Liga I
Romania · top flight · #34 by transfer spend
The Liga I is Romania's top flight and ranks #34 in the world by disclosed incoming fees across the three most recent seasons. Across the full record it has spent €99.3m and received €242m.
| Season | Spent | Received | Net | Incoming moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | €4.2m | €13.7m | −€9.6m | 123 |
| 2025/26 | €14.0m | €23.5m | −€9.5m | 448 |
| 2024/25 | €20.5m | €39.8m | −€19.4m | 571 |
| 2023/24 | €16.2m | €36.9m | −€20.7m | 529 |
| 2022/23 | €10.7m | €15.9m | −€5.2m | 472 |
| 2021/22 | €3.2m | €17.3m | −€14.0m | 424 |
| 2020/21 | €3.1m | €35.0m | −€31.8m | 326 |
| 2019/20 | €8.6m | €16.1m | −€7.6m | 262 |
| 2018/19 | €6.2m | €28.5m | −€22.2m | 220 |
| 2017/18 | €12.6m | €15.5m | −€2.9m | 140 |
Disclosed fees only. Undisclosed deals are excluded rather than estimated.
Every read on Liga I
€1.5m among 11 priced deals: Simon Elisor to Universitatea Craiova, 1st on Liga I's 2026/27 list
FC Famalicão to Universitatea Craiova for €1.5m. What the price says against the 11 other disclosed fees Liga I paid that season.
€14.0m in, €23.5m out: Liga I's 2025/26 ledger across 448 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 91% of its business that carried no fee at all.
€1.0m at 2.50× his valuation: Luca Băsceanu to Univ. Craiova, 1st on Liga I's 2025/26 list
FCV Farul to Univ. Craiova for €1.0m. What the price says against the 30 other disclosed fees Liga I paid that season.
€10.8m in, €20.4m out: Liga I's 2025/26 ledger across 306 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 90% of its business that carried no fee at all.
1.88× the market's number: what FCSB paid over Daniel Bîrligea's €1.6m valuation
The fee, the valuation, and the 88% gap between them — read against every priced deal Liga I did in 2024/25.