2006–07 Liga I
| Season | 2006–07 |
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| Champions | Dinamo Bucureşti[1] |
| Relegated | Argeş Piteşti Naţional Bucureşti Jiul Petroşani |
| Champions League | Dinamo Bucureşti Steaua Bucureşti |
| UEFA Cup | CFR Cluj Rapid Bucureşti |
| Intertoto Cup | Oţelul Galaţi Gloria Bistriţa |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 706 (2.31 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Claudiu Niculescu (18) |
| Biggest home win | Steaua 6–0 Naţional |
| Biggest away win | Oţelul 0–7 Rapid |
| Highest scoring | Ceahlăul 4–3 Oţelul Vaslui 2–5 UTA Oţelul 5–2 Naţional Oţelul 0–7 Rapid |
| Longest winning run | Dinamo (13) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Dinamo (17) |
| Longest losing run | Argeş (11) |
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The 2006–07 Liga I was the eighty-ninth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 28 July 2006 and ended on 23 May 2007.
Contents
Teams
Eighteen teams played in the 2006–07 season. Four teams were from Moldova, four clubs from Transylvania, one from Dobrogea and nine from Wallachia four of them coming from the country's capital city Bucharest.
Pandurii Târgu Jiu had been relegated at the end of the previous season but they re-entered Liga I at the expense of Sportul Studenţesc which has been relegated to Liga II due to financial problems. The other four new teams which gained access to Liga I were Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Universitatea Craiova (both winning two of the three series of Liga II), plus Unirea Urziceni (wninning the playoff for Liga I) and UTA Arad which bought the place from Liberty Salonta (winner of the third series of Liga II).
Stadiums by capacity and locations
| Poli Timișoara | Steaua Bucureşti | Universitatea Craiova | Rapid Bucureşti | Ceahlăul | Argeş Piteşti |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Valentin Stănescu | Ceahlăul | Nicolae Dobrin |
| Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 27,063 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 16,500 |
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| Farul Constanţa | Jiul Petroşani | Dinamo Bucureşti | Progresul Bucureşti | Oţelul Galaţi | Politehnica Iaşi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farul | Jiul | Dinamo | Cotroceni | Oţelul | Emil Alexandrescu |
| Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,500 | Capacity: 15,167 | Capacity: 14,542 | Capacity: 13,932 | Capacity: 11,390 |
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| CFR Cluj | FC Vaslui | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Gloria Bistriţa | UTA Arad | Unirea Urziceni |
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| CFR | Municipal | Tudor Vladimirescu | Gloria | Francisc von Neumann | Tineretului |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 9,240 | Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,287 | Capacity: 7,000 |
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League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 77 | 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round | |
| 2 | Steaua București | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 71 | 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round | |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 69 | UEFA Cup 2007-08 Second qualifying round | |
| 4 | Rapid București | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 59 | 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round | |
| 5 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 56 | 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round | |
| 6 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 54 | 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round | |
| 7 | Politehnica Timișoara | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 53 | ||
| 8 | Vaslui | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 50 | ||
| 9 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 48 | ||
| 10 | Unirea Urziceni | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 47 | ||
| 11 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 44 | ||
| 12 | UTA Arad | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 41 | ||
| 13 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 40 | ||
| 14 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 37 | ||
| 15 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 31 | Spared from relegation 1 | |
| 16 | Național București (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 24 | Relegation to 2007–08 Liga II | ARG 0-3 PRO PRO 0-2 ARG |
| 17 | Argeș Pitești (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 24 | ||
| 18 | Jiul Petroşani (R) | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 47 | −32 | 20 |
Source: LT (Romanian)
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) number of goals scored
1 Delta Tulcea, the winner of the Liga II, Seria I, was denied the right to participate in next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ was spared from relegation.
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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| Argeș Pitești | 4 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Dinamo București | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Farul Constanța | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 15 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Jiul Petroşani | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 |
| Oțelul Galați | 17 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 7 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Politehnica Iași | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Național București | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| Rapid București | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Steaua București | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| UTA Arad | 9 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| Unirea Urziceni | 18 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Vaslui | 13 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Source: LT (Romanian)
Results
| Home ╲ Away | ARG | CFR | CEA | UCR | DIN | FAR | GBI | JIU | OȚE | PAN | PIA | NAT | RAP | STE | TIM | UTA | URZ | VAS |
| Argeș Pitești | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| CFR Cluj | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Universitatea Craiova | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Dinamo București | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Farul Constanța | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Gloria Bistrița | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Jiul Petroşani | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | |
| Oțelul Galați | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–7 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Politehnica Iași | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | |
| Național București | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Rapid București | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Steaua București | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| UTA Arad | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Unirea Urziceni | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Vaslui | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 |
Source: LT (Romanian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Claudiu Niculescu |
Dinamo Bucureşti | 18 |
| 2 | Ionel Ganea |
Rapid Bucureşti / Dinamo Bucureşti | 16 |
| 3 | Ionel Dănciulescu |
Dinamo Bucureşti | 15 |
| 4 | Emil Jula |
Oţelul Galaţi | 14 |
| 5 | Valentin Badea |
Steaua Bucureşti | 13 |
| Daniel Stan |
Oţelul Galaţi | ||
| Ianis Zicu |
Rapid Bucureşti | ||
| 8 | Cristian Coroian |
CFR Cluj | 11 |
| Dorel Zaharia |
Gloria Bistriţa | ||
| 10 | Nicolae Dică |
Steaua Bucureşti | 10 |
 Cyril Théréau |
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 Viorel Frunză |
CFR Cluj / Vaslui | ||
| Romeo Surdu |
CFR Cluj |
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