# 2015–16 Liga I

The 2015–16 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Orange for sponsorship reasons) was the 98th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began 10 July 2015 and ended on 29 May 2016, being the first to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.
FC Steaua București were the defending champions for a third consecutive time, but they did not retain the title. Astra Giurgiu became winners for the first time in their history.

## Teams

The last six teams from the 2014–15 season were relegated to their respective 2015–16 Liga II division. Gaz Metan Mediaș, Brașov, Universitatea Cluj, Rapid București, Oțelul Galați and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.
The first team from each of the two divisions of 2014–15 Liga II advanced to Liga I. Voluntari promoted as the winners of Seria I. It is their first season in Liga I. ACS Poli Timișoara promoted as the winners of Seria II. It is their second season in Liga I.

### Venues

| Steaua București | ACS Poli Timișoara | CFR Cluj | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
| Arena Națională | Dan Păltinișanu | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Municipal |
| Capacity: 55,634 | Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 23,500 | Capacity: 20,054 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Dinamo București |
| Ilie Oană | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Dinamo |
| Capacity: 15,073 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 15,032 |
| FC Voluntari | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | CSMS Iași |
| Dinamo | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Emil Alexandrescu |
| Capacity: 15,032 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 11,390 |
| Astra Giurgiu | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Târgu Mureș |
| Marin Anastasovici | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Trans-Sil |
| Capacity: 8,500 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCSMS IașiUniversitatea CraiovaPanduriiPetrolulPoli TimișoaraTârgu MureșViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo Steaua2015–16 Liga I (Romania) DinamoSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 8,200 |
| FC Botoșani | Universitatea Craiova | Concordia Chiajna | Viitorul Constanța |
| Municipal | Extensiv | Concordia | Viitorul |
| Capacity: 7,782 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 5,123 | Capacity: 4,554 |
* ↑ Since 29 November 2015 to 18 March 2016, Steaua was relocated to Nicolae Dobrin Stadium from Pitești, as a result of Arena Națională not having an ISU licence.
* ↑ Voluntari was relocated to Dinamo Stadium for this season, as a result of the renovations of the Anghel Iordănescu Stadium.
* ↑ Târgu Mureș on 22 November – 2 December 2015, ASA Târgu Mureș played two home matches at Cluj Arena from Cluj-Napoca, as a result of Trans-Sil Stadium not having an ISU licence.
* ↑ Universitatea Craiova was relocated to Extensiv Stadium for this season, as a result of the demolition of the old Ion Oblemenco Stadium, that is planned to be replaced by a modern arena, new Ion Oblemenco Stadium.
* ↑ Viitorul was relocated to Viitorul Stadium from Ovidiu, as a result of the opening of the stadium.

### 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 | Marius Șumudică | Valerică Găman | Puma | InterAgro |
| Botoșani | Leontin Grozavu | Michael Ngadeu | Nike | Elsaco |
| CFR Cluj | Toni Conceição | Mário Camora | Joma | EnergoBit |
| Concordia Chiajna | Adrian Falub | Christian Obodo | Lotto | — |
| CSMS Iași | Nicolò Napoli | Ionuț Voicu | Nike | Blue Air |
| Universitatea Craiova | Victor Naicu | Valentin Iliev | Joma | — |
| Dinamo București | Mircea Rednic | Paul Anton | Nike | Orange |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Eduard Iordănescu | Dan Nistor | Jako | Complexul Energetic Oltenia |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Ionel Gane | Alberto Cobrea | Nike | SuperBet |
| Poli Timișoara | Ionuț Popa | Cristian Scutaru | Joma | Casa Rusu |
| Steaua București | Laurențiu Reghecampf | Fernando Varela | Nike | City Insurance |
| Târgu Mureș | George Ciorceri | Gabriel Mureșan | Joma | energo+ |
| Viitorul Constanța | Gheorghe Hagi | Florin Cernat | Nike | Lotto Snacks |
| Voluntari | Dinu Todoran | Vasile Maftei | Puma | Primăria Orașului Voluntari |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Voluntari | Ilie Poenaru | No PRO licence | 31 May 2015 | Pre-season | Bogdan Vintilă | 21 June 2015 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Valentin Sinescu (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 2 June 2015 | Pre-season | Tibor Selymes | 3 June 2015 |
| Târgu Mureș | Liviu Ciobotariu | Mutual agreement | 4 June 2015 | Pre-season | Dan Petrescu | 11 June 2015 |
| Steaua București | Constantin Gâlcă | End of contract | 9 June 2015 | Pre-season | Massimo Pedrazzini | 9 June 2015 |
| Târgu Mureș | Dan Petrescu | Signed by Jiangsu Sainty | 10 July 2015 | Pre-season | Vasile Miriuță | 10 July 2015 |
| Voluntari | Bogdan Vintilă | Sacked | 14 August 2015 | 13 | Flavius Stoican | 15 August 2015 |
| Poli Timișoara | Dan Alexa | Resigned | 21 August 2015 | 12 | Florin Marin | 25 August 2015 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Tibor Selymes | Mutual agreement | 25 August 2015 | 14 | Eusebiu Tudor | 25 August 2015 |
| Concordia Chiajna | Marius Baciu | Mutual agreement | 1 September 2015 | 10 | Cornel Țălnar | 1 September 2015 |
| Steaua București | Massimo Pedrazzini | Mutual agreement | 11 September 2015 | 5 | Dumitru Dumitriu | 11 September 2015 |
| Botoșani | Leontin Grozavu | Sacked | 14 September 2015 | 12 | Mugur Cornățeanu (caretaker) | 14 September 2015 |
| Târgu Mureș | Vasile Miriuță | Mutual agreement | 20 September 2015 | 3 | Cristiano Bergodi | 22 September 2015 |
| Voluntari | Flavius Stoican | Mutual agreement | 24 September 2015 | 13 | Mircea Rădulescu | 24 September 2015 |
| Botoșani | Mugur Cornățeanu (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 1 October 2015 | 12 | Cristian Pustai | 1 October 2015 |
| Voluntari | Mircea Rădulescu | Mutual agreement | 6 October 2015 | 13 | Gheorghe Mulțescu | 6 October 2015 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Eusebiu Tudor | Mutual agreement | 29 October 2015 | 14 | Mihai Stoichiță | 29 October 2015 |
| Concordia Chiajna | Cornel Țălnar | Mutual agreement | 25 November 2015 | 12 | Adrian Falub | 25 November 2015 |
| Steaua București | Dumitru Dumitriu | Mutual agreement | 2 December 2015 | 5 | Laurențiu Reghecampf | 3 December 2015 |
| CFR Cluj | Francisc Dican | Mutual agreement | 5 December 2015 | 9 | Toni Conceição | 7 December 2015 |
| Târgu Mureș | Cristiano Bergodi | Resigned | 17 December 2015 | 6 | Petre Grigoraș | 29 December 2015 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Mihai Stoichiță | Mutual agreement | 5 January 2016 | 14 | Constantin Schumacher | 5 January 2016 |
| Universitatea Craiova | Emil Săndoi | Mutual agreement | 8 January 2016 | 8 | Victor Naicu | 8 January 2016 |
| Voluntari | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Resigned | 22 January 2016 | 13 | Ionel Ganea | 24 January 2016 |
| Târgu Mureș | Petre Grigoraș | Mutual agreement | 22 February 2016 | 7 | Carol Fekete (caretaker) | 22 February 2016 |
| Târgu Mureș | Carol Fekete (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 9 March 2016 | 6 | George Ciorceri | 9 March 2016 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Constantin Schumacher | Mutual agreement | 14 March 2016 | 8 Relegation round | Ionel Gane | 15 March 2016 |
| Poli Timișoara | Florin Marin | Mutual agreement | 23 March 2016 | 7 Relegation round | Petre Grigoraș | 28 March 2016 |
| Botoșani | Cristian Pustai | Mutual agreement | 1 April 2016 | 5 Relegation round | Leontin Grozavu | 5 April 2016 |
| Voluntari | Ionel Ganea | Sacked | 25 April 2016 | 6 Relegation round | Sorin Popescu | 27 April 2016 |
| Poli Timișoara | Petre Grigoraș | Sacked | 23 May 2016 | 7 Relegation round | Ionuț Popa | 23 May 2016 |
| Voluntari | Sorin Popescu | Mutual agreement | 24 May 2016 | 6 Relegation round | Dinu Todoran | 24 May 2016 |

## Regular season

In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Astra Giurgiu | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 51 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Viitorul Constanța | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 46 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Steaua București | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 44 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Târgu Mureș | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | CSMS Iași | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 37 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | CFR Cluj | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Botoșani | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | ACS Poli Timișoara | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Voluntari | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 13 | Concordia Chiajna | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 14 | Petrolul Ploiești | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 8 | Qualification for the relegation round |
* ↑ CFR Cluj were deducted ten points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.
* ↑ Petrolul Ploiești were deducted six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACS | AST | BOT | CFR | CON | IAȘ | CSU | DIN | PAN | PET | STE | TGM | VII | VOL |
| ACS Poli Timișoara | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Botoșani | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| CFR Cluj | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| CSMS Iași | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| CS U Craiova | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo București | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Steaua București | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Târgu Mureș | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 |
| Voluntari | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |

### 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 |
| ACS Poli Timișoara | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| FC Astra Giurgiu | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FC Botoșani | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| CFR Cluj | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| CS Concordia Chiajna | 2 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| CSMS Iași | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| CS U Craiova | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| FC Dinamo București | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| FC Petrolul Ploiești | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| FC Steaua București | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| ASA Târgu Mureș | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| FC Viitorul Constanța | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| FC Voluntari | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season met twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Astra Giurgiu (C) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 48 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Dinamo București | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 36 | |
| 5 | Viitorul Constanța | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Târgu Mureș | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 22 | |
* ↑ Dinamo București failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2014.
* ↑ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Târgu Mureș will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | DIN | PAN | STE | TGM | VII |
| Astra Giurgiu | | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo București | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Steaua București | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Târgu Mureș | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | | 1–1 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 6–1 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Astra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dinamo | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Pandurii | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Steaua | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Târgu Mureș | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Viitorul | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

## Relegation play-outs

The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation 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 finishes 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | CSMS Iași | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Universitatea Craiova | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Botoșani | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 38 | |
| 10 | CFR Cluj | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 36 | |
| 11 | Concordia Chiajna | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 35 | |
| 12 | Voluntari (O) | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 13 | ACS Poli Timișoara | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 36 | −22 | 20 | |
| 14 | Petrolul Ploiești (D, R) | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 18 | Not admitted to Liga II and revival in lower leagues |
* ↑ CFR Cluj would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Cupa României, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2015.
* ↑ ACS Poli Timișoara were not relegated because the winners of 2015–16 Liga II, Rapid București, were excluded from Liga I after the club went to dissolution.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACS | BOT | CFR | CON | IAȘ | CSU | PET | VOL |
| ACS Poli Timișoara | | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Botoșani | 6–1 | | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| CFR Cluj | 5–1 | 6–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| CSMS Iași | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| CS U Craiova | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Voluntari | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| ACS Poli | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Botoșani | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| CFR | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Concordia | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| CSMS Iași | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| CS U Craiova | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Petrolul | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Voluntari | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the winner of the match between second place from Liga II, Seria I and second place from Seria II.

### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dunărea Călărași | 4–5 | UTA Arad | 3–1 | 1–4 (a.e.t.) |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Voluntari | 3–1 | UTA Arad | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Notes:
* Voluntari qualified for 2016–17 Liga I and UTA Arad qualified for 2016–17 Liga II.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ioan Hora | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 19 |
| 2 | Denis Alibec | Astra Giurgiu | 16 |
| 3 | Florin Tănase | Viitorul Constanța | 15 |
| 4 | Nicolae Stanciu | Steaua București | 12 |
| 4 | Cristian López | CFR Cluj | 12 |
| 4 | Harlem Gnohéré | Dinamo București | 12 |
| 4 | Bojan Golubović | CSMS Iași | 12 |
| 8 | Adrian Bălan | Voluntari | 11 |
| 8 | Gonzalo Cabrera | Botoșani | 11 |
| 10 | Nuno Rocha | Universitatea Craiova | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Cristian López | CFR Cluj | FC Botoșani | 3–1 | 31 August 2015 |
| Denis Alibec | Astra Giurgiu | Dinamo București | 4–1 | 1 April 2016 |

### Clean sheets

    Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets$^*$ |
| 1 | Branko Grahovac | CSMS Iași | 14 |
| 1 | Alexandru Marc | CFR Cluj | 14 |
| 3 | Vytautas Černiauskas | Dinamo București | 13 |
| 4 | Cristian Bălgrădean | Universitatea Craiova / Concordia Chiajna | 12 |
| 5 | Eduard Stăncioiu | Târgu Mureș | 10 |
| 6 | Silviu Lung | Astra Giurgiu | 9 |
| 7 | Florin Niță | Steaua București | 8 |
| 8 | Pedro Mingote | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 7 |
| 9 | Victor Rîmniceanu | Viitorul Constanța | 6 |
| 9 | Răzvan Stanca | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 6 |
| 11 | Sascha Kirschstein | ACS Poli Timișoara | 5 |
| 12 | Valentin Cojocaru | Steaua București | 4 |
| 12 | Florin Matache | Concordia Chiajna | 4 |
| 12 | Alberto Cobrea | Petrolul Ploiești | 4 |
| 12 | Răzvan Pleșca | Botoșani | 4 |
$^*$ Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

### Discipline

    As of 29 May 2016

#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 13
** Adrian Ropotan (Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
** Gabriel Mureșan (Târgu Mureș)
* Most red cards: 3
** Steliano Filip (Dinamo București)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 119
** Petrolul Ploiești
* Most red cards: 14
** Târgu Mureș

## Champion squad

* Astra Giurgiu
* Goalkeepers: Ionuț Boșneag (1 / 0); George Gavrilaș (9 / 0); Silviu Lung Jr. (27 / 0).
* Defenders: Alexandru Dandea (19 / 2); Valerică Găman (28 / 6); Geraldo Alves (23 / 0); Júnior Morais (29 / 1); Cristian Oroș (19 / 1); Pedro Queirós (32 / 0); Ricardo Alves (4 / 0); Adrian Scarlatache (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Fernando Boldrin (32 / 5); Boubacar Mansaly (13 / 0); Damien Boudjemaa (11 / 1); Constantin Budescu (18 / 8); Gabriel Enache (22 / 1); Filipe Teixeira (26 / 4); Alexandru Ioniță (19 / 3); Florin Lovin (25 / 0); Romario Moise (1 / 0); Iulian Roșu (4 / 1); Takayuki Seto (15 / 0); Alexandru Stan (12 / 1); Fwayo Tembo (3 / 0); William De Amorim (30 / 5).
* Forwards: Denis Alibec (26 / 16); Daniel Florea (29 / 3); Ninos Gouriye (4 / 0); Daniel Niculae (19 / 2); Mădălin Răileanu (1 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Marius Șumudică.

## Monthly awards

| Month | DigiSport Player of the Month | DigiSport Player of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Player | Club | Reference |
| July | Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | |
| August | Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | |
| September | Harlem Gnohéré | Dinamo București | |
| October | Ioan Hora | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | |
| November | Nicolae Stanciu | Steaua București | |
| December | Denis Alibec | Astra Giurgiu | |
| February | Marcel Essombé | Dinamo București | |
| March | Nicolae Stanciu | Steaua București | |
| April | Denis Alibec | Astra Giurgiu | |
| May | Gonzalo Cabrera | FC Botoșani | |