The 2023–24 Liga I, also known as Superliga due to sponsorship reasons, is the 106th season of the

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

, the top professional league for Romanian

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clubs. The season started on 14 July 2023 and will end in 2 June 2024. It is the ninth season to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced. Farul Constanța is defending champion club. After the conclusion of the regular season, teams will be divided according to their place to enter either the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs. The teams ranked 15th and 16th at the end of the play-out tournament will be directly relegated, while the 13th and 14th places played a promotion/relegation play-off against 3rd and 4th places from

Liga II The Liga 2, most often 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. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

The league consists of 16 teams: 12 from the

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, two teams from the

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, and the winners of the 2022–23 promotion/relegation play-off.

Teams promoted from Liga II

The first club to be promoted was Politehnica Iași, following their 2–0 win against Oțelul Galați on 2 May 2023. Politehnica Iași returned to Superliga after two years of absence. The second club to be promoted was Oțelul Galați, following their 1–0 win against

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on 21 May 2023. Oțelul Galați returned to Superliga after eight years of absence and first time in history since refounded in 2016 due to bankruptcy. The third club to be promoted was Dinamo București, after winning the 2022–23 promotion/relegation play-off against Argeș Pitești. Dinamo București returned to Superliga after one year of absence.

Teams relegated to Liga II

The first club to be relegated was

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, which were relegated on 29 April 2023 following a 0–2 defeat against Argeș Pitești, ending their two-year stay in the top flight. The second club to be relegated was Chindia Târgoviște, which were relegated on 19 May 2023 following their 2–2 draw against

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, ending their four-year stay in the top flight. The third club to be relegated was Argeș Pitești, which were relegated on 3 June 2023 following their 4–2 win against Dinamo București in the promotion/relegation play-offs, thus ending their three-year stay in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

Number of teams by county

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Managerial changes

Regular season

In the regular season the 16 teams will meet twice for a total of 30 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship play-offs and the bottom 10 qualifying for the relegation play-outs.

Table

Results

Positions by round

Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2024–25 UEFA Champions League and

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

Play-off table

Play-out round

The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out 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 finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.

Play-out table

European play-offs

In the semi-final, the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the

typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the play-out semi-final will play the highest ranked team of the play-off tournament, that did not already qualify for European competitions. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the

European play-off semi-final

European play-off final

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Gazeta Sporturilor Monthly Football Awards

Player of the Month

Manager of the Month

Discipline

Champion squad

Awards

Liga I Team of the Season

Annual awards

References

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