2016–17 Liga I

The **2016–17 Liga I** was the 99th season of Liga I, which is the top division football league in Romania. The season began on 23 July 2016 and ended in May 2017. Viitorul Constanța won the tournament.

## 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|Viitorul Constanța||26||16||3||7||39||22||+17||**51**|rowspan=6|Qualification to Championship round|
|align=left align=center|2|align=left|Steaua Bucureşti||26||13||8||5||34||22||+12||**47**|||
|align=left align=center|3|align=left|Astra Giurgiu||26||13||5||8||32||28||+4||**44**|||
|align=left align=center|4|align=left|Cluj||26||14||7||5||42||23||+19||**43**|||
|align=left align=center|5|align=left|Universitatea Craiova||26||13||4||9||36||26||+10||**43**|||
|align=left align=center|6|align=left|Dinamo București||26||12||5||9||40||33||+7||**41**|||
|align=left align=center|7|align=left|Gaz Metan Mediaș||26||10||9||7||36||27||+9||**39**|rowspan=8|Qualification to Relegation round|
|align=left align=center|8|align=left|Botoșani||26||9||5||12||30||31||−1||**32**|||
|align=left align=center|9|align=left|Voluntari||26||8||6||12||30||37||−7||**30**|||
|align=left align=center|10|align=left|Municipal Studențesc Iași||26||8||5||13||28||31||−3||**29**|||
|align=left align=center|11|align=left|Concordia Chiajna||26||6||7||13||17||32||−15||**25**|||
|align=left align=center|12|align=left|Pandurii Târgu Jiu||26||6||7||13||24||42||−18||**19**|||
|align=left align=center|13|align=left|Poli Timișoara||26||7||7||12||25||42||−17||**14**|||
|align=left align=center|14|align=left|Târgu Mureș||26||5||6||15||20||37||−17||**12**|||
<small>* Rapid București, CFR Cluj and Târgu Mureș were all 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|Viitorul Constanța **(C)**||10||5||3||2||12||8||+4||**44**|rowspan=2|Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round|
|align=left align=center|2|align=left|Steaua București||10||6||2||2||15||7||+8||**44**|||
|align=left align=center|3|align=left|Dinamo București||10||5||4||1||15||8||+7||**40**|Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round||
|align=left align=center|4|align=left|Cluj||10||3||2||5||8||14||−6||**33**|||
|align=left align=center|5|align=left|Universitatea Craiova||10||2||3||5||8||14||−6||**31**|Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round||
|align=left align=center|6|align=left|Astra Giurgiu||10||1||2||7||10||17||−7||**27**|Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round||

### 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||7||7||0||16||5||+11||**43**|rowspan=5||
|align=left align=center|8|align=left|Gaz Metan Mediaș||14||4||7||3||17||11||+6||**39**|||
|align=left align=center|9|align=left|Voluntari||14||6||4||4||17||16||+1||**37**|||
|align=left align=center|10|align=left|Botoșani||14||4||5||5||15||12||+3||**33**|||
|align=left align=center|11|align=left|Concordia Chiajna||14||4||4||6||14||18||−4||**29**|||
|align=left align=center|12|align=left|Poli Timișoara||14||5||5||4||16||14||+2||**27**|rowspan=1|Qualification to Relegation play-offs|
|align=left align=center|13|align=left|Pandurii Târgu Jiu||14||4||5||5||12||18||−6||**27**|rowspan=2|Relegation to Liga II|
|align=left align=center|14|align=left|Târgu Mureș||14||1||5||8||5||18||−13||**14**|||

## Play-offs

ACS Poli Timișoara wins play-offs and stays in the Liga I.

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Liga I
- **season**: 2016–17
- **dates**: 23 July 2016 – May 2017
- **winners**: FC Viitorul Constanța, Viitorul Constanța
1st title
- **relegated**: CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Pandurii Târgu Jiu
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș, Târgu Mureș
- **continentalcup1**: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, Champions League
- **continentalcup1 qualifiers**: FC Viitorul Constanța, Viitorul Constanța
F.C. Steaua Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti
- **continentalcup2**: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, Europa League
- **continentalcup2 qualifiers**: FC Dinamo București, Dinamo București
CS Universitatea Craiova (football), Universitatea Craiova
FC Astra Giurgiu, Astra Giurgiu
- **league topscorer**: Azdren Llullaku (16)
- **matches**: 268
- **total goals**: 613
- **average attendance**: 4,178
- **prevseason**: 2015–16 Liga I, 2015–16
- **nextseason**: 2017–18 Liga I, 2017–18