2017–18 Liga I

Liga I
Season2017–18
ChampionsCFR Cluj
4th title
RelegatedJuventus București
ACS Poli Timișoara
Champions LeagueCFR Cluj
Europa LeagueFCSB
Universitatea Craiova
Viitorul Constanța
Matches played268
Goals scored622 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerGeorge Țucudean
Harlem Gnohéré
(15 goals)
Best goalkeeperJaime Penedo
Giedrius Arlauskis
Alberto Cobrea
(14 clean sheets)
Biggest home winFCSB 7–0 ACS Poli Timișoara
(22 October 2017)
Biggest away winJuventus București 0–5 Concordia Chiajna
(24 November 2017)
Highest scoringACS Poli Timișoara 4–3 CFR Cluj
(26 August 2017)
Viitorul Constanța 5–2 CSM Politehnica Iași
(30 September 2017)
FCSB 7–0 ACS Poli Timișoara
(22 October 2017)
Universitatea Craiova 2–5 FCSB
(29 October 2017)
Astra Giurgiu 4–3 Gaz Metan Mediaș
(9 February 2018)
Concordia Chiajna 3–4 Dinamo București
(12 February 2018)
Longest winning run6 matches
CFR Cluj
Dinamo București
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
FCSB
CFR Cluj
Longest winless run16 matches
ACS Poli Timișoara
Longest losing run6 matches
Juventus București
Highest attendance30,000
FCSB 1–1 CFR Cluj
(29 April 2018)
Lowest attendance15
Concordia Chiajna 3–1 Voluntari
(27 February 2018)
Total attendance950,288
Average attendance3,546
All statistics correct as of 2 June 2018.

The 2017–18 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 14 July 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018, being the third to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.[1]

Defending champions Viitorul Constanța came fourth. CFR Cluj became the new champions in the last fixture of the play-off, clinching their fourth league title after finishing one point above FCSB.[2] Juventus București and Sepsi OSK entered as the promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga II, but only the latter managed to avoid relegation.

Since Romania dropped from 15th to 17th in the UEFA association coefficient rankings, only the title winner qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

Teams

The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2016–17 Liga I and two new teams from the 2016–17 Liga II.

Teams promoted to the Liga I

The first club to be promoted was Juventus București, following their 3–1 win against Balotești on 30 April 2017. Juventus will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.[3]

The second club to be promoted was Sepsi OSK, following their 1–1 draw against Mioveni on 3 June 2017. Sepsi will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.[4]

Teams relegated to the Liga II

The first club to be relegated was Târgu Mureș, which were relegated on 19 May 2017 following a 0–1 defeat against Pandurii Târgu Jiu, ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.[5]

The second and final club to be relegated was Pandurii Târgu Jiu, which were relegated on 4 June 2018 following their 1–2 defeat against Botoșani, ending their 12-year stay in the top flight.[6]

Venues

FCSB[i] ACS Poli Timișoara Universitatea Craiova[ii] CFR Cluj
Arena Națională Dan Păltinișanu Ion Oblemenco Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 30,983 Capacity: 23,500
Dinamo București
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Location of Bucharest teams.
 CSM Politehnica Iași
Dinamo Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 11,390
Astra Giurgiu Gaz Metan Mediaș
Marin Anastasovici Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,500 Capacity: 7,814
FC Botoșani Sepsi OSK
Municipal Municipal
Capacity: 7,782 Capacity: 5,200
Concordia Chiajna FC Voluntari Juventus București[iii] Viitorul Constanța[iv]
Concordia Anghel Iordănescu Anghel Iordănescu Viitorul
Capacity: 5,123 Capacity: 4,600 Capacity: 4,600 Capacity: 4,554
  1. ^ Since 29 November 2015 to 18 March 2016, Steaua was relocated to Nicolae Dobrin Stadium from Pitești, as a result of Arena Națională not having an ISU licence.
  2. ^ Universitatea Craiova was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Drobeta-Turnu Severin for the first 17 rounds of this season because Ion Oblemenco Stadium was under construction.
  3. ^ Juventus was relocated to Anghel Iordănescu Stadium from Voluntari for the play-out round, after having previously played in the regular season (Round 1-26) on Ilie Oană Stadium from Ploiești. The relocation was necessary because Juventus Stadium from Bucharest does not meet the standards for Liga I.
  4. ^ Viitorul was relocated to Viitorul Stadium from Ovidiu, as a result of the opening of the stadium.

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
ACS Poli Timișoara Romania Adrian Neaga Romania Gabriel Cânu Joma Vox Technology Park, Casa Rusu
Astra Giurgiu Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Romania Alexandru Stan Joma Tinmar
Botoșani Romania Costel Enache Romania Alberto Cobrea Nike / Erreà Elsaco
CFR Cluj Romania Dan Petrescu Portugal Mário Camora Joma NTT Data
Concordia Chiajna Romania Ionuț Badea Romania Marian Cristescu Lotto —
CSM Politehnica Iași Romania Flavius Stoican Romania Andrei Cristea Joma Municipiul Iași, Cotnari
Dinamo București Romania Florin Bratu Romania Dan Nistor Macron Orange
FCSB Romania Nicolae Dică Romania Florin Tănase Nike City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Cristian Pustai Romania Marius Constantin Joma Romgaz
Juventus București Romania Marius Baciu Romania Liviu Băjenaru Joma Phoenicia Hotels
Sepsi OSK Romania Eugen Neagoe Romania Attila Hadnagy Adidas Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova Italy Devis Mangia Romania Alexandru Băluță Joma Betano.com
Viitorul Constanța Romania Gheorghe Hagi Romania Ianis Hagi Nike Holsten, Pepsi
Voluntari Romania Adrian Mutu Romania Daniel Novac Puma Academia de Fotbal Voluntari

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
FCSB Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf Mutual agreement 31 May 2017[7] Pre-season Romania Nicolae Dică 1 June 2017[8]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Marius Șumudică End of contract 31 May 2017[9] Pre-season Romania Edward Iordănescu 1 June 2017[10]
Universitatea Craiova Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu End of contract 31 May 2017[11] Pre-season Italy Devis Mangia 1 June 2017[12]
Botoșani Romania Leontin Grozavu End of contract 5 June 2017[13] Pre-season Romania Costel Enache 5 June 2017[14]
CSM Politehnica Iași Romania Eugen Neagoe End of contract 5 June 2017[15] Pre-season Romania Flavius Stoican 9 June 2017[16]
CFR Cluj Hungary Vasile Miriuță Mutual agreement 6 June 2017[17] Pre-season Romania Dan Petrescu 10 June 2017[18]
Concordia Chiajna Romania Dan Alexa Mutual agreement 18 July 2017[19] 10 Hungary Vasile Miriuță 19 July 2017[20]
Juventus București Romania Daniel Oprița Resigned 19 August 2017[21] 14 Romania Marin Barbu (caretaker) 20 August 2017[22]
Dinamo București Romania Cosmin Contra Signed by Romania 17 September 2017[23] 7 Hungary Vasile Miriuță 21 September 2017[24]
Concordia Chiajna Hungary Vasile Miriuță Signed by Dinamo București 21 September 2017[24] 12 Romania Ion Moldovan 21 September 2017[25]
Sepsi OSK Romania Valentin Suciu Mutual agreement 25 October 2017[26] 12 Romania Sándor Nagy (caretaker) 25 October 2017[27]
Sepsi OSK Romania Sándor Nagy (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 14 November 2017 12 Romania Eugen Neagoe 14 November 2017[28]
Juventus București Romania Marin Barbu (caretaker) End of tenure as a caretaker 17 December 2017 14 Romania Marius Baciu 18 December 2017[29]
Poli Timișoara Romania Ionuț Popa Mutual agreement 5 February 2018[30] 9 Romania Leontin Grozavu 6 February 2018[31]
Dinamo București Hungary Vasile Miriuță Resigned 26 February 2018 8 Romania Florin Bratu 26 February 2018[32]
Astra Giurgiu Romania Edward Iordănescu Mutual agreement 2 April 2018[33] 5 Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu 4 April 2018[34]
Voluntari Romania Claudiu Niculescu Mutual agreement 14 April 2018[35] 10 Romania Adrian Mutu 14 April 2018[35]
Poli Timișoara Romania Leontin Grozavu Mutual agreement 18 April 2018[36] 12 Romania Adrian Neaga 18 April 2018[37]
Concordia Chiajna Romania Ion Moldovan Mutual agreement 25 April 2018[38] 11 Romania Ionuț Badea 25 April 2018[39]

Regular season

In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.[40]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CFR Cluj 26 18 5 3 42 13 +29 59 Qualification for the Championship round
2 FCSB 26 16 7 3 52 18 +34 55
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 14 9 3 41 26 +15 51
4 Astra Giurgiu 26 12 8 6 38 27 +11 44[a]
5 Viitorul Constanța 26 13 5 8 34 21 +13 44[a]
6 CSM Politehnica Iași 26 11 6 9 34 31 +3 39[b]
7 Botoșani 26 11 6 9 28 26 +2 39[b] Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Dinamo București 26 11 6 9 39 31 +8 39[b]
9 Concordia Chiajna 26 8 4 14 36 37 −1 28[c]
10 Voluntari 26 7 7 12 25 35 −10 28[c]
11 ACS Poli Timișoara 26 6 9 11 22 37 −15 27
12 Sepsi OSK 26 5 4 17 15 44 −29 19
13 Gaz Metan Mediaș 26 2 10 14 14 39 −25 16
14 Juventus București 26 1 8 17 12 47 −35 11
Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[41]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Astra is ahead of Viitorul on head-to-head results: Astra–Viitorul 3–1, Viitorul–Astra 1–1.
  2. ^ a b c Iași is ahead of Botoșani and Dinamo on head-to-head points: Iași 7 pts, Botoșani 5 pts, Dinamo 4 pts.
  3. ^ a b Concordia is ahead of Voluntari on head-to-head results: Voluntari–Concordia 0–1, Concordia–Voluntari 3–1.

Results

Home \ Away ACS AST BOT CFR CON CSU IAȘ DIN GAZ JUV SPS STE VII VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara 2–1 1–1 4–3 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–3
Astra Giurgiu 3–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–3
Botoșani 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 0–3 1–0 1–0
CFR Cluj 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Concordia Chiajna 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–4 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–1
Universitatea Craiova 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–5 3–1 1–1
CSM Politehnica Iași 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–1
Dinamo București 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–4 2–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1
Juventus București 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–5 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0
Sepsi OSK 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–3
FCSB 7–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Viitorul Constanța 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 5–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–0
Voluntari 1–0 3–1 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–3 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0
Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
ACS Poli Timișoara5910779776666681098999999101011
Astra Giurgiu610554566233544566666644444
Botoșani84111224555455444444455887
CFR Cluj72222111111111122111111111
Concordia Chiajna11111212131313131212121111911111111111010111111119
CSM Politehnica Iași1212810108881081091011989888888776
Universitatea Craiova33666332344333333333333333
Dinamo București15445655777776777777777668
Gaz Metan Mediaș1313141412121212131313131313131313131312131213131313
Juventus București1414131314141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Sepsi OSK108118810109111111121212121212121213121312121212
FCSB41333443422222211222222222
Viitorul Constanța279111111111091081087655555566555
Voluntari9679979118998910810101010111110109910
Source: [citation needed]

Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season would meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2018–19 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.[42]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CFR Cluj (C) 10 5 5 0 12 6 +6 50 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 FCSB 10 6 3 1 14 6 +8 49 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 3 4 10 10 0 38 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
4 Viitorul Constanța 10 3 4 3 13 11 +2 35 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Astra Giurgiu 10 3 2 5 9 11 −2 33
6 CSM Politehnica Iași 10 1 1 8 5 19 −14 24
Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[43]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Universitatea Craiova qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Cupa României.

Results

Home \ Away AST CFR IAS UCV FCSB VFC
Astra Giurgiu 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–3 0–2
CFR Cluj 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
CSM Politehnica Iași 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2
CS Universitatea Craiova 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 3–3
FCSB 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Viitorul Constanța 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2
Source: Liga 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910
Astra Giurgiu5455554455
CFR Cluj1122222111
CSM Politehnica Iași6666666666
Universitatea Craiova3333333343
FCSB2211111222
Viitorul Constanța4544445534
Source: [citation needed]

Relegation play-outs

The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation 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 finishes 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team - 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.[42]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Dinamo București 14 11 1 2 29 10 +19 54
8 Botoșani 14 5 5 4 12 9 +3 40
9 Sepsi OSK 14 6 6 2 21 14 +7 34
10 Gaz Metan Mediaș 14 6 4 4 18 15 +3 30
11 Concordia Chiajna 14 4 4 6 13 17 −4 30
12 Voluntari (O) 14 3 4 7 16 22 −6 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 ACS Poli Timișoara (R) 14 3 4 7 10 16 −6 27 Relegation to Liga II
14 Juventus București (R) 14 3 2 9 9 25 −16 17
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[43]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ACS BOT CON DIN GAZ JUV SPS VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–3
Botoșani 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0
Concordia Chiajna 0–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
Dinamo București 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–0
Juventus București 1–0 0–3 1–3 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–2
Sepsi OSK 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–2
Voluntari 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–4 1–2 0–1 1–2
Source: Liga 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
ACS Poli Timișoara1111111112131313131313131313
Botoșani88888888888888
Concordia Chiajna1010101210111211111011101111
Dinamo București77777777777777
Gaz Metan Mediaș1313121313121012121110111010
Juventus București1414131414141414141414141414
Sepsi OSK12121410910910999999
Voluntari9999119119101212121212
Source: [citation needed]

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Voluntari 1–1 (3–0 p) Chindia Târgoviște 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
9 June 2018 (2018-06-09) Voluntari 1–0Chindia TârgovișteVoluntari
19:00 Balaur 79' Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)
13 June 2018 (2018-06-13) Chindia Târgoviște 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)		VoluntariTârgoviște
17:30 Ciobotariu 68' Stadium: Eugen Popescu
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: István Kovács (Carei)
Penalties
Cherchez soccer ball with red X
Pencea soccer ball with red X
Neguț soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Cernat
soccer ball with check mark Marinescu
soccer ball with red X Răuță
soccer ball with check mark Leasă

Notes:

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.[44][45][46][47]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania George Țucudean Viitorul Constanța (11) / CFR Cluj (4) 15
France Harlem Gnohéré FCSB
3 Romania Paul Batin Concordia Chiajna 13
4 Romania Alexandru Mitriță Universitatea Craiova 12
5 Brazil Gustavo Universitatea Craiova 11
Romania Alexandru Ioniță Astra Giurgiu (10) / CFR Cluj (1)
Romania Alexandru Băluță Universitatea Craiova
Romania Mihai Roman Botoșani
9 Romania Florin Tănase FCSB 10
Romania Dennis Man FCSB
Romania Constantin Budescu FCSB
12 Romania Andrei Cristea CSM Politehnica Iași 9
Romania István Fülöp Sepsi OSK
Romania Marian Cristescu Concordia Chiajna
Venezuela Mario Rondón Gaz Metan Mediaș
Romania Daniel Popa Botoșani (1) / Dinamo București (8)
Portugal Diogo Salomão Dinamo București
Romania Adrian Bălan Voluntari

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Romania Alexandru Tudorie Voluntari Sepsi OSK 3–0 10 September 2017
Romania George Țucudean4 Viitorul Constanța CSM Iași 5–2 30 September 2017
France Harlem Gnohéré FCSB ACS Poli Timișoara 7–0 22 October 2017
Romania Alexandru Mitriță Universitatea Craiova CSM Politehnica Iași 4–1 14 April 2018
Cape Verde Ely Gaz Metan Mediaș Juventus București 3–0 22 April 2018

4 Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Panama Jaime Penedo Dinamo București 14
Lithuania Giedrius Arlauskis CFR Cluj
Romania Alberto Cobrea Botoșani
4 Bulgaria Plamen Iliev Astra Giurgiu 12
5 Romania Victor Rîmniceanu Viitorul Constanța (10) / Sepsi OSK (1) 11
6 Romania Florin Niță1 FCSB 10
7 Romania Cosmin Vâtcă CFR Cluj 8
8 Moldova Nicolae Calancea Universitatea Craiova 7
Romania Cristian Bălgrădean Concordia Chiajna (2) / FCSB (5)
10 Romania Dragoș Balauru Voluntari 6
Romania Virgil Drăghia Juventus București
Romania Cătălin Straton ACS Poli Timișoara
Romania Răzvan Pleșca Gaz Metan Mediaș

1 Florin Niță was transferred to Sparta Prague during the winter transfer window.

Discipline

As of 2 June 2018

Player

Club

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Universitatea Craiova 210,576 29,000 600 11,699 +168.2%2
2 FCSB 178,500 30,000 1,000 9,917 +81.5%†
3 CFR Cluj 112,918 18,000 1,000 6,273 +61.1%†
4 Politehnica Iași 68,904 13,000 700 3,828 +114.3%†
5 FC Botoșani 60,150 5,000 650 3,008 −19.3%†
6 Dinamo București 57,467 24,726 200 2,873 −35.0%†
7 Sepsi OSK 55,700 6,000 400 2,785 +50.8%1
8 Viitorul Constanța 45,300 5,000 800 2,517 +76.4%†
9 ACS Poli Timișoara 41,450 20,000 50 2,073 +2.9%†
10 Astra Giurgiu 32,500 4,500 300 1,806 +13.7%†
11 Gaz Metan Mediaș 26,550 3,000 200 1,327 −34.8%†
12 Voluntari 26,237 4,000 231 1,312 +12.9%†
13 Concordia Chiajna 21,065 4,000 15 1,053 +15.1%†
14 Juventus București 12,971 7,000 27 649 +17.4%1
League total 950,288 30,000 15 3,546 +31.1%†

Updated to games played on 2 June 2018
Source: League matches: Liga I 2017/2018
Notes:
1: Played last season in Liga II.
2: Universitatea Craiova played 8 matches in Turnu Severin while their new stadium was being built.
3: FC Voluntari played 6 matches out of their stadium until it was opened.

Champion squad

CFR Cluj[51][52]

Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis Lithuania (26 / 0); Cosmin Vâtcă (10 / 0).
Defenders: Kévin Boli Ivory Coast (14 / 0); Mário Camora Portugal (30 / 1); Srdjan Luchin (3 / 0); Cristian Manea (35 / 0); Andrei Mureșan (27 / 1); Paulo Vinícius Brazil (34 / 5); Andrei Peteleu (7 / 0); Alexandru Vlad (3 / 0).
Midfielders: Mihai Bordeianu (6 / 0); Valentin Costache (13 / 0); Emmanuel Culio Argentina (33 / 8); Ciprian Deac (34 / 5); Damjan Đoković Croatia (23 / 3); Ovidiu Hoban (34 / 3); Alexandru Ioniță (9 / 1); Sebastian Mailat (13 / 1); Thierry Moutinho Portugal (8 / 0); Dan Nistor (17 / 0); Bryan Nouvier France (15 / 1); Adrian Păun (19 / 2); Laurențiu Rus (10 / 0).
Forwards: Ibrahima Baldé Senegal (13 / 4); Jeremy Bokila Democratic Republic of the Congo (5 / 0); Marius Coman (4 / 0); Billel Omrani Algeria (30 / 8); George Țucudean (14 / 4); Urko Vera Spain (15 / 5).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Dan Petrescu.

Awards

Best Team of the Championship play-offs

Best Team of the 2017–18 Championship play-offs[53] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal
Player Team Position
Lithuania Giedrius Arlauskis CFR Cluj Goalkeeper
Romania Cristian Manea CFR Cluj Defender
Brazil Paulo Vinícius CFR Cluj Defender
Serbia Bogdan Planić FCSB Defender
Serbia Marko Momčilović FCSB Defender
Romania Alexandru Mitriță Universitatea Craiova Midfielder
Argentina Emmanuel Culio CFR Cluj Midfielder
Romania Constantin Budescu FCSB Midfielder
Romania Ianis Hagi Viitorul Forward
Romania George Țucudean CFR Cluj Forward
France Harlem Gnohéré FCSB Forward

Monthly awards

Month DigiSport Player of the Month Reference
Player Club
July Alexandru Băluță Universitatea Craiova [54]
August Sergiu Hanca Dinamo București [55]
September Alexandru Tudorie Voluntari [56]
October Harlem Gnohéré FCSB [57]
November Alexandru Ioniță Astra Giurgiu [58]
December Florin Tănase FCSB [59]
February Not awarded
March Not awarded
April Not awarded
May Not awarded

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External links

  • Official website (in Romanian)
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