The 2017–18 Liga II (also known as 2017–18 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 78th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018.Campionatul Ligii 2 începe în primul weekend al lunii august. Data limită până la care se pot înscrie echipele în competiţie. liga2.prosport.ro Final de sezon în Liga 2. La Bucureşti s-a decis campioana şi ultima retrogradată. A fost agonie şi extaz pe gazon. La Brăila, Dacia Unirea şi Pandurii au dat-o la pace pentru a se salva. liga2.prosport.ro
A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the second Liga II season with a single series. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team played a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams relegated to Liga III.
Team changes
To Liga II Promoted from Liga III Știința Miroslava (debut) Metaloglobus București (debut) SCM Pitești (after 4 years of absence) Ripensia Timișoara (after 70 years of absence) Hermannstadt (debut) Relegated from Liga I Pandurii Târgu Jiu (ended 12-year stay in the top flight) Târgu Mureș (ended 4-year stay in the top flight)
From Liga II Relegated to Liga III Râmnicu Vâlcea (ended 12-year stay) Unirea Tărlungeni (ended 4-year stay) Berceni (ended 4-year stay) Șoimii Pâncota (ended 3-year stay) Promoted to Liga I Juventus București (ended 1-year stay) Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (ended 1-year stay)
Excluded teams After the end of last season, Brașov was dissolved.
Teams spared from relegation Metalul Reșița was spared from relegation due to withdrawal of Brașov.
Renamed teams SCM Pitești bought FC Argeș brand and was renamed as Argeș Pitești.
Metalul Reșița was renamed as Sportul Snagov at one year after its movement to Snagov.
Stadiums by capacity Club City Stadium Capacity Academica Clinceni Clinceni 2,800 Afumați Afumați Comunal 3,000 Argeș Pitești Nicolae Dobrin 15,000 ASU Politehnica Timișoara Știința / Dan Păltinișanu 1,000 / 32,972 Balotești Balotești Central 3,780 Chindia Târgoviște Eugen Popescu 6,500 Dacia Unirea Brăila Municipal 20,154 Dunărea Călărași Ion Comșa 10,400 Foresta Suceava Areni 7,000 Hermannstadt Sibiu Municipal 14,200 Luceafărul Oradea Luceafărul / Iuliu Bodola 2,200 / 11,155 Metaloglobus București Metaloglobus 1,000 Mioveni Mioveni Orășenesc 7,000 Olimpia Satu Mare Daniel Prodan 18,000 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Minerul 5,000 Ripensia Timișoara Ciarda Roșie 1,000 Sportul Snagov Voinţa / Dumitru Mătărău 2,000 / 1,200 Știința Miroslava Comunal / Emil Alexandrescu 1,000 / 11,390 Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș Trans-Sil 8,200 UTA Arad Otto Greffner 2,000
Stadiums by locations
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 Academica Clinceni Costin Gheorghe Joma — Afumați Răzvan Patriche Nike — Argeș Pitești Raul Costin Macron Primăria Pitești ASU Politehnica Timișoara Ioan Mera Westiment De Construct Ind Balotești Lucian Ion Jako — Chindia Târgoviște Cristian Cherchez Joma Regata Dacia Unirea Brăila Alin Pânzaru Sorin Frunză Joma Trade Dunărea Călărași Cezar Lungu Jako Condorul Foresta Suceava Marius Matei Macron Primăria Suceava Hermannstadt Răzvan Dâlbea Andu Primăria Sibiu Luceafărul Oradea Claudiu Codoban Adidas — Metaloglobus București Ștefan Stângă Jako — Mioveni Roberto Ayza Joma Primăria Mioveni Olimpia Satu Mare — — — — Pandurii Târgu Jiu Adrian Bogoi Răzvan Stanca Luanvi / Nike CEO, Artego Ripensia Timișoara Adrian Popa ILA Labormed Alvogen Sportul Snagov Alexandru Radu Givova / Macron AD Garage Știința Miroslava Ciprian Milea Givova / Joma Primăria Miroslava Târgu Mureș — — — — UTA Arad Marius Curtuiuș Saller Pletl
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Hermannstadt No PRO licence 31 May 2017 Pre-season 1 June 2017 Argeș Signed by FCSB 31 May 2017 Pre-season 1 July 2017 Pandurii Signed by CSM Poli Iași 8 June 2017 Pre-season 3 August 2017 Foresta (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 30 June 2017 Pre-season 3 August 2017 Olimpia Signed by ASU Politehnica 30 June 2017 Pre-season Tibor Selymes 1 July 2017 ASU Politehnica Mutual agreement 30 June 2017 Pre-season 1 July 2017 Mioveni Signed by Argeș Pitești 30 June 2017 Pre-season 1 July 2017 Târgu Mureș End of contract 30 June 2017 Pre-season 1 July 2017 Luceafărul End of contract 30 June 2017 Pre-season 1 July 2017 UTA Arad End of contract 30 June 2017 Pre-season 1 July 2017 Dunărea Signed by UTA Arad 30 June 2017 Pre-season Adrian Iencsi 1 July 2017 Snagov Mihai Stoica End of contract 30 June 2017 Pre-season Valeriu Răchită 1 July 2017 Balotești Augustin Călin Mutual agreement 20 July 2017 Pre-season 4 August 2017 Pandurii Murual agreement 8 August 2017 12 8 August 2017 Dunărea Adrian Iencsi Signed by Pandurii 8 August 2017 17 Mirel Condei (caretaker) 9 August 2017 Balotești Cornel Nica Sacked 13 August 2017 18 Laurențiu Diniță 14 August 2017 Dunărea Călărași Mirel Condei (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 22 August 2017 17 Dan Alexa 22 August 2017 Foresta Florin Cristescu Mutual agreement 31 August 2017 20 Nuno Pedro 1 September 2017 Luceafărul Sacked 31 August 2017 18 1 September 2017 UTA Arad Mutual agreement 4 September 2017 9 6 September 2017 Mioveni Resigned 5 September 2017 12 7 September 2017 Târgu Mureș Mutual agreement 5 September 2017 3 (caretaker) 9 September 2017 Olimpia Resigned 18 September 2017 16 18 September 2017 Târgu Mureș (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 20 September 2017 3 20 September 2017 UTA Arad Mutual agreement 21 September 2017 13 21 September 2017 Mioveni Signed by Romania 23 September 2017 7 24 September 2017 Pandurii Sacked 30 September 2017 13 (caretaker) 30 September 2017 Miroslava Sacked 10 October 2017 17 11 October 2017 Foresta Mutual agreement 20 October 2017 19 (caretaker) 20 October 2017 Foresta (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 23 October 2017 19 23 October 2017 Ripensia Resigned 23 October 2017 10 (caretaker) 24 October 2017 Balotești Resigned 26 October 2017 18 (caretaker) 26 October 2017 Argeș Sacked 6 November 2017 10 (caretaker) 6 November 2017 Pandurii (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 6 November 2017 16 Adrian Bogoi 6 November 2017 Mioveni Sacked 6 November 2017 8 (caretaker) 6 November 2017 Mioveni (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 14 November 2017 8 14 November 2017 Balotești (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 28 November 2017 18 Augustin Călin 28 November 2017 Ripensia (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 10 December 2017 11 13 December 2017 Argeș (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 10 December 2017 7 5 January 2018 Academica Signed by Juventus București 13 December 2017 6 30 December 2017 Metaloglobus Mutual agreement 15 December 2017 15 5 January 2018 Târgu Mureș Mutual agreement 10 January 2018 8 — — Olimpia Mutual agreement 30 January 2018 20 — — ASU Politehnica Resigned 14 March 2018 7 (caretaker) 16 March 2018 Luceafărul Signed by Șirineasa 20 March 2018 13 20 March 2018 Ripensia Mutual agreement 25 March 2018 13 (caretaker) 25 March 2018 Ripensia (caretaker) Mutual agreement 7 April 2018 12 7 April 2018 Mioveni Sacked 26 April 2018 8 (caretaker) 26 April 2018 UTA Arad Mutual agreement 26 April 2018 10 26 April 2018 Miroslava Sacked 16 May 2018 17 (caretaker) 18 May 2018 Balotești Augustin Călin Mutual agreement 16 May 2018 9 (caretaker) 17 May 2018
League table
Season results
Promotion/relegation play-offs The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.
Notes: Voluntari qualified for 2018–19 Liga I and Chindia Târgoviște qualified for 2018–19 Liga II.
Season statistics
Top scorers Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018. Rank Player Club Goals1 Vlad RusuLuceafărul Oradea262 Valentin AlexandruDunărea Călărași243 Mediop NdiayeRipensia Timișoara194 Bogdan RusuHermannstadt185 Valentin GhenoviciMetaloglobus București166 Cristian CherchezChindia Târgoviște157 Marius MateiLuceafărul Oradea (1) / Foresta Suceava (13)14 Deian SorescuASU Politehnica Timișoara9 Cosmin NăstăsieMioveni13 Alexandru PopDacia Unirea Brăila
Clean sheets Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018. Rank Player ClubClean sheets*1 Cătălin CăbuzHermannstadt202 Cezar LunguDunărea Călărași173 Iustin PopescuChindia Târgoviște144 Andrei MarinescuAfumați125 Cosmin Dur-BozoancăASU Politehnica Timișoara96 Flavius CroitoruMioveni8 Robert GeantăMetaloglobus București8 Octavian PopescuArgeș Pitești79 Iulian Anca-TripSportul Snagov6 Răzvan BeganLuceafărul Oradea (0) / Foresta Suceava (6) Nicușor GrecuArgeș Pitești Toma NigaAcademica Clinceni (2) / Hermannstadt (4)
*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.
Attendance
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