Football records and statistics in Romania

League

Records in this section refer to Liga I from its founding in 1909 through to the present.

Titles

Top flight appearances
  • Most Appearances: 72, FCSB

Wins

Draws
  • Most Draws Overall: 508, FCSB
  • Most Consecutive Draws: 8, FCM Bacău (1979)

Losses

Points
  • Most Points Overall: 4180, FCSB

Appearances
Top Ten Players With Most Appearances
As of 2 June 2023[1][2][3]
Player Period Club Games
1 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu 1993–14 Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo, Steaua 515
2 Romania Costică Ștefănescu 1968–88 Steaua, Craiova, Brașov 490
3 Romania Florea Ispir 1969–88 ASA Târgu Mureș 485
4 Romania László Bölöni 1971–88 ASA Târgu Mureș, Steaua 484
5 Romania Costel Câmpeanu 1987–05 Bacău, Dinamo, Bistrița, Național, Ceahlăul 470
6 Romania Petre Marin 1993–12 Sportul, Național, Rapid, Steaua, Urziceni, Chiajna 468
7 Romania Paul Cazan 1972–88 Sportul 465
8 Romania Cornel Dinu 1966–83 Dinamo 454
9 Romania Constantin Stancu 1976–90 Argeș 447
10 Romania Ion Dumitru 1967–88 Rapid, Steaua, Timișoara, Craiova 442
Top Ten Foreign Players With Most Appearances
As of 2 June 2023[4][5][6]
Player Period Club Games
1 Portugal Mário Camora 2011–00 CFR 364
2 Brazil Júnior Morais 2010–00 Astra, FCSB, Rapid 317
3 Japan Takayuki Seto 2009–00 Astra, Petrolul 309
4 Ivory Coast Ousmane Viera 2008–21 CFR Cluj, Internațional, Pandurii, Sepsi, Hermannstadt 235
5 Brazil Eric de Oliveira 2008–21 Gaz Metan, Pandurii, Viitorul Constanța, Voluntari 222
6 Portugal Filipe Teixeira 2010–19 Brașov, Rapid, Petrolul Ploiești, Astra, FCSB 209
7 Jordan Tha'er Bawab 2010–19 Gloria Bistrița, Gaz Metan, U Craiova, Steaua, Dinamo, Chiajna 207
8 Bulgaria Radoslav Dimitrov 2015–00 Botoșani, Universitatea Craiova, Sepsi OSK 206
9 Portugal Ricardo Cadú 2006–14 CFR 202
10 Portugal Nuno Viveiros 2008–16 Politehnica Iași, Brașov, Vaslui, U Cluj 199
  Player obtained Romanian citizenship and represented Romania internationally
  Player obtained Romanian citizenship, but did not represent Romania internationally

Goals
Top Ten Highest Goalscorers
As of 2 June 2023[1][7]
Player Period Club Goals
1 Romania Dudu Georgescu 1970–87 Progresul, Reșița, Dinamo, Bacău, Buzău, Moreni 252 (Ø 0,68)
2 Romania Ionel Dănciulescu 1993–14 Electroputere Craiova, Dinamo, Steaua 214 (Ø 0,41)
3 Romania Rodion Cămătaru 1974–89 Craiova, Dinamo 198 (Ø 0,52)
4 Romania Marin Radu 1974–89 Argeș, Olt Scornicești, Steaua, Sibiu 190 (Ø 0,49)
5 Romania Florea Dumitrache 1966–83 Dinamo, Jiul, Corvinul 170 (Ø 0,47)
5 Romania Ion Oblemenco 1963–77 Rapid, Craiova 170 (Ø 0,62)
7 Romania Mircea Sandu 1970–87 Național, Sportul 167 (Ø 0,41)
8 Romania Victor Pițurcă 1975–89 Olt Scornicești, Steaua 166 (Ø 0,55)
9 Romania Mihai Adam 1962–76 U Cluj, Vagonul Arad, CFR 160 (Ø 0,45)
10 Romania Titus Ozon 1947–64 Unirea Tricolor, Dinamo, Brașov, Național, Rapid 157 (Ø 0,58)
Top Ten Highest Foreign Players Goalscorers
As of 2 June 2023[8][9]
Player Period Club Goals
1 Brazil Eric de Oliveira 2008–21 Gaz Metan, Pandurii, Viitorul, Voluntari 66 (Ø 0,29)
2 Brazil Wesley 2008–15 Vaslui, Politehnica Iași 64 (Ø 0,52)
3 France Harlem Gnohéré 2015–20 Dinamo, FCSB 58 (Ø 0,42)
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Golubović 2011–18 Ceahlăul, Politehnica Iași, FCSB, Gaz Metan, FC Botoșani 55 (Ø 0,27)
5 Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 2008–14 Steaua, CFR 48 (Ø 0,38)
6 Nigeria Kehinde Fatai 2007–22 Farul, Astra, Argeș 45 (Ø 0,25)
7 Jordan Tha'er Bawab 2010–19 Gloria Bistrița, Gaz Metan, U Craiova, Steaua, Dinamo, Chiajna 42 (Ø 0,20)
8 Zimbabwe Mike Temwanjera 2006–14 Vaslui 39 (Ø 0,22)
9 Slovakia Adam Nemec 2016–00 Dinamo, Voluntari 38 (Ø 0,24)
10 Albania Azdren Llullaku 2012–19 Gaz Metan, Politehnica Iași, Astra 37 (Ø 0,25)
  Player obtained Romanian citizenship, but did not represent Romania internationally
Top Ten Youngest Debutants
As of 2 June 2023. The teams written in bold are the ones the players debuted at[10][11][12][13][14]
Player Age Match Season Date
1 Romania Nicolae Dobrin 14 years, 10 months and 5 days Știința Cluj - Dinamo Pitești 5–1 1961–62 1 July 1962
2 Romania Alexandru Stoian 14 years, 10 months and 13 days FC U Craiova - Farul Constanța 1–2 2022–23 28 October 2022
3 Romania Alexandru Bota 14 years, 11 months and 13 days CFR Cluj - Universitatea Cluj 4–0 2022–23 13 March 2023
4 Romania Rareș Lazăr 15 years, one month and 19 days Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț - FC Vaslui 2–0 2013–14 17 May 2014
5 Romania Răzvan Popa 15 years, 2 months and 13 days Dinamo - Sportul Studențesc 1–3 2011–12 17 March 2012
6 Romania Codrin Epure 15 years, 2 months and 21 days FC Vaslui - Astra 1–4 2013–14 19 May 2014
7 Romania Vasile Chitaru 15 years, 4 months and 14 days SC Bacău - Jiul Petroșani 3–0 1973–74 19 May 1974
8 Romania Ștefan Harsanyi 15 years, 4 months and 22 days Bihor Oradea - Sportul Studențesc 2–0 1982–83 2 July 1983
9 Romania Dorel Zamfir 15 years, 5 months and 16 days FC Constanța - Steaua București 0–1 1976–77 16 March 1977
10 Romania Enes Sali 15 years, 5 months and 17 days Farul Constanța - Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–0 2021–22 9 August 2021

Managers
Top Ten Managers With Most Appearances
As of 2 June 2023[15]
Manager Period Matches Victories Draws Losses Victory percentage
1 Romania Florin Halagian 1972–11 878 432 176 270 59%
2 Romania Ilie Oană 1952–79 572 232 124 216 51%
3 Romania Nicolae Dumitru 1962–93 558 250 120 188 55%
4 Romania Ion V. Ionescu 1967–94 496 194 89 213 48%
5 Romania Viorel Hizo 1990–13 488 221 85 182 53%
6 Romania Ioan Andone 1994–17 456 207 80 169 54%
7 Romania Florin Marin 1993–17 456 166 103 187 47%
8 Romania Valentin Stănescu 1962–84 455 206 101 148 56%
9 Romania Sorin Cârțu 1989–13 454 175 114 165 51%
10 Romania Angelo Niculescu 1953–82 445 196 101 148 55%

Referees
Top Ten Referees With Most Appearances
As of 2 June 2023[16][17][18]
Referee Period Matches
1 Romania Alexandru Tudor 1999–18 381
2 Romania Sebastian Colțescu 2003–00 368
3 Romania Cristian Balaj 2000–16 341
4 Romania István Kovács 2008–00 327
5 Romania Ovidiu Hațegan 2006–22 295
6 Romania Sorin Corpodean 1997–09 268
7 Romania Nicolae Rainea 1964–84 267
8 Romania Radu Petrescu 2007–00 259
9 Romania Marius Avram 2007–20 246
10 Romania Adrian Porumboiu 1984–97 239

Most successful clubs overall (official titles, 1909–present)

Teams in Italics no longer exist.
Teams in Bold compete in the 2023–24 Liga I season.

This table is updated as of 8th of July 2023, following Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe winning the 2023 Supercupa României.

Club League Cup League Cup Super Cup European Cup European Super Cup Total Last Trophy Won
1FCSB26242611452020 Cup
2Dinamo București181312--342017 League Cup
3Rapid București313-4--202007 Super Cup
4CFR Cluj84-4--162022 League
5Universitatea Craiova[19]48-1--132021 Super Cup
6UTA Arad62----81970 League
=Venus București7-----71940 League
8Petrolul Ploiești43----72013 Cup
9Chinezul Timișoara6-----61927 League
=Ripensia Timișoara42----61938 League
11Astra Giurgiu11-2--42016 Super Cup
=Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe-2-2--42023 Super Cup
13Viitorul Constanța11-1--32019 Super Cup
14Argeș Pitești2-----21979 League
=CA Oradea11----21956 Cup
=Colentina București2-----21914 League
=CSM Reșița11----21954 Cup
=Olympia București2-----21911 League
=Oțelul Galați1--1--22011 Super Cup
=Politehnica Timișoara-2----21980 Cup
=Voluntari-1-1--22017 Super Cup
22Arieșul Turda-1----11961 Cup
=ASA Târgu Mureș---1--12015 Super Cup
=CFR Turnu Severin-1----11943 Cup
=Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea-1----11973 Cup
=Colțea Braşov1-----11928 League
=Farul Constanța1-----12023 League
=Gloria Bistrița-1----11994 Cup
=Jiul Petroșani-1----11974 Cup
=Prahova Ploiești1-----11916 League
=Progresul București-1----11960 Cup
=Româno-Americană București1-----11915 League
=Unirea Urziceni1-----12009 League
=United Ploiești1-----11912 League
=Universitatea Cluj-1----11965 Cup

All-time table

The ranking is computed awarding three points for a win, one for a draw. It includes matches played between the 1932–33 and 2022–23 season including. The teams in bold play in the 2023–24 season of Liga I. The teams in italics no longer exist.[20]

This table lists only league finishes since 1932–33, when a national league was first introduced. Since an official national championship has been awarded since 1909, some teams are not listed with all their championships. For example, Venus București have been champions for seven times, but are listed only with the four titles they have won since 1932.

Pos Team S Pts GP W D L GF GA 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th T Debut Since/
Last App		 Best
1FCSB7544602345130654249743872328262094667119471947–481
2Dinamo București74412722811207506568422325221820104566319482023–241
3Rapid București68312519778874646263056233731489503919322021–221
4Petrolul Ploiești5923331706648389669231122594242642119332022–231
5Argeș Pitești4721281522608304610195119452243331719612022–231
6Universitatea Cluj5720451647565350732210625220114321119322022–232
7Universitatea Craiova3720401237592264382185713064496533119642014–151
8Politehnica Timișoara4820031490545368577191920610251461819482010–112
9FC Brașov4619121429533313583176518450123421219572014–152
10Farul Constanța441820137951427858717001918100332919552021–221
11FCM Bacău4217291319489262568153818090001461119562005–064
12UTA Arad4016071150446269435166915936113311519462020–211
13CFR Cluj27156494443625625212939828022301519472004–051
14Sportul Studențesc3615611154435256463156915750136241619372011–122
15Jiul Petroșani411456119740225054514031845001022519372006–073
16Politehnica Iași361425118438826153513321672000002219602023–246
17Progresul București321326945379189377135313240323121119552006–072
18Oțelul Galați27126389436118035310961115100332919862023–241
19Gloria Bistrița229407242691333229031003001024719902012–133
20Astra Giurgiu18891618242165211812699112221919982020–211
21FC U Craiova20879665255160250902829021200519912021–222
22ASA Târgu Mureș218626902511093308171025011201519671991–922
23Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț18740596202134260689851000121419932014–154
24Corvinul Hunedoara1772856221098254831881001012419541991–923
25Bihor Oradea18661572181118273683893000000019632003–047
26Gaz Metan Mediaș16645558161162235597791000001119472021–226
27CSM Reșița16565482154103225666890000201319381999–004
28Pandurii Târgu Jiu12532412140112160459491011000220052016–172
29Club Atletic Oradea1751537814580153633635111103719321962–631
30FC Vaslui94893021377887393303012021620052013–142
31FC Botoșani948134312897118418402000101220132013–144
32Olt Scornicești1147537313764172424546000100119791989–904
33Viitorul Constanța946532512590110437398101110420122020–211
34Unirea Tricolor București (Dinamo B, Dinamo C)1646234712878141625669100100219321957–581
35Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea1042734012164155368533000000019741986–878
36CFR Timișoara113822731047099406392011210519461970–712
37Inter Sibiu837727211047115358376000101219881995–964
38Venus București93531781063537491243401110719321940–411
39FCM Târgoviște93492989564139312469000000019611997–987
40Ripensia Timișoara93481781072744498266422001919321940–411
41FC Voluntari 73182798175123295379000100120152015–164
42Concordia Chiajna83142967783136299423000000020112018–199
43CS Târgu Mureș103012418546110360418000200219461957–584
44Minaur Baia Mare72842308335112267370000110219641994–954
45Unirea Urziceni5269170744749199162110010320062010–111
46Vagonul Arad9259184763177318326011100319321968–692
47Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe5254194636566230218000101120172017–184
48Olimpia Satu Mare72472226940113223363000000019371998–999
49Victoria București5243169703366242251003000319851989–903
50FC Gloria Buzău72372386445129236403000010119782008–095
51ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș5218178555370179213010001220102016–172
52Gloria Arad8208155593166296332000001119321940–413
53Victoria Cluj8206154612370266294000012319321939–403
54Extensiv Craiova (Electroputere)5198170543680171213001001219911999–003
55Dacia Unirea Brăila6192177543094193328000001119371993–946
56Flacăra Moreni4182136532360180198000101219861989–904
57Dunărea Galați5164170443294174310000000019741983–8414
58Chinezul Timișoara6160119462153281288000010119331938–394
59Crișana Oradea6140110402050199232000000019321937–382
60Chindia Târgoviște3133116333449100124000000020192022–237
61FC Hermannstadt3129117313650112154000000020182022–238
62LPS HD Clinceni3112119273161109205000010120192021–225
63Minerul Lupeni4105101301556106207000000019591962–6311
64FC Ploiești (Tricolor Ploiești )5100102281658131254000000019321947–485
65Foresta Fălticeni (Foresta Suceava)39998242747102145000000019972000–0113
66Unirea Alba Iulia3939424214993171000001120032009–106
67Phoenix Baia Mare3896226112596106000000019371939–405
68CS Mioveni38810720285977166000000020072022–2312
69Maccabi București (Ciocanul București)2825624102210087000000019461947–487
70Rocar București281642563393108000000019992000–0112
71FC Onești269682164193159000000019981999–0014
72CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc255331510850310010001195219533
73Siderurgistul Galați2495213102962104000000019631965–6614
74Carmen București1472614579044010000119461946–472
75Gloria CFR Galați246461372654100000000019391940–4110
76Ferar Cluj1432613494429000001119461946–476
77CAM Timișoara24334127155476000010119321939–405
78Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii2404871922468600000001952195412
79Săgeata Năvodari13834108163254000000020132013–1417
80Dunărea Călărași13740716172443000000020182018–1913
81Aurul Brad13624120125143000010119401940–415
82Internațional Curtea de Argeș13634106183249000000020092009–1012
83Bucovina Suceava13534105193669000000019871987–8818
84FC Craiova235501053561171000000019401946–479
85CS Turnu Severin13234711163647000000020122012–1316
86Dermata Cluj13230711124150000000019471947–4811
87Voința Sibiu1323488182445000000020112011–1216
88Șoimii Sibiu3274851231421310000000193219507
89Victoria Brănești12534510193561000000020102010–1116
90CS Otopeni1223457223254000000020082008–0917
91Daco-Getica București12240410262172000000020172017–1814
92Viitorul București121146353326000000019621962–6314
93CSM Lugoj1201862102441000000019371937–387
94Faur București1192654175080000000019481948–4913
95Prahova Ploiești1162651202697000000019461946–4713
96UM Timișoara1153036212471000000020012001–0216
97CFR Brașov1151843112645000000019371937–389
98Corona Brașov1143428242069000000020132013–1418
99Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți1121840142657000000019371937–3810
100Avântul Reghin112243318195700000001955195513
101Brașovia Brașov262613222885000000019321933–347
102Mureșul Târgu Mureș141411121756000000019331933–347

League or status at 2022–23:

2022–23 Liga I
2022–23 Liga II
2022–23 Liga III
2022–23 County football leagues
Clubs that no longer exist

See also

References
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