List of Romanian football champions

The Romanian football champions (Romanian: campionii României la fotbal) are the winners of Liga I, Romania’s top-tier annual association football competition. The title has been contested since 1909 in various formats.
Steaua București holds the record for most championships, with 28 titles, making it the most successful club in Liga I history.[1][a] The second most successful club is Dinamo București, with 18 titles. The rivalry between Steaua and Dinamo, known as the Eternal Derby, is the most prominent fixture in Romanian football. The third most successful club is CFR Cluj, with eight titles, followed by Venus București, which dominated the early years of the competition and won seven championships before its dissolution in 1949.[2]
The first Romanian Football Championship took place between December 1909 and January 1910, featuring three teams—two from Bucharest and one from Ploiești. The title was decided in a knock-out format, with Olympia București emerging as the inaugural champions.[3] This format remained in place until the 1921–22 season, when a national league system with seven teams was introduced. Previously, regional competitions were followed by a final tournament involving the top teams from each region.[3] The championship was suspended during both World Wars, from 1916 to 1919 and from 1941 to 1946. The competition was known as Divizia A from 1921 until 2006, when it was renamed Liga I following a trademark dispute.[4]
Between 1955 and 1992, the league champion qualified for the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the predecessor of the modern UEFA Champions League. The most successful Romanian club in this competition is Steaua București, which won the trophy in the 1985–86 season and reached the final again in 1988–89.[5][6][a]
The 2015–16 season introduced a playoff–playout system. In the regular season, 16 teams played each other twice, for a total of 30 matches per club. The top six teams advanced to the Championship play-offs, while the remaining ten entered the Relegation play-outs.[7]
List
Early championships (1909–1921)
Divizia A (1921–2006)
Liga I (2006–present)
Total titles won
Bold indicates clubs currently playing in 2025–26 Liga I. Teams in italics no longer exist. Teams in neither bold or italics are existing past winners of the championship that relegated to Romania's lower leagues.
By city
The following table lists the Romanian champions by cities.[114][115]
- Bucharest — 63 (58.9%)
- Timișoara — 10 (9.34%)
- Cluj-Napoca — 8 (7.47%)
- Arad - 6 (5.60%)
- Ploiești — 6 (5.60%)
- Craiova — 5 (3.73%)
- Pitești — 2 (1.86%)
- Others — 7 (6.54%)
| City | Titles | Winning clubs |
|---|---|---|
| 63 | Steaua București (28),[a] Dinamo (18), Venus (8), Rapid (3), Colentina (2), Olympia (2), Unirea Tricolor (2), Româno-Americana (1) | |
| 10 | Chinezul (6), Ripensia (4) | |
| 8 | CFR (8) | |
| 6 | UTA (6) | |
| 6 | Petrolul (4), Prahova United (2) | |
| 5 | Universitatea (5) | |
| 2 | Farul (2) | |
| 2 | Argeș (2) | |
| 1 | Club Atletic (1) | |
| 1 | Colțea (1) | |
| 1 | CSM (1) | |
| 1 | Unirea (1) | |
| 1 | Oțelul (1) | |
| 1 | Astra (1) | |
Maps

See also
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 Subject to legal challenge: see Steaua București football records dispute
- A. ^ Between 1916 and 1919 there was no competition held and no champion declared.
- B. ^ No sources are available for this period.
- C. ^ Between 1941 and 1946 there was no official competition held.
- D. ^ Won 6 of the 26 titles under the name of CCA București.
- E. ^ Won 4 of the 6 titles as ITA Arad and Flamura Roşie Arad.
- F. ^ Won its title under the name of UD Reșița.
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External links
- Official website (in Romanian)
- Romanian Football Association (in Romanian)
- Romania – List of Champions, RSSSF.com