2015–16 Liga III

The 2015–16 Liga III is the 60th season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 28 August.[1]

Liga III
Season2015–16
PromotedSepsi OSK
Juventus București
Afumați
ASU Politehnica
Luceafărul Oradea
RelegatedBucovina Rădăuţi
FC Zagon
Cetatea Târgu Neamţ
Callatis Mangalia
Inter Olt Slatina
CSM Sighetu Marmaţiei
Luceafărul Bălan
Matches played910
Top goalscorerRomică David (20)
(Performanța Ighiu)
Biggest home winConcordia II 17-0 Urban
Biggest away winGloria 1-8 Juventus
Highest scoringConcordia II 17-0 Urban
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2016.

Teams

At the end of 2014-15 season, Bucovina Pojorâta (Seria I), Dunărea Călărași (Seria II), Chindia Târgoviște, (Seria III), UTA Arad (Seria IV) and FCM Baia Mare (Seria V) promoted to Liga II.
Nine teams were relegated to Liga IV: Ceahlăul II Piatra Neamț and FC Păpăuți (Seria I), Viitorul Axintele and Oțelul II Galați (Seria II), Muscelul Câmpulung and Astra II (Seria III), Minerul Valea Copcii (Seria IV), Gloria Bistrița and Unirea Dej (Seria V).
Last four teams from 2014–15 Liga II were relegated to Liga III: Unirea Slobozia and Săgeata Năvodari (Seria I), Olt Slatina and Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (Seria II).
The winners of the Liga IV Promotion Play-Offs were promoted to Liga III: Performanța Ighiu, FC Aninoasa, Luceafărul Oradea, Înfrățirea Hărman, Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat, CSM Oltenița, Viitorul II Constanța, AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc, Cetate Deva, Voluntari II, Comuna Recea, CS Universitatea II Craiova, Speranța Răucești, Sporting Turnu Măgurele, Petrolistul Boldești, Luceafărul Bălan, Inter Dorohoi, ASU Politehnica Timișoara, Atletico Vaslui, Măgura Cisnădie and CS Panciu.

After the end of the last season, Săgeata Năvodari, Fortuna Poiana Câmpina, CSC Sânmartin and Olt Slatina were dissolved.[2]

FCM Târgoviște, Metropolitan Ișalnița, Speranța Răucești, Știința Turceni and CS Vișina Nouă did not enter in the competition.[3]

Arieșul Turda was excluded for unpaid debts.[4]

Muscelul Câmpulung and Unirea Dej were spared from relegation.[5]

Renamed teams

Argeșul Pitești was renamed SCM Pitești.

Înfrățirea Hărman was renamed AFC Hărman.

Viitorul Craiova was moved to Ișalnița and renamed Metropolitan Ișalnița.

Vulturii Lugoj was renamed CSM Lugoj.

Inter Clinceni was moved from Clinceni to Slatina and was renamed as Inter Olt Slatina.

Kosarom Pașcani was renamed as CSM Pașcani.

Vulturii Lugoj was renamed as CSM Lugoj.

League tables

Seria I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe (C, P) 26 22 2 2 55 9 +46 68 Promotion to Liga II
2 Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat 26 19 4 3 60 20 +40 61
3 Știința Miroslava 26 17 2 7 48 19 +29 53
4 Petrotub Roman 26 14 7 5 53 20 +33 49
5 Metalosport Galați 26 13 6 7 47 24 +23 45
6 Sporting Liești 26 13 3 10 45 39 +6 42
7 Aerostar Bacău 26 12 5 9 36 30 +6 41
8 Pașcani 26 9 6 11 41 49 −8 33
9 Panciu 26 8 8 10 29 31 −2 32
10 Inter Dorohoi 26 4 10 12 26 40 −14 22
11 Atletico Vaslui 26 4 4 18 23 61 −38 16[lower-alpha 1]
12 Bucovina Rădăuți[lower-alpha 2] (R) 24 4 4 16 15 48 −33 16[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Liga IV
13 Zagon[lower-alpha 3] (R) 24 3 4 17 13 60 −47 13
14 Cetatea Târgu Neamț[lower-alpha 4] (R) 24 4 1 19 15 56 −41 3
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ATL 1-0 BUC; BUC 0-3 ATL
  2. Bucovina Rădăuți withdrew from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.[6]
  3. FC Zagon withdrew from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.[7]
  4. Cetatea Târgu Neamț were deducted 10 points and was excluded from the championship. Cetatea lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.[8]

Seria II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Juventus București (C, P) 24 20 4 0 62 11 +51 64 Promotion to Liga II
2 Delta Dobrogea Tulcea 24 18 5 1 58 13 +45 59
3 Metaloglobus București 24 16 2 6 43 27 +16 50
4 Unirea Slobozia 24 12 4 8 51 35 +16 40
5 Viitorul Domnești 24 11 5 8 49 40 +9 38
6 Înainte Modelu 24 11 2 11 55 51 +4 35
7 Petrolistul Boldești 24 9 4 11 38 37 +1 31
8 Viitorul Constanța II 24 7 5 12 35 45 −10 26
9 Dinamo București II 24 6 3 15 30 57 −27 21[lower-alpha 1]
10 Oltenița 24 6 3 15 36 63 −27 21[lower-alpha 1]
11 Gloria Popești-Leordeni 24 5 5 14 32 65 −33 20[lower-alpha 2]
12 Tunari 24 5 5 14 31 50 −19 20[lower-alpha 2]
13 Voința Snagov 24 5 3 16 29 55 −26 18
14 Callatis Mangalia[lower-alpha 3] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Liga IV
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. DIN 1-2 OLT; OLT 3-6 DIN
  2. GLO 3-0 TUN; TUN 4-2 GLO
  3. Callatis Mangalia withdrew from the championship.[9]

Seria III
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Afumați (C, P) 26 18 2 6 42 16 +26 56[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to Liga II
2 SCM Pitești 26 18 2 6 56 24 +32 56[lower-alpha 1]
3 Voluntari II 26 17 4 5 61 33 +28 55
4 Sporting Turnu Măgurele 26 14 3 9 35 29 +6 45
5 Muscelul Câmpulung 26 12 6 8 31 26 +5 42
6 Concordia Chiajna II 26 10 5 11 56 39 +17 35[lower-alpha 2]
7 Sporting Roşiori 26 10 5 11 36 28 +8 35[lower-alpha 2]
8 Atletic Bradu 26 10 5 11 41 41 0 35[lower-alpha 2]
9 Ștefănești 26 9 7 10 33 29 +4 34[lower-alpha 3]
10 Podari 26 11 1 14 52 42 +10 34[lower-alpha 3]
11 Aninoasa 26 8 7 11 29 36 −7 31
12 Inter Olt Slatina[lower-alpha 4] (R) 26 9 2 15 23 49 −26 29 Relegation to Liga IV
13 Urban Titu 26 5 1 20 24 85 −61 16[lower-alpha 5]
14 Hărman 26 4 4 18 23 65 −42 16[lower-alpha 5]
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. AFU 0-1 PIT; PIT 1–2 AFU
  2. 1.CON 8P.; 2.SPO 6P.; 3.ATL 1P.
  3. ȘTE 3-0 POD; POD 1–2 ȘTE
  4. Inter Olt Slatina was dissolved and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.[10]
  5. URB 3-2 HĂR; HĂR 0–0 URB

Seria IV
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 ASU Politehnica Timișoara (C, P) 28 20 1 7 58 31 +27 61 Promotion to Liga II
2 Performanța Ighiu 28 17 6 5 50 21 +29 57[lower-alpha 1]
3 Metalurgistul Cugir 28 18 3 7 57 30 +27 57[lower-alpha 1]
4 Național Sebiș 28 14 6 8 36 28 +8 48
5 Hunedoara 28 13 5 10 45 44 +1 44
6 Cetate Deva 28 11 9 8 39 33 +6 42[lower-alpha 2]
7 Măgura Cisnădie 28 12 6 10 37 35 +2 42[lower-alpha 2]
8 Pandurii Târgu Jiu II 28 12 5 11 45 34 +11 41[lower-alpha 3]
9 Lugoj 28 12 5 11 33 29 +4 41[lower-alpha 3]
10 Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic 28 11 5 12 42 39 +3 38
11 Ineu 28 10 4 14 26 32 −6 34
12 CS U Craiova II 28 8 4 16 40 44 −4 28
13 Millenium Giarmata 28 5 6 17 27 55 −28 21
14 Filiași 28 5 5 18 19 47 −28 20
15 Minerul Motru 28 4 6 18 15 67 −52 18
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. PER 2-0 MET; MET 1–2 PER
  2. CET 2-0 MĂG; MĂG 0–0 CET
  3. PAN 2-1 LUG; LUG 1–1 PAN

Seria V
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Luceafărul Oradea (C, P) 26 20 5 1 63 15 +48 65 Promotion to Liga II
2 Avântul Reghin 26 18 4 4 55 23 +32 58
3 Industria Galda de Jos 26 16 2 8 50 35 +15 50
4 Unirea Jucu 26 14 7 5 46 24 +22 49
5 Miercurea Ciuc 26 14 3 9 38 26 +12 45
6 Sănătatea Cluj 26 12 5 9 51 46 +5 41
7 Comuna Recea 26 11 3 12 43 40 +3 36
8 Iernut 26 9 8 9 37 38 −1 35
9 Oşorhei 26 9 4 13 34 39 −5 31
10 Unirea Dej 26 8 5 13 32 37 −5 29
11 Sighetu Marmaţiei[lower-alpha 1] (R) 25 8 2 15 27 49 −22 26 Relegation to Liga IV
12 Odorheiu Secuiesc 26 7 4 15 30 55 −25 25
13 Zalău 26 6 5 15 24 44 −20 23
14 Luceafărul Bălan[lower-alpha 2] (R) 25 0 1 24 14 73 −59 1 Relegation to Liga IV
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. CSM Sighetu Marmației was excluded from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.[11]
  2. Luceafărul Bălan withdrew from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.[12]

References
  1. "Componența celor cinci serii din Liga 3. Încă trei cluburi au fost acceptate de FRF în noul sezon. Abandonuri din Liga 2 de până miercuri pot influenţa seriile". ProSport. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. "OFICIAL | 74 de cluburi s-au înscris în noul sezon al Ligii 3, ediția 2015-2016.** Toate nou-promovatele au confirmat participarea. Slobozia și Slatina sunt pe lista de unde au dispărut alte trei echipe". 22 July 2015.
  3. "Schimbări majore în Liga 3: Seriile 2 și 3 au un nou program competițional după ce încă două echipe s-au retras. Urmează a treia.** Rezultatele și marcatorii primei etape". 29 August 2015.
  4. "Incredibil, dar adevărat.** FRF a exclus Arieșul Turda din Liga 3 și a stabilit un nou program competițional pentru Seria a 5-a. În weekend începe noul sezon". 25 August 2015.
  5. "FRF a primit încă un club în Liga 3, iar altele două au anunțat că nu continuă.** Vezi ce modificări noi au mai apărut și cum arată acum cele cinci serii". 13 August 2015.
  6. "Bucovina". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. "Zagon". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  8. "Cetatea Târgu Neamț". 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  9. "Callatis Mangalia". 4 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. "Inter Olt". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  11. "Sighetu Marmației". 13 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  12. "Luceafărul Bălan". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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