Competition: | Liga II |
Season: | 2019–20 |
Promoted: | UTA Arad Argeș Pitești |
Relegated: | Sportul Snagov Daco-Getica București |
League Topscorer: | Albert Voinea (15) |
Biggest Home Win: | Buzău 7–0 Snagov |
Biggest Away Win: | Reșița 1–7 Viitorul T.J. M. Ciuc 0–6 UTA Arad |
Highest Scoring: | Reșița 1–7 Viitorul T.J. |
Matches: | 231 |
Total Goals: | 562 |
Longest Wins: | 6 matches: Turris Turnu Măgurele |
Longest Losses: | 6 matches: Sportul Snagov |
Longest Unbeaten: | 13 matches: Mioveni Argeș Pitești |
Longest Winless: | 16 matches: Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
Highest Attendance: | 9,000 Rapid 1–0 Petrolul (16 October 2019) |
Lowest Attendance: | 40 Viitorul T.J. 1–0 Metalo. (26 October 2019) |
Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
Updated: | 2 August 2020 |
The 2019–20 Liga II (also known as 2019–20 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 80th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 August 2019 and ended on 2 August 2020.[1] A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the fourth Liga II season with a single series. The season was initially scheduled to be played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams would be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team would play a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams would relegate to Liga III.
The season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 25 rounds, due to COVID-19 pandemic. After two months of inactivity, on 14 May 2020, the Romanian Football Federation announced that a promotion play-off tournament between the first 6 ranked teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. No teams will be relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded (Sportul Snagov and Daco-Getica București).[2]
Promoted from Liga III
Relegated from Liga I
Relegated to Liga III
Promoted to Liga I
Luceafărul Oradea withdrew from Liga II on 30 July 2019, with three days before the start of the championship and chose to enroll in the Liga III. Place of Luceafărul was occupied by Energeticianul.[3]
Energeticianul was moved from Petroșani to Târgu Jiu, but the club will play its home matches on Municipal Stadium in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, until Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium in Târgu Jiu will be opened.
CSM Școlar Reșița was renamed as CSM Reșița after recovering its right to use the brand and record of the old entity.[4] [5]
Energeticianul was renamed as Viitorul Târgu Jiu.[6]
Club | City | Stadium | data-sort-type="number" | Capacity |
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Argeș | Pitești | Nicolae Dobrin | 15,000 | |
ASU Politehnica | Timișoara | Știința | 1,000 | |
Concordia | Chiajna | Concordia | 5,123 | |
CSM | Reșița | Mircea Chivu | 12,500 | |
Daco-Getica | Bucharest | Colentina | 6,000 | |
Dunărea | Călărași | Ion Comșa | 10,400 | |
Farul | Constanța | Farul | 15,520 | |
Metaloglobus | Bucharest | Metaloglobus | 1,000 | |
Miercurea Ciuc | Miercurea Ciuc | Municipal | 1,200 | |
Mioveni | Mioveni | Orășenesc | 10,000 | |
Pandurii | Târgu Jiu | Tudor Vladimirescu | 12,518 | |
Petrolul | Ploiești | Ilie Oană | 15,073 | |
Rapid | Bucharest | Regie | 10,020 | |
Ripensia | Timișoara | Electrica | 5,000 | |
SCM Gloria | Buzău | Municipal | 18,000 | |
Sportul | Snagov | Voința | 2,000 | |
Turris | Turnu Măgurele | Municipal | 2,000 | |
Universitatea | Cluj-Napoca | Cluj Arena | 30,201 | |
UTA | Arad | 4,000 | ||
Viitorul | Târgu Jiu | Tudor Vladimirescu | 12,518 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
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Argeș Pitești | Vasile Buhăescu | Macron | Primăria Pitești | ||
ASU Politehnica Timișoara | Ioan Mera | Westiment / Macron | De Construct Ind | ||
Concordia Chiajna | Florin Bratu | Petre Ivanovici | Joma | — | |
CSM Reșița | Laurențiu Rus | Jako | Primăria Reșița | ||
Daco-Getica București | — | — | — | — | |
Dunărea Călărași | Georgian Honciu | Joma | CJ Călărași | ||
Farul Constanța | Vlad Muțiu | Joma | — | ||
Metaloglobus București | Ovidiu Herea | Jako | — | ||
Miercurea Ciuc | Adrián Majzik | 2Rule | Csíkszereda | ||
Mioveni | Ionuț Burnea | Joma | Primăria Mioveni | ||
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Daniel Ciobanu | Nike | — | ||
Petrolul Ploiești | Laurențiu Marinescu | Joma | Veolia | ||
Rapid București | Ionuț Voicu | Macron | Greenfield, Superbet | ||
Ripensia Timișoara | Claudiu Apro | ILA | Almira | ||
Sportul Snagov | — | — | — | — | |
SCM Gloria Buzău | Marius Ioniță | Joma | — | ||
Turris Turnu Măgurele | Erik Lincar | Silviu Pană | Joma | Nutrelo | |
Universitatea Cluj | Dorin Goga | Adidas | IRUM, De'Longhi, Untold | ||
UTA Arad | Ciprian Rus | Saller | Primăria Arad | ||
Viitorul Târgu Jiu | Cristian Oroș | Joma | Hotel Brâncuși, Vitalact |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
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Concordia | Mutual agreement | 6 June 2019 | Pre-season | 6 June 2019[7] | |||
Universitatea | Sacked | 13 June 2019[8] | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[9] | |||
SCM Gloria | Promoted as Director of football | 30 June 2019 | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[10] | |||
Mioveni | (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 30 June 2019 | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[11] | ||
Metaloglobus | Signed by UTA Arad | 30 June 2019 | Pre-season | M. Măldărășanu | 1 July 2019[12] | ||
UTA Arad | End of contract | 30 June 2019 | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[13] | |||
Snagov | Signed by FCU Craiova | 30 June 2019[14] | Pre-season | 16 July 2019[15] | |||
FC Argeș | End of contract | 30 June 2019 | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[16] | |||
Farul | End of contract | 30 June 2019[17] | Pre-season | Ianis Zicu | 3 July 2019[18] | ||
Petrolul | End of contract | 30 June 2019[19] | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[20] | |||
Dunărea | Signed by Astra Giurgiu | 30 June 2019[21] | Pre-season | 1 July 2019[22] | |||
Viitorul T.J. | End of contract | 30 June 2019 | Pre-season | 31 July 2019[23] | |||
ASU Poli | Resigned | 31 August 2019[24] | 15 | 31 August 2019[25] | |||
Snagov | Promoted as General Manager | 31 August 2019 | 20 | Viorel Dumitrescu | 31 August 2019[26] | ||
Universitatea | Mutual agreement | 2 September 2019[27] | 17 | 4 September 2019[28] | |||
Turris | Mutual agreement | 1 October 2019[29] | 1 | 3 October 2019[30] | |||
Concordia | Sacked | 5 October 2019[31] | 11 | 7 October 2019[32] | |||
Argeș Pitești | Mutual agreement | 7 October 2019 | 6 | 9 October 2019[33] | |||
Snagov | Mutual agreement | 13 October 2019 | 20 | 13 October 2019[34] | |||
Pandurii | Mutual agreement | 22 October 2019 | 18 | 22 October 2019[35] | |||
Turris | Mutual agreement | 22 October 2019[36] | 2 | 26 October 2019 | |||
Politehnica | Resigned | 23 October 2019[37] | 16 | (caretaker) | 23 October 2019 | ||
Daco-Getica | Mutual agreement | 23 October 2019[38] | 19 | — | — | ||
Snagov | Mutual agreement | 1 November 2019 | 19 | Laurențiu Tudor | 1 November 2019[39] | ||
Politehnica | (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 6 November 2019 | 11 | 6 November 2019[40] | ||
CSM Reșița | Sacked | 10 November 2019 | 16 | 10 November 2019[41] | |||
Pandurii | Released | 10 November 2019[42] | 19 | Călin Cojocaru | 12 November 2019[43] | ||
Snagov | Laurențiu Tudor | Mutual agreement | 30 November 2019 | 18 | Răzvan Ciodar (caretaker) | 30 November 2019[44] | |
Petrolul | Resigned | 11 December 2019[45] | 8 | 16 December 2019[46] | |||
Turris | Mutual agreement | 27 December 2019[47] | 5 | 2 January 2020[48] | |||
Concordia | Released | 27 December 2019[49] | 16 | 6 January 2020[50] | |||
Mioveni | Sacked | 2 February 2020 | 2 | 2 February 2020[51] | |||
Rapid | Sacked | 10 March 2020[52] | 6 | 13 March 2020[53] | |||
Petrolul | Mutual agreement | 30 July 2020[54] | 6 | 31 July 2020[55] |
A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 25 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I.[2] The teams started the promotion play-offs with half of the points accumulated until the interruption of the regular season.[56]
The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II
Regular season and promotion play-off overall statistics.[57] [58]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Vlad Muțiu | Farul Constanța | 10 |
Flavius Croitoru | Mioveni | ||
Florin Iacob | UTA Arad | ||
4 | Raul Avram | Petrolul Ploiești | 8 |
5 | Rareș Murariu | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 7 |
6 | David Duțu | Turris Turnu Măgurele | 6 |
7 | Dragoș Balauru | SCM Gloria Buzău | 5 |
Alexandru Tătaru | Rapid București | ||
Răzvan Ducan | Argeș Pitești | ||
8 | Ionuț Rus | Turris Turnu Măgurele | 4 |
George Gavrilaș | Metaloglobus București | ||
Alexandru Greab | Concordia Chiajna |