2007–08 Liga I

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Liga I
Season	2007–08
Champions	CFR Cluj
Relegated	Ceahlăul Dacia Mioveni UTA Arad U Cluj
Champions League	CFR Cluj Steaua
UEFA Cup	Rapid Bucureşti Dinamo Bucureşti Urziceni Timişoara
Intertoto Cup	Vaslui
Matches played	306
Goals scored	725 (2.37 per match)
Average goals/game	2.37
Top goalscorer	Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home win	Dinamo 6 – 1 Oţelul (07 Oct 2007) Steaua 5 – 0 Buzău (07 May 2008)
Biggest away win	Buzău 0 – 4 Oţelul (23 Apr 2008)
Highest scoring	Dinamo 4 – 4 Craiova (23 Apr 2008)
Longest winning run	Steaua (10)
Longest unbeaten run	CFR Cluj (18)
Longest losing run	Craiova (7) Pandurii (7)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007-08 season of Liga I began on July 27, 2007 and ended on May 7, 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year long reign of Bucharest-based teams.

CFR Cluj will play in the UEFA Champions League group stage, while FC Steaua Bucureşti qualified for the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. FC Rapid Bucureşti, F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti, FC Unirea Voluntari Urziceni and Politehnica 1921 Ştiinţa Timişoara qualified for the UEFA Cup first round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season. FC Vaslui, Oţelul Galaţi and Gloria Bistriţa are the only teams that have applied,^[1] with FC Vaslui securing their participation.

Contents

1 League table
- 1.1 Positions by round
- 1.2 Results
2 Top goalscorers
3 Stadia
4 Kit and Shirt sponsors
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	CFR Cluj (C)	34	23	7	4	52	22	+30	76	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Steaua București	34	23	6	5	51	19	+32	75	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Rapid București	34	18	7	9	52	31	+21	61	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round	R 1-2 D; D 0-2 R R 1-1 U; U 0-1 R D 1-1 U; U 0-0 D
4	Dinamo București	34	17	10	7	55	36	+19	61
5	Unirea Urziceni	34	16	13	5	42	24	+18	61
6	Politehnica 1921 Ştiinţa Timişoara	34	16	9	9	57	44	+13	57
7	FC Vaslui	34	12	11	11	44	34	+10	47	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Oțelul Galați	34	14	4	16	47	50	−3	46
9	Universitatea 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		PAN 0-1 FAR FAR 1-2 PAN
13	Farul Constanța	34	10	10	14	25	38	−13	40		PAN 0-1 FAR FAR 1-2 PAN
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: Fotbal Liga 1 2010-2011 (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.
notes
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Liga I 2007–08 Winners

CFR Cluj 1st Title

Positions by round

Team \ Round
Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
CFR Cluj	6	6	3	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Ceahlăul	13	9	12	13	11	11	10	12	13	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	11	10	13	12	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Universitatea Craiova	1	10	11	12	14	16	18	18	17	14	12	16	12	12	14	11	13	14	11	13	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	11	9
Dacia Mioveni	14	15	17	18	18	14	14	15	16	17	16	11	11	10	12	12	10	11	12	14	15	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	16	16	16	16
Dinamo București	3	12	5	6	6	9	6	4	6	5	4	5	4	5	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Farul Constanţa	18	18	18	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	14	13	15	16	17	17	15	16	16	13	13	12	13	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	10	12	13
Gloria Bistrița	7	13	7	11	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	13	11	13	10
Gloria Buzău	15	17	15	16	16	17	16	16	14	15	17	17	16	13	11	13	12	13	10	11	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Oțelul Galați	16	16	13	14	12	12	11	11	9	10	10	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	11	8	10	8	8	5	9	9	10	11	11	12	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	15	14	13	11	11	11	12	10	12	10	12
Politehnica Iași	17	11	14	9	10	10	13	13	11	12	13	13	15	17	13	14	14	12	14	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	9	11
Rapid București	4	5	4	1	2	2	2	5	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Steaua București	5	1	1	2	4	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2
Timișoara	2	2	2	7	7	6	5	6	4	4	3	4	6	3	4	4	3	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Universitatea Cluj	12	14	16	17	17	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	18	18	18	18
UTA Arad	8	7	9	10	13	13	12	10	12	13	15	15	17	16	17	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	18	17	18	17	17	17	17
Unirea Urziceni	9	4	8	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	5	2	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Vaslui	10	3	6	3	1	1	3	2	5	6	7	6	5	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: Fotbal Liga 1 2010-2011 (Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away¹	CFR	CEA	UCR	MIO	DIN	FAR	GBI	GBU	OŢE	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	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
Universitatea 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 Constanţa	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
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: Fotbal Liga 1 2010-2011 (Romanian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Position	Goalscorers	Goals	Team
1	Ionel Dănciulescu	21	Dinamo
2	Emil Jula	17	Oţelul Galaţi
3	Gigel Bucur	16	Poli Timişoara
3	Marko Ljubinković	16	FC Vaslui
5	Florin Costea	15	U Craiova
6	Eugen Trică	14	CFR Cluj
6	Florin Bratu	14	Dinamo
8	Cristian Coroian	11	Gloria Bistriţa
9	Cristian Fabbiani	10	CFR Cluj
10	Ionuţ Mazilu	9	Rapid / Dnipro
	Nicolae Dică		Steaua
	Cristian Dănălache		Unirea
13	Adrian Cristea	8	Dinamo
	Claudiu Ionescu		Gloria Buzău
	Ionuţ Bâlbă		Poli Iaşi
	Dorin Goga		U Cluj
17	Didi	7	CFR Cluj
	Pierre Boya		Rapid
	Mihai Dina		U Craiova
20	Lucian Burdujan	6	Rapid
	János Székely		Oţelul
	Antonio Semedo		CFR Cluj
	Ilie Iordache		Pandurii
	Marius Bilaşco		Unirea
	Dejan Rušič		Poli Timişoara
	Andrei Cristea		Poli Timişoara / Poli Iaşi
	Bogdan Mara		Unirea
	Nemanja Jovanovic		U Cluj
	Cosmin Tilincă		Gloria Bistriţa
	Bogdan Stancu		Unirea Urziceni
	Cristian Bratu		Dacia Mioveni
	Marius Onofraş		Unirea
	Alexandru Bălţoi		UTA Arad
	Dejan Rusmir		Ceahlăul
35	Césinha	5	Rapid
	Artavazd Karamyan		Poli Timişoara
	Daniel Stan		Oţelul Galaţi
	Alexandru Păcurar		Pandurii
	Mihăiţă Pleşan		Poli Timişoara \ Steaua
	Gabriel Paraschiv		Oţelul Galaţi
	Zhivko Zhelev		Oţelul Galaţi
	Radu Doicaru		Ceahlăul
	José Moreno Mora		Steaua
	Dayro Moreno		Steaua
	Mike Temwanjera		FC Vaslui

Last updated: May 7, 2008
Source: LPF

Stadia

The locations of the 18 teams participating in Liga I season 2007-08

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Poli Timişoara	Dan Păltinişanu	32,019
Steaua	Steaua	28,365
U Cluj	Ion Moina	28,000
U Craiova	Ion Oblemenco	25,252
Rapid	Giuleşti - Valentin Stănescu	19,100
Gloria Buzău	Gloria	18,000
Farul	Farul	15,500
Dinamo	Dinamo	15,300
Ceahlăul	Ceahlăul	15,000
Oţelul	Oţelul	13,500
CFR Cluj	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu	12,813
UTA Arad	Francisc von Neumann	12,000
Gloria Bistriţa	Gloria	12,000
Poli Iaşi	Emil Alexandrescu	11,481
SC Vaslui	Municipal	10,000
Pandurii	Tudor Vladimirescu	9,200
Dacia	Dacia	7,000
Unirea	Tineretului	7,000

Last updated March 28, 2008

Kit and Shirt sponsors

Team	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor	Notes
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	Lotto	Altex
CFR Cluj	Nike	Polus Center Cluj
Dacia Mioveni	Umbro	Consiliul Local Mioveni	Umbro take over as new sponsor
Dinamo Bucureşti	Nike	Orange	Orange take over as new sponsor
Farul Constanţa	Umbro	Şantierul Naval Constanţa	Umbro take over from previous manufacturer, Lotto
Gloria Bistriţa	Puma	Darimex	Puma take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
Gloria Buzău	hummel	Avicola Buzău	hummel take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
Oţelul Galaţi	Nike	Arcelor Mittal
Pandurii Târgu-Jiu	Uhlsport	USMO	Uhlsport take over from previous manufacturer, Kappa
Poli Iaşi	Umbro	Iulius Mall Iaşi
Poli Ştiinţa Timişoara	Lotto	Balkan Petroleum	Lotto take over from previous manufacturer, Nike-Converse
Rapid Bucureşti	Lotto	Holsten	Holsten take over as new sponsor
Steaua Bucureşti	Nike	CitiFinancial	CitiFinancial take over as new sponsor
Unirea Urziceni	Joma	Primăria Voluntari	Joma take over from previous manufacturer, Umbro
U Cluj	Diadora	Majors: Banca Transilvania, Oncos	Diadora take over from previous manufacturer, Uhlsport
Universitatea Craiova	Adidas	editie.ro	Adidas take over from previous manufacturer, Nike
UTA Arad	Uhlsport	San Paolo IMI Bank	Uhlsport take over from previous manufacturer, Errea
FC Vaslui	Umbro	Same Deutz-Fahr	Same Deutz-Fahr take over as new sponsor

Notes

⁽¹⁾ FC Delta Tulcea won the first serie of Liga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing in Liga I in the 2007-08 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namely FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (15th place in 2006-07 season), will continue in Liga I^[2] ^[3]
⁽²⁾ Timişoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timişoara^[4]

References

^ "Sorti favorabili pentru echipele romanesti: Traseu facil in Intertoto" (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 2008-04-21. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/420/sorti-favorabili-pentru-echipele-romanesti-traseu-facil-in-intertoto.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
^ "(Romanian) FRF nu le va permite tulcenilor să evolueze în Liga I.". Prosport. 2007-05-31. Archived from the original on 2007-06-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20070602144226/http://www.prosport.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=42828. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
^ "(Romanian) Viorel Duru: "Ceahlăul rămâne în Liga I."". Prosport. 2007-06-12. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20070614211609/http://www.prosport.ro/index.php?section=articole&screen=index&id=44644. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
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External links

Romania - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '07 '08 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '07 '08 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '07 '08 Faroe Islands '07 '08 Finland '07 '08 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '07 '08 Latvia '07 '08 Lithuania '07 '08 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '07 '08 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Romania Russia '07 '08 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '07 '08 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '07 '08 Finland '07 '08 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '07 '08 Latvia '07 '08 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Rep. of Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '07 '08 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '07 '08 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '07 '08 France Germany Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) Intertoto Cup '07 '08 Super Cup '07 '08

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