The 2009–10 Liga I was the ninety-second season of

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

, the top-level

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league of

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

Unirea Urziceni Fotbal Club Unirea Urziceni, commonly known as Unirea Urziceni (), was a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County. Unirea became Divizia A Final Tables, national champions ...

were the defending champions.

Teams

Farul Constanța,

Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, neighbouring the north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 21,750 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. H ...

and Gloria Buzău were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. They were joined by Argeș Pitești, who were demoted upon a decision of the Professional Football League on 8 July 2009, after their owner, Cornel Penescu, was found guilty of corruption. As a consequence, 15th-placed

Gaz Metan Mediaș Gaz may refer to: Geography *Gaz, Kyrgyzstan Iran * Gaz, Darmian, village in South Khorasan province * Gaz, Golestan, a village in Bandar-e Gaz County * Gaz, Hormozgan, a village in Minab County * Gaz, Kerman, a village * Gaz, North Khorasan, a ...

were spared relegation. The four relegated teams were replaced by the champions and runners-up from both

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divisions. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Ble ...

were promoted from Seria I while Unirea Alba Iulia and Internațional Curtea de Argeș were promoted from Seria II. Promoted team ''FC Ploiești'' were renamed ''FC Astra Ploiești'', effective to 1 July 2009.

Venues

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers

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Champion squad

Season statistics

Scoring

* Hattricks scored: 4 **

Florin Costea Florin Constantin Costea (born 16 May 1985) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker, currently sporting director of Liga I club FC U Craiova. Club career Universitatea Craiova Costea started in the Romanian D ...

for

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against Unirea, minutes 15, 31 and 79 (Round 9 – 3 October 2009) **

Gheorghe Bucur Gheorghe "Gigel" Bucur (born 8 April 1980) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a winger or a striker. Bucur has won the top league goalscorer award in the Romanian league twice, in the 2004–05 and in the 2008–09 ...

for

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

against Gaz Metan, minutes 45, 72 and 85 (Round 15 – 29 November 2009) ** Wesley Lopes da Silva for

Vaslui Vaslui (), a city in eastern Romania, is the seat of Vaslui County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. The city administers five villages: Bahnari, Brodoc, Moara Grecilor, Rediu, and Viișoara. History Archaeological surveys indicate t ...

against Unirea, minutes 47, 61 and 90 (Round 25 – 3 April 2010) **

Cristian Bud Cristian Ionuț Bud (; born 26 June 1985) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for CS Făurei. Career Early years In 2004, Bud began his career with his home ...

for CFR against Unirea (Round 29 – 24 April 2009)

References

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