# 2009–10 Liga II

The 2009–10 Liga II was the 70th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on 15 August 2009 and ended on 5 June 2010.
The format has been maintained to two series, each of them consisting of 18 teams. At the end of the season, the top two teams of the series promoted to Liga I and the bottom fifth places from both series relegated to Liga III. Two more teams relegated this season due to the format changing applied starting with the next season.

## Team changes
### Note (**)

FC Argeș Pitești was relegated for match fixing, Gaz Metan Mediaș, which initially relegated, was spared from relegation.
CS Buftea sold its Liga II place to third tier club Săgeata Stejaru.
Liberty Salonta withdrew at the end of the season, CFR Timișoara, which initially relegated, was spared from relegation.

## League tables
### Seria I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Victoria Brănești (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 71 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 2 | Sportul Studențesc București (P) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 68 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 3 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 58 | 20 | +38 | 67 | |
| 4 | FC Snagov | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 60 | |
| 5 | Delta Tulcea | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 59 | |
| 6 | Săgeata Stejaru | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 58 | |
| 7 | Concordia Chiajna | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 54 | |
| 8 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 53 | |
| 9 | Dunărea Giurgiu | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 49 | |
| 10 | Botoșani | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 49 | |
| 11 | Dunărea Galați | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 45 | |
| 12 | FCM Bacău (R) | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 43 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 13 | Steaua II București | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 41 | |
| 14 | Gloria Buzău | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 35 | Spared from relegation |
| 15 | Dinamo II București | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 29 | Spared from relegation |
| 16 | Tricolorul Breaza | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 31 | 66 | −35 | 28 | Spared from relegation |
| 17 | Râmnicu Sărat (R) | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 14 | 68 | −54 | 19 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 18 | Cetatea Suceava (R) | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 14 | 76 | −62 | 15 | Relegation to Liga III |
* 1 2 Botoșani 0–1 Giurgiu; Giurgiu 2–1 Botoșani
* ↑ FCM Bacău was excluded from the championship after round 32 and lost the remaining two matches by forfeit.
* ↑ Gloria Buzău was spared from relegation due to FCM Bacău exclusion.
* ↑ Gloria Buzău were deducted 8 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Liga I, last season.
* ↑ Dinamo II București was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of Liga I club Politehnica Iași.
* ↑ Tricolorul Breaza was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of Liga II club Baia Mare.
* ↑ Cetatea Suceava withdrew during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.

### Seria II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Târgu Mureș (C, P) | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 69 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 2 | Universitatea Cluj (P) | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 67 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 3 | Dacia Mioveni | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 66 | |
| 4 | UTA Arad | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 58 | |
| 5 | Argeș Pitești | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 54 | |
| 6 | Otopeni | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 50 | |
| 7 | Gaz Metan CFR Craiova | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 45 | |
| 8 | Baia Mare (R) | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 44 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 9 | Bihor Oradea | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 42 | |
| 10 | Arieșul Turda | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 42 | |
| 11 | Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 37 | |
| 12 | Minerul Lupeni | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 36 | |
| 13 | Râmnicu Vâlcea | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 36 | |
| 14 | Mureșul Deva | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 31 | Spared from relegation |
| 15 | Fortuna Covaci (R) | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 26 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 16 | Jiul Petroșani (R) | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 59 | −38 | 26 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 17 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin (R) | 31 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 70 | −58 | 17 | Relegation to Liga III |
| 18 | CFR Timișoara (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Liga III |
* ↑ Otopeni were deducted 3 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Liga I, last season.
* ↑ Baia Mare withdrew at the end of the season.
* 1 2 Arieșul 2–3 Bihor; Bihor 2–2 Arieșul
* 1 2 Lupeni 0–0 Rm. Vâlcea; Rm. Vâlcea 3–3 Lupeni
* ↑ Mureșul Deva was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of Liga I side Internațional Curtea de Argeș.
* 1 2 Fortuna 2–3 Jiul; Jiul 0–3 Fortuna
* ↑ Jiul Petroșani was excluded after round 21 and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.
* ↑ Drobeta-Turnu Severin withdrew during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.
* ↑ CFR Timișoara was excluded in the first part of the season and all its results were cancelled.

## Top Scorers
### Seria I
#### 23 goals

* Viorel Ferfelea (Sportul Studențesc)

#### 20 goals

* Costin Curelea (Sportul Studențesc)

#### 16 goals

* Vasile Olariu (Victoria Brănești)

#### 5 goals

* Marius Nae (Sportul Studențesc)

### Seria II
#### 15 goals

* Paul Batin (UTA Arad)

#### 13 goals

* Valentin Lemnaru (Universitatea Cluj)

#### 12 goals

* Victor Astafei (Arieșul Turda)
* Kallé Soné (Otopeni)
* Raymond Lukács (Bihor Oradea)
* Dan Roman (Târgu Mureș)
* Adrian Voiculeț (Argeș Pitești)

#### 7 goals

* Adrian Dulcea (Argeș Pitești)

#### 6 goals

* Iulian Tameș (Argeș Pitești)

#### 5 goals

* Robert Roszel (Baia Mare)