The 2025–26 Liga I (also known as Superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. It started on 11 July 2025 and it ended on 25 May 2026.
FCSB were the two-time defending champions having won their 28th top-flight title the previous season.
Overview Sixteen teams competed in the league — the thirteen teams from the previous season, two teams promoted directly from Liga II, and one team promoted via play-off.
Teams promoted from Liga II Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc became the first team to be promoted after fellow promotion contenders Metaloglobus București earned a draw against Reșița on 25 April 2025. The result means Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc will compete in the top flight for the first time in their history.
Argeș Pitești became the second team to be promoted on 6 May 2025 after defeating Reșița in matchweek 8 of the promotion round. This result saw Argeș Pitești return to the top flight after a two-season absence.
Metaloglobus București became the third team to be promoted after defeating Politehnica Iași 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result means that Metaloglobus București will compete in the top division for the first time in their history.
Teams relegated to Liga II Gloria Buzău became the first team to be relegated after suffering a narrow defeat to Farul Constanța on 4 May 2025. This result ended Gloria Buzău's time in Liga I for one season.
Sepsi OSK became the second team to be relegated after suffering a defeat to Unirea Slobozia on 18 May 2025. This result ended Sepsi's time in Liga I for eight seasons.
Politehnica Iași became the third team to be relegated after defeat to Metaloglobus București 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result ended Iași's time in Liga I for two seasons.
Teams Changes The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season. Promoted from Liga II Relegated to Liga II Argeș Pitești Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Metaloglobus București Politehnica Iași Sepsi OSK Gloria Buzău
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity 2024–25 season ↑ 11,000 7,782 22,198 ↑ 4,000 8,207 4,554 55,634 12,363 ↑ 4,500 13,500 15,073 14,047 6,000 30,355 30,983 11,500
↑ Promoted from the Liga II
Notes:
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 Main Kit sponsor Other kit sponsor(s) Macron Vlad Cazino Adidas Unibet Nike Don 2Rule MOL Puma Superbet Nike Superbet Nike Betano Nike Unibet Jako None Adidas Mr Bit Macron Mr Bit Kappa Superbet Adidas Mr Bit Adidas Superbet Puma Superbet Nike Favbet
Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival Rapid București Octavian Chihaia End of caretaker role 24 May 2025 Constantin Gâlcă 3 June 2025 UTA Arad Mircea Rednic Signed by Standard Liège 24 May 2025 Adrian Mihalcea 5 June 2025 Unirea Slobozia Adrian Mihalcea Signed by UTA Arad 24 May 2025 Andrei Prepeliță 7 June 2025 Petrolul Ploiești Mehmet TopalEnd of contract 24 May 2025 Liviu Ciobotariu 9 June 2025 Farul Constanța Gheorghe Hagi Resigned as manager 2 June 2025 Ianis Zicu 3 June 2025 Metaloglobus București Ianis Zicu Signed by Farul Constanța 3 June 2025 Mihai Teja 14 June 2025
During the season TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyWeekPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment Round Position CFR Cluj Dan Petrescu Resigned 21 August 2025 6 Regular season 13th Andrea Mandorlini 22 August 2025 Petrolul Ploiesti Liviu Ciobotariu Sacked 16 September 2025 9 14th Eugen Neagoe 23 September 2025 CFR Cluj Andrea Mandorlini 25 October 2025 14 13th Daniel Pancu 31 October 2025 Universitatea Cluj Ioan Ovidiu Sabău 28 October 2025 14 9th Cristiano Bergodi 29 October 2025 Universitatea Craiova Mirel Rădoi Resigned 10 November 2025 16 4th Filipe Coelho 11 November 2025 FC Hermannstadt Marius Măldărășanu 4 December 2025 1815th Dorinel Munteanu 8 December 2025 Unirea Slobozia Andrei Prepeliță Sacked 4 February 2026 2513th Claudiu Niculescu 4 February 2026 Metaloglobus Bucuresti Mihai Teja Resigned 2 March 2026 2916th Florin Bratu 5 March 2026 FC Botosani Leo Grozavu Sacked 4 March 2026 298th Marius Croitoru 8 March 2026 FCSB Elias Charalambous Resigned 7 March 2026 307th Mirel Rădoi 10 March 2026 Oțelul Galați László Balint 15 March 2026 31 Play-offs5th Stjepan Tomas 17 March 2026 Petrolul Ploiești Eugen Neagoe 25 March 2026 3213th Mehmet Topal 28 March 2026 Farul Constanța Ianis Zicu 13 April 20263411th Flavius Stoican 13 April 2026 FCSB Mirel Rădoi Signed by Gaziantep 21 April 2026 35 7th Lucian Filip (interim) 22 April 2026 FCSB Lucian Filip (interim) End of interim period 19 May 2026 40 European Play-off 8th Marius Baciu 19 May 2026
Regular season League table
Results
Positions by round
Play-off round The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.
Play-off table
Play-out round The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.
Play-out table
European play-offs In the semi-final the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the play-out semi-final will play the highest ranked team of the play-off tournament, that did not already qualify for European competitions. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the Conference League.
Bracket
Matches European play-off semi-final
European play-off final
Promotion/relegation play-offs The 13th- and 14th-placed teams of Liga I faced the 3rd- and 4th-placed teams of Liga II.
Summary
Matches
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Jovo LukićUniversitatea Cluj182 Alexandru DobreRapid București15 Florin TănaseFCSB4 Andrei CordeaCFR Cluj135 Márton EppelCsíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc12 Sebastian MailatBotoșani7 Assad Al HamlawiUniversitatea Craiova11 Adel BettaiebArgeș Pitești9 Alexandru IșfanFarul Constanța10 Ricardo MatosArgeș Pitești Steven NsimbaUniversitatea Craiova Darius OlaruFCSB
Clean sheets
RankPlayerTeamClean sheet1 David LazarArgeș Pitești/Hermannstadt162 Edvinas GertmonasUniversitatea Cluj133 Cosmin Dur-BozoancăOțelul Galați12 Laurențiu PopescuUniversitatea Craiova5 Giannis AnestisBotoșani10 Eduard PapCsíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc7 Marian AioaniRapid București9 Devis EpassyDinamo București Ștefan TârnovanuFCSB10 Mihai PopaCFR Cluj8
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound Daniel ArmstrongDinamo BucureștiFCSB4–3 (H)2 August 20254 Florin TănaseFCSBDinamo București4–3 (A) PatrickOțelul GalațiCFR Cluj4-1 (H)24 August 20257 Jovo LukićUniversitatea ClujHermannstadt3-0 (H)7 December 202519 Andrei CordeaCFR ClujCsíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc3-1 (H)12 December 202520
Champion squad CS Universitatea CraiovaGoalkeepers: Pavlo Isenko (18 / 0); Silviu Lung Jr. (5 / 0); Laurențiu Popescu (18 / 0) Defenders: Juraj Badelj (12 / 1); Nicușor Bancu (30 / 1); Gabriel Fălcușan (1 / 0); Florin Gașpăr (1 / 0); Basilio Ndong (1 / 0); Vasile Mogoș (14 / 0); Carlos Mora (29 / 2); Florin Ștefan (18 / 0); Oleksandr Romanchuk (32 / 3); Adrian Rus (26 / 2); Nikola Stevanović (15 / 1) Midfielders: Tudor Băluță (31 / 1); Luca Băsceanu (22 / 2); Alexandru Cicâldău (33 / 3); Alexandru Crețu (20 / 1); Lyes Houri (16 / 0); David Matei (31 / 4); Anzor Mekvabishvili (33 / 3); Mihnea Rădulescu (13 / 2); Samuel Teles (32 / 2) Forwards: Assad Al Hamlawi (33 / 11); Ștefan Baiaram (37 / 7); David Barbu (6 / 0); Andrei Ivan (2 / 1); Monday Etim (27 / 4); Jovan Marković (1 / 0); Denys Muntean (1 / 0); Steven Nsimba (34 / 10); Luis Paradela (2 / 0) (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Mirel Rădoi / Filipe Coelho
Awards AwardWinnerClubManager of the Season Filipe CoelhoUniversitatea Craiova
Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Edvinas Gertmonas (Universitatea Cluj)Defence Carlos Mora (Universitatea Craiova) Kennedy Boateng (Dinamo București) Oleksandr Romanchuk (Universitatea Craiova) Raul Opruț (Dinamo București)Midfield Issouf Macalou (Universitatea Cluj) Anzor Mekvabishvili (Universitatea Craiova) Cătălin Cîrjan (Dinamo București) Meriton Korenica (CFR Cluj)Attack Assad Al Hamlawi (Universitatea Craiova) Jovo Lukić (Universitatea Cluj)
Attendances Overall
Home match played Team \ Match playedRegular season Play-off & Play-out OtherTotal1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6.000 3.611 4.170 2.500 4.000 3.000 5.200 3.700 2.018 3.186 3.972 2.402 1.701 3.672 3.525 4.288 4.561 3.372 4.542 3.468 72.888 4.612 3.480 4.216 4.320 6.000 6.972 2.614 4.364 6.166 5.416 3.812 614 1.013 2.316 2.083 1.512 5.174 1.033 1.646 3.399 70.762 3.882 2.884 3.633 1.800 11.000 4.114 2.480 2.500 6.455 2.319 1.132 1.350 9.538 3.117 8.450 8.103 5.809 10.108 9.068 7.853 105.595 4.000 2.150 1.988 1.897 1.500 2.000 1.598 1.500 1.424 924 862 500 1.088 889 1.250 1.089 1.214 1.713 1.182 - 28.768 6.800 23.215 10.912 8.021 11.176 34.700 8.741 8.792 4.800 8.200 4.600 5.100 15.548 5.923 10.385 8.954 8.420 12.970 5.063 6.600 203.857 3.382 3.486 4.083 4.000 3.000 2.986 2.674 2.000 4.038 2.067 1.137 2.148 3.819 3.948 2.866 2.784 2.684 4.128 2.388 2.478 57.412 6.000 7.514 6.083 8.700 5.130 11.403 5.187 8.105 28.510 30.903 5.500 2.642 3.344 2.456 5.024 7.543 5.211 4.039 6.363 4.503 10.341 174.501 3.517 6.238 5.230 2.875 3.000 2.200 2.745 8.351 2.225 2.923 2.190 5.786 3.870 2.585 1.861 2.537 2.124 3.078 6.558 - 6.867 76.760 386 750 3.200 2.432 250 78 1.630 1.116 110 328 269 208 103 215 348 460 176 190 122 - 12.005 6.262 9.996 10.000 5.729 5.000 5.511 2.025 5.571 4.378 2.748 3.711 2.044 9.140 3.064 4.510 3.450 3.181 3.627 3.188 4.724 97.859 10.000 4.313 3.823 7.884 7.251 2.898 3.140 2.500 3.108 2.745 1.760 2.281 1.553 3.072 4.039 3.586 5.285 5.234 6.548 - 81.020 11.271 12.000 26.871 11.708 10.123 9.092 10.182 9.268 7.458 8.137 6.138 8.179 8.117 13.728 12.600 12.478 7.427 1.979 6.182 5.127 198.065 300 398 400 500 1.000 1.500 630 340 216 1.400 2.801 1.420 1.410 3.370 4.180 3.010 3.000 2.010 2.613 - 30.498 8.000 1.850 13.354 8.732 14.066 4.112 14.691 2.876 5.217 3.226 4.026 2.489 3.437 3.355 12.450 20.155 15.116 7.653 15.043 9.521 169.369 10.000 10.302 13.500 16.263 16.784 22.440 8.676 18.574 10.842 23.350 9.368 6.915 4.537 25.026 14.520 14.611 19.754 23.234 25.121 27.810 322.437 7.348 6.146 8.779 6.953 6.362 6.000 7.000 4.856 4.273 4.018 9.841 9.312 5.872 3.783 10.347 4.363 4.422 4.957 5.237 4.337 124.206League total 1.831.065 Source: LPF
See also 2025–26 Liga II 2025–26 Liga III 2025–26 Liga IV 2025–26 Cupa României
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