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24-469: Since its inception in 1934, Liga II has had between 2 and 9 parallel divisions, with clubs divided based on geographic regions. But since the 2016-17 Liga II , it changed to one group of 20 teams. Currently, the top six teams goes in the promotion play-off, in which the top 2 teams get promoted and the next 2 play a promotion play-off against teams from Liga I. In the play-out, there are 2 groups, 7th, 10th, 11th, etc. in group 1, 8th, 9th, 12th, etc. in group 2.

48-456: A strong opponent for many teams. On 31 January 2018 it was announced in a press conference that Victor Angelescu, a 34-year-old entrepreneur, that is working at the Romanian branch of APS Group and also a former football player, at youth level, bought 50% of the club's shares. In the summer of 2019, Ovidiu Onosă, owner of Carmen București took Sportul Snagov, but after a weak first part of

72-598: A total of 21 match days this time ), followed by a promotion play-off with 6 teams, playing each other twice, and a relegation play-out with two groups of 8 teams playing each other once ( as opposed to the current play-out format with groups of 7 also playing each other once ). On the promotion end, the format will be the same as currently, with the top two teams from the play-off promoting directly and next two playing an extra promotion play-off against teams from Liga I . Teams promoted are shown in bold or in "Other teams promoted" column. 194 titles were awarded for winning

96-469: The 16th place, with 21 points this time, but in fact was the last, all the teams from 17th to 20th place being dissolved or excluded. A new last moment rescue came in the summer of 2017 when FC Brașov went bankrupt, leaving a vacant place in the second league table, again occupied by Metalul. The club also changed its name again, this time from CSM Metalul Reșița to CS Sportul Snagov and their colors were changed from red and black in red and blue. With

120-565: The 3rd place in the second series of the Liga II at only one point from a promotion place. In the summer of 2013 after the over average performance of the team and also the ranking that was with 3 places and 10 points over CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea , county's first team, appeared the idea that Damila should be the new team of the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea . After several rounds of negotiations Daniel Nițu (Damila's owner) and Cătălin Rufă (CSM's owner) changed

144-431: The 4th place. In the 2014–15 Liga II season, this time with Oprița as a coach Metalul made a new great season and finished on the 3rd place. Though sustained at first by Guardia Rosso-Nera , CSM Școlar Reșița supporters, club that was at that time in a hard financial situation, the relationship between the owner and the supporters chilled subsequently and they went back to supporting their original club, CSM. Also in

168-657: The Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II. Notes : Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played on 3 June 2017 Source: League matches: Liga II 2016/2017 Notes: 1: UTA Arad played all matches out of its stadium, which is under construction. 2: Berceni, Metalul Reșița, Șoimii Pâncota and Unirea Tărlungeni were moved from their settlements and played all matches out of their stadiums. CSM Metalul Re%C8%99i%C8%9Ba Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov , commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov ,

192-561: The Liga II championship. 86 teams won the Liga II championship. 2016%E2%80%9317 Liga II The 2016–17 Liga II was the 77th season of the Liga II , the second tier of the Romanian football league system . The season began on 6 August 2016. A total of 20 teams contested the league. It was the first Liga II season with a single series. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The first two teams promoted to Liga I at

216-406: The bottom 2 teams from each group gets relegated and the 3rd worst places in the 2 groups play each other home and away to decide the last team relegated. On 14 July 2023, the federation announced that the league will be expanded to 22 teams starting with the 2024-2025 season. The expansion will be achieved by having only 4 teams relegate at the end of the 2023-24 Liga II season ( by giving up on

240-531: The camps, so Rufă became the new owner of the white and greens and also the squads were changed between them. After the transaction Rufă has received the financial support of the Reșița Municipality , with the condition that the club must change its name, headquarters, colors and stadium. So in the summer of 2013 Damila Măciuca was renamed as CSM Metalul Reșița , moved from Măciuca to Reșița, their colors were changed from white and green in red and black,

264-401: The championship and due to historical debts of the club, Onosă withdrew and took the control of Liga III side Dacia Unirea Brăila instead. Sportul Snagov was excluded subsequently and then dissolved. Between 2007 and 2013, when the club was known as Damila Măciuca , it played its home matches on Damila Stadium, from Măciuca , with a capacity of 3,000 seats. Between 2013 and 2016, when

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288-428: The club was known as Metalul Reșița , played its home matches on Mircea Chivu Stadium , with a capacity of 12,500 seats. From 2016 Sportul Snagov plays its matches on Voința Stadium from Ghermănești (a village of Snagov Commune), with a capacity of 2,000 seats. In February 2018 it was announced that Sportul will play in the second part of the championship on Dumitru Mătărău Stadium from Ștefăneștii de Jos due to

312-540: The club went into dissolution. Their place was taken by Poli Timișoara . Farul Constanța withdrew from Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III . SC Bacău withdrew from Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III . Baia Mare withdrew from the championship due to financial difficulties. Foresta Suceava , Unirea Tărlungeni and Metalul Reșița were spared from relegation due to lack of teams. Rapid CFR Suceava

336-420: The end of the season and the third-placed team played a play-off match against the 12th-placed team from Liga I . The last five teams relegated to Liga III . Promoted from Liga III Relegated from Liga I Relegated to Liga III Promoted to Liga I After the end of the last season, Petrolul Ploiești was dissolved. On 21 July 2016 Rapid București was excluded from Liga I after

360-458: The extra relegation match-up between the second to last teams in the play-out groups ), and having 6 teams promote from Liga III ( 5 play-off winners plus a sixth team to be determined by extra matches between the best 4 teams that lost in the final round of the Liga III play-off ). The new format will be similar to the current one, with teams playing each other once in the regular season ( for

384-412: The financial support of Snagov Commune, with a squad changed from its roots and with Valeriu Răchită as the new coach, the new Sportul was an enigma for almost everyone. In the first round the red and blues made a 1–1 draw at Oradea , against Luceafărul , a team with promotion claims at that time, and the good form continued, the team was settling somewhere in the middle of the table and turned out to be

408-530: The squad was enrolled in the Liga IV , Vâlcea County series. The owner of the club was Daniel Nițu, businessman who owns Damila SRL, a company with an over 60 million € fiscal value in 2016 and one of the largest distributors of metallurgical products and construction materials in the south of Romania . Damila won Vâlcea County series and qualified for the Liga III promotion play-off where they played against Recolta Stoicănești, Olt County champions. The match

432-449: The summer of 2015 the relations between Reșița Municipality and Cătălin Rufă have become increasingly distant. In the 2015–16 Liga II season Metalul had major financial problems, many teams entering on the pitch with the banner: "Respect, Reșița!", campaign appeared after Metalul players refused to enter on the pitch at the match against Olimpia Satu Mare , the reason being the non-payment of wages. The situation has improved further, but

456-428: The team finished the championship on the last place, with an incredible −10 points in the league table, as a result of the deductions due to the financial problems. The more incredible it would be that the team remained in the second league also for the next season, due to lack of competitors, also the club recorded the biggest defeat of the season, 2–11 against FC Brașov . 2016–17 season was again one of survival for

480-465: The team owned now only by Cătălin Rufă. In the summer of 2016 Snagov Commune was interested in supporting the team, of course there was a new move in the business, this time from Reșița to Snagov. As the agreement was signed pretty late, Metalul could not change its name and headquarters, so Snagov Commune could not support financially the new team. With a very young squad, completed during the winter break with some experienced players, Metalul finished on

504-508: The traditional colours of Reșița and the Damila Stadium has been replaced by Mircea Chivu Stadium . Financially supported by Reșița Municipality and Cătălin Rufă, with Alexandru Pelici , then changed by Marian Pană as coaches and Daniel Oprița at his last season as a player Metalul ended the regular season on the 2nd place, a promotional one, but failed to promote in the play-off when the new team from Valea Domanului, ended only on

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528-421: Was a Romanian professional football club from Snagov , Ilfov County , founded in 2007 as Damila Măciuca and dissolved in 2020. Last time the club played in the Liga II , the second-tier in the Romanian football system, but withdrew during the winter-break of the 2019–20 season, due to financial problems. The club was founded as Damila Măciuca in the summer of 2007, the colours were white and green and

552-503: Was held on the Extensiv Stadium from Craiova and was won with 1–0 by Damila. Damila made a great Liga III season and finished on the 1st place in the 4th series, at 6 points from the 2nd place, occupied by Minerul Motru , promoting to the Liga II . With Erik Lincar , then changed by Claudiu Niculescu in the technical leadership of the team, Damila has made a season far beyond expectations, even sensational, finishing on

576-615: Was renamed as Foresta Suceava . ACS Berceni moved from Berceni to Buftea . Unirea Tărlungeni was moved from Tărlungeni to Ștefăneștii de Jos and took all the players and the staff of CS Ștefănești which was dissolved. Metalul Reșița was moved from Reșița to Snagov and took all the players and the staff of Voința Snagov which was dissolved. Șoimii Pâncota was moved from Pâncota to Șiria . Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. The 12th-placed team of

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