Liga IV Bucharest is the municipal football division of Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system, for clubs based in Bucharest, and is organized by AMFB – Asociația Municipală de Fotbal București ().
It is contested by a variable number of teams, depending on the number of teams relegated from Liga III, the number of teams promoted from Liga V Bucharest, and the teams that withdraw or enter the competition. The winner may or may not be promoted to Liga III, depending on the result of a promotion play-off contested against the winner of a neighboring county series.
History Football in the City and Region of Bucharest included over time, apart from the participating teams at the national level, a variable number of lower category teams, contained in different organizational and competitive formulas.
After 1948, following the administrative and territorial organization of the Romanian People's Republic, the football from the City of Bucharest and from Bucharest Region was governed by the municipal commission and the regional commission within the coordination forum for physical culture and sport.
In the Bucharest Region, football was organized into regional and district championships that comprised over time teams from nowadays Ilfov, Giurgiu, Ialomița, Teleorman and Călărași counties as from City of Bucharest. The Bucharest Regional Championship was disbanded in 1968 along with the new territorial reorganization of the country and the new competitive system in which each county has its own football championship. Starting that year, football in the Municipality of Bucharest was organized by the newly established Consiliul Municipal pentru Educație Fizică și Sport () in Bucharest.
In the City of Bucharest competitive formula was that of the municipal championship with teams from the largest Bucharest enterprises, in value categories called Honor, Promotion and Sector. A peak moment in this period, which ended after 1990, was the time interval between 1964 and 1976, when the destinies of football in the Capital were ensured by Prof. Traian Tomescu, and the number of teams, players, referees and coaches reached a record number, under the conditions of some competitions with two series at Honor Category, another four series at Promotion Category and one or two series for each sector of Bucharest.
After 1992, football in the Municipality of Bucharest was organized under the Asociația Municipală de Fotbal (), and the number of teams participating in competitions decreased due to poor economic and financial conditions. The competition was renamed Divizia C – Faza Municipală (Divizia C – Municipal Phase), became Divizia D in 1997, and has been known as Liga IV since 2006.
Promotion The champions of each county association play against one another in a play-off to earn promotion to Liga III. Geographical criteria are taken into consideration when the play-offs are drawn. In total, there are 41 county champions plus the Bucharest municipal champion.
List of Champions
Bucharest Regional Championship Ed.SeasonWinners11951 Dinamo 8 București21952 Spartac Giurgiu 31953 Dinamo Oltenița41954Flacăra București5195561956 71957–58 Oltul Turnu Măgurele81958–59 CFR Roșiori91959–60CFR Roșiori101960–61 Dunărea Giurgiu111961–62 Progresul Alexandria121962–63Unirea Răcari131963–64 Chimia Turnu Măgurele141964–65 SN Oltenița151965–66Celuloza Călărași161966–67 Chimia Turnu Măgurele171967–68 Celuloza Călărași (East Series) Comerțul Alexandria (West Series)
Bucharest Municipal Championship
Ed.SeasonWinners Municipal Championship11952 Dinamo 8 București21953 Progresul CPCS București31954Știința București41955Locomotiva MCF București51956 61957–58 71958–59 Bumbacul București81959–60Academia Militară București91960–61 Flacăra Roșie București101961–62 Filaret București111962–63Flacăra Roșie București121963–64 Metalul Floreasca131964–65Laromet București141965–66Dinamo Obor București151966–67 TUG București161967–68 Voința București171968–69 Laromet București181969–70Constructorul București191970–71 Dinamo Obor București201971–72 UREMOAS București211972–73 IOR București221973–74 Automatica București231974–75 ICSIM București241975–76 Abatorul București251976–77 Mecanica Fină București261977–78 Vâscoza București271978–79 Danubiana București281979–80 Granitul București291980–81 Dinamo Victoria București301981–82 Vâscoza București311982–83 URBIS București321983–84 TMB București331984–85 Voința București341985–86 CFR BTA București351986–87 IMGB București361987–88 URBIS București371988–89 Mecos București381989–90 Voința București391990–91 Calculatorul București401991–92 Constructorul Feroviar București Divizia C 411992–93 Viscofil București421993–94 Aversa București431994–95 Electromagnetica București441995–96 Acumulatorul București451996–97 Inter Gaz București Divizia D 461997–98 Grivița București471998–99 Aversa București481999–00 Venus RGAB București492000–01 Spic de Grâu București502001–02 Spic de Grâu București512002–03 Spic de Grâu București522003–04 Chitila532004–05 Sportul Studențesc București II542005–06 Aversa București
Ed.SeasonWinners Liga IV 552006–07 Comprest GIM București562007–08Progresul București II572008–09Comprest GIM București582009–10Spic de Grâu București592010–11Metaloglobus București602011–12Chitila612012–13 Chitila622013–14 Comprest GIM București632014–15 Chitila642015–16Progresul București652016–17Progresul Spartac București662017–18Rapid București672018–19Carmen București682019–20Steaua București692021–22Dinamo București702022–23Daco-Getica București712023–24ACS FC Dinamo București722024–25Știința București732025–26Omega Sport București
See also Main Leagues Liga I Liga II Liga III Liga IV
County Leagues (Liga IV series)
North–East Liga IV Bacău Liga IV Botoșani Liga IV Iași Liga IV Neamț Liga IV Suceava Liga IV Vaslui
North–West Liga IV Bihor Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud Liga IV Cluj Liga IV Maramureș Liga IV Satu Mare Liga IV Sălaj
Center Liga IV Alba Liga IV Brașov Liga IV Covasna Liga IV Harghita Liga IV Mureș Liga IV Sibiu
West Liga IV Arad Liga IV Caraș-Severin Liga IV Gorj Liga IV Hunedoara Liga IV Mehedinți Liga IV Timiș
South–West Liga IV Argeș Liga IV Dâmbovița Liga IV Dolj Liga IV Olt Liga IV Teleorman Liga IV Vâlcea
South Liga IV Bucharest Liga IV Călărași Liga IV Giurgiu Liga IV Ialomița Liga IV Ilfov Liga IV Prahova
South–East Liga IV Brăila Liga IV Buzău Liga IV Constanța Liga IV Galați Liga IV Tulcea Liga IV Vrancea
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