Liga I 2008–09
| Season | 2008–09 |
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| Champions | Unirea Urziceni |
| Relegated |
Argeş Piteşti Farul Constanţa Otopeni Gloria Buzău |
| Champions League |
Unirea Urziceni Timişoara |
| Europa League |
Dinamo Bucureşti CFR Cluj Vaslui Steaua Bucureşti |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 707 (2.31 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gheorghe Bucur, Florin Costea (17) |
| Biggest home win | Otopeni 6–0 Farul |
| Biggest away win |
Pandurii 1–5 Unirea Buzău 1–5 Unirea Otopeni 0–4 CFR |
| Highest scoring |
Argeş 5–2 Dinamo Vaslui 4–3 Timişoara Gaz Metan 2–5 Universitatea |
| Highest attendance | Timişoara–Steaua (30,000) |
| Lowest attendance | Otopeni–Bistriţa (100) |
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2009–10 →
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| Leaders; Liga I | 2nd place; Liga I | 3rd place; Liga I |
The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. Unirea Urziceni were the defending champions.
Teams promoted from Liga II at the beginning of the season.
Teams relegated to Liga II at the end of season.
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Source: LPF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
Note: Timişoara were docked 6 points after not respecting a ruling from CAS. However, this decision was revoked by the CAS on 11 June 2009.
1 CFR Cluj as the 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
2 Argeş Piteşti were relegated to the Liga II due to allegations of referee bribery. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Timişoara finish the championship on the place 3 and Dinamo on the place 2. But after finish championship Timişoara has received the 6 points and advanced to ranks 2.
Source: kicker.de (German)
Source: LPF (Romanian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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