The 2012–13 Liga I was the ninety-fifth 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

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. The season began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 30 May 2013.

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were the defending champions. Since Romania dropped from 14th to 22nd place in the

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at the end of the 2011–12 season, the league has lost its second

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berth. Further, all teams who will qualify for a European competition via league placement at the end of this season will have to enter these a round earlier as in the season before. The champions will enter the second qualifying round of the

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, while the second- and third-placed teams will begin at the second and first qualifying rounds, respectively, of the

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. In addition, the winners of the 2012–13

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will also start in the second qualifying round of the Europa League, two rounds earlier than before.

Teams

Four teams from the 2011–12 season were relegated to their respective 2012–13

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division,

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Mioveni Mioveni () is a town in Argeș County, Romania, approximately north-east of Pitești. , it had a population of 29,317. The town administers four villages: Clucereasa, Colibași, Făgetu, and Racovița. History Mioveni was first mentioned in a ...

, Voința Sibiu, and Sportul Studențesc București. Four teams, two from each division, were promoted from

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. From the Seria I,

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and Viitorul Constanța gained the access because they finished first and second in the standings. From Seria II, the promoted teams where Gloria Bistrița and

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. Politehnica Timișoara won their promotion place in the field, but they did not receive their licence for the first league, so the

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decided that the third team in the division, Turnu Severin, should promote instead. Team ''FC Astra Ploiești'' were renamed ''FC Astra Giurgiu'', effective to 1 July 2012.

Venues

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers

¹ Marius Niculae was transferred to

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during the winter transfer window.

Champion squad

Statistics

Scoring

*First goal of the season: John Ibeh (

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) against Universitatea Cluj *Hat-tricks of the season: ** Hamza Younés ( Petrolul Ploiești) against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (stage 1) ** George Țucudean (

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) against

(4 goals, stage 2) ** Mirko Ivanovski (

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) against

Concordia Chiajna Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional Association football, football football team, club based in Chiajna, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga II. Founded in 1957, the team's best ...

(stage 6) ** Marius Niculae (

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) against

(stage 10) ** Marius Onofraș (

) against Oțelul Galați (stage 18) ** Marius Pena ( Oțelul Galați) against

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(stage 19) ** Robert Maah (

) against Universitatea Cluj (stage 34)

References

External links

Official website
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