# 2020–21 Liga I

The 2020–21 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season started on 21 August 2020 and ended on 19 May 2021. CFR Cluj were winners and three-time defending champions. It was the sixth season to take place in the play-off/play-out format, and the first since the 2005–06 season to feature 16 teams.
The play-off/play-out rule was also altered, with the first six teams at the regular season qualified for the play-off tournament and the last ten for the play-out. The first six teams played two matches against each other as before, but in the play-out the teams only played once against each other. At the end of the play-out, the first two places (or the 7th and 8th overall) played a single match on the ground of the lower ranked team, and the subsequent winner played the last team ranked on a UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off. The winner of the latter encounter qualified for the Europa Conference League.
The teams ranked 15th and 16th at the end of the play-out tournament were directly relegated, while the 13th and 14th places played a promotion/relegation play-off against 3rd and 4th places from Liga II.

## Teams

The league consists of 16 teams: 13 from the 2019–20 Liga I, two teams from the 2019–20 Liga II, and the winner of the 2019–20 promotion/relegation play-off.
Teams promoted to the Liga I
The first club to be promoted was UTA Arad, following their 1–1 draw against FC Argeș on 2 August 2020. UTA returned in the Liga I after 12 years of absence.
The second club to be promoted was FC Argeș, following their 1–1 draw against UTA Arad on 2 August 2020. FC Argeș returned in the Liga I after 11 years of absence.
Teams relegated to the Liga II
No teams were relegated from the 2019–20 Liga I.
Initially, two clubs would have been relegated at the end of the 2019–20 Liga I season, with a third playing a relegation play-off with the 3rd-placed team from the 2019–20 Liga II. The first club to have been relegated would have been Chindia Târgoviște, following a 0–1 defeat on 2 August 2020 against Politehnica Iași, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight. However, owing to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the previous season, the league table was frozen on 6 August 2020 and no teams were directly relegated. Instead, Chindia Târgoviște played a promotion/relegation play-off against CS Mioveni and kept their Liga I spot after a 3–1 aggregate result.

### Venues

| FCSB | Universitatea Craiova | CFR Cluj | Dinamo București |
| Arena Națională | Ion Oblemenco | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Dinamo |
| Capacity: 55,634 | Capacity: 30,929 | Capacity: 23,500 | Capacity: 15,032 |
| FC Argeș | UTA Arad | Chindia Târgoviște | Politehnica Iași |
| Nicolae Dobrin | Francisc von Neuman | Municipal | Emil Alexandrescu |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 12,700 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 11,390 |
| Astra Giurgiu | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | Gaz Metan Mediaș |
| Marin Anastasovici | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | Gaz Metan |
| Capacity: 8,500 | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | Capacity: 7,814 |
| FC Botoșani | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe |
| Municipal | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | Municipal |
| Capacity: 7,782 | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | BucharestClinceniFC ArgeșAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujChindiaCraiovaGaz MetanHermannstadtUTAPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2020–21 Liga I (Romania) | Capacity: 5,200 |
| Hermannstadt Sibiu | Voluntari | Viitorul Constanța | Academica Clinceni |
| Gaz Metan | Anghel Iordănescu | Viitorul | Clinceni |
| Capacity: 7,814 | Capacity: 4,600 | Capacity: 4,554 | Capacity: 4,500 |
* ↑ Chindia Târgoviște was relocated to Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești and Municipal Stadium in Buzău, because Eugen Popescu Stadium in Târgoviște is under renovations.
* ↑ FC Hermannstadt was relocated to Gaz Metan in Mediaș, because Municipal Stadium in Sibiu is under renovations.

### Personnel and kits

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 |
| Academica Clinceni | Ilie Poenaru | Răzvan Patriche | Joma | Nicmar Prima Service |
| Argeș Pitești | Andrei Prepeliță | Ionuț Șerban | Macron | Primăria Pitești, Getica 95 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Ionuț Badea | Valerică Găman | Joma | Tinmar Energy |
| Botoșani | Marius Croitoru | Jonathan Rodríguez | Erreà | Elsaco |
| CFR Cluj | Edward Iordănescu | Mário Camora | Nike | NTT Data |
| Chindia Târgoviște | Emil Săndoi | Daniel Florea | Joma | Consiliul Județean Dâmbovița |
| Dinamo București | Dušan Uhrin Jr. | Ante Puljić | Macron | Unibet |
| FCSB | Anton Petrea | Florin Tănase | Nike | City Insurance |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | Mihai Teja | Răzvan Pleșca | Joma | Romgaz |
| Hermannstadt | Eugen Beza | Răzvan Dâlbea | Joma | ro:Superbet, Natur House |
| Politehnica Iași | Nicolò Napoli | Andrei Cristea | Joma | Superbet |
| Sepsi OSK | Leontin Grozavu | Rachid Bouhenna | Adidas | Diószegi, Gyermelyi |
| Universitatea Craiova | Marinos Ouzounidis | Nicușor Bancu | Puma | Betano |
| UTA Arad | László Balint | Ciprian Rus | Saller | Efbet, International Alexander Holding |
| Viitorul Constanța | Cătălin Anghel | Romario Benzar | Nike | OMV Petrom |
| Voluntari | Liviu Ciobotariu | Cosmin Achim | Macron | - |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Politehnica Iași | Mircea Rednic | End of contract | 7 August 2020 | Pre-season | Daniel Pancu | 11 August 2020 |
| Viitorul Constanța | Gheorghe Hagi | Mutual agreement | 7 August 2020 | Pre-season | Rubén de la Barrera | 7 August 2020 |
| Dinamo București | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Mutual agreement | 26 August 2020 | 7 | Cosmin Contra | 26 August 2020 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | Dušan Uhrin Jr. | Sacked | 24 September 2020 | 6 | Jorge Costa | 30 September 2020 |
| Universitatea Craiova | Cristiano Bergodi | Sacked | 7 November 2020 | 1 | Corneliu Papură | 13 November 2020 |
| Viitorul Constanța | Rubén de la Barrera | Sacked | 30 November 2020 | 7 | Mircea Rednic | 2 December 2020 |
| CFR Cluj | Dan Petrescu | Sacked | 30 November 2020 | 3 | Edward Iordănescu | 3 December 2020 |
| Dinamo București | Cosmin Contra | Mutual Agreement | 3 December 2020 | 12 | Ionel Gane | 4 December 2020 |
| Argeș Pitești | Ionuț Moșteanu | Sacked | 12 December 2020 | 16 | Andrei Prepeliță | 13 December 2020 |
| Voluntari | Mihai Teja | Sacked | 28 December 2020 | 13 | Bogdan Andone | 29 December 2020 |
| Hermannstadt | Rubén Albés | Sacked | 14 January 2021 | 14 | Liviu Ciobotariu | 15 January 2021 |
| Politehnica Iași | Daniel Pancu | Sacked | 28 January 2021 | 16 | Andrei Cristea | 29 January 2021 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | Jorge Costa | Sacked | 1 February 2021 | 10 | Mihai Teja | 1 February 2021 |
| Universitatea Craiova | Corneliu Papură | Sacked | 1 February 2021 | 3 | Marinos Ouzounidis | 5 February 2021 |
| Viitorul Constanța | Mircea Rednic | Sacked | 8 April 2021 | 13 | Cătălin Anghel | 11 April 2021 |
| Voluntari | Bogdan Andone | Sacked | 8 May 2021 | 14 | Liviu Ciobotariu | 8 May 2021 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Eugen Neagoe | Sacked | 8 May 2021 | 13 | Ionuț Badea | 9 May 2021 |

## Regular season

In the regular season the 16 teams will meet twice for a total of 30 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship play-offs and the bottom 10 qualifying for the relegation play-outs.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FCSB | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 22 | +35 | 65 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 64 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 14 | +19 | 58 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | Sepsi OSK | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 45 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 6 | Botoșani | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 42 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 7 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 40 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 8 | Chindia Târgoviște | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 9 | Astra Giurgiu | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 38 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 37 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 33 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 12 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 32 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 13 | Viitorul Constanța | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 31 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 14 | Dinamo București | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 27 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 15 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 26 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 16 | Politehnica Iași | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 25 | Qualification for the Play-out round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACA | ARG | AST | BOT | CFR | CHI | DIN | FCS | GAZ | HER | IAS | SPS | UCV | UTA | VII | VOL |
| Academica Clinceni | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Argeș Pitești | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Botoșani | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| CFR Cluj | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Chindia Târgoviște | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo București | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 3–0 |
| FCSB | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hermannstadt | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Politehnica Iași | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Sepsi OSK | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| UTA Arad | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Voluntari | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Academica Clinceni | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Argeș Pitești | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Botoșani | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| CFR Cluj | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Chindia Târgoviște | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Dinamo București | 7 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| FCSB | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| Hermannstadt | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Politehnica Iași | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Sepsi OSK | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| UTA Arad | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 10 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| Voluntari | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
* Qualification for the Play-off round
* Qualification for the Play-out round

## Play-off round

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, and 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.

### Play-off table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CFR | FCS | UCV | SPS | ACA | BOT |
| 1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 45 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 41 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| 4 | Sepsi (O) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 40 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Academica Clinceni | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 33 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 4–3 |
| 6 | Botoșani | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 31 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| CFR Cluj | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FCSB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sepsi | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Academica Clinceni | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Botoșani | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
* Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
* Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
* Qualification to European competition play-offs

## Play-out round

The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.

### Play-out table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | CHI | UTA | GAZ | VII | ARG | DIN | VOL | HER | AST | IAS |
| 7 | Chindia Târgoviște | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 36 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | | | 1–1 | 0–2 | | | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 32 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 | | 1–2 |
| 9 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 32 | | | | | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| 10 | Viitorul Constanța (M) | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 32 | Merged with Farul Constanța after qualification to European competition play-offs | | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | |
| 11 | Argeș Pitești | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 31 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | | | | 1–2 | 3–0 | | | 0–0 |
| 12 | Dinamo București | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 31 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | | | | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | |
| 13 | Voluntari (O) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 | | |
| 14 | Hermannstadt (R) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | 1–3 | |
| 15 | Astra Giurgiu (R) | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 24 | Relegation to 2021–22 Liga II | | 1–2 | | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | | 1–2 |
| 16 | Politehnica Iași (R) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 20 | Relegation to 2021–22 Liga II | | | | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | |
* ↑ UTA Arad failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
* 1 2 3 Points in the regular season: UTA 37, Gaz 33, Viitorul 31
* ↑ Gaz Metan Mediaș failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
* 1 2 Points w/o rounding: Argeș 31.0, Dinamo 30.5

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| Chindia Târgoviște | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| UTA Arad | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Argeș Pitești | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| Dinamo București | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| Voluntari | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Hermannstadt | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Politehnica Iași | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Qualification to European competition play-offs
* Qualification for the relegation play-offs
* Relegation to 2021–22 Liga II
* Qualification to European competition play-offs

## European play-offs

In the semi-final, the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I plays a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the semi-final will encounter the team ranked on the last UEFA Europa Conference League spot in the play-off tournament. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

### European play-off final
## Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dunărea Călărași | 1–6 | Voluntari | 1–2 | 0–4 |
| Mioveni | 2–1 | Hermannstadt | 0–0 | 2–1 |

### Second leg
## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of games played on 20 May 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Florin Tănase | FCSB | 24 |
| 2 | Cephas Malele | FC Argeș | 18 |
| 3 | Dennis Man | FCSB | 14 |
| 3 | Hamidou Keyta | Botoșani | 14 |
| 4 | Ciprian Deac | CFR Cluj | 13 |
| 5 | Alexandru Cicâldău | Universitatea Craiova | 11 |
| 6 | Kevin Luckassen | Viitorul Constanța | 9 |
| 6 | Ronaldo Deaconu | Gaz Metan | 9 |
| 7 | Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | 8 |
| 7 | Gabriel Debeljuh | CFR Cluj | 8 |
| 7 | Olimpiu Morutan | FCSB | 8 |

### Top assists

    As of games played on 23 April 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Olimpiu Moruțan | FCSB | 15 |
| 2 | Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | 8 |
| 3 | Deian Sorescu | Dinamo București | 7 |
| 3 | Ronaldo Deaconu | Gaz Metan Medias | 7 |
| 5 | Petrișor Petrescu | Hermannstadt | 6 |
| 6 | Florinel Coman | FCSB | 5 |
| 6 | Dan Nistor | Universitatea Craiova | 5 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Passaglia | Politehnica Iași | 5 |
| 6 | Ciprian Deac | CFR Cluj | 5 |
| 6 | Adrian Păun | CFR Cluj | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Dennis Man | FCSB | FC Argeș | 3–0 (H) | 20 September 2020 |
| Andrei Cristea | Politehnica Iași | FCSB | 5–2 (H) | 27 September 2020 |
| Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | UTA Arad | 6–0 (A) | 21 December 2020 |

#### Notes

(H) – Home team (A) – Away team

### Double

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Marko Dugandžić | Botoșani | Politehnica Iași | 4–0 (H) | 30 August 2020 |
| Valentin Gheorghe | Astra Giurgiu | Sepsi OSK | 2–2 (H) | 13 September 2020 |
| Elvir Koljić | Universitatea Craiova | Viitorul Constanța | 4–1 (A) | 14 September 2020 |
| Gabriel Iancu | Viitorul Constanța | Astra Giurgiu | 4–1 (H) | 26 September 2020 |
| Jefté Betancor | Voluntari | Astra Giurgiu | 3–2 (A) | 3 October 2020 |
| Florin Tănase | FCSB | Dinamo București | 3–2 (H) | 3 October 2020 |
| Cephas Malele | FC Argeș | Viitorul Constanța | 2–2 (A) | 25 October 2020 |
| Vlad Morar | UTA Arad | Botoșani | 2–3 (A) | 31 October 2020 |
| Cosmin Achim | Voluntari | Politehnica Iași | 4–0 (H) | 7 November 2020 |
| Dennis Man | FCSB | Botoșani | 4–1 (H) | 7 November 2020 |
| Florin Tănase (2) | FCSB | Botoșani | 4–1 (H) | 7 November 2020 |
| Mario Rondón | CFR Cluj | FC Argeș | 2–0 (H) | 8 November 2020 |
| Nicolao Dumitru | Gaz Metan Mediaș | UTA Arad | 3–1 (A) | 9 November 2020 |
| Borja Valle | Dinamo București | Voluntari | 3–0 (H) | 20 November 2020 |
| Darius Olaru | FCSB | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 3–2 (A) | 23 November 2020 |
| Ciprian Deac | CFR Cluj | Politehnica Iași | 2–0 (A) | 6 December 2020 |
| Hamidou Keyta | Botoșani | Viitorul Constanța | 2–1 (A) | 15 December 2020 |
| Cephas Malele (2) | FC Argeș | Hermannstadt | 2–2 (H) | 16 December 2020 |
| Pavol Šafranko | Sepsi OSK | UTA Arad | 3–0 (H) | 17 December 2020 |
| Dennis Man (2) | FCSB | Universitatea Craiova | 2–0 (A) | 18 December 2020 |
| Shlomi Azulay | Astra Giurgiu | UTA Arad | 6–0 (A) | 21 December 2020 |
| Ze Manuel | Gaz Metan Mediaș | FC Voluntari | 2–0 (H) | 12 January 2021 |
| Florin Tănase (3) | FCSB | Astra Giurgiu | 3–0 (H) | 14 January 2021 |
| Hamidou Keyta (2) | FC Botoșani | Dinamo București | 4–0 (H) | 24 January 2021 |
| Kevin Luckassen | FC Viitorul | Sepsi OSK | 3–3 (H) | 26 January 2021 |
| Andrei Ciobanu | FC Viitorul | Dinamo Bucuresti | 5–0 (A) | 26 February 2021 |
| Antoni Ivanov | FC Voluntari | Politehnica Iași | 2–0 (A) | 1 March 2021 |
| Ciprian Deac (2) | CFR Cluj | FC Arges | 5–0 (H) | 1 March 2021 |
| Cephas Malele (3) | FC Argeș | Politehnica Iași | 2–1 (H) | 8 March 2021 |
| Ciprian Deac (3) | CFR Cluj | Politehnica Iași | 4–0 (H) | 14 March 2021 |
| Yazalde | FC Hermannstadt | FC Arges | 4–1 (H) | 3 April 2021 |
| Cephas Malele (4) | FC Arges | Chindia | 3–1 (H) | 9 April 2021 |
| Florin Tanase (4) | FCSB | Academica Clinceni | 2–0 (A) | 22 April 2021 |

#### Notes

(H) – Home team (A) – Away team

### Clean sheets

    As of games played on 23 April 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Mirko Pigliacelli | Universitatea Craiova | 19 |
| 2 | Andrei Vlad | FCSB | 17 |
| 3 | Cristian Bălgrădean | CFR Cluj | 16 |
| 4 | Octavian Vâlceanu | Academica Clinceni | 14 |
| 5 | Mihai Aioani | Chindia Târgovişte | 13 |
| 6 | Florin Iacob | UTA Arad | 10 |
| 7 | Roland Niczuly | Sepsi OSK | 9 |
| 7 | David Lazar | Astra Giurgiu | 9 |
| 9 | Victor Rîmniceanu | Voluntari | 8 |
| 10 | Valentin Cojocaru | Viitorul Constanta | 6 |
| 10 | Alexandru Greab | Argeș Pitești | 6 |

### Discipline

    As of games played on 16 February 2021

#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 9
** Ousmane Viera (Hermannstadt)
* Most red cards: 2
** Ondřej Bačo (Gaz Metan Mediaș)
** Alexandru Benga (UTA Arad)
** Valentin Gheorghe (Astra Giurgiu)
** Gabriel Matei (FC Argeș)

#### Team

* Most yellow cards: 74
** Hermannstadt
** Gaz Metan Mediaș
* Most red cards: 6
** Botoșani
* Fewest yellow cards: 34
** Universitatea Craiova
* Fewest red cards: 0
** CFR Cluj

## Champion squad

* CFR Cluj
* Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (6 / 0); Cristian Bălgrădean (26 / 0); Rareș Murariu (1 / 0); Grzegorz Sandomierski (11 / 0).
* Defenders: Syam Ben Youssef (7 / 0); Kévin Boli (1 / 0); Andrei Burcă (35 / 2); Mihai Butean (1 / 0); Mário Camora (35 / 0); Mike Cestor (6 / 0); Denis Ciobotariu (11 / 1); Cristian Manea (26 / 0); Iasmin Latovlevici (7 / 0); Paulo Vinícius (25 / 3); Mateo Sušić (26 / 0).
* Midfielders: Luís Aurélio (11 / 0); Mihai Bordeianu (12 / 0); Nicolae Carnat (10 / 0); Alexandru Chipciu (30 / 2); Valentin Costache (35 / 4); Ciprian Deac (34 / 13); Damjan Đoković (16 / 0); Adrian Gîdea (21 / 1); Ovidiu Hoban (28 / 1); Cătălin Itu (24 / 3); Dodi Joca (5 / 0); Sebastian Mailat (1 / 0); Michaël Pereira (21 / 0); Rúnar Sigurjónsson (12 / 3); Adrian Păun (39 / 5); Claudiu Petrila (6 / 1); William Soares (16 / 0); Ivica Žunić (1 / 0).
* Forwards: Gabriel Debeljuh (32 / 8); Cătălin Golofca (1 / 0); Gheorghe Gondiu (1 / 0); Billel Omrani (16 / 3); Mario Rondón (29 / 5); Jakub Vojtuš (7 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Dan Petrescu / Edward Iordănescu.