2015–16 Liga I

Liga I

Season	2015–16
Champions	Astra Giurgiu (1st title)
Relegated	Petrolul Ploiești
Champions League	Astra Giurgiu Steaua București
Europa League	Pandurii Târgu Jiu Viitorul Constanța CSMS Iași
Matches played	268
Goals scored	659 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ioan Hora (19 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Branko Grahovac Alexandru Marc (14 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	CFR Cluj 6–0 Botoșani (16 April 2016)
Biggest away win	Astra Giurgiu 1–5 Târgu Mureș (19 July 2015) Dinamo București 1–5 Viitorul Constanța (2 November 2015) Petrolul Ploiești 0–4 Botoșani (22 April 2016)
Highest scoring	Steaua București 5–3 Botoșani (8 November 2015)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Astra Giurgiu
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches: Dinamo București
Longest winless run	14 matches: Voluntari
Longest losing run	9 matches: Petrolul Ploiești
Highest attendance	48,613 Steaua București 1–1 Dinamo București (10 April 2016)
Lowest attendance	100 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–3 Botoșani (5 December 2015)
Average attendance	4,443
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 29 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Liga I was the ninety-eighth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. The season began on 10 July 2015 and ended in May 2016. Astra Giurgiu were the defending champions. This was the first season to take place since the new playoff/playout rule had been introduced.

Teams

The last six teams from the 2014–15 season were relegated to their respective 2015–16 Liga II division. Gaz Metan Mediaș, Brașov, Universitatea Cluj, Rapid București, Oțelul Galați and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

The first team from each of the two divisions of 2014–15 Liga II advanced to Liga I. Voluntari promoted as the winners of Seria I.^[1] It is their first season in Liga I. ACS Poli Timișoara promoted as the winners of Seria II.^[2] It is their second season in Liga I.

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Steaua București	ACS Poli Timișoara	CFR Cluj	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Petrolul Ploiești	Dinamo București
Arena Națională / Nicolae Dobrin[note 1]	Dan Păltinișanu	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu	Municipal[note 2]	Ilie Oană	Dinamo
Capacity: 55,634 / 15,000	Capacity: 32,972	Capacity: 23,500	Capacity: 20,054	Capacity: 15,500	Capacity: 15,032

Voluntari	Botoșani	CSMS Iași	Astra Giurgiu	Târgu Mureș	CS U Craiova
Dinamo[note 3] / Anghel Iordănescu	Municipal	Emil Alexandrescu	Marin Anastasovici	Trans-Sil / Cluj Arena[note 4]	Extensiv[note 5]
Capacity: 15,032 / 4,600	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 11,390	Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 8,200 / 30,201	Capacity: 7,000

Concordia Chiajna	Viitorul Constanța
Concordia	Viitorul[note 6]
Capacity: 5,123	Capacity: 4,500

1. Since November 29, 2015 to March 18, 2016, Steaua București was relocated to Nicolae Dobrin Stadium from Pitești, as a result of Arena Națională not having an ISU licence.
2. Pandurii was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Drobeta-Turnu Severin for the next two seasons, as a result of the renovations of the Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium.
3. Until March 12, 2016, FC Voluntari was relocated to Dinamo Stadium for this season, as a result of the renovations of the Anghel Iordănescu Stadium.
4. On November 22 and December 2, 2015, ASA Târgu Mureș played two home matches at Cluj Arena from Cluj-Napoca, as a result of Trans-Sil not having an ISU licence.
5. CS U Craiova was relocated to Extensiv Stadium for this season, as a result of the demolition of the old Ion Oblemenco Stadium, that is planned to be replaced by a modern arena.
6. Viitorul Constanța was relocated to Viitorul Stadium from Ovidiu, as a result of the construction of the New Viitorul Stadium.

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Steaua

Dinamo

Astra Giurgiu

Botoșani

CFR Cluj

Concordia

CSMS Iași

CS U Craiova

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

Petrolul Ploiești

ACS Poli Timișoara

Târgu Mureș

Viitorul Constanța

Voluntari

Location of teams in 2015–16 Liga I

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
Astra Giurgiu	Șumudică, MariusMarius Șumudică	Valerică Găman	Puma	InterAgro
Botoșani	Grozavu, LeontinLeontin Grozavu	Michael Ngadeu	Nike	Elsaco
CFR Cluj	Conceição, ToniToni Conceição	Mário Camora	Joma	EnergoBit
Concordia Chiajna	Falub, AdrianAdrian Falub	Christian Obodo	Lotto	—
CSMS Iași	Napoli, NicolòNicolò Napoli	Ionuț Voicu	Nike	Blue Air
CS U Craiova	Naicu, VictorVictor Naicu	Valentin Iliev	Joma	—
Dinamo București	Rednic, MirceaMircea Rednic	Paul Anton	Nike	Orange
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Iordănescu, EduardEduard Iordănescu	Dan Nistor	Jako	Complexul Energetic Oltenia
Petrolul Ploiești	Gane, IonelIonel Gane	Alberto Cobrea	Nike	SuperBet
Poli Timișoara	Popa, IonuțIonuț Popa	Cristian Scutaru	Joma	Casa Rusu
Steaua București	Reghecampf, LaurențiuLaurențiu Reghecampf	Fernando Varela	Nike	City Insurance
Târgu Mureș	Ciorceri, GeorgeGeorge Ciorceri	Gabriel Mureșan	Joma	energo+
Viitorul Constanța	Hagi, GheorgheGheorghe Hagi	Florin Cernat	Nike	Lotto Snacks
Voluntari	Popescu, SorinSorin Popescu	Dinu Todoran	Puma	Primăria Orașului Voluntari

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Voluntari	Poenaru, IlieIlie Poenaru	No PRO licence	31 May 2015	Pre-season	Vintilă, BogdanBogdan Vintilă	21 June 2015[3]
Petrolul Ploiești	Sinescu, ValentinValentin Sinescu (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	2 June 2015		Selymes, TiborTibor Selymes	3 June 2015[4]
Târgu Mureș	Ciobotariu, LiviuLiviu Ciobotariu	Mutual agreement	4 June 2015[5]		Petrescu, DanDan Petrescu	11 June 2015[6]
Steaua București	Gâlcă, ConstantinConstantin Gâlcă	End of contract	9 June 2015[7]		Pedrazzini, MassimoMassimo Pedrazzini	9 June 2015[8]
Târgu Mureș	Petrescu, DanDan Petrescu	Signed by Jiangsu Sainty	10 July 2015[9]		Miriuță, VasileVasile Miriuță	10 July 2015[10]
Voluntari	Vintilă, BogdanBogdan Vintilă	Sacked	14 August 2015[11]	13	Stoican, FlaviusFlavius Stoican	15 August 2015[12]
Poli Timișoara	Alexa, DanDan Alexa	Resigned	21 August 2015[13]	12	Marin, FlorinFlorin Marin	25 August 2015[14]
Petrolul Ploiești	Selymes, TiborTibor Selymes	Mutual agreement	25 August 2015[15]	14	Tudor, EusebiuEusebiu Tudor	25 August 2015[16]
Concordia Chiajna	Baciu, MariusMarius Baciu	Mutual agreement	1 September 2015[17]	10	Țălnar, CornelCornel Țălnar	1 September 2015[17]
Steaua București	Pedrazzini, MassimoMassimo Pedrazzini	Mutual agreement	11 September 2015	5	Dumitriu, DumitruDumitru Dumitriu	11 September 2015
Botoșani	Grozavu, LeontinLeontin Grozavu	Sacked	14 September 2015[18]	12	Cornățeanu, MugurMugur Cornățeanu (caretaker)	14 September 2015[18]
Târgu Mureș	Miriuță, VasileVasile Miriuță	Mutual agreement	20 September 2015	3	Bergodi, CristianoCristiano Bergodi	22 September 2015
Voluntari	Flavius Stoican	Mutual agreement	24 September 2015	13	Mircea Rădulescu	24 September 2015
Botoșani	Cornățeanu, MugurMugur Cornățeanu (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	1 October 2015[19]	12	Pustai, CristianCristian Pustai	1 October 2015[19]
Voluntari	Mircea Rădulescu	Mutual agreement	6 October 2015	13	Gheorghe Mulțescu	6 October 2015
Petrolul Ploiești	Tudor, EusebiuEusebiu Tudor	Mutual agreement	29 October 2015	14	Stoichiță, MihaiMihai Stoichiță	29 October 2015
Concordia Chiajna	Țălnar, CornelCornel Țălnar	Mutual agreement	25 November 2015[20]	12	Falub, AdrianAdrian Falub	25 November 2015[20]
Steaua București	Dumitriu, DumitruDumitru Dumitriu	Mutual agreement	2 December 2015	5	Reghecampf, LaurențiuLaurențiu Reghecampf	3 December 2015
CFR Cluj	Dican, FranciscFrancisc Dican	Mutual agreement	5 December 2015[21]	9	Conceição, ToniToni Conceição	7 December 2015[22]
Târgu Mureș	Bergodi, CristianoCristiano Bergodi	Resigned	17 December 2015[23]	6	Grigoraș, PetrePetre Grigoraș	29 December 2015[24]
Petrolul Ploiești	Stoichiță, MihaiMihai Stoichiță	Mutual agreement	5 January 2016[25]	14	Schumacher, ConstantinConstantin Schumacher	5 January 2016[25]
CS U Craiova	Săndoi, EmilEmil Săndoi	Mutual agreement	8 January 2016[26]	8	Naicu, VictorVictor Naicu	8 January 2016[26]
Voluntari	Mulțescu, GheorgheGheorghe Mulțescu	Resigned	22 January 2016[27]	13	Ganea, IonelIonel Ganea	24 January 2016[27]
Târgu Mureș	Grigoraș, PetrePetre Grigoraș	Mutual agreement	22 February 2016[28]	7	Fekete, CarolCarol Fekete (caretaker)	22 February 2016[28]
Târgu Mureș	Fekete, CarolCarol Fekete (caretaker)	End of tenure as a caretaker	9 March 2016[29]	6	Ciorceri, GeorgeGeorge Ciorceri	9 March 2016[29]
Petrolul Ploiești	Schumacher, ConstantinConstantin Schumacher	Mutual agreement	14 March 2016[30]	8 Relegation round	Gane, IonelIonel Gane	15 March 2016[30]
Poli Timișoara	Marin, FlorinFlorin Marin	Mutual agreement	23 March 2016[31]	7 Relegation round	Grigoraș, PetrePetre Grigoraș	28 March 2016[32]
Botoșani	Pustai, CristianCristian Pustai	Mutual agreement	1 April 2016[33]	5 Relegation round	Grozavu, LeontinLeontin Grozavu	5 April 2016[34]
Voluntari	Ganea, IonelIonel Ganea	Sacked	25 April 2016[35]	6 Relegation round	Popescu, SorinSorin Popescu	27 April 2016[36]
Poli Timișoara	Grigoraș, PetrePetre Grigoraș	Sacked	23 May 2016[37]	7 Relegation round	Popa, IonuțIonuț Popa	23 May 2016[38]
Voluntari	Popescu, SorinSorin Popescu	Mutual agreement	24 May 2016	6 Relegation round	Todoran, DinuDinu Todoran	24 May 2016[39]

Regular season

In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.^[40]

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astra Giurgiu	26	14	9	3	42	29	+13	51	Qualification to Championship round
2	Dinamo București	26	13	9	4	36	24	+12	48
3	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	26	13	8	5	35	26	+9	47
4	Viitorul Constanța	26	13	7	6	49	30	+19	46
5	Steaua București	26	12	8	6	35	25	+10	44
6	Târgu Mureș	26	9	11	6	27	21	+6	38
7	CSMS Iași	26	9	10	7	22	25	−3	37	Qualification to Relegation round
8	CS U Craiova	26	8	7	11	26	27	−1	31
9	CFR Cluj[lower-alpha 1]	26	9	10	7	31	25	+6	27
10	Botoșani	26	6	8	12	30	35	−5	26
11	ACS Poli Timișoara	26	5	10	11	24	35	−11	25
12	Voluntari	26	5	9	12	28	42	−14	24
13	Concordia Chiajna	26	3	8	15	22	46	−24	17
14	Petrolul Ploiești[lower-alpha 2]	26	2	8	16	17	34	−17	8

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
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.^[41]
Notes:

1. CFR Cluj were deducted ten points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.
2. Petrolul Ploiești were deducted six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.

Regular season results

Home ╲ Away

ACS

AST

BOT

CFR

CON

IAȘ

CSU

DIN

PAN

PET

STE

ASA

VII

VOL

ACS Poli Timișoara

1–3

1–0

1–2

1–0

2–2

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

1–2

1–2

Astra Giurgiu

2–2

1–0

2–2

2–2

4–1

1–0

1–1

1–2

3–1

2–0

1–5

2–2

1–1

Botoșani

1–1

0–1

2–1

5–1

1–0

3–2

1–1

0–2

2–1

0–1

1–1

2–2

2–2

CFR Cluj

1–0

1–1

3–1

0–0

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

Concordia Chiajna

2–2

0–2

0–0

2–1

0–1

0–2

1–3

3–0

2–2

0–2

1–2

2–2

1–2

CSMS Iași

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

1–0

1–2

0–1

0–0

2–1

CS U Craiova

1–1

1–2

0–0

0–1

2–0

2–0

3–0

0–0

2–0

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–2

Dinamo București

2–1

0–1

1–0

0–2

4–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

3–1

2–1

1–5

3–0

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

3–1

1–1

0–3

1–1

2–0

3–0

1–1

2–2

3–2

0–3

2–0

1–0

2–1

Petrolul Ploiești

1–1

0–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

Steaua București

3–1

0–1

5–3

1–1

3–1

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

ASA Târgu Mureș

0–0

3–1

1–0

0–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

Viitorul Constanța

4–0

1–2

3–1

2–2

3–1

1–2

4–0

1–1

1–3

1–0

0–1

1–0

3–0

Voluntari

0–0

1–2

1–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–3

0–0

1–0

3–1

0–2

2–3

Updated to games played on 29 February 2016.
Source: Liga 1
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Regular season positions by round

Team/ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
ACS Poli	12	12	9	9	11	12	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Astra	2	11	6	6	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Botoșani	7	7	10	12	10	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10
CFR	13	13	13	10	12	9	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9
Concordia	2	9	11	11	13	10	11	8	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
CSMS Iași	5	3	2	5	1	4	4	7	7	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7
CS U Craiova	7	10	12	13	8	11	9	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Dinamo	7	4	4	3	3	1	2	3	2	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2
Pandurii	1	5	5	4	5	7	7	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	4	5	5	4	3
Petrolul	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Steaua	7	2	3	2	2	6	6	5	5	5	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
Târgu Mureș	7	1	1	1	4	5	5	4	4	3	6	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
Viitorul	2	6	7	7	7	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	4
Voluntari	5	7	8	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12

Championship round

The top six teams from Regular season met twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2016–17 UEFA Champions League and 2016–17 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.^[42]

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astra Giurgiu (C)	10	7	1	2	20	9	+11	48	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Steaua București	10	6	3	1	18	8	+10	43
3	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	10	3	6	1	12	7	+5	39	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Dinamo București[lower-alpha 1]	10	2	6	2	12	15	−3	36
5	Viitorul Constanța	10	1	3	6	14	21	−7	29	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Târgu Mureș[lower-alpha 2]	10	0	3	7	8	24	−16	22

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Dinamo București failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2014.^[43][44]
2. On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Târgu Mureș will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three (3) seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).^[45]

Championship round results

Home ╲ Away	AST	DIN	PAN	STE	ASA	VII
Astra Giurgiu		4–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Dinamo București	1–4		1–1	1–1	1–0	3–3
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–0	0–0		0–1	3–3	1–1
Steaua București	2–0	1–1	1–1		2–1	3–0
ASA Târgu Mureș	1–4	0–0	0–2	1–4		1–1
Viitorul Constanța	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–3	6–1

Source: Liga 1
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round positions by round

Team/ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Astra	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dinamo	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Pandurii	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Steaua	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Târgu Mureș	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Viitorul	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Relegation round

The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation 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 finishes 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team - 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.^[46]

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	CSMS Iași	14	5	5	4	17	15	+2	39	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
8	CS U Craiova	14	7	2	5	19	17	+2	39
9	Botoșani	14	7	4	3	29	19	+10	38
10	CFR Cluj[lower-alpha 1]	14	6	4	4	25	13	+12	36
11	Concordia Chiajna	14	7	5	2	19	13	+6	35
12	Voluntari (O)	14	5	2	7	19	20	−1	29	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13	ACS Poli Timișoara[lower-alpha 2]	14	1	4	9	14	36	−22	20	Relegation to Liga II
14	Petrolul Ploiești (R)	14	4	2	8	9	18	−9	18

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. CFR Cluj would have qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Cupa României, but failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2015.^[47][48]
2. ACS Poli Timișoara were not relegated because the winners of 2015–16 Liga II, Rapid București, were excluded from Liga I after the club went to dissolution.^[49]

Relegation round results

Home ╲ Away	ACS	BOT	CFR	CON	IAȘ	CSU	PET	VOL
ACS Poli Timișoara		1–4	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–2	0–1	2–1
Botoșani	6–1		4–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2
CFR Cluj	5–1	6–0		2–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–1
Concordia Chiajna	0–0	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1
CSMS Iași	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–3		3–0	1–0	0–1
CS U Craiova	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–2		2–0	3–0
Petrolul Ploiești	3–2	0–4	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0		1–2
Voluntari	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–0

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Liga 1
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round positions by round

Team/ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
ACS Poli	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Botoșani	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	9
CFR	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	10	7	10
Concordia	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
CSMS Iași	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	7
CS U Craiova	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	7	7	8	9	7	9	8
Petrolul	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Voluntari	12	12	11	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Liga I play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the winner of the match between second place from Liga II, Seria I and second place from Seria II.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dunărea Călărași	4–5	UTA Arad	3–1	1–4 (a.e.t.)

Dunărea Călărași v UTA Arad

1 June 2016	Dunărea Călărași	3–1	UTA Arad	Călărași
18:00	Alexandru  4', 45' Kanda  80'		Strătilă  43'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

UTA Arad v Dunărea Călărași

4 June 2016	UTA Arad	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Dunărea Călărași	Arad
18:00	Man  17' Curtuiuș  34' Rus  77', 99'		Stoica  81'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova)

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Voluntari	3–1	UTA Arad	3–0	0–1

Voluntari v UTA Arad

8 June 2016	Voluntari	3–0	UTA Arad	Voluntari
18:30	Voduț  27' Tudorie  44' Bălan  79'			Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

UTA Arad v Voluntari

12 June 2016	UTA Arad	1–0	Voluntari	Arad
13:00	Rus  88'			Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

Notes:

• Voluntari qualified for 2016–17 Liga I and UTA Arad qualified for 2016–17 Liga II.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016^[50]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ioan Hora	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	19
2	Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	16
3	Florin Tănase	Viitorul Constanța	15
4	Nicolae Stanciu	Steaua București	12
	Cristian López	CFR Cluj
	Harlem Gnohéré	Dinamo București
	Bojan Golubović	CSMS Iași
8	Adrian Bălan	Voluntari	11
9	Gonzalo Cabrera	Botoșani	10
10	Constantin Budescu^1	Astra Giurgiu	8
	Florin Cernat	Viitorul Constanța
	Nuno Rocha	CS U Craiova
	Dorin Rotariu	Dinamo București

¹ Constantin Budescu was transferred to Dalian Yifang during the winter transfer window.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
López, CristianCristian López	CFR Cluj	FC Botoșani	3–1	31 August 2015
Alibec, DenisDenis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	Dinamo București	4–1	1 April 2016

Clean sheets

Updated to matches played on 29 May 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^*
1	Branko Grahovac	CSMS Iași	14
	Alexandru Marc	CFR Cluj
3	Vytautas Černiauskas	Dinamo București	13
4	Cristian Bălgrădean	CS U Craiova / Concordia Chiajna	12
5	Eduard Stăncioiu	Târgu Mureș	10
6	Silviu Lung	Astra Giurgiu	9
7	Florin Niță	Steaua București	8
8	Pedro Mingote	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	7
9	Victor Rîmniceanu	Viitorul Constanța	6
	Răzvan Stanca	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
11	Sascha Kirschstein	ACS Poli Timișoara	5
12	Valentin Cojocaru	Steaua București	4
	Florin Matache	Concordia Chiajna
	Alberto Cobrea	Petrolul Ploiești
	Răzvan Pleșca	Botoșani

^* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Discipline

As of 29 May 2016

Player

• Most yellow cards:^[51] 13
  • Adrian Ropotan (Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
  • Gabriel Mureșan (Târgu Mureș)
• Most red cards:^[52] 3
  • Steliano Filip (Dinamo București)

Club

• Most yellow cards:^[53] 119
  • Petrolul Ploiești
• Most red cards:^[53] 14
  • Târgu Mureș

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Reference
	Player	Club
July	Constantin Budescu	Astra Giurgiu	[54]
August	Constantin Budescu	Astra Giurgiu	[55]
September	Harlem Gnohéré	Dinamo București	[56]
October	Ioan Hora	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	[57]
November	Nicolae Stanciu	Steaua București	[58]
December	Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	[59]
February	Marcel Essombé	Dinamo București	[60]
March	Nicolae Stanciu	Steaua București	[61]
April	Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	[62]
May	Gonzalo Cabrera	FC Botoșani	[63]

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51. Yellow cards
52. Red cards
53. Clasamentul fairplay
54. Fotbalistul lunii Iulie
55. Fotbalistul lunii August
56. Fotbalistul lunii Septembrie
57. Fotbalistul lunii Octombrie
58. Fotbalistul lunii Noiembrie
59. Fotbalistul lunii Decembrie
60. Fotbalistul lunii Februarie
61. Fotbalistul lunii Martie
62. Fotbalistul lunii Aprilie
63. Fotbalistul lunii Mai

External links

• Official website