2007–08 Liga III

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).

Liga III

Season	2007–08
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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.

Standings

Reference

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 Galaţi	34	18	9	7	47	23	+24	63
4	Willy 2001 Bacău	34	18	6	10	73	53	+20	60
5	Politehnica II Iaşi	34	14	12	8	60	41	+19	54
6	FC Bârlad	34	16	3	15	53	53	0	51
7	Juventus Fălticeni	34	15	4	15	41	52	−11	49
8	CFR Paşcani	34	15	3	16	49	47	+2	48
9	CF Brăila	34	14	8	12	49	43	+6	47[lower-alpha 1]
10	Cetatea Târgu Neamț	34	14	4	16	57	69	−12	46
11	Ceahlăul II Piatra Neamţ	34	13	7	14	42	35	+7	46
12	Oţelul II Galaţi	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 Paşcani[lower-alpha 2] (R)	34	1	5	28	20	95	−75	8

Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Three points have been deducted from CF Brăila because of not reaching the 25 points minimum margin in the last season of Liga II.
2. 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	FC 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	CSM Râmnicu Sărat	32	24	4	4	63	31	+32	76
4	Steaua II București	32	19	5	8	71	34	+37	62
5	CS 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	CSM Medgidia	32	11	9	12	48	48	0	42
10	Portul Constanţa	32	11	8	13	38	46	−8	41
11	CS Năvodari	32	12	4	16	45	57	−12	40
12	Callatis Mangalia	32	12	4	16	35	50	−15	40
13	Dunărea Călăraşi	32	11	4	17	59	69	−10	37
14	Viitorul Însurăţei	32	7	8	17	28	53	−25	29
15	Farul II Constanţa (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[lower-alpha 1] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 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 Ploieşti (C, P)	34	31	2	1	83	18	+65	95	Promotion to Liga II
2	CS 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 Ploieşti	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 Brăneşti	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 Ploieşti	34	12	8	14	43	39	+4	44
12	Dodu București	34	12	7	15	45	51	−6	43
13	AFC Filipeştii de Pădure	34	10	13	11	33	45	−12	43
14	CF 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[lower-alpha 1] (R)	34	7	3	24	31	62	−31	24
17	ASC Clinceni (R)	34	7	2	25	26	63	−37	23
18	FC Chitila (R)	34	3	4	27	27	72	−45	13

Source:
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 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	Internaţional Curtea de Argeş (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 Costeşti	32	14	6	12	35	32	+3	48
5	Rova Roşiorii de Vede	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	FC Cisnădie	32	12	10	10	46	34	+12	46
9	Argeş II Piteşti	32	13	4	15	42	51	−9	43
10	CFR Craiova	32	12	6	14	39	39	0	42
11	Athletic 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	2007 Balş	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[lower-alpha 1] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 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 Sebeş	32	16	10	6	49	24	+25	58
5	Minerul Mehedinţi Valea Copcii	32	14	9	9	38	31	+7	51
6	Gloria CTP Arad	32	15	5	12	49	48	+1	50
7	Minerul Jilţ 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	CS Ineu	32	11	6	15	43	63	−20	39
13	Calor Timişoara	32	10	7	15	37	34	+3	37
14	Nova Mama Mia Bechicerecu Mic	32	10	6	16	44	60	−16	36
15	CS Vulcan	32	10	6	16	23	32	−9	36
16	UM Timişoara (R)	32	10	6	16	38	43	−5	36	Relegation to Liga IV
17	Victoria Nădlac[lower-alpha 1] (R)	32	1	3	28	12	84	−72	6
18	Auxerre Lugoj[lower-alpha 2] (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Victoria Nădlac withdrew from the championship in the second part and lost al its remaining matches with 3-0.
2. 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	Someşul Satu Mare	34	18	4	12	57	36	+21	58
5	Trans Sil Târgu Mureş	34	16	8	10	53	29	+24	56
6	Gloria 1922 II Bistriţa	34	17	5	12	55	40	+15	56
7	Gaz Metan Târgu Mureş	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 Beiuş	34	12	7	15	38	45	−7	43
13	Olimpia Satu Mare[lower-alpha 1]	34	12	8	14	42	49	−7	41
14	Sănătatea Servicii Publice Cluj-Napoca	34	11	7	16	45	59	−14	40
15	Marmaţia 96 Sighetu Marmaţiei (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:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

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

Playoffs

Group 1

Matches played at Câmpina on Poiana Stadium.

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

Group 2

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

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

See also

• 2007–08 Liga I
• 2007–08 Liga II
• 2007–08 Liga IV