Liga IV Bucharest

Liga IV Bucharest
Founded1968
CountryRomania
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toLiga III
Relegation toLiga V Bucharest
Domestic cup(s)Cupa României
Supercupa României
Current championsOmega Sport București (1st title)
(2025–26)
Most championshipsSpic de Grâu București and
Chitila (4 titles each)
Websiteamfb.ro
Current: 2025–26 Liga IV Bucharest

Liga IV Bucharest is the municipal football division of Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system, for clubs based in Bucharest, and is organized by AMFB – Asociația Municipală de Fotbal București (lit. 'Municipal Football Association of Bucharest').

It is contested by a variable number of teams, depending on the number of teams relegated from Liga III, the number of teams promoted from Liga V Bucharest, and the teams that withdraw or enter the competition. The winner may or may not be promoted to Liga III, depending on the result of a promotion play-off contested against the winner of a neighboring county series.

History

Football in the City and Region of Bucharest included over time, apart from the participating teams at the national level, a variable number of lower category teams, contained in different organizational and competitive formulas.

After 1948, following the administrative and territorial organization of the Romanian People's Republic, the football from the City of Bucharest and from Bucharest Region was governed by the municipal commission and the regional commission within the coordination forum for physical culture and sport.

In the Bucharest Region, football was organized into regional and district championships that comprised over time teams from nowadays Ilfov, Giurgiu, Ialomița, Teleorman and Călărași counties as from City of Bucharest. The Bucharest Regional Championship was disbanded in 1968 along with the new territorial reorganization of the country and the new competitive system in which each county has its own football championship. Starting that year, football in the Municipality of Bucharest was organized by the newly established Consiliul Municipal pentru Educație Fizică și Sport (lit. 'Municipal Council for Physical Education and Sports') in Bucharest.

In the City of Bucharest competitive formula was that of the municipal championship with teams from the largest Bucharest enterprises, in value categories called Honor, Promotion and Sector. A peak moment in this period, which ended after 1990, was the time interval between 1964 and 1976, when the destinies of football in the Capital were ensured by Prof. Traian Tomescu, and the number of teams, players, referees and coaches reached a record number, under the conditions of some competitions with two series at Honor Category, another four series at Promotion Category and one or two series for each sector of Bucharest.

After 1992, football in the Municipality of Bucharest was organized under the Asociația Municipală de Fotbal (lit. 'Municipal Football Association'), and the number of teams participating in competitions decreased due to poor economic and financial conditions. The competition was renamed Divizia C – Faza Municipală (Divizia C – Municipal Phase), became Divizia D in 1997, and has been known as Liga IV since 2006.

Promotion

The champions of each county association play against one another in a play-off to earn promotion to 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.

List of Champions

Bucharest Regional Championship

Ed. Season Winners
11951 Dinamo 8 București
21952 Spartac Giurgiu
31953 Dinamo Oltenița
41954 Flacăra București
51955
61956
71957–58 Oltul Turnu Măgurele
81958–59 CFR Roșiori
91959–60 CFR Roșiori
101960–61 Dunărea Giurgiu
111961–62 Progresul Alexandria
121962–63 Unirea Răcari
131963–64 Chimia Turnu Măgurele
141964–65 SN Oltenița
151965–66 Celuloza Călărași
161966–67 Chimia Turnu Măgurele
171967–68 Celuloza Călărași (East Series)
Comerțul Alexandria (West Series)

Bucharest Municipal Championship

Ed. Season Winners
Municipal Championship
11952 Dinamo 8 București
21953 Progresul CPCS București
31954 Știința București
41955 Locomotiva MCF București
51956
61957–58
71958–59 Bumbacul București
81959–60 Academia Militară București
91960–61 Flacăra Roșie București
101961–62 Filaret București
111962–63 Flacăra Roșie București
121963–64 Metalul Floreasca
131964–65 Laromet București
141965–66 Dinamo Obor București
151966–67 TUG București
161967–68 Voința București
171968–69 Laromet București
181969–70 Constructorul București
191970–71 Dinamo Obor București
201971–72 UREMOAS București
211972–73 IOR București
221973–74 Automatica București
231974–75 ICSIM București
241975–76 Abatorul București
251976–77 Mecanica Fină București
261977–78 Vâscoza București
271978–79 Danubiana București
281979–80 Granitul București
291980–81 Dinamo Victoria București
301981–82 Vâscoza București
311982–83 URBIS București
321983–84 TMB București
331984–85 Voința București
341985–86 CFR BTA București
351986–87 IMGB București
361987–88 URBIS București
371988–89 Mecos București
381989–90 Voința București
391990–91 Calculatorul București
401991–92 Constructorul Feroviar București
Divizia C
411992–93 Viscofil București
421993–94 Aversa București
431994–95 Electromagnetica București
441995–96 Acumulatorul București
451996–97 Inter Gaz București
Divizia D
461997–98 Grivița București
471998–99 Aversa București
481999–00 Venus RGAB București
492000–01 Spic de Grâu București
502001–02 Spic de Grâu București
512002–03 Spic de Grâu București
522003–04 Chitila
532004–05 Sportul Studențesc București II
542005–06 Aversa București
Ed. Season Winners
Liga IV
552006–07 Comprest GIM București
562007–08 Progresul București II
572008–09 Comprest GIM București
582009–10 Spic de Grâu București
592010–11 Metaloglobus București
602011–12 Chitila
612012–13 Chitila
622013–14 Comprest GIM București
632014–15 Chitila
642015–16 Progresul București
652016–17 Progresul Spartac București
662017–18 Rapid București
672018–19 Carmen București
682019–20 Steaua București
–2020–21 Not disputed
692021–22 Dinamo București
702022–23 Daco-Getica București
712023–24 ACS FC Dinamo București
722024–25 Știința București
732025–26 Omega Sport București
  1. ↑ Not disputed due to COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.

See also

Main Leagues

County Leagues (Liga IV series)

References

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  2. ↑ "Fotbalul Bucureștean la ceas aniversar: 110 ani de fotbal şi 40 de ani de FC Bucharest" [Bucharest football on the anniversary clock: 110 years of football and 40 years of FC Bucharest] (in Romanian). eBucharesteanul.ro. Retrieved 31 July 2020.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ "Progresul II, campioana Bucureștiului" [Progresul II, the champion of Bucharest] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 23 May 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Comprest G.I.M. este campioana Bucureștiului!" [Comprest G.I.M. is the champion of Bucharest!] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 11 June 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Spic de Grâu este campioana Bucureștiului!" [Spic de Grâu is the champion of Bucharest!] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "FC Chitila e noua campioană a Bucureștilor!" [FC Chitila is the new champion of Bucharest!] (in Romanian). sportb.ro. 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "FC Chitila, campioana Capitalei" [FC Chitila, the champion of the Capital] (in Romanian). sportb.ro. 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Comprest GIM, campioană după cinci ani! FC Juniorul și-a dejucat singură planurile" [Comprest GIM, champion after five years! FC Juniorul thwarted his plans on his own] (in Romanian). sportb.ro. 31 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Carmen București este noua campioană a Capitalei" [Carmen București is the new champion of the Capital] (in Romanian). frf.ro. 4 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Oficial / Steaua e campioana Ligii a 4-a București și participă la barajul de promovare în Liga 3. Marian Lumânare: "Este o campioană merituoasă. Îi urăm succes"" [Official / Steaua is the champion of Loiga 4 Bucharest and participates in the promotion playoff in Liga 3. Marian Lumânare: “She is a deserving champion. We wish him success "] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "Campioanele Ligii 4 Călărași și Ligii 4 București au fost decise! Cele două vor juca una din finalele pentru promovarea în Liga 3" [The champions of League 4 Călărași and League 4 Bucharest have been decided! The two will play one of the finals for promotion to League 3] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "CS FC Dinamo, echipa lui Nicolae Badea și Dănuț Lupu, este campioana Bucureștiului! 135 de goluri pentru promovarea în Liga 3" [CS FC Dinamo, the team of Nicolae Badea and Dănuț Lupu, is the champion of Bucharest! 135 goals for promotion to League 3] (in Romanian). sport.ro. 2 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "CSU Știința București și-a asigurat locul 1 în Liga 4 București și va juca barajul pentru Liga 3. Dubla pentru promovare, cu campioana județului Prahova" [CSU Știința București secured 1st place in League 4 Bucharest and will play the play-off for League 3. Double for promotion, with the champion of Prahova county] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 26 May 2025. Archived from the original on 29 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  14. ↑ "Nimic surprinzător în Liga 4 București. Cu fotbaliști care au adunat sute de meciuri în primele două ligi, ACS Omega Sport a câștigat titlul la pas" [No surprises in Liga IV Bucharest: With players who have made hundreds of appearances in Romania's top two divisions, ACS Omega Sport cruised to the title.] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 9 June 2026. Archived from the original on 22 June 2026. Retrieved 22 June 2026.