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Liga II

Organising body	FRF
Founded	1934
Country	Romania
Number of teams	22
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Liga I
Relegation to	Liga III
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa României Supercupa României
Current champions	Argeș Pitești (5th title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Politehnica Timișoara (10 titles)
TV partners	Digi Sport Prima Sport
Website	frfotbal.ro [1]

The Liga 2, also known as Liga II, is the second-highest football league in Romania. It's like the stepping stone for teams hoping to play in the top league, Liga I. The league used to be called Divizia B but changed its name before the 2006–07 football season. Currently, a company called Casa Pariurilor sponsors the league, so its full official name is Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor.

How Liga 2 Works
- Teams and Matches
- Promotion and Relegation
Past Champions and Promoted Teams
Top Teams in Liga 2 History
More About Romanian Football
See also

How Liga 2 Works

Since it started in 1934, Liga II has changed its setup many times. In the past, teams were divided into different groups based on where they were located. But since the 2016-17 Liga II season, all the teams play in one big group.

Teams and Matches

The league now has 22 teams. During the regular season, each team plays against every other team once. This means there are 21 matches for each team.

Promotion and Relegation

After the regular season, the league splits into two parts:

Promotion Play-off: The top six teams from the regular season go into this play-off. They play each other twice. The two teams that finish at the very top of this group get to move up directly to Liga I, the highest league. The next two teams (3rd and 4th place) get another chance. They play special matches against teams from Liga I to see if they can also get promoted.
Relegation Play-out: The remaining teams are divided into two groups. Teams in these groups play each other once. The bottom two teams from each of these two groups are moved down to Liga III, which is the third level of Romanian football. There's also an extra match between the two teams that finished third-worst in their play-out groups to decide one more team that gets relegated.

Original logo, without sponsorship and the competition motto "Great performance starts here!".

Past Champions and Promoted Teams

Many teams have won the Liga II championship over the years. Some teams have won it multiple times, showing how strong they were in different eras. Teams that were promoted to the top league are shown in bold in the list below.

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Other teams promoted	Notes (summarily)
1934–35	Maccabi București Jiul Petroșani Phoenix Baia Mare SG Sibiu Dacia Unirea Brăila	CFR Brașov ILSA Timișoara Tricolor Baia Mare CFR Simeria Franco-Româna Brăila	None	League play-off won by Jiul Petroșani.
1935–36	Victoria Constanța ILSA Timișoara Phoenix Baia Mare IAR Brașov Franco-Româna Brăila	CFR Brașov Rovine Grivița Craiova Olimpia CFR Satu Mare Șoimii Sibiu Dacia Unirea Brăila	None	League play-off won by ILSA Timișoara.
1936–37	Sportul Studențesc București Phoenix Baia Mare	CFR Brașov Jiul Petroșani	Dacia Unirea Brăila (3rd) Vulturii Textila Lugoj (3rd)	Six teams were promoted.
1937–38	Tricolor Ploiești UD Reșița	Victoria Constanța CAM Timișoara	None	Two teams were promoted.
1938–39	Unirea Tricolor București Gloria CFR Galați CAM Timișoara Mureșul Târgu Mureș	Maccabi București Dacia VA Galați CA Oradea IS Câmpia Turzii	None	Mureșul Târgu Mureș lost in the promotion play-off.
1939–40	FC Ploiești Mica Brad Crișana Oradea Franco-Româna Brăila	Mureșul Târgu Mureș Minerul Lupeni Universitatea Cluj Feroemail Ploiești	FC Craiova (3rd) FC Brăila (4th) Gloria Arad (6th)	Workers' teams were banned.
1940–41	CFR Turnu Severin Jiul Petroșani Juventus București	SSM Resița IS Câmpia Turzii Franco-Româna Brăila	None	1942 Heroes Cup was organised.
1941–46	Two unofficial editions were played due to World War II.
1946–47	Unirea Tricolor București FC Ploiești Dermata Cluj	AMEF Arad Textila Sfântu Gheorghe Karres Mediaș
1947–48	Dezrobirea Constanța Metalochimic București Politehnica Timișoara Phoenix Baia Mare	Șoimii CFR Sibiu Concordia Ploiești CAM Timișoara IS Câmpia Turzii
1948–49	Șoimii CFR Sibiu Unirea Tricolor București	ARLUS Bacău Metalochimic Reșița
1950	Unirea Tricolor București Universitatea Cluj	Metalul București CS Armata Cluj
1951	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc Metalul Câmpia Turzii	Flacăra Moreni Metalul Sibiu
1952	Locomotiva București Știința Timișoara	Locomotiva Iași Flacăra Mediaș
1953	Flacăra Ploiești Metalul Hunedoara	Spartac București Metalul Câmpia Turzii
1954	Progresul București Avântul Reghin Locomotiva Constanța	Progresul Sibiu Flacăra Mediaș Dinamo Bacău
1955	Locomotiva București Progresul Oradea Dinamo Bacău	Progresul Sibiu Metalul Câmpia Turzii Flacăra Poiana Câmpina
1956	Recolta Târgu Mureș Steagul Roșu Brașov	Energia Hunedoara Progresul București
1957–58	Știința Cluj Farul Constanța	Corvinul Hunedoara Dinamo Bacău
1958–59	Minerul Lupeni Tarom București	CFR Timișoara Metalul Titanii București
1959–60	CSMS Iași Știința Timișoara Corvinul Hunedoara	Dinamo Galați Dinamo Obor București CSM Baia Mare
1960–61	Metalul Târgoviște Dinamo Pitești Jiul Petroșani	Dinamo Galați Știința Craiova CSM Baia Mare
1961–62	CSMS Iași Farul Constanța Crișana Oradea	FCM Poiana Câmpina CSM Reșița IS Câmpia Turzii
1962–63	Siderurgistul Galați Dinamo Pitești Crișul Oradea	Metalul Târgoviște CSM Reșița CFR Timișoara
1963–64	Știința Craiova Minerul Baia Mare	Metalul Târgoviște CSM Reșița
1964–65	Siderurgistul Galați Știința Timișoara	Dinamo Bacău IS Câmpia Turzii
1965–66	Progresul București Jiul Petrila	Știința București Minerul Baia Mare
1966–67	Dinamo Bacău ASA Târgu Mureș	Siderurgistul Galați Minerul Baia Mare
1967–68	Politehnica Iași Vagonul Arad	Politehnica Galați Crișul Oradea
1968–69	Steagul Roșu Brașov CFR Cluj	Politehnica Galați CSM Reșița
1969–70	Progresul București CFR Timișoara	Metalul Târgoviște CSM Sibiu
1970–71	ASA Târgu Mureș Crișul Oradea	Sportul Studențesc București Politehnica Timișoara
1971–72	Sportul Studențesc București CSM Reșița	Progresul București Minerul Baia Mare
1972–73	Politehnica Iași Politehnica Timișoara	Metalul București Bihor Oradea
1973–74	FC Galați Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Olimpia Satu Mare	Gloria Buzău Șoimii Sibiu Bihor Oradea
1974–75	Sport Club Bacău Rapid București Bihor Oradea	Progresul Brăila Progresul București Șoimii Sibiu
1975–76	FCM Galați Progresul București Corvinul Hunedoara	FC Brăila Dinamo Slatina Șoimii Sibiu
1976–77	Petrolul Ploiești CS Târgoviște Olimpia Satu Mare	Gloria Buzău Steagul Roșu Brașov Gloria Bistrița
1977–78	Gloria Buzău Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea FC Baia Mare	FCM Galați Dinamo Slatina CFR Cluj
1978–79	FCM Galați Viitorul Scornicești Universitatea Cluj	Steagul Roșu Brașov Metalul București Gloria Bistrița
1979–80	FCM Brașov Progresul Vulcan București Corvinul Hunedoara	FC Constanța Rapid București Bihor Oradea
1980–81	FC Constanța CS Târgoviște UTA Arad	Gloria Bistrița Petrolul Ploiești Olimpia Satu Mare
1981–82	Politehnica Iași Petrolul Ploiești Bihor Oradea	Gloria Bistrița Rapid București FC Baia Mare
1982–83	Dunărea CSU Galați Rapid București FC Baia Mare	Gloria Buzău Dinamo Victoria București UTA Arad
1983–84	Gloria Buzău FCM Brașov Politehnica Timișoara	Gloria Bistrița Șoimii IPA Sibiu Universitatea Cluj
1984–85	Petrolul Ploiești Dinamo Victoria București Universitatea Cluj	Dunărea CSU Galați Șoimii Sibiu Gloria Bistrița
1985–86	Oțelul Galați Flacăra Moreni Jiul Petroșani	Politehnica Iași Progresul Vulcan București FCM Baia Mare
1986–87	CSM Suceava ASA Târgu Mureș Politehnica Timișoara	Politehnica Iași Progresul Vulcan București FCM Baia Mare
1987–88	FC Constanța Inter Sibiu Bihor Oradea	Politehnica Iași Jiul Petroșani Gloria Bistrița
1988–89	Petrolul Ploiești Jiul Petroșani Politehnica Timișoara	Progresul Brăila Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea UTA Arad
1989–90	Progresul Brăila Rapid București Gloria Bistrița	Gloria Buzău AS Drobeta-Turnu Severin UTA Arad	None	Three teams were promoted.
1990–91	Oțelul Galați Electroputere Craiova ASA Târgu Mureș	Gloria Buzău Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea CFR Timișoara	None	Three teams were promoted.
1991–92	Progresul București CSM Reșița Universitatea Cluj	Gloria CFR Galați UTA Arad FCM Baia Mare	None	Three teams were promoted.
1992–93	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț UTA Arad	Steaua Mizil Bihor Oradea	None	Two teams were promoted.
1993–94	Argeș Pitești FCM Baia Mare	Politehnica Iași Unirea Alba Iulia	None	Two teams were promoted.
1994–95	Selena Bacău Politehnica Timișoara	Dacia Unirea Brăila Corvinul Hunedoara	Politehnica Iași (3rd) –––	Promotion play-off won by Politehnica Iași.
1995–96	Oțelul Târgoviște Jiul Petroșani	Dacia Unirea Brăila Foresta Fălticeni	None	Two teams were promoted.
1996–97	Foresta Fălticeni CSM Reșița	Precizia Săcele Electroputere Craiova	None	Two teams were promoted.
1997–98	Astra Ploiești Olimpia Satu Mare	FC Onești Electroputere Craiova	None	Three teams were promoted.
1998–99	FC Brașov Extensiv Craiova	Rocar București UTA Arad	None	Three teams were promoted.
1999–00	Foresta Suceava Gaz Metan Mediaș	Midia Năvodari ARO Câmpulung	None	Two teams were promoted.
2000–01	Sportul Studențesc București UM Timișoara	Farul Constanța FC Baia Mare	None	Promotion play-off won by Farul.
2001–02	AEK București UTA Arad	Cimentul Fieni FC Baia Mare	None	Two teams were promoted.
2002–03	Petrolul Ploiești Apulum Alba Iulia	Gloria Buzău Bihor Oradea	None	Promotion play-off won by Bihor.
2003–04	Politehnica Iași Sportul Studențesc București CFR Cluj	FC Vaslui Pandurii Târgu Jiu Jiul Petroșani	None	Three teams were promoted.
2004–05	FC Vaslui Pandurii Târgu Jiu Jiul Petroșani	Midia Năvodari FC Sibiu Gaz Metan Mediaș	None	Three teams were promoted.
2005–06	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Universitatea Craiova Liberty Salonta	Forex Brașov Unirea Urziceni Bihor Oradea	UTA Arad (14th)	Salonta sold its promotion to UTA.
2006–07	Delta Tulcea Universitatea Cluj	Gloria Buzău Dacia Mioveni	None	Delta were denied a licence.
2007–08	FC Brașov Argeș Pitești	CS Otopeni Gaz Metan Mediaș	None	Four teams were promoted.
2008–09	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Unirea Alba Iulia	FC Ploiești Internațional Curtea de Argeș	None	Four teams were promoted.
2009–10	Victoria Brănești FCM Târgu Mureș	Sportul Studențesc București Universitatea Cluj	None	Four teams were promoted.
2010–11	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Petrolul Ploiești	Concordia Chiajna Bihor Oradea	Voința Sibiu (4th) CS Mioveni (3rd)	Bihor were denied a licence.
2011–12	CSM Studențesc Iași Politehnica Timișoara	Viitorul Constanța Gloria Bistrița	––– Gaz Metan Severin (3rd)	Timișoara canceled their licence.
2012–13	FC Botoșani Corona Brașov	Săgeata Năvodari ACS Poli Timișoara	None	Four teams were promoted.
2013–14	CSM Studențesc Iași CS Universitatea Craiova	Rapid București ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș	None	Four teams were promoted.
2014–15	FC Voluntari ACS Poli Timișoara	Academica Argeș CS Mioveni	None	Two teams were promoted.
2015–16	Rapid București Gaz Metan Mediaș	Dunărea Călărași UTA Arad	None	Two teams were promoted.
2016–17	Juventus București	Sepsi OSK	None	Two teams were promoted.
2017–18	Dunărea Călărași	FC Hermannstadt	None	Two teams were promoted.
2018–19	Chindia Târgoviște	Academica Clinceni	None	Two teams were promoted.
2019–20	UTA Arad	Argeș Pitești	None	Two teams were promoted.
2020–21	FC U Craiova	FC Rapid București	CS Mioveni Farul Constanța (7th)	Four teams were promoted.
2021–22	Petrolul Ploiești	Hermannstadt	Universitatea Cluj	Three teams were promoted.
2022–23	Politehnica Iași	Steaua București	Oțelul Galați Dinamo București	Three teams were promoted.

Top Teams in Liga 2 History

Over the years, 194 titles have been given out for winning the Liga II championship. A total of 86 different teams have won the Liga II championship. Here are some of the most successful clubs:

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Politehnica Timișoara	10	1	1947–48, 1952, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1994–95, 2011–12
Politehnica Iași	9	4	1959–60, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1981–82, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2022–23
Petrolul Ploiești	9	1	1940–41, 1954, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2010–11, 2021–22
Jiul Petroșani	8	3	1934–35, 1940–41, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1995–96, 2004–05
Progresul București	6	6	1954, 1965–66, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1991–92
Rapid București	6	4	1952, 1955, 1974–75, 1982–83, 1989–90, 2015–16
Universitatea Cluj	6	3	1950, 1957–58, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1991–92, 2006–07
FC Brașov	6	2	1956, 1968–69, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1998–99, 2007–08
Bihor Oradea	5	8	1962–63, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1987–88
Farul Constanța	5	2	1954, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1980–81, 1987–88
Argeș Pitești	5	1	1960–61, 1962–63, 1993–94, 2007–08, 2024–25
FCM Baia Mare	4	11	1963–64, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1993–94
UTA Arad	4	6	1980–81, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2019–20
CSM Reșița	4	5	1937–38, 1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97
Sportul Studențesc București	4	3	1936–37, 1971–72, 2000–01, 2003–04
FCM Târgoviște	4	3	1960–61, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1995–96
FCM Bacău	4	3	1955, 1966–67, 1974–75, 1994–95
Dunărea Galați	4	3	1973–74, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1982–83
Corvinul Hunedoara	4	3	1953, 1959–60, 1975–76, 1979–80
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	4	-	1992–93, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
ASA Târgu Mureș	4	-	1966–67, 1970–71, 1986–87, 1990–91
Unirea Tricolor București	4	-	1938–39, 1946–47, 1948–49, 1950
Phoenix Baia Mare	4	-	1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1947–48
Olimpia Satu Mare	3	2	1973–74, 1976–77, 1997–98
FC Ploiești	3	-	1937–38, 1939–40, 1946–47
Dacia Unirea Brăila	2	6	1934–35, 1989–90
Gloria Buzău	2	7	1977–78, 1983–84
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2	5	1999–00, 2015–16
Siderurgistul Galați	2	3	1962–63, 1964–65
FC Caracal	2	2	1990–91, 1998–99
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2	2	1973–74, 1977–78
Franco-Româna Brăila	2	2	1935–36, 1939–40
Universitatea Craiova	2	1	1963–64, 2013–14
Unirea Alba Iulia	2	1	2002–03, 2008–09
CFR Cluj	2	1	1968–69, 2003–04
Foresta Fălticeni	2	1	1996–97, 1999–00
Club Atletic Oradea	2	1	1955, 1961–62
Oțelul Galați	2	-	1985–86, 1990–91
FC U Craiova 1948	2	-	2005–06, 2020–21
Gloria Bistrița	1	8	1989–90
CSM Câmpia Turzii	1	7	1951
Șoimii Sibiu	1	7	1948–49
Faur București	1	4	1947–48
CFR Timișoara	1	3	1969–70
Victoria București	1	2	1984–85
CAM Timișoara	1	2	1938–39
Dunărea Călărași	1	1	2017–18
Poli Timișoara	1	1	2014–15
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș	1	1	2009–10
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1	1	2004–05
Sporting Vaslui	1	1	2004–05
Astra Giurgiu	1	1	1997–98
Flacăra Moreni	1	1	1985–86
Vagonul Arad	1	1	1967–68
Minerul Lupeni	1	1	1958–59
Mureșul Târgu Mureș	1	1	1938–39
Victoria Constanța	1	1	1935–36
ILSA Timișoara	1	1	1935–36
Maccabi București	1	1	1934–35
Unirea Slobozia	1	-	2023–24
Chindia Târgoviște	1	-	2018–19
Daco-Getica București	1	-	2016–17
FC Voluntari	1	-	2014–15
FC Botoșani	1	-	2012–13
Corona Brașov	1	-	2012–13
Victoria Brănești	1	-	2009–10
Delta Tulcea	1	-	2006–07
Liberty Oradea	1	-	2005–06
AEK București	1	-	2001–02
UM Timișoara	1	-	2000–01
Inter Sibiu	1	-	1987–88
CSM Suceava	1	-	1986–87
Olt Scornicești	1	-	1978–79
Tarom București	1	-	1958–59
CS Târgu Mureș	1	-	1956
Avântul Reghin	1	-	1954
CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	1	-	1951
Dezrobirea Constanța	1	-	1947–48
Dermata Cluj	1	-	1946–47
CFR Turnu Severin	1	-	1940–41
Aurul Brad	1	-	1939–40
Crișana Oradea	1	-	1939–40
Gloria CFR Galați	1	-	1938–39
IAR Brașov	1	-	1935–36
Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu	1	-	1934–35

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Liga IV - The fourth level of Romanian football.
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