2017–18 Liga I
# 2017–18 Liga I

The 2017–18 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 14 July 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018, being the third to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced.

Defending champions Viitorul Constanța came fourth. CFR Cluj became the new champions in the last fixture of the play-off, clinching their fourth league title after finishing one point above FCSB. Juventus București and Sepsi OSK entered as the promoted teams from the 2016–17 Liga II, but only the latter managed to avoid relegation.

Since Romania dropped from 15th to 17th in the UEFA association coefficient rankings, only the title winner qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

## Teams

The league consists of 14 teams: twelve teams from the 2016–17 Liga I and two new teams from the 2016–17 Liga II.

Teams promoted to the Liga I

The first club to be promoted was Juventus București, following their 3–1 win against Balotești on 30 April 2017. Juventus will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.

The second club to be promoted was Sepsi OSK, following their 1–1 draw against Mioveni on 3 June 2017. Sepsi will play in the Liga I for the first time in their history.

Teams relegated to the Liga II

The first club to be relegated was Târgu Mureș, which were relegated on 19 May 2017 following a 0–1 defeat against Pandurii Târgu Jiu, ending their 3-year stay in the top flight.

The second and final club to be relegated was Pandurii Târgu Jiu, which were relegated on 4 June 2018 following their 1–2 defeat against Botoșani, ending their 12-year stay in the top flight.

### Venues

| FCSB | ACS Poli Timișoara | Universitatea Craiova | CFR Cluj |
| - | - | - | - |
| Arena Națională | Dan Păltinișanu | Ion Oblemenco | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu |
| Capacity: 55,634 | Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 30,983 | Capacity: 23,500 |
| Dinamo București | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | CSM Politehnica Iași |
| Dinamo | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Emil Alexandrescu |
| Capacity: 15,032 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 11,390 |
| Astra Giurgiu | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Gaz Metan Mediaș |
| Marin Anastasovici | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Gaz Metan |
| Capacity: 8,500 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 7,814 |
| FC Botoșani | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Sepsi OSK |
| Municipal | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Municipal |
| Capacity: 7,782 | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestAstraBotoșaniCFR ClujConcordiaCraiovaGaz MetanPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraSepsi OSKViitorulVoluntariBucharest teams Dinamo FCSB Juventus2017–18 Liga I (Romania) DinamoFCSBJuventusclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 5,200 |
| Concordia Chiajna | FC Voluntari | Juventus București | Viitorul Constanța |
| Concordia | Anghel Iordănescu | Anghel Iordănescu | Viitorul |
| Capacity: 5,123 | Capacity: 4,600 | Capacity: 4,600 | Capacity: 4,554 |

* ↑ Since 29 November 2015 to 18 March 2016, Steaua was relocated to Nicolae Dobrin Stadium from Pitești, as a result of Arena Națională not having an ISU licence.
* ↑ Universitatea Craiova was relocated to Municipal Stadium from Drobeta-Turnu Severin for the first 17 rounds of this season because Ion Oblemenco Stadium was under construction.
* ↑ Juventus was relocated to Anghel Iordănescu Stadium from Voluntari for the play-out round, after having previously played in the regular season (Round 1-26) on Ilie Oană Stadium from Ploiești. The relocation was necessary because Juventus Stadium from Bucharest does not meet the standards for Liga I.
* ↑ Viitorul was relocated to Viitorul Stadium from Ovidiu, as a result of the opening of the stadium.

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ACS Poli Timișoara | Adrian Neaga | Gabriel Cânu | Joma | Vox Technology Park, Casa Rusu |
| Astra Giurgiu | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Alexandru Stan | Joma | Tinmar |
| Botoșani | Costel Enache | Alberto Cobrea | Nike / Erreà | Elsaco |
| CFR Cluj | Dan Petrescu | Mário Camora | Joma | NTT Data |
| Concordia Chiajna | Ionuț Badea | Marian Cristescu | Lotto | — |
| CSM Politehnica Iași | Flavius Stoican | Andrei Cristea | Joma | Municipiul Iași, Cotnari |
| Dinamo București | Florin Bratu | Dan Nistor | Macron | Orange |
| FCSB | Nicolae Dică | Florin Tănase | Nike | City Insurance |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | Cristian Pustai | Marius Constantin | Joma | Romgaz |
| Juventus București | Marius Baciu | Liviu Băjenaru | Joma | Phoenicia Hotels |
| Sepsi OSK | Eugen Neagoe | Attila Hadnagy | Adidas | Diószegi, Gyermelyi |
| Universitatea Craiova | Devis Mangia | Alexandru Băluță | Joma | Betano.com |
| Viitorul Constanța | Gheorghe Hagi | Ianis Hagi | Nike | Holsten, Pepsi |
| Voluntari | Adrian Mutu | Daniel Novac | Puma | Academia de Fotbal Voluntari |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FCSB | Laurențiu Reghecampf | Mutual agreement | 31 May 2017 | Pre-season | Nicolae Dică | 1 June 2017 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Marius Șumudică | End of contract | 31 May 2017 | Pre-season | Edward Iordănescu | 1 June 2017 |
| Universitatea Craiova | Gheorghe Mulțescu | End of contract | 31 May 2017 | Pre-season | Devis Mangia | 1 June 2017 |
| Botoșani | Leontin Grozavu | End of contract | 5 June 2017 | Pre-season | Costel Enache | 5 June 2017 |
| CSM Politehnica Iași | Eugen Neagoe | End of contract | 5 June 2017 | Pre-season | Flavius Stoican | 9 June 2017 |
| CFR Cluj | Vasile Miriuță | Mutual agreement | 6 June 2017 | Pre-season | Dan Petrescu | 10 June 2017 |
| Concordia Chiajna | Dan Alexa | Mutual agreement | 18 July 2017 | 10 | Vasile Miriuță | 19 July 2017 |
| Juventus București | Daniel Oprița | Resigned | 19 August 2017 | 14 | Marin Barbu (caretaker) | 20 August 2017 |
| Dinamo București | Cosmin Contra | Signed by Romania | 17 September 2017 | 7 | Vasile Miriuță | 21 September 2017 |
| Concordia Chiajna | Vasile Miriuță | Signed by Dinamo București | 21 September 2017 | 12 | Ion Moldovan | 21 September 2017 |
| Sepsi OSK | Valentin Suciu | Mutual agreement | 25 October 2017 | 12 | Sándor Nagy (caretaker) | 25 October 2017 |
| Sepsi OSK | Sándor Nagy (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 14 November 2017 | 12 | Eugen Neagoe | 14 November 2017 |
| Juventus București | Marin Barbu (caretaker) | End of tenure as a caretaker | 17 December 2017 | 14 | Marius Baciu | 18 December 2017 |
| Poli Timișoara | Ionuț Popa | Mutual agreement | 5 February 2018 | 9 | Leontin Grozavu | 6 February 2018 |
| Dinamo București | Vasile Miriuță | Resigned | 26 February 2018 | 8 | Florin Bratu | 26 February 2018 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Edward Iordănescu | Mutual agreement | 2 April 2018 | 5 | Gheorghe Mulțescu | 4 April 2018 |
| Voluntari | Claudiu Niculescu | Mutual agreement | 14 April 2018 | 10 | Adrian Mutu | 14 April 2018 |
| Poli Timișoara | Leontin Grozavu | Mutual agreement | 18 April 2018 | 12 | Adrian Neaga | 18 April 2018 |
| Concordia Chiajna | Ion Moldovan | Mutual agreement | 25 April 2018 | 11 | Ionuț Badea | 25 April 2018 |

## Regular season

In the regular season the 14 teams will meet twice, a total of 26 matches per team, with the top 6 advancing to the Championship round and the bottom 8 qualifying for Relegation round.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 59 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | FCSB | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 55 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 51 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Astra Giurgiu | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Viitorul Constanța | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | CSM Politehnica Iași | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Botoșani | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Dinamo București | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 39 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Concordia Chiajna | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Voluntari | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | ACS Poli Timișoara | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Sepsi OSK | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 44 | −29 | 19 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 13 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | −25 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 14 | Juventus București | 26 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 47 | −35 | 11 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

* 1 2 Astra is ahead of Viitorul on head-to-head results: Astra–Viitorul 3–1, Viitorul–Astra 1–1.
* 1 2 3 Iași is ahead of Botoșani and Dinamo on head-to-head points: Iași 7 pts, Botoșani 5 pts, Dinamo 4 pts.
* 1 2 Concordia is ahead of Voluntari on head-to-head results: Voluntari–Concordia 0–1, Concordia–Voluntari 3–1.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACS | AST | BOT | CFR | CON | CSU | IAȘ | DIN | GAZ | JUV | SPS | STE | VII | VOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ACS Poli Timișoara | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| Botoșani | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| CFR Cluj | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| CSM Politehnica Iași | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo București | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Juventus București | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Sepsi OSK | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| FCSB | 7–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Voluntari | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ACS Poli Timișoara | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Botoșani | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| CFR Cluj | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| CSM Politehnica Iași | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Juventus București | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sepsi OSK | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| FCSB | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Voluntari | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 |

## Championship play-offs

The top six teams from Regular season would meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2018–19 UEFA Europa League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams started the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 50 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 38 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Viitorul Constanța | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 35 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Astra Giurgiu | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 33 | |
| 6 | CSM Politehnica Iași | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 24 | |

* ↑ Universitatea Craiova qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Cupa României.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AST | CFR | IAS | UCV | FCSB | VFC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Astra Giurgiu | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| CFR Cluj | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| CSM Politehnica Iași | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| CS Universitatea Craiova | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| FCSB | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Astra Giurgiu | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| CFR Cluj | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CSM Politehnica Iași | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| FCSB | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |

## Relegation play-outs

The bottom eight teams from regular season will meet twice (14 matches per team) to contest against relegation. Teams start the Relegation round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season. The winner of the Relegation round finishes 7th in the overall season standings, the second placed team - 8th, and so on, with the last placed team in the Relegation round being 14th.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Dinamo București | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 54 | |
| 8 | Botoșani | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 40 | |
| 9 | Sepsi OSK | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 34 | |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 30 | |
| 11 | Concordia Chiajna | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 30 | |
| 12 | Voluntari (O) | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 27 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 13 | ACS Poli Timișoara (R) | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 27 | Relegation to Liga II |
| 14 | Juventus București (R) | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 17 | Relegation to Liga II |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ACS | BOT | CON | DIN | GAZ | JUV | SPS | VOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ACS Poli Timișoara | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| Botoșani | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo București | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Juventus București | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Sepsi OSK | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 |
| Voluntari | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ACS Poli Timișoara | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Botoșani | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Dinamo București | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Juventus București | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sepsi OSK | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Voluntari | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed team of the Liga I faced the 3rd-placed team of the Liga II.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Voluntari | 1–1 (3–0 p) | Chindia Târgoviște | 1–0 | 0–1 (a.e.t.) |

Notes:

* Voluntari remained in Liga I and Chindia Târgoviște remained in Liga II.

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

    Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | George Țucudean | Viitorul Constanța (11) / CFR Cluj (4) | 15 |
| 1 | Harlem Gnohéré | FCSB | 15 |
| 3 | Paul Batin | Concordia Chiajna | 13 |
| 4 | Alexandru Mitriță | Universitatea Craiova | 12 |
| 5 | Gustavo | Universitatea Craiova | 11 |
| 5 | Alexandru Ioniță | Astra Giurgiu (10) / CFR Cluj (1) | 11 |
| 5 | Alexandru Băluță | Universitatea Craiova | 11 |
| 5 | Mihai Roman | Botoșani | 11 |
| 9 | Florin Tănase | FCSB | 10 |
| 9 | Dennis Man | FCSB | 10 |
| 9 | Constantin Budescu | FCSB | 10 |
| 12 | Andrei Cristea | CSM Politehnica Iași | 9 |
| 12 | István Fülöp | Sepsi OSK | 9 |
| 12 | Marian Cristescu | Concordia Chiajna | 9 |
| 12 | Mario Rondón | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 9 |
| 12 | Daniel Popa | Botoșani (1) / Dinamo București (8) | 9 |
| 12 | Diogo Salomão | Dinamo București | 9 |
| 12 | Adrian Bălan | Voluntari | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alexandru Tudorie | Voluntari | Sepsi OSK | 3–0 | 10 September 2017 |
| George $Țucudean^4$ | Viitorul Constanța | CSM Iași | 5–2 | 30 September 2017 |
| Harlem Gnohéré | FCSB | ACS Poli Timișoara | 7–0 | 22 October 2017 |
| Alexandru Mitriță | Universitatea Craiova | CSM Politehnica Iași | 4–1 | 14 April 2018 |
| Ely | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Juventus București | 3–0 | 22 April 2018 |

$^4$ Player scored four goals

### Clean sheets

    Updated to matches played on 2 June 2018.

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jaime Penedo | Dinamo București | 14 |
| 1 | Giedrius Arlauskis | CFR Cluj | 14 |
| 1 | Alberto Cobrea | Botoșani | 14 |
| 4 | Plamen Iliev | Astra Giurgiu | 12 |
| 5 | Victor Rîmniceanu | Viitorul Constanța (10) / Sepsi OSK (1) | 11 |
| 6 | Florin $Niță^1$ | FCSB | 10 |
| 7 | Cosmin Vâtcă | CFR Cluj | 8 |
| 8 | Nicolae Calancea | Universitatea Craiova | 7 |
| 8 | Cristian Bălgrădean | Concordia Chiajna (2) / FCSB (5) | 7 |
| 10 | Dragoș Balauru | Voluntari | 6 |
| 10 | Virgil Drăghia | Juventus București | 6 |
| 10 | Cătălin Straton | ACS Poli Timișoara | 6 |
| 10 | Răzvan Pleșca | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 6 |

$^1$ Florin Niță was transferred to Sparta Prague during the winter transfer window.

### Discipline

    As of 2 June 2018

**Player**

* Most yellow cards: 14
   * István Fülöp (Sepsi OSK)
* Most red cards: 2
   * Anatole Abang (Astra Giurgiu)
   * Ionuț Cioinac (CSM Politehnica Iași)
   * Diogo Salomão (Dinamo București)
   * Kévin Boli (CFR Cluj)
   * Kamer Qaka (CSM Politehnica Iași)
   * Mădălin Mihăescu (CSM Politehnica Iași)
   * Mihai Pintilii (FCSB)
   * Gabriel Cânu (ACS Poli Timișoara)
   * Dragoș Balauru (Voluntari)

**Club**

* Most yellow cards: 116
   * CSM Politehnica Iași
* Most red cards: 9
   * Astra Giurgiu

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova | 210,576 | 29,000 | 600 | 11,699 | $+168.2%^2$ |
| 2 | FCSB | 178,500 | 30,000 | 1,000 | 9,917 | $+81.5%^†$ |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 112,918 | 18,000 | 1,000 | 6,273 | $+61.1%^†$ |
| 4 | Politehnica Iași | 68,904 | 13,000 | 700 | 3,828 | $+114.3%^†$ |
| 5 | FC Botoșani | 60,150 | 5,000 | 650 | 3,008 | $−19.3%^†$ |
| 6 | Dinamo București | 57,467 | 24,726 | 200 | 2,873 | $−35.0%^†$ |
| 7 | Sepsi OSK | 55,700 | 6,000 | 400 | 2,785 | $+50.8%^1$ |
| 8 | Viitorul Constanța | 45,300 | 5,000 | 800 | 2,517 | $+76.4%^†$ |
| 9 | ACS Poli Timișoara | 41,450 | 20,000 | 50 | 2,073 | $+2.9%^†$ |
| 10 | Astra Giurgiu | 32,500 | 4,500 | 300 | 1,806 | $+13.7%^†$ |
| 11 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 26,550 | 3,000 | 200 | 1,327 | $−34.8%^†$ |
| 12 | Voluntari | 26,237 | 4,000 | 231 | 1,312 | $+12.9%^†$ |
| 13 | Concordia Chiajna | 21,065 | 4,000 | 15 | 1,053 | $+15.1%^†$ |
| 14 | Juventus București | 12,971 | 7,000 | 27 | 649 | $+17.4%^1$ |
| | League total | 950,288 | 30,000 | 15 | 3,546 | $+31.1%^†$ |

Updated to games played on 2 June 2018 Source: League matches: Liga I 2017/2018 Notes: 1: Played last season in Liga II. 2: Universitatea Craiova played 8 matches in Turnu Severin while their new stadium was being built. 3: FC Voluntari played 6 matches out of their stadium until it was opened.

## Champion squad

* CFR Cluj
* Goalkeepers: Giedrius Arlauskis (26 / 0); Cosmin Vâtcă (10 / 0).
* Defenders: Kévin Boli (14 / 0); Mário Camora (30 / 1); Srdjan Luchin (3 / 0); Cristian Manea (35 / 0); Andrei Mureșan (27 / 1); Paulo Vinícius (34 / 5); Andrei Peteleu (7 / 0); Alexandru Vlad (3 / 0).
* Midfielders: Mihai Bordeianu (6 / 0); Valentin Costache (13 / 0); Emmanuel Culio (33 / 8); Ciprian Deac (34 / 5); Damjan Đoković (23 / 3); Ovidiu Hoban (34 / 3); Alexandru Ioniță (9 / 1); Sebastian Mailat (13 / 1); Thierry Moutinho (8 / 0); Dan Nistor (17 / 0); Bryan Nouvier (15 / 1); Adrian Păun (19 / 2); Laurențiu Rus (10 / 0).
* Forwards: Ibrahima Baldé (13 / 4); Jeremy Bokila (5 / 0); Marius Coman (4 / 0); Billel Omrani (30 / 8); George Țucudean (14 / 4); Urko Vera (15 / 5).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Dan Petrescu.

## Awards

### Best Team of the Championship play-offs

| Player | Team | Position |
| - | - | - |
| Giedrius Arlauskis | CFR Cluj | Goalkeeper |
| Cristian Manea | CFR Cluj | Defender |
| Paulo Vinícius | CFR Cluj | Defender |
| Bogdan Planić | FCSB | Defender |
| Marko Momčilović | FCSB | Defender |
| Alexandru Mitriță | Universitatea Craiova | Midfielder |
| Emmanuel Culio | CFR Cluj | Midfielder |
| Constantin Budescu | FCSB | Midfielder |
| Ianis Hagi | Viitorul | Forward |
| George Țucudean | CFR Cluj | Forward |
| Harlem Gnohéré | FCSB | Forward |

## Monthly awards

| Month | DigiSport Player of the Month | DigiSport Player of the Month | Reference |
| - | - | - | - |
| Month | Player | Club | Reference |
| July | Alexandru Băluță | Universitatea Craiova | |
| August | Sergiu Hanca | Dinamo București | |
| September | Alexandru Tudorie | Voluntari | |
| October | Harlem Gnohéré | FCSB | |
| November | Alexandru Ioniță | Astra Giurgiu | |
| December | Florin Tănase | FCSB | |
| February | Not awarded | Not awarded | |
| March | Not awarded | Not awarded | |
| April | Not awarded | Not awarded | |
| May | Not awarded | Not awarded | |
