2016–17 Liga III

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The 2016–17 Liga III is the 61st season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September.[1]

Liga III
Season2016–17
PromotedȘtiința Miroslava
Metaloglobus București
SCM Pitești
Ripensia Timișoara
Hermannstadt
RelegatedAtletico Vaslui
Sportul Chiscani
SC Bacău
Petrolistul Boldești
Arsenal Malu
CS Șirineasa
Urban Titu
CS Podari
UTA II Arad
NMM Becicherecu Mic
ASA II Târgu Mureș
CS Oşorhei
Recolta Dorolț
FC Bistrița
Matches played951
Goals scored3,027 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorerMediop Ndiaye (21)
(Ripensia Timișoara)
Biggest home winÎnainte 14-1 Arsenal M.
Biggest away winPașcani 1-7 Atletico V.
Arsenal M. 0-6 SC Popești
Arsenal M. 0-6 Domnești
Highest scoringÎnainte 14-1 Arsenal M.
Longest winning run9 matches:
SCM Pitești
Longest unbeaten run28 matches:
SCM Pitești
Longest winless run26 matches:
Arsenal Malu
Longest losing run26 matches:
Arsenal Malu
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2017.

Team changes

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To Liga III

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Promoted from Liga IV

Relegated from Liga II

From Liga III

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Relegated to Liga IV

Promoted to Liga II

Teams spared from relegation

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Foresta Suceava, Unirea Tărlungeni and Metalul Reșița were spared from relegation to Liga III due to lack of teams in Liga II.[2]

Excluded teams

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After the end of the last season, Bucovina Pojorâta, Dorohoi, Caransebeș and Muscelul Câmpulung were dissolved. Oțelul Galați, Universitatea Cluj and Bihor Oradea were also dissolved, but refounded in the middle of 2016 and enrolled in Liga IV respectively Liga V.

Farul Constanța dropped out from the Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III, but then were excluded from Liga III also.[3]

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and Gloria Buzău were relegated to Liga V, because the teams were excluded during the 2015–16 Liga II season.

CS Panciu and FC Hunedoara were excluded from Liga III.

Măgura Cisnădie and Inter Dorohoi withdrew from Liga III.

Sporting Turnu Măgurele and Minerul Motru withdrew from Liga III and dissolved their senior teams, but remain with their youth centers.

CS Ineu withdrew from Liga III and enrolled in Liga IV due to financial difficulties.

Unirea Tărlungeni was moved from Tărlungeni to Ștefăneștii de Jos and took all the players and the staff from CS Ștefănești. CS Ștefănești was dissolved.

Metalul Reșița was moved from Reșița to Snagov and took all the players and the staff of Voința Snagov which was dissolved.

Argeș 1953 Pitești, CS Păulești, Mureșul Vințu de Jos, Petrolul Berca, Siretul Lespezi and Voința Ion Creangă declined participation in Liga III due to lack of funds.

Other teams

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SC Bacău withdrew from Liga II due to financial difficulties and enrolled in Liga III.[4]

ACS Poli Timișoara, ASA Târgu Mureș, Astra Giurgiu, CS Mioveni, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Steaua București and UTA Arad enrolled in Liga III their second teams.

Unirea Alba Iulia received the permission to enroll in Liga III, due to the excellent results recorded in the youth championships.

Renamed teams

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Petrotub Roman was renamed as CSM Roman.

Gloria Popești-Leordeni was renamed as SC Popești-Leordeni.

League tables

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Seria I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Știința Miroslava (C, P) 28 20 4 4 65 31 +34 64 Promotion to Liga II
2 Hărman 28 19 6 3 63 19 +44 63[a]
3 Miercurea Ciuc 28 19 6 3 61 18 +43 63[a]
4 Aerostar Bacău 28 14 6 8 47 29 +18 48
5 Avântul Valea Mărului 28 13 4 11 49 53 −4 43
6 Roman 28 12 4 12 48 50 −2 40
7 Olimpic Cetate Râșnov 28 11 5 12 33 31 +2 38[b]
8 Sporting Liești 28 11 5 12 40 38 +2 38[b]
9 Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat 28 10 4 14 33 35 −2 34
10 Metalosport Galați 28 8 6 14 25 41 −16 30
11 Atletico Vaslui[c] (R) 27 9 2 16 35 53 −18 29[d] Relegation to Liga IV
12 Odorheiu Secuiesc 28 8 4 16 27 63 −36 28
13 Pașcani (O) 28 6 5 17 41 65 −24 23 Possible relegation to Liga IV
14 Sportul Chiscani (R) 28 4 4 20 26 67 −41 16 Relegation to Liga IV
15 SC Bacău[e] (R) 27 10 5 12 48 48 0 −25[d]
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b HĂR 1-1 FKM; FKM 1-1 HĂR
  2. ^ a b OCT 0-1 SPO; SPO 0-1 OCT
  3. ^ Atletico Vaslui was excluded from the championship and lost all matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[5]
  4. ^ a b The match between SC Bacău and Atletico Vaslui was declared double forfeit because SC Bacău used a suspended player at the time of the match and Atletico Vaslui was subsequently excluded.[6]
  5. ^ SC Bacău were deducted 60 points for unpaid debts.[7]

Seria II

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Metaloglobus București (C, P) 26 19 3 4 50 27 +23 60 Promotion to Liga II
2 Viitorul Domnești 26 16 1 9 50 28 +22 49
3 Tunari 26 13 7 6 39 28 +11 46
4 Viitorul II Constanța 26 13 5 8 52 33 +19 44
5 Unirea Slobozia 26 12 5 9 49 36 +13 41
6 Popești-Leordeni 26 11 6 9 40 37 +3 39[a]
7 Delta Dobrogea Tulcea[b] 26 12 5 9 52 48 +4 39[a]
8 Dinamo II București 26 10 8 8 42 32 +10 38
9 Oltenița 26 10 5 11 41 39 +2 35[c]
10 Astra II 26 10 5 11 37 36 +1 35[c]
11 Axiopolis Cernavodă 26 9 7 10 49 47 +2 34
12 Înainte Modelu (O) 26 7 8 11 60 55 +5 29 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Petrolistul Boldești (R) 26 7 1 18 34 59 −25 22 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Arsenal Malu[d] (R) 26 0 0 26 10 100 −90 0
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b GPL 2-1 DEL; DEL 2-2 GPL
  2. ^ Delta Dobrogea Tulcea were deducted 2 points for unpaid debts.[8]
  3. ^ a b AST 1-1 OLT; OLT 1-1 AST
  4. ^ Arsenal Malu withdrew from the championship during the winter break and lost all matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[9]

Seria III

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SCM Pitești (C, P) 28 22 6 0 72 15 +57 72 Promotion to Liga II
2 Atletic Bradu 28 14 5 9 52 44 +8 47
3 Alexandria 28 13 6 9 35 28 +7 45
4 Voluntari II 28 12 8 8 47 38 +9 44
5 Flacăra Moreni 28 11 10 7 41 29 +12 43
6 Concordia II Chiajna 28 11 7 10 46 44 +2 40[a]
7 Sporting Roșiori 28 11 7 10 36 36 0 40[a]
8 FCSB II 28 10 8 10 42 43 −1 38[b]
9 Mioveni II 28 10 8 10 38 39 −1 38[b]
10 Filiași 28 9 10 9 38 33 +5 37
11 CS U II Craiova 28 10 6 12 42 42 0 36
12 Aninoasa (O) 28 8 10 10 33 37 −4 34 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Şirineasa (R) 28 8 3 17 26 49 −23 27 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Urban Titu (R) 28 5 8 15 29 51 −22 23
15 Podari[c] (R) 28 3 4 21 16 65 −49 13
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CON 0-0 SRO; SRO 2-2 CON
  2. ^ a b STE 1-0 MIO; MIO 2-2 STE
  3. ^ CS Podari withdrew from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[10]

Seria IV

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ripensia Timișoara (C, P) 26 16 7 3 69 30 +39 55 Promotion to Liga II
2 CSMȘ Reșița 26 17 3 6 50 19 +31 54
3 Lugoj 26 15 6 5 42 27 +15 51
4 Naţional Sebiş 26 15 2 9 43 30 +13 47
5 Industria Galda 26 13 7 6 41 28 +13 46[a]
6 Cetate Deva 26 16 1 9 43 36 +7 49[a]
7 Performanţa Ighiu 26 11 9 6 44 32 +12 42
8 Gloria Lunca-Teuz Cermei 26 7 7 12 27 37 −10 28
9 Poli II Timişoara 26 8 3 15 40 62 −22 27[b]
10 Pandurii II Târgu Jiu 26 8 3 15 31 40 −9 27[b]
11 Unirea Alba Iulia 26 7 5 14 29 38 −9 26
12 Millenium Giarmata (O) 26 6 6 14 28 47 −19 24 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 UTA II Arad (R) 26 5 4 17 22 44 −22 19 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic (R) 26 5 3 18 21 60 −39 18
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CET 1-3 IND; IND 1-0 CET
  2. ^ a b PAN 1-2 ACS; ACS 4-0 PAN

Seria V

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hermannstadt (C, P) 28 21 4 3 64 23 +41 67 Promotion to Liga II
2 Metalurgistul Cugir 28 17 4 7 62 27 +35 55
3 Sănătatea Cluj 28 15 8 5 42 21 +21 53[a]
4 Unirea Jucu 28 16 5 7 64 30 +34 53[a]
5 Comuna Recea 28 14 8 6 50 32 +18 50
6 FC Zalău 28 15 4 9 41 24 +17 49
7 Avântul Reghin 28 14 4 10 46 29 +17 46[b]
8 Gaz Metan II Mediaș 28 13 7 8 60 48 +12 46[b]
9 Unirea Dej 28 10 8 10 44 38 +6 38
10 Viitorul Ulmeni 28 8 9 11 39 47 −8 33
11 Iernut 28 9 2 17 45 68 −23 29
12 Târgu Mureș II (R) 28 8 3 17 31 65 −34 27 Possible relegation to Liga IV
13 Oșorhei (R) 28 7 2 19 32 54 −22 23 Relegation to Liga IV
14 Recolta Dorolț (R) 28 5 2 21 28 71 −43 17
15 FC Bistrița[c] (R) 28 2 2 24 13 84 −71 8
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b UNJ 1-1 SĂN; SĂN 0-0 UNJ
  2. ^ a b AVÂ 3-1 GAZ; GAZ 1-1 AVÂ
  3. ^ FC Bistrița was excluded from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the championship by forfeit.[11]

Possible relegation

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At the end of the championship a special table will be made between 12th places from the 5 series. The last team in this table will relegate also in Liga IV. In this table 12th place teams are included without the points obtained against teams that relegated in their series.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Aninoasa 22 4 9 9 23 36 −13 21
2 Înainte Modelu 22 3 8 11 34 49 −15 17
3 Millenium Giarmata 22 4 5 13 22 42 −20 17
4 CSM Paşcani 22 4 3 15 31 50 −19 15
5 Târgu Mureș II (R) 22 4 3 15 20 58 −38 15 Relegation to Liga IV
Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

References

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  1. ^ "Componenţa celor cinci serii ale Ligii 3. 74 de echipe, posibil 75, vor participa în noul sezon care începe pe 2 şi 3 septembrie". ProSport. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Burleanu a chemat Comitetul de Urgență pentru o ședință fulger! FRF a decis echipele care vor juca sezonul viitor în Liga a 2-a".
  3. ^ "FC Farul nu va juca în Liga 3 și intră în faliment!** Seria a II-a rămâne cu 14 echipe, așa cum va fi, mai nou, și cazul Seriei a IV-a". 31 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Luni aflăm componența noului sezon al Ligii 2.** Situația echipelor în acest moment: Farul a renunțat, SC Bacău o poate urma, iar Baia Mare și-a anulat decizia de excludere". 29 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Atletico Vaslui, exclusă din Liga 3! CSM Paşcani s-a salvat matematic de la retrogradare". 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Atletico Vaslui, exclusă din Liga 3! CSM Paşcani s-a salvat matematic de la retrogradare". 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Atletico Vaslui a scăpat de excluderea din Liga 3. Vezi decizia FRF în cazul meciului nedisputat cu Aerostar. SC Bacău şi AFC Astra II au fost şi ele clientele comisiei". 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  8. ^ "FRF a început cu depunctările! O echipă care s-a luptat în ultimele două sezoane pentru promovare pierde din punctele acumulate pe teren". 13 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Ştiinţa Miroslava şi-a întrerupt seria de 20 de victorii consecutive pe teren propriu cu AFC Hărman. Rezultatele şi marcatorii etapelor 14 şi 16. Arsenal Malu, prima echipă care s-a retras". 3 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Clasamentul Seriei a 3-a a Ligii 3 a suferit modificări după retragerea echipei CS Podari. FCSB II şi CS U Craiova II sunt cele mai câştigate". 21 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Campionatul Ligii 3 rămâne fără încă o echipă. FC Bistriţa nu a fost programată pentru meciul cu ASA Târgu Mureş II şi va fi exclusă". 13 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.