Liga II (women's football)

Liga II
Founded1990 as Divizia B
2013 as Liga I
2017 as Liga II
Country Romania
ConfederationUEFA
Divisions2
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toLiga I
Relegation toLiga III
Domestic cup(s)Romanian Women's Cup
Current championsVasas Femina FC and Olimpia Gherla
(2023-24)
Websitefrfotbal.ro
Current: 2024–25 Liga II

Liga II is the second level women's football league in Romania. A second tier women's football competition was first created in 1990 under the name Divizia B. After the fall of communism, organised women's football started to take off, and the founded clubs were distributed into 2 leagues - Divizia A with 12 teams and Divizia B with 30 teams grouped into 3 series, following a tournament called Cupa Libertății.[1] Some time after, the number women's clubs declined, and the division was disbanded.

The second-level league was reintroduced starting with the 2013–14 season, when it formally received the name Liga I, following the introduction of Superliga as the top-tier league. However, as of the 2017–18 season, it was rebranded as Liga II, since the Superliga brand was quietly dropped altogether.[2]

  1. ^ Celălalt fotbal (PDF)
  2. ^ "Competitii Interne - FRF".