League 1 2008/09

League 1 2008/09
master	Unirea Urziceni
Champions League	Unirea Urziceni
Champions League qualification	FC Timișoara
Europe League	Dinamo Bucharest Steaua Bucharest CFR Cluj Steaua Bucharest
Cup winners	CFR Cluj
Relegated	FC Argeș Pitești Farul Constanța CS Otopeni Gloria Buzău
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	707  (ø 2.31 per game)
Top scorer	Florin Costea ( FCU Craiova ) scored 17 goals
← League 1 2007/08 League 1 2009/10 →
Liga II 2008/09 ↓

The League 1 2008/09 was the 71st season in the history of the highest Romanian football league . It began on July 26, 2008 and ended on June 10, 2009. From mid-December to the end of February, the game was closed ( winter break ). Unirea Urziceni became the master . Farul Constanța , CS Otopeni and Gloria Buzău had to relegate . Actually, Gaz Metan Mediaş should also have been relegated, but since FC Argeş Piteşti did not receive a license, Gaz Metan Mediaş was allowed to stay in the league.

mode

The league 1 played with 18 teams. The four last-placed teams relegated to League II , from which four teams rose (the two first-placed teams from each of the two seasons). There were three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat. If two or more teams were tied at the end of the season, it was not the goal difference that decided , but the direct comparison.

Attendees

Unirea Urziceni FC Timișoara Dinamo Bucharest Rapid Bucharest Steaua Bucharest CFR Cluj FC Vaslui Universitatea Craiova FC Brasov Argeş Piteşti Pandurii Târgu Jiu Oțelul Galați Gloria Bistrița Politehnica Iași Gaz Metan Mediaș Farul Constanța CS Otopeni Gloria Buzau

League 1 clubs 2008/09

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Steaua Bucharest	Bucharest	Ghencea Stadium	27,063
Dinamo Bucharest	Bucharest	Dinamo stadium	15,032
Rapid Bucharest	Bucharest	Stadionul Giuleşti	19,100
FC Argeş Piteşti	Pitesti	Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin	15,000
Gloria Buzau	Buzau	Stadionul Municipal	12,000
Gloria Bistrița	Bistrița	Gloria Stadium	07,800
FC Brasov	Brașov	Stadionul tin case	08,800
CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca	Dr. C. Rădulescu Stadium	23,500
Farul Constanța	Constanța	Stadionul Farul	15,520
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Mediaș	Stadionul Gaz Metan	07,814
CS Otopeni	Otopeni	Stadionul Otopeni	01,200
Oțelul Galați	Galați	Stadionul Oțelul	13,500
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Târgu Jiu	Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu	09,200
Politehnica Iași	Iași	Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu	10,390
FC Timișoara	Timișoara	Dan Păltinişanu Stadium	32,972
Unirea Urziceni	Urziceni	Stadionul Concordia	07,000
Universitatea Craiova	Craiova	Ion Oblemenco Stadium	27,915
FC Vaslui	Craiova	Stadionul Municipal	10,000

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Unirea Urziceni	34	21st	7th	6th	051:200	+31	70
2.	FC Timișoara	34	20th	7th	7th	058:380	+20	67
3.	Dinamo Bucharest	34	20th	5	9	056:300	+26	65
4th	CFR Cluj	34	16	11	7th	044:260	+18	59
5.	FC Vaslui	34	17th	6th	11	044:370	+7	57
6th	Steaua Bucharest	34	14th	14th	6th	044:270	+17	56
7th	FC Universitatea Craiova	34	15th	11	8th	044:250	+19	56
8th.	Rapid Bucharest	34	16	7th	11	044:340	+10	55
9.	FC Brașov (N)	34	14th	13	7th	035:250	+10	55
10.	FC Argeș Pitești (N)	34	12	8th	14th	041:470	−6	44
11.	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	34	11	10	13	027:360	−9	43
12.	Oțelul Galați	34	11	7th	16	037:480	−11	40
13.	Gloria Bistrița	34	11	5	18th	032:440	−12	38
14th	Politehnica Iași	34	10	7th	17th	032:470	−15	37
15th	Gaz Metan Mediaș (N)	34	10	6th	18th	036:510	−15	36
16.	Farul Constanța	34	8th	6th	20th	027:560	−29	30th
17th	CS Otopeni (N)	34	5	7th	22nd	032:540	−22	22nd
18th	Gloria Buzau	34	4th	5	25th	023:620	−39	17th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Romanian champion & participation in the group stage of the Champions League 2009/10

Participation in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League 2009/10

Participation in the play-offs of the Europa League 2009/10

Participation in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League 2009/10

Participation in the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League 2009/10

Relegation to League II in 2009/10

(M)	Masters of the preseason
(P)	Cup winner of the preseason
(N)	Newcomers from Liga II 2007/08

Crosstab

2008/09	URZ	TIM	DIN		VAS		UNIVERSITY	RAP	BRA		PAN	OȚE		POLE			OTO
Unirea Urziceni		1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	3: 2	2-0	3: 1	3-0	0: 1	4-0	1-0	1-0	2: 1
FC Timișoara	1: 2		0: 3	2: 1	3: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	0-0	3: 2	3: 1	4: 1
Dinamo Bucharest	0: 1	3: 1		1-0	4: 1	1: 1	1-0	3-0	0: 2	2-0	3-0	1-0	5-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	4: 1
CFR Cluj	1-0	2-0	1-0		3-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	3-0	1-0	2-0
FC Vaslui	0: 2	4: 3	1: 2	2: 1		1-0	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 1	4: 2	2-0	3-0
Steaua Bucharest	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1		2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	1-0	5-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1
FC Universitatea Craiova	0-0	1: 3	2-0	4: 1	0: 1	0-0		0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1
Rapid Bucharest	1: 2	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	0-0	0: 3		3: 1	1: 3	2-0	4-0	3-0	2: 2	4: 2	1-0	3-0	1-0
FC Brasov	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0		1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	4-0
FC Argeş Piteşti	0-0	1: 1	5: 2	0: 2	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0		2: 1	3: 2	2: 1	3-0	2-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1: 5	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	3: 1		1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0
Oțelul Galați	0: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	0-0		1-0	3: 2	3: 1	2-0	3: 1	1: 2
Gloria Bistrița	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0: 3	2: 2	2-0	1: 3	1-0	2-0	1-0	3-0		3: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 1	2-0
Politehnica Iași	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	1: 3	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	4-0	1: 1	2: 1	1-0		2-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1
Gaz Metan Mediaș	1-0	5: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 5	1-0	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1-0		0: 1	3-0	2-0
Farul Constanța	0: 1	1: 1	1: 4	0: 1	1-0	1: 4	0: 3	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0: 3	2-0		1-0	2-0
CS Otopeni	1: 2	2: 2	2: 3	0: 4	0: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	4: 1	2-0	6-0		2-0
Gloria Buzau	1: 5	1: 2	1: 3	0: 1	4: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0: 2	3: 1	0: 1	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1

After the season

• 1. - Unirea Urziceni - Champion and participant in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League
• 2. - FC Timișoara - participant in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League
• 3rd - Dinamo Bucharest - participant in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
• 4th - CFR Cluj - participant in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
• 5th - FC Vaslui - Participant in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
• 6. - Steaua Bucharest - participant in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
• CFR Cluj - Cup winner

Relegated to League II

FC Argeş Piteşti , Farul Constanța , CS Otopeni , Gloria Buzău

Promoted to League 1

Astra Ploieşti , Internațional Curtea de Argeş , Unirea Alba Iulia , Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

Unirea Urziceni champions team

1.

Unirea Urziceni

Goal: Giedrius Arlauskis (30 / -), Cătălin Grigore (2 / -), Daniel Tudor (2 / -) Defense: Valeriu Bordeanu (30 / -), Pablo Brandán (27 / -), Bruno Fernandes (19 / -), George Galamaz (32/4), Ersin Mehmedović (18 / -), Epaminonda Nicu (30 / -) Midfield: Iulian Apostol (28/2), Tiberiu Bălan (25/4), Daniel Barladeanu (2 / -), Jacob Burns (10 / -), Sorin Frunză (25/1), Ion Mara (17/5), Răzvan Pădurețu (31/3), Ricardo (20/1), Dinu Todoran (22/2) Forward: Bogdan Aldea (1 / -), Marius Bilașco (27/8), Cristian Dănălache (19/3), Marius Onofraș (21/8), Raul Rusescu (23/5), Dacian Varga (14/4) Coach: Dan Petrescu

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	society	Gates
1.	Florin Costea	FC Universitatea Craiova	17th
	Gheorghe Bucur	FC Timișoara
3.	Juliano Spadacio	Rapid Bucharest	16
4th	Ionel Dănciulescu	Dinamo Bucharest	12
	Marius Niculae	Dinamo Bucharest
6th	Pantelis Kapetanos	Steaua Bucharest	11
	Bogdan Stancu	Steaua Bucharest
8th.	Yssouf Koné	CFR Cluj	10

Web links

• on romaniansoccer.ro (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Top scorer 2008/2009. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .