Liga IV Bucharest
{{short description|Fourth tier Romanian football league}}
{{Infobox football league
| logo =
| pixels =
| country = Romania
| founded = 1968
| promotion = Liga III
| relegation = Liga V – Bucharest
| levels = 4
| domest_cup = Cupa României
Supercupa României
| champions = {{nowrap|ACS FC Dinamo București (1st title)}}
| season = 2023–24
| most_successful_club = {{nowrap|Spic de Grâu București and
Chitila (4 titles each)}}
| current = 2024–25 Liga IV Bucharest
| website = [https://www.frf-ajf.ro/bucuresti AMF Bucharest]
}}
Liga IV Bucharest is the municipal football division of Liga IV for clubs based in Bucharest, România. The competition is ranked as the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system, the winner may or may not be promoted to Liga III, depending on the result of a promotion play-off that is disputed against a winner of the neighboring counties 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{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/cultura/istorie/16-februarie-1968-controversele-ultimei-reorganizari-administrativ-teritoriale-1_511f9c0300f5182b856a90cc/index.html|title=Controversele ultimei reorganizări administrativ-teritoriale|language=ro|trans-title=Controversies of the last administrative-territorial reorganization|publisher=adevarul.ro|access-date=31 July 2020|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802201454/https://adevarul.ro/cultura/istorie/16-februarie-1968-controversele-ultimei-reorganizari-administrativ-teritoriale-1_511f9c0300f5182b856a90cc/index.html|url-status=live}} and the new competitive system in which each county has its own football championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eBucharesteanul.ro/stiri/sport-2/fotbalul-Bucharestean-la-ceas-aniversar-110-ani-de-fotbal-si-40-de-ani-de-fc-Bucharest--101769.html|title=Fotbalul Bucureștean la ceas aniversar: 110 ani de fotbal şi 40 de ani de FC Bucharest|language=ro|trans-title=Bucharest football on the anniversary clock: 110 years of football and 40 years of FC Bucharest|publisher=eBucharesteanul.ro|accessdate=31 July 2020}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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 City of Bucharest was organized in the Municipal Football Association (AMFB) and the number of teams included in the competitions being reduced due to the precarious economic and financial conditions.
Promotion
The champions of each county association play one another in a play-off to promote to the 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=
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| Ed.
!width="auto"|Season !width="auto"|Winners | |
|---|---|
| align=center|1 | align=center|1951 |
| align=center|2 | align=center|1952 |
| align=center|3 | align=center|1953 |
| align=center|4 | align=center|1954 |
| align=center|5 | align=center|1955
| |
| align=center|6 | align=center|1956
| |
| align=center|7 | align=center|1957–58 |
| align=center|8 | align=center|1958–59 |
| align=center|9 | align=center|1959–60 |
| align=center|10 | 1960–61 |
| align=center|11 | 1961–62 |
| align=center|12 | 1962–63 |
| align=center|13 | 1963–64 |
| align=center|14 | 1964–65 |
| align=center|15 | 1965–66 |
| align=center|16 | 1966–67 |
| align=center|17 | 1967–68
|Celuloza Călărași (East Series) |
= Bucharest Municipal Championship =
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| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" | |
| Ed.
!width="60"|Season !width="220"|Winners | |
|---|---|
| colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff| Municipal Championship | |
| align=center|1 | align=center|1952 |
| align=center|2 | align=center|1953 |
| align=center|3 | align=center|1954 |
| align=center|4 | align=center|1955 |
| align=center|5 | align=center|1956
| |
| align=center|6 | align=center|1957–58
| |
| align=center|7 | align=center|1958–59 |
| align=center|8 | align=center|1959–60 |
| align=center|9 | 1960–61 |
| align=center|10 | 1961–62 |
| align=center|11 | 1962–63 |
| align=center|12 | 1963–64 |
| align=center|13 | 1964–65 |
| align=center|14 | 1965–66 |
| align=center|15 | 1966–67 |
| align=center|16 | 1967–68 |
| align=center|17 | 1968–69 |
| align=center|18 | 1969–70 |
| align=center|19 | 1970–71 |
| align=center|20 | 1971–72 |
| align=center|21 | 1972–73 |
| align=center|22 | 1973–74 |
| align=center|23 | 1974–75 |
| align=center|24 | 1975–76 |
| align=center|25 | 1976–77 |
| align=center|26 | 1977–78 |
| align=center|27 | 1978–79 |
| align=center|28 | 1979–80 |
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| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" | |
| Ed.
!width="60"|Season !width="220"|Winners | |
|---|---|
| align=center|29 | 1980–81 |
| align=center|30 | 1981–82 |
| align=center|31 | 1982–83 |
| align=center|32 | 1983–84 |
| align=center|33 | 1984–85 |
| align=center|34 | 1985–86 |
| align=center|35 | 1986–87 |
| align=center|36 | 1987–88 |
| align=center|37 | 1988–89 |
| align=center|38 | 1989–90 |
| align=center|39 | 1990–91 |
| align=center|40 | 1991–92 |
| colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff| Divizia C | |
| align=center|41 | 1992–93 |
| align=center|42 | 1993–94 |
| align=center|43 | 1994–95 |
| align=center|44 | 1995–96 |
| align=center|45 | 1996–97 |
| colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff| Divizia D | |
| align=center|46 | 1997–98 |
| align=center|47 | 1998–99 |
| align=center|48 | 1999–00 |
| align=center|49 | 2000–01 |
| align=center|50 | 2001–02 |
| align=center|51 | 2002–03 |
| align=center|52 | 2003–04 |
| align=center|53 | 2004–05 |
| align=center|54 | 2005–06 |
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{{notelist}}
See also
=Main Leagues=
=County Leagues (Liga IV series)=
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;North–East
- 18px Liga IV Bacău
- 18px Liga IV Botoșani
- 18px Liga IV Iași
- 18px Liga IV Neamț
- 18px Liga IV Suceava
- 18px Liga IV Vaslui
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;North–West
- 18px Liga IV Bihor
- 18px Liga IV Bistrița-Năsăud
- 18px Liga IV Cluj
- 18px Liga IV Maramureș
- 18px Liga IV Satu Mare
- 18px Liga IV Sălaj
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;Center
- 18px Liga IV Alba
- 18px Liga IV Brașov
- 18px Liga IV Covasna
- 18px Liga IV Harghita
- 18px Liga IV Mureș
- 18px Liga IV Sibiu
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;West
- 18px Liga IV Arad
- 18px Liga IV Caraș-Severin
- 18px Liga IV Gorj
- 18px Liga IV Hunedoara
- 18px Liga IV Mehedinți
- 18px Liga IV Timiș
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;South–West
- 18px Liga IV Argeș
- 18px Liga IV Dâmbovița
- 18px Liga IV Dolj
- 18px Liga IV Olt
- 18px Liga IV Teleorman
- 18px Liga IV Vâlcea
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;South
- 18px Liga IV Bucharest
- 18px Liga IV Călărași
- 18px Liga IV Giurgiu
- 18px Liga IV Ialomița
- 18px Liga IV Ilfov
- 18px Liga IV Prahova
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;South–East
- 18px Liga IV Brăila
- 18px Liga IV Buzău
- 18px Liga IV Constanța
- 18px Liga IV Galați
- 18px Liga IV Tulcea
- 18px Liga IV Vrancea
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References
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External links
- {{officialwebsite|frf-ajf.ro/bucuresti}}
{{Liga IV Bucharest}}
{{Liga IV}}
{{Football in Romania}}
{{UEFA fourth level leagues}}