The 2022–23 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) was the 83rd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the seventh consecutive season held in a single series. It began on 6 August 2022 and ended on 4 June 2023.
The competition format was maintained, consisting of two stages. In the first stage, each team played every other team once, followed by a six-team promotion play-off and a relegation play-out split into two groups of seven. In the second stage, the top two teams were promoted to Liga I, while the 3rd- and 4th-placed sides played two-legged play-offs against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The bottom two teams in each group were relegated, and the 5th-placed teams met to decide the fifth relegation berth to Liga III.
Teams A total of twenty teams contested the league, including fourteen from the previous season, one relegated from Liga I, and five promoted from Liga III. Team changes
To Liga II Relegated from Liga I Dinamo București – debut.
Promoted from Liga III Oțelul Galați – after six years of absence. Progresul Spartac București – debut. Slatina – after one year of absence. Dumbrăvița – debut. Minaur Baia Mare – after six years of absence.
From Liga II Promoted to Liga I Petrolul Ploiești – ended a four-year stay. Hermannstadt – ended a one-year stay. Universitatea Cluj – ended a four-year stay.
Relegated to Liga III Dunărea Călărași – ended a three-year stay. Dacia Unirea Brăila – ended a one-year stay. Astra Giurgiu – ended a one-year stay.
Other changes Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Mediaș relegated to Liga II at the end of the 2021–22 Liga I season. On 27 June 2022, Academica and Gaz Metan were relegated directly to Liga III, by the Romanian Football Federation, which denied a second tier licence for both clubs, due to important financial problems and unpaid debts to current and former players and managers.
FC Buzău was renamed back as Gloria Buzău, due to brand rights.
Due to Academica and Gaz Metan exclusion by the Romanian Football Federation, their places were occupied by Politehnica Timișoara and Unirea Constanța, best two ranked teams from the relegated five registered at the 2021–22 Liga II.
Stadiums and locations
Club City Stadium Capacity Concordia Chiajna Chiajna Concordia 5,123 CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Șelimbăr Municipal 12,000 CSC Dumbrăvița Dumbrăvița Ștefan Dobay 20,154 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc Municipal 1,200 CSM Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 10,000 FC Dinamo București București Marin Anastasovici 8,500 FC Brașov Brașov Silviu Ploeșteanu 8,800 Gloria Buzău Buzău Municipal 18,000 Metaloglobus București Bucharest Metaloglobus 1,000 Minaur Baia Mare Baia Mare Viorel Mateianu 8,000 Oțelul Galați Galați Oțelul 13,500 Politehnica Iași Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11,390 Politehnica Timișoara Timișoara Știința 2,600 Progresul Spartac București București CNAF 1,600 Ripensia Timișoara Timișoara Electrica 5,000 Steaua București București Steaua 31,254 Unirea Constanța Constanța Clinceni 4,500 Unirea Dej Dej Unirea 6,000 Unirea Slobozia Slobozia 1 Mai 6,000 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 1599 Șelimbăr Claudiu Niculescu Alexandru Dandea Joma — Brașov Dan Alexa Ivan Fuštar Acerbis — Concordia Chiajna Eugen Trică Raul Palmeș Joma — Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Róbert Ilyés Attila Csürös 2Rule Csíkszereda Dinamo București Ovidiu Burcă Răzvan Patriche Macron 888 Holdings Dumbrăvița Cosmin Stan Costel Zurbagiu Macron Primăria Dumbrăvița Gloria Buzău Adrian Mihalcea Relu Stoian Beltona Superbet Metaloglobus București Eusebiu Tudor Daniel Lung Jako — Minaur Baia Mare Mihai Iosif Ciprian Stanciu Hummel Primăria Baia Mare Oțelul Galați Dorinel Munteanu Ionuț Neagu Jako Liberty Politehnica Iași Leontin Grozavu Florin Plămadă Givova Municipiul Iași Politehnica Timișoara Octavian Benga Denis Radu Westiment Unibet Progresul Spartac București Andrei Erimia Eugen Lixandru Nike Kulterra Ripensia Timișoara Iulian Muntean Gabriel Stoi Cottontex Almira, La Migdali, ILA Slatina Daniel Oprescu Cătălin Doman Macron Primăria Slatina Steaua București Daniel Oprița Adrian Popa Adidas Get's Bet Unirea Constanța Dacian Nastai Mihai Udrea Macron CJ Ilfov Unirea Dej Dragoș Militaru Florin Blaj Hummel Dendiarom Unirea Slobozia Costel Enache Constantin Toma Joma CJ Ialomița Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Călin Cojocaru Claudiu Dragu Nike Artego
Managerial changes Pre-season TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment Dinamo București Dušan Uhrin Jr. End of contract 31 May 2022 21 July 2022 Politehnica Iași 31 May 2022 7 June 2022 Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Alexandru Ciobanu End of interim spell 31 May 2022 5 July 2022 Unirea Slobozia Signed by Chindia 31 May 2022 13 June 2022 Politehnica Timișoara Antonio Foale End of interim spell 31 May 2022 21 June 2022 Brașov Călin Moldovan End of contract 31 May 2022 Dan Alexa 21 June 2022 Metaloglobus București Nicolae Grigore 31 May 2022 Eugen Trică 1 July 2022 Slatina Ovidiu Burcă 30 June 2022 Daniel Oprescu 1 July 2022 Unirea Constanța Leonard Strizu 30 June 2022 Dacian Nastai 1 July 2022 During the season TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment Round Position Metaloglobus București Eugen Trică Released 12 September 2022 6th 20th Florin Drăghici (interim) 13 September 2022 Metaloglobus București Florin Drăghici End of interim spell 20 September 2022 7th 20th Eusebiu Tudor 20 September 2022 Concordia Chiajna Ianis Zicu Mutual agreement 20 September 2022 7th 14th Eugen Trică 22 September 2022 Politehnica Timișoara Bogdan Andone Released 23 September 2022 7th 18th Octavian Benga 27 September 2022 Gloria Buzău Cristian Pustai 4 October 2022 8th 8th Adrian Mihalcea 5 October 2022 Politehnica Iași Claudiu Niculescu Mutual agreement 10 October 2022 9th 5th Leontin Grozavu 14 October 2022 Minaur Baia Mare Ciprian Danciu Released 17 October 2022 10th 16th Mihai Iosif 19 October 2022 1599 Șelimbăr Eugen Beza Mutual agreement 4 November 2022 12th 10th Claudiu Niculescu 7 November 2022 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Francisc Dican Released 30 November 2022 15th 6th Csaba László (interim) 1 December 2022 Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu Florin Stângă Released 16 January 2023 16th 13th Călin Cojocaru 16 January 2023 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Csaba László End of interim spell 24 January 2023 16th 7th Werner Burger 24 January 2023 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Werner Burger Released 18 March 2023 19th 11th Róbert Ilyés 18 March 2023
Regular season League table
Results
Promotion play-off A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 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.
Play-off table
Play-off results
Positions by round
Relegation play-out A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were 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 RankPlayerClubRegular Play-off Play-out Total 1 Bogdan ChipirliuSteaua București1250172 Milcho AngelovBrașov808163 Lóránt KovácsCsíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc80210 Claudiu DraguViitorul Târgu Jiu703105 Dragoș HuibanMetaloglobus București7029 Angelo CocianUnirea Dej9009 Alexandru PopUnirea Dej7309 Shayon HarrisonPolitehnica Iași5409 Lamine GhezaliDinamo Bucuresti360910 Cătălin HlisteiPolitehnica Iași6208 Alexandru BoiciucGloria Buzau6208 Richárd JelenaCsíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc5038 Adi Chică-RoșăBrașov3058 Tsvetelin ChunchukovSteaua București5408
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound Adi Chică-RoșăBrașovUnirea Constanța9–0 (H)14 April 20234 (Play-out)
See also 2022–23 Liga I 2022–23 Liga III 2022–23 Liga IV 2022–23 Cupa României
References
External links FRF