2018–19 Liga IV explained

Season:2018–19
Nextseason:2019–20

The 2018–19 Liga IV was the 77th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a play-off to gain promotion in Liga III.[1]

This is the second season when the counties were divided into seven regions, each consisting of six counties and the draw was made on 15 February 2019, with four months before the first matches.[2]

County leagues

North–East
North–West
Center
West
South–West
South
South–East

Promotion play-off

The matches were played on 15 and 22 June 2019.[3] [4] [5] [6]

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|Region 1 (North-East)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|||5–0||1–1||1–4||2–1||w/o||w/o|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|Region 2 (North-West)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|||2–2||0–2||5–0||1–1||0–2||0–2|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|Region 3 (Center)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|||2–3||1–2||2–1||2–3||6–0||3–2|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|Region 4 (West)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|||0–2||1–6||2–1||1–0||2–1||0–3|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|Region 5 (South-West)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|||1–2||0–3||0–0||0–1||2–0||2–1|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|Region 6 (South)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|||3–3||2–1||2–0||0–0||0–3||1–6|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|Region 7 (South-East)|colspan="2" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|||2–1||3–0||5–1||3–0 (w/o)||1–2||1–6|}

Leagues standings

Alba County

Teams changes from previous season

Relegated from Liga III
Promoted to Liga III
Promoted from Liga V Alba
Relegated to Liga V Alba
Other changes

Arad County

Teams changes from previous season

Relegated from Liga III
Promoted to Liga III
Promoted from Liga V Arad
Relegated to Liga V Arad
Other changes

Argeș County

Teams changes from previous season

Relegated from Liga III
Promoted to Liga III
Promoted from Liga V Argeș
Relegated to Liga V Argeș
Other changes

Bacău County

Teams changes from previous season

Relegated from Liga III
Promoted to Liga III
Other changes
Bacău Series
  • Valea Trotușului Series
  • Championship play-off The teams was start the play-off with points gained in the regular season, after the results with the last two teams was canceled.

    • Bihor County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Bihor
    Relegated to Liga V Bihor
    Other changes
    Relegation play-out The teams from the 13th and 14th places of the Liga IV - Bihor County faced the 2nd place teams from the two series of the Liga V – Bihor County.|}

    Bistrița-Năsăud County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Bistrița-Năsăud
    Relegated to Liga V Bistrița-Năsăud
    Other changes
    South Series
  • North Series
  • Championship play-off
  • Championship play-out

    • Botoșani County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Botoșani
    Relegated to Liga V Botoșani
    Other changes

    Brașov County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Brașov
    Relegated to Liga V Brașov
    Other changes

    Brăila County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Brăila
    Relegated to Liga V Brăila
    Other changes
    Championship play-off The championship play-off was played in a double round-robin tournament between the best five ranked teams from regular season. The teams started with half of the points accumulated in the first stage of the season.
  • Championship play-out The championship play-out was played in a double round-robin tournament between the last four ranked teams from regular season. The teams started with half of the points accumulated in the first stage of the season.

    • Bucharest

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Bucharest
    Relegated to Liga V Bucharest
    Other changes
    Championship play-off Championship play-off played in a single round-robin tournament between the best four teams of the regular season. The teams started the play-off with the following points: 1st place – 3 points, 2nd place – 2 points, 3rd place – 1 point, 4th place – 0 points.

    Buzău County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Buzău
    Relegated to Liga V Buzău
    Other changes
    Relegation play-off The 13th and 14th-placed teams of Liga IV Buzău faces the 2nd-placed teams in the two series of Liga V Buzău.[8]

    Caraș-Severin County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Caraș-Severin
    Relegated to Liga V Caraș-Severin
    Other changes

    Călărași County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Călărași
    Relegated to Liga V Călărași
    Other changes

    Cluj County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Cluj
    Relegated to Liga V Cluj
    Other changes

    Constanța County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Constanța
    Relegated to Liga V Constanța
    Other changes

    Covasna County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Covasna
    Relegated to Liga V Covasna
    Other changes

    Dâmbovița County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Dâmbovița
    Relegated to Liga V Dâmbovița

    Dolj County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Dolj
    Relegated to Liga V Dolj
    Other changes
    Championship play-off The championship play-off played between the first six teams of the regular season. The teams started the play-off with the number of points gained in the regular season only against the other qualified teams.[9]

    Galați County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Galați
    Relegated to Liga V Galați
    Other changes

    Giurgiu County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Giurgiu
    Relegated to Liga V Giurgiu
    Other changes
    South Series
  • North Series
  • Championship play-off The championship play-off played between the best two ranked teams in each series of the regular season. All matches were played at Ion Mangeac Stadium in Izvoarele on 4 and 5 June the semi-finals and on 8 June 2019 the final.
  • Semi-finals
  • Final Mihai Bravu won the Liga IV Giurgiu and qualify for promotion play-off to Liga III.[10]

    • Gorj County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Gorj
    Relegated to Liga V Gorj
    Other changes

    Harghita County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Other changes
    West Series
  • East Series
  • East Series play-off The teams started the play-off with half of the points accumulated in the regular season.
  • East Series play-out The teams started the play-out with half of the points accumulated in the regular season.
  • Championship final |}Gheorgheni won the Liga IV Harghita and qualify for promotion play-off to Liga III.

    • Hunedoara County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III
    Promoted to Liga III
    Promoted from Liga V Hunedoara
    Relegated to Liga V Hunedoara
    Other changes

    Maramureș County

    Championship final

    The championship final was played on 25 May and 1 June 2019 between the winners of the two series.||1–3||1–5|}Viitorul Ulmeni won the 2018–19 Liga IV Maramureș and qualify for promotion play-off.[11] [12]

    Neamț County

    Championship play-off

    The championship play-off was played in a double round-robin tournament between the best four teams of the Regular season. The teams started with half of the points accumulated in the first stage of the season.

    Satu Mare County

    Seria A (Tur-Talna Zone)
  • Seria B (Someș Zone)
  • Seria C (Crasna Zone)
  • Play-off In the play-offs played the teams from the 2nd place of the three series. All matches was played at Daniel Prodan Stadium in Satu Mare on 27, 28 and 29 May 2019.
  • Final four
  • Semi-final||3–1||1–2||8–0||1–0|}
  • Final||0–3||2–1|}Satu Mare won the 2018–19 Liga IV Satu Mare and qualify for promotion play-off to Liga III.[13] [14]

    • Tulcea County

    Championship play-off

    The championship play-off played in a double round-robin tournament between the best four ranked teams from regular season. The teams started with half of the points accumulated in the first stage of the season.

    Vaslui County

    Teams changes from previous season

    Relegated from Liga III:
    Promoted to Liga III:
    Promoted from Liga V Vaslui:
    Relegated to Liga V Vaslui:
    Other changes
    Relegation play-out |}Moara Domnească and Juventus Fălciu were relegated to Liga V – Vaslui.|}Sporting Bârlad relegated to Liga V – Vaslui.
  • Championship play-off
  • Quarter-finals|}
  • Semi-finals|}
  • Final|}Hușana Huși won the Liga IV Vaslui and qualify to promotion play-off in Liga III.

    • Vâlcea County

    Promotion/relegation play-off

    The 9th and 10th-placed teams of the 2018–19 Liga IV Vâlcea faces the 3rd-placed teams in the two series of the 2018–19 Liga V Vâlcea.|}

    Vrancea County

    Possible qualification to championship play-off

    At the end of the regular season, a special table was made between 3rd places from the three series. The best two teams in this table was qualify in the championship play-off . In this table, 3rd place teams are included with the points obtained against the first two ranked in their series.

    Championship play-off

    The championship play-off played between best eight teams from the regular season in a double round-robin tournament.

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Au fost stabilite cele 21 de meciuri de baraj pentru accederea în Liga 3. Adversarii pe care i-ar putea întâlni Steaua în lupta pentru promovare. ro. The 21 playoff matches for access to League 3 have been set. The opponents Steaua could face in the fight for promotion. liga2.prosport.ro. 15 February 2019. 7 August 2022. 4 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211204151845/https://liga2.prosport.ro/liga-3/stiri/au-fost-stabilite-cele-21-de-meciuri-de-baraj-pentru-accederea-in-liga-3-adversarii-pe-care-i-ar-putea-intalni-steaua-in-lupta-pentru-promovare-17876474. live.
    2. Web site: S-au tras la sorți duelurile pentru barajul de promovare în Liga 3. ro. The duels for the promotion dam in League 3 have been drawn. frf.ro. 15 February 2019. 7 August 2022. 26 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190526135217/https://www.frf.ro/comunicari/comunicate-frf/s-au-tras-la-sorti-duelurile-pentru-barajul-de-promovare-in-liga-3/. live.
    3. Web site: Se știe când vor fi stabilite meciurile de baraj pentru Liga 3. Ce adversari ar putea întâlni Steaua în lupta pentru promovare. ro. It is known when the play-off matches for League 3 will be decided. Which opponents could Steaua face in the fight for promotion. liga2.prosport.ro. 6 February 2019. 7 August 2022. 15 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211215220522/https://liga2.prosport.ro/liga-3/stiri/se-stie-cand-vor-fi-stabilite-meciurile-de-baraj-pentru-liga-3-ce-adversari-ar-putea-intalni-steaua-in-lupta-pentru-promovare-17865661. live.
    4. Web site: Barajul pentru promovarea în Liga 3 / Rezultatele meciurilor tur dintre campioanele județene. De la Carmen și CSU Galați, la Mausoleul, Pescărușul sau Poseidon. ro. The dam for promotion in League 3 / The results of the round matches between the county champions. From Carmen and CSU Galați, to Mausoleul, Pescărușul or Poseidon. liga2.prosport.ro. 15 June 2019. 7 August 2022. 22 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211122161337/https://liga2.prosport.ro/liga-3/stiri/barajul-pentru-promovarea-in-liga-3-rezultatele-meciurilor-tur-dintre-campioanele-judetene-de-la-carmen-si-csu-galati-la-mausoleul-pescarusul-sau-poseidon-18170417. live.
    5. Web site: Barajul pentru Liga 3: rezultatele și marcatorii meciurilor retur. Cele 21 de campioane județene care au promovat. Coșmarul Stelei, Carmen, marea perdantă. ro. Dam for League 3: results and scorers of return matches. The 21 county champions who promoted. Steaua's nightmare, Carmen, the big loser. liga2.prosport.ro. 22 June 2019. 7 August 2022. 2 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211202040041/https://liga2.prosport.ro/liga-3/stiri/barajul-pentru-liga-3-rezultatele-si-marcatorii-meciurilor-retur-cele-21-de-campioane-judetene-care-au-promovat-cosmarul-stelei-carmen-marea-perdanta-18179379. live.
    6. Web site: 21 de echipe au obținut dreptul de a evolua în Liga 3 în urma barajului de promovare. ro. 21 teams obtained the right to play in League 3 following the promotion dam. frf.ro. 24 June 2019. 7 August 2022. 26 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200926053120/https://www.frf.ro/competitii/competitii-masculin/liga-3/21-de-echipe-au-obtinut-dreptul-de-a-evolua-in-liga-3-in-urma-barajului-de-promovare/. live.
    7. Web site: Comitetul de Urgență al AJF Bihor a decis - Salonta ia locul Unirii Oșorhei în Liga 4. ro. The Emergency Committee of AJF Bihor decided - Salonta takes the place of Unirea Oșorhei in League 4. 11 August 2024. crisana.ro. 15 August 2018. 11 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240811104519/https://www.crisana.ro/stiri/sport-7/comitetul-de-urgenta-al-ajf-bihor-a-decis-salonta-ia-locul-unirii-osorhei-in-liga-4-164651.html. live.
    8. Web site: Baraj Liga 4, sezon 2018/2019. ro. Liga 4 Dam, 2018/2019 season. 16 September 2024. frf-ajf.ro. 16 September 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240916070037/https://www.frf-ajf.ro/buzau/competitii-fotbal/liga-4-baraj-liga-4-8039. live.
    9. Web site: Liga 4: Dunărea Calafat termină pe locul 1 sezonul regulat, dar începe pe 5 în play-off. ro. League 4: Dunărea Calafat finishes 1st in the regular season, but starts 5th in the playoffs. sportuldoljean.ro. 31 March 2019. 7 August 2022. 21 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121075356/https://sportuldoljean.ro/2019/03/31/liga-4-dunarea-calafat-termina-pe-locul-1-sezonul-regulat-dar-incepe-pe-5-in-play-off/. live.
    10. Web site: AS Mihai Bravu este noua campioană a județului Giurgiu. ro. AS Mihai Bravu is the new champion of Giurgiu County. opiniagiurgiu.ro. 7 August 2022. 7 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807103756/https://opiniagiurgiu.ro/as-mihai-bravu-este-noua-campioana-a-judetului-giurgiu/. live.
    11. Web site: Viitorul Ulmeni se impune în prima manșă a duelului cu Avântul Bârsana. Viitorul Ulmeni impose in the first leg of the duel with Avântul Bârsana. 7 August 2022. emaramures.ro. 12 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812235413/https://www.emaramures.ro/fotbal-liga-4-viitorul-ulmeni-se-impune-in-prima-mansa-a-duelului-cu-avantul-barsana/. live.
    12. Web site: Viitorul Ulmeni e campioană județeană și va lupta pentru un loc în Liga 3. Viitorul Ulmeni is the county champion and will fight for a place in Liga 3. 7 August 2022. emaramures.ro. 12 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200412205021/https://www.emaramures.ro/fotbal-liga-4-viitorul-ulmeni-e-campioana-judeteana-si-va-lupta-pentru-un-loc-in-liga-3/. live.
    13. Web site: CSM Satu Mare a câștigat primul meci al finalei cu Talna Orașu Nou. CSM Satu Mare won the first match of the final with Talna Orașu Nou. 7 August 2022. sportulsatmarean.ro. 31 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201231071607/https://www.sportulsatmarean.ro/index.php/fotbal/liga-a-iv-a/item/3769-liga-4-csm-satu-mare-a-castigat-primul-meci-al-finalei-cu-talna-orasu-nou. live.
    14. Web site: CSM Satu Mare a câștigat titlul de campioană a județului. CSM Satu Mare won the title of county champion. 7 August 2022. realitateadesatumare.net. 9 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809051826/https://realitateadesatumare.net/liga-4-csm-satu-mare-a-castigat-titlul-de-campioana-a-judetului/. live.

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