2011–12 Liga II

The 2011–12 Liga II was the 72nd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The league structure had two series of 16 teams each. The first two teams in each series were promoted and the last three in each series were relegated. The season began on August 20.[1]

Liga II
Season2011–12
PromotedStudențesc Iași
Viitorul Constanța
Gloria Bistrița
Gaz Metan Severin
RelegatedSnagov
Gloria Buzău
Victoria Brănești
Juventus București
Mureșul Deva
Arieșul Turda
Top goalscorerAlexandru Chițu (17 goals)

Teams

Three of the five relegated teams from the previous Liga I season, Timișoara, Gloria Bistrița and Unirea Urziceni, did not apply for a Liga II license. The latter club was dissolved, while the first two appealed the relegation decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and did not to apply for Liga II licenses. Previously they were denied Liga I licenses for the 2011–12 season and were relegated, despite finishing on non-relegating spots. Their cases were dismissed by the CAS on July 18.[2] (See 2011–12 Liga I licensing controversies.) On July 8, the Executive Committee of the FRF decided to accept Timișoara and Gloria Bistrița in this season of Liga II despite not requesting a license, arguing the decision as taken in consideration for their respective cities and supporters.[3] Also relegated from the first division, Universitatea Craiova was temporary excluded by FRF from all internal competitions.[4] Juventus București were spared from relegation instead.[1] Additionally, Timișoara would not have the right to promote, falling the three-year rule of the Financial Fair Play Regulations.[5][6][7]

Seria I
Location of Seria I teams in 2011–12 Liga II
Club City Stadium Capacity
Astra II Giurgiu Marin Anastasovici 7,000
Bacău Bacău Municipal 17,500
Botoșani Botoșani Municipal 12,000
Brăila Brăila Municipal 18,000
Callatis Mangalia Mangalia Central 5,000
Delta Tulcea Tulcea Delta 12,000
Dinamo II București Bucharest Florea Dumitrache 1,500
Dunărea Galați Galați Dunărea 23,000
Farul Constanța Constanța Farul 15,500
Gloria Buzău Buzău Municipal 18,000
Studențesc Iași Iași Emil Alexandrescu 11,390
Otopeni Otopeni Otopeni 1,200
Săgeata Năvodari Năvodari Petromidia 5,000
Snagov Snagov Snagov 2,000
Victoria Brănești Brănești Cătălin Hîldan 2,500
Viitorul Constanța Ovidiu Ovidiu 1,000

Seria II
Location of Seria II teams in 2011–12 Liga II
Club City Stadium Capacity
Alro Slatina Slatina Metalurgistul 5,000
Argeș Pitești Pitești Nicolae Dobrin 15,000
Arieșul Turda Turda Municipal 10,000
Bihor Oradea Oradea Iuliu Bodola 18,000
Chindia Târgoviște Târgoviște Eugen Popescu 10,000
Gaz Metan Drobeta-Turnu Severin Drobeta-Turnu Severin Municipal 20,054
Gloria Bistrița Bistrița Gloria 7,800
Juventus București Bucharest Juventus 8,000
Luceafărul Oradea Oradea Luceafărul 3,000
Maramureș Baia Mare Baia Mare Viorel Mateianu 15,500
Mureșul Deva Deva Cetate 4,000
Olt Slatina Slatina Municipal 4,000
Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Municipal 12,000
Timișoara Timișoara Dan Păltinișanu 32,972
Unirea Alba Iulia Alba Iulia Cetate 18,000
UTA Arad Arad Francisc von Neumann 7,287

League tables

Seria I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 CSMS Iași (C, P) 30 19 4 7 51 26 +25 61[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to Liga I
2 Viitorul Constanța (P) 30 17 10 3 55 18 +37 61[lower-alpha 1]
3 Delta Tulcea 30 17 8 5 55 28 +27 59
4 Săgeata Năvodari 30 14 7 9 47 33 +14 49
5 FC Botoșani 30 13 9 8 42 31 +11 48[lower-alpha 2]
6 Brăila 30 15 3 12 47 40 +7 48[lower-alpha 2]
7 FCM Bacău 30 13 6 11 43 31 +12 45
8 Farul Constanța 30 11 11 8 45 42 +3 44
9 Callatis Mangalia 30 13 4 13 43 41 +2 43
10 Dunărea Galați 30 11 7 12 38 40 −2 40
11 Astra II Giurgiu 30 10 6 14 35 48 −13 36
12 CS Otopeni 30 10 5 15 37 44 −7 35
13 Dinamo II București 30 8 10 12 32 35 −3 34
14 FC Snagov[lower-alpha 3] (R) 30 6 6 18 29 60 −31 24 Relegation to Liga III
15 Gloria Buzău (R) 30 6 5 19 26 62 −36 23
16 Victoria Brănești[lower-alpha 3] (R) 30 4 3 23 17 64 −47 15
Source: FRF (in 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. IAS 1-0 VII; VII 1-1 IAS
  2. BOT 1-0 BRA; BRA 2-1 BOT
  3. FC Snagov and FC Victoria Brănești withdrew from the championship during the second half and lost all remaining matches with 3-0.

Seria II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Politehnica Timișoara[lower-alpha 1] (C) 30 19 8 3 54 19 +35 65[lower-alpha 2]
2 Gloria Bistrița (P) 30 19 8 3 60 29 +31 65[lower-alpha 2] Promotion to Liga I
3 Gaz Metan Severin[lower-alpha 3] (P) 30 18 5 7 50 25 +25 59
4 UTA Arad 30 14 9 7 41 20 +21 51
5 Alro Slatina 30 14 8 8 41 22 +19 50
6 Luceafărul Oradea 30 13 8 9 34 27 +7 47
7 Chindia Târgoviște 30 11 11 8 34 24 +10 44[lower-alpha 4]
8 Bihor Oradea 30 12 8 10 40 35 +5 44[lower-alpha 4]
9 Unirea Alba Iulia 30 10 11 9 34 26 +8 41
10 Argeș Pitești 30 10 9 11 34 47 −13 39
11 Maramureș Universitar Baia Mare 30 10 5 15 38 50 −12 35[lower-alpha 5]
12 Râmnicu Vâlcea 30 9 8 13 34 38 −4 35[lower-alpha 5]
13 Olt Slatina 30 9 7 14 30 35 −5 34
14 Juventus București (R) 30 4 8 18 24 44 −20 20 Relegation to Liga III
15 Mureșul Deva (R) 30 6 2 22 20 72 −52 20
16 Arieșul Turda[lower-alpha 6] (R) 30 2 5 23 10 65 −55 11
Source: FRF (in 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Politehnica Timișoara have canceled their license application due to remaining unpaid debts and will not have the right to promote.[8]
  2. GLO 2-2 POL; POL 1-1 GLO
  3. Gaz Metan Severin promoted from 3rd position since Politehnica Timișoara canceled their license application for the new season.[9]
  4. CHI 1-1 BIH; BIH 2-2 CHI
  5. RAM 1-2 BAI; BAI 0-1 RAM
  6. FC Arieșul Turda withdrew from the championship during the winter break and lost all remaining matches with 3-0.

Goals
12 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals

See also

References
  1. "Hagi, clear for Liga I: Who are the rivals?" (in Romanian). Liga 2. July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  2. "The CAS dismisses the appeals filed by FC Timișoara SA, CS FC Bihor Oradea & "Club Fotbal Gloria 22"". TAS-CAS. 18 July 2011.
  3. "Decisions of the Executive Committee" (in Romanian). FRF. July 8, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  4. "Decisions of the Executive Committee of FRF" (in Romanian). FRF. July 20, 2011. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  5. "CAS upholds three-year rule decision on Timișoara". UEFA. July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  6. "Universitatea Craiova and Timișoara have lost their rights to promote" (in Romanian). Liga 2. June 2, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  7. "Timișoara gets another hard kick" (in Romanian). Liga 2. July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  8. "Poli retired its license application!" (in Romanian). Liga 2. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  9. "Gaz Metan promotes without playoff" (in Romanian). Liga 2. June 1, 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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