Divizia A

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The Liga 1, most often spelled as the Liga I (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈliɡa ɨn

ˈtɨj]; First League), is a Romanian professional league for men's association


football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Casa Pariurilor, it is
officially known as the Casa Liga 1.[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 on the 29th place 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 FCSB with 26 titles,[note 1] 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—Venus București, Chinezul Timișoara, Petrolul Ploiești, Ripensia
Timișoara, UTA Arad, Rapid București, Universitatea Craiova, and CFR Cluj. The
latter only became remarkably successful in the 21st century and is the most
decorated club outside of Bucharest.

Contents
1 History
1.1 Early championships (1909–1921)
1.2 Divizia A (1921–2006)
1.3 Liga I (2006–present)
2 Competition format
3 Clubs
3.1 Wins by club
3.2 2020–21 season
4 Sponsorship
5 Media coverage
6 EA Sports
7 Records
7.1 Players
7.2 Managers
7.3 Referees
8 International competitions
8.1 Performance in international competitions
8.2 UEFA ranking
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
History
Early championships (1909–1921)
The first official national football tournament was organized in 1909 by the
recently founded Romanian Football Federation, then called the Association of
Athletic Societies in Romania (Romanian: Asociațiunea Societăților Atletice din
România). The final matches of the first Romanian Football Championship were held
between December 1909 and January 1910 in Bucharest.[3][4] The three pioneer clubs
were Olympia and Colentina from Bucharest and United from Ploiești. Each team
played a fixture against the other two clubs, totalizing a number of three matches
disputed, with Olympia București being crowned as champions of the first Romanian
Football Championship.[3][5] In the following years, the tournament was structured
into regional groups with the winners of each group participating in a playoff with
the eventual winners being declared champions. From 1909 until 1921, the
championship was organized as a cup with the winner being crowned as Champions of
Romania,[3][5] except for between 1916 and 1919, when the competition was suspended
due to World War I.[6] The champions of this period were Olympia and Colentina,
each with two titles, and United, Prahova, Venus, Unirea Tricolor București and
Româno-Americana, with one title each.[3][5]

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