Liga II
Liga II (previously called Divizia B) is the second tier division association football league in Romania. The winners of the league get promoted to the Liga I. The current champions are Rapid Bucuresti and Gaz Metan Medias.
Format
Liga II is made up of two regional leagues called Seria I and Seria II, each with 14 teams. In order to avoid long and expensive travels, t he clubs are divided based on where they are in Romania. Seria I usually has teams from the east, while Seria II has teams from the east. Teams in the center of Romania can choose which regional league they want to play in.
The best 6 teams from each Seria moves on to a play-off for promotion to Liga I. The rest of the teams will move on to a relegation play-off.
Until the 2012-13 season Liga II had 2 groups of 16 teams each. At the end of the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons the last five teams were relegated.
Champions
References
Football competitions in Europe
Football in Romania
1934 establishments
1930s establishments in Europe
20th-century establishments in Romania
Organizations based in Romania