Season 2010–11 Champions League Oţelul GalaţiVaslui Biggest home win Rapid 7–1 Victoria Champion ASC Oțelul Galați Matches played 305 | Champions Oţelul Galaţi Dates 23 Jul 2010 – 21 May 2011 Goals scored 756 | |
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Europa League Rapid BucureştiSteaua BucureştiDinamo BucureştiGaz Metan Mediaş Relegated ACS Poli Timișoara, AF Gloria Bistrița, FC Universitatea Craiova, FC Unirea Urziceni, FC Victoria Brănești Similar | ||
The 2010–11 Liga I was the ninety-third season of the top-level football league of Romania. The season commenced on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. A winter break where no matches were played was held between 11 December 2010 and 18 February 2011. A total of eighteen teams participated in the league, where Oţelul Galaţi were the defending champions.
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Teams
Politehnica Iaşi, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Unirea Alba Iulia were relegated to Liga II after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom three places. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Unirea Alba Iulia made their immediate return to the second level, while Politehnica Iaşi ended a six-year tenure in the highest football league of Romania. 15th-placed team Pandurii Târgu Jiu, who originally were to be relegated as well, were allowed to remain in Liga I after Internaţional Curtea de Argeş withdrew from the league because of financial reasons. Internaţional thus returned to Liga II after having been promoted the previous season.
The four relegated teams were replaced by the champions and runners-up from both 2009–10 Liga II divisions. Victoria Brăneşti and Sportul Studenţesc were promoted from Seria I while Târgu Mureş and Universitatea Cluj were promoted from Seria II, with Victoria Brăneşti and Universitatea Cluj being constrained to play their home games on grounds in other cities (than home based) as their did not meet Liga I requirements.
Stadia and locations
- Universitatea Craiova used Stadionul Municipal (Drobeta-Turnu Severin) in the 1st day of the season
- Gaz Metan Mediaş used Stadionul Municipal (Sibiu) until the 10th day of the season
- Pandurii Târgu Jiu used their home ground Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu only until the 11th day of the season
- Universitatea Cluj used Stadionul Cetate-Victoria until the 19th day of the season
- Universitatea Cluj used Stadionul Gloria on the 21st day of the season
- Victoria Brăneşti used Stadionul Municipal (Buzău) until the 23rd day of the season
League table
Source: LPF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th overall goal difference; 6th overall goals scored
1 Timişoara and Gloria Bistriţa were denied a licence for the 2011–12 season because of accumulated debt and were therefore relegated to Liga II. Sportul Studenţesc as the only team from the relegated sides holding a Liga I licence were hence spared from relegation.
2 Steaua Bucureşti won the 2010–11 Cupa României competition and therefore qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Positions by round
Last updated: 21 May 2011
Source: kicker.de (German)
Results
Source: LPF (Romanian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 This match was awarded to Oţelul 0–3 because of debts not paid in time by Pandurii.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source: Liga1.ro (Romanian)
1 Bogdan Stancu was transferred to Galatasaray during the winter transfer window.