The 2022–23 Liga III was the 67th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season will begin in August 2022 and is scheduled to end in June 2023.
This season is the third consecutive with a format that will include 100 teams (10x10). The format was changed two seasons ago, due to the financial problems generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The difference this season is that a play-off and play-out was introduced between the regular season and the promotion play-offs.
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Team changes
Promoted from 2021–22 Liga IV Relegated from 2021–22 Liga II Promoted to 2022–23 Liga II Relegated to 2022–23 Liga IV Viitorul Darabani (after 3 years of absence)Rapid Brodoc (debut)Sighetu Marmației (after 6 years of absence)Victoria Carei (after 15 years of absence)MSE Târgu Mureș (after 3 years of absence)Olimpic Zărnești (after 18 years of absence)Universitatea Alba Iulia (debut)Phoenix Buziaș (debut)Ineu (after 6 years of absence)Retezatul Hațeg (after 12 years of absence)Cozia Călimănești (after 30 years of absence)Dunărea Turris Turnu Măgurele (after 10 years of absence)Rucăr (debut)Amara (debut)Păulești (debut)CS FC Dinamo București (debut)Voința Limpeziș (debut)Unirea Braniștea (debut)Gloria Băneasa (debut) Dunărea Călărași (after 7 years of absence)Dacia Unirea Brăila (after 1 year of absence)Astra Giurgiu (after 14 years of absence) Oțelul Galați (ended 5-year stay)Progresul Spartac București (ended 5-year stay)CSM Slatina(ended 1-year stay)Dumbrăvița (ended 4-year stay)Minaur Baia Mare (ended 4-year stay) Hușana Huși(ended 3-year stay)Rapid II București(ended 2-year stay)Academica II Clinceni(ended 2-year stay)Hermannstadt II(ended 2-year stay)Progresul Șomcuta Mare(ended 2-year stay)Frontiera Curtici(ended 1-year stay)Dinamo II București(ended 2-year stay)Fetești(ended 1-year stay)Făurei(ended 4-year stay)Sticla Arieșul Turda(ended 4-year stay)Viitorul II Târgu Jiu(ended 1-year stay)Argeș II Pitești(ended 1-year stay)Sportul Chiscani(ended 2-year stay)Pașcani(ended 32-year stay)Oltenița(ended 2-year stay)Luceafărul Oradea(ended 3-year stay)Poli Timișoara(ended 3-year stay)
Teams excluded by Romanian Football Federation Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Mediaş relegated to Liga II at the end of the 2021–22 Liga I season. On 20 June 2022, Academica and on 27 June 2022, Gaz Metan was relegated directly to Liga III, by the Romanian Football Federation, which denied a second tier licence to Academica and Gaz Metan, due to important financial problems and unpaid debts to current and former players and managers.Academica Clinceni, retrogradată în Liga 3! Cine îi va lua locul în eșalonul secund. sport.ro Academica Clinceni a fost retrogradată în Liga 3. Cine este clubul care va profita de această situație și va rămâne în divizia secundă. prosport.ro Direct în Liga 3! CNSL a retrogradat-o din cauza datoriilor + Riscă să fie exclusă definitiv. gsp.ro
Academica Clinceni II, the second team of Academica Clinceni, which was a Liga III member, was automatically relegated to Liga IV, as an indirect result of the first team relegation to the third tier.
On 8 August 2022, Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Mediaş were both excluded from all the competitions organized by the Romanian Football Federation, due to financial problems.CĂTRE COMITETUL DE URGENŢĂ. frf.ro
Withdrawn teams Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Sporting Vaslui, Rapid II București, Hușana Huși, Speranța Răucești and Silvicultorul Maieru withdrew from the competition, before the start of the season.
Teams spared from relegation Politehnica Timișoara and Unirea Constanța was spared from relegation to 2022–23 Liga III season, due to the decision to relegate Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Mediaş, decision that vacanted places in the 2022–23 Liga II season.OFICIAL! Politehnica Timișoara rămâne în Liga a 2-a. Academica Clinceni retrogradează direct în al treilea eșalon. playsport.ro Poli Timișoara, și mai aproape de rămânerea în Liga 2! Academica Clinceni a fost sancționată din nou, inclusiv cu retrogradarea în ”categoria inferioară”, și are mai puțin de o lună să evite excluderea totală. liga2.prosport.ro
Aurul Brad was spared from relegation to 2022–23 Liga IV season, due to the decision to relegate Academica II Clinceni, decision that vacanted a place in the 2022–23 Liga III season.
CSM Bacău, Unirea Alba Iulia, Progresul Ezeriș, Flacăra Horezu, Kids Tâmpa Brașov and Minerul Costești were spared from relegation to 2022–23 Liga IV season, due to the exclusion of Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Mediaş and the withdrawn of Rapid II București, Hușana Huși, Speranța Răucești and Silvicultorul Maieru.
Other changes Club Atletic Oradea enrolled in the 2022–23 Liga IV as the result of the broke up between the former associate members, the private part (owner of the Club Atletic Oradea and CAO-NAC brands) and the public part. The public part made a new entity (FC Bihor Oradea), that took the Liga III place, vacanted by Club Atletic Oradea.CA Oradea se retrage în Liga 4 după ce a fost la un pas de promovarea în Liga 2. În Liga 3, în locul acesteia, va juca un club mult mai iubit în Bihor. liga2.prosport.ro Planuri fotbalistice la Oradea. Vezi când ar urma să joace FC Bihor Oradea în primul eșalon. bihon.ro
CS Hunedoara officially bought FC Corvinul Hunedoara brand and was renamed as Corvinul Hunedoara. Due to merge between CS Hunedoara and the FC Corvinul brand, CS Hunedoara became the official successor of FC Corvinul.CS Hunedoara se va numi „Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara” . hunedoaralibera.ro
Dunărea Turris Turnu Măgurele was renamed as Cetatea Turnu Măgurele.
CS Rucăr was moved from Rucăr to Câmpulung and was renamed as Muscelul Câmpulung Elite.
League map
Regular season
Seria I
Seria II
Seria III
Seria IV
Seria V
Seria VI
Seria VII
Seria VIII
Seria IX
Seria X
Play-off round Seria I
Seria II
Seria III
Seria IV
Seria V
Seria VI
Seria VII
Seria VIII
Seria IX
Seria X
Play-out round
Seria I
Seria II
Seria III
Seria IV
Seria V
Seria VI
Seria VII
Seria VIII
Seria IX
Seria X
Promotion play-offs The promotion play-offs are disputed between the first two teams from each of the ten play-off round series. Only the best five teams will be promoted to 2023–24 Liga II.
First round
Second round
Possible relegation At the end of the season, a special table was made between 8th places from the 10 series. The last team in this table, with the lowest coefficient points per game, was also relegated in the 2023–24 Liga IV.
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