[6] Universitatea Craiova was relegated for the second time in club history, ending a five-year tenure in the highest football league of Romania.
[8] The start of the 2011–12 season was affected by multiple licensing controversies involving Timișoara, Gloria Bistrița and Bihor Oradea.
[55] On 11 June 2011, a FRF communique stated that the executive committee doesn't have the power to change the Licensing Commission decisions.
[58] On 22 June 2011, FRF announced that Sportul Studențesc will retain their Liga I place and Mioveni will promote instead of Bihor Oradea.
FRF decided also that a play-off round will be played between Săgeata Năvodari and Voința Sibiu for the last remaining place in Liga 1.
On 8 July, Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that the appeals from Timișoara, Bihor and Bistrița will be heard in an expedited manner in order to have a decision before the start of the season.
CS Rapid București agreed to sign a new contract if a part of the debts were paid until the coming match of the fourth stage against Concordia Chiajna.
Before the sixth stage, Rapid president Dinu Gheorghe announced there is not yet an agreement and thus the match with FC Brașov will be played on Regie.
[73] On 25 September 2011, Vasile Avram, the president of Romanian Referees Commission (CCA), has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from a businessman close to Târgu Mureș.
[78] Also, in October 2011 National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) started the investigation of the members of Romanian Football Federation Execute Committee, accusing them of abuse in the Universitatea Craiova temporary exclusion of all competition after last season relegation.
Defenders: Ricardo Cadú (27 / 5); Mário Camora (28 / 1); Nuno Diogo (17 / 1); Vasile Maftei (15 / 2); Cristian Panin (21 / 0); Felice Piccolo (16 / 1); Ionuț Rada (4 / 0); José Lionn (15 / 1).
Midfielders: Rafael Bastos (27 / 3); Pedro Celestino (9 / 1); Roberto De Zerbi (10 / 3); Renan Garcia (18 / 3); Nicolas Godemèche (6 / 0); Ioan Hora (21 / 1); Dominique Kivuvu (3 / 0); Emmanuel Koné (1 / 0); Gabriel Mureșan (28 / 4); Viorel Nicoară (12 / 0); Rui Pedro (13 / 0); Sixto Peralta (23 / 0); Bakary Saré (6 / 0); Stojan Vranješ (14 / 2).
Forwards: Cristian Bud (3 / 0); Liviu Ganea (5 / 0); Pantelis Kapetanos (28 / 12); Ronny Carlos da Silva (26 / 5); Modou Sougou (33 / 10); Weldon (12 / 7).