2018–19 Liga IV Harghita

The 2018–19 Liga IV Harghita was the 51st season of the Liga IV Harghita, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 25 August 2018 in the West Series[1][2] and 1 September 2018 in the East Series.[3][4] The season ended on 9 June 2019 with the final between the winners of the two series.Gheorgheni was crowned as county champion and qualify to the promotion play-off.[5]

Liga IV Harghita
Season2018–19
← 2017–18

Team changes

The league was expanded from one series with eight teams to two series – West Series, with 14 teams and East Series, with 8 teams.[6]

15 teams were promoted from Liga V – Harghita County.

  • Sporting Odorheiu Secuiesc, Farkaslaka Lupeni, Tartód Vârşag, Unirea Lueta, Bradul Zetea, Agyagfalvi Lendület Lutița, Galambfalva Porumbenii Mari, Tineretul Morăreni, Metalul Vlăhița, Andycom Avrămești and Târnava Betești from Liga V – Harghita County Odorhei Zone.
  • Ezüstfenyő Ciceu, Sânsimion, Sândominic and Fișag Ciucsângeorgiu from Liga V – Harghita County Ciuc Zone.

Competition format

The West Series is played in a double round-robin tournament. The winner will qualify for the championship final and the last two ranked teams will be relegated to Liga V – Harghita County.

In the East Series, in the first phase, regular season is played in a double round robin tournament. In the second phase, the play-off played between the places 1–5 and play-out between places 6–8. The first place will play the championship final and the last team will be relegated to Liga V – Harghita County.[6]

Regular season

West Series
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Galambfalva Porumbenii Mari (Q) 26 19 2 5 66 36 +30 59 Qualification to championship play-off
2 Unirea Cristuru Secuiesc 26 17 3 6 92 40 +52 54
3 Unirea Lueta 26 17 2 7 59 37 +22 53
4 Roseal Odorheiu Secuiesc 26 13 6 7 49 28 +21 45
5 Farkaslaka Lupeni 26 13 3 10 64 46 +18 42
6 Tineretul Morăreni 26 12 4 10 60 61 −1 40
7 Sporting Odorheiu Secuiesc 26 11 5 10 66 76 −10 38
8 Bradul Zetea 26 11 3 12 42 45 −3 36
9 Homorod Merești 26 10 3 13 65 72 −7 33
10 Agyagfalvi Lendület Lutița 26 8 8 10 55 50 +5 32
11 Metalul Vlăhița 26 10 2 14 53 64 −11 32
12 Andycom Avrămești 26 6 3 17 49 83 −34 21
13 Târnava Betești (R) 26 5 5 16 34 67 −33 20 Relegation to Liga V Harghita
14 Tartód Vârşag (R) 26 4 3 19 37 86 −49 15
Source: AJF Harghita (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

East Series
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gheorgheni 14 11 0 3 57 21 +36 33 Qualification to East Series play-off
2 Sânsimion 14 9 2 3 34 21 +13 29
3 Pro Mureșul Toplița 14 9 1 4 40 28 +12 28
4 Minerul Bălan 14 7 2 5 28 26 +2 23
5 Sândominic 14 6 4 4 46 25 +21 22
6 Ezüstfenyő Ciceu 14 4 2 8 25 49 −24 14 Qualification to East Series play-out
7 Bastya Lăzarea 14 2 2 10 26 52 −26 8
8 Fișag Ciucsângeorgiu 14 1 1 12 13 47 −34 4
Source: AJF Harghita (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
East Series play-off

The teams started the play-off with half of the points accumulated in the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Gheorgheni (Q) 8 7 1 0 37 14 +23 39 Qualification to championship play-off
2 Sânsimion 8 3 1 4 20 23 −3 25
3 Pro Mureșul Toplița 8 3 1 4 14 21 −7 24
4 Sândominic 8 3 0 5 16 27 −11 20
5 Minerul Bălan 8 2 1 5 10 12 −2 19
Source: AJF Harghita (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
East Series play-out

The teams started the play-out with half of the points accumulated in the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Ezüstfenyő Ciceu 4 1 2 1 7 8 −1 12
7 Bastya Lăzarea 4 2 1 1 12 6 +6 11
8 Fișag Ciucsângeorgiu (R) 4 1 1 2 9 14 −5 6 Relegation to Liga V Harghita
Source: AJF Harghita (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Championship play-off

The winner of West series face winner of East series.[7][8]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gheorgheni 8–1 Galambfalva Porumbenii Mari 6–0 2–1
2 June 2019 Gheorgheni6–0Galambfalva Porumbenii MariGheorgheni
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Norbert Berecz 29'
Levente Tanko 35'
Róbert Ilyés 72'
Róbert Ilyés 89'
Robert Vargyas 90+2'
Mark Kurko 90+4'		 Report Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 300
Referee: József Fodor (Odorheiu Secuiesc)
9 June 2019 Galambfalva Porumbenii Mari1–2GheorgheniPorumbenii Mari
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Tibor Gergely 87' Report Andrei Țepeș 75'
Róbert Ilyés 88'		 Stadium: Comunal
Attendance: 300
Referee: József Fodor (Odorheiu Secuiesc)

Gheorgheni won the 2019–20 Liga IV Harghita and qualify for promotion play-off.[5]

Promotion play-off
Main article: 2018–19 Liga IV

Champions of Liga IV – Harghita County face champions of Liga IV – Sibiu County.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gheorgheni (HR) 3–5 (SB) Viitorul Șelimbăr ||2–31–2
15 June 2019 Gheorgheni2–3Viitorul ȘelimbărGheorgheni
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Róbert Ilyés 17'
Lorant Szőcs 55'		 Report Marius Armenean 27'
Călin Trohin 47'
Călin Trohin 82'		 Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 300
Referee: Andrei Baciu (Botoșani)
22 June 2019 Viitorul Șelimbăr2–1GheorgheniCisnădie
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Gabriel Tănase 59'
Ioan Stoia 72'		 Report Andrei Țepeș 87' (pen.) Stadium: Măgura
Attendance: 300
Referee: Claudiu Ștef (Târgu Mureș)

Viitorul Șelimbăr promoted to 2019–20 Liga III.[9]

See also

Main Leagues

County Leagues (Liga IV series)

References
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  2. "Lövéte és Keresztúr csapata is alulmaradt a nyitófordulóban" [Lueta and Cristuru lost in the opening round]. szekelyhon.ro. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.(in Hungarian)
  3. "Pályára lépnek a Hargita megyei bajnokság keleti csoportjában is" [The eastern group of the Harghita County Championship will also enter on the field]. szekelyhon.ro. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.(in Hungarian)
  4. "Liga a 4-a, Serie Est, Etapa 1" [Liga 4, East Series, Round 1]. frf-ajf.ro/harghita. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.(in Romanian)
  5. "Megyei bajnok a Gyergyószentmiklósi VSK" [The county champion is the Gheorgheni VSK]. szekelyhon.ro. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.(in Hungarian)
  6. "Összeállt a Hargita megyei labdarúgó-bajnokság mezőnye" [The field of the Harghita County Football Championship has come together]. szekelyhon.ro. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.(in Hungarian)
  7. "Liga 4 seria Vest, sezon 2018/2019" [League 4 series West, 2018/2019 season]. frf-ajf.ro/harghita. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.(in Romanian)
  8. "Liga a 4-a, Play-off, Seria Est, sezon 2018/2019" [LIGA 4, Play-off, East Series, 2018/2019 season]. frf-ajf.ro/harghita. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.(in Romanian)
  9. "Viitorul Șelimbăr a promovat în Liga 3" [Viitorul Șelimbăr promoted to Liga 3]. tribuna.ro. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.(in Romanian)
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