Liga IV Prahova#Ploiești Regional Championship
{{Infobox football league
| logo =
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| country = Romania
| founded = 1968
| promotion = Liga III
| relegation = Liga V – Prahova County
| levels = 4
| domest_cup = Cupa României
Supercupa României
| champions = {{nowrap|Băicoi (1st title)}}
| season = 2023–24
| most_successful_club = {{nowrap|Victoria Florești (5 titles)}}
| current = 2024–25 Liga IV Prahova
| website = [https://www.frf-ajf.ro/prahova AJF Prahova]
}}
Liga IV Prahova, commonly known as Liga A Prahova, is the regional Liga IV football division for clubs in Prahova County, România, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. It is organized by the County Football Association (Asociația Județeană de Fotbal) and is competed amongst 16 teams, the winner is promoted to Liga III after a promotion play-off.
Over time, the main football competition in Prahova County underwent several name changes, including the Ploiești Honor Championship, District Promotion Championship - Ploiești, Prahova Regional Championship, Ploiești Regional Championship, Prahova County Championship (Category I), Prahova County Super Liga, and Divizia D Prahova. Since 2006, it has been renamed Liga A Prahova.
History
Until 1924, Prahova football was represented at the national level by teams participating in competitions organized by the Central Commission of Foot-ball Bucharest. In August 1924, the Ploiești Regional Football Sub-Committee was established as the first official football organization in the county, bringing together teams from Prahova and Buzău. The regional championship was divided into Category II and Category III, under the supervision of the Central Commission in Bucharest. The first champion of the Sub-Committee, Venus Ploiești, took part in the promotion play-off for a place in the Bucharest championship.
In the summer of 1927, the Sub-Committee organized the first local championship, called District A, allowing the champion team to participate in the final tournament to determine Romania’s national champion. The 1927–28 season included six teams—five from Ploiești and one from Buzău. At the same time, Category I, District B Ploiești was created, featuring teams from Câmpina, Ploiești, and Bușteni.
In 1950, the Romanian People's Republic underwent an administrative and territorial reorganization, dividing the country into regions and districts,{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-24663554-reorganizarile-teritoriale-ale-romaniei-1918-incoace-acum-vorbeste-una-noua.htm|title=Reorganizările teritoriale ale României de la 1918 încoace|date=14 March 2021|language=ro|trans-title=Territorial reorganizations of Romania from 1918 onwards|publisher=hotnews.ro|access-date=19 February 2023|archive-date=19 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219090608/https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-24663554-reorganizarile-teritoriale-ale-romaniei-1918-incoace-acum-vorbeste-una-noua.htm|url-status=live}} each with its own football championship.
Then, in 1968, another territorial restructuring{{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|date=16 February 2013|access-date=6 August 2019|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 increasing number of teams led the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) to introduce a new competitive system. Under this system, each county established its own football championship, incorporating teams from former regional championships as well as those previously competing in town and district-level competitions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.frf-ajf.ro/prahova/pagini/istoria-fotbalului-prahovean-337.html|title=Istoria fotbalului prahovean|language=ro|trans-title=The history of prahovean football|publisher=frf-ajf.ro|date=1 October 2015|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228193638/https://www.frf-ajf.ro/prahova/pagini/istoria-fotbalului-prahovean-337.html|url-status=live}}
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
= Prahova District Championship =
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" | |
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!width="60"|Season !width="220"|Winners | |
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align=center|1 | style="text-align:center"|1927–28 |
align=center|2 | align="center" |1928–29 |
align=center|3 | align="center" |1929–30 |
align=center|4 | align="center" |1930–31 |
align=center|5 | align="center" |1931–32 |
align=center|6 | align="center" |1932–33 |
align=center|7 | 1933–34 |
align=center|8 | 1934-35
|Sportul Muncitoresc Câmpina |
align=center|9 | 1935–36
|Venus Câmpina |
align=center|10 | 1936–37
|Sportul Muncitoresc Câmpina |
align=center|11 | 1937–38 |
align=center|12 | 1938–39
|Feroemail Ploiești |
align=center|13 | 1939–40 |
align=center|14 | 1940–41
|Mărășești Valea Călugărească |
align=center|15 | 1945–46 |
align=center|16 | 1946–47 |
align=center|17 | 1947–48 |
align=center|18 | align=center|1948
|Româno-Americană Teleajen |
align=center|19 | align=center|1949 |
align=center|20 | align=center|1950
|Partizanul Câmpina |
= Prahova Regional Championship =
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!width="60"|Season !width="220"|Winners | |
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colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff| Prahova Regional Championship | |
align=center|1 | style="text-align:center"|1951 |
align=center|2 | align=center|1952 |
colspan="3" style="background:#ffffff| Ploiești Regional Championship | |
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 | 1957–58 |
align=center|8 | 1958–59 |
align=center|9 | 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 |
= Prahova County Championship =
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Performance by club
= Prahova County Championship (1968–) =
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Club
! Winners ! Runners-up ! Winning seasons ! Runner-up seasons |
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Victoria Florești
| {{center|5}} | {{center |
| 1969–70, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85
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| Metalul Filipeștii de Pădure
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|}}
| 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96
|
|-
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|1}}
| 1972–73, 1982–83, 2005–06
| 2009–10
|-
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|}}
| 1973–74, 1994–95, 2008–09
|
|-
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|4}}
| 1993–94, 1999–00, 2014–15
| 1987–88, 1989–90, 2012–13, 2013–14
|-
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|}}
|
|-
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|}}
| 1988–89, 1991–92
|
|-
| Minerul Filipeștii de Pădure
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|}}
| 1980–81, 1996–97
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|-
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|}}
| 1971–72, 1997–98
|-
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|1}}
| 1989–90, 2003–04
| 1988–89
|-
| Blejoi
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|4}}
| 2017–18, 2018–19
| 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
|-
| Plopeni
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|}}
| 2009–10, 2019–20
|
|-
| Păulești
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|1}}
| 2015–16, 2021–22
| 2017–18
|-
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|3}}
|2000–01, 2022–23
|-
| Băicoi
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|3}}
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|2}}
| 1968–69
| 1970–71, 1972–73
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 1970–71
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 1977–78
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 1979–80
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 1985–86
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 1986–87
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 1990–91
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 1998–99
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| 2001–02
| 1997–98
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2002–03
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2004–05
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2006–07
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| 2007–08
| 2006–07
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2010–11
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2011–12
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2012–13
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2013–14
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2016–17
|
|-
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|}}
| 2020–21
|
|-
| {{center|}}
| {{center|5}}
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| 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81
|-
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 1968–69
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| Chimistul Valea Călugărească
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 1981–82
|-
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 1983–84
|-
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 1984–85
|-
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 2008–09
|-
| Ceptura
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 2010–11
|-
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 2018–19
|-
| Atletic United 1906 Ploiești
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 2021–22
|-
| Câmpina
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 2022–23
|-
| {{center|}}
| {{center|1}}
|
| 2023–24
|-
|}
= Ploiești Regional Championship (1951–1968) =
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Club
! Winners ! Winning seasons |
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Plopeni
| {{center|5}} |
Flacăra Târgoviște
| {{center|2}} | 1952, 1955 |
Rafinăria Câmpina
| {{center|2}} | 1956, 1964–65 |
Prahova Ploiești
| {{center|2}} | 1953, 1967–68 |
Flacăra Poiana Câmpina
| {{center|1}} | 1951 |
Olimpia Pucioasa
| {{center|1}} | 1958–59 |
Carpați Sinaia
| {{center|1}} | 1960–61 |
Rapid Mizil
| {{center|1}} | 1962–63 |
Metalul Buzău
| {{center|1}} | 1965–66 |
Victoria Boboc
| {{center|1}} | 1966–67 |
= Ploiești District Championship (1928–1950) =
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Club
! Winners ! Winning seasons |
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Tricolor Ploiești
| {{center|4}} | 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32 |
Prahova Ploiești
| {{center|4}} | 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1945–46 |
Sportul Muncitoresc Câmpina
| {{center|2}} | 1934–35, 1936–37 |
Astra Română Moreni
| {{center|2}} | 1937–38, 1946–47 |
Venus Câmpina
| {{center|1}} | 1935–36 |
Feroemail Ploiești
| {{center|1}} | 1938–39 |
Mărășești Valea Călugărească
| {{center|1}} | 1940–41 |
Astra Română Ploiești
| {{center|1}} | 1946–47 |
Sindicatul Metalo-Chimic Sinaia
| {{center|1}} | 1947–48 |
Româno-Americană Teleajen
| {{center|1}} | 1948 |
Astra Poiana Câmpina
| {{center|1}} | 1949 |
Partizanul Câmpina
| {{center|1}} | 1950 |
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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.frf-ajf.ro/prahova Official website ]
- {{facebook|/AJF-Prahova-170831107124561/}}
{{Liga IV Prahova}}
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{{UEFA fourth level leagues}}