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2025–26 Liga II

The 2025–26 Liga II is the 86th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, and the tenth consecutive season held in a single series.

Teams
A total of twenty-two teams contested the league, including fourteen from the previous season, two relegated from Liga I, five promoted from Liga III, and one taking over a place through a cession. Team changes ;To Liga II Relegated from Liga I Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe – after eight years in the top flight. • Politehnica Iași – after two years in the top flight. Promoted from Liga III Bacău – debut. • Dinamo București – debut. • Tunari – after one year of absence. • Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud – debut. • Olimpia Satu Mare – debut. ;From Liga II Promoted to Liga I Argeș Pitești– ended a two-year stay. • Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc– ended a six-year stay. • Metaloglobus București– ended an eight-year stay. Relegated to Liga III Focșani – ended a one-year stay. • Mioveni (excluded) – ended a two-year stay. • Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu (excluded) – ended a seven-year stay. ;Other changes • Gloria Buzău, which was relegated to Liga II at the end of the 2024–25 Liga I season, withdrew due to financial issues and entered bankruptcy. • FCU 1948 Craiova was excluded after failing to obtain a Liga II license. • Following the withdrawal and exclusion of two clubs, the Romanian Football Federation granted the vacant places to Dumbrăvița and Câmpulung Muscel, based on their applications and in accordance with the regulations, as the two best-ranked teams among the five relegated from the previous season. • Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud changed its name to Gloria Bistrița. Stadiums and locations {{location map+ |Romania |float=right|width=700|caption=Locations of the 2024–25 Liga II teams|places= 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. } Managerial changes Pre-season During the season } ==Regular season==
Regular season
League table Results ==Promotion play-off==
Promotion play-off
A promotion play-off tournament between the best 6 teams (after 21 rounds) will be played to decide the two teams that will be promoted to Liga I, meanwhile the third-placed and fourth-placed teams would play another play-off match against the 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams from Liga I. The teams will start the promotion play-offs with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Play-off table Play-off results ==Relegation play-out==
Relegation play-out
A relegation play-out tournament between the last 16 ranked teams at the end of the regular season decide the five teams that will be relegated to Liga III. Two play-out groups were made: the first group consisted of teams ranked 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 22, and the second group consisted of teams ranked 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20 and 21, at the end of the regular season. The teams started the relegation play-out with all the points accumulated in the regular season. Two teams from each group were relegated to Liga III. Group A ;Table ;Results Group B ;Table ;Results ==Liga II play-out==
Liga II play-out
The 6th-placed teams of the Liga II relegation play-out groups face each other in order to determine the last relegated team to Liga III. ;First leg ;Second leg ==Season statistics==
Season statistics
Regular season, promotion play-off and relegation play-out overall statistics Top scorers Hat-tricks == See also ==
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