2007–08 Liga I

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Steaua (10)
Longest unbeaten runCFR (18)
Longest winless runPandurii (17)
Longest losing runCraiova, Pandurii (7)

The 2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Bucharest based teams.

Oțelul Galați and Gloria Bistrița are the only teams that have applied,[2] with Vaslui
securing their participation.

Teams

Promoted from Liga II
Relegated from Liga I

Venues

Politehnica Timișoara
Steaua București
FC U Craiova Gloria Buzău
Dan Păltinișanu
Steaua Ion Oblemenco
Municipal
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 18,000
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Farul Constanța Dinamo București
Oțelul Galați
Ceahlăul
Farul
Dinamo
Oțelul
Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 13,500
CFR Cluj
Steaua
2007–08 Liga I (Romania)
Steaua
Location of Bucharest teams.
Rapid București
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 12,813 Capacity: 11,704[i]
Politehnica Iași
FC Vaslui
Emil Alexandrescu
Municipal
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 9,240
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Gloria Bistrița[ii]
Tudor Vladimirescu
Gloria
Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 7,800
Universitatea Cluj UTA Arad Dacia Mioveni Unirea Urziceni
Ion Moina
Francisc von Neuman
Orășenesc
Tineretului
Capacity: 7,600[iii] Capacity: 7,287 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 7,000
  1. ^ Capacity of Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Stadium has been reduced from 19,100 to 11,704 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the South End.
  2. Gloria Stadium
    was under renovations.
  3. ^ Capacity of Ion Moina Stadium has been reduced from 28,000 to 7,600 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure.

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Romania Viorel Hizo Romania Alexandru Forminte Lotto Altex
CFR Cluj Romania Ioan Andone Portugal Cadú Nike
Polus Center
Dacia Mioveni Romania Sorin Cârțu Ivory Coast Mariko Daouda Umbro Consiliul Local Mioveni
Dinamo București Romania Cornel Țălnar Romania Bogdan Lobonț Nike Orange
Farul Constanța Romania Marin Ion Romania Cristian Șchiopu Umbro SNC
FC U Craiova Italy Nicolò Napoli Romania Dorel Stoica Adidas editie.ro
Gloria Bistrița Romania Ioan Sabău Romania Sandu Negrean Puma Darimex
Gloria Buzău Romania Ștefan Stoica Romania Alexandru Tudose Hummel Avicola Buzău
Oțelul Galați
Romania Petre Grigoraș Romania Gabriel Paraschiv Nike ArcelorMittal
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Eugen Neagoe Romania Florin Stângă Uhlsport USMO
Politehnica Iași Romania Ionuț Popa Romania Bogdan Onuț Umbro Iulius Mall
Politehnica Timișoara Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin Jr. Romania Ionel Ganea Lotto Balkan Petroleum
Rapid București Romania Marian Rada Romania Vasile Maftei Lotto Holsten
Steaua București
Romania Marius Lăcătuș Romania Mirel Rădoi Nike CitiFinancial
Unirea Urziceni Romania Dan Petrescu Romania George Galamaz Joma Primăria Voluntari
Universitatea Cluj Romania Alpár Mészáros Romania Dorin Goga Diadora Banca Transilvania, Oncos
UTA Arad Romania Ionuț Chirilă Romania Cristian Todea Uhlsport Intesa Sanpaolo
Vaslui Romania Emil Săndoi Romania Sorin Frunză Umbro Deutz-Fahr

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CFR Cluj (C) 34 23 7 4 52 22 +30 76 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2
Steaua București
34 23 6 5 51 19 +32 75 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Rapid București 34 18 7 9 52 31 +21 61[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Dinamo București 34 17 10 7 55 36 +19 61[a]
5 Unirea Urziceni 34 16 13 5 42 24 +18 61[a]
6 Politehnica Timișoara 34 16 9 9 57 44 +13 57
7 Vaslui 34 12 11 11 44 34 +10 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8
Oțelul Galați
34 14 4 16 47 50 −3 46
9 FC U Craiova 34 12 7 15 42 48 −6 43
10 Gloria Bistrița 34 11 9 14 34 40 −6 42
11 Politehnica Iași 34 11 8 15 37 41 −4 41
12 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 11 7 16 36 43 −7 40[b]
13 Farul Constanța 34 10 10 14 25 38 −13 40[b]
14 Gloria Buzău 34 10 7 17 30 56 −26 37
15
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
(R)
34 10 6 18 33 46 −13 36 Relegation to Liga II
16
Dacia Mioveni
(R)
34 7 10 17 26 43 −17 31
17 UTA Arad (R) 34 6 8 20 30 52 −22 26
18 Universitatea Cluj (R) 34 4 11 19 32 58 −26 23
Source: LT (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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c RAP: 7 pts; DIN: 5 pts; UNI: 3 pts
  2. ^ a b PAN 0-1 FAR; FAR 1-2 PAN

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Universitatea Cluj
12141617171817171818181818181818181818181717181818181817181718181818
UTA Arad87910131312101213151517161716161715151616161717161618171817171717
Unirea Urziceni9485544322523433433345555564445555
Vaslui10363113256765676777777777777777777
Source: LT
(in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away CFR
CEA
UCR
MIO
DIN FAR GBI GBU
OȚE
PAN PIA RAP
STE
TIM
UCL
UTA URZ VAS
CFR Cluj 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
FC U Craiova 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–1
Dacia Mioveni
0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 2–2
Dinamo București 1–2 2–1 4–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 6–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2
Farul Constanța 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1
Gloria Bistrița 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0
Gloria Buzău 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1
Oțelul Galați
0–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–3
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1
Politehnica Iași 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–5 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–3 0–1
Rapid București 1–2 5–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1
Steaua București
3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Politehnica Știința Timișoara
1–0 3–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
Universitatea Cluj
0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–3
UTA Arad 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–1
Unirea Urziceni 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 2–0
Vaslui 0–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–4 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–1
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[3][4] Player Club Goals
1 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo București 21
2
Emil Jula
Oțelul Galați
17
3 Romania Gigel Bucur
Politehnica Timișoara
16
Serbia Marko Ljubinković Vaslui
5 Romania Florin Costea FC U Craiova 15
6 Romania Florin Bratu Dinamo București 14
7 Romania Eugen Trică CFR Cluj 13
8 Romania Cristian Coroian Gloria Bistrița 11
Cristian Fabbiani
CFR Cluj
10 Romania Ionuț Mazilu Rapid București 9
Romania Nicolae Dică
Steaua București
Romania Cristian Dănălache
Unirea Urziceni

Champion squad

CFR Cluj[5]

Goalkeepers: Nuno Claro Portugal (15 / 0); Lars Hirschfeld Canada (5 / 0); Eduard Stăncioiu (15 / 0).
Defenders:

Niklas Sandberg Sweden (10 / 1); André Galiassi Brazil (28 / 0); Tony Portugal
(32 / 1).
Midfielders:
Emmanuel Culio Argentina (32 / 1); Dani Portugal (29 / 1); Ciprian Deac (10 / 0); Sebastián Dubarbier Argentina (15 / 3); Manuel José Vieira Portugal (20 / 0); André Leão Portugal (15 / 0); Alin Minteuan (18 / 0); Pedro Oliveira Portugal (1 / 0); Sixto Peralta Argentina (8 / 0); Eugen Trică (30 / 13).
Forwards:
Diego Ruíz Argentina (13 / 2); António Semedo Portugal
(33 / 6).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ioan Andone.

Notes

(1)

2006–07 season), will continue in Liga I.[6][7]

(2) Timișoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timișoara.
[8]

References

  1. ^ 2007–08 Liga I
  2. ^ "Sorti favorabili pentru echipele romanesti: Traseu facil in Intertoto". RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian). 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Top Scorers". romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Top Scorers". worldfootball.net (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. ^ "(Romanian) FRF nu le va permite tulcenilor să evolueze în Liga I." Prosport. 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  7. ^ "(Romanian) Viorel Duru: "Ceahlăul rămâne în Liga I."". Prosport. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  8. ^ "(Romanian) Schimbă numele echipei!". Prosport. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007.