# List of Romanian football champions

The Romanian football champions (Romanian: campionii României la fotbal) are the winners of Liga I, Romania's premier annual association football league competition. The title has been contested since 1909 in varying forms of competition. Steaua București has won a record 21 championship titles, thus making it the most prolific team in the Liga I. The second most successful team in the league is Dinamo București with 18 championship titles. The Steaua-Dinamo rivalry, also known as the Eternal Derby, is the biggest one in the Romanian football championship, and between the two teams, they have won the championship 44 times and finished as runners-up another 37 times during the 102 completed seasons.
The third most prolific is team is CFR Cluj with 8 championships won, followed by Venus București which won all of its titles during the early editions of the championship, winning 7 trophies before its dissolution in 1949. Since the first edition in 1909–10, the league has been won by 23 teams representing 12 cities, with nearly two-thirds of all editions (59 titles) being won by teams from the capital, Bucharest. The 2007–08 champions CFR Cluj were the first team outside Bucharest to win the championship in 16 years.
The first Romanian Football Championship was held between December 1909 and January 1910 and included three teams, two from Bucharest and one from Ploiești. The title was decided using a knock-out format, with Olympia București being the inaugural winners. The knock-out format was used until the 1921–22 season, when a league consisting of seven teams was formed. The regular regional leagues season was followed by a final tournament featuring the first placed teams of each region. The championship was suspended due to the World Wars from 1916 to 1919 and 1941 to 1946. The competition kept the name Divizia A from 1921 until 2006 when it was changed to Liga I following a trademark dispute. Between 1955 and 1992, the winner of the championship qualified into the European Champion Clubs' Cup, which was the predecessor of the current UEFA Champions League. The most successful Romanian team to enter this competition is Steaua București, who won the trophy in the 1985–86 season and played the final in the 1988–89 season. For the first time in history, the crowned champion from the 2007–08 season of Liga I qualified directly into the UEFA Champions League group stage, which continued until the UEFA Champions League 2011–12 season.
The 2015–16 season of the Liga I was the first season to take place since the new playoff/playout system was introduced. Thus in the regular season the 16 teams met twice, a total of 30 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 10 qualifying for the Relegation round. This season was marked by another milestone, the Giurgiu-based team FC Astra was crowned champions for the first time whilst ending FCSB three-year domination.

## List
### Romanian Football Championship (1909–1921)

| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
| 1909–10 | Olympia București (1) | Colentina București | United Ploiești |
| 1910–11 | Olympia București (2) | United Ploiești | Colentina București |
| 1911–12 | United Ploiești (1) | Olympia București | Colentina București |
| 1912–13 | Colentina București (1) | Cercul Atletic București | Bukarester FC |
| 1913–14 | Colentina București (2) | Bukarester FC | Cercul Atletic București |
| 1914–15 | Româno-Americană București (1) | Colentina București | Bukarester FC |
| 1915–16 | Prahova Ploiești (2) | Bukarester FC | Colțea București |
| 1916–19 | Cancelled due to World War I. | Cancelled due to World War I. | Cancelled due to World War I. |
| 1919–20 | Venus București (1) | Tricolor București | Colțea București |
| 1920–21 | Tricolor București (1) | Venus București | Prahova Ploiești |

### Divizia A (1921–2006)

| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Top scorer (Club – Goals) |
| 1921–22 | Chinezul Timișoara (1) | Victoria Cluj | AMEF Arad | not available |
| 1922–23 | Chinezul Timișoara (2) | Victoria Cluj | Venus București | |
| 1923–24 | Chinezul Timișoara (3) | CA Oradea | Mureșul Târgu Mureș | |
| 1924–25 | Chinezul Timișoara (4) | UCAS Petroșani | Jahn Cernăuți | |
| 1925–26 | Chinezul Timișoara (5) | Juventus București | Vagonul Arad | |
| 1926–27 | Chinezul Timișoara (6) | Colțea Brașov | Unirea Tricolor București | |
| 1927–28 | Colțea Brașov (1) | Jiul Lupeni | Mihai Viteazul Chișinău | |
| 1928–29 | Venus București (2) | România Cluj | Banatul Timișoara | |
| 1929–30 | Juventus București (1) | Gloria CFR Arad | Universitatea Cluj | |
| 1930–31 | UD Reșița (1) | Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu | Prahova Ploiești | |
| 1931–32 | Venus București (3) | UD Reșița | Mureșul Târgu Mureș | |
| 1932–33 | Ripensia Timișoara (1) | Universitatea Cluj | CFR București | Ştefan Dobay (Ripensia Timișoara – 16) |
| 1933–34 | Venus București (4) | Ripensia Timișoara | Unirea Tricolor București | Ştefan Dobay (Ripensia Timișoara – 25) |
| 1934–35 | Ripensia Timișoara (2) | CA Oradea | Venus București | Ştefan Dobay (Ripensia Timișoara – 24) |
| 1935–36 | Ripensia Timișoara (3) | AMEF Arad | Juventus București | Ştefan Barbu (CFR București – 23) |
| 1936–37 | Venus București (5) | Rapid București | Ripensia Timișoara | Ştefan Dobay (Ripensia – 21) Traian Iordache (Unirea Tricolor București – 21) |
| 1937–38 | Ripensia Timișoara (4) | Rapid București | Venus București | Árpád Thierjung (Chinezul Timișoara – 22) |
| 1938–39 | Venus București (6) | Ripensia Timișoara | AMEF Arad | Adalbert Marksteiner (Ripensia Timișoara – 21) |
| 1939–40 | Venus București (7) | Rapid București | Sportul Studențesc București | István Avar (Rapid București – 21) |
| 1940–41 | Unirea Tricolor București (2) | Rapid București | Ripensia Timișoara | Ion Bogdan (Rapid București – 21) Valeriu Niculescu (Unirea Tricolor București – 21) |
| 1941–46 | 1942 Heroes Cup and Two unofficial editions were played due to World War II. | 1942 Heroes Cup and Two unofficial editions were played due to World War II. | 1942 Heroes Cup and Two unofficial editions were played due to World War II. | 1942 Heroes Cup and Two unofficial editions were played due to World War II. |
| 1946–47 | ITA Arad (1) | Carmen București | CFR Timișoara | Ladislau Bonyhádi (ITA Arad – 26) |
| 1947–48 | ITA Arad (2) | CFR Timișoara | CFR București | Ladislau Bonyhádi (ITA Arad – 49) |
| 1948–49 | IC Oradea (1) | CFR București | Jiul Petroșani | Gheorghe Váczi (IC Oradea – 24) |
| 1950 | Flamura Roşie Arad (3) | Locomotiva București | Știința Timișoara | Andrei Rădulescu (Locomotiva București – 18) |
| 1951 | CCA București (1) | Dinamo București | Progresul Oradea | Gheorghe Váczi (Progresul Oradea – 23) |
| 1952 | CCA București (2) | Dinamo București | CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc | Titus Ozon (Dinamo București – 17) |
| 1953 | CCA București (3) | Dinamo București | Flamura Roșie Arad | Titus Ozon (Dinamo București – 12) |
| 1954 | Flamura Roşie Arad (4) | CCA București | Dinamo București | Alexandru Ene (Dinamo București – 20) |
| 1955 | Dinamo București (1) | Flacăra Ploiești | Progresul București | Ion Ciosescu (Ştiinţa Timișoara – 18) |
| 1956 | CCA București (4) | Dinamo București | Știința Timișoara | Ion Alecsandrescu (CCA București – 18) |
| 1957–58 | Petrolul Ploiești (1) | CCA București | Știința Timișoara | Ion Ciosescu (Ştiinţa Timișoara – 21) |
| 1958–59 | Petrolul Ploiești (2) | Dinamo București | CCA București | Gheorghe Ene (Rapid București – 17) |
| 1959–60 | CCA București (5) | Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin | Petrolul Ploiești | Gheorghe Constantin (CCA București – 20) |
| 1960–61 | CCA București (6) | Dinamo București | Rapid București | Gheorghe Constantin (CCA București – 22) |
| 1961–62 | Dinamo București (2) | Petrolul Ploiești | Progresul București | Gheorghe Constantin (Steaua București – 24) |
| 1962–63 | Dinamo București (3) | Steaua București | Știința Timișoara | Ion Ionescu (Rapid București – 20) |
| 1963–64 | Dinamo București (4) | Rapid București | Steaua București | Constantin Frăţilă (Dinamo București – 19) Cornel Pavlovici (Steaua București – 19) |
| 1964–65 | Dinamo București (5) | Rapid București | Steaua București | Mihai Adam (Ştiinţa Cluj – 18) |
| 1965–66 | Petrolul Ploiești (3) | Rapid București | Dinamo București | Ion Ionescu (Rapid București – 24) |
| 1966–67 | Rapid București (1) | Dinamo București | Universitatea Craiova | Ion Oblemenco (Universitatea Craiova – 17) |
| 1967–68 | Steaua București (7) | FC Argeș Pitești | Dinamo București | Mihai Adam (Universitatea Cluj – 15) |
| 1968–69 | UTA Arad (5) | Dinamo București | Rapid București | Florea Dumitrache (Dinamo București – 22) |
| 1969–70 | UTA Arad (6) | Rapid București | Steaua București | Ion Oblemenco (Universitatea Craiova – 19) |
| 1970–71 | Dinamo București (6) | Rapid București | Steaua București | Constantin Moldoveanu (Poli Iaşi – 15) Florea Dumitrache (Dinamo București – 15) Gheorghe Tătaru (Steaua București – 15) |
| 1971–72 | FC Argeș Pitești (1) | UTA Arad | Universitatea Cluj | Ion Oblemenco (Universitatea Craiova – 20) |
| 1972–73 | Dinamo București (7) | Universitatea Craiova | FC Argeș Pitești | Ion Oblemenco (Universitatea Craiova – 21) |
| 1973–74 | Universitatea Craiova (1) | Dinamo București | Steagul Roșu Brașov | Mihai Adam (CFR Cluj – 23) |
| 1974–75 | Dinamo București (8) | ASA Târgu Mureş | Universitatea Craiova | Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo București – 33) |
| 1975–76 | Steaua București (8) | Dinamo București | ASA Târgu Mureş | Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo București – 31) |
| 1976–77 | Dinamo București (9) | Steaua București | Universitatea Craiova | Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo București – 47) |
| 1977–78 | Steaua București (9) | FC Argeș Pitești | Politehnica Timișoara | Dudu Georgescu (Dinamo București – 24) |
| 1978–79 | FC Argeș Pitești (2) | Dinamo București | Steaua București | Marin Radu (FC Argeş – 22) |
| 1979–80 | Universitatea Craiova (2) | Steaua București | FC Argeș Pitești | Septimiu Câmpeanu (Universitatea Cluj – 24) |
| 1980–81 | Universitatea Craiova (3) | Dinamo București | FC Argeș Pitești | Marin Radu (FC Argeş – 28) |
| 1981–82 | Dinamo București (10) | Universitatea Craiova | Corvinul Hunedoara | Anghel Iordănescu (Steaua București – 20) |
| 1982–83 | Dinamo București (11) | Universitatea Craiova | Sportul Studențesc București | Petre Grosu (FC Bihor Oradea – 20) |
| 1983–84 | Dinamo București (12) | Steaua București | Universitatea Craiova | Marcel Coraş (Sportul Studenţesc București – 20) |
| 1984–85 | Steaua București (10) | Dinamo București | Sportul Studențesc București | Gheorghe Hagi (Sportul Studenţesc București – 20) |
| 1985–86 | Steaua București (11) | Sportul Studențesc București | Universitatea Craiova | Gheorghe Hagi (Sportul Studenţesc București – 31) |
| 1986–87 | Steaua București (12) | Dinamo București | Victoria București | Rodion Cămătaru (Dinamo București – 44) |
| 1987–88 | Steaua București (13) | Dinamo București | Victoria București | Victor Piţurcă (Steaua București – 34) |
| 1988–89 | Steaua București (14) | Dinamo București | Victoria București | Dorin Mateuţ (Dinamo București – 43) |
| 1989–90 | Dinamo București (13) | Steaua București | Universitatea Craiova | Gavril Balint ( Steaua București – 19) |
| 1990–91 | FC U Craiova (1) | Steaua București | Dinamo București | Ovidiu Cornel Hanganu (Corvinul Hunedoara – 24) |
| 1991–92 | Dinamo București (14) | Steaua București | Electroputere Craiova | Gábor Gerstenmájer (Dinamo București – 21) |
| 1992–93 | Steaua București (15) | Dinamo București | Universitatea Craiova | Ilie Dumitrescu (Steaua București – 24) |
| 1993–94 | Steaua București (16) | Universitatea Craiova | Dinamo București | Gheorghe Craioveanu (Universitatea Craiova – 21) |
| 1994–95 | Steaua București (17) | Universitatea Craiova | Dinamo București | Gheorghe Craioveanu (Universitatea Craiova – 27) |
| 1995–96 | Steaua București (18) | Naţional București | Rapid București | Ion Vlădoiu (Steaua București – 25) |
| 1996–97 | Steaua București (19) | Naţional București | Dinamo București | Sabin Ilie (Steaua București – 31) |
| 1997–98 | Steaua București (20) | Rapid București | FC Argeș Pitești | Constantin Barbu (FC Arges – 22) Vasile Oană (Gloria Bistrita – 22) |
| 1998–99 | Rapid București (2) | Dinamo București | AFC Steaua | Ionel Ganea (Gloria Bistrita – 28) |
| 1999–00 | Dinamo București (15) | Rapid București | AFC Steaua | Marian Savu (FC Naţional București – 20) |
| 2000–01 | AFC Steaua (21) | Dinamo București | FC Brașov | Marius Niculae (Dinamo București – 20) |
| 2001–02 | Dinamo București (16) | Naţional București | Rapid București | Cătălin Cursaru (FCM Bacău – 17) |
| 2002–03 | Rapid București (3) | AFC Steaua | Gloria Bistrița | Claudiu Răducanu (AFC Steaua – 21) |
| 2003–04 | Dinamo București (17) | FCSB | Rapid București | Ionel Dănciulescu (Dinamo București – 21) |
| 2004–05 | FCSB (22) | Dinamo București | Rapid București | Gheorghe Bucur (Sportul Studenţesc București – 21) Claudiu Niculescu (Dinamo București – 21) |
| 2005–06 | FCSB (23) | Rapid București | Dinamo București | Ionuţ Mazilu (Sportul Studenţesc București – 22) |

### Liga I (2006–present)

| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Top scorer (Club – Goals) |
| 2006–07 | Dinamo București (18) | FCSB | CFR Cluj | Claudiu Niculescu (Dinamo București – 18) |
| 2007–08 | CFR Cluj (1) | FCSB | Rapid București | Ionel Dănciulescu (Dinamo București – 21) |
| 2008–09 | Unirea Urziceni (1) | FC Timișoara | Dinamo București | Gheorghe Bucur (FC Timișoara – 17) Florin Costea (FC U Craiova – 17) |
| 2009–10 | CFR Cluj (2) | Unirea Urziceni | FC Vaslui | Andrei Cristea (Dinamo București – 16) |
| 2010–11 | Oțelul Galați (1) | FC Timișoara | FC Vaslui | Ianis Zicu (FC Timișoara – 18) |
| 2011–12 | CFR Cluj (3) | FC Vaslui | FCSB | Wesley (FC Vaslui – 27) |
| 2012–13 | FCSB (24) | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Petrolul Ploiești | Raul Rusescu (FCSB – 21) |
| 2013–14 | FCSB (25) | Astra Giurgiu | Petrolul Ploiești | Liviu Antal (FC Vaslui – 14) |
| 2014–15 | FCSB (26) | ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș | CFR Cluj | Grégory Tadé (CFR Cluj – 18) |
| 2015–16 | Astra Giurgiu (1) | FCSB | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Ioan Hora (Pandurii Târgu Jiu – 19) |
| 2016–17 | Viitorul Constanța (1) | FCSB | Dinamo București | Azdren Llullaku (Gaz Metan Mediaș – 16) |
| 2017–18 | CFR Cluj (4) | FCSB | Universitatea Craiova | George Țucudean (Viitorul Constanța, CFR Cluj – 15) Harlem Gnohéré (FCSB – 15) |
| 2018–19 | CFR Cluj (5) | FCSB | Viitorul Constanța | George Țucudean (CFR Cluj – 18) |
| 2019–20 | CFR Cluj (6) | Universitatea Craiova | Astra Giurgiu | Gabriel Iancu (Viitorul Constanța – 18) |
| 2020–21 | CFR Cluj (7) | FCSB | Universitatea Craiova | Florin Tănase (FCSB – 24) |
| 2021–22 | CFR Cluj (8) | FCSB | Universitatea Craiova | Florin Tănase (FCSB – 20) |
| 2022–23 | Farul Constanța (1) | FCSB | CFR Cluj | Marko Dugandžić (Rapid București – 22) |
| 2023–24 | FCSB (27) | CFR Cluj | Universitatea Craiova | Florinel Coman (FCSB – 18) Philip Otele (CFR - 18) |

## Total titles won

Bold indicates clubs currently playing in 2023–24 Liga I. Teams in italics no longer exist. Teams in neither bold or italics are existing past winners of the championship that relegated to Romania's lower leagues.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
| FCSB | 27 | 19 | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2023–24 |
| Dinamo București | 18 | 20 | 1955, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07 |
| CFR Cluj | 8 | 1 | 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 |
| Venus București | 7 | 1 | 1919–20, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40 |
| UTA Arad | 6 | 1 | 1946–47, 1947–48, 1950, 1954, 1968–69, 1969–70 |
| Chinezul Timișoara | 6 | 0 | 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 4 | 3 | 1929–30, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1965–66 |
| Ripensia Timișoara | 4 | 2 | 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38 |
| Rapid București | 3 | 14 | 1966–67, 1998–99, 2002–03 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 5 | 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81 |
| Colentina București | 2 | 2 | 1912–13, 1913–14 |
| Argeș Pitești | 2 | 2 | 1971–72, 1978–79 |
| Prahova Ploiești | 2 | 1 | 1911–12, 1915–16 |
| Olympia București | 2 | 1 | 1909–10, 1910–11 |
| Unirea Tricolor București | 2 | 1 | 1920–21, 1940–41 |
| Club Atletic Oradea | 1 | 2 | 1948–49 |
| FC U Craiova | 1 | 2 | 1990–91 |
| Colțea Brașov | 1 | 1 | 1927–28 |
| CSM Reșița | 1 | 1 | 1930–31 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 1 | 1 | 2008–09 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 1 | 1 | 2015–16 |
| Româno-Americană București | 1 | 0 | 1914–15 |
| Oțelul Galați | 1 | 0 | 2010–11 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 1 | 0 | 2016–17 |
| Farul Constanța | 1 | 0 | 2022–23 |
| Progresul București | 0 | 3 | – |
| Victoria Cluj | 0 | 3 | – |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 0 | 2 | – |
| Bukarester | 0 | 2 | – |
| Vagonul Arad | 0 | 1 | – |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 0 | 1 | – |
| Universitatea Cluj | 0 | 1 | – |
| Vaslui | 0 | 1 | – |
| SR Brașov | 0 | 1 | – |
| CFR Timișoara | 0 | 1 | – |
| Jiul Petroșani | 0 | 1 | – |
| Cercul Atletic București | 0 | 1 | – |
| ASA Târgu Mureș (1962) | 0 | 1 | – |
| ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș | 0 | 1 | – |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 0 | 1 | – |
| Carmen București | 0 | 1 | – |
| Societatea Gimnastică Sibiu | 0 | 1 | – |
| Gloria Arad | 0 | 1 | – |
| Minerul Lupeni | 0 | 1 | – |

### By city

The following table lists the Romanian champions by cities.
* Bucharest — 61 63.44 (58.7%)
* Timișoara — 10 10.4 (9.62%)
* Cluj-Napoca — 8 8.32 (7.69%)
* Ploiești — 6 6.24 (5.77%)
* Arad — 6 6.24 (5.77%)
* Craiova — 4 4.16 (3.85%)
* Pitești — 2 2.08 (1.92%)
* Others — 7 7.28 (6.73%)
| City | Titles | Winning clubs |
| Bucharest | 61 | Steaua București (27), Dinamo (18), Venus (7), Rapid (3), Colentina (2), Olympia (2), Unirea Tricolor (2), Româno-Americana (1) |
| Timișoara | 10 | Chinezul (6), Ripensia (4) |
| Cluj-Napoca | 8 | CFR (8) |
| Ploiești | 6 | Petrolul (4), Prahova United (2) |
| Arad | 6 | UTA (6) |
| Craiova | 4 | Universitatea (3), FC U Craiova (1) |
| Constanța | 2 | Viitorul (1), Farul (1) |
| Pitești | 2 | Argeș (2) |
| Oradea | 1 | Club Atletic (1) |
| Brașov | 1 | Colțea (1) |
| Reșița | 1 | CSM (1) |
| Urziceni | 1 | Unirea (1) |
| Galați | 1 | Oțelul (1) |
| Giurgiu | 1 | Astra (1) |