Week nine of the Romania Liga 1 completed with few surprises and with Steaua Bucureşti and CFR Cluj playing to a draw, Dinamo Bucureşti and Unirea Voluntari Urziceni jump to the top two positions of the table.
The match of the weekend was unquestionably Steaua Bucureşti visiting CFR Cluj. With so many problems with year, CFR has been fighting back up the table.
Prior to the match their manager Maurizio Trombetta commented:
"Here we are on the day before the fixture against Steaua, a match that can mean for us the accomplishment of an important objective: 3 points and the comeback in the fight for the title. So far, we managed to obtain everything we wanted: win in Bistriţa, the comeback, the win in Rome and the confirmation of the surprise, the match against Farul was proof of our good run and I hope that the match against Steaua will be the same. I can't ask the guys for anything more than the same desire to win from Rome. A draw is not enough for us! Maybe our opponents could settle for a draw but it's all about the three points for us. Peralta and Cadu are recovered and Y. Kone has some minor problems, but we hope he will be fit to play. We will tackle this fixture with respect, courage and maximum responsibility because Steaua is a Champions League team."
CFR Cluj - 1
Steaua Bucureşti - 1
The visitors opened the scoring with Columbian international, Dayro Moreno goal nine minutes into the match. With play very tight, opportunities were at a minimum before Argentine Sebastián Dubarbier leveled the match at the thirty seven minute mark. While both clubs were anxious for the winning strike the match ended in a draw.
CFR Cluj
44. Eduard Stancioiu - 33. Alvaro Pereira - 27. Galiassi de Sousa - 20. Ricardo Cadu (cpt) - 2. Tony da Silva - 7. Sebastian Dubarbier 37 - 6. Gabriel Muresan - 31. Ricardo Dani - 19. Emmanuel Culio - 17. Yssouf Kone - 29. Didi Silva (10. Eugen Trica 59')
Steaua Bucureşti
1. Robinson Zapata - 18. Petre Marin - 24. Sorin Ghionea (cpt) - 3. Dorin Goian - 2. George Ogararu ( 23) - 9. Antonio Semedo ( 7. Ianos Szekely 57') - 14. Juan Toja ( 30. Tiago Gomes 71') - 20. Florin Lovin - 16. Banel Nicolita - 10. Dayro Moreno ( 28. Bogdan Stancu 86') - 11. Arthuro
Dinamo Bucureşti - 2
Gloria 1922 Bistriţa - 1
Top-of-the-table Câinii Roşii were lead by veteran Romanian international Ionel Dănciulescu's two goals the first twelve minutes in the match and the second twenty-one minutes later. Ex Porto-man, Diogo Ramos brought one back with fifteen minutes left but Dinamo held on for the victory.
Unirea Voluntari Urziceni - 2
Vaslui - 0
Marius Bilaşco opened the scoring and Unziceni never looked back in the match. With Vaslui pressing in the later stages, Marius Onofraş put the match away with the second goal.
Timişoara - 2
Politehnica Iaşi - 0
Alb-Violeţii continues to climb the table and make headway against their point deduction with a 2-0 victory. Romanian international Gigel Bucur scored four minutes before the break whilst Dorin Goga added the second as time was running out.
Argeş Piteşti - 3
Rapid Bucureşti - 1
Adrian Dulcea opened the scoring eleven minutes into the match with Iulian Tameş doubling it at the twenty-two minute mark. Cláudio Mejolaro "Pitbull" brought one back for Rapid seven minutes before the break but they were unable to find the leveling score. Adrian Voiculeţ added the final score nine minutes before time to bring the final score 3-1.
In other Romanian Liga 1 action:
Universitatea Craiova - 0
FC Braşov - 0
Farul Constanţa - 1 (Chico 11')
Oţelul Galaţi - 1 (Vitalic 70')
Gloria Buzau - 0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu - 1 (Alexandru Piturca 14')
Gaz Metan Mediaş - 2 (Diogo 61', Scarlatache 68')
CS Otopeni - 0
| Romania Liga 1 week 8 | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts |
| FC Dinamo Bucureşti | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 |
| FC Unirea Voluntari Urziceni | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 21 |
| FC Steaua Bucureşti | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 20 |
| FC Timişoara | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 16 |
| CFR Cluj | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 15 |
| FC Braşov | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| FC Vaslui | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| F.C. Oţelul Galaţi | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 |
| FC Argeş Piteşti | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 |
| FC Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| FC Rapid Bucureşti | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 13 |
| F. C. Farul Constanţa | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 |
| CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 |
| C.F. Gloria 1922 Bistriţa | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| CS Gaz Metan Mediaş | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 |
| CS Otopeni | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 4 |
| FC Politehnica Iaşi | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| Gloria Buzau | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 1 |
