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	Alexandru Neacșa	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	David Miculescu	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	11	8	2	1	25	7	+18	26	Advances to Play-off
2	Rapid București	11	7	3	1	18	9	+9	24
3	Universitatea Craiova	11	7	2	2	25	9	+16	23
4	Petrolul Ploiești	11	6	1	4	14	15	−1	19
5	Universitatea Cluj	11	6	0	5	20	18	+2	18
6	Farul Constanța	11	4	5	2	17	15	+2	17

7	Corvinul Hunedoara	11	4	4	3	14	11	+3	16	Advances to Play-out
8	CFR Cluj	11	5	1	5	17	17	0	16
9	FCSB	11	4	3	4	14	17	−3	15
10	Botoșani	11	3	5	3	16	12	+4	14
11	Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe	11	3	4	4	7	12	−5	13
12	UTA Arad	11	3	3	5	14	16	−2	12
13	Argeș Pitești	11	3	2	6	6	11	−5	11
14	Oțelul Galați	11	2	4	5	11	16	−5	10
15	Voluntari	11	2	2	7	11	25	−14	8
16	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	11	0	1	10	5	24	−19	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 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									1–0
Botoșani										1–1
CFR Cluj	3–1											a			5–0
Corvinul Hunedoara				3–0
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc							0–2
Dinamo București							a						5–1
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
Team ╲ Round
Argeș	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L
Botoșani	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W
CFR Cluj	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W
Corvinul	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	W
Csíkszer.	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Dinamo	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Farul	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W
FCSB	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W
Oțelul	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L
Petrolul	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L
Rapid	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W
Sep.OSK	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L
Univer.Cl.	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L
Univer.Cr.	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W
UTA Arad	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L
Voluntari	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 11 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
Team ╲ Round
Dinamo	12	5	7	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Rapid	7	3	2	3	8	4	2	2	2	2
Univer.Cr.	1	8	3	6	9	5	3	4	3	3
Petrolul	6	10	13	8	5	2	4	3	4	4
Farul	11	6	8	5	7	9	7	5	5	6
Sep.OSK	13	11	10	11	11	11	9	6	6	9
FCSB	3	1	1	2	1	3	5	7	7	11
Univer.Cl.	5	9	4	7	4	10	12	14	8	5
Botoșani	9	13	14	14	14	13	13	8	9	12
Argeș	14	12	5	1	3	7	10	12	10	13
Corvinul	2	7	9	9	6	8	6	9	11	7
CFR Cluj	10	4	12	13	13	12	11	11	12	8

[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.

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