2007–08 Liga III

Liga III
Season	2007–08
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Liga III season was the 52nd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. It was the second in this format (six series of 18 teams each).

The winners of each division got promoted to the 2008-09 Liga II season. There were also two playoff tournaments held at neutral venues involving the second placed teams, one with those from series 1, 2 and 3, the other with those from series 4, 5, and 6. The winners of the playoffs also got promoted to the 2008-09 Liga II season. The bottom three from each division were relegated at the end of the season to the county football leagues (Liga IV). From the 15th placed teams, another three were relegated. To determine these teams, separate standings were computed, using only the games played against clubs ranked 1st through 14th.^[1]

Team changes

To Liga III

Relegated from Liga II

Promoted from Liga IV

From Liga III

Promoted to Liga II

Relegated to Liga IV

Renamed teams and other changes

EMC Rovinari was renamed as Energia Rovinari.

Timișul Albina was renamed as Alto Gradimento Albina.

FC Ghimbav was renamed as Royal Club Ghimbav.

Astra Ploiești was renamed as FC Ploiești.

Gaz Metan Podari was moved from Podari to Craiova and was renamed as Gaz Metan CFR Craiova.

Maris Târgu Mureș was moved from Târgu Mureș to Ungheni and was renamed as ASA Unirea Ungheni.

Fortuna Covaci took the place of Tim Giroc Timișoara.

Internațional Curtea de Argeș took the place of Voința Macea.

Cisnădie took the place of Kozara Vințu de Jos.

FC Balș took the place of Oltul Slatina.

FC Sibiu took the place of Soda Ocna Mureș.

Victoria Brănești took the place of Transkurier Sfântu Gheorghe.

FC Argeș Pitești II took the place of Juventus Bascov.

Năvodari took the place of Aurora Mangalia.

Inter Pantelimon took the place of FCM Târgoviște II.

Sparta Mediaș withdrew due to financial problems.

Olimpia Satu Mare was spared from relegation.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cetatea Suceava (C, P)	34	23	7	4	68	16	+52	76	Promotion to Liga II
2	Aerostar Bacău	34	19	9	6	53	29	+24	66	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Politehnica Galați	34	18	9	7	47	23	+24	63
4	Willy Bacău	34	18	6	10	73	53	+20	60
5	Politehnica II Iași	34	14	12	8	60	41	+19	54
6	Bârlad	34	16	3	15	53	53	0	51
7	Juventus Fălticeni	34	15	4	15	41	52	−11	49
8	CFR Pașcani	34	15	3	16	49	47	+2	48
9	Brăila	34	14	8	12	49	43	+6	47^[a]
10	Cetatea Târgu Neamț	34	14	4	16	57	69	−12	46
11	Ceahlăul II Piatra Neamț	34	13	7	14	42	35	+7	46
12	Oțelul II Galați	34	14	3	17	47	43	+4	45
13	FCM Bacău II	34	11	12	11	47	41	+6	45
14	Pambac Bacău	34	13	6	15	41	45	−4	45
15	Laminorul Roman	34	13	5	16	47	50	−3	44
16	Rarăul Câmpulung Moldovenesc (R)	34	10	8	16	36	54	−18	38	Relegation to Liga IV
17	Bujorii Târgu Bujor (R)	34	7	5	22	22	63	−41	26
18	NGM Leonard Pașcani^[b] (R)	34	1	5	28	20	95	−75	8

Source: frfotbal.ro
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Three points have been deducted from CF Brăila because of not reaching the 25 points minimum margin in the last season of Liga II.
^ NGM Leonard Paşcani withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost all remaining matches with 3-0.

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Snagov (C, P)	32	26	1	5	82	21	+61	79	Promotion to Liga II
2	Juventus București	32	25	2	5	80	31	+49	77	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Râmnicu Sărat	32	24	4	4	63	31	+32	76
4	Steaua II București	32	19	5	8	71	34	+37	62
5	Ovidiu	32	13	10	9	46	33	+13	49
6	Onix Râmnicu Sărat	32	12	11	9	37	28	+9	47
7	Rocar București	32	15	2	15	49	44	+5	47
8	Unirea Slobozia	32	13	5	14	42	49	−7	44
9	Medgidia	32	11	9	12	48	48	0	42
10	Portul Constanța	32	11	8	13	38	46	−8	41
11	Năvodari	32	12	4	16	45	57	−12	40
12	Callatis Mangalia	32	12	4	16	35	50	−15	40
13	Dunărea Călărași	32	11	4	17	59	69	−10	37
14	Viitorul Însurăței	32	7	8	17	28	53	−25	29
15	Farul II Constanța (R)	32	6	7	19	42	64	−22	25	Relegation to Liga IV
16	Abatorul Slobozia (R)	32	5	4	23	31	85	−54	19
17	Aversa București (R)	32	4	4	24	21	74	−53	16
18	CSO Ianca^[a] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: frfotbal.ro
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ CSO Ianca withdrew from the championship in the first part and all its results were canceled.

Seria III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Ploiești (C, P)	34	31	2	1	83	18	+65	95	Promotion to Liga II
2	Buftea (P, O)	34	24	4	6	67	30	+37	76	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Tricolorul Breaza	34	20	6	8	48	32	+16	66
4	Electrosid Titu	34	20	4	10	52	36	+16	64
5	Conpet Ploiești	34	15	7	12	56	43	+13	52
6	Chimia Brazi	34	16	3	15	55	45	+10	51
7	Rapid II București	34	15	5	14	51	44	+7	50
8	Victoria Brănești	34	16	2	16	53	56	−3	50
9	Inter Pantelimon	34	13	10	11	52	54	−2	49
10	Unirea Tărlungeni	34	14	5	15	35	33	+2	47
11	Petrolul II Ploiești	34	12	8	14	43	39	+4	44
12	Dodu Berceni	34	12	7	15	45	51	−6	43
13	Filipeștii de Pădure	34	10	13	11	33	45	−12	43
14	Predeal	34	12	5	17	37	44	−7	41
15	FC 1 Decembrie (R)	34	13	2	19	37	64	−27	41	Relegation to Liga IV
16	Royal Club Ghimbav^[a] (R)	34	7	3	24	31	62	−31	24
17	ASC Clinceni (R)	34	7	2	25	26	63	−37	23
18	Chitila (R)	34	3	4	27	27	72	−45	13

Source: frfotbal.ro
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Royal Club Ghimbav withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost all remaining matches with 3-0.

Seria IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Internațional Curtea de Argeș (C, P)	32	23	3	6	75	25	+50	72	Promotion to Liga II
2	Gaz Metan CFR Craiova	32	19	8	5	57	29	+28	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	32	16	5	11	48	35	+13	53
4	Unirea Costești	32	14	6	12	35	32	+3	48
5	Rova Roșiori	32	14	5	13	35	36	−1	47
6	Alro Slatina	32	13	7	12	43	36	+7	46
7	Building Vânju Mare	32	12	10	10	31	27	+4	46
8	Cisnădie	32	12	10	10	46	34	+12	46
9	Argeş II Pitești	32	13	4	15	42	51	−9	43
10	CFR Craiova	32	12	6	14	39	39	0	42
11	Atletic Sibiu	32	13	3	16	44	51	−7	42
12	Petrom Chimia Craiova	32	10	10	12	34	51	−17	40
13	Progresul Corabia	32	10	9	13	40	38	+2	39
14	Balș	32	10	7	15	37	44	−7	37
15	Armata Craiova	32	11	3	18	31	50	−19	36
16	Turris Turnu Măgurele (R)	32	11	3	18	43	65	−22	36	Relegation to Liga IV
17	Dunărea Calafat (R)	32	7	5	20	34	71	−37	26
18	FC Sibiu^[a] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: frfotbal.ro
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ FC Sibiu withdrew from the championship in the first part and all its results were canceled.

Seria V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Unirea Sânnicolau Mare (C, P)	32	20	8	4	57	14	+43	68	Promotion to Liga II
2	ACU Arad (P, O)	32	18	10	4	51	23	+28	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Minerul Motru	32	17	9	6	56	35	+21	60
4	CSM Sebeș	32	16	10	6	49	24	+25	58
5	Minerul Mehedinți	32	14	9	9	38	31	+7	51
6	Gloria CTP Arad	32	15	5	12	49	48	+1	50
7	Minerul Jilț Mătăsari	32	13	8	11	45	43	+2	47
8	Fortuna Covaci	32	13	7	12	39	26	+13	46
9	Energia Rovinari	32	14	3	15	47	55	−8	45
10	Alto Gradimento Albina	32	13	3	16	37	33	+4	42
11	CFR Marmosim Simeria	32	13	2	17	36	53	−17	41
12	Ineu	32	11	6	15	43	63	−20	39
13	Calor Timișoara	32	10	7	15	37	34	+3	37
14	Nova Mama Mia Bechicerecu Mic	32	10	6	16	44	60	−16	36
15	Vulcan	32	10	6	16	23	32	−9	36
16	UM Timișoara (R)	32	10	6	16	38	43	−5	36	Relegation to Liga IV
17	Victoria Nădlac^[a] (R)	32	1	3	28	12	84	−72	6
18	Auxerre Lugoj^[b] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: frfotbal.ro
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Victoria Nădlac withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost al its remaining matches with 3-0.
^ Auxerre Lugoj withdrew from the championship in the first part and all its results were canceled.

Seria VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Luceafărul Lotus Băile Felix (C, P)	34	25	4	5	69	34	+35	79	Promotion to Liga II
2	Avântul Reghin	34	26	1	7	69	27	+42	79	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	FC Baia Mare	34	19	7	8	64	26	+38	64
4	Someșul Satu Mare	34	18	4	12	57	36	+21	58
5	Trans Sil Târgu Mureș	34	16	8	10	53	29	+24	56
6	Gloria 1922 II Bistrița	34	17	5	12	55	40	+15	56
7	Gaz Metan Târgu Mureș	34	14	7	13	55	51	+4	49
8	Unirea Dej	34	12	10	12	40	40	0	46
9	Lacul Ursu Mobila Sovata	34	12	10	12	43	50	−7	46
10	Turul Micula	34	13	5	16	53	61	−8	44
11	ASA Unirea Ungheni	34	12	7	15	42	54	−12	43
12	Bihorul Beiuș	34	12	7	15	38	45	−7	43
13	Olimpia Satu Mare^[a]	34	12	8	14	42	49	−7	41
14	Sănătatea Servicii Publice Cluj-Napoca	34	11	7	16	45	59	−14	40
15	Marmația 96 Sighetu Marmației (R)	34	11	5	18	42	59	−17	38	Relegation to Liga IV
16	Inter Blaj (R)	34	10	3	21	39	61	−22	33
17	Bihor II Oradea (R)	34	8	7	19	36	64	−28	31
18	Universitatea 1919 Cluj-Napoca (R)	34	3	5	26	20	77	−57	14

Source: frfotbal.ro
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Olimpia Satu Mare was docked 3 points by UEFA in the "Hornyak case".

Playoffs

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Buftea (P)	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3	4	Promotion to Liga II
2	Juventus București	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Aerostar Bacău	2	0	1	1	4	7	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2008. Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted

Matches played at Câmpina on Poiana Stadium.

Buftea – Juventus București 2–2 (2–4 penalty kickout)
Buftea – Aerostar Bacău 6–3
Aerostar Bacău – Juventus București 1–1

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	ACU Arad (P)	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Promotion to Liga II
2	Avântul Reghin	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
3	Gaz Metan CFR Craiova	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2008. Source: rsssf.com
(P) Promoted

Matches played at Alba-Iulia on Victoria-Cetate Stadium.

Gaz Metan CFR Craiova – ACU Arad 1–5
Avântul Reghin – Gaz Metan CFR Craiova 2–0
Avântul Reghin – ACU Arad 0–0 (3–4 penalty kickout)

References

^ "Romania (Third Level) 2007/08". rsssf.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

[table_hth_BRĂ0.82267101473299-2] Three points have been deducted from CF Brăila because of not reaching the 25 points minimum margin in the last season of Liga II.

[table_note_NLP0.82267101473299-3] NGM Leonard Paşcani withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost all remaining matches with 3-0.

[table_note_IAN0.76617866697078-4] CSO Ianca withdrew from the championship in the first part and all its results were canceled.

[table_note_RCG0.45612290010607-5] Royal Club Ghimbav withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost all remaining matches with 3-0.

[table_note_SIB0.89861832461256-6] FC Sibiu withdrew from the championship in the first part and all its results were canceled.

[table_note_VNĂ0.5412335570628-7] Victoria Nădlac withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost al its remaining matches with 3-0.

[table_note_AXL0.5412335570628-8] Auxerre Lugoj withdrew from the championship in the first part and all its results were canceled.

[table_note_OLI0.30384786301472-9] Olimpia Satu Mare was docked 3 points by UEFA in the "Hornyak case".

[1] "Romania (Third Level) 2007/08". rsssf.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

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Team changes

To Liga III

From Liga III

Renamed teams and other changes

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Seria VI

Playoffs

Group 1

Group 2

See also

References