2016–17 Liga I
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dinamo București Mircea Rednic Mutual agreement 20 May 2016 Pre-season Ioan Andone 23 May 2016
Universitatea Craiova Victor Naicu End of contract 31 May 2016 Pre-season Gheorghe Mulțescu 9 June 2016
Târgu Mureș George Ciorceri End of contract 31 May 2016 Pre-season Dario Bonetti 17 June 2016
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Edward Iordănescu End of contract 31 May 2016 Pre-season Petre Grigoraș 26 June 2016
Concordia Chiajna Adrian Falub End of contract 31 May 2016 Pre-season Emil Săndoi 28 June 2016
CFR Cluj Toni Conceição Mutual agreement 27 June 2016 Pre-season Vasile Miriuță 27 June 2016
Târgu Mureș Dario Bonetti Mutual agreement 6 August 2016 13 Dan Alexa 11 August 2016
CSM Poli Iași Nicolò Napoli Sacked 7 October 2016 9 Eugen Neagoe 8 October 2016
Concordia Chiajna Emil Săndoi Mutual agreement 5 November 2016 11 Emil Ursu ( caretaker ) 6 November 2016
Concordia Chiajna Emil Ursu ( caretaker ) End of tenure as caretaker 23 December 2016 12 Dan Alexa 23 December 2016
Târgu Mureș Dan Alexa Mutual agreement 22 December 2016 13 Ilie Stan 28 December 2016
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Petre Grigoraș Sacked 9 January 2017 11 Flavius Stoican 11 January 2017
Dinamo București Ioan Andone Sacked 14 February 2017 6 Cosmin Contra 17 February 2017
Târgu Mureș Ilie Stan Mutual agreement 20 March 2017 14 Ionuț Chirilă 24 March 2017
Voluntari Dinu Todoran Mutual agreement 2 April 2017 10 Claudiu Niculescu 3 April 2017
Târgu Mureș Ionuț Chirilă Sacked 12 April 2017 14 Ionel Ganea 15 April 2017
Teams -- Managerial changes
The 2016-17 Liga I (also known as Liga 1 Betano for sponsorship reasons) was the 99th season of the Liga I, the top professional league for Romanian association football clubs. The season began on 22 July 2016 and concluded on 5 June 2017, being the second to take place since the play-off/play-out format has been introduced. Viitorul Constanța were crowned champions for the first time in their history.