The 2025–26 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the tenth consecutive season held in a single series.
The format has been maintained, with a regular season contested by twenty-two teams in a single round-robin tournament. The top six teams at the end of the regular season advance to the promotion play-offs. The first two teams in the play-offs will be promoted to Liga I, while the third- and fourth-placed teams will play a promotion/relegation play-off against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I.
The remaining fourteen teams will compete in the relegation play-outs, divided into two groups. The last two teams from each group will be relegated to Liga III. Additionally, the sixth-placed teams from each play-out group will face each other in a play-off to decide the final team to be relegated.
Teams A total of twenty-two teams contested the league, including fourteen from the previous season, two relegated from Liga I, five promoted from Liga III, and one taking over a place through a cession. Team changes
To Liga II Relegated from Liga I Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe – after eight years in the top flight. Politehnica Iași – after two years in the top flight.
Promoted from Liga III Bacău – debut. Dinamo București – debut. Tunari – after one year of absence. Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud – debut. Olimpia Satu Mare – debut.
From Liga II Promoted to Liga I Argeș Pitești– ended a two-year stay. Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc– ended a six-year stay. Metaloglobus București– ended an eight-year stay.
Relegated to Liga III Focșani – ended a one-year stay. Mioveni (excluded) – ended a two-year stay. Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu (excluded) – ended a seven-year stay.
Other changes Gloria Buzău, which was relegated to Liga II at the end of the 2024–25 Liga I season, withdrew due to financial issues and entered bankruptcy.
FCU 1948 Craiova was excluded after failing to obtain a Liga II license.
Following the withdrawal and exclusion of two clubs, the Romanian Football Federation granted the vacant places to Dumbrăvița and Câmpulung Muscel, based on their applications and in accordance with the regulations, as the two best-ranked teams among the five relegated from the previous season.
Unirea Ungheni ceded its Liga II place to ASA Târgu Mureș.
Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud changed its name to Gloria Bistrița.
Stadiums and locations
Club City Stadium Capacity AFC Câmpulung Muscel Câmpulung Muscelul 3,000 ASA Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș Trans-Sil 8,200 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Piatra Neamț Ceahlăul 18,000 Chindia Târgoviște Târgoviște Eugen Popescu 8,400 Concordia Chiajna Chiajna Concordia 5,123 Corvinul Hunedoara Hunedoara Complexul Sportiv Corvinul 16,500 CS Afumați Afumați Comunal 2,000 CS Tunari Tunari Central 1,700 CS Dinamo București București CNAF 1,600 CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Șelimbăr Măgura 2,450 CSC Dumbrăvița Dumbrăvița Ștefan Dobay 500 CSM Olimpia Satu Mare Satu Mare Daniel Prodan 18,000 CSM Reșița Reșița Mircea Chivu 12,500 CSM Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 12,000 FC Bacău Ruși-Ciutea Ruși-Ciutea 700 FC Bihor Oradea Oradea Iuliu Bodola 12,376 FC Voluntari Voluntari Anghel Iordănescu 4,600 Gloria Bistrița Bistrița Jean Pădureanu 7,814 Metalul Buzău Buzău Metalul 1,573 Politehnica Iași Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11,350 Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe Sepsi 8,400 Steaua București București Steaua 31,254
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 Eugen Beza Ciprian Natea Nike Shopping City Sibiu Afumați Vasile Neagu Ionuț Zaina Nike Shark Doors ASA Târgu Mureș Eusebiu Tudor Florin Iacob Kappa Târgu Mureș Bacău Costel Enache Ionuț Chirilă Nike Dedeman Bihor Oradea Erik Lincar Ioan Hora Macron Selina, Viva Chips Câmpulung Muscel Vasile Slăninoiu (interim) Ștefan Ghiță Nike Superbet Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Vasile Avădanei Andrei Marc Nike SSAB Impex Chindia Târgoviște Nicolae Croitoru Cornel Dinu Nike Kruk Concordia Chiajna Andrei Cristea Mihai Bălașa Masita — Corvinul Hunedoara Florin Maxim Alexandru Neacșa Gamer Design VBet Dinamo București Ionel Dănciulescu Roberto Mălăele Joma Superbet Dumbrăvița Florin Fabian Alin Șeroni Macron Artoil Gloria Bistrița Nicolae Grigore Alin Burdeț Uhlsport Superbet Metalul Buzău Valentin Stan Marius Tudorică Macron Consiliul Județean Buzău Olimpia Satu Mare Alexandru Botoș Ervin Zsiga Adidas M-SYS, Best Build Technology Politehnica Iași Tibor Selymes Ștefan Ștefanovici Nike Maxbet Reșița Leontin Doană Alin Dudea Puma Invest in Reșița Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Ovidiu Burcă Cosmin Matei Adidas Diószegi, Gyermelyi Slatina Viorel Ferfelea Ionuț Mitran Macron Organizația Trebuie Steaua București Daniel Oprița Stephan Drăghici Adidas Stanleybet Tunari Paul Pîrvulescu Claudiu Dragu Uhlsport Pinum, Shaormeria Băneasa Voluntari Florian Pârvu Adam Nemec Nike Metropola TV
Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival Chindia Târgoviște Costel Pană Mutual consent 16 June 2025 Ilie Poenaru 16 June 2025 Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Csaba László End of interim spell 18 June 2025 Ovidiu Burcă 18 June 2025 Dumbrăvița Cosmin Stan Mutual consent 19 June 2025 Florin Fabian 20 June 2025 1599 Șelimbăr Ioan Luca 1 July 2025 Eugen Beza 1 July 2025 ASA Târgu Mureș Cătălin Kalo 1 July 2025 Eusebiu Tudor 1 July 2025 Tunari Dan Alexa 22 July 2025 Bogdan Pătrașcu 25 July 2025
During the season TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment Round Position Olimpia Satu Mare Alexandru Botoș Sacked 26 August 20254th22nd Zoltan Ritli 2 September 2025 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Marco Veronese 29 August 20254th11th Vasile Avădanei (interim) 22 August 2025 Gloria Bistrița Cristian Pustai 31 August 20255th18th Nicolae Grigore 2 September 2025 Tunari Bogdan Pătrașcu 20 September 20257th16th Alin Ilin (interim) 25 September 2025 Concordia Chiajna Nicolae Dică 22 September 20257th11th Andrei Cristea 23 September 2025 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Vasile Avădanei End of interim spell 22 September 20257th12th Cristian Pustai 25 September 2025 Olimpia Satu Mare Zoltan Ritli Remained as assistant 20 October 202510th22nd Alexandru Botoș 20 October 2025 Tunari Alin Ilin End of interim spell 4 November 2025 12th 21st Dinu Todoran 4 November 2025 Politehnica Iași Tony Mutual consent 13 November 202513th10th Tibor Selymes 13 November 2025 Câmpulung Muscel Alecsandru Popovici Advanced technical director 17 January 202617th21st Goran Miscević 17 January 2026 Slatina Claudiu Niculescu Signed by Unirea Slobozia 4 February 202617th14th Viorel Ferfelea 6 February 2026 Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamț Cristian Pustai Resigned 11 February 202617th17th Vasile Avădanei 11 February 2026 Dinamo București Florin Bratu Signed by Metaloglobus București 3 March 202619th19th Boris Keča 3 March 2026 Reșița Flavius Stoican Resigned 9 March 202620th8th Leontin Doană 10 March 2026 Câmpulung Muscel Goran Miscević Sacked 10 March 2026 20th 22nd Vladislav Rosić 11 March 2026 Dinamo București Boris Keča Remained as assistant 2 April 2026 1st (play-out) 7th (play-out) Ionel Dănciulescu 2 April 2026 Tunari Dinu Todoran Resigned 4 April 2026 2nd (play-out) 7th (play-out) Alin Ilin (interim) 4 April 2026 Chindia Târgoviște Ilie Poenaru Sacked 10 April 2026 3rd (play-off) 6th (play-off) Nicolae Croitoru 11 April 2026 Câmpulung Muscel Vladislav Rosić Resigned 10 April 2026 3rd (play-out) 7th (play-out) Vasile Slăninoiu (interim) 15 April 2026 Tunari Alin Ilin End of interim spell 17 April 2026 3rd (play-out) 7th (play-out) Paul Pîrvulescu 17 April 2026
Regular season League table
Results
Promotion play-off A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 21 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
Relegation play-out A relegation play-out tournament between the last 16 ranked teams at the end of the regular season 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, 19 and 22, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20 and 21, 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.
Group A Table
Results
Group B Table
Results
Liga II play-out The 6th-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 Total1 Valentin RobuMetalul Buzău1304172 Cristian MăgerușanASA Târgu Mureș110516 Bogdan ChipirliuSteaua București106016 Nacho HerasSepsi OSK1330165 Nicu ModanReșița1103146 Carl DavordzieCeahlăul Piatra Neamț / Sepsi OSK1030137 RubioSteaua București93012 Ioan HoraBihor Oradea930129 Dragoș TescanBihor Oradea7401110 Daniel FloreaChindia Târgoviște100010 Robert JerdeaReșița100010 Sérgio RibeiroCorvinul Hunedoara82010 Cosmin Bucuroiu1599 Șelimbăr80210 Claudiu DraguTunari9011015 Sekou CamaraPolitehnica Iași603916 Matko BabićVoluntari6208 Andrei PavelBacău7018 Alexandru Saim TudorMetalul Buzău7018 Óscar SiafáSlatina5038 Serge EkolloASA Târgu Mureș5038 Filip IlieCorvinul Hunedoara7138
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound Kehinde FataiAfumațiBacău3–2 (H) 2 August 20251 Cristian MăgerușanASA Târgu MureșCâmpulung Muscel3–0 (H)30 August 20255 Cosmin Bucuroiu1599 ȘelimbărCâmpulung Muscel5–0 (H)4 October 20259 Valentin RobuMetalul BuzăuDumbrăvița5–1 (H) 18 October 202510 Bogdan ChipirliuOlimpia Satu MareSteaua București1–4 (A)25 October 202511 Moses MawaSepsi OSK Sfântu GheorgheReșița5–0 (H) 28 February 202619 Sekou CamaraPolitehnica IașiCâmpulung Muscel6–1 (H)7 March 202620 Imrane BambaTunariAfumați0–4 (A)4 April 20262 (play-out)
See also 2025–26 Liga I 2025–26 Liga III 2025–26 Liga IV 2025–26 Cupa României
References
External links FRF