The 2019–20 Liga III was the 64th season of

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

Romanian football league system The Romanian football league system, also known as the football pyramid, refers to the system in Romanian club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The first three leagues ar ...

. The season was initially scheduled to begin on 24 August 2019 and to end on 30 May 2020. The season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 16 rounds, due to the

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. After two months of inactivity, on 11 May 2020, the

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announced that the season was discontinued and the best ranked teams from each series (after 16 rounds) were promoted to

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 ...

, only if the distance between the leader and the runner-up was bigger than 3 points. Otherwise promotion play-offs will be played between the best two teams of the series. No teams were relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded ( CSU Galați, Tractorul Cetate and Național Sebiș).

Team changes

To Liga III

Promoted from

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 counties and in the Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – County Phase and Divizia D. Its ...

Blejoi Blejoi is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Blejoi, Ploieștiori, and Țânțăreni. Natives * Geo Bogza Geo Bogza (; born Gheorghe Bogza; February 6, 1908 – September 14, 1993) was a Romanian ...

(debut) * CSM Bacău
(debut) * CSM Slatina
(after 8 years of absence) * CSU Galați
(after 39 years of absence) * Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
(debut) * Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești
(after 13 years of absence) * Hușana Huși
(after 7 years of absence) * Mostiștea Ulmu
(after 7 years of absence) * Ozana Târgu Neamț
(after 3 years of absence) * Poseidon Limanu
(debut) *

Progresul Pecica Asociația Club Sportiv Progresul Pecica, commonly known as ACS Progresul Pecica, Progresul Pecica, or simply as Pecica is a Romanian professional football (soccer), football football team, club based in Pecica, Arad County. Progresul Pecica was ...

(after 18 years of absence) * Recolta Gh. Doja
(debut) * Sânmartin
(after 4 years of absence) * Tractorul Cetate
(debut) *

Unirea Mirșid Unirea may refer to: Places in Romania * Unirea, Alba, a commune * Unirea, Brăila, a commune * Unirea, Călărași, a commune * Unirea, Dolj, a commune and village * General Berthelot, a commune in Hunedoara, called ''Unirea'' from 1965 to 20 ...

(debut) *

Viitorul Dăești ''Viitorul'' ("The Future") was a daily newspaper published in the Kingdom of Romania, out of Bucharest, as a central organ of the National Liberal Party (PNL). It was formed just months after peasants' revolt of March 1907, being originally li ...

(debut) * Viitorul Ianca
(after 9 years of absence) *

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(debut) Relegated from

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(after 3 years of absence) *

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(after 1 year of absence) *

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 ...

(debut) *

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 ...

(after 5 years of absence) *

Dacia Unirea Brăila Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ro ...

(after 9 years of absence)

From Liga III

Relegated to

Unirea Tășnad Unirea may refer to: Places in Romania * Unirea, Alba, a commune * Unirea, Brăila, a commune * Unirea, Călărași, a commune * Unirea, Dolj, a commune and village * General Berthelot, a commune in Hunedoara, called ''Unirea'' from 1965 to 200 ...

(ended 2-year stay) * Sportul Chiscani
(ended 3-year stay) * Millenium Giarmata
(ended 10-year stay) *

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(ended 4-year stay) * MSE Târgu Mureș
(ended 1-year stay) *

Râmnicu Sărat Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Sărat'', , or ''Rebnick''; ) is a municipiu, city in Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It was first attested in a document of 1439, and raised to the rank of ''municipiu'' in ...

(ended 4-year stay) * Hermannstadt II
(ended 2-year stay) * Gaz Metan II Mediaș
(ended 3-year stay) *

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(ended 7-year stay) *

Sănătatea Darabani Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Viitorul Darabani, commonly known as Viitorul Darabani, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Darabani, Botoșani County. The club last competed in the 2022–23 Liga III season before ...

(ended 2-year stay) *

Iernut Iernut (, ) is a town in Mureș County, central Transylvania, Romania. It administers eight villages: Cipău (''Maroscsapó''), Deag (''Marosdég''), Lechința (''Maroslekence''), Oarba de Mureș (''Marosorbó''), Porumbac (''Porumbáktanya''), ...

(ended 5-year stay) *

Ocna Mureș Ocna Mureș (; , , ) is a town in Alba County, Romania, located in the north-eastern corner of the county, near the Mureș River. The town administers five villages: Cisteiu de Mureș (''Magyarcsesztve''), Micoșlaca (''Miklóslaka''), Războien ...

(ended 1-year stay) *

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(ended 9-year stay) * Delta Dobrogea Tulcea
(ended 5-year stay) *

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(ended 13-year stay) * Bragadiru
(ended 1-year stay) Promoted to

SCM Gloria Buzău SCM may refer to: Organizations * Catalan Mathematical Society (Catalan: ) * Colombian Mathematical Society (Spanish: ) * SCM Corporation, an American typewriter and calculator manufacturer * SCM Holdings, a holding company owned by Ukrainian tyc ...

(ended 1-year stay) *

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(ended 1-year stay) * Turris Turnu Măgurele
(ended 2-year stay) * CSMȘ Reșița
(ended 3-year stay) *

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 ...

(ended 5-year stay)

Excluded teams

Avrig Avrig (; , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Freck/Fraek'', ) is a town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania. The first documents attesting its existence date to 1346. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systema ...

CSM Târgu Mureș Clubul Sportiv Municipal Târgu Mureș is a Romanian multi-sport club based in Târgu Mureș, Romania. History The club was founded on 19 December 2017 by the decision of the local council of Târgu Mureș and began its activity in the summer ...

Hărman Hărman (German: ''Honigberg''; Zåksesch: ''Hooentschprich''; Hungarian: ''Szászhermány'') is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Hărman and Podu Oltului (''Vámoshíd''). The commune is locate ...

and Stăruința Zagon withdrew due to financial problems.

Satu Mare Satu Mare (; ; ; or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania ...

was excluded by the

Teams spared from relegation

Energeticianul was spared from relegation to

due to withdrawal of

. Agricola Borcea,

Cetate Deva Club Sportiv Municipal Deva, commonly known as CSM Deva, is a Romanian professional football club based in Deva, Hunedoara County. The club was originally established in 1921 under the name of ''Mureșul Deva'' and since 1964 was a constant pre ...

, Atletic Bradu,

Pașcani Pașcani () is a city in Iași County in the Western Moldavia region of Romania, on the Siret river. , it has a population of 30,766. Five villages are administered by the city: Blăgești, Boșteni, Gâstești, Lunca, and Sodomeni. The city der ...

and

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were spared from relegation to

Renamed teams and other changes

was replaced by the newly formed

SCM Zalău Sport Club Municipal Zalău, commonly known as SCM Zalău, is a Romanian professional football (soccer), football football team, club based in Zalău, Sălaj County. This team represents the football section of the Sports club, multi-sport club ...

, after an agreement between the two clubs. Atletic Bradu was merged with

Vedița Colonești The Vedița is a left tributary of the river Vedea in Romania. It discharges into the Vedea near Sârbii-Măgura. The following towns and villages are situated along the river Vedița, from source to mouth: Uda, Argeș, Gorani, Uda, Argeș, Brani� ...

. Vedița took the place of Atletic in the third tier.

Other teams

withdrew from

after the end of the last season and was enrolled instead in the

, a move made due to financial reasons.

League tables

Seria I

Season results

Seria II

Season results

Seria III

Season results

Seria IV

Season results

Seria V

Season results

Promotion play-offs

After the season was discontinued, the best ranked teams from each series (after 16 rounds) were promoted to

, only if the distance between the leader and the runner-up was bigger than 3 points. Otherwise promotion play-offs will be played between the best two teams of the series.

References

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Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic