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SuperLiga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2025-2026

Location

Romania

Abbreviation

ROU1

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Summary

The Liga I (ROU1) or SuperLiga (ROU1) is the top football league in Romania's football system. At the end of the 2025-2026 ROU1 season, the ROU1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026-2027 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2025-2026 ROU1 Championship Round team
2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd place 2025-2026 ROU1 Championship Round team
- winner of the 2025-2026 ROU1 UEFAECL playoff

The winner of the 2025-2026 Cupa României (Romanian Cup), typically a ROU1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa League.

Leagues Pyramid - Romania

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
ROU1	SuperLiga (Liga I)	16
ROU2	Casa Pariurilor (Liga II)	22
ROU3	Liga III	100
ROU4	Liga IV	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 11 Jul 2025 - 9 Mar 2026	Champ/Releg Rounds 13 Mar 2026 - 16 May 2026	UEFAECL Playoffs 19 May 2026-11 Jun 2026	16: ROU1 (12 minimum), ROU2 (4 maximum)

Season Format

The 2025-2026 ROU1 season consists of 2 stages. In the first stage, each ROU1 team plays the other 15 ROU1 teams in Home-Away matches for a total of 30 league matches per team. The second stage consists of the Championship Round and the Relegation Round. In the Championship Round, each team plays Home-Away matches against the other five ROU1 teams for 10 additional league matches (40 total per team) to determine final rankings for the 2026-2027 UEFA Champions League and the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League placements. In the Relegation Round, each team plays one match against the other nine ROU1 teams for 9 additional league matches (39 total per team) to determine determine the relegation placements. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) head-to-head goals scored, (4) goal difference, (5) goals scored, then (6) a playoff.

Playoffs

At the end of the 2025-2026 ROU1 Relegation Round, the 1st and 2nd place Relegation Round teams will play a one-legged playoff against each other. The winner plays a Home/Away highest aggregate score UEFAECL playoff against the 3rd place Championship Group team.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 ROU1 Relegation Round, the 9th and 10th place Relegation Round teams are relegated to the ROU2, and the 7th and 8th place Relegation Round teams will play a Home-Away highest aggregate score playoff with the 3rd and 4th place ROU2 teams.

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2nd Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	Universitatea Craiova	8	5 -1-2	46	30	7	6	1	4	3 -0-1	9	5	2	3	4	2 -1-1	7	2	4	-2
2	FC Universitatea Cluj	8	6 -0-2	45	27	12	5	7	4	4 -0-0	12	8	1	7	4	2 -0-2	6	4	4	0
3	CFR Cluj-Napoca	8	4 -2-2	41	27	7	6	1	4	2 -2-0	8	3	1	2	4	2 -0-2	6	4	5	-1
4	FC Dinamo Bucureşti	8	3 -2-3	37	26	12	11	1	4	3 -0-1	9	7	4	3	4	0 -2-2	2	5	7	-2
5	Rapid Bucureşti FC	8	1 -1-6	32	28	6	12	-6	4	1 -1-2	4	5	6	-1	4	0 -0-4	0	1	6	-5
6	FC Argeş Piteşti	8	1 -2-5	30	25	3	7	-4	4	0 -1-3	1	1	4	-3	4	1 -1-2	4	2	3	-1
Relegation
1	FC Steaua Bucureşti	8	4 -2-2	37	23	13	7	6	5	3 -2-0	11	8	1	7	3	1 -0-2	3	5	6	-1
2	FC UTA Arad	8	4 -2-2	36	22	13	7	6	5	4 -1-0	13	12	4	8	3	0 -1-2	1	1	3	-2
3	FC Botoşani	8	3 -3-2	33	21	13	15	-2	5	3 -2-0	11	11	8	3	3	0 -1-2	1	2	7	-5
4	FC Oţelul Galaţi	8	3 -2-3	32	21	12	14	-2	5	3 -1-1	10	10	7	3	3	0 -1-2	1	2	7	-5
5	AFK Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc	8	4 -2-2	30	16	9	8	1	3	2 -1-0	7	5	3	2	5	2 -1-2	7	4	5	-1
6	ACS Petrolul 52 Ploieşti	8	2 -3-3	25	16	8	10	-2	3	1 -2-0	5	4	2	2	5	1 -1-3	4	4	8	-4
7	FCV Farul Constanţa	8	1 -3-4	25	19	8	10	-2	4	1 -1-2	4	5	5	0	4	0 -2-2	2	3	5	-2
8	AFC Hermannstadt	8	2 -4-2	22	12	11	10	1	3	2 -1-0	7	4	0	4	5	0 -3-2	3	7	10	-3
9	FC Unirea 2004 Slobozia	8	2 -3-3	22	13	11	12	-1	3	1 -1-1	4	5	5	0	5	1 -2-2	5	6	7	-1
10	CS Metaloglobus Bucureşti	8	1 -4-3	13	6	9	14	-5	4	1 -2-1	5	4	4	0	4	0 -2-2	2	5	10	-5
2026-2027 UEFACL UEFAECL Playoffs 2026-2027 UEFAECL Relegation Playoffs Relegation to ROU2

1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Universitatea Craiova	30	17 -9-4	60	-	53	27	26	15	11 -3-1	36	30	11	19	15	6 -6-3	24	23	16	7
2	Rapid Bucureşti FC	30	16 -8-6	56	-	47	30	17	15	8 -4-3	28	26	16	10	15	8 -4-3	28	21	14	7
3	FC Universitatea Cluj	30	16 -6-8	54	-	48	27	21	15	7 -5-3	26	23	12	11	15	9 -1-5	28	25	15	10
4	CFR Cluj-Napoca	30	15 -8-7	53	-	49	40	9	15	9 -3-3	30	30	21	9	15	6 -5-4	23	19	19	0
5	FC Dinamo Bucureşti	30	14 -10-6	52	-	42	28	14	15	8 -5-2	29	23	11	12	15	6 -5-4	23	19	17	2
6	FC Argeş Piteşti	30	15 -5-10	50	-	37	28	9	15	8 -3-4	27	18	10	8	15	7 -2-6	23	19	18	1
7	FC Steaua Bucureşti	30	13 -7-10	46	-	48	40	8	15	7 -3-5	24	20	17	3	15	6 -4-5	22	28	23	5
8	FC UTA Arad	30	11 -10-9	43	-	39	44	-5	15	6 -4-5	22	20	22	-2	15	5 -6-4	21	19	22	-3
9	FC Botoşani	30	11 -9-10	42	-	37	29	8	15	7 -5-3	26	24	12	12	15	4 -4-7	16	13	17	-4
10	FC Oţelul Galaţi	30	11 -8-11	41	-	39	32	7	15	7 -4-4	25	26	17	9	15	4 -4-7	16	13	15	-2
11	FCV Farul Constanţa	30	10 -7-13	37	-	39	37	2	15	7 -4-4	25	26	17	9	15	3 -3-9	12	13	20	-7
12	ACS Petrolul 52 Ploieşti	30	7 -11-12	32	-	24	31	-7	15	4 -4-7	16	11	17	-6	15	3 -7-5	16	13	14	-1
13	AFK Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc	30	8 -8-14	32	-	30	58	-28	15	6 -6-3	24	20	18	2	15	2 -2-11	8	10	40	-30
14	FC Unirea 2004 Slobozia	30	7 -4-19	25	-	27	46	-19	15	4 -1-10	13	15	21	-6	15	3 -3-9	12	12	25	-13
15	AFC Hermannstadt	30	5 -8-17	23	-	29	50	-21	15	2 -4-9	10	15	27	-12	15	3 -4-8	13	14	23	-9
16	CS Metaloglobus Bucureşti	30	2 -6-22	12	-	25	66	-41	15	2 -4-9	10	12	25	-13	15	0 -2-13	2	13	41	-28
Championship Round Relegation Round