2019–20 Liga I
The 2019–20 Liga I (also known as Casa Liga 1 for sponsorship reasons) was the 102nd season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs, which began in July 2019 and was scheduled to end in June 2020. Suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania, the season resumed on 13 June and effectively ended on 5 August. It was the fifth season to take place since the play-off/play-out rule had been introduced.
| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 July 2019 – 5 August 2020 |
| Champions | CFR Cluj 6th title |
| Champions League | CFR Cluj |
| UEFA Europa League | Universitatea Craiova Botoșani FCSB |
| Matches played | 261 |
| Goals scored | 520 (1.99 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gabriel Iancu (18 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Giedrius Arlauskis (16 clean sheets) |
| Biggest home win | Viitorul Constanța 5–0 Dinamo București (15 July 2019) CFR Cluj 5–0 Voluntari (13 September 2019) |
| Biggest away win | Hermannstadt 0–4 FCSB (26 October 2019) Voluntari 0–4 CFR Cluj (21 December 2019) |
| Highest scoring | FCSB 4–3 Hermannstadt (14 July 2019) Chindia Târgoviște 2–5 Academica Clinceni (1 December 2019) Politehnica Iași 2–5 Universitatea Craiova (15 February 2020) |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches Astra Giurgiu |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 matches Astra Giurgiu FCSB |
| Longest winless run | 16 matches Voluntari |
| Longest losing run | 9 matches Politehnica Iași |
| Highest attendance | 30,235 FCSB 1–1 Dinamo București (5 October 2019) |
| Lowest attendance | 01 |
| Total attendance | 684,565 |
| Average attendance | 3,493 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 16 June 2020
1Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football. | |
CFR Cluj were two-time defending champions, and they successfully defended their title once more. Universitatea Craiova contented for the trophy until the final fixture of the championship play-offs, and ultimately finished as runner-ups, while FCSB were unable to claim a top three spot in the table for the first time since the 2010–11 season. Because of the aforementioned situation created by the pandemic, it was decided that no club would relegate directly and the 14th-placed team would take part in the promotion/relegation play-offs instead of the 12th-placed one, which resulted in no club being relegated whatsoever.