2022–23 Liga I (women's football) explained

Competition:Liga I
Season:2022–23
Teams:12
Continentalcup1:Women's UCL
Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2023–24
Updated:21 August 2023

The 2022–23 Liga I is the 33rd season of the top level women's football league of the Romanian football league system. 12 teams will play a one legged-round robin. The top 6 teams progress then to the play-offs, while the bottom 6 teams to the play-out, where a two-legged round-robin will take place. Teams ranked 11 and 12 (5 and 6 in the play-out) will relegate directly to the 2023–24 Liga II.

U Olimpia Cluj are the defending champions.

Team changes

To Liga I

Promoted from Liga II

From Liga I

Relegated to Liga II

Dsibanded

Renamed teams

While still technically having remained a separate club for the duration of the 2021-22 season, and after using the Politehnica brand for one season,[1] [2] ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic was finally dissafiliated and the cession of participation rights in all women's football competitions to the SSU Politehnica Timișoara club was approved on 5 August 2022, finalizing a deal long in the making.[3]

Excluded and spared teams

In the summer of 2022, Heniu Prundu Bârgăului was supposed to be taken over by the CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud club, which had more financial support. The move fell short due to identity issues, the main reason being the Heniu brand would have been suppressed in favor of the Gloria one.[4] Heniu coach Călin Svoboda, along with a large part of the players opted to move to found the women's football section of Gloria 2018, while Heniu disbanded due to a combination of lack of players and financial support. As a consequence, the 11th place in the 2021-22 Liga I, Universitatea Galați was spared from relegation.

Stadiums by capacity and location

ClubCityStadiumdata-sort-type="number"Capacity
CSM AlexandriaAlexandriaMunicipal (Alexandria)5,000
Banat GirlsComloșu MareComunal
Carmen BucureștiGiurgiuMarin Anastasovici8,500
Csiksereda Miercurea CiucMiercurea CiucMunicipal (Miercurea Ciuc)
Fair PlayBucharestCiorogârla1,000
HeniuPrundu BârgăuluiHeniu500
Fotbal FemininBaia MareViorel Mateianu7,000
Ladies Târgu MureşTârgu MureşAcademia de Sport Mureşul
U OlimpiaCluj-NapocaClujana / Iclod Arena
Piroș SecurityAradSânnicolaul Mic1,500
Politehnica FeminaTimișoara
TârgovișteTârgovișteAlpan (Șotânga)1,000
UniversitateaGalațiSiderurgistul6,000
Vasas FeminaOdorheiu SecuiescMunicipal (Odorheiu Secuiesc)5,000

Regular season

Play-outs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Politehnica Timișoara și Fortuna Becicherecu Mic și-au unit forțele în elita fotbalului feminin . Politehnica Timișoara and Fortuna Becicherecu Mic unite their forces in the women's football elite . fortunabecicherec.ro . ro . 26 March 2022 . 26 March 2022 . https://archive.today/20220326185935/https://fortunabecicherec.ro/2021/06/08/politehnica-timisoara-si-fortuna-becicherecu-mic-si-au-unit-fortele-in-elita-fotbalului-feminin/.
  2. Web site: Politehnica Timișoara și Fortuna Becicherecu Mic și-au unit forțele în elita fotbalului feminin . Politehnica Timișoara and Fortuna Becicherecu Mic unite their forces in the women's football elite . sspolitehnica.ro . ro . 26 March 2022 . 26 March 2022 . https://archive.today/20220326190454/https://www.sspolitehnica.ro/fortuna-politehnica-femina/.
  3. Web site: Deciziile Comitetului Executiv din 5 august 2022 . Decisions of the Executive Committee of 5 August 2022 . frf.ro . ro . 21 August 2022 . 21 August 2022 . https://archive.today/20220821062530/https://www.frf.ro/recomandate/deciziile-comitetului-executiv-din-5-august-2022/.
  4. Web site: Heniu rămâne Heniu! CS Gloria 2018 nu a reușit „transferul” echipei feminine de fotbal în propria curte . Heniu stays Heniu! CS Gloria 2018 did not manage to „transfer” the women's football team to its own court . bistriteanul.ro . ro . 21 August 2022 . 20 August 2022 . https://archive.today/20220820231535/https://www.bistriteanul.ro/heniu-ramane-heniu-cs-gloria-2018-nu-a-reusit-transferul-echipei-feminine-de-fotbal-in-propria-curte/.