2024–25 Liga II

Liga II
Season	2024–25
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 11 May 2024.

The 2024–25 Liga II will be the 85th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. A total of 22 teams contest the league.

It is the ninth Liga II season with a single series.^[1] The first two teams will be promoted to Liga I at the end of the season and the third-placed and fourth-placed team will play a play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed team from Liga I. The last five teams will be relegated to Liga III.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2023–24 Liga III	Relegated from 2023–24 Liga I	Promoted to 2024–25 Liga I	Relegated to 2024–25 Liga III
Metalul Buzău (debut) CS Afumați (after 6 years of absence) AFC Câmpulung Muscel (debut) Bihor Oradea (debut) Unirea Ungheni (debut) Focșani (after 16 years of absence)	FC Voluntari (after 9 years of absence) FCU Craiova (after 3 years of absence)	Unirea Slobozia^[2] (ended 4-year stay) Gloria Buzău^[3] (ended 5-year stay)	CS Tunari^[4] (ended 1-year stay) Unirea Dej (ended 3-year stay) CSM Alexandria (ended 1-year stay) Progresul Spartac București (ended 2-year stay)

League map

Bucharest

Bucharest / Ilfov teams:
Afumați
Chiajna
Metaloglobus
Steaua

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Locations of the 2024–25 Liga II teams

Location of Bucharest and Ilfov teams.

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
1599 Șelimbăr	Ioan Luca	Ciprian Natea	Nike	Shopping City Sibiu
Afumați	Vasile Neagu	Ionuț Zaina	Nike	—
Argeș Pitești	Bogdan Andone	Costinel Tofan	Macron	Getica 95
Bihor Oradea	Erik Lincar	Ioan Hora	Macron	Viva Chips
Câmpulung Muscel	Sorin Colceag	Ștefan Ghiță	Nike	Superbet
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Marco Veronese	Patrick Petre	Nike	SSAB Impex
Chindia Târgoviște	Costel Pană	Cornel Dinu	Macron	—
Concordia Chiajna	Liță Dumitru	Adrian Bălan	Joma	—
Corvinul Hunedoara	Florin Maxim	Alexandru Neacșa	Joma	Prodesign, ArcelorMittal
Csíkszereda	Róbert Ilyés	Peter Gál-Andrezly	2Rule	Csíkszereda, MOL
FC U Craiova	Valentin David	Andrea Padula	Adidas	Ediție Specială
CSM Reșița	Flavius Stoican	Alin Dudea	Puma	Invest in Reșița
CSM Slatina	Claudiu Niculescu	Cătălin Doman	Macron	Primăria Slatina
Dumbrăvița	Cosmin Stan	Costel Zurbagiu	Macron	Artoil
Metaloglobus București	Ianis Zicu	Georgian Honciu	Jako	—
Metalul Buzău	Valentin Stan	Marius Tudorică	Macron	Consiliul Județean Buzău
Mioveni	—	—	—	—
Steaua București	Daniel Oprița	Bogdan Chipirliu	Adidas	Stanleybet International
Unirea Ungheni	Eusebiu Tudor	Victoraș Astafei	Nike	Terra Luxury
Viitorul Târgu Jiu	—	—	—	—
Voluntari	Mihai Iosif	Igor Armaș	Nike	Metropola TV

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	19	14	2	3	37	17	+20	44	Advances to Promotion play-off
2	Steaua București	19	11	8	0	24	8	+16	41
3	Metaloglobus București	19	12	2	5	30	19	+11	38
4	Argeș Pitești	19	9	7	3	19	10	+9	34
5	Reșița	19	10	4	5	31	22	+9	34
6	Voluntari	19	9	6	4	27	16	+11	33
7	Corvinul Hunedoara	19	8	5	6	18	16	+2	29	Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
8	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	19	7	6	6	22	22	0	27	Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
9	FC U Craiova	19	7	6	6	21	21	0	27	Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
10	Afumați	19	8	3	8	21	25	−4	27	Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
11	Slatina	19	7	5	7	26	19	+7	26	Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
12	Unirea Ungheni	19	7	5	7	19	20	−1	26	Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
13	Metalul Buzău	19	6	5	8	18	20	−2	23	Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
14	Concordia Chiajna	19	6	5	8	25	29	−4	23	Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
15	Bihor Oradea	19	5	4	10	18	26	−8	19	Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
16	Chindia Târgoviște	19	4	6	9	20	23	−3	18	Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
17	1599 Șelimbăr	19	4	6	9	20	24	−4	18	Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
18	Dumbrăvița	19	4	3	12	15	25	−10	15	Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
19	Focșani	19	3	5	11	10	22	−12	14	Advances to Relegation play-out Group A
20	Câmpulung Muscel	19	2	1	16	7	44	−37	7	Advances to Relegation play-out Group B
21	Mioveni^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Excluded
22	Viitorul Târgu Jiu^[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Excluded

Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: During Season: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals scored. End of Season: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Goal difference, 5) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Mioveni was excluded by the FRF due to financial problems.
^ Viitorul Târgu Jiu was excluded by the FRF due to bankruptcy after failing to attend two matches.^[5]

Results

Home \ Away	SEL	AFU	ARG	BIH	CÂM	CHI	CEA	COR	CON	CSI	DUM	FCU	FOC	MET	BUZ	RES	SLA	STE	UNG	VOL
1599 Șelimbăr			0–0											3–1		0–3			0–0
Afumați			1–1											2–1
Argeș Pitești						2–1				0–1			2–0						2–0	1–0
Bihor Oradea			1–0					1–2	0–4			1–1				2–3
Câmpulung Muscel	0–4	1–2		2–1			0–0										0–5
Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	0–1									3–1			0–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț		3–0	0–0														0–3
Corvinul Hunedoara		2–0					1–1				0–0		3–2
Concordia Chiajna		2–4			1–0		0–2			2–1			1–0
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc					4–1		3–1					2–0			4–2		5–1
Dumbrăvița	2–3											1–2		0–2	3–1			0–1
FC U Craiova	1–1	0–3				1–0	2–4												2–0	0–0
Focșani					2–0						0–1	1–1		0–1	0–3		1–0
Metaloglobus București						3–2										1–0		0–0	3–0	2–1
Metalul Buzău	2–0	1–0		1–2										2–2				0–1
Reșița						1–1		1–0			1–1	2–0	1–0						3–2
Slatina			0–0	0–0					1–2			1–2								1–1
Steaua București			0–0			1–1		3–0				0–0				2–2
Unirea Ungheni					2–1	0–1									0–0
Voluntari					3–0		2–1	2–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-off

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 19 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.^[6]

Play-off table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	48	Promotion to Liga I
2	Steaua București	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	42	Ineligible for promotion ^[a]
3	Argeș Pitești	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	40	Promotion to Liga I
4	Reșița	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	38	Qualification for play-offs
5	Metaloglobus București	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	38	Qualification for play-offs
6	Voluntari	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	34

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2025. Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play off); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play off); 9) Play-off.^[8]
Notes:

^ Steaua București is ineligible for promotion due to the club being owned by a governmental department/entity, while Liga I clubs are required to be privately owned.^[7]

Play-off results

Home \ Away	ARG	MET	RES	STE	VOL
Argeș Pitești		1–0
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc				0–0	2–0
Metaloglobus București			0–4
Reșița
Steaua București	1–2
Voluntari			1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2025. Source: FRF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-out

A relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III. ^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corvinul Hunedoara	1	1	0	2	1	+1	32
2	FC U Craiova	2	1	1	3	3	0	30
3	Unirea Ungheni	2	1	1	1	3	−2	29
4	Metalul Buzău	2	1	1	2	2	0	26
5	Bihor Oradea	1	1	0	2	1	+1	22
6	Focșani	2	1	1	4	2	+2	17	Relegation to 2025–26 Liga III
7	Dumbrăvița	2	0	2	0	2	−2	15	Relegation to 2025–26 Liga III

Source: FRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in the regular season; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference (regular season + play out); 8) Goals scored (regular season + play out); 9) Play-off.^[8]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slatina	2	2	0	5	0	+5	32
2	Afumați	2	1	1	4	2	+2	30
3	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1	1	0	2	1	+1	30
4	Concordia Chiajna	2	1	1	2	3	−1	26
5	1599 Șelimbăr	2	1	1	2	2	0	21
6	Chindia Târgoviște	1	0	1	1	2	−1	18	Relegation to 2025–26 Liga III
7	Câmpulung Muscel	2	0	2	0	6	−6	7	Relegation to 2025–26 Liga III