Season 2016–17 Location Romania | Biggest home win Juventus 6-0 Unirea Start date August 6, 2016 Matches played 306 | |
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Highest scoring SS Poli 3-4 ChindiaRm. Vâlcea 5-2 MetalulSepsi OSK 6-1 Foresta | ||
The 2016–17 Liga II is the 77th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 6 August 2016.
Contents
- Excluded teams
- Teams spared from relegation
- Renamed teams
- Moved teams
- Personnel and kits
- League table
- Season results
- Top scorers
- References
A total of 20 teams will contest the league. It will be the first Liga II season with a single series. The season will be played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team will play a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams will be relegated to Liga III.
Excluded teams
After the end of the last season, Petrolul Ploiești was dissolved.
On 21 July 2016 Rapid București was excluded from Liga I after the club went into dissolution. Their place was taken by Poli Timișoara.
Farul Constanța withdrew from Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III.
SC Bacău withdrew from Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III.
Baia Mare withdrew from the championship due to financial difficulties.
Teams spared from relegation
Foresta Suceava, Unirea Tărlungeni and Metalul Reșița were spared from relegation due to a lack of teams.
Renamed teams
Rapid CFR Suceava was renamed as Foresta Suceava.
Moved teams
ACS Berceni moved from Berceni to Popești-Leordeni.
Unirea Tărlungeni was moved from Tărlungeni to Ștefăneștii de Jos and took all the players and the staff of CS Ștefănești which was dissolved.
Metalul Reșița was moved from Reșița to Snagov and took all the players and the staff of Voinţa Snagov which was dissolved.
Șoimii Pâncota was moved from Pâncota to Șiria.
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.
League table
Updated to games played on 26 February 2017.
Source: FRF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(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.
1 Șoimii Pâncota was excluded from the championship for unpaid debts and all their results were canceled.
2 ACS Berceni withdrew from the championship in the first part of the championship and all their results were canceled.
3 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea withdrew from the championship in the winter break and lose all matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.
4 Unirea Tărlungeni withdrew from the championship in the winter break and lose all matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.
Season results
Updated to games played on 26 February 2017.
Source: Liga 2
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.