2026–27 Liga I

Liga I
Season	2026–27
Dates	18 July 2026 – May 2027
	← 2025–26 2027–28 → All statistics correct as of 7 June 2026.

The 2026–27 Liga I (also known as Superliga for sponsorship reasons)^[1] is the 109th season of Liga I, the top tier of Romanian football. The season began on 18 July 2026 and is scheduled to end in May 2027.^[2]

Overview

Sixteen teams competed in the league — thirteen teams from the previous season and three newly promoted sides from Liga II–, of which two were promoted directly and one via the promotion/relegation play-off.^[2]

Teams

Changes

The following teams changed division since the 2025–26 season.^[2]

Promoted from Liga II	Relegated to Liga II
Corvinul Hunedoara Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe Voluntari	Unirea Slobozia Metaloglobus București Hermannstadt

Stadiums and locations

Bucharest

Bucharest teams
Dinamo
FCSB
Rapid

Locations of teams in the 2026–27 Liga I

Locations of teams in the 2026–27 Liga I from the Bucharest municipality

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Argeș Pitești	Mioveni	Orășenesc, at Mioveni^[a]	11,000
Botoșani	Botoșani	Botoșani Municipal	7,782
CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu	22,198
Corvinul Hunedoara^↑	Hunedoara	Francisc von Neuman at Arad ^[b]	11,500
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	Miercurea Ciuc	Miercurea Ciuc Municipal ^[c]	2,480
Dinamo București	Bucharest	Arcul de Triumf	8,207
Farul Constanța	Ovidiu	Central Stadium of the Gheorghe Hagi	4,554
FCSB	Bucharest	Arena Națională	55,634
Oțelul Galați	Galați	Oțelul	13,500
Petrolul Ploiești	Ploiești	Ilie Oană	15,073
Rapid București	Bucharest	Superbet Arena-Giulești	14,047
Sepsi OSK^↑	Sfântu Gheorghe	Sepsi Arena Stadium	8,400
Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca	Cluj Arena	30,355
Universitatea Craiova	Craiova	Ion Oblemenco	30,983
UTA Arad	Arad	Francisc von Neuman	11,500
Voluntari^↑	Voluntari	Anghel Iordănescu	4,518

↑ Due to the ongoing redevelopment of the Nicolae Dobrin Stadium, Argeș Pitești will play their home matches at Orășenesc Stadium in Mioveni.
↑ Due to the ongoing redevelopment of the Complexul Sportiv Corvinul, Corvinul Hunedoara will play their home matches at Francisc von Neuman in Arad.
↑ The stadium size is smaller than the required 4,500 but FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc received permission from the federation to use their own stadium for the upcoming season.

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	Main Kit sponsor	Other kit sponsor(s)
Argeș Pitești	Bogdan Andone	Andrei Tofan	Macron	Vlad Cazino	List Front: Catena+ Back: MetaBet CF, One Concept Distribution Sleeves: Carpatina, Pitești Shorts: None
Botoșani	Marius Croitoru	Andrei Miron	Adidas	Unibet	List Front: Electroalfa, Elsaco Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
CFR Cluj	Marius Șumudică	Mário Camora	Nike	Don	List Front: Altenova Back: Roata Făget Sleeves: DSC Shorts: None
Corvinul Hunedoara	Florin Maxim	Flavius Iacob	Adidas	Vbet	List Front: Primaria Hunedoara, Consiliul Judetean Hunedoara, A-GOAL.com Back: Axis Holding Sleeves: A-GOAL.com, Aqua Brava Shorts: None
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	Valentin Suciu	Szilárd Vereș	2Rule	MOL	List Front: ZÁÉV, MOL – Új Európa Alapítvány, Csíkszereda Back: None Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Dinamo București	Nuno Campos	Cătălin Cîrjan	Puma	Superbet	List Front: Renovatio Back: Hils, Wonga.com Sleeves: StayFit Gym, Romstal Shorts: Allview, Stradale, Carpatina
Farul Constanța	Ioan Ovidiu Sabău	Ionuț Larie	Nike	Murfaltar Vinul	List Front: None Back: Unibet, Pepsi, Celco Sleeves: Auchan Shorts: Kirvad Tour, Mini
FCSB	Laurențiu Reghecampf	Denis Drăguș	Nike	Betano	List Front: None Back: None Sleeves: MG Shorts: None
Oțelul Galați	Rui Duarte	Paul Iacob	Adidas	Mr Bit	List Front: Primăria Galați, Consiliului Judeţean Galaţi Back: Balkan Pharmaceuticals Sleeves: Valgrig, Scanexpert, A-GOAL.com Shorts: MMA Security Group
Petrolul Ploiești	Ricardo Sousa	Paul Papp	Macron	Cashpot	List Front: Actemium Back: La Cocos Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Rapid București	Daniel Pancu	Lars Kramer	Kappa	Napoleon Games	List Front: IMAMED Back: Mogo, Plus-Auto Sleeves: None Shorts: Sasha & Vlad, Dacris
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe	Ovidiu Burcă	Nicolae Păun	Adidas	Diószegi	List Front: MOL Back: Gyermelyi Sleeves: None Shorts: None
Universitatea Cluj	Cristiano Bergodi	Alexandru Chipciu	Adidas	Mr Bit	List Front: DeLonghi, AROBS Back: Banca Transilvania, NOVA Power and Gas Sleeves: Leier, IRUM Shorts: Primăria Cluj-Napoca, Visit Cluj, Clinica Sante
Universitatea Craiova	Filipe Coelho	Nicușor Bancu	Puma	Superbet	List Front: None Back: Oscar Sleeves: Drinks & More Craiova Shorts: Devin, Vectrum, AliveCapital, Pinum, Ruris
UTA Arad	Adrian Mihalcea	Alexandru Benga	Nike	Mr Bit	List Front: None Back: Verbita, UTB-Shop, Diva Sol Sleeves: Pizza 5 Colțuri Shorts: DEY Security Arad
FC Voluntari	Florin Pîrvu	Ion Gheorghe	Nike	Maxbet	List Front: Izvorul Minunilor Back: Metropola TV Sleeves: None Shorts: None

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of arrival
Csíkszereda	Róbert Ilyés	End of contract	16 May 2026	István Szabó	3 June 2026
Rapid București	Constantin Gâlcă	Mutual consent	26 May 2026	Daniel Pancu	27 May 2026
CFR Cluj	Daniel Pancu		27 May 2026	António Folha	15 June 2026
Farul Constanța	Flavius Stoican		2 June 2026	Ioan Sabău	5 June 2026
Dinamo București	Željko Kopić		5 June 2026	Nuno Campos	11 June 2026
Petrolul Ploiești	Mehmet Topal	End of contract	6 June 2026	Ricardo Sousa	7 June 2026

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Week	Position in table		Replaced by	Date of appointment
Team	Outgoing manager	Manner	Date of vacancy	Week	Round	Position	Replaced by	Date of appointment
CFR Cluj	António Folha	Sacked	10 August 2026	4	Regular season	12th	Marius Șumudică	14 August 2026
Oțelul Galați	Stjepan Tomas		22 September 2026	10		14th	Rui Duarte	28 September 2026
FCSB	Marius Baciu		23 September 2026			11th	Laurențiu Reghecampf	24 September 2026
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	István Szabó		24 September 2026			16th	Valentin Suciu	24 September 2026

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo București	12	9	2	1	27	7	+20	29	Advances to Play-off
2	Rapid București	12	8	3	1	20	9	+11	27
3	Universitatea Craiova	12	8	2	2	27	9	+18	26
4	Petrolul Ploiești	13	7	2	4	18	17	+1	23
5	Universitatea Cluj	13	7	1	5	25	20	+5	22
6	FCSB	12	5	3	4	16	18	−2	18

7	Farul Constanța	12	4	5	3	17	17	0	17	Advances to Play-out
8	CFR Cluj	12	5	1	6	17	18	−1	16
9	Corvinul Hunedoara	13	4	4	5	14	16	−2	16
10	UTA Arad	12	4	3	5	15	16	−1	15
11	Botoșani	13	3	5	5	17	17	0	14
12	Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe	12	3	5	4	8	13	−5	14
13	Argeș Pitești	12	3	3	6	8	13	−5	12
14	Oțelul Galați	12	2	5	5	12	17	−5	11
15	Voluntari	12	2	2	8	12	27	−15	8
16	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	12	0	2	10	6	25	−19	2

Updated to match(es) played on 23 October 2026. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.

Results

Home \ Away	BOT	CFR	COR	CSI	DIN	FAR	FCS	OTE	PET	RAP	SEP	UCJ	UCV	UTA	VOL
Argeș Pitești		0–1		1–0		1–1			1–0		0–1
Botoșani			0–0	1–0						1–1	5–0			2–0
CFR Cluj	3–1					0–0	1–0					1–3			5–0
Corvinul Hunedoara		3–0		3–0	1–1						1–1		0–1		3–2
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc		2–3			1–3		0–2				0–0		0–1
Dinamo București	2–0					4–0	2–1					2–1	5–1		4–0
Farul Constanța			2–0
FCSB					a					a				2–0
Oțelul Galați		2–1
Petrolul Ploiești					1–0					a
Rapid București							a		a		1–0
Sepsi OSK												1–0
Universitatea Cluj		a				2–1
Universitatea Craiova							5–0							4–0
UTA Arad								2–2
Voluntari	2–2

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Match results by week

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Team ╲ Round
Argeș	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D
Botoșani	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L
CFR Cluj	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L
Corvinul	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L
Csíkszer.	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D
Dinamo	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Farul	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L
FCSB	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W
Oțelul	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D
Petrolul	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D
Rapid	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Sep.OSK	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	D
Univer.Cl.	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D
Univer.Cr.	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
UTA Arad	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W
Voluntari	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2026. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Team ╲ Round
Dinamo	12	5	7	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Rapid	7	3	2	3	8	4	2	2	2	2	2
Univer.Cr.	1	8	3	6	9	5	3	4	3	3	3
Petrolul	6	10	13	8	5	2	4	3	4	4	4
Univer.Cl.	5	9	4	7	4	10	12	14	8	5	5
Farul	11	6	8	5	7	9	7	5	5	6	6
Corvinul	2	7	9	9	6	8	6	9	11	7	7
CFR Cluj	10	4	12	13	13	12	11	11	12	8	8
FCSB	3	1	1	2	1	3	5	7	7	11	9
Botoșani	9	13	14	14	14	13	13	8	9	12	10
Sep.OSK	13	11	10	11	11	11	9	6	6	9	11
UTA Arad	16	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	10	12
Argeș	14	12	5	1	3	7	10	12	10	13	13
Oțelul	4	2	6	10	10	6	8	10	13	14	14
Voluntari	8	15	11	12	12	14	15	15	15	15	15
Csíkszer.	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and Qualification for the Play-off round
	Qualification to the Play-off
	Qualification to the Play-out

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Play-off round

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

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	1	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	2	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round
3	3	Qualification to European competition play-offs
4	4
5	5
6	6

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.

Play-out round

The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out 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 finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.

Play-out table

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
7	7	Qualification to European competition play-offs
8	8	Qualification to European competition play-offs
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	14	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	15	Relegated to Liga II
16	16	Relegated to Liga II

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.

European play-offs

In the semi-final the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team (7th place). In the final, the winner of the play-out semi-final will play the highest ranked team of the play-off tournament, that did not already qualify for European competitions. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the Conference League.

Bracket

	Semi-final					Final

						3
	7					7/8
	8

Matches

European play-off semi-final

v

European play-off final

v

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 23 October 2026

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Andrei Dumiter	Botoșani	7
1	Simon Elisor	Universitatea Craiova	7
3	Alibek Aliyev	Universitatea Cluj	6
	Stefan Dražić	CFR Cluj
	Jovo Lukić	Universitatea Cluj
6	Daniel Armstrong	Dinamo București	5
	Andrei Cordea	CFR Cluj
	Alexandru Dobre	Rapid București
	Remus Guțea	Voluntari
	Martín Pascual	Dinamo București
	Eduard Radaslavescu	Farul Constanța

Clean sheets

As of 23 October 2026

Rank	Player	Team	Clean sheet
1	Giannis Anestis	FC Botoșani	5
	Alaa Bellaarouch	Dinamo București
	Laurențiu Popescu	Universitatea Craiova
4	David Lazar	Sepsi OSK	4
	Codruț Sandu	Corvinul Hunedoara
	Octavian Vâlceanu	CFR Cluj
	Lukáš Zima	Petrolul Ploiești
8	Marian Aioani	Rapid București	3
	Cătălin Căbuz	Argeș Pitești
	Ștefan Lefter	Universitatea Cluj
	Rafael Munteanu	Farul Constanța
	Márcio Rosa	UTA Arad
	Ștefan Târnovanu	FCSB

Hat-tricks

As of 23 October 2026

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Jovo Lukić	Universitatea Cluj	Corvinul Hunedoara	3-0	23 October 2026	13

Attendances

Overall

As of 5 August 2026

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rapid București	20,718	10,576	10,142	10,359	n/a^†
2	Universitatea Craiova	20,385	10,883	9,502	10,193	n/a^†
3	Oțelul Galați	14,338	9,595	4,743	7,169	n/a^†
4	FCSB	13,118	8,424	4,694	6,559	n/a^†
5	Petrolul Ploiești	7,710	7,710	7,710	7,710	n/a^†
6	Dinamo București	7,128	7,128	7,128	7,128	n/a^†
7	FC Botoșani	6,113	6,113	6,113	6,113	n/a^†
8	FC Argeș	5,314	2,693	2,621	2,657	n/a¹
9	Sepsi OSK	5,150	5,150	5,150	5,150	n/a^†
10	UTA Arad	4,687	4,687	4,687	4,687	n/a^†
11	Corvinul Hunedoara	4,530	2,598	1,932	2,265	n/a²
12	Universitatea Cluj	4,118	4,118	4,118	4,118	n/a^†
13	Farul Constanța	3,220	3,220	3,220	3,220	n/a^†
14	CFR Cluj	3,159	3,159	3,159	3,159	n/a^†
15	Csíkszereda	1,633	1,633	1,633	1,633	n/a^†
16	FC Voluntari	1,415	720	695	708	n/a²
	League total	122,736	10,883	695	5,336	n/a^†

Updated to match(es) played on 7 August 2026. Source: SuperLiga
Notes:
1: FC Argeș played its home matches at the Stadionul Orășenesc in Mioveni.
2: Team did not participate in the previous Liga I season.

Home matches played

Team \ Match played	Regular season															Play-off & play-out					Other	Total
Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	1	2	3	4	5	Other	Total
Argeș Pitești	2,621	2,693																				5,314
Botoșani	6,113																					6,113
CFR Cluj	3,159																					3,159
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	1,633																					1,633
Corvinul Hunedoara	2,598	1,932																				4,530
Dinamo București	7,128																					7,128
Farul Constanța	3,220																					3,220
FCSB	8,424	4,694																				13,118
Oțelul Galați	4,743	9,595																				14,338
Petrolul Ploiești	7,710																					7,710
Rapid București	10,576	10,142																				20,718
Sepsi OSK	5,150																					5,150
Universitatea Cluj	4,118																					4,118
Universitatea Craiova	10,883	9,502																				20,385
UTA Arad	4,687																					4,687
FC Voluntari	695	720																				1,415
League total																						122,736

Source: SuperLiga

Notes

References

↑ "Liga 1 devine Superliga" [Liga 1 becomes Superliga] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
1 2 3 "Cum va arăta SuperLiga în sezonul 2026/2027" [What will the SuperLiga look like in the 2026/2027 season?] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.

External links

Official website

[3] Due to the ongoing redevelopment of the Nicolae Dobrin Stadium, Argeș Pitești will play their home matches at Orășenesc Stadium in Mioveni.

[4] Due to the ongoing redevelopment of the Complexul Sportiv Corvinul, Corvinul Hunedoara will play their home matches at Francisc von Neuman in Arad.

[5] The stadium size is smaller than the required 4,500 but FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc received permission from the federation to use their own stadium for the upcoming season.

[1] "Liga 1 devine Superliga" [Liga 1 becomes Superliga] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2026.

[new_season-2] 1 2 3 "Cum va arăta SuperLiga în sezonul 2026/2027" [What will the SuperLiga look like in the 2026/2027 season?] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.

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v t e 2026–27 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '26 '27 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '26 '27 Faroe Islands '26 '27 Finland '26 '27 France Georgia '26 '27 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '26 '27 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '26 '27 Kosovo Latvia '26 '27 Lithuania '26 '27 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '26 '27 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '26 '27 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '26 '27 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '26 (Final) '27 Finland '26 '27 France Georgia '26 '27 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '26 '27 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '26 (Final) '27 Kosovo Latvia '26 '27 Liechtenstein Lithuania '26 '27 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '26 '27 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia '26 '27 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan '26 '27 Kosovo Latvia '26 '27 Lithuania '26 '27 Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '26 '27 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying league phase knockout phase final Europa League qualifying league phase knockout phase final Conference League qualifying 1st and 2nd rounds 3rd and play-off rounds league phase knockout phase final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
International competitions	2026 FIFA World Cup 2026–27 UEFA Nations League League A League B League C League D Promotion/relegation play-offs Finals Final 2027 Euro Under-21 qualification 2027 Euro Under-19 qualification 2027 Euro Under-17 qualification

Overview

Teams

Changes

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Pre-season

During the season

Regular season

League table

Results

Match results by week

Position by round

Play-off round

Play-off table

Play-out round

Play-out table

European play-offs

Bracket

Matches

Season statistics

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

Attendances

Overall

Home matches played

See also

Notes

References

External links