2022–23 Liga II
The 2022–23 Liga II was the 83rd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the seventh consecutive season held in a single series. It began on 6 August 2022 and ended on 4 June 2023.
The competition format was maintained, consisting of two stages. In the first stage, each team played every other team once, followed by a six-team promotion play-off and a relegation play-out split into two groups of seven. In the second stage, the top two teams were promoted to Liga I, while the 3rd- and 4th-placed sides played two-legged play-offs against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The bottom two teams in each group were relegated, and the 5th-placed teams met to decide the fifth relegation berth to Liga III.
Teams
A total of twenty teams contested the league, including fourteen from the previous season, one relegated from Liga I, and five promoted from Liga III.Team changes
;To Liga IIRelegated from Liga I
- Dinamo Bucuresti – debut.
- Oțelul Galați – after six years of absence.
- Progresul Spartac București – debut.
- Slatina – after one year of absence.
- Dumbrăvița – debut.
- Minaur Baia Mare – after six years of absence.
Promoted to Liga I
- Petrolul Ploiești – ended a four-year stay.
- Hermannstadt – ended a one-year stay.
- Universitatea Cluj – ended a four-year stay.
- Dunărea Călărași – ended a three-year stay.
- Dacia Unirea Brăila – ended a one-year stay.
- Astra Giurgiu – ended a one-year stay.
- Academica Clinceni and Gaz Metan Mediaș relegated to Liga II at the end of the 2021–22 Liga I season. On 27 June 2022, Academica and Gaz Metan were relegated directly to Liga III, by the Romanian Football Federation, which denied a second tier licence for both clubs, due to important financial problems and unpaid debts to current and former players and managers.
- FC Buzău was renamed back as Gloria Buzău, due to brand rights.
- Due to Academica and Gaz Metan exclusion by the Romanian Football Federation, their places were occupied by Politehnica Timișoara and Unirea Constanța, best two ranked teams from the relegated five registered at the 2021–22 Liga II.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
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| 1599 Șelimbăr |  sortname|Claudiu|NiculescuRegular seasonLeague tablePromotion play-offA 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.Play-off tableRelegation play-outA relegation play-out tournament between the last 14 ranked teams at the end of the regular season was played to decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 20, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III, while the 5th placed teams in both groups will meet in a tie to avoid relegation.Group A;Table;Results Group B;Table;Results Liga II play-outThe 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.Season statistics''Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics''Hat-tricks
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