2019–20 Liga IV Bacău

The 2019–20 Liga IV Bacău was the 52nd season of Liga IV Bacău, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season is scheduled began on 24 August 2019[1][2][3]and was scheduled to end in June 2020, but was suspended in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.

Liga IV Bacău

Season	2019–20
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season was ended officially on 26 July 2020 after a championship play-off match between the teams in first place in the Bacău and Valea Trotușului Series.[4][5]

Team changes

To Liga IV Bacău Relegated from Liga III —

From Liga IV Bacău Promoted to Liga III CSM Bacău

Competition format

The league consisted of 24 teams divided into 2 series of 12 teams and will play a regular season, followed by a play-off and play-out. The regular season is a double round-robin tournament. At the end of regular season, the first 3 ranked teams in each series will qualify for championship play-off and the winner will participate for promotion play-off to Liga III. Teams ranked 4 to 10 from each series will participate in the play-out and the last four will relegated. Teams ranked 11-12 at the end the regular season in each series will relegated to Liga V.

In the play-off will participate only teams that have legal personality and hold C.I.S.(Certificate of sports identity) issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sport and teams with at least one group of children and juniors (U19, U17, U15, U13, U11).[6]

League tables

Bacău Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Bacău (Q)	15	14	0	1	70	10	+60	42	Qualification to championship play-off
2	FCM Bacău	15	13	1	1	71	13	+58	40
3	Voința Gârleni	15	12	1	2	46	19	+27	37
4	Filipești	15	8	3	4	59	29	+30	27
5	Negri	15	8	0	7	34	34	0	24
6	Viitorul Nicolae Bălcescu	15	7	2	6	46	34	+12	23
7	Siretul Bacău	15	6	2	7	40	40	0	20
8	Zorile Faraoani	15	4	2	9	22	50	−28	14
9	Rapid Bacău	15	3	3	9	16	42	−26	12
10	Flamura Roșie Sascut	15	3	2	10	21	57	−36	11
11	Aripile Cleja	15	2	1	12	25	68	−43	7
12	Gauss Bacău	15	1	1	13	17	71	−54	4

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: AJF Bacău (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Valea Trotușului Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viitorul Curița (O)	15	13	2	0	77	11	+66	41	Qualification to championship play-off
2	Voința Oituz	15	11	3	1	57	12	+45	36
3	Moinești	15	9	3	3	53	27	+26	30
4	Gloria Zemeș	15	9	2	4	51	34	+17	29
5	Bârsănești	15	7	5	3	54	38	+16	26
6	Uzu Dărmănești	15	8	1	6	39	32	+7	25
7	Căiuți	15	5	2	8	34	52	−18	17
8	Dofteana	15	5	1	9	33	55	−22	16
9	Măgura Cașin	15	4	1	10	24	51	−27	13
10	Viitorul Urechești	15	4	0	11	36	69	−33	12
11	Vulturul Măgirești	15	3	2	10	36	51	−15	11
12	Bradul Mânăstirea Cașin	15	0	2	13	18	80	−62	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source: AJF Bacău (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner.

Championship play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Bacău	2–3	Viitorul Curița	1–0	1–3

19 July 2020	Viitorul Curița	0–1	Dinamo Bacău	Târgu Ocna
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Lupu  90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Orășenesc Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergiu Mavriche (Bacău)

26 July 2020	Dinamo Bacău	1–3	Viitorul Curița	Săucești
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Boghian  44'	Report	Gîză  9' Chiriac  57', 71'	Stadium: Siretul Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergiu Mavriche (Bacău)

Viitorul Curița won the 2019–20 Liga IV Bacău and qualify for promotion play-off.

Promotion play-off

Champions of Liga IV – Bacău County face champions of Liga IV – Botoșani County and Liga IV – Vaslui County.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dante Botoșani (BT) (C, P)	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Promotion to Liga III
2	FC Vaslui (VS) (P)	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3	Possible promotion to Liga III
3	Viitorul Curița (BC) (E)	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2020. Source: FRF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored 8) Penalty kicks.[7]
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted.

1 August 2020	FC Vaslui (VS)	1–2	Dante Botoșani (BT)	Pașcani
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ailenei  37' (pen.)		Grăsanu  57' (pen.) Gheorghiciuc  68'	Stadium: CFR Attendance: 0 Referee: Vlad Baban (Iași)

5 August 2020	Viitorul Curița (BC)	0–3	FC Vaslui (VS)	Pașcani
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Ailenei  18' (pen.), 63' Codreanu  20'	Stadium: CFR Attendance: 0 Referee: Vasile Buzea (Bucharest)

9 August 2020	Dante Botoșani (BT)	2–0	Viitorul Curița (BC)	Pașcani
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Gheorghiciuc  50' Orășanu  60' (pen.)			Stadium: CFR Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)

See also

Main Leagues

• 2019–20 Liga I
• 2019–20 Liga II
• 2019–20 Liga III
• 2019–20 Liga IV

County Leagues (Liga IV series)

2019–20 Liga IV Alba 2019–20 Liga IV Arad 2019–20 Liga IV Argeș 2019–20 Liga IV Bihor 2019–20 Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud 2019–20 Liga IV Botoșani 2019–20 Liga IV Brăila 2019–20 Liga IV Brașov 2019–20 Liga IV Bucharest

2019–20 Liga IV Buzău 2019–20 Liga IV Călărași 2019–20 Liga IV Caraș-Severin 2019–20 Liga IV Cluj 2019–20 Liga IV Constanța 2019–20 Liga IV Covasna 2019–20 Liga IV Dâmbovița 2019–20 Liga IV Dolj

2019–20 Liga IV Galați 2019–20 Liga IV Giurgiu 2019–20 Liga IV Gorj 2019–20 Liga IV Harghita 2019–20 Liga IV Hunedoara 2019–20 Liga IV Ialomița 2019–20 Liga IV Iași 2019–20 Liga IV Ilfov

2019–20 Liga IV Maramureș 2019–20 Liga IV Mehedinți 2019–20 Liga IV Mureș 2019–20 Liga IV Neamț 2019–20 Liga IV Olt 2019–20 Liga IV Prahova 2019–20 Liga IV Sălaj 2019–20 Liga IV Satu Mare

2019–20 Liga IV Sibiu 2019–20 Liga IV Suceava 2019–20 Liga IV Teleorman 2019–20 Liga IV Timiș 2019–20 Liga IV Tulcea 2019–20 Liga IV Vâlcea 2019–20 Liga IV Vaslui 2019–20 Liga IV Vrancea

References

1. "ECHIPE NOI ÎN LIGA A 4-A, CARE DEBUTEAZĂ WEEKEND-UL ACESTA. VIITORUL CURIȚA ÎNCEPE CAMPIONATUL ÎN DEPLASARE". unupetrotus.ro. August 20, 2019. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.(in Romanian)
2. "Fotbal Liga a IV-a: Start de campionat în cele două serii". desteptarea.ro. August 23, 2019. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.(in Romanian)
3. "Liga a IV-a, tot cu play-off și play-out". desteptarea.ro. August 7, 2019. Archived from the original on September 9, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2020.(in Romanian)
4. "Fotbal/ Liga a IV-a: Șorții au decis!" [Football / League IV: The lots have decided!]. desteptarea.ro. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.(in Romanian)
5. "Viitorul Curița este campioana Ligii a 4-a - ediția 2019/2020 - în județul Bacău" [Viitorul Curița is the champion of the Liga 4 - 2019/2020 edition - in Bacău County]. liga4.ro. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.(in Romanian)
6. "Regulament Liga a IV-a sezon 2019-2020". frf-ajf.ro/bacau. September 2, 2019.(in Romanian)
7. "Datele și condițiile pentru disputarea barajelor de promovare în Liga 3". frf.ro. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

External links

• Official website