Liga IV

Liga IV
Liga IV
Countries  Romania
Founded 2006
Levels on pyramid 4
Promotion to Liga III
Relegation to Liga V
Domestic cup(s) Cupa României
Supercupa României
2010–11 Liga IV

Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before the start of play for the 2006-07 season.

Contents

Current format

Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised and are organised by every county association. Each team plays in their own county. The county associations decide how many teams play in the league and how many matches each side plays. In Romania the most frequently used system is one division with matches played home and away. A number of associations prefer 2 or even 4 parallel divisions with the teams finishing first meeting in a play-off to decide the champion. The number of teams differ from one county association to another. The Mureş County association has the fewest teams, 8, which play in a Scottish system, playing 4 times against one another. The Dolj County association has 20 teams.

Promotion

The champions of each county association play one another in a play-off on a neutral venue to promote to the Liga III. Geographical criteria are taken into consideration when the play-offs are drawn. In total there are 41 county champions plus the Bucharest municipal champion.

Relegation

The bottom team in each group is relegate to Liga V.

References

See also

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