The 2021–22 Liga II (also known as 2021–22 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 82nd 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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. A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the sixth

season with a single series. In the regular season each team played every other team once, then followed a promotion play-off and a relegation play-out. The first two teams 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 and fifth-placed team played a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from

. The last five teams relegated 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 began on 31 July 2021 and ended on 4 June 2022.

Team changes

To Liga II

Promoted from

* Steaua Bucureşti
(debut) *

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(after 2 years of absence) *

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(after 9 years of absence) * 1599 Șelimbăr
(debut) *

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(after 14 years of absence) Relegated from

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spe ...

(after 12 years of absence) * Politehnica Iași
(after 9 years of absence) *

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(after 3 years of absence)

From Liga II

Relegated to

* Comuna Recea
(ended 1-year stay) *

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 ...

(ended 2-year stay) * Slatina
(ended 1-year stay) *

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(ended 4-year stay) *

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(ended 1-year stay) * Turris Turnu Măgurele
(ended 2-year stay) Promoted to

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(ended 1-year stay) *

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(ended 2-year stay) *

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(ended 9-year stay)

Other

In June 2021, Gheorghe Hagi (owner of

Viitorul Constanța ''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 ...

), chairman Gheorghe Popescu and Farul Constanța owner

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announced in a press conference that their two clubs have merged;

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club Farul Constanța therefore took Viitorul's place in the first league from the 2021–22 Liga I season.

Renamed teams

''SCM Gloria Buzău'' was renamed back as

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, in order to get a

licence, provided that SCM Gloria was a public entity, but FC Buzău is a public-private partnership, a partnership that is legally eligible for a top-flight licence. ''Viitorul Șelimbăr'' was renamed back as 1599 Șelimbăr. On 2 July 2021,

former owner and currently a shareholder of Farul Constanța announced that the second division place was sold to a new established club,

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, club that will play its home matches in Techirghiol. ''Corona Brașov'' merged and then was absorbed by FC Brașov, club that was re-established as a new entity, but with the original "FC Brașov" brand, after 4 years of absence. ''ACS Dacia Unirea Brăila'' was renamed as

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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

League table

Season results

Top scorers

Promotion play-off

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to

, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from

. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.

Play-off table

Positions by round

Relegation play-out

A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to

. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to

, while the 5th placed teams in both groups will meet in a tie to avoid relegation.

Group A

Group B

Liga I Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the

faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.

First leg

Second leg

Liga II play-out

The 5th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team to

First leg

Second leg

Attendances

References

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