2010–11 Liga II

The 2010–11 Liga II was the 71st season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on 28 August 2010 and ended on 4 June 2011.[1][2]

Liga II
Season2010–11
PromotedCeahlăul Piatra Neamț
Petrolul Ploiești
Concordia Chiajna
Mioveni
Voința Sibiu
RelegatedSteaua II București
ACU Arad
Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei
Minerul Lupeni
Top goalscorerAlexandru Chițu (22 goals)
Adrian Voiculeț (19 goals)

FRF approved the new system with two divisions of 16 teams each,[3] compared to the divisions of 18 teams used last season, thus coming back to the system that was used in the 1953 season, between the 1968–69 season and the 1972–73 season, in the 2001–02 season and in the 2002–03 season. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to Liga I and the bottom three places from both series relegated to Liga III.[4][5]

Team changes

Note (**)

Internațional Curtea de Argeș withdrew from Liga I at the end of the season and was relegated directly in the Liga IV. Mureșul Deva was spared from relegation.

FC Politehnica Iași (1945) was dissolved after relegation from Liga I. A successor team was founded by the merge of Navobi Iași and Tricolorul Breaza and enrolled directly in the second league, due to the vacant place left by Baia Mare. The new team was named ACSMU Politehnica Iași.

Săgeata Stejaru left its second league licence to the newly formed Săgeata Năvodari. The new entity was founded by the former owners of Săgeata Stejaru, team which was subsequently enrolled in the lower leagues.

Renamed teams

Dunărea Giurgiu signed a partnership with Liga I side Astra Ploiești and started to be its second squad. Dunărea Giurgiu was renamed as Astra II Giurgiu.

Dacia Mioveni ended its sponsorship contract with Automobile Dacia and was renamed as CS Mioveni.

Seria I

Stadia and locations
Location of (qualified) teams in Liga II 2010–11
Club City Stadium Capacity
Astra II Giurgiu Marin Anastasovici 7,000
Botoșani Botoșani Municipal 12,000
Brăila Brăila Municipal 18,000
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Ceahlăul 18,000
Concordia Chiajna Concordia 5,000
Delta Tulcea Delta 12,000
Dinamo II Bucharest Florea Dumitrache 1,500
Dunărea Galați Dunărea 23,000
Farul Constanța Farul 15,500
Gloria Buzău Municipal 18,000
Juventus Bucharest Juventus 8,000
Otopeni Otopeni Otopeni 1,200
Săgeata Năvodari Petromidia 5,000
Snagov Snagov Snagov 2,000
Steaua II Bucharest Steaua II 500
Viitorul Constanța Ovidiu 1,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (C, P) 30 20 7 3 65 23 +42 67 Promotion to Liga I
2 Concordia Chiajna (P) 30 17 10 3 48 27 +21 61
3 Săgeata Năvodari[lower-alpha 1] 30 18 4 8 50 27 +23 58 Qualification to promotion play-off
4 Delta Tulcea 30 17 4 9 50 37 +13 55
5 Dunărea Galați 30 13 9 8 44 26 +18 48
6 Otopeni 30 14 4 12 35 38 −3 46
7 Botoșani 30 12 6 12 48 46 +2 42
8 Viitorul Constanța[lower-alpha 2] 30 10 11 9 37 37 0 41[lower-alpha 3] Ineligible for promotion
9 Astra II Giurgiu 30 11 8 11 42 44 −2 41[lower-alpha 3]
10 Gloria Buzău 30 9 11 10 33 34 −1 38
11 FC Snagov 30 11 4 15 36 52 −16 37
12 Dinamo II București 30 9 7 14 30 44 −14 34 Ineligible for promotion
13 Farul Constanța 30 8 6 16 27 45 −18 30
14 Steaua II București[lower-alpha 4] (R) 30 7 6 17 29 48 −19 27 Relegation to Liga III
15 CF Brăila[lower-alpha 5] 30 5 6 19 28 47 −19 21 Spared from relegation
16 Juventus București[lower-alpha 6] 30 4 7 19 26 53 −27 19
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2011. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Săgeata Năvodari qualified for a promotion play-off after FRF decided that a playoff round would be played for the last remaining place in the Liga I, following the relegation of five teams.
  2. Viitorul Constanța was ineligible for promotion due to the new license code that denied a team younger than 3 years to promote in the top-flight.
  3. Astra II 2–3 Viitorul; Viitorul 1–1 Astra II
  4. Steaua II București was not spared from relegation because it was dissolved at the end of the season.
  5. CF Brăila was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of Liga I side Unirea Urziceni.
  6. Juventus București was spared from relegation regarding the disaffiliation from the Romanian Football Federation of FCU Craiova.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Alexandru Chițu Săgeata Năvodari 22
2 Romania Cristinel Gafița Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 17
3 Moldova Eugeniu Cebotaru Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 14
4 Romania Ștefan Ciobanu Delta Tulcea / Farul Constanța 13
5 Romania Nelu Bucă Brăila / Dinamo II București 12
Romania Marius Jianu Săgeata Năvodari 12

Seria II

Stadia and locations
Location of competing teams in Liga II 2010–11
Club City Stadium Capacity
ACU Arad Motorul 5,000
Alro Slatina Metalurgistul 4,000
Arieșul Turda Municipal 10,000
Argeș Pitești Nicolae Dobrin 15,000
Bihor Oradea Iuliu Bodola 18,000
Gaz Metan CFR Craiova CFR 3,000
Mioveni Mioveni Dacia 10,000
Mureșul Deva Cetate 4,000
Petrolul Ploiești Conpet 1,732
Politehnica Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11,390
Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Municipal 12,000
Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei Măgura 4,000
Unirea Alba Iulia Cetate 18,000
UTA Arad Francisc von Neumann 7,287
Voința Sibiu Municipal 14,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Petrolul Ploiești (C, P) 28 18 5 5 46 22 +24 59 Promotion to Liga I
2 Bihor Oradea[lower-alpha 1] 28 17 7 4 43 20 +23 58 Ineligible for promotion
3 Mioveni[lower-alpha 2] (P) 28 17 6 5 43 19 +24 57 Promotion to Liga I
4 Voința Sibiu[lower-alpha 3] (O, P) 28 14 8 6 36 17 +19 50 Qualification to promotion play-off
5 Alro Slatina 28 14 6 8 46 26 +20 48
6 Politehnica Iași 28 14 5 9 41 30 +11 47
7 Râmnicu Vâlcea 28 11 3 14 35 39 −4 36
8 UTA Arad 28 13 8 7 48 36 +12 35[lower-alpha 4]
9 Arieșul Turda 28 8 9 11 26 31 −5 33
10 Gaz Metan CFR Craiova 28 8 7 13 36 39 −3 31
11 Unirea Alba Iulia 28 8 6 14 22 35 −13 30
12 Argeș Pitești 28 8 5 15 27 40 −13 29
13 Mureșul Deva 28 7 5 16 31 48 −17 26
14 ACU Arad[lower-alpha 5] (R) 28 6 7 15 18 36 −18 25 Relegation to Liga III
15 Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei[lower-alpha 6] (R) 28 3 1 24 9 69 −60 10
16 Minerul Lupeni[lower-alpha 7] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2011. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Bihor Oradea was denied a license for the Liga I due to financial problems.
  2. Mioveni were promoted instead of Bihor Oradea.
  3. Voința Sibiu qualified for a promotion play-off after FRF decided that a playoff round would be played for the last remaining place in the Liga I, following the relegation of five teams.
  4. UTA Arad were deducted 12 points for unpaid debts.
  5. ACU Arad was not spared from relegation because it was dissolved at the end of the season.
  6. Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei withdrew after the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.
  7. Minerul Lupeni withdrew in the first part of the season and all its results were cancelled.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Adrian Voiculeț UTA Arad 19
2 Romania Adrian Mărkuș Bihor Oradea 12
3 Romania Laurențiu Boroiban Gaz Metan CFR Craiova 11
Romania Daniel Oprița Petrolul Ploiești 11
Romania Claudiu Ionescu Mioveni 11
4 Romania Cătălin Bucur Arieșul Turda 10
Brazil Roberto Ayza Mioveni 10

Promotion play-off

At the end of the season, FRF decided that a promotion playoff round would be played between Săgeata Năvodari and Voința Sibiu, third and fourth respectively in each series, following the relegation of five teams from the 2010–11 Liga I.[6] Winners of the promotion spot came Voința Sibiu after winning 2–0 on aggregate score.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Săgeata Năvodari 0–2 Voința Sibiu 0–0 0–2
2 July 2011 First LegSăgeata Năvodari0–0Voința SibiuNăvodari
18:30 Report Stadium: Petromidia
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)
6 July 2011 Second Leg Voința Sibiu 2–0Săgeata NăvodariSibiu
18:00 Forika 36'
Martinescu 89'		 Report Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Bucharest)

See also

References
  1. "FRF decided to delay the start of Liga II by a week" (in Romanian). ASport. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. "Competitii Interne – FRF – Liga a II-a" (in Romanian). FRF. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  3. "Romanian football after the Spanish model" (in Romanian). Liga 2. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. rsssf.org
  5. romaniansoccer.ro
  6. "Comitetul de urgenţă al FRF". FRF. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011.
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