# 2018–19 Liga I

The 2018–19 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 101st season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 20 July 2018 and ended on 2 June 2019, being the fourth to take place since the play-off/play-out rule has been introduced.
Dunărea Călărași and Hermannstadt joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 Liga II. CFR Cluj managed to defend the title for the first time in their history, while FCSB became the first team in the country to finish as runners-up for four consecutive seasons.

## Teams

The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2017–18 Liga I and two new teams from the 2017–18 Liga II.
Teams promoted to the Liga I
The first club to be promoted was Dunărea Călărași, following their 3–1 win against Ripensia Timișoara on 5 May 2018. Dunărea will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.
The second club to be promoted was Hermannstadt, following their 1–1 draw against Chindia Târgoviște on 13 May 2018. Hermannstadt will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history, but the city of Sibiu, which had many different teams over time, returned in the Liga I after six years of absence, where was last time represented by Voința Sibiu.
Teams relegated to the Liga II
The first club to be relegated was Juventus București, which were relegated on 22 May 2018 following a 1–3 defeat against Concordia Chiajna, ending their 1-year stay in the top flight.
The second club to be relegated was Poli Timișoara, which were relegated on 2 June 2018 following their 1–0 win against Concordia Chiajna, ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.

### 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 |
| Politehnica Iași | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Dunărea Călărași |
| Emil Alexandrescu | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Ion Comșa |
| Capacity: 11,390 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 10,400 |
| Astra Giurgiu | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Gaz Metan Mediaș |
| Marin Anastasovici | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Gaz Metan |
| Capacity: 8,500 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 7,814 |
| FC Botoșani | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Sepsi OSK |
| Municipal | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Municipal |
| Capacity: 7,782 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaDunăreaGaz MetanHermannstadtPoli IașiSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB2018–19 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 5,200 |
| Concordia Chiajna | Hermannstadt | Voluntari | Viitorul Constanța |
| Concordia | Municipal | Anghel Iordănescu | Viitorul |
| Capacity: 5,123 | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 4,600 | Capacity: 4,554 |
* ↑ Hermannstadt was relocated to Trans-Sil Stadium in Târgu Mureș between round 1 and round 24 and to Nicolae Dobrin Stadium in Pitești between round 24 and round 8 of the play-out, because Municipal Stadium in Sibiu was 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 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Costel Enache | Filip Mrzljak | Joma | — |
| Botoșani | Liviu Ciobotariu | Andrei Burcă | Erreà | Casa Pariurilor |
| CFR Cluj | Dan Petrescu | Mário Camora | Joma | NTT Data |
| Concordia Chiajna | Adrian Falub | Marian Cristescu | Lotto | — |
| Dinamo București | Mircea Rednic | Dan Nistor | Macron | Orange |
| Dunărea Călărași | Dan Alexa | Alin Dobrosavlevici | Acerbis | Fortuna |
| FCSB | Mihai Teja | Mihai Pintilii | Nike | City Insurance |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | Edward Iordănescu | Marius Constantin | Joma | Romgaz |
| Hermannstadt | Vasile Miriuță | Răzvan Dâlbea | Andu | Primăria Sibiu |
| Politehnica Iași | Flavius Stoican | Cosmin Frăsinescu | Joma | Superbet |
| Sepsi OSK | Marin Barbu | Attila Hadnagy | Adidas | Diószegi, Gyermelyi |
| Universitatea Craiova | Corneliu Papură | Nicușor Bancu | Joma | Betano.com |
| Viitorul Constanța | Gheorghe Hagi | Ianis Hagi | Nike | — |
| Voluntari | Cristiano Bergodi | Cosmin Vâtcă | Macron | Winner |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Astra | Gheorghe Mulțescu | End of contract | 31 May 2018 | Pre-season | Marius Măldărășanu | 10 June 2018 |
| CFR Cluj | Dan Petrescu | Signed by Guizhou Hengfeng | 4 June 2018 | Pre-season | Edward Iordănescu | 13 June 2018 |
| Voluntari | Adrian Mutu | Sacked | 14 June 2018 | Pre-season | Daniel Oprița | 21 June 2018 |
| Gaz Metan | Cristian Pustai | End of contract | 30 June 2018 | Pre-season | Mihai Teja | 1 July 2018 |
| CFR Cluj | Edward Iordănescu | Mutual agreement | 26 July 2018 | 8 | Toni Conceição | 26 July 2018 |
| Voluntari | Daniel Oprița | Resigned | 21 August 2018 | 14 | Dinu Todoran | 25 August 2018 |
| Astra | Marius Măldărășanu | Sacked | 2 September 2018 | 4 | Gheorghe Mulțescu | 2 September 2018 |
| Concordia | Ionuț Badea | Mutual agreement | 15 September 2018 | 13 | Dorinel Munteanu | 17 September 2018 |
| Dinamo | Florin Bratu | Mutual agreement | 22 September 2018 | 10 | Claudiu Niculescu | 24 September 2018 |
| Hermannstadt | Alexandru Pelici | Mutual agreement | 9 October 2018 | 13 | Vasile Miriuță | 9 October 2018 |
| Dinamo | Claudiu Niculescu | Mutual agreement | 13 October 2018 | 12 | Mircea Rednic | 13 October 2018 |
| Voluntari | Dinu Todoran | Mutual agreement | 7 November 2018 | 14 | Cristiano Bergodi | 8 November 2018 |
| Astra | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Sacked | 10 November 2018 | 6 | Costel Enache | 17 November 2018 |
| Botoșani | Costel Enache | Mutual agreement | 16 November 2018 | 12 | Liviu Ciobotariu | 16 November 2018 |
| FCSB | Nicolae Dică | Mutual agreement | 23 December 2018 | 2 | Mihai Teja | 27 December 2018 |
| Gaz Metan | Mihai Teja | Signed by FCSB | 27 December 2018 | 8 | Edward Iordănescu | 7 January 2019 |
| Concordia | Dorinel Munteanu | Sacked | 7 January 2019 | 13 | Adrian Falub | 8 January 2019 |
| CFR Cluj | Toni Conceição | Mutual agreement | 19 February 2019 | 1 | Alin Minteuan (caretaker) | 19 February 2019 |
| CFR Cluj | Alin Minteuan (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 22 March 2019 | 1 | Dan Petrescu | 22 March 2019 |
| Universitatea | Devis Mangia | Mutual agreement | 15 April 2019 | 3 | Corneliu Papură | 22 March 2019 |
| Sepsi | Eugen Neagoe | Mutual agreement | 2 May 2019 | 6 | Marin Barbu (caretaker) | 3 May 2019 |

## 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 | CFR Cluj | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 54 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | FCSB | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Astra Giurgiu | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Viitorul Constanța | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Sepsi OSK | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Botoșani | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Politehnica Iași | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Dinamo București | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Hermannstadt | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 32 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Dunărea Călărași | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Voluntari | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BOT | CFR | CON | DIN | DUN | FCS | GAZ | HER | IAS | SPS | UCV | VII | VOL |
| Astra Giurgiu | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Botoșani | 1–1 | | 1–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| CFR Cluj | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–6 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Dinamo București | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dunărea Călărași | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| FCSB | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Hermannstadt | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Politehnica Iași | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Sepsi OSK | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| Voluntari | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | |

### 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 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Botoșani | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| CFR Cluj | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Dunărea Călărași | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| FCSB | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Hermannstadt | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Politehnica Iași | 8 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Sepsi OSK | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Univ. Craiova | 8 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 12 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Voluntari | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |

## Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2019–20 UEFA Champions League and 2019–20 UEFA Europa 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.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 50 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Viitorul Constanța | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 39 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 36 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Astra Giurgiu | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 27 | |
| 6 | Sepsi OSK | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 20 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | CFR | FCS | SPS | UCV | VII |
| Astra Giurgiu | | 1–5 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| CFR Cluj | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| FCSB | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Sepsi OSK | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FCSB | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sepsi OSK | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

## Relegation play-outs

The bottom eight teams from regular season met twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams started 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 finished 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 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 48 | |
| 8 | Botoșani | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 44 | |
| 9 | Dinamo București | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 43 | |
| 10 | Politehnica Iași | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 31 | |
| 11 | Voluntari | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 31 | |
| 12 | Hermannstadt (O) | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Dunărea Călărași (R) | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 25 | Relegation to Liga II |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna (R) | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 19 | Relegation to Liga II |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOT | CON | DIN | DUN | GAZ | HER | IAS | VOL |
| Botoșani | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 2–2 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Dinamo București | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Dunărea Călărași | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Hermannstadt | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Politehnica Iași | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| Voluntari | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Botoșani | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Dinamo București | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Dunărea Călărași | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Hermannstadt | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Politehnica Iași | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Voluntari | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hermannstadt | 2–1 | Universitatea Cluj | 2–0 | 0–1 |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    Updated to matches played on 2 June 2019.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | George Țucudean | CFR Cluj | 18 |
| 2 | Harlem Gnohéré | FCSB | 15 |
| 3 | Mattia Montini | Dinamo București | 13 |
| 3 | Elvir Koljić | Universitatea Craiova | 13 |
| 3 | Alexandru Mitriță$^1$ | Universitatea Craiova | 13 |
| 6 | Florinel Coman | FCSB | 11 |
| 6 | Ibrahima Tandia | Sepsi OSK | 11 |
| 8 | Florin Tănase | FCSB | 10 |
| 8 | Mario Rondón | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 10 |
| 8 | Ianis Hagi | Viitorul Constanța | 10 |
| 8 | Alexandru Tudorie | Voluntari | 10 |
| 12 | Mihai Roman II | Botoșani | 9 |
| 12 | Dennis Man | FCSB | 9 |
$^1$ Alexandru Mitriță was transferred to New York City during the winter transfer window.

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Nicușor Bancu | Universitatea Craiova | Voluntari | 5–1 | 27 August 2018 |
| George Țucudean | CFR Cluj | Voluntari | 5–0 | 30 November 2018 |
| Mattia Montini | Dinamo București | Universitatea Craiova | 3–0 | 15 December 2018 |
| Mario Rondón | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Hermannstadt | 4–1 | 3 May 2019 |

### Clean sheets

    Updated to matches played on 2 June 2019.
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Giedrius Arlauskis | CFR Cluj | 18 |
| 2 | Mirko Pigliacelli | Universitatea Craiova | 16 |
| 3 | Răzvan Pleșca | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 13 |
| 4 | Cristian Bălgrădean | FCSB | 12 |
| 5 | Cătălin Straton | Dunărea Călărași | 11 |
| 6 | Cătălin Căbuz | Hermannstadt | 10 |
| 7 | Roland Niczuly | Sepsi OSK | 9 |
| 8 | Eduard Pap | Botoșani | 8 |
| 8 | Martin Fraisl | Botoșani | 8 |
| 8 | Parfait Mandanda | Dinamo Bucuresti | 8 |
| 11 | Valentin Cojocaru | Viitorul Constanța | 7 |
| 12 | Denis Rusu | Politehnica Iași | 6 |
| 12 | Cosmin Vâtcă | Voluntari | 6 |

### Discipline

    Updated 2 June 2019

#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 15
** Alexandru Răuță (Voluntari)
* Most red cards: 3
** Emmanuel Culio (CFR Cluj)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 130
** Concordia Chiajna
* Most red cards: 8
** Astra Giurgiu
** FCSB
** Gaz Metan Mediaș

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova | 267,100 | 30,000 | 3,500 | 14,839 | +26.8%$^†$ |
| 2 | FCSB | 125,855 | 27,835 | 700 | 6,992 | −29.5%$^3$ |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 90,912 | 14,000 | 1,000 | 5,051 | −19.5%$^†$ |
| 4 | Dunărea Călărași | 60,570 | 8,000 | 1,000 | 3,029 | +97.5%$^1$ |
| 5 | Sepsi OSK | 52,500 | 3,500 | 2,000 | 2,917 | +4.7%$^†$ |
| 6 | Viitorul Constanța | 51,000 | 4,500 | 1,000 | 2,833 | +12.6%$^†$ |
| 7 | Dinamo București | 53,039 | 21,763 | 150 | 2,652 | −7.7%$^†$ |
| 8 | Botoșani | 48,500 | 5,000 | 300 | 2,425 | −19.4%$^†$ |
| 9 | Politehnica Iași | 47,600 | 6,800 | 200 | 2,380 | −37.8%$^†$ |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 40,700 | 6,500 | 400 | 2,035 | +53.4%$^†$ |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 27,070 | 5,000 | 50 | 1,354 | −65.2%$^{1,2}$ |
| 12 | Voluntari | 24,827 | 3,766 | 50 | 1,241 | −5.4%$^†$ |
| 13 | Astra Giurgiu | 21,650 | 3,500 | 200 | 1,203 | −33.4%$^†$ |
| 14 | Concordia Chiajna | 12,400 | 3,000 | 50 | 620 | −41.1%$^†$ |
| | League total | 923,732 | 30,000 | 50 | 3,447 | −2.8%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 2 June 2019 Source: League matches: Liga I 2018/2019 Notes: 1: Played last season in Liga II. 2: Hermannstadt played 16 matches out of their stadium which was under renovation. 3: FCSB played 5 matches out of their stadium.

## Champion squad

* CFR Cluj
* Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (31 / 0); Jesús Fernández (3 / 0); Cosmin Vâtcă (2 / 0).
* Defenders: Kévin Boli (10 / 0); Mário Camora (32 / 1); Ádám Lang (18 / 0); Cristian Manea (34 / 1); Andrei Mureșan (22 / 2); Paulo Vinícius (31 / 2); Andrei Peteleu (8 / 0); Andrei Radu (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Mihai Bordeianu (26 / 1); Valentin Costache (18 / 1); Emmanuel Culio (25 / 5); Ciprian Deac (26 / 4); Damjan Đoković (33 / 4); Ovidiu Hoban (12 / 1); Alexandru Ioniță (23 / 2); Cătălin Itu (1 / 0); Sebastian Mailat (10 / 0); Mate Maleš (8 / 0); Thierry Moutinho (16 / 1); Adrian Păun (27 / 3); Claudiu Petrila (5 / 0).
* Forwards: Júlio Baptista (2 / 0); Cristian Bud (4 / 0); Giuseppe De Luca (3 / 0); Billel Omrani (32 / 6); Robert Tambe (6 / 0); George Țucudean (27 / 8); Urko Vera (2 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Edward Iordănescu / Toni Conceição / Alin Minteuan / Dan Petrescu.

## Awards
### Liga I Team of the Regular Season

| Player | Team | Position |
| Mirko Pigliacelli | Universitatea Craiova | Goalkeeper |
| Romario Benzar | FCSB | Defender |
| Paulo Vinícius | CFR Cluj | Defender |
| Mike Cestor | Astra Giurgiu | Defender |
| Camora | CFR Cluj | Defender |
| Ibrahima Tandia | Sepsi OSK | Midfielder |
| Alexandru Cicâldău | Universitatea Craiova | Midfielder |
| Florin Tănase | FCSB | Midfielder |
| Ianis Hagi | Viitorul | Forward |
| George Țucudean | CFR Cluj | Forward |
| Alexandru Mitriță | Universitatea Craiova | Forward |

### Liga I Team of the Championship play-offs

| Player | Team | Position |
| Giedrius Arlauskis | CFR Cluj | Goalkeeper |
| Romario Benzar | FCSB | Defender |
| Paulo Vinícius | CFR Cluj | Defender |
| Iulian Cristea | FCSB | Defender |
| Camora | CFR Cluj | Defender |
| Damjan Djoković | CFR Cluj | Midfielder |
| Alexandru Cicâldău | Universitatea Craiova | Midfielder |
| Dennis Man | FCSB | Midfielder |
| Ianis Hagi | Viitorul | Midfielder |
| Florinel Coman | FCSB | Forward |
| Harlem Gnohéré | FCSB | Forward |

### Liga I Team of the Season

| Player | Team | Position |
| Mirko Pigliacelli | Universitatea Craiova | Goalkeeper |
| Romario Benzar | FCSB | Defender |
| Paulo Vinícius | CFR Cluj | Defender |
| Camora | CFR Cluj | Defender |
| Dennis Man | FCSB | Midfielder |
| Dan Nistor | Dinamo București | Midfielder |
| Alexandru Cicâldău | Universitatea Craiova | Midfielder |
| Florinel Coman | FCSB | Midfielder |
| Ianis Hagi | Viitorul | Forward |
| George Țucudean | CFR Cluj | Forward |
| Harlem Gnohéré | FCSB | Forward |