The 2015–16 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Orange for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of the

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 professional league for Romanian

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clubs. The season began 10 July 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016, being the first to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.

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were the defending champions for a third consecutive time, but they did not retain the title.

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became winners for the first time in their history.

Teams

The last six teams from the 2014–15 season were relegated to their respective 2015–16

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division. Gaz Metan Mediaș,

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, Universitatea Cluj,

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, Oțelul Galați and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. The first team from each of the two divisions of 2014–15 Liga II advanced to Liga I. Voluntari promoted as the winners of Seria I. It is their first season in Liga I. ACS Poli Timișoara promoted as the winners of Seria II. It is their second season in Liga I.

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

Regular season

In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.

Table

Results

Positions by round

Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season met twice (10 matches per team) for places in

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and

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as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.

Table

Results

Positions by round

Relegation play-outs

The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finishes 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.

Table

Results

Positions by round

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the

faces the winner of the match between second place from

, Seria I and second place from Seria II.

First round

Second round

Notes: * Voluntari qualified for

2016–17 Liga I The 2016–17 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 22 July 2016 and concluded on 5 June 2017, bein ...

and UTA Arad qualified for 2016–17 Liga II.

Season statistics

Top scorers

:''Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016''

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

:''Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016'' --> ^* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Discipline

:''As of 29 May 2016''

Player

*Most yellow cards: 13 ** Adrian Ropotan (

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) ** Gabriel Mureșan (

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) *Most red cards: 3 ** Steliano Filip ( Dinamo București)

Club

*Most yellow cards: 119 ** Petrolul Ploiești *Most red cards: 14 **

Champion squad

Monthly awards

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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