2015–16 Liga III

Liga III

Season	2015–16
Promoted	Sepsi OSK Juventus București Afumați SS Politehnica Luceafărul Oradea
Relegated	Bucovina Rădăuţi FC Zagon Cetatea Târgu Neamţ Callatis Mangalia Inter Olt Slatina CSM Sighetu Marmaţiei Luceafărul Bălan
Matches played	910
Top goalscorer	Romică David (20) (Performanța Ighiu)
Biggest home win	Concordia II 17-0 Urban
Biggest away win	Gloria 1-8 Juventus
Highest scoring	Concordia II 17-0 Urban
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Liga III is the 60th season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 28 August.^[1]

Teams

At the end of 2014-15 season, Bucovina Pojorâta (Seria I), Dunărea Călărași (Seria II), Chindia Târgoviște, (Seria III), UTA Arad (Seria IV) and FCM Baia Mare (Seria V) promoted to Liga II.
Nine teams were relegated to Liga IV: Ceahlăul II Piatra Neamț and FC Păpăuți (Seria I), Viitorul Axintele and Oțelul II Galați (Seria II), Muscelul Câmpulung and Astra II Giurgiu (Seria III), Minerul Valea Copcii (Seria IV), Gloria Bistrița and Unirea Dej (Seria V).
Last four teams from 2014–15 Liga II were relegated to Liga III: Unirea Slobozia and Săgeata Năvodari (Seria I), Olt Slatina and Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (Seria II).
The winners of the Liga IV Promotion Play-Offs were promoted to Liga III: Performanța Ighiu, FC Aninoasa, Luceafărul Oradea, Înfrățirea Hărman, Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat, CSM Oltenița, Viitorul II Constanța, AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc, Cetate Deva, FC Voluntari II, ASC Recea, Universitatea II Craiova, Speranța Răucești, Sporting Turnu Măgurele, Petrolistul Boldești, Luceafărul Bălan, Inter Dorohoi, Politehnica Timișoara, Atletico Vaslui, Măgura Cisnădie and CS Panciu.

After the end of the last season, Săgeata Năvodari, Fortuna Poiana Câmpina, CSC Sânmartin and Inter Clinceni were dissolved.^[2]

FCM Târgoviște, Metropolitan Ișalnița, Speranța Răucești, Știința Turceni and CS Vișina Nouă did not enter in the competition.^[3]

Arieșul Turda was excluded for unpaid debts.^[4]

Muscelul Câmpulung and Unirea Dej were spared from relegation.^[5]

Renamed teams

Argeşul Pitești was renamed SCM Pitești.
Înfrățirea Hărman was renamed AFC Hărman.
Viitorul Craiova was moved to Ișalnița and renamed Metropolitan Ișalnița.
Vulturii Lugoj was renamed CSM Lugoj.
FC Olt Slatina was renamed Inter Olt Slatina.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe (C) (P)	26	22	2	2	55	9	+46	68	Promotion to Liga II
2	Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat	26	19	4	3	60	20	+40	61
3	Știința Miroslava	26	17	2	7	48	19	+29	53
4	Petrotub Roman	26	14	7	5	53	20	+33	49
5	Metalosport Galaţi	26	13	6	7	47	24	+23	45
6	Sporting Liești	26	13	3	10	45	39	+6	42
7	Aerostar Bacău	26	12	5	9	36	30	+6	41
8	CSM Paşcani	26	9	6	11	41	49	−8	33
9	CS Panciu	26	8	8	10	29	31	−2	32
10	Inter Dorohoi	26	4	10	12	26	40	−14	22
11	Atletico Vaslui	26	4	4	18	23	61	−38	16		ATL 1-0 BUC BUC 0-3 ATL
12	Bucovina Rădăuți (R)	24	4	4	16	15	48	−33	016^2	Relegation to Liga IV
13	FC Zagon (R)	24	3	4	17	13	60	−47	013^3
14	Cetatea Târgu Neamț (R)	24	4	1	19	15	56	−41	03^1

Updated to games played on May 28, 2016.
Source: FRF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
¹ Cetatea Târgu Neamț were deducted 10 points and was excluded from the championship. Cetatea lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.^[6]
2 Bucovina Rădăuți withdrew from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.^[7]
3 FC Zagon withdrew from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.^[8]

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Juventus București (C) (P)	24	20	4	0	62	11	+51	64	Promotion to Liga II
2	Delta Dobrogea Tulcea	24	18	5	1	58	13	+45	59
3	Metaloglobus București	24	16	2	6	43	27	+16	50
4	Unirea Slobozia	24	12	4	8	51	35	+16	40
5	Viitorul Domnești	24	11	5	8	49	40	+9	38
6	Înainte Modelu	24	11	2	11	55	51	+4	35
7	Petrolistul Boldeşti	24	9	4	11	38	37	+1	31
8	Viitorul II Constanţa	24	7	5	12	35	45	−10	26
9	Dinamo II București	24	6	3	15	30	57	−27	21		DIN 1-2 OLT OLT 3-6 DIN
10	CSM Olteniţa	24	6	3	15	36	63	−27	21
11	Gloria Popeşti-Leordeni	24	5	5	14	32	65	−33	20		GLO 3-0 TUN TUN 4-2 GLO
12	CS Tunari	24	5	5	14	31	50	−19	20
13	Voinţa Snagov	24	5	3	16	29	55	−26	18
14	Callatis Mangalia (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00^1	Relegation to Liga IV

Updated to games played on May 28, 2016.
Source: FRF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
¹ Callatis Mangalia withdrew from the championship.^[9]

Seria III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Afumați (C) (P)	26	18	2	6	42	16	+26	56	Promotion to Liga II	AFU 0-1 PIT PIT 1–2 AFU
2	SCM Pitești	26	18	2	6	56	24	+32	56
3	FC Voluntari II	26	17	4	5	61	33	+28	55
4	Sporting Turnu Măgurele	26	14	3	9	35	29	+6	45
5	Muscelul Câmpulung	26	12	6	8	31	26	+5	42
6	Concordia II Chiajna	26	10	5	11	56	39	+17	35		1.CON 8P. 2.SPO 6P. 3.ATL 1P.
7	Sporting Roşiori	26	10	5	11	36	28	+8	35
8	Atletic Bradu	26	10	5	11	41	41	0	35
9	CS Ștefănești	26	9	7	10	33	29	+4	34		ȘTE 3-0 POD POD 1–2 ȘTE
10	CS Podari	26	11	1	14	52	42	+10	34
11	FC Aninoasa	26	8	7	11	29	36	−7	31
12	Inter Olt Slatina (R)	26	9	2	15	23	49	−26	029^1	Relegation to Liga IV
13	Urban Titu	26	5	1	20	24	85	−61	16		URB 3-2 HĂR HĂR 0–0 URB
14	AFC Hărman	26	4	4	18	23	65	−42	16

Updated to games played on May 28, 2016.
Source: FRF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
¹ Inter Olt Slatina was dissolved and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.^[10]

Seria IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	SS Politehnica Timișoara (C) (P)	28	20	1	7	58	31	+27	61	Promotion to Liga II
2	Performanţa Ighiu	28	17	6	5	50	21	+29	57		PER 2-0 MET MET 1–2 PER
3	Metalurgistul Cugir	28	18	3	7	57	30	+27	57
4	Naţional Sebiş	28	14	6	8	36	28	+8	48
5	FC Hunedoara	28	13	5	10	45	44	+1	44
6	Cetate Deva	28	11	9	8	39	33	+6	42		CET 2-0 MĂG MĂG 0–0 CET
7	Măgura Cisnădie	28	12	6	10	37	35	+2	42
8	Pandurii II Târgu Jiu	28	12	5	11	45	34	+11	41		PAN 2-1 LUG LUG 1–1 PAN
9	CSM Lugoj	28	12	5	11	33	29	+4	41
10	Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic	28	11	5	12	42	39	+3	38
11	CS Ineu	28	10	4	14	26	32	−6	34
12	CS Universitatea II Craiova	28	8	4	16	40	44	−4	28
13	Millenium Giarmata	28	5	6	17	27	55	−28	21
14	CSO Filiaşi	28	5	5	18	19	47	−28	20
15	Minerul Motru	28	4	6	18	15	67	−52	18

Updated to games played on May 28, 2016.
Source: FRF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Seria V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Luceafărul Oradea (C) (P)	26	20	5	1	63	15	+48	65	Promotion to Liga II
2	Avântul Reghin	26	18	4	4	55	23	+32	58
3	Industria Galda de Jos	26	16	2	8	50	35	+15	50
4	Unirea Jucu	26	14	7	5	46	24	+22	49
5	FK Miercurea Ciuc	26	14	3	9	38	26	+12	45
6	Sănătatea Cluj	26	12	5	9	51	46	+5	41
7	ASC Recea	26	11	3	12	43	40	+3	36
8	CS Iernut	26	9	8	9	37	38	−1	35
9	CS Oşorhei	26	9	4	13	34	39	−5	31
10	Unirea Dej	26	8	5	13	32	37	−5	29
11	CSM Sighetu Marmaţiei (R)	25	8	2	15	27	49	−22	026^2	Relegation to Liga IV
12	AFC Odorheiu Secuiesc	26	7	4	15	30	55	−25	25
13	FC Zalău	26	6	5	15	24	44	−20	23
14	Luceafărul Bălan (R)	25	0	1	24	14	73	−59	01^1	Relegation to Liga IV

Updated to games played on May 28, 2016.
Source: FRF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
¹ Luceafărul Bălan withdrew from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.^[11]
2 CSM Sighetu Marmației was excluded from the championship and lost all the matches from the second part of the season with 0-3.^[12]

References

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