Liga I/import

Liga I is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Romanian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 18 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Liga II. Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909-10 campaign, and is currently ranked the 16th in UEFA's league coefficient ranking list. It is part of the Romanian Professional Football League (LPF). Before the 2006–07 season, it was named Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A".Cotidianul, Divizia A a fost mitraliată (The "A Division" was gunned down), accessed on February 3, 2007 Liga I is currently sponsored by Bergenbier, a brewing company, and thus officially known as the Liga I Bergenbier.
==History==
The first football club's organization formula was "A Divisional College" (Colegiul Divizionar A) founded on October 5, 1970 and led by Mircea Angelescu. Until 1990, the "A Divisional College" was formal without remarkable decisions. During the 90's a lot of changes were implemented, reflected in the new names of the organization, e.g. "A Divisional Team's League", " National Football League", "Professional Club's League", etc. On October 10, 1992, the organization's name became "Professional Football A Division League", led by Mircea Angelescu - president, Dumitru Dragomir - vice-president and Daniel Lăzărescu - general secretary. On 22 January 1993, the name of the organization became "Professional Football League of Romania", an A-Division professional football clubs representation. On October 13, 1993, the B Division clubs members were included. On September 30, 1996, Dumitru Dragomir has been elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania". The headquarters is located on 47 Mihai Eminescu Street (since February 1997). In December the same year it was decided that the league will organize the A-Division Championship starting with 1997-1998 edition.
In October 2000, Dumitru Dragomir has been re-elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania"
There are currently 18 teams at this level, of which the bottom four are relegated at the season's end. These teams are replaced by the champions of the two divisions that make up Liga 2, the second level of the Romanian football league system.
Starting in 2007-08, the champions and runners-up of Divizia A are eligible to compete in the UEFA Champions League during the following season. The 3rd and 4th placed team is eligible to compete in the UEFA Europa League.
The most successful teams over the years have been Steaua București (24 titles), Dinamo București (18 titles), UTA Arad (6 titles), Universitatea Craiova and Petrolul Ploiești (4 titles) and other notable teams being: Rapid București and CFR Cluj, each with three titles won.
CFR Cluj was the first non-Bucharest team to win the championship (2007-2008 season) since the 1990-1991 season, starting a five years period of non-Bucharest wins.
===Performance by club===
The teams in bold play in the 2013–14 season of Liga I. The teams in italics no longer exist. The teams in neither bold or italics are existing past winners of the championship that relegated to Romania's lower leagues.
Club 	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Winning Years
Steaua București 	24 	13 	9 	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
Dinamo București 	18 	20 	9 	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
Venus București 	8 	0 	2 	1919–20, 1920–21, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40
UTA Arad 	6 	1 	0 	1946–47, 1947–48, 1950, 1954, 1968–69, 1969–70
Chinezul Timișoara 	6 	0 	0 	1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27
Universitatea Craiova 	4 	5 	9 	1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1990–91
Petrolul Ploiești 	4 	3 	3 	1929–30, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1965–66
Ripensia Timișoara 	4 	2 	2 	1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38
Rapid București 	3 	14 	7 	1966–67, 1998–99, 2002–03
CFR Cluj 	3 	0 	1 	2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–2012
Colentina București 	2 	3 	2 	1912–13, 1913–14
Argeș Pitești 	2 	2 	4 	1971–72, 1978–79
Olympia București 	2 	0 	1 	1909–10, 1910–11
CA Oradea 	1 	2 	1 	1948–49
United Ploiești 	1 	1 	1 	1911–12
Prahova Ploiești 	1 	1 	1 	1915–16
Colțea Brașov 	1 	1 	0 	1927–28
CSM Reșița 	1 	1 	0 	1930–31
Unirea Urziceni 	1 	1 	0 	2008–09
Româno-Americană București	1 	0 	0 	1914–15
Unirea Tricolor București 	1 	0 	0 	1940–41
Oțelul Galați 	1 	0 	0 	2010–11
* bold clubs are playing in the first league
* italic clubs are dissolved
===All-time table (1932 - 2013)===
The ranking is computed awarding two points for a win, one for a draw. It includes matches played in the 2012/13 season. The teams in bold plays in the 2013/14 season of Liga I. The teams in italics no longer exist.
# 	Team 	S 	M 	W 	D 	L 	GF 	GA 	Pts
1 	Steaua București 	65	1978	1097	452	429	3758	2010	2646
2 	Dinamo București 	64	1948	1075	426	447	3788	2101	2576
3 	Rapid București 	65	1866	846 	431	589	2878	2227	2123
4 	Universitatea Craiova 	46	1492	660 	323	508	2216	1728	1643
5 	Petrolul Ploiești
(Juventus București)	55	1559	594 	351	614	2153	2104	1539
6 	Argeș Pitești 	44	1404	571 	276	557	1845	1797	1418
7 	Universitatea Cluj 	54	1542	532 	322	688	2011	2396	1384
8 	Poli Timișoara 	49	1336	508 	321	507	1782	1839	1337
9 	FC Brașov 	44	1361	515 	293	553	1700	1759	1318
10	FCM Bacău 	42	1319	489 	262	568	1538	1809	1240
11	Farul Constanța 	42	1299	473 	260	566	1577	1839	1206
12	Sportul Studențesc București 	36	1154	435 	256	465	1532	1620	1126
13	UTA Arad 	38	1071	419 	244	408	1599	1522	1082
14	Jiul Petroșani 	41	1197	402 	250	545	1403	1845	1054
15	Național București 	32	945 	380 	189	376	1355	1320	949
16	Oțelul Galați 	25	826 	342 	164	320	991 	1007	850
17	Politehnica Iași 	28	881 	297 	187	397	1028	1264	781
18	Gloria Bistrița 	22	724 	269 	133	322	904 	1003	671
19	ASA Târgu Mureș 	23	758 	271 	129	358	885 	1123	671
20	CFR Cluj 	18	576 	235 	160	181	747 	701 	630
21	Corvinul Hunedoara 	17	562 	210 	98 	254	831 	881 	518
22	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 	16	528 	184 	114	228	637 	762 	486
23	Bihor Oradea 	18	572 	181 	118	273	683 	893 	480
24	CSM Reșița 	16	482 	154 	103	225	667 	891 	411
25	CA Oradea 	17	378 	145v	80 	153	630 	635 	370
26	Olt Scornicești 	11	357 	137 	64 	156	424 	498 	338
27	Unirea Tricolor București
(Dinamo Brașov, Dinamo Cluj)''	16	347 	128 	78 	141	625 	669 	334
28	FC Vaslui 	8 	268 	122 	72 	74 	355 	271 	316
29	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 	10	340 	121 	64 	155	368 	533 	306
30	Astra Giurgiu 	9 	294 	105 	79 	110	364 	340 	289
31	CFR Timișoara 	11	273 	104 	70 	99 	406 	392 	278
32	Inter Sibiu 	8 	272 	110 	47 	115	358 	276 	267
33	Chindia Târgoviște 	9 	298 	95 	64 	139	312 	469 	254
34	Venus București 	9 	180 	108 	35 	37 	499 	248 	251
35	Ripensia Timișoara 	9 	184 	110 	28 	46 	512 	277 	248
36	Pandurii Târgu Jiu 	8 	268 	88 	69 	111	270 	317 	245
37	CS Târgu Mureș 	10	241 	85 	46 	110	360 	418 	216
38	Gaz Metan Mediaș 	8 	256 	72 	71 	113	286 	409 	181
39	FC Baia Mare 	7 	230 	83 	35 	112	267 	370 	201
40	Unirea Urziceni 	5 	170 	74 	47 	49 	199 	162 	195
41	Vagonul Arad 	9 	184 	76 	31 	77 	318 	323 	183
42	Olimpia Satu Mare 	7 	222 	69 	40 	113	223 	363 	178
43	Victoria București 	5 	153 	70 	33 	50 	242 	203 	173
44	Gloria Buzău 	7 	238 	64 	45 	129	236 	403 	173
45	Gloria Arad 	8 	156 	59 	31 	66 	296 	332 	149
46	Victoria Cluj 	8 	154 	61 	23 	70 	266 	294 	145
47	Extensiv Craiova 	5 	170 	54 	36 	80 	171 	213 	144
48	Dacia Unirea Brăila 	6 	178 	54 	30 	94 	193 	328 	138
49	Flacăra Moreni 	4 	136 	53 	23 	60 	180 	198 	129
50	Dunărea Galați 	5 	170 	44 	32 	94 	174 	310 	120
51	Chinezul Timișoara 	6 	120 	46 	21 	53 	281 	288 	113
52	Crișana Oradea 	6 	110 	40 	20 	50 	199 	232 	100
53	Foresta Fălticeni 	3 	98 	24 	27 	47 	102 	145 	75
54	Minerul Lupeni 	4 	101 	30 	15 	56 	106 	204 	75
55	FC Ploiești 	5 	102 	28 	16 	58 	131 	255 	72
56	Unirea Alba Iulia 	3 	94 	24 	21 	49 	93 	171 	69
57	Phoenix Baia Mare 	3 	62 	26 	11 	25 	96 	106 	63
58	Concordia Chiajna 	2 	68 	20 	18 	30 	71 	101 	60
59	Ciocanul București 	2 	56 	24 	10 	22 	100 	87 	58
60	Rocar București 	2 	64 	25 	6 	33 	93 	107 	56
61	FC Onești 	2 	68 	21 	6 	41 	94 	160 	48
62	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc 	2 	33 	15 	10 	8 	50 	31 	40
63	Siderurgistul Galați 	2 	52 	13 	10 	29 	62 	104 	36
64	CS Mioveni 	2 	68 	9 	16 	43 	46 	120 	34
65	Carmen București 	1 	26 	14 	5 	7 	90 	44 	33
66	Metalul Câmpia Turzii 	2 	48 	7 	19 	22 	46 	86 	33
67	Gloria CFR Galați 	2 	46 	13 	7 	26 	54 	100 	33
68	CAM Timișoara 	2 	34 	12 	7 	15 	54 	76 	31
69	Ferar Cluj 	1 	26 	13 	4 	9 	44 	29 	30
70	Viitorul Constanța 	1 	34 	8 	12 	14 	45 	57 	28
71	Internațional Curtea de Argeș	1 	34 	10 	6 	18 	32 	49 	26
72	Dermata Cluj 	1 	30 	7 	11 	12 	41 	50 	25
73	CSM Suceava 	1 	34 	10 	5 	19 	36 	69 	25
74	FC Craiova 	2 	50 	10 	5 	35 	61 	171 	25
75	CS Turnu Severin 	1 	34 	7 	11 	16 	36 	47 	25
76	Mica Brad 	1 	24 	12 	0 	12 	51 	43 	24
77	Voința Sibiu 	1 	34 	8 	8 	18 	24 	45 	24
78	Șoimii Sibiu 	3 	48 	5 	12 	31 	42 	131 	22
79	Prahova Ploiești 	2 	32 	10 	1 	21 	42 	99 	21
80	Victoria Brănești 	1 	34 	5 	10 	19 	35 	61 	20
81	Studențesc Iași 	1 	34 	7 	5 	22 	31 	50 	19
82	CS Otopeni 	1 	34 	5 	7 	22 	32 	54 	17
83	Viitorul București 	1 	14 	6 	3 	5 	33 	26 	15
84	Vulturii Lugoj 	1 	18 	6 	2 	10 	24 	41 	14
85	Metalochimic București 	1 	26 	5 	4 	17 	50 	80 	14
86	UM Timișoara 	1 	30 	3 	6 	21 	24 	71 	12
87	Aripile CFR Brașov 	1 	18 	4 	3 	11 	26 	45 	11
88	Avântul Reghin 	1 	24 	3 	3 	18 	19 	57 	9
89	Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți 	1 	18 	4 	0 	14 	26 	57 	8
90	Brașovia Brașov 	2 	26 	1 	3 	22 	28 	85 	5
91	Mureșul Târgu Mureș 	1 	14 	1 	2 	11 	15 	53 	4
92	FC Botoșani 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
93	Corona Brașov 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
94	Săgeata Năvodari 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
==Members for 2013-14==
Club 	Positionin 2012–13 	First season inLiga I	Number of seasonsLiga I	First season ofcurrent spell inLiga I	Top divisiontitles	Last Liga I title
Astra Giurgiu 	0034th 	1998–99 	10 	2009-10 	0 	n/a
Braşov 	0167th 	1957-58 	45 	2008-09 	0 	n/a
Botoşani 	0161st in Liga II, Seria I 	2013-14 	1 	2013-14 	0 	n/a
Ceahlăul 	00614th 	1993-94 	17 	2011-12 	0 	n/a
CFR Cluj 	0109th 	1947-48 	19 	2004–05 	3 	2011-12
Concordia Chiajna 	00715th 	2011-12 	3 	2011-12 	0 	n/a
Corona Brașov 	0162nd in Liga II, Seria II	2013-14 	1 	2013-14 	0 	n/a
Dinamo Bucureşti 	0096th 	1948-49 	65 	1948-49 	18 	2006-07
Gaz Metan Mediaş 	00810th 	1947-48 	9 	2008–09 	0 	n/a
Oţelul Galaţi 	00211th 	1986-87 	26 	1991-92 	1 	2010–11
ACS Poli Timişoara	0161st in Liga II, Seria II	2013-14 	1 	2013-14 	0 	n/a
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0052nd 	2005-06 	9 	2005-06 	0 	n/a
Petrolul Ploieşti 	0123rd 	1952 	45 	2011-12 	3 	1965-66
Săgeata Năvodari 	0162nd in Liga II, Seria I 	2013-14 	1 	2013-14 	0 	n/a
Steaua Bucureşti 	0181st 	1947-48 	66 	1947-48 	25 	2012-13
Universitatea Cluj	01312th 	1932–33 	55 	2010–11 	0 	n/a
Vaslui 	0115th 	2005-06 	9 	2005-06 	0 	n/a
Viitorul Constanța	00413th 	2012-13 	2 	2012-13 	0 	n/a
==References==
==External links==
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