2013–14 Liga II

The 2013–14 Liga II was the 74th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 7 September.[1]

Liga II
Season2013–14
PromotedCSMS Iaşi
Universitatea Craiova
Rapid București
ASA Târgu Mureş
RelegatedDunărea Galaţi
Gloria Bistriţa
Minerul Motru
UTA Arad
FC U Craiova
Biggest home winBacău 5–1 Rapid CFR Suceava
Biggest away winBacău 1–4 Clinceni
Highest scoringRapid București 5–2 Brăila
Brăila 5–2 Rapid CFR Suceava
All statistics correct as of 8 May 2014.

The 25 teams were divided in two series (with 13, respectively 12 teams). The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first six teams from each series played a play-off for promotion to Liga I. The teams placed 6th to 12th played in a Relegation play-out. The first two teams in each series promoted at the end of the season to Liga I, and the teams placed below the 10th place were relegated to Liga III.[2]

Teams

At the end of 2012–13 season, Botoșani, Săgeata Năvodari from Seria I and Corona Brașov, ACS Poli Timișoara promoted to Liga I. Four teams were relegated to Liga III: Chindia Târgoviște, Dinamo II (Seria I), FCMU Baia Mare and Unirea Alba Iulia.

The winners of the six 2012–13 Liga III series were promoted to Liga II: SC Bacău, Gloria Buzău, ACS Berceni, Minerul Motru, Olimpia Satu Mare and Unirea Tărlungeni.

After the end of the last season, FC Delta Tulcea, CS Otopeni and FC Argeș were dissolved. Luceafărul Oradea withdrew from Liga II and enrolled to Liga IV.

Craiova teams

Following a legal decision, FC U Craiova was re-enrolled by the Romanian Football Federation to the second series of Liga II. A second place was offered to Universitatea Craiova, the team supported by the local authorities.[3]

Renamed teams

CS Buftea was moved to Clinceni and renamed FC Clinceni, while Damila Măciuca was moved to Reșita, becoming Metalul Reșița. FCM Târgu Mureș was renamed ASA Târgu Mureș.

Excluded teams

Sportul Studențesc was excluded for the championship because the team was not programmed in the first four rounds due to a debt to Rapid CFR Suceava.[4]

Seria I
Location of teams in 2013–14 Liga II – Seria I
Club City Stadium Capacity
SC Bacău Bacău Municipal 17,500
Berceni Berceni Berceni 2,600
Brăila Brăila Municipal 18,000
Clinceni Clinceni Clinceni 2,000
Dunărea Galați Galați Dunărea 23,000
Farul Constanța Constanța Farul 15,500
Gloria Buzău Buzău Municipal 18,000
Rapid București Bucharest Giulești-Valentin Stănescu 11,704
Rapid CFR Suceava Areni 12,000
Studențesc Iași Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11,390
Unirea Slobozia Slobozia 1 Mai 5,000
Unirea Tărlungeni Tărlungeni Unirea 1,000

Seria II
Location of teams in 2013–14 Liga II – Seria II
Club City Stadium Capacity
Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș Trans-Sil 8,200
Bihor Oradea Oradea Iuliu Bodola 18,000
Universitatea Craiova Craiova Ion Oblemenco 25,252
Gloria Bistrița Bistrița Gloria 7,800
Metalul Reșița Mircea Chivu 12,000
Minerul Motru Minerul 5,000
Mioveni Mioveni Dacia 10,000
Olimpia Satu Mare Olimpia 18,000
Olt Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 4,000
Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Municipal 12,000
FC U Craiova Drobeta-Turnu Severin Municipal 20,054
UTA Arad Arad Francisc von Neumann 7,287

League tables

Seria I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CSMS Iași 22 16 1 5 47 16 +31 49 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Unirea Slobozia 22 12 5 5 29 22 +7 41[lower-alpha 1]
3 Rapid București 22 12 5 5 34 20 +14 41[lower-alpha 1]
4 Academica Clinceni 22 10 7 5 41 28 +13 37
5 Berceni 22 10 6 6 33 26 +7 36
6 Bacău 22 8 5 9 29 31 −2 29
7 Unirea Tărlungeni 22 7 6 9 18 22 −4 27 Qualification to relegation play-out
8 Gloria Buzău 22 5 10 7 25 24 +1 25
9 Brăila 22 6 5 11 24 34 −10 23
10 Rapid CFR Suceava 22 4 7 11 22 42 −20 19
11 Farul Constanța 22 4 6 12 12 35 −23 18
12 Dunărea Galați 22 4 5 13 24 38 −14 17
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
Notes:
  1. UNI 1-0 RAP; RAP 0–1 UNI

Seria II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitatea Craiova 22 15 4 3 33 11 +22 49 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Sportul Snagov 22 11 4 7 29 18 +11 37
3 Râmnicu Vâlcea 22 10 6 6 26 18 +8 36[lower-alpha 1]
4 Olt Slatina 22 10 6 6 24 16 +8 36[lower-alpha 1]
5 Târgu Mureș 22 9 7 6 25 14 +11 34[lower-alpha 2]
6 Gloria Bistrița 22 10 4 8 23 19 +4 34[lower-alpha 2]
7 Olimpia Satu Mare 22 9 6 7 22 19 +3 33 Qualification to relegation play-out
8 Mioveni 22 8 5 9 21 24 −3 29
9 Bihor Oradea 22 7 5 10 18 21 −3 26
10 UTA Arad 22 5 6 11 19 30 −11 21
11 FC U Craiova 22 4 5 13 9 39 −30 17
12 Minerul Motru 22 3 4 15 17 37 −20 13
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
Notes:
  1. OLT 0-0 CSM; CSM 1–0 OLT
  2. ASA 2-1 GLO; GLO 2–1 ASA

Promotion play-offs

At the end of the regular season, the first six teams from each series will play a Promotion play-off and the winners and runners-up will promote to the Liga I. The teams will start the play-off with the number of points gained in the regular season only against the other qualified teams.

Seria I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 CSMS Iași (C, P) 20 11 5 4 35 18 +17 38 Promotion to Liga I
2 Rapid București (P) 20 9 8 3 26 18 +8 35
3 Unirea Slobozia 20 10 3 7 23 21 +2 33
4 Academica Clinceni 20 9 5 6 30 23 +7 32
5 Berceni 20 3 5 12 23 41 −18 14
6 Bacău 20 3 4 13 18 34 −16 13
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) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Seria II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Universitatea Craiova (C, P) 20 11 4 5 30 19 +11 37 Promotion to Liga I
2 Târgu Mureș (P) 20 10 4 6 25 14 +11 34
3 Râmnicu Vâlcea 20 8 6 6 20 19 +1 30
4 Sportul Snagov 20 7 5 8 20 23 −3 26
5 Gloria Bistrița 20 6 6 8 22 27 −5 24 Relegation to Liga III[lower-alpha 1]
6 Olt Slatina 20 4 3 13 10 25 −15 15
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) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Gloria Bistrița denied to take part in the next season and was relegated to Liga III.

Relegation play-outs

At the end of the regular season, the teams that finish 7-12 form each series will play a Relegation play-out and the last three teams will relegate to the Liga III. The teams will start the play-out with the number of points gained in the regular season only against the other qualified teams.

Seria I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Brăila 20 10 4 6 23 20 +3 34
8 Gloria Buzău 20 9 5 6 30 22 +8 32
9 Unirea Tărlungeni 20 8 7 5 24 19 +5 31
10 Rapid CFR Suceava 20 8 5 7 29 29 0 29 Spared from relegation[lower-alpha 1]
11 Dunărea Galați (R) 20 7 5 8 23 21 +2 26 Relegation to Liga III[lower-alpha 2]
12 Farul Constanța 20 3 4 13 14 32 −18 13 Spared from relegation[lower-alpha 2]
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
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Rapid CFR Suceava was spared from relegation after the dissolution of Vaslui and Corona Brașov
  2. Farul Constanța was spared from relegation after Dunărea Galați was dissolved

Seria II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Olimpia Satu Mare 18 13 3 2 34 11 +23 42
8 Mioveni 18 10 4 4 28 15 +13 34
9 Bihor Oradea 18 8 5 5 23 17 +6 29
10 Minerul Motru (R) 18 4 4 10 21 23 −2 16 Relegation to Liga III
11 UTA Arad (R) 18 3 3 12 10 35 −25 12
12 FC U Craiova[lower-alpha 1] (R) 10 1 3 6 5 20 −15 6
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
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. FC U Craiova was officially excluded from the championship on April 3, 2014.[5]

Goals
5 goals
3 goals

See also

References
  1. "FRF schimbă din temelii eșaloanele inferioare!". Pro Sport / Liga II. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  2. "Hotărâri ale Comitetului Executiv al Federației Române de Fotbal" (in Romanian). FRF. 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. "Ambele echipe ale Craiovei, înscrise în Liga a II-a!". ProSport. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. "Sportul a fost exclusă din campionat!". Liga2.ro. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. "DECIZII ALE COMISIEI DE DISCIPLINĂ" (in Romanian). April 3, 2014. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
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