2020–21 Liga II


The 2020–21 Liga II was the 81st season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the fifth consecutive season held in a single series. It began on 5 September 2020 and ended on 3 June 2021.
The competition format was changed and consisted of two stages. In the first stage, each team played every other team once in a regular season, followed by a promotion play-off involving six teams and a relegation play-out with two groups of seven teams. In the second stage, the first two teams were promoted to Liga I, while the 3rd- and 4th-placed teams played play-off matches against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I over two legs. The bottom two teams in each group were relegated, and the 5th-placed teams in each group played for the fifth relegation spot to Liga III.

Teams

A total of twenty-one teams contested the league, instead of twenty, due to the no-relegation rule imposed after the previous season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixteen of these teams competed in the previous season, while five were promoted from Liga III.

Team changes

;To Liga II
Relegated from Liga I
  • None
Promoted from Liga III
;From Liga II
Promoted to Liga I
Relegated to Liga III
  • None
;Other changes

Stadiums and locations

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Aerostar BacăuBacăuAerostar1,500
ASU Politehnica TimișoaraTimișoaraȘtiința1,000
Comuna ReceaReceaCentral600
Concordia ChiajnaChiajnaConcordia5,123
Csíkszereda Miercurea CiucMiercurea CiucMunicipal1,200
CS MioveniMioveniOrășenesc10,000
CSM ReșițaReșițaMircea Chivu12,500
CSM SlatinaSlatina1 Mai10,000
Dunărea CălărașiCălărașiIon Comșa10,400
Farul ConstanțaConstanțaFarul15,520
FCU 1948 CraiovaCraiovaIon Oblemenco30,983
Gloria BuzăuBuzăuMunicipal18,000
Metaloglobus BucureștiBucharestMetaloglobus1,000
Pandurii Târgu JiuTârgu JiuTudor Vladimirescu12,518
Petrolul PloieștiPloieștiIlie Oană15,073
Rapid BucureștiBucharestRegie10,020
Ripensia TimișoaraTimișoaraElectrica5,000
Turris Turnu MăgureleTurnu MăgureleMunicipal2,000
Unirea SloboziaSlobozia1 Mai6,000
Universitatea ClujCluj-NapocaCluj Arena30,201
Viitorul Pandurii Târgu JiuTârgu JiuTudor Vladimirescu12,518

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Aerostar Bacăusortname|Mihai|Ionescu

Regular season

League table



Promotion play-off

A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season.

Relegation play-out

A relegation play-out tournament between the last 15 ranked teams at the end of the regular season will be played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups will be made: the first group will consist of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group will consist of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group will be relegated to Liga III, while the 5th placed teams in both groups will meet in a tie to avoid relegation.

Liga II play-out

The 5th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team to Liga III.
;First leg
;Second leg

Season statistics

''Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics''