Liga I Bergenbier

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Countries	Romania
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Founded	1909
Number of teams	18
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Liga II
Domestic cup(s)	Cupa României Supercupa României
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	CFR Cluj (2011–12)
Most championships	Steaua Bucureşti (23)
TV partners	Digi Sport Dolce Sport Antena 1
Website	LPF.ro
2011–12 Season

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier,^[1] is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A".^[2] Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909-10 campaign, and currently enjoys a ranking of 22nd in UEFA's league coefficient ranking list.

Liga I is part of the Romanian Professional Football League (LPF).

History[link]

The first football club's organization formula was "A Divisional College" (Colegiul Divizionar A) founded on October 5, 1970 and led by Mircea Angelescu. Until 1990, the "A Divisional College" was formal without remarkable decisions. During the 90's a lot of changes were implemented, reflected in the new names of the organization, e.g. "A Divisional Team's League", " National Football League", "Professional Club's League", etc. On October 10, 1992, the organization's name became "Professional Football A Division League", led by Mircea Angelescu - president, Dumitru Dragomir - vice-president and Daniel Lăzărescu - general secretary. On 22 January 1993, the name of the organization became "Professional Football League of Romania", an A-Division professional football clubs representation. On October 13, 1993, the B Division clubs members were included. On September 30, 1996, Dumitru Dragomir has been elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania". The headquarters is located on 47 Mihai Eminescu Street (since February 1997). In December the same year it was decided that the league will organize the A-Division Championship starting with 1997-1998 edition.

In October 2000, Dumitru Dragomir has been re-elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania"

There are currently 18 teams at this level, of which the bottom four are relegated at the season's end. These teams are replaced by the champions of the two divisions that make up Liga 2, the second level of the Romanian football league system.

Starting in 2007-08, the champions and runners-up of Divizia A are eligible to compete in the UEFA Champions League during the following season. The 3rd and 4th placed team is eligible to compete in the UEFA Europa League.

The most successful teams over the years have been Steaua Bucureşti (23 titles), Dinamo Bucureşti (18 titles), UTA Arad (6 titles), Universitatea Craiova (4 titles) and other notable teams being: Rapid Bucureşti and Petrolul Ploieşti, each with three titles won. CFR Cluj was the first non-Bucharest team to win the championship (in 2007-2008) since the 1990-1991 season.

Sponsorship[link]

On December 19, 1998, SABMiller bought the naming rights for four and a half seasons, becoming the first sponsor in the history of the competition. SABMiller changed the name of the competition to "Divizia A Ursus", in order to promote their Ursus beer.^[3]

Starting with the 2004/05 season, European Food company took over as main sponsor and changed the league's name to "Divizia A Bürger", to promote their Bürger beer.^[4]

On May 11, 2008, Realitatea Media bought the naming rights for 5 years and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Realitatea", to promote their Realitatea TV station.^[5]

In late 2008, Frutti Fresh, a Romanian soft drink company bought the rights and the league was named after the brand as Frutti Fresh Liga I.^{[citation needed]}

For the 2009/2010 Season Gamebookers.com - the biggest online betting firm in Romania - purchased the league naming rights and renamed the division "Liga 1 Gamebookers.com".^{[citation needed]}

Broadcasting rights[link]

In 2004, Telesport, a small TV network, bought the broadcasting rights for $28 million. The four seasons contract ended in the summer of 2008. Telesport sold some of matches to other Romanian networks: TVR1, Antena 1, Naţional TV and Kanal D.

On March 31, 2008, Antena 1 together with RCS&RDS outbid Realitatea Media and Kanal D in the broadcasting rights auction with a bid of €102 million for a three seasons contract.^[6]

In 2011 the broadcasting rights were bought by the RCS&RDS their channel DigiSport will air broadcast 7 out of the 9 matches from each stage of the Championship. The other two matches will be broadcasted by Antena 1 (an Intact Media Group channel) and DolceSport (a channel owned by Romtelecom).

List of champions[link]

Year by year[link]

Performance by club[link]

The teams in bold play in the 2011-12 season of Liga I. The teams in italics no longer exist. The teams in neither bold or italics are existing past winners of the championship that relegated to Romania's lower leagues.

Cities[link]

The following table lists the Romanian champions by cities.

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Bucureşti	59	Steaua (23), Dinamo (18), Venus (8), Rapid (3), Colentina (2), Olympia (2), Juventus (1), Româno-Americana (1), Unirea Tricolor (1)
Timişoara	10	Chinezul (6), Ripensia (4),
Arad	6	UTA (6)
Ploieşti	5	Petrolul (3), Prahova (1), United (1)
Craiova	4	Universitatea (4)
Cluj-Napoca	3	CFR (3)
Piteşti	2	Argeş (2)
Galaţi	1	Oţelul (1)
Braşov	1	Colţea (1)
Oradea	1	CAO (1)
Reşiţa	1	CSM (1)
Urziceni	1	Unirea (1)

All-time table (1932 - 2012)[link]

The ranking is computed awarding two points for a win, one for a draw. It includes matches played in the 2011/12 season. The teams in bold played in the 2011/12 season of Liga I. The teams in italics no longer exist.^[7]

Records[link]

The ranking include matches played and goals scored in the 2011/12 season.^[8]

Top Ten Players With Most Appearances^[9]

Player		Period	Club[10]	Games
1	Costică Ştefănescu	1969–88	Steaua, Craiova, Braşov	490
2	Florea Ispir	1970–87	Târgu Mureş	485
3	László Bölöni	1970–87	Târgu Mureş, Steaua	484
4	Ionel Dănciulescu	1993–00	Electroputere, Dinamo, Steaua	483
5	Costel Câmpeanu	1987–05	Bacău, Dinamo, Bistriţa, Naţional, Ceahlăul	470
6	Petre Marin	1993–11	Sportul, Naţional, Rapid, Steaua, Urziceni, Chiajna	468
7	Paul Cazan	1972–87	Sportul	465
8	Cornel Dinu	1966–83	Dinamo	454
9	Constantin Stancu	1976–90	Argeş	447
10	Ion Dumitru	1967–88	Rapid, Steaua, Timişoara, Craiova	442

Top Ten Highest Goalscorers^[11]

Player		Period	Club[12]	Goals
1	Dudu Georgescu	1970–86	Progresul, Reşiţa, Dinamo, Bacău, Buzău, Moreni	252 (Ø 0,68)
2	Ionel Dănciulescu	1993–00	Electroputere, Dinamo, Steaua	207 (Ø 0,42)
3	Rodion Cămătaru	1974–89	Craiova, Dinamo	198 (Ø 0,52)
4	Marin Radu	1974–89	Argeş, Olt Scorniceşti, Steaua, Sibiu	190 (Ø 0,49)
5	Florea Dumitrache	1966–83	Dinamo, Jiul, Corvinul	170 (Ø 0,47)
5	Ion Oblemenco	1964–76	Rapid, Craiova	170 (Ø 0,62)
7	Mircea Sandu	1970–87	Naţional, Sportul	167 (Ø 0,41)
8	Victor Piţurcă	1975–89	Olt Scorniceşti, Steaua	166 (Ø 0,55)
9	Mihai Adam	1962–76	U Cluj, Vagonul Arad, CFR	160 (Ø 0,45)
10	Titus Ozon	1947–64	Unirea Tricolor, Dinamo, Braşov, Naţional, Rapid	157 (Ø 0,58)

The ranking include matches played and goals scored in the 2011/12 season.

Top Ten Foreign Players With Most Appearances

Player		Period	Club	Games
1	Nana Falemi	1997–09	Petrolul, Steaua, Vaslui, Mediaş	169
2	Ricardo Cadu	2006–00	CFR	157
3	Artavazd Karamyan	2004–10	Rapid, Timişoara, Steaua, Urziceni	152
4	Antonio Semedo	2006–10	CFR, Steaua, Urziceni	132
5	Mike Temwanjera	2007–00	Vaslui	129
6	Mariko Daouda	2002–08	Craiova, Dinamo, Argeş, Mioveni	125
7	Adnan Gušo	2002–07	Craiova, Argeş, Dinamo, Pandurii	123
8	Vladimir Božović	2007–00	Rapid	118
9=	Pablo Brandán	2007–12	Urziceni, Steaua	115
9=	Jaka Štromajer	2007–00	Pandurii, Oţelul	115

Top Ten Highest Foreign Players Goalscorers^[13]

Player		Period	Club[14]	Goals
1	Wesley	2009–00	Vaslui	59 (Ø 0,52)
2	Pantelis Kapetanos	2008–00	Steaua, CFR	39 (Ø 0,41)
3	Sulejman Demollari	1991–94	Dinamo	36 (Ø 0,36)
4	Mike Temwanjera	2007–00	Vaslui	31 (Ø 0,24)
5	Jérémie N'Jock	2002–09	UTA, Craiova	28 (Ø 0,38)
6	Eric	2008–11	Mediaş	26 (Ø 0,30)
7	Spadacio	2008-00	Rapid, Astra	25 (Ø 0,23)
8=	Marko Ljubinković	2006–10	Vaslui	24 (Ø 0,25)
8=	Gueye Mansour	2004–11	Timişoara, Buzău	24 (Ø 0,25)
8=	Didi	2007–00	CFR, Oţelul	24 (Ø 0,24)

UEFA Ranking[link]

The national league rankings for the 2012–13 season of UEFA competitions is based upon results in UEFA competitions from the 2006–07 through 2010–11 seasons. The previous rank, which was used to calculate team allocations for 2011–12 competitions, is given in parentheses.

• 01 (01) Premier League
• 02 (02) La Liga
• 03 (04) Bundesliga
• 04 (03) Serie A
• 05 (05) Ligue 1
• 06 (09) Primeira Liga
• 07 (06) Russian Premier League
• 08 (07) Ukrainian Premier League
• 09 (10) Eredivisie
• 10 (11) Süper Lig
• 11 (12) Superleague Greece
• 12 (15) Danish Superliga
• 13 (14) Belgian Pro League
• 14 (08) Liga I
• 15 (16) Scottish Premier League

Best results by Romanian teams in the international competitions[link]

From the quarter-finals upwards.

• Steaua București: European Cup winners in 1986 and finalists in 1989, European Super Cup winners in 1986, Intercontinental Cup finalists in 1986, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter finalists in 1972 and 1993, UEFA Cup semi-finalists in 2006.
• Dinamo București: European Cup semi-finalists in 1984, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finalists in 1990.
• Universitatea Craiova: European Cup quarter finalists in 1982, UEFA Cup semi-finalists in 1983.
• Rapid București: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter finalists in 1973, UEFA Cup quarter finalists in 2006.
• Petrolul Ploiești: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup quarter finalists in 1963.
• Bacău: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup quarter finalists in 1970.
• UTA Arad: UEFA Cup quarter finalists in 1972.
• Victoria București: UEFA Cup quarter finalists in 1989.

Liga I transfers[link]

• 2007-08
• 2008-09
• 2009-10
• 2011-12

See also[link]

Romanian football portal

• List of foreign Liga I players
• List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
• List of foreign football players in Liga I 2008–2009
• List of foreign football players in Liga I 2009–10
• List of foreign football players in Liga I 2010–11
• List of Romanian football club owners
• Liga II
• Liga III
• Liga I Feminin

References[link]

External links[link]

• (Romanian) Romanian Professional Football League - Official website
• Gamebookers.com official website
• (Romanian) Results and statistics since 1932
• (Romanian) Liga I Table, Fixtures and Results, player info + team evolution

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Robert Muraine
Born	(1987-07-02) July 2, 1987 (age 24) Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height	6.1 ft (1.86 m)
Dances	popping

Robert "Mr. Fantastic" Muraine (born July 2, 1987 in North East Los Angeles, California^[1]) is a dancer in the popping style.

Muraine gained national attention when he gave a lengthy audition to the obscure tune of "It's Me Bitches" by Swizz Beats for Season 4 of the television program So You Think You Can Dance, during which executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe declared that Muraine was his favorite dancer of 2008 and then handed him the ticket in a mock slow motion fashion. Muraine quit during contestant selection due to the difficult choreography but appeared later in the season for a guest performance, after which Lythgoe suggested a dance-off with Phillip "PacMan" Chbeeb. The dance-off aired in August 2008 during the season finale^[2] and the judges selected Muraine as the winner.

Muraine also represented the USA in Superstars of Dance on NBC. Specifically winning the bronze medal in the solo category, which helped lead the USA to take the top prize for the season. He was referred to as the "popping soloist" of the team.

Muraine starred in a television commercial for IKEA called "What Goes Where?" in which he arranges IKEA products alongside Shugamai Johnson performing with robot dance and liquid dancing.^[3]

Currently, Muraine is involved in Cirque Dreams: Illumination, performing his unique style of dance. He is majorly featured in a segment called "An Urban Beat with Robert Muraine."

References[link]

External links[link]

• Full length IKEA video featuring Muraine
• RobertMuraine.com
• Superstars of Dance