Liga I

Liga I
Organising bodyLiga Profesionistă de Fotbal
(Liga I)
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909)
CountryRomania
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams16 (from 2020–21)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLiga II
Domestic cup(s)Cupa României
Supercupa României
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League
Current championsFCSB (27th title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsSteaua București/FCSB (27 titles)
Most appearancesIonel Dănciulescu (515)
Top goalscorerDudu Georgescu (252 goals)
TV partnersDigi Sport
Prima Sport
Websitelpf.ro
Current: 2024–25 Liga I
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The Liga I (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈliɡa ɨnˈtɨj]; First League), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga.[1] It is the country's top football competition, being contested by 16 clubs which take part in a promotion and relegation system with the Liga II. The teams play 30 matches each in the regular season, before entering the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs according to their position in the regular table.

The Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909–10 campaign, being currently 25th in UEFA's league coefficient ranking list. It is administered by the Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal, also known by the acronym LPF. Before the 2006–07 season, the competition was known as Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the finding that someone else had registered that trademark.[2]

The best performer to date is Steaua București with 27 titles, followed by longtime cross-town rival Dinamo București with 18 trophies. Furthermore, of the remaining 21 clubs which came victorious in the competition, eight have won it on at least three occasions—CFR Cluj (eight trophies), Venus București (seven), Chinezul Timișoara and UTA Arad (six each), Ripensia Timișoara, Universitatea Craiova and Petrolul Ploiești (four each), and Rapid București (three).

  1. ^ "LPF – parteneriat cu Casa Pariurilor" [LPF – partnership with Casa Pariurilor] (in Romanian). LPF. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Divizia A a fost mitraliata". Cotidianul (in Romanian). 15 May 2006. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014.