2025–26 Liga I
The 2025–26 Liga I is the 108th season of Liga I, the top football league in Romania. It started on 11 July 2025 and is scheduled to end on 24 May 2026.
FCSB are the two-time defending champions having won their 28th top-flight title the previous season.
Overview
16 teams will compete in the league – the thirteen teams from the previous season, two teams promoted from Liga II directly and one team promoted via play-off.Teams promoted from Liga II
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc became the first team to be promoted after fellow promotion contenders Metaloglobus București earned a draw against Reșița on 25 April 2025. The result means Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc will compete in the top flight for the first time in their history.Argeș Pitești became the second team to be promoted on 6 May 2025 after defeating Reșița in matchweek 8 of the promotion round. This result saw Argeș Pitești return to the top flight after a two-season absence.
Metaloglobus București became the third team to be promoted after defeating [FC FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|Politehnica Iași (2010)|Politehnica Iași] 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result means that Metaloglobus București will compete in the top division for the first time in their history.
Teams relegated to Liga II
Gloria Buzău became the first team to be relegated after suffering a narrow defeat to Farul Constanța on 4 May 2025. This result ended Gloria Buzău's time in Liga I for one season.Sepsi OSK became the second team to be relegated after suffering a defeat to Unirea Slobozia on 18 May 2025. This result ended Sepsi's time in Liga I for eight seasons.
Politehnica Iași became the third team to be relegated after defeat to Metaloglobus București 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion/relegation play-off round on 1 June 2025. This result ended Iasi's time in Liga I for two seasons.
Teams
Changes
The following teams changed division since the 2024–25 season.| Promoted from Liga II | Relegated to Liga II |
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2024–25 season |
| ↑ | 11,000 | |||
| 7,782 | ||||
| 22,198 | ||||
| ↑ | 4,000 | |||
| Dinamo București | Arcul de Triumf | 8,207 | ||
| 4,554 | ||||
| 55,634 | ||||
| 12,363 | ||||
| ↑ | Clinceni | 4,500 | ||
| 13,500 | ||||
| 15,073 | ||||
| 14,047 | ||||
| May 1 Stadium | 6,000 | |||
| 30,355 | ||||
| 30,983 | ||||
| 11,500 |
| ↑ | Promoted from the Liga II |
Notes:
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.| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main Kit sponsor | Other kit sponsor |
| Macron | Vlad Cazino | ||||
| Adidas | Unibet | ||||
| Daniel Pancu | Nike | Don | |||
| 2Rule | MOL | ||||
| Puma | Superbet | ||||
| Nike | Superbet | ||||
| Nike | Betano | ||||
| Nike | Unibet | ||||
| Jako | None | ||||
| Adidas | Mr Bit | ||||
| Macron | Mr Bit | ||||
| Constantin Gâlcă | Kappa | Superbet | |||
| Constantin Toma | Adidas | Mr Bit | |||
| Adidas | Superbet | ||||
| Puma | Superbet | ||||
| Nike | Favbet |
Regular season
League table
Play-off
The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice for places in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.Play-off table
Play-out
The bottom ten teams from the regular season meet once to contest against relegation. Teams started the play-out round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finish 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team – 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 16th.Play-out table
European play-offs
In the semi-final the 7th and 8th-placed teams of the Liga I typically play a one-legged match on the ground of the better placed team. In the final, the winner of the play-out semi-final will play the highest ranked team of the play-off tournament, that did not already qualify for European competitions. The winner of the final will enter the second qualifying round of the Conference League.Matches
European play-off semi-final'''European play-off final'''
Promotion/relegation play-offs
The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Liga I faces the 3rd and 4th-placed team of the Liga II.Summary
Matches
Promotion/relegation play-off 1'''Promotion/relegation play-off 2'''
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | ||||||||||
| 1 |  Top assists
|