LIGA I

(Redirected from Divizia A)

Romanian League ("Liga I")
''Liga I 2007-08''
'Founded'
1909
'Nation'
'Relegation To'
Liga II
'Number of Teams'
18
'European Qualification'
Champions League
UEFA Cup
Intertoto Cup
'Main Competitions'
Liga I
Cupa României
Supercupa României
'Current Champions (2006-07)'
Dinamo BucureÅŸti
'Most Successful Club'
Steaua BucureÅŸti (23)
'Website'
Official

'Liga I' is the name of the top division of the Romanian football league system. It was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909-10 campaign. Until 1932 it had various play-off types. Liga I is part of Romanian Professional Footbal League (LPF). Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called 'Divizia A', but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trade mark "Divizia A". [1]

Contents
History
List of champions
Year By Year
Performance by club
UEFA Ranking
Notable former foreign players
References
See also
External Links

History


The first football club's organization formula was "''A'' Divisional College" ("Colegiul Divizionar A") founded on October 5, 1970 and led by Mircea Angelescu. Until 1990, the "''A'' Divisional College" was formal without remarkable decisions. During the 90's a lot of changes were implemented, reflected in the new names of the organization, e.g. "''A'' Divisional Team's League", " National Football League", "Professional Club's League", etc. On October 10, 1992, the organization's name became "Professional Football A Division League", led by Mircea Angelescu - president, Dumitru Dragomir - vice-president and Daniel Lăzărescu - general secretary. On 22 January 1993, the name of the organization became "Professional Football League of Romania", an A-Division professional football clubs representation. On October 13, 1993, the B Division clubs members were included. On September 30, 1996, Dumitru Dragomir has been elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania". The headquarters is located on 47 Mihai Eminescu Street (since February 1997). In December the same year it was decided that the league will organize the A-Division Championship starting with 1997-1998 edition.
In October 2000, Dumitru Dragomir has been re-elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania"
There are currently 18 teams at this level, of which the bottom four are relegated at the season's end. These teams are replaced by the champions of the two divisions that make up Liga 2, the second level of the Romanian football league system.
Starting in 2005-06, the champions and runners-up of Divizia A are eligible to compete in the UEFA Champions League during the following season. The 3rd-placed team is eligible to compete in the UEFA Cup.
The most successful teams over the years have been Steaua BucureÅŸti and Dinamo BucureÅŸti, other notable teams being: Universitatea Craiova, Rapid BucureÅŸti, and UTA.
Universitatea Craiova was the last non-Bucharest team to win the championship (in 1990-91).

List of champions


Year By Year

Main articles: Divizia A Final Tables

Performance by club


★ 'Steaua BucureÅŸti/CCA BucureÅŸti': '23'


★ 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1967-68, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06

★ 'Dinamo BucureÅŸti': '18'


★ 1955, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07

★ 'Venus BucureÅŸti': '8'


★ 1919-20, 1920-21, 1928-29, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1939-40

★ 'Chinezul TimiÅŸoara': '6'


★ 1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27

★ 'UTA Arad/ITA Arad/Flamura RoÅŸie Arad': '6'


★ 1946-47, 1947-1948, 1950, 1954, 1968-69, 1969-70

★ 'Ripensia TimiÅŸoara': '4'


★ 1932-33, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1937-38

★ 'Universitatea Craiova': '4'


★ 1973-74, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1990-91

★ 'Petrolul PloieÅŸti': '3'


★ 1957-58, 1958-59, 1965-66

★ 'Rapid BucureÅŸti': '3'


★ 1966-67, 1998-99, 2002-03

★ 'FC ArgeÅŸ PiteÅŸti': '2'


★ 1971-72, 1978-79

★ 'Colentina AC BucureÅŸti': '2'


★ 1912-13, 1913-14

★ 'Olympia BucureÅŸti': '2'


★ 1909-10, 1910-11

★ 'ColÅ£ea BraÅŸov': '1'


★ 1927-28

★ 'ICO Oradea/FC Oradea': '1'


★ 1948-49

★ 'Juventus BucureÅŸti': '1'


★ 1929-30

★ 'Prahova PloieÅŸti': '1'


★ 1915-16

★ 'Româno-Americana PloieÅŸti': '1'


★ 1914-15

★ 'UDR ReÅŸiÅ£a/FCM ReÅŸiÅ£a': '1'


★ 1930-31

★ 'Unirea Tricolor BucureÅŸti': '1'


★ 1940-41

★ 'United AC PloieÅŸti': '1'


★ 1911-12

UEFA Ranking


'Current National League Ranking'

★ 01 FA Premier League

★ 02 La Liga

★ 03 Serie A

★ 04 Ligue 1

★ 05 Bundesliga

★ 06 Portuguese Liga

★ '07' 'Liga I'

★ 08 Eredivisie
(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

Notable former foreign players



Roland Agalliu
Elton Ceno
Armend Dallku
Albert Duro
Sulejman Demollari
Arben Minga
Agim Canaj
Elias Bazzi
Alejandro Gavatorta
Marian Zeciu
Edel Bete
Michael Thwaite
Ryan Griffiths
Daniel McBreen
Levent Osman
Vasily Khomutovsky
Vladimir Gaev
Manuel Godfroid
Grégory Delwarte

Roberto Bisconti
Rubenilson Monteiro Ferreira
Elton
Andrey
Slavisa Mitrovic
Boris Keca
Radostin Stanev
Milen Radukanov
Nana Falemi
Patrick Bengondo
Jérémie Njock
Roger Batoum
Camille Muzinga
Cyril Théréau
Fabrice Fernandes
Emmanuel Osei
Ibrahim Dossey
Ben Owu

Peter Simek
Vasile Miriuta
Klemi Saban
Kobi Nachtailer
Maris Smirnovs
Jurica Siljanoski
Slavcho Georgievski
Dumitru Ciumac
Gheorghe Stratulat
Khalid Fouhami
Noureddine Ziyati
Samuel Okunowo
Henry Makinwa
Carlos Fernandes
Diogo Andrade

Zoran Milosevic
Sead Bruncevic
Danilo Pustinjakovic
Radiša Ilić
Park Jae-Hong
Henri Siqueira
Andrey Fedorenko
Ricardo Paez

References


1. Cotidianul, ''Divizia A a fost mitraliată'' (The "A Division" was gunned down), accessed on February 3, 2007

See also



Liga II

Liga III

List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues

List of foreign football players in Liga I

External Links



English-language Romanian football blog



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