The U21 players used in the regular season of the Superliga, the 2024-2025 edition, have set several records. Gigi Becali claims that he entered the Parliament, becoming a deputy, to drive this rule.
Louis Munteanu scored on fire automatically for CFR Cluj
It is the season with the number 9 in which the U21 rule is valid in the first football step in Romania. In the current form, the clubs have the obligation to permanently have a player eligible for the U21 national of Romania, that is, born from January 1, 2002, informs FRF.R.
Analyzing all the seasons so far, we discover some records shot in 2024-2025 by the young footballers from Superliga:
For the first time, I had at least one U21 goal in each stage. 30 consecutive stages with at least one young Romanian scorer!
The percentage of goals scored by U21 footballers is 18.44%, the largest of all 9 seasons in which this rule was active.
Season goals u21 (%)
2024/25 18.44
2023/24 10.62
2022/23 12.38
2021/22 13.26
2020/21 17.75
2019/20 16.88
2018/19 16.04
2017/18 13.32
2016/17 16.80
Just as only twice, we have 4 teams that have at least 10 goals scored by U21 players. Dinamo needs until the end of the season of at least two U21 successes for a new absolute premiere!
Here are the detailed statistics of U21 players after the 30 rounds of the regular season 2024-2025:
104 U21 players have so far evolved, already more than the whole last season (102).
102 goals scored in the 30 stages, ie 18.44% of the total goals in the superlig. The U21 goal record is 125, in the 2020-2021 edition, when the rule provided that each team has two young people in the starting formula.
3 hatches were marked in the current season, all 3 being successful by U21 players: Louis Munteanu-CFR Cluj (twice) and Ianis Stoica-Hermannstadt. Ironic, Dan Petrescu (57 years old), the CFR coach, is the greatest rival of the rule.
22 U21 players made their debut in the current season, most of the Petrol, Dinamo, UTA Arad and the University of Cluj (4).
Stages 24 and 25 were the ones in which most young players evolved (45), and in stages 12 and 19 they scored the most (7 goals).
9 U21 players scored for the first time in Superliga: Cîrjan (Dinamo), Dorobanțu, F. Ilie, Perianu and Vlăsceanu (Unirea Slobozia), Rădulescu and Tolea (Oil), El Sawy (Sepsi), C. Mihai (UTA Arad).
Clubs with most U21 players used:
Constanta Lighthouse – 12
Dinamo, UTA Arad, Steel Galați – 9
Oil – 8
The teams with the most U21 goals:
CFR Cluj – 21
Craiova University, Hermannstadt – 11
Cluj University – 10
Top of U21 markers:
Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj) – 19
Ștefan Baiaram (Craiova University), Vladislav Blănuță (Cluj University) – 10
Ianis Stoica (Hermannstadt) – 8
Cătălin Cîrjan (Dinamo) – 7
16 teams out of 16 had at least one U21 goal scored so far. In 4 of the previous 8 seasons there were teams that ended the championship without any U21 goals.
