Liga III - Serie 8 is a Romanian football league available through the Xtra-Stats competition database. Use this page to follow fixtures, live scores, results and standings, while player and team statistics provide additional detail on the competition. Coverage includes recorded seasons from 2020 to 2025, giving visitors a consistent place to review its available data.
Upcoming matches, Liga III - Serie 8
Group 8 - 4
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- Group 8 - 4
Viitorul Cluj
Academica Recea -
- Group 8 - 4
Minaur Baia Mare
Unirea Dej -
- Group 8 - 4
Unirea Tășnad
Bihorul Beiuş
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- Group 8 - 4
SCM Zalău
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- Group 8 - 4
Sighetu Marmaţiei
Sânmartin
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- Group 8 - 4
Crişul Sântandrei
Sănătatea Cluj
Group 8 - 5
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- Group 8 - 5
Sânmartin
Crişul Sântandrei
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- Group 8 - 5Sănătatea Cluj
Minaur Baia Mare
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- Group 8 - 5Unirea Dej
Viitorul Cluj
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- Group 8 - 5
SCM Zalău
Unirea Tășnad
Latest played matches, Liga III - Serie 8
Group 8 - 3
Group 8 - 2
Liga III - Serie 8 Standings
Group 8
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
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Sânmartin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 9 | WWW |
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Bihorul Beiuş | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | WDW |
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Crişul Sântandrei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | WLW |
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Minaur Baia Mare | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | LWW |
| 5 | Sănătatea Cluj | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | DDW | |
| 6 |
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Sighetu Marmaţiei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | DWL |
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SCM Zalău | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | DWL |
| 8 | Unirea Dej | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | WLL | |
| 9 | Academica Recea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 | LLW | |
| 10 |
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Viitorul Cluj | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | DDL |
| 11 |
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Unirea Tășnad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1 | LDL |
| 12 | Transilvania Sport Academy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 0 | LLL |
Liga III - Serie 8 Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Liga III - Serie 8 teams participation since 2020
History
Liga III - Serie 8 top scorer teams
Liga III - Serie 8 About
Liga III - Serie 8 is a Romanian league competition within Liga III, the country’s national third tier of men’s football. It forms part of the Romanian football pyramid, providing clubs with a structured route to compete at national level and, through the wider promotion and relegation system, pursue progress through the divisions.
Competition identity and place in Romanian football
Liga III sits below Liga I, Romania’s top division, and Liga II. Unlike the Romanian Cup, which is a separate national knockout competition, Liga III - Serie 8 is a league competition: its sporting context is built around a season-long standings table rather than a single-elimination path. Clubs compete for league position over the course of the campaign, with results contributing to their place in the series classification.
The “Serie 8” designation identifies one of the separate series within Liga III. This structure allows the third tier to accommodate a broad national field while organizing clubs into distinct competitive sections. The available competition record covers five seasons between 2020 and 2025, giving the series a documented presence across the early 2020s and the most recent recorded season in 2025.
Governance and development pathway
Liga III is overseen by the Romanian Football Federation (FRF), which is responsible for the national third tier alongside Liga II and the Romanian Cup. The federation’s role includes establishing competition regulations, administering the framework in which clubs participate and coordinating the sporting structure of Romanian football below the professional top flight.
The league’s wider purpose is developmental as well as competitive. It gives clubs the opportunity to measure themselves in national-level football, supports the progression of players and teams through the pyramid, and links regional and lower-division football with the higher levels of the Romanian game. Promotion and relegation provide the principal competitive connection between divisions, although the precise access conditions, playoff arrangements and licensing requirements can vary according to the regulations for the relevant season.
How the league competition works
As a league, Liga III - Serie 8 is evaluated through accumulated results across its scheduled fixtures. Wins, draws and defeats determine the points collected by each club, while the final standings establish the competitive order. The supplied record does not confirm a fixed number of participating clubs, a definitive home-and-away schedule, the number of matchdays or the complete tie-break sequence for every recorded season, so those details should not be treated as permanent features of the series.
The same caution applies to promotion places, relegation positions and any end-of-season playoff route. These elements are governed by the rules applicable to each edition and may be affected by the number of series, the national competition structure and federation decisions. For that reason, the most reliable way to interpret Liga III - Serie 8 is as a recognized series within Romania’s third national tier, rather than to assume an unchanged format across all seasons from 2020 to 2025.
Seasonal role and sporting importance
Liga III belongs to the standard Romanian football calendar and operates within the broader season cycle that connects grassroots, semi-professional and professional football. Its matches are meaningful both for immediate league position and for the longer-term ambitions of participating clubs. A strong campaign can support a club’s pursuit of advancement, while a difficult season can place its position in the pyramid under pressure.
The series also has value beyond the table. Third-tier football is an important environment for developing Romanian players, maintaining competitive clubs in local communities and giving established sides, reserve or development-oriented teams where eligible, and ambitious lower-division organizations a national platform. Because the competition sits below Liga I and Liga II, it offers a distinct balance of competitive pressure, player development and club-building.
Liga III - Serie 8 should therefore be understood as a component of Romania’s organized league system, not as a cup, super cup or European qualification tournament. Its identity comes from its place in Liga III, its administration under the FRF framework and the season-long competition for league standings. The recorded coverage from 2020 through 2025 provides a useful statistical window into the series, while season-specific regulations remain essential for interpreting its exact entry rules, schedule, ranking criteria and promotion or relegation outcomes.