The 2019–20 Liga II (also known as 2019–20 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 80th season of the

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

, the second tier of the

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. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 2 August 2020. A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the fourth

season with a single series. The season was initially scheduled to be played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams would be promoted to

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 ...

at the end of the season and the third-placed team would play a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from

. The last five teams would relegate to

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 season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 25 rounds, due to

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. After two months of inactivity, on 14 May 2020, the

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announced that a promotion play-off tournament between the first 6 ranked teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to

and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from

. No teams will be relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded ( Sportul Snagov and Daco-Getica București).

Team changes

To Liga II

Promoted from

* SCM Gloria Buzău
(debut) *

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(after 3 years of absence) * Turris Turnu Măgurele
(debut) *

CSM Reșița Asociația Club Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Reșița, Caraș-Severin County, which competes in the Liga II. The club was foun ...

(after 11 years of absence) *

Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc (; ; ) is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, a mainly Hungarian-speaking ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt River valley. The city administers three ...

(debut) Relegated from

* Dunărea Călărași
(after 1 year of absence) *

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 ...

(after 8 years of absence)

From Liga II

Relegated to

* Luceafărul Oradea
(ended 3-year stay) * Aerostar Bacău
(ended 1-year stay) *

ACS Poli Timișoara Asociația Club Sportiv Poli Timișoara (), commonly known as ACS Poli Timișoara, Poli Timișoara or simply ACS Poli, was a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Timișoara, Timiș County. The team was founded in 2012, the ye ...

(ended 1-year stay) *

Balotești Balotești is a Communes of Romania, commune in the northwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Two small rivers flow through this location: Cociovaliștea and Vlăsia. It is composed of three villages: Balotești, Dumbrăveni, and Săft ...

(ended 5-year stay) * Dacia Unirea Brăila
(ended 9-year stay) Promoted to

* Chindia Târgoviște
(ended 4-year stay) *

Academica Clinceni Club Sportiv LPS HD Clinceni, commonly known as Clinceni and formerly as ''Academica Clinceni'', is a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Clinceni, Ilfov County, currently playing in the Liga IV - Ilfov Cou ...

(ended 7-year stay)

Excluded and spared teams

Luceafărul Oradea withdrew from

on 30 July 2019, with three days before the start of the championship and chose to enroll in the

. Place of Luceafărul was occupied by Energeticianul.

Other changes

Energeticianul was moved from

Petroșani Petroșani (; Hungarian: ''Petrozsény''; German: ''Petroschen'') is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 31,044 as of 2021. The city has been associated with mining since the 19th century. History "Pietros" m ...

Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu (, is the capital city, capital of Gorj County in the Oltenia region of Romania. It is situated on the Southern Sub-Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians, on the banks of the river Jiu (river), Jiu. Eight localities are administered by the ...

, but the club will play its home matches on Municipal Stadium in

Drobeta-Turnu Severin Drobeta-Turnu Severin (), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. It is one of six Romanian county seats List of cities and towns on the river Danube, lyin ...

, until Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium in

will be opened.

Renamed teams

CSM Școlar Reșița was renamed as

after recovering its right to use the brand and record of the old entity. Energeticianul was renamed as Viitorul Târgu Jiu.

Stadiums by capacity

Stadiums by locations

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

League table

Season results

Promotion play-offs

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to

and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from

. The teams started the promotion play-offs with half of the points accumulated until the interruption of the regular season.

Table

Results

Liga I play-off

The 12th-placed team of the

faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II

Season statistics

''Regular season and promotion play-off overall statistics.''Players
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Top scorers

Clean sheets

^*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Attendances

References

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2019–20 in Romanian football Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic