Competition: | Liga I |
Season: | 2007–08 |
Winners: | CFR Cluj[1] |
Relegated: | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Dacia Mioveni UTA Arad Universitatea Cluj |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | CFR Cluj Steaua București |
Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Rapid București Dinamo București Urziceni Urziceni Politehnica Știința Timișoara |
Continentalcup3: | Intertoto Cup |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Vaslui |
League Topscorer: | Ionel Dănciulescu (21) |
Biggest Home Win: | Dinamo 6–1 Oțelul Steaua 5–0 Buzău |
Biggest Away Win: | Buzău 0–4 Oțelul |
Highest Scoring: | Dinamo 4–4 Craiova |
Matches: | 306 |
Total Goals: | 725 |
Longest Winless: | Pandurii (17) |
Longest Wins: | Steaua (10) |
Longest Unbeaten: | CFR (18) |
Longest Losses: | Craiova, Pandurii (7) |
Prevseason: | 2006–07 |
Nextseason: | 2008–09 |
The 2007–08 Liga I was the ninety season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 27 July 2007 and ended on 7 May 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year-long reign of Bucharest based teams.
CFR Cluj will play in the Champions League group stage, while Steaua București qualified for the Champions League third qualifying round. Rapid București, Dinamo București, Unirea Urziceni and Politehnica Știința Timișoara qualified for the UEFA Cup first round. The highest placed team that has not qualified for the UEFA Cup is allowed the opportunity to compete in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, provided they have applied to enter the Intertoto Cup in the next season. Vaslui, Oțelul Galați and Gloria Bistrița are the only teams that have applied,[2] with Vaslui securing their participation.
Promoted from Liga II
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Relegated from Liga I
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Politehnica Timișoara | Steaua București | FC U Craiova | Gloria Buzău | |
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Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Municipal | |
Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Oțelul Galați | |
Ceahlăul | Farul | Dinamo | Oțelul | |
Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 13,500 | |
CFR Cluj | Rapid București | |||
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | |||
Capacity: 12,813 | Capacity: 11,704 | |||
Politehnica Iași | FC Vaslui | |||
Emil Alexandrescu | Municipal | |||
Capacity: 11,390 | Capacity: 9,240 | |||
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Gloria Bistrița | |||
Tudor Vladimirescu | Gloria | |||
Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 7,800 | |||
Universitatea Cluj | UTA Arad | Dacia Mioveni | Unirea Urziceni | |
Ion Moina | Francisc von Neuman | Orășenesc | Tineretului | |
Capacity: 7,600 | Capacity: 7,287 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 7,000 | |
(1) Delta Tulcea won the first serie of Liga II, but did not apply for the license necessary for playing in Liga I in the 2007–08 season. The highest ranked relegated team in the previous season, namely Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (15th place in 2006–07 season), will continue in Liga I.[6] [7]
(2) Timișoara change of name following name conflict with FC Politehnica Timișoara.[8]