The 2020–21 Liga II (also known as Liga II Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the fifth consecutive season held in a single series. It began on 5 September 2020 and ended on 3 June 2021.
The competition format was changed and consisted of two stages. In the first stage, each team played every other team once in a regular season, followed by a promotion play-off involving six teams and a relegation play-out with two groups of seven teams. In the second stage, the first two teams were promoted to Liga I, while the 3rd- and 4th-placed teams played play-off matches against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I over two legs. The bottom two teams in each group were relegated, and the 5th-placed teams in each group played for the fifth relegation spot to Liga III.
Teams A total of twenty-one teams contested the league, instead of twenty, due to the no-relegation rule imposed after the previous season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixteen of these teams competed in the previous season, while five were promoted from Liga III. Team changes
To Liga II Relegated from Liga I None
Promoted from Liga III Aerostar Bacău – after one year of absence. FCU 1948 Craiova – after six years of absence. Unirea Slobozia – after five years of absence. Slatina – after seven years of absence. Comuna Recea – debut.
From Liga II Promoted to Liga I UTA Arad – ended a five-year stay. Argeș Pitești – ended a three-year stay.
Relegated to Liga III None
Other changes Sportul Snagov and Daco-Getica București withdrew during the previous season and were subsequently dissolved, the latter being reestablished in the fifth tier.
Stadiums and locations
Club City Stadium Capacity Aerostar Bacău Bacău Aerostar 1,500 ASU Politehnica Timișoara Timișoara Știința 1,000 Comuna Recea Recea Central 600 Concordia Chiajna Chiajna Concordia 5,123 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Municipal 1,200 CS Mioveni Mioveni Orășenesc 10,000 CSM Reșița Reșița Mircea Chivu 12,500 CSM Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 10,000 Dunărea Călărași Călărași Ion Comșa 10,400 Farul Constanța Constanța Farul 15,520 FCU 1948 Craiova Craiova Ion Oblemenco 30,983 Gloria Buzău Buzău Municipal 18,000 Metaloglobus București Bucharest Metaloglobus 1,000 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 12,518 Petrolul Ploiești Ploiești Ilie Oană 15,073 Rapid București Bucharest Regie 10,020 Ripensia Timișoara Timișoara Electrica 5,000 Turris Turnu Măgurele Turnu Măgurele Municipal 2,000 Unirea Slobozia Slobozia 1 Mai 6,000 Universitatea Cluj Cluj-Napoca Cluj Arena 30,201 Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu Tudor Vladimirescu 12,518
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 Aerostar Bacău Cătălin Vraciu Nike Aerostar Comuna Recea Alin Bota Hummel DualStore Concordia Chiajna Andrei Marc Joma — Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Attila Csürös 2Rule Csíkszereda Dunărea Călărași Bogdan Șandru Joma Consiliul Județean Călărași Farul Constanța Paul Antoche Joma NOI Cash&Carry FCU 1948 Craiova Dragoș Albu Adidas Justice for Craiova Gloria Buzău Ciprian Petre Joma — Metaloglobus București Ovidiu Herea Jako — Mioveni Robert Gherghe Macron Mioveni Pandurii Târgu Jiu Marian Pleașcă Cottontex Winner Petrolul Ploiești Pol Roigé Joma Veolia Politehnica Timișoara Ioan Mera Westiment / Joma De Construct Ind, Sika Rapid București Ionuț Voicu Macron Greenfield, Superbet Reșița Laurențiu Breșneni Jako Invest in Reșița Ripensia Timișoara Alexandru Popovici Cottontex / Macron Almira, La Migdali, ILA Slatina Vasile Gheorghe Macron Primăria Slatina Turris Turnu Măgurele Joma Nutrelo Unirea Slobozia Constantin Toma Joma Consiliul Județean Ialomița Universitatea Cluj Srdjan Luchin Adidas Superbet, De'Longhi, Irum Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Cristian Oroș Nike Grimex (h), Hotel Brâncuși(a), Vitalact(a)
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departure Date of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment Ripensia Signed by Reșița 30 May 2020 Pre-season 8 June 2020 Reșița End of contract 31 May 2020 Pre-season 4 June 2020 Metaloglobus End of contract 31 May 2020 Pre-season 10 August 2020 Viitorul End of contract 30 June 2020 Pre-season 26 August 2020 Aerostar End of contract 30 June 2020 Pre-season 3 August 2020 Petrolul Mutual agreement 3 August 2020 Pre-season 9 August 2020 Rapid Mutual agreement 9 August 2020 Pre-season 10 August 2020 FCU 1948 Craiova Sacked 24 August 2020 Pre-season 25 August 2020 Universitatea Cluj Resigned 14 September 2020 14 16 September 2020 Aerostar Resigned 20 September 2020 19 20 September 2020 Recea Sacked 22 September 2020 20 22 September 2020 FCU 1948 Craiova Sacked 12 October 2020 1 (caretaker) 13 October 2020 CSM Reșița Resigned 17 October 2020 15 4 November 2020 Rapid Sacked 27 October 2020 11 (caretaker) 27 October 2020 Mioveni Mutual agreement 27 October 2020 10 28 October 2020 Concordia Sacked 6 November 2020 18 (caretaker) 6 November 2020 ASU Politehnica Released 11 November 2020 3 11 November 2020 Turris Sacked 7 November 2020 10 10 November 2020 Slatina Sacked 22 November 2020 17 (caretaker) 22 November 2020 Rapid (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 1 December 2020 5 1 December 2020 Slobozia Mutual agreement 9 December 2020 19 9 December 2020 Slatina (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 10 December 2020 16 10 December 2020 FCU 1948 Craiova (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 23 December 2020 1 24 December 2020 Concordia (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 8 January 2021 18 8 January 2021
Regular season League table
Results
Promotion play-off A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 20 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.
Table
Results
Positions by round
Relegation play-out A relegation play-out tournament between the last 15 ranked teams at the end of the regular season will be played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups will be made: the first group will consist of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group will consist of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group will be relegated to Liga III, while the 5th placed teams in both groups will meet in a tie to avoid relegation.
Group A Table
Results
Group B Table
Results
Liga II play-out The 5th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team to Liga III.
First leg
Second leg
Season statistics Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubRegularPlay-off Play-out Total 1 Marius ComanComuna Recea10–5152 Cătălin HlisteiRapid București113–14 Ovidiu HereaMetaloglobus București11–3143 Claudiu BălanFCU 1948 Craiova83–114 Daniel ParaschivViitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu7–310 Adrian BălanRapid București55–105 Gabriel DodoiPandurii Târgu Jiu7–29 Armando VajushiPetrolul Ploiești7–29 Bogdan RusuMioveni63–9 Ștefan BlănaruMioveni45–9 Darius BuiaViitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu3–696 Vasile BuhăescuPetrolul Ploiești6–287 Cosmin TucaliucGloria Buzău7–-7 Andrea CompagnoFCU 1948 Craiova25–7 Juan BauzaCsíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc52–7 Azdren LlullakuConcordia Chiajna52–7 Andrei HergheligiuConcordia Chiajna5–27 Valentin AlexandruDunărea Călărași52–7 Ianis StoicaSlatina3–47
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound Paul BatinComuna ReceaSlatina5–2 (H)30 April 20226 (Play-out) Ovidiu HereaMetaloglobus BucureștiPandurii Târgu Jiu3–1 (H)30 April 20216 (Play-out) Claudiu BălanRapid BucureștiFCU 1948 Craiova1–3 (A)17 May 20219 (Play-off) See also 2020–21 Liga I 2020–21 Liga III 2020–21 Liga IV 2020–21 Cupa României
References
External links FRF