2026–27 Liga II

Liga II
Season2026–27
Dates1 August 2026 – May 2027
2027–28 →
All statistics correct as of 29 July 2026.

The 2026–27 Liga II (also known as Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor for sponsorship reasons) is the 87th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the eleventh consecutive season held in a single series. The season is scheduled to begin on 1 August 2026. The competition calendar was approved by the executive committee of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) on 26 May 2026, and the regular-season schedule was drawn on 22 July 2026.[1]

The format has been maintained, with a regular season contested by twenty-two teams in a single round-robin tournament. The top six teams at the end of the regular season advance to the promotion play-offs. The first two teams in the play-offs will be promoted to Liga I, while the third- and fourth-placed teams will play a promotion/relegation play-off against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I.[2]

The remaining sixteen teams will compete in the relegation play-outs, divided into two groups. The last two teams from each group will be relegated to Liga III. Additionally, the sixth-placed teams from each play-out group will face each other in a play-off to decide the final team to be relegated.[2]

Teams

A total of twenty-two teams contested the league, including fifteen from the previous season, two relegated from Liga I, and five promoted from Liga III. The participating clubs were admitted through the FRF certification or Liga I licensing procedures.[3]

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Locations of Bucharest and nearby Ilfov teams.
Club City Stadium Capacity
ASA Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș Trans-Sil 8,200
Cetatea Suceava Suceava Areni 7,000
Chindia Târgoviște Târgoviște Eugen Popescu 8,400
Concordia Chiajna Chiajna Concordia 5,123
CS Afumați Afumați CNAF[a] 1,600
CS Dinamo București București Daco-Getica[b] 6,000
CSC 1599 Șelimbăr Șelimbăr Măgura[c] 2,450
CSC Dumbrăvița Dumbrăvița Ștefan Dobay 500
CSL Ștefănești Ștefăneștii de Jos Dumitru Mătărău 1,150
CSM Reșița Reșița Mircea Chivu 12,500
CSM Slatina Slatina 1 Mai 12,000
FC Bacău Ruși-Ciutea Ruși-Ciutea 700
FC Bihor Oradea Oradea Iuliu Bodola 12,376
Gloria Bistrița Bistrița Jean Pădureanu 7,814
Metalul Buzău Buzău Municipal[d] 12,321
Metaloglobus București Bucharest Clinceni[e] 4,500
Olimpia Satu Mare Satu Mare Daniel Prodan 18,000
Politehnica Timișoara Timișoara Electrica 5,000
SC Popești-Leordeni Popești-Leordeni Clinceni[f] 4,500
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Municipal 12,000
Steaua București București Steaua 31,254
Unirea Slobozia Slobozia 1 Mai 6,000
  1. ↑ Afumați was relocated to the CNAF Stadium in Buftea, because Comunal Stadium in Afumați is under renovations[6]
  2. ↑ Dinamo București was relocated to the Daco-Getica Stadium as the new Dinamo Stadium is currently under construction.[7]
  3. ↑ 1599 Șelimbăr was relocated to the Măgura Stadium in Cisnădie as the Comunal Stadium in Șelimbăr is under renovations.
  4. ↑ Metalul Buzău relocated to Buzău Municipal Stadium on 29 August 2026, having played its first home matches at Metalul Stadium.[8]
  5. ↑ Metaloglobus will play their home matches at Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni, instead of their regular stadium, Metaloglobus Stadium, which does not meet the Liga II requirements.
  6. ↑ Popești-Leordeni will play their home matches at Clinceni Stadium in Clinceni, instead of their regular stadium, Inter Gaz Stadium, which does not meet Liga II requirements.

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
1599 Șelimbăr Romania Eugen Beza Romania Ciprian Natea
Afumați Romania Vasile Neagu Romania Ionuț Zaina
ASA Târgu Mureș Romania Eusebiu Tudor Romania Florin Iacob
Bacău Romania Costel Enache Romania Ionuț Chirilă
Bihor Oradea Romania Erik Lincar Romania Ioan Filip
Cetatea Suceava Romania Petre Grigoraș Romania Andrei Cerlincă
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Leontin Grozavu Romania Georgian Honciu
Concordia Chiajna Romania Adrian Scarlatache Romania Mihai Bălașa
Dinamo București Romania Ionuț Chirilă Romania Rareș Cernamoriț
Dumbrăvița Romania Florin Fabian Romania Alin Șeroni
Gloria Bistrița Romania Nicolae Grigore Romania Alexandru Greab
Metaloglobus București Romania Ianis Zicu Romania Florin Purece
Metalul Buzău Romania Valentin Stan Romania Claudiu Borțoneanu
Olimpia Satu Mare Romania Alexandru Pelici Romania Rareș Corodan
Politehnica Timișoara Romania Dan Alexa Romania Andrei Artean
Popești-Leordeni Romania Cătălin Gheorghe Romania Luca Pătrășcoiu
Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania Constantin Schumacher Romania Alexandru Dandea
Reșița Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Alin Dudea
Slatina Romania Adrian Dulcea Romania Ionuț Năstăsie
Steaua București Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Adrian Ilie
Ștefănești Romania Mircea Gheorghe Romania Samuel Zimța
Unirea Slobozia Romania Ilie Poenaru Romania Constantin Toma

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of arrival
Slatina Romania Viorel Ferfelea[9] Mutual consent 1 June 2026 Romania Adrian Dulcea[9] 2 June 2026
Reșița Romania Leontin Doană Romania Dorinel Munteanu[10] 9 June 2026
Concordia Chiajna Romania Andrei Cristea[11] Romania Adrian Scarlatache[11] 12 June 2026
Unirea Slobozia Romania Claudiu Niculescu[12] Romania Ilie Poenaru[13] 12 June 2026
Metaloglobus București Romania Florin Bratu Romania Ianis Zicu 25 June 2026
Olimpia Satu Mare Romania Alexandru Botoș Romania Alexandru Pelici 1 July 2026
Dinamo București Romania Ionel Dănciulescu Romania Ionuț Chirilă 8 July 2026
Ștefănești Romania Laurențiu Tudor Romania Mircea Gheorghe 13 July 2026

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Round Position
Chindia Târgoviște Romania Nicolae Croitoru Sacked 26 August 2026 4th 9th Romania Leontin Grozavu 26 August 2026

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Politehnica Timișoara 5 4 1 0 11 2 +9 13 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Slatina 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 13
3 Concordia Chiajna 5 4 0 1 11 8 +3 12
4 Reșița 5 4 0 1 9 6 +3 12
5 Chindia Târgoviște 5 3 0 2 10 5 +5 9
6 Popești-Leordeni 5 2 3 0 10 6 +4 9
7 Gloria Bistrița 5 3 0 2 7 4 +3 9 Qualification for Relegation play-out
8 Bacău 5 2 2 1 10 5 +5 8
9 Râmnicu Vâlcea 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1 8
10 Cetatea Suceava 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 7
11 Metaloglobus București 5 2 1 2 7 8 −1 7
12 Metalul Buzău 5 2 1 2 5 6 −1 7
13 Afumați 5 2 1 2 6 9 −3 7
14 Bihor Oradea 5 1 3 1 6 4 +2 6
15 Ștefănești 5 2 0 3 4 10 −6 6
16 1599 Șelimbăr 5 1 2 2 5 7 −2 5
17 ASA Târgu Mureș 5 1 1 3 3 8 −5 4
18 Dumbrăvița 5 0 3 2 4 6 −2 3
19 Dinamo București 5 1 0 4 4 10 −6 3
20 Olimpia Satu Mare 5 0 2 3 1 6 −5 2
21 Steaua București 5 0 1 4 5 11 −6 1
22 Unirea Slobozia 5 0 1 4 3 9 −6 1
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2026. Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. End of season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored

Results

Home \ Away PTM SLA CON REȘ CHI POP GLO BAC RMV CET MET MBZ AFU BIH ȘTE ȘEL ASA DUM DIN OSM STE USL
Poli Timișoara – – 1–0 – – – – 3–0 – – 1–0
Slatina – – – 2–0 – – – 5–1 – –
Concordia Chiajna 1–5 – – – – 2–0 – – – –
Reșița – – – – – – 2–0 2–1 – 2–1 –
Chindia Târgoviște – – – – – 3–1 – – 1–2 –
Popești-Leordeni – – 4–1 3–2 – – – – – –
Gloria Bistrița – – 1–2 – – – – – 2–1 – 1–0
Bacău 0–0 – – – – 3–0 – – – 3–0 –
Râmnicu Vâlcea – 0–1 – – 1–1 2–2 – – – – –
Cetatea Suceava – – 1–3 1–1 – – – – – – 2–0
Metaloglobus – 1–3 – – – – 0–0 – 3–1 – –
Metalul Buzău – – 1–3 – 3–1 – – – – –
Afumați – – – 0–3 – – – – 2–1 – 2–1
Bihor Oradea – – – – – – 4–0 1–1 – – 1–1
Ștefănești – – – – 3–1 – – 1–0 – –
1599 Șelimbăr 1–1 – – – 1–1 – – – – –
ASA Târgu Mureș – – 1–0 – 0–2 – – – – –
Dumbrăvița – – – – 1–1 0–1 – – – – 1–3
Dinamo București – – – – – – 0–1 0–1 – –
Olimpia Satu Mare – – 0–2 – – – 0–0 – – –
Steaua București 1–2 – – 1–2 – – – – 2–2 – –
Unirea Slobozia – – – 0–3 – – 1–2 – – –
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2026. Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics

Top scorers

As of 31 August 2026[14]
Rank Player Club Regular Play-off Play-out Total
1 Romania Ianis Doană Politehnica Timișoara 5 0 0 5
Nigeria Quadri Olakunle Taiwo Popești-Leordeni 5 0 0 5
3 Romania Romario Moise Bacău 3 0 0 3
Romania Mario Bărăitaru Slatina 3 0 0 3
Romania Gabriel Răducan Cetatea Suceava 3 0 0 3
Romania Valentin Robu Metalul Buzău 3 0 0 3
Romania Nicolas Constantinescu Metaloglobus București 3 0 0 3
Romania Cristian Neguț Chindia Târgoviște 3 0 0 3

Hat-tricks

As of 31 August 2026[14]
Player For Against Result Date Round
Nigeria Quadri Olakunle Taiwo Popești-Leordeni Reșița 4–1 (H) 22 August 2026 4
Romania Ianis Doană[a] Concordia Chiajna Politehnica Timișoara 1–5 (A)[15] 22 August 2026 4
  1. ↑ Player scored four goals.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Au fost stabilite meciurile sezonului regular 2026–2027 din Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor" [The matches of the 2026–27 Liga II regular season have been established] (in Romanian). frf.ro. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Programul meciurilor noului sezon de Liga 2, ediția 2026–2027" [Match schedule for the new 2026–27 Liga II season] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Informare privind soluționarea cererilor de acordare a Certificatului pentru participarea în Campionatul Național Liga a 2-a, sezonul 2026–2027" [Information regarding certification for participation in the 2026–27 Liga II] (in Romanian). frf.ro. 14 July 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Poli Iași, out din Liga 2!" [Poli Iași, out of Liga 2!] (in Romanian). sport.ro. 17 July 2026. Archived from the original on 1 August 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Șoc! Hermannstadt s-a retras din noul sezon de Liga a 2-a" [Shock! Hermannstadt withdrew from the new 2nd League season] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 31 July 2026. Archived from the original on 1 August 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "CS Afumați se mută la Buftea" [CS Afumați moves to Buftea] (in Romanian). 100sport.ro. 29 July 2026. Archived from the original on 2 August 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "CS Dinamo își face planuri să se mute pe un stadion cunoscut din București" [CS Dinamo is making plans to move to a well-known stadium in Bucharest] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 14 July 2026. Archived from the original on 9 August 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Metalul Buzău dispută primul meci pe Stadionul Gloria contra Chindiei" [Metalul Buzău plays the first match at the Gloria Stadium against Chindia] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 28 August 2026. Archived from the original on 30 August 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Adrian Dulcea, anunțat ca antrenor principal la CSM Slatina cu o întârziere de mai bine de două luni. Viorel Ferfelea continuă și el cu oltenii" [Adrian Dulcea, announced as head coach at CSM Slatina with a delay of more than two months. Viorel Ferfelea also continues with the Oltenians] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 2 June 2026. Archived from the original on 27 August 2026. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Dorinel Munteanu a semnat pe 3 ani" [Dorinel Munteanu signed for 3 years] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 9 June 2026. Archived from the original on 30 August 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Adrian Scarlatache, numit "principal" la Concordia Chiajna!" [Adrian Scarlatache, appointed "principal" at Concordia Chiajna!] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 12 June 2026. Archived from the original on 31 August 2026. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Claudiu Niculescu a plecat de la Unirea Slobozia" [Claudiu Niculescu left Unirea Slobozia] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  13. ↑ "Ilie Poenaru, numit antrenor la Unirea Slobozia" [Ilie Poenaru, appointed coach at Unirea Slobozia] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 12 June 2026. Archived from the original on 1 September 2026. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  14. 1 2 "Clasament Golgheteri" [Top Scorers Ranking]. liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Eroul zilei în Liga 2, cu 4 goluri, Ianis Doană e în cărți pentru un supertransfer, după ce Dinamo l-a cedat gratis!" [The hero of the day in Liga 2, with 4 goals, Ianis Doană is in the books for a super transfer, after Dinamo gave him away for free!] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 22 August 2026. Archived from the original on 23 August 2026. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
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