The 2017–18 Liga III is the 62nd season of the

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

, the third tier of the

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. The season began on 25 August 2017 and ended on 27 May 2018.

Team changes

To Liga III

Promoted from

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* ACS Ghiroda * Agricola Borcea * Bucovina Rădăuți *

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* Farul Constanța * FC Avrig * Internațional Bălești *

KSE Târgu Secuiesc Asociația Clubul Sportiv KSE Târgu Secuiesc, commonly known as KSE Târgu Secuiesc or KSE, is a Romanian professional football club based in Târgu Secuiesc, Covasna County. KSE was founded in 1912 and is the second team from Covasna (a coun ...

* Metalul Buzău * Oțelul Galați * Petrolul Ploiești * Progresul Spartac București * Sănătatea Darabani * Șoimii Lipova * Unirea Tășnad * Universitatea Cluj * Victoria Traian * Viitorul Ghimbav * Voința Saelele Relegated from

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* —

From Liga III

Relegated to

* Atletico Vaslui * SC Bacău * Petrolistul Boldești * Arsenal Malu * CS Podari * UTA II Arad * ASA II Târgu Mureș * CS Oşorhei * Recolta Dorolț * FC Bistrița Promoted to

* Știința Miroslava * Metaloglobus București * SCM Pitești * Ripensia Timișoara * Hermannstadt

Teams spared from relegation

Metalul Reșița was spared from relegation to

due to withdrawal of

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from

. Sportul Chiscani, Urban Titu, CS Șirineasa and Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic were spared from relegation to

due to lack of teams in

Excluded teams

After the end of the last season,

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, Berceni, Șoimii Pâncota were dissolved. Dinamo II București, Pandurii II Târgu Jiu and Poli II Timișoara withdrew and then were dissolved. FC Milcov, Șurianu Sebeș, Viitorul Ulmeni, FC Zalău, Unirea Jucu and Viitorul II Constanța withdrew from

Other teams

Hermannstadt enrolled in

its second team. CFR II Cluj,

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's second team was also enrolled in

. CNP Timișoara received the permission to enroll in

, due to the excellent results recorded in the youth championships.

Renamed teams

Voința Saelele was moved from Saelele to

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and renamed as Voința Turnu Măgurele. Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat was renamed as

CSM Râmnicu Sărat Club Sportiv Municipal Râmnicu Sărat (), commonly known as CSM Râmnicu Sărat or Râmnicu Sărat, is a Romanian professional football team based in Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County, currently competes in Liga III, the third level of the Romanian ...

.Hotărârea Comitetului de Urgență din 24 august 2017
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League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Possible relegation

At the end of the championship a special table will be made between 12th places from the 5 series. The last team in this table will relegate also in

. In this table 12th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.

References

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