2015–16 Liga I

The **2016–17 Liga I** was the 98th season of Liga I, which is the top division football league in Romania. The season began on 10 July 2015 and ended in May 2016. It was won by Astra Giurgiu.

## Results

|width="30"||width="210"|Team|width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="420"|Qualification or relegation|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left align=center|1|align=left|Astra Giurgiu||26||14||9||3||42||29||+13||**51**|rowspan=6|Qualification to Championship round|
|align=left align=center|2|align=left|Dinamo București||26||13||9||4||36||24||+12||**48**|||
|align=left align=center|3|align=left|Pandurii Târgu Jiu||26||13||8||5||35||26||+9||**47**|||
|align=left align=center|4|align=left|Viitorul Constanța||26||13||7||6||49||30||+19||**46**|||
|align=left align=center|5|align=left|Steaua București||26||12||8||6||35||25||+10||**44**|||
|align=left align=center|6|align=left|Târgu Mureș||26||9||11||6||27||21||+6||**38**|||
|align=left align=center|7|align=left|Municipal Studențesc Iași||26||9||10||7||22||25||−3||**37**|rowspan=8|Qualification to Relegation round|
|align=left align=center|8|align=left|Universitatea Craiova||26||8||7||11||26||27||−1||**31**|||
|align=left align=center|9|align=left|CFR Cluj||26||9||10||7||31||25||+6||**27**|||
|align=left align=center|10|align=left|Botoșani||26||6||8||12||30||35||−5||**26**|||
|align=left align=center|11|align=left|Poli Timișoara||26||5||10||11||24||35||−11||**25**|||
|align=left align=center|12|align=left|Voluntari||26||5||9||12||28||42||−14||**24**|||
|align=left align=center|13|align=left|Concordia Chiajna||26||3||8||15||22||46||−24||**17**|||
|align=left align=center|14|align=left|Petrolul Ploiești||26||2||8||16||17||34||−17||**8**|||
<small>* CFR Cluj and  Petrolul Ploiești were both subtracted points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.</small>

### Championship round

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.

|width="30"||width="210"|Team|width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="420"|Qualification or relegation|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left align=center|1|align=left|Astra Giurgiu **(C)**||10||7||1||2||20||9||+11||**48**|rowspan=2|Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round|
|align=left align=center|2|align=left|Steaua București||10||6||3||1||18||8||+10||**43**|||
|align=left align=center|3|align=left|Pandurii Târgu Jiu||10||3||6||1||12||7||+5||**39**|rowspan=1|Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round|
|align=left align=center|4|align=left|Dinamo București||10||2||6||2||12||15||−3||**36**|rowspan=1||
|align=left align=center|5|align=left|Viitorul Constanța||10||1||3||6||14||21||−7||**29**|rowspan=1|Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round|
|align=left align=center|6|align=left|Târgu Mureș||10||0||3||7||8||24||−16||**22**|rowspan=1||
<small>* Dinamo București, failed to obtain a UEFA licence in 2014,</small>

### Relegation round

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.

|width="30"||width="210"|Team|width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="32"||width="420"|Qualification or relegation|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left align=center|7|align=left|Municipal Studențesc Iași||14||5||5||4||17||15||+2||**39**|rowspan=1|Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round|
|align=left align=center|8|align=left|Universitatea Craiova||14||7||2||5||19||17||+2||**39**|rowspan=4||
|align=left align=center|9|align=left|Botoșani||14||7||4||3||29||19||+10||**38**|||
|align=left align=center|10|align=left|CFR Cluj||14||6||4||4||25||13||+12||**36**|||
|align=left align=center|11|align=left|Concordia Chiajna||14||7||5||2||19||13||+6||**35**|||
|align=left align=center|12|align=left|Voluntari||14||5||2||7||19||20||−1||**29**|rowspan=1|Qualification to Relegation play-offs|
|align=left align=center|13|align=left|Poli Timișoara||14||1||4||9||14||36||−22||**20**|rowspan=2|Relegation to Liga II|
|align=left align=center|14|align=left|Petrolul Ploiești||14||4||2||8||9||18||−9||**18**|||

### First round

UTA Arad, from the Liga II, qualifies to the second round.

### Second round

Voluntari wins second round and stays in the Liga I.

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **champion other**: FC Astra Giurgiu, Astra Giurgiu
- **count**: 1
- **matches**: 268
- **goals**: 659
- **top scorer**: Ioan Hora (19 goals)
- **prevseason**: 2014–15 Liga I, 2014–15
- **nextseason**: 2016–17 Liga I, 2016–17