2008–09 Liga I
The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.Teams
Promoted
Teams promoted from Liga II at the beginning of the season.
Teams relegated to Liga II at the end of season.
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Positions by round
Results
Top goalscorers
Source: Scoring
- First goal of the season: Andrei Prepeliță for Craiova against Iași, 64 minutes
- Last goal of the season: Claudiu Niculescu for Dinamo against Argeș, 90+3 minutes
- Fastest goal in a match: Andrei Cristea for Iași against Pandurii, 10 seconds
- Fastest two goals in a match: Pandurii 1–1 Bistrița, minutes 2 and 4 seconds
- Goal scored at the latest point in a match: Cristian Oroș for Brașov against Unirea, 90+4 minutes
- First own goal of the season: Zhivko Zhelev for Gaz Metan, 31 minutes
- Two own goals by the same team in a match: Diogo and Alexandru Tudose for CFR, minutes 14 and 79
- Two goals in one minute and one second: Farul 1–1 Brașov, between 5:53 and 6:54
- Three goals in three minutes: Farul 1–4 Steaua, minutes 89, 90 and 90+2
- Six goals in 30 minutes: Gaz Metan 5–1 Timișoara, minutes 60 through 90
- Most goals in one half: Gaz Metan 0–0 at half time, 5–1 final Timișoara
- Widest winning margin: Otopeni 6–0 Farul
- Hattricks scored: 4
- * Alexandru Curtean for Gaz Metan against Timișoara, minutes 65, 75 and 81
- * Marius Niculae for Dinamo against Vaslui, minutes 24, 78 and 90
- * Marius Niculae for Dinamo against Bistrița, minutes 20, 56 and 72
- * Victoraș Iacob for Otopeni against Farul, minutes 4, 34 and 50
Cards
- First yellow card: Attila Hadnagy for Brașov against Unirea, 19 minutes
- First red card: Rafael Pereira for Gaz Metan against Dinamo, 22 minutes
- Most red cards in a single match: 3
- * Dinamo 1–0 Craiova – 2 for Dinamo and 1 for Craiova
- * Argeș 1–1 Craiova – 2 for Craiova and 1 for Argeș
- Match without any cards: Unirea 1–1 Steaua
