The 2019–20 Liga II (also known as 2019–20 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 80th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 2 August 2020. A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the fourth Liga II season with a single series. The season was initially scheduled to be played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams would be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team would play a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams would relegate to Liga III.
The season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 25 rounds, due to COVID-19 pandemic. After two months of inactivity, on 14 May 2020, the Romanian Football Federation announced that a promotion play-off tournament between the first 6 ranked teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. No teams will be relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded (Sportul Snagov and Daco-Getica București).
Team changes
To Liga II Promoted from Liga III SCM Gloria Buzău (debut) Rapid București (after 3 years of absence) Turris Turnu Măgurele (debut) CSM Reșița (after 11 years of absence) Miercurea Ciuc (debut)
Relegated from Liga I Dunărea Călărași (after 1 year of absence) Concordia Chiajna (after 8 years of absence)
From Liga II Relegated to Liga III Luceafărul Oradea (ended 3-year stay) Aerostar Bacău (ended 1-year stay) ACS Poli Timișoara (ended 1-year stay) Balotești (ended 5-year stay) Dacia Unirea Brăila (ended 9-year stay)
Promoted to Liga I Chindia Târgoviște (ended 4-year stay) Academica Clinceni (ended 7-year stay)
Excluded and spared teams Luceafărul Oradea withdrew from Liga II on 30 July 2019, with three days before the start of the championship and chose to enroll in the Liga III. Place of Luceafărul was occupied by Energeticianul.
Other changes Energeticianul was moved from Petroșani to Târgu Jiu, but the club will play its home matches on Municipal Stadium in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, until Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium in Târgu Jiu will be opened.
Renamed teams CSM Școlar Reșița was renamed as CSM Reșița after recovering its right to use the brand and record of the old entity.
Energeticianul was renamed as Viitorul Târgu Jiu.
Stadiums by capacity Club City StadiumCapacity Argeș Pitești Nicolae Dobrin 15,000 ASU Politehnica Timișoara Știința 1,000 Concordia Chiajna Concordia 5,123 CSM Reșița Mircea Chivu 12,500 Daco-Getica Bucharest Colentina 6,000 Dunărea Călărași Ion Comșa 10,400 Farul Constanța Farul 15,520 Metaloglobus Bucharest Metaloglobus 1,000 Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Municipal 1,200 Mioveni Mioveni Orășenesc 10,000 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 12,518 Petrolul Ploiești Ilie Oană 15,073 Rapid Bucharest Regie 10,020 Ripensia Timișoara Electrica 5,000 SCM Gloria Buzău Municipal 18,000 Sportul Snagov Voința 2,000 Turris Turnu Măgurele Municipal 2,000 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cluj Arena 30,201 UTA Arad Motorul 4,000 Viitorul Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 12,518
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 Argeș Pitești Vasile Buhăescu Macron Primăria Pitești ASU Politehnica Timișoara Ioan Mera Westiment / Macron De Construct Ind Concordia Chiajna Florin Bratu Petre Ivanovici Joma — CSM Reșița Laurențiu Rus Jako Primăria Reșița Daco-Getica București — — — — Dunărea Călărași Georgian Honciu Joma CJ Călărași Farul Constanța Vlad Muțiu Joma — Metaloglobus București Ovidiu Herea Jako — Miercurea Ciuc Adrián Majzik 2Rule Csíkszereda Mioveni Ionuț Burnea Joma Primăria Mioveni Pandurii Târgu Jiu Daniel Ciobanu Nike — Petrolul Ploiești Laurențiu Marinescu Joma Veolia Rapid București Ionuț Voicu Macron Greenfield, Superbet Ripensia Timișoara Claudiu Apro ILA Almira Sportul Snagov — — — — SCM Gloria Buzău Marius Ioniță Joma — Turris Turnu Măgurele Erik Lincar Silviu Pană Joma Nutrelo Universitatea Cluj Dorin Goga Adidas IRUM, De'Longhi, Untold UTA Arad Ciprian Rus Saller Primăria Arad Viitorul Târgu Jiu Cristian Oroș Joma Hotel Brâncuși, Vitalact
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Concordia Mutual agreement 6 June 2019 Pre-season 6 June 2019 Universitatea Sacked 13 June 2019 Pre-season 1 July 2019 SCM Gloria Promoted as Director of football 30 June 2019 Pre-season 1 July 2019 Mioveni (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 30 June 2019 Pre-season 1 July 2019 Metaloglobus Signed by UTA Arad 30 June 2019 Pre-season M. Măldărășanu 1 July 2019 UTA Arad End of contract 30 June 2019 Pre-season 1 July 2019 Snagov Signed by FCU Craiova 30 June 2019 Pre-season 16 July 2019 FC Argeș End of contract 30 June 2019 Pre-season 1 July 2019 Farul End of contract 30 June 2019 Pre-season Ianis Zicu 3 July 2019 Petrolul End of contract 30 June 2019 Pre-season 1 July 2019 Dunărea Signed by Astra Giurgiu 30 June 2019 Pre-season 1 July 2019 Viitorul T.J. End of contract 30 June 2019 Pre-season 31 July 2019 ASU Poli Resigned 31 August 2019 15 31 August 2019 Snagov Promoted as General Manager 31 August 2019 20 Viorel Dumitrescu 31 August 2019 Universitatea Mutual agreement 2 September 2019 17 4 September 2019 Turris Mutual agreement 1 October 2019 1 3 October 2019 Concordia Sacked 5 October 2019 11 7 October 2019 Argeș Pitești Mutual agreement 7 October 2019 6 9 October 2019 Snagov Mutual agreement 13 October 2019 20 13 October 2019 Pandurii Mutual agreement 22 October 2019 18 22 October 2019 Turris Mutual agreement 22 October 2019 2 26 October 2019 Politehnica Resigned 23 October 2019 16 (caretaker) 23 October 2019 Daco-Getica Mutual agreement 23 October 2019 19 — — Snagov Mutual agreement 1 November 2019 19 Laurențiu Tudor 1 November 2019 Politehnica (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 6 November 2019 11 6 November 2019 CSM Reșița Sacked 10 November 2019 16 10 November 2019 Pandurii Released 10 November 2019 19 Călin Cojocaru 12 November 2019 Snagov Laurențiu Tudor Mutual agreement 30 November 2019 18 Răzvan Ciodar (caretaker) 30 November 2019 Petrolul Resigned 11 December 2019 8 16 December 2019 Turris Mutual agreement 27 December 2019 5 2 January 2020 Concordia Released 27 December 2019 16 6 January 2020 Mioveni Sacked 2 February 2020 2 2 February 2020 Rapid Sacked 10 March 2020 6 13 March 2020 Petrolul Mutual agreement 30 July 2020 6 31 July 2020
Regular season League table
Season results
Promotion play-offs A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The teams started the promotion play-offs with half of the points accumulated until the interruption of the regular season.
Table
Results
Liga I play-off The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II
Season statistics Regular season and promotion play-off overall statistics.Players soccerway.comPlayers soccerway.com Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Albert VoineaRipensia Timișoara / Turris-Oltul152 Valentin BuhăcianuUTA Arad143 Ciprian RusUTA Arad134 Andrei BlejdeaArgeș Pitești125 Ovidiu HereaMetaloglobus București11 Sergiu ArnăutuPetrolul Ploiești7 Valentin AlexandruSCM Gloria Buzău / Rapid București108 Valentin MunteanuSCM Gloria Buzău9 Bogdan RusuDunărea Călărași Silviu PanăTurris Turnu Măgurele11 Mircea AxenteASU Politehnica Timișoara8 Cătălin HlisteiRapid București
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Vlad MuțiuFarul Constanța10 Flavius CroitoruMioveni Florin IacobUTA Arad4 Raul AvramPetrolul Ploiești85 Rareș MurariuASU Politehnica Timișoara76 David DuțuTurris Turnu Măgurele67 Dragoș BalauruSCM Gloria Buzău5 Alexandru TătaruRapid București Răzvan DucanArgeș Pitești8 Ionuț RusTurris Turnu Măgurele4 George GavrilașMetaloglobus București Alexandru GreabConcordia Chiajna
*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.
Attendances
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