2023–24 Liga II

The 2023–24 Liga II is the 84th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. A total of 20 teams contest the league.

Liga II
Season2023–24
All statistics correct as of 16 May 2023.

It is the eighth Liga II season with a single series.[1] The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams will be relegated to Liga III. The season began on 5 August 2023 and is scheduled to end in June 2024.[2]

Teams

Team changes
Promoted from 2022–23 Liga IIIRelegated from 2022–23 Liga IPromoted to 2023–24 Liga IRelegated to 2023–24 Liga III
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț[3][4]
(after 7 years of absence)
CS Tunari
(debut)
CSM Alexandria
(after 18 years of absence)
CSM Reșița
(after 2 years of absence)
Corvinul Hunedoara
(after 15 years of absence)		Argeș Pitești[5]
(after 3 years of absence)
Chindia Târgoviște[6]
(after 4 years of absence)
CS Mioveni[7]
(after 2 years of absence)		Politehnica Iași[8]
(ended 2-year stay)
Oțelul Galați[9]
(ended 1-year stay)
Dinamo București[10]
(ended 1-year stay)		Progresul Spartac București[11]
(ended 1-year stay)
Ripensia Timișoara
(ended 6-year stay)
Minaur Baia Mare
(ended 1-year stay)
Politehnica Timișoara
(ended 7-year stay)
Unirea Constanța
(ended 2-year stay)

Teams excluded by Romanian Football Federation

On 7 August 2023, FC Brașov was excluded from Liga II by the Romanian Football Federation.[12]

Teams spared from relegation

Progresul Spartac București was spared from relegation to 2023–24 Liga III season, due to the decision to relegate FC Brașov, decision that vacanted place in the 2022–23 Liga II season.

Venues
Steaua București Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Corvinul Hunedoara Argeș Pitești
Steaua Ceahlăul Michael Klein Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 31,254 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 15,000
Viitorul Târgu Jiu CSM Reșița Gloria Buzău 1599 Șelimbăr
Tudor Vladimirescu Mircea Chivu Municipal Municipal[lower-roman 1]
Capacity: 12,518 Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 12,321 Capacity: 12,000
Slatina
Locations of the 2023–24 Liga II teams
Location of Bucharest and Ilfov teams.
 Mioveni
1 Mai Orășenesc
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 10,000
FC Brașov Chindia Târgoviște
Silviu Ploieșteanu Eugen Popescu
Capacity: 8,800 Capacity: 8,400
Unirea Dej Unirea Slobozia Concordia Chiajna Csíkszereda
Unirea 1 Mai Concordia Municipal
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 5,123 Capacity: 4,000
Alexandria Tunari Dumbrăvița Metaloglobus București
Municipal Comunal Ștefan Dobay Metaloglobus
Capacity: 2,000 Capacity: 1,700 Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 1,000
  1. 1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to Municipal Stadium in Râmnicu Vâlcea, because Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr 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
1599 Șelimbăr Romania Claudiu Niculescu Romania Alexandru Dandea United States Nike —
Alexandria Romania Ștefan Odoroabă Romania Cosmin Neagu Spain Joma Alexandrion Group
Argeș Pitești Romania Alexandru Pelici Romania Costinel Tofan Italy Macron Getica 95
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Cristian Pustai Romania Alexandru Ichim Netherlands Masita —
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Dragoș Militaru Romania Cristian Neguț Spain Joma Gias Grafit XPS
Concordia Chiajna Romania Erik Lincar Romania Raul Palmeș Spain Joma —
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania Florin Maxim Romania Marius Chindriș Spain Joma Primăria Hunedoara
Csíkszereda Romania Barna Bajkó Romania Attila Csürös Hungary 2Rule Csíkszereda
CSM Reșița Romania Călin Cheregi Romania Cristian Zimmermann Germany Puma Invest in Reșița
CSM Slatina Romania Daniel Oprescu Romania Cătălin Doman Italy Macron Primăria Slatina
Dumbrăvița Romania Cosmin Stan Romania Costel Zurbagiu Italy Macron Primăria Dumbrăvița
Gloria Buzău Romania Andrei Prepeliță Romania Ionuț Andrei Șerban Spain Joma Superbet
Metaloglobus București Romania Eusebiu Tudor Romania Daniel Lung Germany Jako —
Mioveni Romania Constantin Schumacher Romania Adrian Scarlatache Italy Macron —
Progresul București Romania Andrei Erimia Romania Eugen Lixandru Romania Team Kulterra
Steaua București Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Adrian Popa Germany Adidas Get's Bet
Tunari Romania Florin Stângă Romania Liviu Oșca Spain Nike Pinum
Unirea Dej Romania Dacian Nastai Romania Florin Blaj Denmark Hummel Dendiarom
Unirea Slobozia Romania Adrian Mihalcea Romania Constantin Toma Spain Joma CJ Ialomița
Viitorul Târgu Jiu Romania Călin Cojocaru Romania Claudiu Dragu United States Nike Artego

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Slobozia Romania Enache Costea Assistant manager 31 May 2023 Pre-season Romania Adrian Mihalcea 1 July 2023[13]
Mioveni Romania Vlad Țăranu End of tenure as a caretaker 31 May 2023[14] Romania Constantin Schumacher 1 July 2023
Chindia Romania Anton Petrea End of contract 31 May 2023[15] Romania Dragoș Militaru 1 July 2023
Concordia Romania Eugen Trică 31 May 2023[16] Romania Erik Lincar 1 July 2023[17]
Dej Romania Dragoș Militaru 31 May 2023[18] Romania Dacian Nastai 1 July 2023[19]
Argeș Romania Bogdan Vintilă Mutual agreement 8 June 2023[20] Romania Alexandru Pelici 1 July 2023
Tunari Romania Gabriel Manu 14 June 2023 Romania Florin Stângă 1 July 2023[21]
Gloria Romania Adrian Mihalcea End of contract 30 June 2023[22] Romania Andrei Prepeliță 1 July 2023

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 1599 Șelimbăr 5 5 0 0 8 2 +6 15 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Corvinul Hunedoara 5 3 2 0 8 4 +4 11
3 Gloria Buzău 5 3 2 0 8 4 +4 11
4 Unirea Slobozia 5 3 2 0 7 3 +4 11
5 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 5 3 0 2 8 3 +5 9
6 Slatina 5 2 2 1 6 4 +2 8
7 Concordia Chiajna 5 2 1 2 11 4 +7 7 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
8 Steaua București 5 1 3 1 11 8 +3 6[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
9 Chindia Târgoviște 5 1 3 1 4 3 +1 6[lower-alpha 1]
10 Mioveni 5 1 3 1 2 2 0 6[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
11 Unirea Dej 5 2 0 3 7 13 −6 6[lower-alpha 1]
12 Reșița 5 1 2 2 3 7 −4 5[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
13 Csíkszereda 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 5[lower-alpha 2]
14 Dumbrăvița 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
15 Viitorul Târgu Jiu 5 0 4 1 3 5 −2 4[lower-alpha 3]
16 Argeș Pitești 5 0 4 1 2 4 −2 4[lower-alpha 3] Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
17 Alexandria 5 1 1 3 2 4 −2 4[lower-alpha 3]
18 Metaloglobus București 5 0 3 2 3 5 −2 3 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group A
19 Tunari 5 0 1 4 4 10 −6 1
20 Progresul Spartac 4 0 1 3 1 11 −10 1 Qualification for Relegation play-out Group B
Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2023. Source: FRF (in Romanian)
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;
Notes:
  1. Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Steaua București 4 (+4), Chindia Târgoviște 1 (0), Mioveni 0 (0), Unirea Dej 0 (-4).
  2. Ranked on head-to-head points: Reșița 4, Csíkszereda 1, Dumbrăvița 0.
  3. Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Viitorul Târgu Jiu 1 (0), Argeș Pitești 1 (0), Alexandria 0 (0).

References
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  22. "Adrian Mihalcea nu mai are contract cu Gloria Buzău". liga2.prosport.ro. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
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