriel Mureșan Joma energo+ Astra Giurgiu Constantin Budescu Puma InterAgro Brașov Mugurel Buga Puma Roman Botoșani Ciprian Dinu Nike Elsaco Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Vlad Achim Masita Getica 95 CFR Cluj Ciprian Deac Joma EnergoBit Concordia Chiajna Vasile Maftei Masita — CSMS Iași Adrian Olah Nike Primăria Municipiului Iași Universitatea Craiova Pablo Brandán Joma KDF Energy Dinamo București Marius Niculae Nike Orange Gaz Metan Mediaș Cristian Todea Joma RomGaz Oțelul Galați Florin Cernat Cawila — Pandurii Târgu Jiu Dan Nistor Erreà Complexul Energetic Oltenia Petrolul Ploiești Peterson Pecanha Nike Disteriile Alexandrion Rapid București Cristian Săpunaru Puma Azuga Steaua București Cristian Tănase Nike City Insurance Universitatea Cluj Raul Costin Erima Romprest Service Viitorul Bogdan Mitrea Nike Next 11 by Pepsi

Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Steaua București Mutual termination 25 May 2014 Pre-season 2 June 2014 Universitatea Craiova Mutual termination 10 June 2014 10 June 2014 Oțelul Galați Resigned 1 June 2014 27 June 2014 Viitorul End of contract 1 June 2014 30 June 2014 Rapid București Signed by Romania U-21 3 July 2014 24 July 2014 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Resigned 2 August 2014 18 2 August 2014 Brașov Resigned 15 August 2014 18 15 August 2014 Viitorul Resigned 19 August 201414 21 August 2014 CSMS Iași Mutual agreement 29 August 2014 16 29 August 2014 Universitatea Craiova Sacked 2 September 2014 18 3 September 2014 Universitatea Cluj Resigned 4 September 2014 9 5 September 2014 Petrolul Ploiești Sacked 16 September 2014 4 17 September 2014 Oțelul Galați Sacked 16 September 2014 15 (caretaker) 16 September 2014 Oțelul Galați (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 22 September 2014 15 22 September 2014 Târgu Mureș Sacked 29 September 2014 6 30 September 2014 Rapid București Sacked 29 September 2014 14 30 September 2014 CSMS Iași Sacked 9 October 2014 18 13 October 2014 Astra Giurgiu Sacked 10 October 2014 4 10 October 2014 Viitorul Resigned 13 October 201414 13 October 2014 Dinamo București Mutual agreement 12 November 20146 (caretaker) 13 November 2014 CFR Cluj Resigned 23 November 20142 (caretaker) 24 November 2014 Gaz Metan Mediaș Resigned 30 November 201414 30 November 2014 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Mutual agreement 7 December 201412 (caretaker) 8 December 2014 Pandurii Târgu Jiu (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 16 December 2014 12 16 December 2014 Târgu Mureș Sacked 29 December 2014 4 2 January 2015 CFR Cluj (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 6 January 20152 6 January 2015 Dinamo București (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 7 January 20158 7 January 2015 Brașov Mutual agreement 8 January 2015 10 8 January 2015 Petrolul Ploiești Mutual agreement 8 January 2015 3 10 January 2015 Rapid București Mutual agreement 8 January 2015 18 8 January 2015 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Sacked 11 January 2015 15 12 January 2015 Oțelul Galați Resigned 2 March 2015 17 2 March 2015 Universitatea Cluj Mutual agreement 2 March 2015 13 2 March 2015 Astra Giurgiu Sacked 2 March 2015 5 4 March 2015 Dinamo București Sacked 12 March 20156 12 March 2015 CFR Cluj Resigned 2 April 201518 (caretaker) 3 April 2015 Concordia Chiajna Sacked 5 April 2015 11 6 April 2015 Brașov Resigned 12 April 2015 12 13 April 2015 Rapid București Sacked 14 April 2015 16 15 April 2015 Gaz Metan Mediaș Resigned 16 April 201514 (caretaker) 16 April 2015 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Sacked 20 April 2015 15 20 April 2015 Astra Giurgiu Resigned 28 April 2015 5 28 April 2015 Petrolul Ploiești Mutual agreement 5 May 2015 3 (caretaker) 5 May 2015 Dinamo București Mutual agreement 6 May 20158 6 May 2015

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring First goal: Kehinde Fatai for Astra Giurgiu against Concordia Chiajna (11th minute, 18:41 EEST) (25 July 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a single player: 6 goals Steaua's Claudiu Keșerü became the first player in the club's history to score six goals in a match, breaking a club record that stood 20 years which was previous set by Keșerü's current manager Constantin Gâlcă. Keșerü was also the first player since Marian Popa in 1993 to score six goals in a league game – that feat also featured five goals from open play and the sixth goal being a penalty kick.

Top scorers Updated to matches played on 30 May 2015. Rank Player Club Goals1 Grégory TadéCFR Cluj182 Mihai RomanPandurii Târgu Jiu163 Bogdan MitreaViitorul144 Claudiu Keșerü1Steaua București12 Ousmane N'DoyeTârgu Mureș6 Kamil BilińskiDinamo București11 Toto TamuzPetrolul Ploiești Marian ConstantinescuBrașov9 Constantin BudescuAstra Giurgiu1010 Ioan HoraTârgu Mureș9 Attila HadnagyBotoșani Tha'er BawabUniversitatea Craiova Mihai DinaConcordia Chiajna 1 Claudiu Keșerü was transferred to Al-Gharafa during the winter transfer window.

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Dinamo București Oțelul Galați 4–0 6 Steaua București Pandurii Târgu Jiu 6–0 Astra Giurgiu Universitatea Craiova 5–0 Universitatea Cluj Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 6–0 Târgu Mureș Viitorul Constanța 6–1 Oțelul Galați Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 4–1 Mihai Roman Pandurii Târgu Jiu CSMS Iași 5–2

6 Player scored 6 goals

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets*1 Peterson PeçanhaPetrolul Ploiești162 Eduard StăncioiuTârgu Mureș153 Branko GrahovacCSMS Iași144 Cristian BălgrădeanUniversitatea Craiova135 Giedrius ArlauskisSteaua București126 Vasile CurileacBotoșani11 Răzvan PleșcaGaz Metan Mediaș118 Mário Felgueiras2CFR Cluj9 Silviu Lung Jr.Astra Giurgiu9 Alexandru MarcDinamo București911 Robert VeselovskyUniversitatea Cluj812 Miloš BuchtaRapid București7 2 Mário Felgueiras was transferred to Konyaspor during the winter transfer window.

* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Discipline As of 30 May 2015

Player Most yellow cards: 12 Madson (Universitatea Craiova) Most red cards: 3 Pablo Brandán (Universitatea Craiova) Ousmane N'Doye (Târgu Mureș)

Club Most yellow cards: 100 CFR Cluj Most red cards: 14 Oțelul Galați

Champion squad

Steaua BucureștiGoalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (25 / 0); Valentin Cojocaru (7 / 0); Florin Niță (3 / 0). Defenders: Guilherme Sityá (15 / 0); Srdjan Luchin (9 / 0); Paul Papp (20 / 2); Paul Pârvulescu (6 / 0); Cornel Râpă (16 / 0); Łukasz Szukała (16 / 4); Gabriel Tamaș (10 / 0); Alin Toșca (15 / 0); Fernando Varela (30 / 3). Midfielders: Alexandru Bourceanu (11 / 0); Nicandro Breeveld (23 / 0); Alexandru Chipciu (26 / 3); Lucian Filip (16 / 0); Rareș Enceanu (1 / 0); Răzvan Grădinaru (2 / 0); Ionuț Neagu (10 / 0); Adrian Popa (28 / 5); Andrei Prepeliță (27 / 5); Lucian Sânmărtean (14 / 3); Nicolae Stanciu (28 / 6); Cristian Tănase (23 / 5); Robert Vâlceanu (5 / 0). Forwards: Gabriel Iancu (20 / 3); Claudiu Keșerü (17 / 12); Raul Rusescu (21 / 4); George Țucudean (17 / 3). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Constantin Gâlcă.

Monthly awards

MonthPlayer of the MonthReferencePlayerClubJuly August September October November December February March Kamil Biliński Dinamo BucureștiApril Ianis Zicu ASA Târgu MureșMay Florin Cernat Oțelul Galați

Attendances

# Club Average Highest 1 Petrolul 5,971 13,000 2 Craiova 5,882 14,000 3 Dinamo 1948 5,847 25,863 4 Steaua 5,833 38,154 5 Târgu Mureș 4,824 8,000 6 Iași 4,747 10,000 7 FC Rapid 4,735 9,000 8 Oțelul 3,959 10,000 9 Botoșani 3,941 8,000 10 U Cluj 3,553 14,031 11 Pandurii 3,324 8,500 12 CFR Cluj 3,235 10,000 13 Astra 2,336 7,000 14 Gaz Metan 1,959 6,000 15 Brașov 1,579 6,000 16 Concordia 1,512 4,000 17 Ceahlăul 1,318 4,000 18 Viitorul 788 4,000

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Notes

References

External links League table and recent results at Soccerway Official website Liga I at uefa.com