2008–09 Liga III

Liga III
Season	2008–09
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Liga III season was the 53rd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.

The winners of each division got promoted to the 2009–10 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 2009–10 Liga II season. The bottom three from each division were relegated at the end of the season to the 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.

Standings

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CSM Râmnicu Sărat (C, P)	34	28	2	4	72	12	+60	86	Promotion to Liga II
2	Oţelul II Galaţi	34	23	5	6	97	29	+68	74	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Pambac Bacău	34	23	5	6	72	36	+36	74
4	CSM Focşani	34	17	10	7	71	36	+35	61
5	CS Panciu	34	17	8	9	50	28	+22	59
6	Laminorul Roman	34	17	7	10	45	25	+20	58
7	Aerostar Bacău	34	17	6	11	57	26	+31	57
8	Petrolul ZF 1948 Berca	34	15	8	11	53	33	+20	53
9	Rapid CFR Suceava	34	14	9	11	54	32	+22	51
10	Politehnica II Iaşi	34	15	5	14	56	52	+4	50
11	CFR Paşcani	34	13	4	17	39	61	−22	43
12	Cetatea Târgu Neamț	34	10	10	14	49	51	−2	40
13	Willy Bacău	34	11	6	17	59	60	−1	39
14	Ceahlăul II Piatra Neamţ	34	10	3	21	47	70	−23	33
15	Rarăul Câmpulung Moldovenesc (R)	34	8	6	20	25	134	−109	30	Relegation to Liga IV
16	FCM Bacău II^[a] (R)	32	3	8	21	19	68	−49	17
17	Bârlad^[a] (R)	32	5	2	25	17	69	−52	17
18	Luceafărul Mihai Eminescu^[a] (R)	32	3	4	25	11	71	−60	13

Source: Reference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c FCM Bacău II, FC Bârlad and Luceafărul Mihai Eminescu 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	Steaua II București (C, P)	30	22	7	1	60	16	+44	73	Promotion to Liga II
2	CS Ovidiu	30	19	10	1	46	11	+35	67	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Rapid II București	30	21	4	5	64	31	+33	67
4	Unirea Slobozia	30	19	5	6	64	33	+31	62
5	Săgeata Stejaru	30	18	6	6	57	29	+28	60
6	Dunărea Călăraşi	30	17	7	6	47	17	+30	58
7	Politehnica Galaţi	30	12	5	13	49	44	+5	41
8	CF Brăila	30	12	4	14	42	45	−3	40
9	Farul II Constanţa	30	11	6	13	48	42	+6	39
10	Portul Constanţa	30	10	5	15	39	56	−17	35
11	CS Eforie	30	9	5	16	31	49	−18	32
12	Callatis Mangalia	30	6	7	17	26	46	−20	25
13	Rocar București	30	6	6	18	35	64	−29	24
14	CSM Medgidia	30	6	5	19	42	61	−19	23
15	Viitorul Însurăţei (R)	30	6	3	21	24	63	−39	21	Relegation to Liga IV
16	Inter Gaz București^[a] (R)	30	3	1	26	23	90	−67	10
17	CS Năvodari^[b] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FCM Câmpina^[b] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Reference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Inter Gaz București withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost all remaining matches with 3–0.
^ ^a ^b FCM Câmpina and CS Năvodari withdrew from the championship in the first part and all their results were canceled.

Seria III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Victoria Brănești (C, P)	32	26	4	2	70	19	+51	82	Promotion to Liga II
2	Tricolorul Breaza (P, O)	32	25	3	4	76	23	+53	78	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Conpet Ploiești	32	18	8	6	51	26	+25	62
4	Petrolistul Kaproni Boldești	32	16	10	6	56	24	+32	58
5	Juventus București	32	15	10	7	40	24	+16	55
6	ASC Clinceni	32	14	8	10	44	34	+10	50
7	Petrolul Videle	32	12	9	11	30	29	+1	45
8	Electrosid Titu	32	11	9	12	34	29	+5	42
9	Unirea Tărlungeni	32	11	7	14	32	40	−8	40
10	Berceni	32	12	4	16	37	46	−9	40
11	Chimia Brazi	32	10	8	14	36	35	+1	38
12	Filipeștii de Pădure	32	9	8	15	37	48	−11	35
13	Predeal	32	7	13	12	31	48	−17	34
14	Victoria Bod	32	8	7	17	32	55	−23	31
15	Royal Braşov (R)	32	5	9	18	30	52	−22	24	Relegation to Liga IV
16	Săcele^[a] (R)	31	6	5	20	19	66	−47	23
17	Progresul București II^[a] (R)	31	3	4	24	11	68	−57	13
18	Petrolul Ploiești II ^[b] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

^ ^a ^b FC Săcele and Progresul II București withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost all remaining matches with 3-0.
^ Petrolul II Ploieşti withdrew from the championship in the first part and all its results were canceled.

Seria IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gaz Metan CFR Craiova (C, P)	32	23	5	4	63	24	+39	74	Promotion to Liga II
2	FC Caracal	32	19	8	5	55	24	+31	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Victoria 2008 Adunaţii Copăceni	32	19	6	7	61	31	+30	63
4	Muscelul Câmpulung	32	16	7	9	61	36	+25	55
5	Viitorul Pucioasa	32	15	8	9	49	41	+8	53
6	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	32	15	6	11	44	34	+10	51
7	Minerul Motru	32	14	7	11	55	49	+6	49
8	Alro Slatina	32	13	6	13	36	41	−5	45
9	Jiul Rovinari	32	11	9	12	33	35	−2	42
10	Armata Craiova	32	11	7	14	35	40	−5	40
11	Minerul Jilţ Mătăsari	32	11	7	14	33	40	−7	40
12	Argeş II Piteşti	32	11	6	15	52	46	+6	39
13	Prometeu Craiova	32	11	5	16	37	42	−5	38
14	Energia Rovinari	32	9	7	16	37	54	−17	34
15	Progresul Corabia	32	10	3	19	37	53	−16	33
16	Petrom Chimia Craiova (R)	32	9	4	19	28	46	−18	31	Relegation to Liga IV
17	2007 Balş (R)	32	3	3	26	19	99	−80	12
18	CFR Craiova^[a] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Reference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ CFR Craiova 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	Fortuna Covaci (C, P)	30	18	7	5	63	25	+38	61	Promotion to Liga II
2	CS Ineu	30	17	6	7	45	34	+11	57	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Minerul Valea Copcii	30	15	11	4	57	32	+25	56
4	Viitorul Sânandrei	30	13	9	8	42	34	+8	48
5	Building Vânju Mare	30	12	9	9	35	28	+7	45
6	CFR Marmosim Simeria	30	14	2	14	52	38	+14	44
7	FC Timişoara II	30	12	5	13	40	38	+2	41
8	Naţional Sebiş	30	10	8	12	42	45	−3	38
9	Progresul Gătaia	30	10	7	13	38	50	−12	37
10	Alto Gradimento Albina	30	10	7	13	28	40	−12	37
11	Gloria CTP Arad	30	10	6	14	42	43	−1	36
12	Calor Timişoara	30	10	5	15	36	42	−6	35
13	Dacia Orăştie	30	10	5	15	38	57	−19	35
14	Nova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic	30	8	10	12	33	43	−10	34
15	Unirea Sânnicolau Mare	30	9	7	14	32	52	−20	34
16	CS Vulcan (R)	30	8	4	18	25	47	−22	28	Relegation to Liga IV
17	FCM Reşiţa^[a] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Corvinul Hunedoara^[a] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Reference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b FCM Reşiţa and Corvinul Hunedoara withdrew from the championship in the first part and all their results were canceled.

Seria VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Baia Mare (C, P)	34	25	7	2	65	16	+49	82	Promotion to Liga II
2	Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei (P, O)	34	19	7	8	85	45	+40	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	CFR Cluj-Napoca II	34	17	7	10	62	43	+19	58
4	CSM Sebeş	34	16	8	10	46	33	+13	56
5	Bihorul Beiuş	34	15	10	9	55	37	+18	55
6	ASA Unirea Ungheni	34	14	9	11	46	54	−8	51
7	FC Zalău	34	14	9	11	57	52	+5	51
8	Avântul Reghin	34	12	12	10	51	44	+7	48
9	Sănătatea Servicii Publice Cluj-Napoca	34	13	5	16	47	59	−12	44
10	FC Cisnădie	34	12	8	14	53	50	+3	44
11	Gaz Metan Târgu Mureş	34	13	4	17	51	58	−7	43
12	Gloria 1922 II Bistriţa	34	10	12	12	58	52	+6	42
13	Seso Iara	34	11	9	14	46	47	−1	42
14	Ena Inter Făgăraș	34	11	6	17	53	80	−27	39
15	Unirea Dej	34	10	8	16	40	55	−15	38
16	Bihor II Oradea (R)	34	9	8	17	38	57	−19	35	Relegation to Liga IV
17	Liberty II Salonta (R)	34	8	8	18	33	55	−22	32
18	Marmaţia 96 Sighetu Marmaţiei (R)	34	5	7	22	31	80	−49	22

Source: Reference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Playoffs

Group 1

10 June 2009 – Municipal Stadium – Oţelul II Galaţi – Tricolorul Breaza 0-3
13 June 2009 – Municipal Stadium – Tricolorul Breaza – CS Ovidiu 3-1
17 June 2009 – Municipal Stadium – CS Ovidiu – Oţelul II Galaţi 1-3
Tricolorul Breaza Promoted

Group 2

10 June 2009 – Cetate Stadium – FC Caracal – Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei 0-2
13 June 2009 – Cetate Stadium – Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei – CS Ineu 3-1
17 June 2009 – Cetate Stadium – FC Caracal – CS Ineu Cancelled
Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei Promoted

Standings

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Seria VI

Playoffs

Group 1

Group 2

See also