A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Season | 2011–12 |
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| Champions | CFR Cluj |
| Relegated | Târgu Mureș Voința Sibiu Sportul Studențesc Mioveni |
| Champions League | CFR Cluj Vaslui |
| Europa League | Dinamo București Steaua București Rapid București |
| Matches played | 305 |
| Goals scored | 748 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Wesley Lopes (27) |
| Biggest home win | CFR 6–1 Sportul |
| Biggest away win | Gaz Metan 0–5 Dinamo Mioveni 0–5 Vaslui Ceahlăul 0–5 Dinamo CFR 0–5 Rapid Mioveni 0–5 CFR |
| Highest scoring | Rapid 5–3 Gaz Metan |
| Longest winning run | Vaslui (9)[1] |
| Longest unbeaten run | Rapid (12)[1] |
| Longest losing run | Mioveni (10)[1] |
| Highest attendance | Steaua 3–2 Dinamo (47,698) |
| Average attendance | 4,855[2] |
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The 2011–12 Liga I was the ninety-fourth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. It began on 22 July 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012.[3] The defending champions are Oțelul Galați.
Since Romania dropped from eighth to fourteenth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[4] the league has lost its UEFA Europa League playoff round berth. Further, the champions will not directly be entered into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League any more, but rather have to begin in the third qualification round.
Teams
The league was originally expected to comprise eighteen teams, fourteen teams from the 2010–11 season and four teams eligible for promotion from the 2010–11 Liga II. However, the exact composition of the league was further affected by the licensing controversies, see below.
Four teams from the 2010–11 season were relegated to their respective 2011–12 Liga II division; these teams are Universitatea Craiova, Unirea Urziceni, Victoria Brănești and Sportul Studențesc. Unirea Urziceni were relegated just two seasons after they won the 2008–09 Liga I. It was the fastest relegation of a former champion, Unirea being also the 2009–10 Liga I runners-up.[5] After the relegation, the team was disbanded.[6] Universitatea Craiova was relegated for the second time in club history, ending a five-year tenure in the highest football league of Romania. After the relegation, the team was temporary excluded by FRF from all internal competitions.[7] Victoria and Sportul was supposed to make their immediate return to the second level, but Sportul remained in Liga I after the relegation of Timișoara and Gloria Bistrița on licensing problems, see below.
The teams promoted from 2010–11 Liga II are Seria I winners Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Seria II winners Petrolul Ploiești and Seria I runners-up Concordia Chiajna. Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț is returning to the first division after one year, Petrolul Ploiești after seven years, while Concordia Chiajna promoted for the first time in Liga I. After Seria II runners-up Bihor Oradea were denied a Liga I licence (see below), Mioveni, third placed in Liga II respective series, was promoted instead.
Venues
| Universitatea Cluj | Steaua București | CFR Cluj | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
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| Cluj Arena | Steaua | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu | Ceahlăul |
| Capacity: 30,201 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 23,500 | Capacity: 17,500 |
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| Petrolul Ploiești | Dinamo București | Voința Sibiu | Oțelul Galați |
| Ilie Oană | Dinamo | Municipal | Oțelul |
| Capacity: 15,073 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 14,200 | Capacity: 13,500 |
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| Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | Regie | ||
| Capacity: 11,704[i] | Capacity: 10,020 | ||
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| FC Vaslui | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | ||
| Municipal | Tudor Vladimirescu | ||
| Capacity: 9,240 | Capacity: 9,200 | ||
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| Astra Ploiești | FC Brașov | ||
| Astra | Silviu Ploeșteanu | ||
| Capacity: 9,000 | Capacity: 8,800 | ||
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| Târgu Mureș | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Mioveni | Concordia Chiajna |
| Trans-Sil | Gaz Metan | Orășenesc | Concordia |
| Capacity: 8,200 | Capacity: 7,814 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 5,123 |
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- ^ Capacity of Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Stadium has been reduced from 19,100 to 11,704 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the South End.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
