2020–21 Liga I (women's football)

The 2020–21 Liga I is the 31st season of the top level women's football league of the Romanian football league system. It will decide the Romanian champions and UEFA Women's Champions League participant.

Liga I
Season2020–21
Matches played66
Goals scored314 (4.76 per match)
Top goalscorerLaura Rus (20)
Biggest home winHeniu 15–0 Fair Play
(12 September 2020)
Biggest away winFair Play 0–9 Piroș Security
(27 September 2020)
Highest scoringHeniu 15–0 Fair Play
(12 September 2020)
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 12 December 2020.

Since the previous season, the league was supposed to be temporarily expanded from 12 to 14 teams, for just this season, since the 2019–20 Coronavirus pandemic forced an early finish to the 2019–20 women's football season in Romania.[1] As such, the 14 teams would have competed in a double round-robin of 26 stages, for a total of 182 matches.[2] Teams ranked 13th and 14th at the end of the season would have relegated, while those ranked 11th and 12th would have faced two teams from the 2020–21 Liga II in play-offs for the 2021–22 Liga I. Round 1 was scheduled to begin on 23 August 2020, but was postponed until 6 September 2020.[3]

However, as two teams withdrew after the initial program[2][4] was announced since they were unable to comply with medical protocol, a new draw was performed on 26 August 2020.[5] The two teams: CSȘ Târgoviște and Luceafărul Filiași were enrolled instead in 2020–21 Liga II. Along with this new draw, a decision was made to change the play system: the remaining 12 teams will play a single round-robin for the regular season (totaling 66 matches), after which the first six will enter a double round-robin play-off to decide the champion, while the remaining teams (six) will enter a double round-robin play-out to decide the relegated teams. If no further withdrawals occur, the play-off and play-out will consist of 30 games each, for a grand total of 126 matches overall. Teams ranked 11 and 12 (5 and 6 in the play-out) will relegate directly to the 2021–22 Liga II.

U Olimpia Cluj are the defending champions.[6]

Team changes

Excluded and spared teams

Fair Play București (11th place in 2019–20 Liga I) and Selena ȘN Constanța (12th place in 2019–20 Liga I) were spared from relegation since the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic forced an early finish to the 2019–20 women's football season in Romania.[1]

However, CSȘ Târgoviște (7th place in 2019–20 Liga I) and Luceafărul Filiași (10th place in 2019–20 Liga I), despite initially drawn to compete in the current Liga I season, were forced to withdraw and enroll instead in Liga II for being unable to comply with medical protocols.[5]

Renamed teams

After a reorganisation, Independența Baia Mare was renamed to Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season.[9][10][11] The change was approved in the Romanian Football Federation's Executive Committee of 3 August 2020.[12]

Stadiums by capacity and location
Location of teams in 2020–21 Liga I
Club City Stadium Capacity
Banat Girls Reșița Mircea Chivu (sintetic)
Carmen București Ion Ţiriac
Fair Play Bucharest Ciorogârla 1,000
Fortuna Becicherecu Mic Comunal (Becicherecu Mic) 500
Heniu Prundu Bârgăului Heniu 500
Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare Viorel Mateianu 7,000
U Olimpia Cluj-Napoca Clujana
Piroș Security Arad Sânnicolaul Mic 1,500
Universitatea Alexandria Municipal (Alexandria) 5,000
Universitatea Galați Siderurgistul 6,000
Selena ȘN Constanța SNC
Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc Municipal (Odorheiu Secuiesc) 5,000


Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 U Olimpia Cluj 11 11 0 0 56 6 +50 33 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Fortuna Becicherecu Mic 11 8 1 2 44 13 +31 25
3 Piroș Security Arad 11 7 2 2 36 13 +23 23
4 Vasas Femina Odorhei 11 7 2 2 31 11 +20 23
5 Heniu Prundu Bârgăului 11 6 2 3 43 13 +30 20
6 Universitatea Galați 11 5 3 3 19 24 −5 18
7 Carmen București 11 5 0 6 18 29 −11 15 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare 11 4 1 6 19 31 −12 13
9 Universitatea Alexandria 11 3 1 7 24 35 −11 10
10 Banat Girls Reșița 11 2 0 9 11 37 −26 6
11 Fair Play București 11 2 0 9 10 62 −52 6
12 Selena ȘN Constanța 11 0 0 11 3 40 −37 0
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2020. Source: FRF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 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;.

Results
Home \ Away OLI UGL FOR VAS PIR HEN BMA UAL FPB SEL CAR BGR
U Olimpia Cluj — — — 3–1 1–0 1–0 11–0 8–1 — — 9–2 —
Universitatea Galați 0–7 — — 2–2 — — 2–0 3–2 2–0 — — —
Fortuna Becicherecu Mic 0–4 5–3 — 2–1 — — 6–0 — 11–0 — — —
Vasas Femina Odorhei — — — — 1–1 3–0 — 4–1 — 4–0 2–0 3–0a
Piroș Security Arad — 2–2 2–0 — — — — — — 10–0 1–0 4–0
Heniu Prundu Bârgăului — 2–2 2–2 — 5–1 — — 4–0 15–0 — — —
Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare — — — 1–4 2–3 2–0 — 2–2 — 2–0 6–0 —
Universitatea Alexandria — — 0–3 — 2–3 — — — — 2–1 1–2 7–3
Fair Play București 2–5 — — 1–6 0–9 — 0–3 2–6 — — — —
Selena ȘN Constanța 0–3 0–1 1–7 — — 1–5 — — 0–1 — — 0–1
Carmen București — 3–0 0–3 — — 0–6 — — 3–1 4–0 — 4–0
Banat Girls Reșița 0–4 1–2 0–5 — — 1–4 3–1 — 2–3 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2020. Source: Liga I Feminin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

a awarded
pp postponed

Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for deciding the league champion and the participant in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season, but no other records carried over.

Play-off table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 U Olimpia Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Qualification to Women's Champions League
2 Fortuna Becicherecu Mic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
3 Piroș Security Arad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
4 Vasas Femina Odorhei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
5 Heniu Prundu Bârgăului 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
6 Universitatea Galați 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2020. Source:
Rules for classification: 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;.

Results
Home \ Away OLI FOR PIR VAS HEN UGL
U Olimpia Cluj —
Fortuna Becicherecu Mic —
Piroș Security Arad —
Vasas Femina Odorhei —
Heniu Prundu Bârgăului —
Universitatea Galați —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2020. Source: Liga I Feminin
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-out

The bottom six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for deciding the two relegated teams to the 2021–22 Liga II. Teams start the Play-off round with their points from the Regular season, but no other records carried over.

Play-out table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Carmen București 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
8 Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
9 Universitatea Alexandria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
10 Banat Girls Reșița 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
11 Fair Play București 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Relegated to the 2021–22 Liga II
12 Selena ȘN Constanța 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2020. Source:
Rules for classification: 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;.

Season statistics

Scoring

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2020. Source: frf.ro[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Laura Rus Fortuna Becicherecu Mic 20
2 Mihaela Ciolacu U Olimpia Cluj 12
3 Melisa Olariu Piroș Security Arad 10
4–5 Krisztina Benő Vasas Femina Odorhei 9
Andreea Laiu Heniu Prundu Bârgăului
6–11 Carolina Țabur U Olimpia Cluj 8
Nicoleta Bărbos Carmen București
Andreea Corduneanu Heniu Prundu Bârgăului
Mădălina Boroș Heniu Prundu Bârgăului
Otilia Durlă Universitatea Alexandria
Ioana Bălăceanu U Olimpia Cluj
12–13 Rita Mitri Vasas Femina Odorhei 7
Roxana Mirea U Olimpia Cluj
14–17 Nazlıcan Parlak Piroș Security Arad 6
Adelina Ion Banat Girls Reșița
Mihaela Merlan Heniu Prundu Bârgăului
Cristina Sucilă Piroș Security Arad
18–21 Bianca Ienovan Fortuna Becicherecu Mic 5
Valentina Petre Fair Play București
Carmen Marcu U Olimpia Cluj
Denisa Predoi Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare
22–29 Kinga Barabási Vasas Femina Odorhei 4
Ana Arnăutu Universitatea Galați
Melisa Șodinca Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
Valeriya Postol Universitatea Galați
Ana Vlădulescu Vasas Femina Odorhei
Monica Bențoiu Universitatea Galați
Andra Olaru Universitatea Alexandria
Alexandra Hornea Heniu Prundu Bârgăului
30–43 Georgiana Vasile Carmen București 3
Larisa Grigore Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
Nicoleta Deca Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
Denisa Marcea Piroș Security Arad
Alexandra Lunca Fotbal Feminin Baia Mare
Ana Palaghia Heniu Prundu Bârgăului
Cristina Tudorache Universitatea Alexandria
Nicoleta Lazăr Banat Girls Reșița
Elena Frîncu Universitatea Alexandria
Magda Drăgan Piroș Security Arad
Adina Borodi U Olimpia Cluj
Oana Negrea U Olimpia Cluj
Cristina Palincaș Heniu Prundu Bârgăului
Laura Desmerean Heniu Prundu Bârgăului
44-62 19 players 2
63–92 30 players 1
3 owngoals
3 awarded

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Ioana BălăceanuU Olimpia ClujUniversitatea Galați7–0 (A)[14]12 September 2020
Andreea LaiuHeniu Prundu BârgăuluiFair Play București15–0 (H)[14]12 September 2020
Mihaela Merlan4
Laura RusFortuna Becicherecu MicSelena ȘN Constanța7–1 (A)[15]26 September 2020
Andreea LaiuHeniu Prundu BârgăuluiBanat Girls Reșița4–1 (A)[15]26 September 2020
Mihaela CiolacuU Olimpia ClujUniversitatea Alexandria8–1 (H)[15]27 September 2020
Nazlıcan ParlakPiroș Security AradFair Play București9–0 (A)[15]27 September 2020
Otilia Durlă4Universitatea AlexandriaFair Play București6–2 (A)[17]7 October 2020
Laura Rus4Fortuna Becicherecu MicFair Play București11–0 (H)[18]11 October 2020
Bianca Ienovan
Andreea CorduneanuHeniu Prundu BârgăuluiSelena ȘN Constanța5–1 (A)[19]18 October 2020
Laura RusFortuna Becicherecu MicUniversitatea Galați5–3 (H)[20]7 November 2020
Carolina ȚaburU Olimpia ClujCarmen București9–2 (H)[22]14 November 2020
Mădălina Boroș5Heniu Prundu BârgăuluiCarmen București6–0 (A)[23]18 November 2020
Melisa Olariu6Piroș Security AradSelena ȘN Constanța10–0 (H)[23]19 November 2020
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals
6 Player scored 6 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

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