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2007–08 Liga I

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.

Liga I
Season2007–08
ChampionsCFR Cluj[1]
RelegatedCeahlăul Piatra Neamț
Dacia Mioveni
UTA Arad
Universitatea Cluj
Champions LeagueCFR Cluj
Steaua București
UEFA CupRapid București
Dinamo București
Urziceni Urziceni
Politehnica Știința Timișoara
Intertoto CupVaslui
Matches played306
Goals scored725 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerIonel Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home winDinamo 6–1 Oțelul
Steaua 5–0 Buzău
Biggest away winBuzău 0–4 Oțelul
Highest scoringDinamo 4–4 Craiova
Longest winning runSteaua (10)
Longest unbeaten runCFR (18)
Longest winless runPandurii (17)
Longest losing runCraiova, Pandurii (7)

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.

Teams

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Promoted from Liga II
Relegated from Liga I

Venues

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Politehnica TimișoaraSteaua BucureștiFC U CraiovaGloria Buzău
Dan PăltinișanuSteauaIon OblemencoMunicipal
Capacity: 32,972Capacity: 28,365Capacity: 25,252Capacity: 18,000
Ceahlăul Piatra NeamțFarul ConstanțaDinamo BucureștiOțelul Galați
CeahlăulFarulDinamoOțelul
Capacity: 17,500Capacity: 15,520Capacity: 15,032Capacity: 13,500
CFR Cluj
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Location of Bucharest teams.
Rapid București
Dr. Constantin RădulescuGiulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 12,813Capacity: 11,704[i]
Politehnica IașiFC Vaslui
Emil AlexandrescuMunicipal
Capacity: 11,390Capacity: 9,240
Pandurii Târgu JiuGloria Bistrița[ii]
Tudor VladimirescuGloria
Capacity: 9,200Capacity: 7,800
Universitatea ClujUTA AradDacia MioveniUnirea Urziceni
Ion MoinaFrancisc von NeumanOrășenescTineretului
Capacity: 7,600[iii]Capacity: 7,287Capacity: 7,000Capacity: 7,000
  1. ^ Capacity of Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Stadium has been reduced from 19,100 to 11,704 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the South End.
  2. ^ Gloria Bistrița was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Reghin for the second part of this season because Gloria Stadium was under renovations.
  3. ^ Capacity of Ion Moina Stadium has been reduced from 28,000 to 7,600 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure.

Personnel and kits

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TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt Sponsor
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Viorel Hizo Alexandru ForminteLottoAltex
CFR Cluj Ioan Andone CadúNikePolus Center
Dacia Mioveni Sorin Cârțu Mariko DaoudaUmbroConsiliul Local Mioveni
Dinamo București Cornel Țălnar Bogdan LobonțNikeOrange
Farul Constanța Marin Ion Cristian ȘchiopuUmbroSNC
FC U Craiova Nicolò Napoli Dorel StoicaAdidaseditie.ro
Gloria Bistrița Ioan Sabău Sandu NegreanPumaDarimex
Gloria Buzău Ștefan Stoica Alexandru TudoseHummelAvicola Buzău
Oțelul Galați Petre Grigoraș Gabriel ParaschivNikeArcelorMittal
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Eugen Neagoe Florin StângăUhlsportUSMO
Politehnica Iași Ionuț Popa Bogdan OnuțUmbroIulius Mall
Politehnica Timișoara Dušan Uhrin Jr. Ionel GaneaLottoBalkan Petroleum
Rapid București Marian Rada Vasile MafteiLottoHolsten
Steaua București Marius Lăcătuș Mirel RădoiNikeCitiFinancial
Unirea Urziceni Dan Petrescu George GalamazJomaPrimăria Voluntari
Universitatea Cluj Alpár Mészáros Dorin GogaDiadoraBanca Transilvania, Oncos
UTA Arad Ionuț Chirilă Cristian TodeaUhlsportIntesa Sanpaolo
Vaslui Emil Săndoi Sorin FrunzăUmbroDeutz-Fahr

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1CFR Cluj (C)3423745222+3076Qualification to Champions League group stage
2Steaua București3423655119+3275Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3Rapid București3418795231+2161[a]Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4Dinamo București34171075536+1961[a]
5Unirea Urziceni34161354224+1861[a]
6Politehnica Timișoara3416995744+1357
7Vaslui341211114434+1047Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8Oțelul Galați34144164750−346
9FC U Craiova34127154248−643
10Gloria Bistrița34119143440−642
11Politehnica Iași34118153741−441
12Pandurii Târgu Jiu34117163643−740[b]
13Farul Constanța341010142538−1340[b]
14Gloria Buzău34107173056−2637
15Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R)34106183346−1336Relegation to Liga II
16Dacia Mioveni (R)34710172643−1731
17UTA Arad (R)3468203052−2226
18Universitatea Cluj (R)34411193258−2623
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c RAP: 7 pts; DIN: 5 pts; UNI: 3 pts
  2. ^ a b PAN 0-1 FAR; FAR 1-2 PAN

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
CFR Cluj6634331111111111111111111112221211
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț139121311111012139910991010111013121415151616171716161615151515
FC U Craiova11011121416181817141216121214111314111311111110109998889119
Dacia Mioveni14151718181414151617161111101212101112141514141212121313151516161616
Dinamo București31256696465454567656666663445554444
Farul Constanța18181815151515141516141413151617171516161313121315151514131312101213
Gloria Bistrița7137119887888888888888888888889913111310
Gloria Buzău15171516161716161415171716131113121310111212131413141415141414141414
Oțelul Galați161613141212111191010910119999999999910101010109888
Pandurii Târgu Jiu11810885991011111214141515151617171818171514131111111210121012
Politehnica Iași171114910101313111213131517131414121410101010111111121212111113911
Rapid București4541222533232222222222334333333333
Steaua București5112477877677755544533222221112122
Politehnica Știința Timișoara2227765644346344365454446656666666
Universitatea Cluj12141617171817171818181818181818181818181717181818181817181718181818
UTA Arad87910131312101213151517161716161715151616161717161618171817171717
Unirea Urziceni9485544322523433433345555564445555
Vaslui10363113256765676777777777777777777
Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

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Home \ AwayCFRCEAUCRMIODINFARGBIGBUOȚEPANPIARAPSTETIMUCLUTAURZVAS
CFR Cluj—2–14–11–01–12–11–02–03–11–22–11–00–02–22–02–02–01–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț0–0—1–01–10–30–12–04–00–12–11–00–10–12–13–01–10–01–1
FC U Craiova1–33–2—1–01–14–01–13–11–11–02–11–11–22–11–10–10–12–1
Dacia Mioveni0–02–11–2—1–22–30–00–01–01–12–11–21–22–21–00–10–32–2
Dinamo București1–22–14–41–1—0–00–12–06–11–22–10–22–11–12–13–11–10–2
Farul Constanța0–22–03–11–10–1—1–00–00–21–21–10–00–11–10–01–00–12–1
Gloria Bistrița2–20–10–11–01–11–0—3–22–13–12–01–21–30–02–02–12–20–0
Gloria Buzău1–24–11–00–11–21–01–0—0–41–31–11–01–12–13–21–00–01–1
Oțelul Galați0–14–12–13–10–12–02–02–3—3–10–00–10–13–12–12–13–20–3
Pandurii Târgu Jiu0–11–02–01–00–10–11–33–01–0—1–01–30–11–32–22–11–11–1
Politehnica Iași1–01–02–11–02–51–12–03–02–21–0—0–22–12–13–04–12–30–1
Rapid București1–25–12–03–01–22–02–20–04–21–03–0—0–30–11–22–31–12–1
Steaua București3–12–11–02–01–03–01–05–03–10–01–00–0—1–14–02–11–01–0
Politehnica Știința Timișoara1–03–21–31–21–14–13–11–04–13–13–11–12–0—3–02–00–02–1
Universitatea Cluj0–11–12–00–01–21–22–21–22–11–11–11–22–11–2—2–20–22–3
UTA Arad0–30–10–11–01–30–10–12–10–13–30–01–01–12–31–1—1–21–1
Unirea Urziceni1–12–02–20–20–00–02–02–00–01–01–00–11–04–13–21–0—2–0
Vaslui0–20–12–03–02–11–12–04–12–01–00–02–40–13–00–02–21–1—
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[3][4]PlayerClubGoals
1 Ionel DănciulescuDinamo București21
2 Emil JulaOțelul Galați17
3 Gigel BucurPolitehnica Timișoara16
Marko LjubinkovićVaslui
5 Florin CosteaFC U Craiova15
6 Florin BratuDinamo București14
7 Eugen TricăCFR Cluj13
8 Cristian CoroianGloria Bistrița11
Cristian FabbianiCFR Cluj
10 Ionuț MaziluRapid București9
Nicolae DicăSteaua București
Cristian DănălacheUnirea Urziceni

Champion squad

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CFR Cluj[5]

Goalkeepers: Nuno Claro (15 / 0); Lars Hirschfeld (5 / 0); Eduard Stăncioiu (15 / 0).
Defenders: Eurípedes Amoreirinha (2 / 0); Ricardo Cadú (29 / 4); Mikael Dorsin (8 / 1); Fredy (1 / 0); Gabriel Mureșan (22 / 0); Cristian Panin (28 / 1); Niklas Sandberg (10 / 1); André Galiassi (28 / 0); Tony (32 / 1).
Midfielders: Emmanuel Culio (32 / 1); Dani (29 / 1); Ciprian Deac (10 / 0); Sebastián Dubarbier (15 / 3); Manuel José Vieira (20 / 0); André Leão (15 / 0); Alin Minteuan (18 / 0); Pedro Oliveira (1 / 0); Sixto Peralta (8 / 0); Eugen Trică (30 / 13).
Forwards: Adrian Anca (5 / 0); Nicolás Canales (1 / 0); Didi (18 / 7); Cristian Fabbiani (28 / 11); Ibezito Ogbonna (2 / 0); Diego Ruíz (13 / 2); António Semedo (33 / 6).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ioan Andone.

Notes

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(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]

References

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  1. ^ 2007–08 Liga I
  2. ^ "Sorti favorabili pentru echipele romanesti: Traseu facil in Intertoto". RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian). 21 April 2008. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Top Scorers". romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Top Scorers". worldfootball.net (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. ^ "(Romanian) FRF nu le va permite tulcenilor să evolueze în Liga I." Prosport. 31 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
  7. ^ "(Romanian) Viorel Duru: "Ceahlăul rămâne în Liga I."". Prosport. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  8. ^ "(Romanian) Schimbă numele echipei!". Prosport. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2007.
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