# 2012–13 Liga I

The 2012–13 Liga I was the ninety-fifth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. The season began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 30 May 2013. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.
Since Romania dropped from 14th to 22nd place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2011–12 season, the league has lost its second UEFA Champions League berth. Further, all teams who will qualify for a European competition via league placement at the end of this season will have to enter these a round earlier as in the season before. The champions will enter the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, while the second- and third-placed teams will begin at the second and first qualifying rounds, respectively, of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. In addition, the winners of the 2012–13 Cupa României will also start in the second qualifying round of the Europa League, two rounds earlier than before.

## Teams

Four teams from the 2011–12 season were relegated to their respective 2012–13 Liga II division, Târgu Mureș, Mioveni, Voința Sibiu, and Sportul Studențesc București.
Four teams, two from each division, were promoted from 2011–12 Liga II. From the Seria I, CSMS Iași and Viitorul Constanța gained the access because they finished first and second in the standings. From Seria II, the promoted teams where Gloria Bistrița and Turnu Severin. Politehnica Timișoara won their promotion place in the field, but they did not receive their licence for the first league, so the Romanian Football Federation decided that the third team in the division, Turnu Severin, should promote instead.
Team FC Astra Ploiești were renamed FC Astra Giurgiu, effective to 1 July 2012.

### Venues

| Steaua București | Universitatea Cluj | CFR Cluj | Turnu Severin |
| Arena Națională | Cluj Arena | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Municipal |
| Capacity: 55,634 | Capacity: 30,201 | Capacity: 23,500 | Capacity: 20,054 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Viitorul Constanța | Petrolul Ploiești | Dinamo București |
| Ceahlăul | Farul | Ilie Oană | Dinamo |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,073 | Capacity: 15,032 |
| Oțelul Galați | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Rapid București |
| Oțelul | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu |
| Capacity: 13,500 | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 11,704 |
| Politehnica Iași | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Vaslui |
| Emil Alexandrescu | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Municipal |
| Capacity: 11,390 | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 9,240 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Brașov |
| Tudor Vladimirescu | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Silviu Ploeșteanu |
| Capacity: 9,200 | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBrașovCeahlăulCFRConcordiaCSMSGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPanduriiPetrolulTurnu SeverinUniversitateaVasluiViitorulBucharest teams Dinamo Rapid Steaua2012–13 Liga I (Romania) DinamoRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 8,800 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Gloria Bistrița | Concordia Chiajna |
| Marin Anastasovici | Gaz Metan | Gloria | Concordia |
| Capacity: 8,500 | Capacity: 7,814 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 5,123 |
* ↑ Viitorul Constanța was relocated to Farul Stadium from Constanța for this season, because Orășenesc Stadium from Ovidiu didn't meet the licensing rules.
* ↑ 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.

### 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 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Daniel Isăilă | Valerică Găman | Puma | InterAgro |
| Brașov | Adrian Szabo | Cristian Munteanu | Puma | Roman |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Viorel Hizo | Marian Constantinescu | Masita | SuperBet |
| CFR Cluj | Eugen Trică | Cadú | Joma | EnergoBit |
| Concordia Chiajna | Ilie Stan | Sorin Ghionea | Nike | — |
| CSMS Iași | Sorin Cârțu | Răzvan Tincu | Legea | — |
| Dinamo București | Cornel Țălnar | Cătălin Munteanu | Nike | Orange |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Cristian Todea | Joma | RomGaz |
| Gloria Bistrița | Nicolae Manea | Cornel Predescu | Puma | Gomar |
| Oțelul Galați | Petre Grigoraș | Sergiu Costin | Masita | ArcelorMittal |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Cristian Pustai | Ousmane Viera | Nike | USMO |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Cosmin Contra | Sony Mustivar | Macron | Romprest |
| Rapid București | Marian Rada | Daniel Pancu | Puma | — |
| Steaua București | Laurențiu Reghecampf | Alexandru Bourceanu | Nike | Mihai Nesu Foundation |
| Turnu Severin | Ionel Gane | Marius Bălău | Puma | Primăria Severin |
| Universitatea Cluj | Ionel Ganea | Zsolt Szilágyi | Nike | Romprest |
| Vaslui | Gavril Balint | Lucian Sânmărtean | Adidas | New Holland Agriculture |
| Viitorul Constanța | Cătălin Anghel | Nicolae Dică | Puma | — |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Steaua București | Mihai Stoichiță | Contract terminated | 21 May 2012 | Pre-season | Laurențiu Reghecampf | 21 May 2012 |
| Concordia Chiajna | Laurențiu Reghecampf | Signed by Steaua București | 21 May 2012 | Pre-season | Ilie Stan | 8 June 2012 |
| Rapid București | Răzvan Lucescu | Signed by El Jaish | 21 May 2012 | Pre-season | Ioan Sabău | 18 June 2012 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Mircea Rednic | Resigned | 23 May 2012 | Pre-season | Bogdan Stelea | 14 June 2012 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Sacked | 24 May 2012 | Pre-season | Mircea Rednic | 29 May 2012 |
| Vaslui | Augusto Inácio | Resigned | 4 July 2012 | Pre-season | Marius Șumudică | 5 July 2012 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Claudiu Niculescu | Resigned | 23 July 2012 | 17th | Cristian Dulca | 26 July 2012 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Bogdan Stelea | Sacked | 10 August 2012 | 10th | Gheorghe Mulțescu | 13 August 2012 |
| Turnu Severin | Marian Bondrea | Sacked | 27 August 2012 | 16th | Nicolò Napoli | 27 August 2012 |
| CSMS Iași | Ionuț Popa | Resigned | 29 August 2012 | 17th | Liviu Ciobotariu | 29 August 2012 |
| Oțelul Galați | Dorinel Munteanu | Resigned | 30 August 2012 | 15th | Viorel Tănase | 30 August 2012 |
| Brașov | Ionuț Badea | Sacked | 23 September 2012 | 11th | Sorin Cârțu | 10 October 2012 |
| Vaslui | Marius Șumudică | Resigned | 24 September 2012 | 4th | Viorel Hizo | 28 September 2012 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Cristian Dulca | Resigned | 1 October 2012 | 13th | Marius Șumudică | 10 November 2012 |
| Rapid București | Ioan Sabău | Sacked | 20 October 2012 | 8th | Marian Rada | 20 October 2012 |
| CFR Cluj | Ioan Andone | Mutual consent | 24 October 2012 | 10th | Paulo Sérgio | 30 October 2012 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Mircea Rednic | Signed by Standard Liège | 26 October 2012 | 6th | Cosmin Contra | 29 October 2012 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Sacked | 29 October 2012 | 3rd | Valentin Sinescu | 29 October 2012 |
| Brașov | Sorin Cârțu | Resigned | 11 November 2012 | 10th | Adrian Szabo | 13 November 2012 |
| Dinamo București | Dario Bonetti | Sacked | 15 November 2012 | 7th | Dorinel Munteanu | 15 November 2012 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Marius Șumudică | Resigned | 15 November 2012 | 14th | Marius Popescu | 16 November 2012 |
| Turnu Severin | Nicolò Napoli | End of contract | 21 December 2012 | 17th | Ionel Gane | 9 January 2013 |
| Dinamo București | Dorinel Munteanu | Resigned | 27 December 2012 | 7th | Cornel Țălnar | 28 December 2012 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Petre Grigoraș | Resigned | 17 January 2013 | 4th | Cristian Pustai | 19 January 2013 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | Cristian Pustai | Signed by Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 19 January 2013 | 12th | Gheorghe Mulțescu | 21 January 2013 |
| Oțelul Galați | Viorel Tănase | Mutual consent | 30 January 2013 | 13th | Petre Grigoraș | 30 January 2013 |
| Universitatea Cluj | Marius Popescu | End of caretaker spell | 31 January 2013 | 16th | Ionel Ganea | 31 January 2013 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Valentin Sinescu | Sacked | 6 April 2013 | 2nd | Marin Barbu | 6 April 2013 |
| Vaslui | Viorel Hizo | Resigned | 7 April 2013 | 6th | Gavril Balint | 9 April 2013 |
| CFR Cluj | Paulo Sérgio | Sacked | 13 April 2013 | 8th | Eugen Trică | 13 April 2013 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Marin Barbu | Sacked | 13 April 2013 | 2nd | Daniel Isăilă | 13 April 2013 |
| CSMS Iași | Liviu Ciobotariu | Sacked | 20 April 2013 | 17th | Sorin Cârțu | 22 April 2013 |
| Ceahlăul | Costel Enache | Sacked | 12 May 2013 | 13th | Viorel Hizo | 12 May 2013 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Astra Giurgiu | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Vaslui | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 58 | |
| 6 | Dinamo București | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 56 | |
| 7 | Brașov | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 51 | |
| 8 | Rapid București (R) | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 49 | Relegation to Liga II |
| 9 | CFR Cluj | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 49 | |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 46 | |
| 11 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 41 | |
| 12 | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 38 | |
| 13 | Viitorul Constanța | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 36 | |
| 14 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 34 | |
| 15 | Concordia Chiajna | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 33 | Spared from relegation |
| 16 | Turnu Severin (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 32 | Relegation to Liga II |
| 17 | CSMS Iași (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 26 | Relegation to Liga II |
| 18 | Gloria Bistrița (R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 69 | −48 | 18 | Relegation to Liga II |
* ↑ Astra Giurgiu qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa as Petrolul won the 2012–13 Cupa României and secured a place in the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa.
* 1 2 CFR 0-0 RAP; RAP 3-2 CFR
* 1 2 Rapid did not obtain a licence for the 2013–14 season, therefore Concordia Chiajna were spared from relegation.
* ↑ Oțelul Galați were deducted two points because of debts owed to agent Codoban Tătar Ionel.

### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Steaua București | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Vaslui | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Dinamo București | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Brașov | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Rapid București | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| CFR Cluj | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Oțelul Galați | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 17 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 18 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 16 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Turnu Severin | 13 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| CSMS Iași | 13 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
* Leader
* 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
* 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
* Relegation to 2013–14 Liga II

## Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BRA | CEA | CFR | CON | IAȘ | DIN | GAZ | GBI | OȚE | PAN | PET | RAP | STE | TUR | UCL | VAS | VII |
| Astra Giurgiu | | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Brașov | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| CFR Cluj | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| CSMS Iași | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo București | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 1–1 | 6–4 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Rapid București | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Steaua București | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 |
| Turnu Severin | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Vaslui | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Raul Rusescu | Steaua București | 21 |
| 2 | Jeremy Bokila | Petrolul Ploiești | 16 |
| 3 | Marius Alexe | Dinamo București | 15 |
| 4 | Kehinde Fatai | Astra Giurgiu | 14 |
| 5 | Hamza Younés | Petrolul Ploiești | 13 |
| 6 | Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | 12 |
| 7 | Marius Niculae$^1$ | Vaslui | 11 |
| 7 | Mugurel Buga | Brașov | 11 |
| 7 | Bojan Golubović | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 11 |
| 10 | Tha'er Bawab | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 10 |
| 10 | Deivydas Matulevičius | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 10 |
| 10 | Nicolae Dică | Viitorul Constanța | 10 |
| 10 | Victoraș Astafei | Gaz Metan Mediaș / Oțelul Galați | 10 |
$^1$ Marius Niculae was transferred to Shandong Luneng during the winter transfer window.

## Champion squad

* Steaua București
* Goalkeepers: Valentin Cojocaru (3 / 0); Răzvan Stanca (4 / 0); Ciprian Tătărușanu (28 / 0).
* Defenders: Doru Bratu (2 / 0); Vlad Chiricheș (26 / 1); Andrei Dumitraș (5 / 0); Florin Gardoș (21 / 1); Daniel Georgievski (19 / 0); Iasmin Latovlevici (24 / 2); Valeriu Lupu (2 / 0); Novak Martinović (5 / 1); Gabriel Matei (1 / 0); Paul Pârvulescu (12 / 0); Cornel Râpă (8 / 0); Łukasz Szukała (20 / 4).
* Midfielders: Tiberiu Bălan (5 / 0); Alexandru Bourceanu (32 / 3); Alexandru Chipciu (27 / 6); Lucian Filip (17 / 0); Ionuț Năstăsie (2 / 0); Mihai Pintilii (30 / 5); Adrian Popa (30 / 1); Andrei Prepeliță (18 / 1); Cristian Tănase (29 / 8).
* Forwards: Florin Costea (1 / 0); Mihai Costea (12 / 2); Gabriel Iancu (10 / 2); Adi Rocha (16 / 9); Leandro Tatu (9 / 2); Stefan Nikolić (24 / 5); Raul Rusescu (34 / 21).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Laurențiu Reghecampf.

## Statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: John Ibeh (Pandurii Târgu Jiu) against Universitatea Cluj
* Hat-tricks of the season:
** Hamza Younés (Petrolul Ploiești) against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (stage 1)
** George Țucudean (Dinamo București) against CSMS Iași (4 goals, stage 2)
** Mirko Ivanovski (Astra Giurgiu) against Concordia Chiajna (stage 6)
** Marius Niculae (Vaslui) against Concordia Chiajna (stage 10)
** Marius Onofraș (CSMS Iași) against Oțelul Galați (stage 18)
** Marius Pena (Oțelul Galați) against Rapid București (stage 19)
** Robert Maah (CFR Cluj) against Universitatea Cluj (stage 34)