Portal:Romanian football

Football is the most popular sport in Romania. The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) (Romanian: Federaţia Română de Fotbal; FRF) is the governing body of football in Romania. It organizes the Romania national football team and most of the Romanian football competitions. It is based in the Romanian capital city of Bucharest. Professional league football began in Romania as Divizia A in 1909. The name of the top-flight league was changed to Liga I before the 2006-07 season. Currently, domestic play is organized in a four tier league system comprising Liga I, Liga II, Liga III, and various county leagues.

Liga I

The country's top-flight division is Liga I. The league contains 18 teams, with the champion gaining automatic entry into the group round of the UEFA Champions League and the runner-up placing into the third qualifying round. The 3rd placed team goes directly in the UEFA Europa League group stage, the 4th placed team goes in the 3rd qualifying round of Europa League, and the 5th and 6th placed teams in the 1st qualifying round of the same competition. Steaua Bucureşti is the most successful club in the history of Liga I, having won 23 league championships and being runner-up 12 times. Dinamo Bucureşti is the only other club with sustained success in Liga I, having won 18 titles. The four clubs at the bottom of the league table are relegated to Liga II.

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Fotbal Club Rapid Bucureşti is a Romanian football club . It was founded in 1923 by a group of workers of the Grivița workshops under the name of "Cultural and Sporting Association CFR" (in Romanian: Asociaţia culturală şi sportivă C.F.R.). Rapid has won the Romanian championship 3 times (1967, 1999 and 2003) and the Romanian Cup on thirteen occasions. In 2006, Rapid became an incorporated company, its largest share-holder being George Copos, a wealthy businessman.

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Gheorghe Gică Popescu (born October 9, 1967 in Calafat) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender, and was a key part of the Romanian national team in the 1990s. He played for a string of European clubs in an illustrious career that saw him amass many honours. His tactical knowledge as a defender made him valuable team member in top European competitions even until he reached his late-thirties. Beside from his defending skills, his is also capable of using the ball and starting attacks from deep. At international level, Popescu stands among Romania's all-time most capped players with 115, in which he scored 16 goals. He played for his country in the 1990, 1994, and 1998 World Cups, Euro 96 and Euro 2000. He also entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a century of caps. More . . .

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Júlio César da Silva e Souza (born February 26, 1980 in Itaguai) is a Brazilian football player who is playing in Gaziantepspor. He most recently played Romanian side, FC Rapid Bucureşti, having joined them from AEK Athens, .He was released during the winter break because he didn’t play as good as expected for the money spent on him, and because he was the highest paid member of the squad and because Rapid had financial problems anyway. Júlio César scored the goal in the famous 1–0 win for AEK against AC Milan in front of 60.000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium Athens with a direct free kick. Before leaving AEK Athens Julio Cesar stated his last words to the Greek press: I will never forget AEK and will always be in my heart, I will return some day.In the first part of 2009–2010 season he scored 7 goals in Turkish Super Lig. More . . .