Football in Romania

Football is the most popular sport in Romania. The Romanian Football Federation (Romanian: Federaţia Română de Fotbal or FRF), a member of UEFA, is the sport's national governing body.

League system

Professional league football began in Romania as Divizia A in 1909. The name of the top-flight league was changed to Liga I before the 2006-07 season. Currently, domestic play is organized in a four tier league system comprising Liga I, Liga II, Liga III, and various county leagues.

Liga I

The country's top-flight division is Liga I. The league contains 18 teams, with the champion going in to the 3rd qualify round in the UEFA Champions League. The runner-up starts in the second qualify round in the UEFA Europa League, where the 3rd enter the first qualify round. Steaua BucureÅŸti is the most successful club in the history of Liga I, having won 23 league championships and being runner-up 12 times. Dinamo BucureÅŸti is the only other club with sustained success in Liga I, having won 18 titles. The four clubs at the bottom of the league table are relegated to Liga II.

Romanian

Romanian may refer to:

Football association

A football association is a governing body for association football. Many of them are members of the sport's regional bodies such as UEFA and CONMEBOL and the world governing body, FIFA. A small number have not yet applied for or been granted entry to these higher bodies. Below is a list of football associations for which there are articles.

Asia

Asian Football Confederation affiliated

Romanian Football Federation

The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) (Romanian: Federația Română de Fotbal; FRF) is the governing body of football in Romania. It organizes the Romania national football team and most of the Romanian football competitions. It is based in the Romanian capital city of Bucharest. It has been affiliated to FIFA since 1930 and to UEFA since 1955.

FRF organized competitions

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The Romanian: Story of an Obsession

The Romanian: Story of an Obsession is a true-to-life memoir by Bruce Benderson. The autobiographical text describes Benderson's encounters and journeys with a male Romanian street hustler through Romania and Hungary, whom he meets while on a journalism assignment and falls in love with. The plot is intertwined with a travelogue of Romania and references to Romanian history and culture, such as the life of the artist Constantin Brâncuși, the writer Panait Istrati and the love affair between Romania's interbellum king, Carol II, and his mistress, Magda Lupescu.

The book was initially published in French, in 2004, under the title Autobiographie érotique (Erotic autobiography). It won the prestigious Prix de Flore award in 2004, thus making Benderson the first US author to win the prize. In 2006, it was published in English, released in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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