**Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc sits winless at the bottom of the 2026-27 Liga I table after nine rounds with just one point, while promoted side Voluntari also occupies the lower reaches on eight points amid a poor start.** The league’s split format funnels the bottom ten into a single round-robin play-out group (points halved), where the last two sides drop directly and the next two contest promotion/relegation play-offs against Liga II sides. Newly promoted Corvinul Hunedoara and Sepsi OSK sit mid-table but face adaptation risks typical of returning or promoted clubs, while established sides like UTA Arad and Petrolul hover near the cut line. Trader consensus reflects these early results and historical patterns of promoted teams struggling to avoid the drop zone in the first half of the campaign.