2020–21 Liga I

The 2020–21 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 21 August 2020 and ended on 19 May 2021.[1] CFR Cluj were winners and three-time defending champions. It was the sixth season to take place in the play-off/play-out format, and the first since the 2005–06 season to feature 16 teams.

Liga I
Season2020–21
Dates21 August 2020 – 27 May 2021
ChampionsCFR Cluj
RelegatedHermannstadt
Astra Giurgiu
Politehnica Iași
Champions LeagueCFR Cluj
Europa Conference LeagueFCSB
Universitatea Craiova
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
Matches played256
Goals scored570 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorerFlorin Tănase
(24 goals)
Best goalkeeperMirko Pigliacelli
(16 clean sheets)
Biggest home winFCSB 5–0 Hermannstadt
(26 October 2020)
Biggest away winUTA Arad 0–6 Astra Giurgiu
(21 December 2020)
Highest scoringPolitehnica Iași 5–2 FCSB
(27 September 2020)
Academica Clinceni 4-3 Botoșani
(14 May 2021)
Longest winning run7 matches
FCSB
Universitatea Craiova
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Argeș Pitești
Longest winless run13 matches
Dinamo București
Longest losing run5 matches
Politehnica Iași
Dinamo București
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Highest attendance0 (behind closed doors)
Lowest attendance0 (behind closed doors)
Total attendance0 (behind closed doors)
Average attendance0 (behind closed doors)
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2021.

The play-off/play-out rule was also altered, with the first six teams at the regular season qualified for the play-off tournament and the last ten for the play-out. The first six teams played two matches against each other as before, but in the play-out the teams only played once against each other. At the end of the play-out, the first two places (or the 7th and 8th overall) played a single match on the ground of the lower ranked team, and the subsequent winner played the last team ranked on a UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off. The winner of the latter encounter qualified for the Europa Conference League.[2]

The teams ranked 15th and 16th at the end of the play-out tournament were directly relegated, while the 13th and 14th places played a promotion/relegation play-off against 3rd and 4th places from Liga II.[2]

Teams

The league consists of 16 teams: 13 from the 2019–20 Liga I, two teams from the 2019–20 Liga II, and the winner of the 2019–20 promotion/relegation play-off.

Teams promoted to the Liga I

The first club to be promoted was UTA Arad, following their 1–1 draw against FC Argeș on 2 August 2020. UTA returned in the Liga I after 12 years of absence.[3]

The second club to be promoted was FC Argeș, following their 1–1 draw against UTA Arad on 2 August 2020. FC Argeș returned in the Liga I after 11 years of absence.[4]

Teams relegated to the Liga II

No teams were relegated from the 2019–20 Liga I.

Initially, two clubs would have been relegated at the end of the 2019–20 Liga I season, with a third playing a relegation play-off with the 3rd-placed team from the 2019–20 Liga II. The first club to have been relegated would have been Chindia Târgoviște, following a 0–1 defeat on 2 August 2020 against Politehnica Iași, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.[5] However, owing to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the previous season, the league table was frozen on 6 August 2020[6] and no teams were directly relegated. Instead, Chindia Târgoviște played a promotion/relegation play-off against CS Mioveni and kept their Liga I spot after a 3–1 aggregate result.

Venues
FCSB Universitatea Craiova CFR Cluj Dinamo București
Arena Națională Ion Oblemenco Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Dinamo
Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 30,929 Capacity: 23,500 Capacity: 15,032
FC Argeș UTA Arad Chindia Târgoviște Politehnica Iași
Nicolae Dobrin Francisc von Neuman Municipal[lower-roman 1] Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 12,700 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 11,390
Astra Giurgiu
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Marin Anastasovici Gaz Metan
Capacity: 8,500 Capacity: 7,814
FC Botoșani Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe
Municipal Municipal
Capacity: 7,782 Capacity: 5,200
Hermannstadt Sibiu Voluntari Viitorul Constanța Academica Clinceni
Gaz Metan[lower-roman 2] Anghel Iordănescu Viitorul Clinceni
Capacity: 7,814 Capacity: 4,600 Capacity: 4,554 Capacity: 4,500
Stadionul Viitorul
  1. Chindia Târgoviște was relocated to Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești and Municipal Stadium in Buzău, because Eugen Popescu Stadium in Târgoviște is under renovations.
  2. FC Hermannstadt was relocated to Gaz Metan in Mediaș, because Municipal Stadium in Sibiu is under renovations.

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
Academica Clinceni Romania Ilie Poenaru Romania Răzvan Patriche Spain Joma Nicmar Prima Service
Argeș Pitești Romania Andrei Prepeliță Romania Ionuț Șerban Italy Macron Primăria Pitești, Getica 95
Astra Giurgiu Romania Ionuț Badea Romania Valerică Găman Spain Joma Tinmar Energy
Botoșani Romania Marius Croitoru Argentina Jonathan Rodríguez Italy Erreà Elsaco
CFR Cluj Romania Edward Iordănescu Romania Mário Camora United States Nike NTT Data
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Emil Săndoi Romania Daniel Florea Spain Joma Consiliul Județean Dâmbovița
Dinamo București Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin Jr. Croatia Ante Puljić Italy Macron Unibet
FCSB Romania Anton Petrea Romania Florin Tănase United States Nike City Insurance
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Mihai Teja Romania Răzvan Pleșca Spain Joma Romgaz
Hermannstadt Romania Eugen Beza Romania Răzvan Dâlbea Spain Joma ro:Superbet, Natur House
Politehnica Iași Italy Nicolò Napoli Romania Andrei Cristea Spain Joma Superbet
Sepsi OSK Romania Leontin Grozavu Algeria Rachid Bouhenna Germany Adidas Diószegi, Gyermelyi
Universitatea Craiova Greece Marinos Ouzounidis Romania Nicușor Bancu Germany Puma Betano
UTA Arad Romania László Balint Romania Ciprian Rus Germany Saller Efbet, International Alexander Holding
Viitorul Constanța Romania Cătălin Anghel Romania Romario Benzar United States Nike OMV Petrom
Voluntari Romania Liviu Ciobotariu Romania Cosmin Achim Italy Macron -

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Politehnica Iași Romania Mircea Rednic End of contract 7 August 2020[7] Pre-season Romania Daniel Pancu 11 August 2020[8]
Viitorul Constanța Romania Gheorghe Hagi Mutual agreement 7 August 2020 Pre-season Spain Rubén de la Barrera 7 August 2020[9]
Dinamo București Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Mutual agreement 26 August 2020[10] 7 Romania Cosmin Contra 26 August 2020[11]
Gaz Metan Mediaș Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin Jr. Sacked 24 September 2020[12] 6 Portugal Jorge Costa 30 September 2020[13]
Universitatea Craiova Italy Cristiano Bergodi Sacked 7 November 2020 1 Romania Corneliu Papură 13 November 2020
Viitorul Constanța Spain Rubén de la Barrera Sacked 30 November 2020 7 Romania Mircea Rednic 2 December 2020
CFR Cluj Romania Dan Petrescu Sacked 30 November 2020 3 Romania Edward Iordănescu 3 December 2020
Dinamo București Romania Cosmin Contra Mutual Agreement 3 December 2020 12 Romania Ionel Gane 4 December 2020
Argeș Pitești Romania Ionuț Moșteanu Sacked 12 December 2020 16 Romania Andrei Prepeliță 13 December 2020
Voluntari Romania Mihai Teja Sacked 28 December 2020 13 Romania Bogdan Andone 29 December 2020
Hermannstadt Spain Rubén Albés Sacked 14 January 2021 14 Romania Liviu Ciobotariu 15 January 2021
Politehnica Iași Romania Daniel Pancu Sacked 28 January 2021 16 Romania Andrei Cristea 29 January 2021
Gaz Metan Mediaș Portugal Jorge Costa Sacked 1 February 2021 10 Romania Mihai Teja 1 February 2021
Universitatea Craiova Romania Corneliu Papură Sacked 1 February 2021 3 Greece Marinos Ouzounidis 5 February 2021
Viitorul Constanța Romania Mircea Rednic Sacked 8 April 2021 13 Romania Cătălin Anghel 11 April 2021
Voluntari Romania Bogdan Andone Sacked 8 May 2021 14 Romania Liviu Ciobotariu 8 May 2021
Astra Giurgiu Romania Eugen Neagoe Sacked 8 May 2021 13 Romania Ionuț Badea 9 May 2021

Regular season

In the regular season the 16 teams will meet twice for a total of 30 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship play-offs and the bottom 10 qualifying for the relegation play-outs.[14]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FCSB 30 20 5 5 57 22 +35 65 Qualification for the Play-off round
2 CFR Cluj 30 19 7 4 42 15 +27 64
3 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 10 4 33 14 +19 58
4 Sepsi OSK 30 10 15 5 43 31 +12 45
5 Academica Clinceni 30 10 14 6 30 26 +4 44
6 Botoșani 30 11 9 10 39 36 +3 42
7 Argeș Pitești 30 10 10 10 33 41 −8 40 Qualification for the Play-out round
8 Chindia Târgoviște 30 10 9 11 24 26 −2 39
9 Astra Giurgiu 30 9 11 10 38 39 −1 38
10 UTA Arad 30 9 10 11 26 36 −10 37
11 Gaz Metan Mediaș 30 9 6 15 33 41 −8 33
12 Voluntari 30 8 8 14 32 40 −8 32
13 Viitorul Constanța 30 6 13 11 36 37 −1 31
14 Dinamo București 30 7 6 17 26 41 −15 27
15 Hermannstadt 30 5 11 14 28 40 −12 26
16 Politehnica Iași 30 7 4 19 29 64 −35 25
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.[14]

Results
Home \ Away ACA ARG AST BOT CFR CHI DIN FCS GAZ HER IAS SPS UCV UTA VII VOL
Academica Clinceni 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1
Argeș Pitești 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1
Astra Giurgiu 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3
Botoșani 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1
CFR Cluj 3–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0
Chindia Târgoviște 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Dinamo București 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–5 3–0
FCSB 0–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–0
Hermannstadt 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2
Politehnica Iași 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 5–2 1–4 1–0 1–4 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–2
Sepsi OSK 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–2
Universitatea Craiova 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
UTA Arad 0–0 1–2 0–6 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0
Viitorul Constanța 1–1 2–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–4 1–1 0–1
Voluntari 3–3 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2
Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Academica Clinceni121110128101387555555556556666655555
Argeș Pitești11151415151515151414151616161616151212121312107987787
Astra Giurgiu16161516161616161616161514131012121313131213131010108899
Botoșani2224581058111111108810107775555566666
CFR Cluj344223333333333222222222222222
Chindia Târgoviște147710139579888877775667789879978
Dinamo București712129121414141515141291011881111910111112131314141414
FCSB115332222111211111111111111111
Gaz Metan Mediaș1366691112131099101314129991010118911111212131311
Hermannstadt891176561112121213121114141414141514151414151515151515
Politehnica Iași58974791213131314151515151616161616161616161616161616
Sepsi OSK15131313106444444444444444444444444
Universitatea Craiova631111111222122333333333333333
UTA Arad9108111112116576779911111091189787910101010
Viitorul Constanța101416141413896676666668889101213121111111113
Voluntari4535747101110109111213131315151415141515141413121212
Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-off round
Qualification for the Play-out round
Source:

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, and 2021–22 UEFA Europa 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.[15]

Play-off table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CFR FCS UCV SPS ACA BOT
1 CFR Cluj (C) 10 7 1 2 15 5 +10 54 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–0
2 FCSB 10 3 3 4 13 14 −1 45 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–1
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 3 4 9 11 −2 41 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–3
4 Sepsi (O) 10 5 2 3 11 8 +3 40 Qualification to European competition play-offs 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0
5 Academica Clinceni 10 3 2 5 10 15 −5 33 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 4–3
6 Botoșani 10 3 1 6 13 18 −5 31 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–1
Source: , FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
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.)[16]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round3031323334353637383940
CFR Cluj22221111111
FCSB11112222222
Universitatea Craiova33333333333
Sepsi44444444444
Academica Clinceni55566666655
Botoșani66655555566
Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Qualification to European competition play-offs
Source: FRF

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.[15]

Play-out table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation CHI UTA GAZ VII ARG DIN VOL HER AST IAS
7 Chindia Târgoviște 9 4 4 1 7 3 +4 36 Qualification to European competition play-offs 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0
8 UTA Arad[lower-alpha 1] 9 4 1 4 7 9 −2 32[lower-alpha 2] 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2
9 Gaz Metan Mediaș[lower-alpha 3] 9 4 3 2 15 10 +5 32[lower-alpha 2] 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 4–2
10 Viitorul Constanța (D, R) 9 5 1 3 9 4 +5 32[lower-alpha 2] Merged with Farul Constanța after qualification to European competition play-offs 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0
11 Argeș Pitești 9 3 2 4 10 7 +3 31[lower-alpha 4] 0–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–0
12 Dinamo București 9 5 2 2 11 8 +3 31[lower-alpha 4] 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0
13 Voluntari (O) 9 3 3 3 6 7 −1 28 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
14 Hermannstadt (R) 9 4 1 4 6 9 −3 26 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–3
15 Astra Giurgiu (R) 9 1 2 6 6 12 −6 24 Relegation to 2021–22 Liga II 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 1–2
16 Politehnica Iași (R) 9 2 1 6 7 15 −8 20 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–1
Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 4 and 5 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[17]
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. UTA Arad failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
  2. Points in the regular season: UTA 37, Gaz 33, Viitorul 31
  3. Gaz Metan Mediaș failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
  4. Points w/o rounding: Argeș 31.0, Dinamo 30.5

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round30313233343536373839
Chindia Târgoviște8777777777
UTA Arad1088891091098
Gaz Metan Mediaș11111312119109119
Viitorul Constanța13131213131314121210
Argeș Pitești791098888811
Dinamo București14141415141412111012
Voluntari12121111121213141313
Hermannstadt15161614151515151514
Astra Giurgiu910910101111131415
Politehnica Iași16151516161616161616
Qualification to European competition play-offs
Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Relegation to 2021–22 Liga II
Qualification to European competition play-offs
Source: FRF

European play-offs

In the semi-final, the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I plays a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the semi-final will encounter the team ranked on the last UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off tournament. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

European play-off semi-final
27 May 2021 Chindia Târgoviște2–3 Viitorul Constanța Buzău
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Popa 6'
Rață 64'		 Report Artean 38'
Fernandes 49'
Tsoumou 86'		 Stadium: Municipal
Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

European play-off final
30 May 2021 Sepsi OSK 1–0Viitorul ConstanțaSfântu Gheorghe
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Aganović 42' Report Stadium: Municipal
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dunărea Călărași 1–6 Voluntari 1–2 0–4
Mioveni 2–1 Hermannstadt 0–0 2–1

First leg
29 May 2021 Mioveni0–0HermannstadtMioveni
15:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Orășenesc
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)
29 May 2021 Dunărea Călărași1–2 Voluntari Călărași
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Kanda 31' Report Betancor 42'
Vlad 73'		 Stadium: Ion Comșa
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova)

Second leg
2 June 2021 Hermannstadt1–2 Mioveni Mediaș
19:00 EEST (UTC+3) Yazalde 21' Massaro 72'
Panait 90+3'		 Stadium: Gaz Metan
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj-Napoca)
3 June 2021 Voluntari 4-0Dunărea CălărașiVoluntari
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Dropa 7'
Betancor 18'
I.Armaș 79'
C. Achim 86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
Referee: Horia Mladinovici (Bucharest)

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of games played on 20 May 2021[18][19][20]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Florin Tănase FCSB 24
2 Switzerland Cephas Malele FC Argeș 18
3 Romania Dennis Man FCSB 14
France Hamidou Keyta Botoșani
4 Romania Ciprian Deac CFR Cluj 13
5 Romania Alexandru Cicâldău Universitatea Craiova 11
6 Netherlands Kevin Luckassen Viitorul Constanța 9
Romania Ronaldo Deaconu Gaz Metan
7 Romania Constantin Budescu Astra Giurgiu 8
Croatia Gabriel Debeljuh CFR Cluj
Romania Olimpiu Morutan FCSB

Top assists
As of games played on 23 April 2021
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Romania Olimpiu Moruțan FCSB 15
2 Romania Constantin Budescu Astra Giurgiu 8
3 Romania Deian Sorescu Dinamo București 7
Romania Ronaldo Deaconu Gaz Metan Medias
5 Romania Petrișor Petrescu Hermannstadt 6
6 Romania Florinel Coman FCSB 5
Romania Dan Nistor Universitatea Craiova
Argentina Juan Pablo Passaglia Politehnica Iași
Romania Ciprian Deac CFR Cluj
Romania Adrian Păun CFR Cluj

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Romania Dennis Man FCSB FC Argeș 3–0 (H) 20 September 2020
Romania Andrei Cristea Politehnica Iași FCSB 5–2 (H) 27 September 2020
Romania Constantin Budescu Astra Giurgiu UTA Arad 6–0 (A) 21 December 2020
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Double
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Croatia Marko Dugandžić Botoșani Politehnica Iași 4–0 (H) 30 August 2020
Romania Valentin Gheorghe Astra Giurgiu Sepsi OSK 2–2 (H) 13 September 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Koljić Universitatea Craiova Viitorul Constanța 4–1 (A) 14 September 2020
Romania Gabriel Iancu Viitorul Constanța Astra Giurgiu 4–1 (H) 26 September 2020
Spain Jefté Betancor Voluntari Astra Giurgiu 3–2 (A) 3 October 2020
Romania Florin Tănase FCSB Dinamo București 3–2 (H) 3 October 2020
Switzerland Cephas Malele FC Argeș Viitorul Constanța 2–2 (A) 25 October 2020
Romania Vlad Morar UTA Arad Botoșani 2–3 (A) 31 October 2020
Romania Cosmin Achim Voluntari Politehnica Iași 4–0 (H) 7 November 2020
Romania Dennis Man FCSB Botoșani 4–1 (H) 7 November 2020
Romania Florin Tănase (2) FCSB Botoșani 4–1 (H) 7 November 2020
Venezuela Mario Rondón CFR Cluj FC Argeș 2–0 (H) 8 November 2020
Italy Nicolao Dumitru Gaz Metan Mediaș UTA Arad 3–1 (A) 9 November 2020
Spain Borja Valle Dinamo București Voluntari 3–0 (H) 20 November 2020
Romania Darius Olaru FCSB Gaz Metan Mediaș 3–2 (A) 23 November 2020
Romania Ciprian Deac CFR Cluj Politehnica Iași 2–0 (A) 6 December 2020
France Hamidou Keyta Botoșani Viitorul Constanța 2–1 (A) 15 December 2020
Switzerland Cephas Malele (2) FC Argeș Hermannstadt 2–2 (H) 16 December 2020
Slovakia Pavol Šafranko Sepsi OSK UTA Arad 3–0 (H) 17 December 2020
Romania Dennis Man (2) FCSB Universitatea Craiova 2–0 (A) 18 December 2020
Israel Shlomi Azulay Astra Giurgiu UTA Arad 6–0 (A) 21 December 2020
Portugal Ze Manuel Gaz Metan Mediaș FC Voluntari 2–0 (H) 12 January 2021
Romania Florin Tănase (3) FCSB Astra Giurgiu 3–0 (H) 14 January 2021
France Hamidou Keyta (2) FC Botoșani Dinamo București 4–0 (H) 24 January 2021
Netherlands Kevin Luckassen FC Viitorul Sepsi OSK 3–3 (H) 26 January 2021
Romania Andrei Ciobanu FC Viitorul Dinamo Bucuresti 5–0 (A) 26 February 2021
Bulgaria Antoni Ivanov FC Voluntari Politehnica Iași 2–0 (A) 1 March 2021
Romania Ciprian Deac (2) CFR Cluj FC Arges 5–0 (H) 1 March 2021
Switzerland Cephas Malele (3) FC Argeș Politehnica Iași 2–1 (H) 8 March 2021
Romania Ciprian Deac (3) CFR Cluj Politehnica Iași 4–0 (H) 14 March 2021
Portugal Yazalde FC Hermannstadt FC Arges 4–1 (H) 3 April 2021
Switzerland Cephas Malele (4) FC Arges Chindia 3–1 (H) 9 April 2021
Romania Florin Tanase (4) FCSB Academica Clinceni 2–0 (A) 22 April 2021
Notes


(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets
As of games played on 23 April 2021
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Italy Mirko Pigliacelli Universitatea Craiova 19
2 Romania Andrei Vlad FCSB 17
3 Romania Cristian Bălgrădean CFR Cluj 16
4 Romania Octavian Vâlceanu Academica Clinceni 14
5 Romania Mihai Aioani Chindia Târgovişte 13
6 Romania Florin Iacob UTA Arad 10
7 Romania Roland Niczuly Sepsi OSK 9
Romania David Lazar Astra Giurgiu
9 Romania Victor Rîmniceanu Voluntari 8
10 Romania Valentin Cojocaru Viitorul Constanta 6
Romania Alexandru Greab Argeș Pitești

Discipline
As of games played on 16 February 2021

Player

Team
  • Most yellow cards: 74
    • Hermannstadt
    • Gaz Metan Mediaș
  • Most red cards: 6
    • Botoșani
  • Fewest yellow cards: 34
    • Universitatea Craiova
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • CFR Cluj

Champion squad
CFR Cluj[21][22]

Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis Lithuania (6 / 0); Cristian Bălgrădean (26 / 0); Rareș Murariu (1 / 0); Grzegorz Sandomierski Poland (11 / 0).
Defenders: Syam Ben Youssef Tunisia (7 / 0); Kévin Boli Ivory Coast (1 / 0); Andrei Burcă (35 / 2); Mihai Butean (1 / 0); Mário Camora Portugal (35 / 0); Mike Cestor Democratic Republic of the Congo (6 / 0); Denis Ciobotariu (11 / 1); Cristian Manea (26 / 0); Iasmin Latovlevici (7 / 0); Paulo Vinícius Brazil (25 / 3); Mateo Sušić Bosnia and Herzegovina (26 / 0).
Midfielders: Luís Aurélio Portugal (11 / 0); Mihai Bordeianu (12 / 0); Nicolae Carnat (10 / 0); Alexandru Chipciu (30 / 2); Valentin Costache (35 / 4); Ciprian Deac (34 / 13); Damjan Đoković Croatia (16 / 0); Adrian Gîdea (21 / 1); Ovidiu Hoban (28 / 1); Cătălin Itu (24 / 3); Dodi Joca (5 / 0); Sebastian Mailat (1 / 0); Michaël Pereira France (21 / 0); Rúnar Sigurjónsson Iceland (12 / 3); Adrian Păun (39 / 5); Claudiu Petrila (6 / 1); William Soares Brazil (16 / 0); Ivica Žunić Croatia (1 / 0).
Forwards: Gabriel Debeljuh Croatia (32 / 8); Cătălin Golofca (1 / 0); Gheorghe Gondiu Moldova (1 / 0); Billel Omrani Algeria (16 / 3); Mario Rondón Venezuela (29 / 5); Jakub Vojtuš Slovakia (7 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Dan Petrescu / Edward Iordănescu.

Awards

Liga I Team of the Season
Liga I Team of the 2020–21 Season[23] – Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal

References
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