2024–25 Liga II

Liga II
Season	2024–25
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 11 May 2024.

The 2024–25 Liga II will be the 85th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. A total of 22 teams contest the league.

It is the ninth Liga II season with a single series.^[1] The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams will be relegated to Liga III.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2023–24 Liga III	Relegated from 2023–24 Liga I	Promoted to 2024–25 Liga I	Relegated to 2024–25 Liga III
Metalul Buzău (debut) CS Afumați (after 6 years of absence) AFC Câmpulung Muscel (debut) Bihor Oradea (debut) Unirea Ungheni (debut) Focșani (after 16 years of absence)	FC Voluntari (after 9 years of absence) FCU Craiova (after 3 years of absence)	Unirea Slobozia^[2] (ended 4-year stay) Gloria Buzău^[3] (ended 5-year stay)	CS Tunari^[4] (ended 1-year stay) Unirea Dej (ended 3-year stay) CSM Alexandria (ended 1-year stay) Progresul Spartac București (ended 2-year stay)

League map

Bucharest

Bucharest / Ilfov teams:
Afumați
Chiajna
Metaloglobus
Steaua

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Locations of the 2024–25 Liga II teams

Location of Bucharest and Ilfov teams.

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
1599 Șelimbăr	Constantin Schumacher	Ciprian Natea	Nike	Shopping City Sibiu
Afumați	Vasile Neagu	Ionuț Zaina	Nike	—
Argeș Pitești	Nicolae Dică	Costinel Tofan	Macron	Getica 95
Bihor Oradea	Gustavo Aragolaza	Ioan Hora	Macron	Viva Chips
Câmpulung Muscel	Marius Bratu	Ștefan Ghiță	Nike	Superbet
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Marco Veronese	Patrick Petre	Nike	SSAB Impex
Chindia Târgoviște	Marian Vătavu	Cornel Dinu	Macron	—
Concordia Chiajna	Liță Dumitru	Adrian Bălan	Joma	—
Corvinul Hunedoara	Florin Maxim	Alexandru Neacșa	Joma	Prodesign, ArcelorMittal
Csíkszereda	Róbert Ilyés	Peter Gál-Andrezly	2Rule	Csíkszereda, MOL
FC U Craiova	Marius Croitoru	Andrea Padula	Adidas	Ediție Specială
CSM Reșița	Flavius Stoican	Alin Dudea	Puma	Invest in Reșița
CSM Slatina	Daniel Oprescu	Cătălin Doman	Macron	Primăria Slatina
Dumbrăvița	Cosmin Stan	Costel Zurbagiu	Macron	Artoil
Metaloglobus București	Ianis Zicu	Georgian Honciu	Jako	—
Metalul Buzău	Valentin Stan	Marius Tudorică	Macron	Consiliul Județean Buzău
Mioveni	Alin Chița	Flvaius Croitoru	Macron	—
Steaua București	Daniel Oprița	Bogdan Chipirliu	Adidas	Stanleybet International
Unirea Ungheni	Eusebiu Tudor	Victoraș Astafei	Nike	Terra Luxury
Viitorul Târgu Jiu	—	—	—	—
Voluntari	Claudiu Niculescu	Igor Armaș	Nike	Metropola TV

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	16	13	2	1	33	13	+20	41	Qualification to Promotion play-off
2	Steaua București	17	10	7	0	24	6	+18	37
3	Reșița	17	9	3	5	27	22	+5	30
4	Voluntari	16	8	5	3	21	11	+10	29
5	Metaloglobus București	16	9	2	5	23	15	+8	29
6	Argeș Pitești	16	7	6	3	17	10	+7	27
7	FC U Craiova	16	7	5	4	19	16	+3	26	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group A
8	Afumați	16	8	2	6	18	19	−1	26	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group B
9	Slatina	16	7	4	5	31	16	+15	25	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group B
10	Metalul Buzău	16	7	4	5	21	14	+7	25	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group A
11	Corvinul Hunedoara	16	7	4	5	17	15	+2	25	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group A
12	Concordia Chiajna	16	7	3	6	28	20	+8	24	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group B
13	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	16	6	4	6	19	19	0	22	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group B
14	Chindia Târgoviște	16	4	4	8	19	21	−2	16	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group A
15	Bihor Oradea	16	4	3	9	14	20	−6	15	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group A
16	Unirea Ungheni	16	3	6	7	12	19	−7	15	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group B
17	Dumbrăvița	17	4	3	10	14	22	−8	15	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group B
18	Focșani	17	4	3	10	11	21	−10	15	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group A
19	1599 Șelimbăr	16	3	5	8	16	20	−4	14	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group A
20	Câmpulung Muscel	16	2	1	13	7	39	−32	7	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group B
21	Mioveni	16	2	2	12	6	39	−33	−12^[a]	Qualification to Relegation play-out Group B
22	Viitorul Târgu Jiu^[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Excluded

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2024. Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: During Season: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored. End of Season: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Goals scored
Notes:

^ CS Mioveni were deducted 20 points due to debts to their former players.
^ Viitorul Târgu Jiu was excluded by the FRF due to bankruptcy after failing to attend two matches.^[5]

Results

Home \ Away	SEL	AFU	ARG	BIH	CÂM	CHI	CEA	COR	CON	CSI	DUM	FCU	FOC	MET	BUZ	MIO	RES	SLA	STE	UNG	VOL
1599 Șelimbăr			0–0											3–1			0–3			0–0
Afumați			1–1											2–1		0–1
Argeș Pitești						2–1				0–1			2–0							2–0	1–0
Bihor Oradea			1–0					1–2	0–4			1–1					2–3
Câmpulung Muscel	0–4	1–2		2–1			0–0											0–5
Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	0–1									3–1			0–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț		3–0	0–0													2–0		0–3
Corvinul Hunedoara		2–0					1–1				0–0		3–2
Concordia Chiajna		2–4			1–0		0–2			2–1			1–0
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc					4–1		3–1					2–0			4–2	1–0		5–1
Dumbrăvița	2–3											1–2		0–2	3–1	2–1			0–1
FC U Craiova	1–1	0–3				1–0	2–4													2–0	0–0
Focșani					2–0						0–1	1–1		0–1	0–3	1–0		1–0
Metaloglobus București						3–2											1–0		0–0	3–0	2–1
Metalul Buzău	2–0	1–0		1–2										2–2					0–1
Mioveni				2–1															0–4	0–0	1–0
Reșița						1–1		1–0			1–1	2–0	1–0							3–2
Slatina			0–0	0–0					1–2			1–2									1–1
Steaua București			0–0			1–1		3–0				0–0					2–2
Unirea Ungheni					2–1	0–1									0–0
Voluntari					3–0		2–1	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ "Schimbări în sistemul din Liga 2: retrogradează 11 echipe și de la anul va fi o singură serie!". 15 August 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Unirea Slobozia a promovat în Liga 1 pentru prima oară în istorie!". as.ro. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Buzăul revine în primul eșalon fotbalistic după 15 ani". gsp.ro. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Alexandria, Progresul Spartac, Tunari și Unirea Dej vor disputa astăzi ultimul lor meci în Liga 2, în acest sezon". liga2.prosport.ro. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu a fost exclusă din Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

[table_hth_MIO0.70097440187865-5] CS Mioveni were deducted 20 points due to debts to their former players.

[table_note_VTJ0.70097440187865-7] Viitorul Târgu Jiu was excluded by the FRF due to bankruptcy after failing to attend two matches.^[5]

[1] "Schimbări în sistemul din Liga 2: retrogradează 11 echipe și de la anul va fi o singură serie!". 15 August 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[2] "Unirea Slobozia a promovat în Liga 1 pentru prima oară în istorie!". as.ro. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[3] "Buzăul revine în primul eșalon fotbalistic după 15 ani". gsp.ro. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[4] "Alexandria, Progresul Spartac, Tunari și Unirea Dej vor disputa astăzi ultimul lor meci în Liga 2, în acest sezon". liga2.prosport.ro. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[6] "Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu a fost exclusă din Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.

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