2019–20 Liga II
The 2019–20 Liga II is the 80th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 3 August 2019 and will end on 30 May 2020. A total of 20 teams will contest the league. It is the fourth Liga II season with a single series. The season was initially scheduled to be played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams would be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed team would play a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams would relegate to Liga III.
The season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 25 rounds, due to COVID-19 pandemic. After two months of inactivity, on 14 May 2020, the Romanian Football Federation announced that a promotion play-off tournament between the first 6 ranked teams will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. No teams will be relegated this season, apart from the clubs that were already dissolved or excluded.
Team changes
To Liga II
Promoted from Liga IIIRelegated from Liga I
From Liga II
Relegated to Liga IIIPromoted to Liga I
Excluded and spared teams
withdrew from Liga II on 30 July 2019, with three days before the start of the championship and chose to enroll in the Liga III. Place of Luceafărul was occupied by Energeticianul.Other changes
was moved from Petroșani to Târgu Jiu, but the club will play its home matches on Municipal Stadium in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, until Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium in Târgu Jiu will be opened.Renamed teams
CSM Școlar Reșița was renamed as CSM Reșița after recovering its right to use the brand and record of the old entity.Energeticianul was renamed as Viitorul Târgu Jiu.
Stadiums by capacity
Stadiums by locations
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 |
Argeș Pitești | Vasile Buhăescu | Macron | Primăria Pitești | |
ASU Politehnica Timișoara | Ioan Mera | Westiment / Macron | De Construct Ind | |
Concordia Chiajna | Florin Bratu | Petre Ivanovici | Joma | — |
CSM Reșița | Laurențiu Rus | Jako | Primăria Reșița | |
Daco-Getica București | — | — | — | — |
Dunărea Călărași | Georgian Honciu | Joma | CJ Călărași | |
Farul Constanța | Vlad Muțiu | Joma | — | |
Metaloglobus București | Ovidiu Herea | Jako | — | |
Miercurea Ciuc | Adrián Majzik | 2Rule | Csíkszereda | |
Mioveni | Ionuț Burnea | Joma | Primăria Mioveni | |
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Daniel Ciobanu | Nike | — | |
Petrolul Ploiești | Laurențiu Marinescu | Joma | Veolia | |
Rapid București | Ionuț Voicu | Macron | Greenfield, :ro:Superbet|Superbet | |
Ripensia Timișoara | Claudiu Apro | ILA | Almira | |
Sportul Snagov | — | — | — | — |
SCM Gloria Buzău | Marius Ioniță | Joma | — | |
Turris Turnu Măgurele | Erik Lincar | Silviu Pană | Joma | Nutrelo |
Universitatea Cluj | Dorin Goga | Adidas | :ro:IRUM|IRUM, De'Longhi, Untold | |
UTA Arad | Ciprian Rus | Saller | Primăria Arad | |
Viitorul Târgu Jiu | Cristian Oroș | Joma | Hotel Brâncuși, Vitalact |
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Season results
Promotion play-offs
A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I and the third-placed, team that would play another play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I. The teams started the promotion play-offs with half of the points accumulated until the interruption of the regular season.Table
Results
Liga I play-off
The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faces the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Albert Voinea | Ripensia Timișoara / Turris-Oltul | 14 |
2 | Valentin Buhăcianu | UTA Arad | 13 |
3 | Andrei Blejdea | Argeș Pitești | 12 |
3 | Ciprian Rus | UTA Arad | 12 |
5 | Ovidiu Herea | Metaloglobus București | 11 |
6 | Valentin Alexandru | SCM Gloria Buzău / Rapid București | 10 |
6 | Sergiu Arnăutu | Petrolul Ploiești | 10 |
8 | Valentin Munteanu | SCM Gloria Buzău | 9 |
8 | Bogdan Rusu | Dunărea Călărași | 9 |
10 | Mircea Axente | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 8 |
10 | Cătălin Hlistei | Rapid București | 8 |
10 | Silviu Pană | Turris Turnu Măgurele | 8 |
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean Sheets |
1 | Vlad Muțiu | Farul Constanța | 10 |
2 | Florin Iacob | UTA Arad | 9 |
3 | Flavius Croitoru | Mioveni | 8 |
4 | Raul Avram | Petrolul Ploiești | 7 |
4 | Rareș Murariu | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 7 |
5 | Dragoș Balauru | SCM Gloria Buzău | 5 |
5 | Alexandru Tătaru | Rapid București | 5 |
7 | Răzvan Ducan | Argeș Pitești | 4 |
7 | David Duțu | Turris Turnu Măgurele | 4 |
7 | George Gavrilaș | Metaloglobus București | 4 |
7 | Alexandru Greab | Concordia Chiajna | 4 |
7 | Ionuț Rus | Turris Turnu Măgurele | 4 |
*Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.