List of foreign Liga I players

This is a list of foreign players in the Liga I, which commenced play in 1909.

The following players must meet both of the following two criteria: More specifically, Clubs listed are those that the player has played at least one Liga I game for.

Seasons listed are those that the player has played at least one Liga I game in.

For example, "1992–1995" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–1993 to 1994–1995, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995.

They include players that have subsequently left the club, but do not include current players of a Liga I club that have not played a Liga I game in the current season.

Roland Agalliu was the first foreign footballer that arrived in Romania after the 1989 Romanian Revolution.
French-Algerian Billel Omrani won five consecutive Liga I titles with CFR Cluj, also being named the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year in 2019.
Sebastián Dubarbier won two Liga I titles with CFR Cluj and was the first winner of the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year award.
Pablo Brandán won the Liga I title with Unirea Urziceni and Viitorul Constanța, also being named the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year in 2009.
Emmanuel Culio won six Liga I titles with CFR Cluj.
Gabriel Viglianti won the Liga I title with Oțelul Galați.
Joshua Rose is the Australian player with the most games played in Liga I, 113 and they are all for FC Universitatea Craiova.
Branko Grahovac won the Liga I title with Oțelul Galați.
International Mateo Sušić won three consecutive Liga I titles with CFR Cluj.
International Daniel Graovac won the Liga I title with CFR Cluj.
Eric de Oliveira won twice the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year award.
Juliano Spadacio scored 25 goals in 107 Liga I games for Rapid București and Astra Ploiești.
Júnior Morais played in 281 Liga I matches, winning the title with Astra Giurgiu.
During his period spent at Astra, William de Amorim managed to win the Liga I title.
Rafael Bastos won the Liga I title with CFR Cluj.
Adaílton ended his European career with a two-year spell at FC Vaslui scoring 17 goals in 59 Liga I appearances.
Yuri Matias won the Liga I title with CFR Cluj.
Radoslav Dimitrov appeared in 216 Liga I games for FC Botoșani, CS Universitatea Craiova and Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.
Zhivko Milanov appeared in 104 Liga I games for FC Vaslui.
Plamen Iliev played 133 Liga I matches for five teams.
Patrick Ekeng died while playing for Dinamo București in a Liga I game against Viitorul Constanța.
Joyskim Dawa won the Liga I title with FCSB.
Fernando Varela has won two Liga I titles with Steaua București and once the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year award.
Dayro Moreno and Juan Toja played together at Steaua București.
Jeremy Bokila had a prolific period in his only season spent at Petrolul Ploiești scoring 16 goals in 32 games.
With 22 goals scored for Rapid București in the 2022–23 Liga I season, Marko Dugandžić earned the top-goalscorer of the season award.
Damjan Đoković played for CFR Cluj in two different periods, winning four Liga I titles, also winning another one with FCSB.
Gabriel Debeljuh won two Liga I titles with CFR Cluj.
Nicolas Godemèche with the 2012 Liga I trophy.
Cyril Théréau scored 10 goals for Steaua București in his only season in Liga I.
Nana Boateng won the Liga I title with CFR Cluj.
Pantelis Kapetanos has won the Liga I title with CFR Cluj and Steaua București having a total of 48 goals scored in the league.
Andrea Compagno was named the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year in 2022.
Federico Piovaccari scored 10 goals and won the Liga I title in his single season spent at Steaua București.
CFR Cluj was Lacina Traoré 's first European club.
Giedrius Arlauskis won seven Liga I titles with three different teams: one with each of Unirea Urziceni and Steaua București and five with CFR Cluj.
Eugeniu Cebotaru spent seven seasons in Liga I at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț , Academica Clinceni and Petrolul Ploiești , playing a total 167 games in which he scored 17 goals.
Vladimir Božović spent five years at Rapid București, playing in 131 Liga I games.
Kehinde Fatai started his senior career playing in Romania for Farul Constanța, later playing for Astra Giurgiu and Argeș Pitești, scoring a total of 45 goals in Liga I.
Łukasz Szukała won three consecutive Liga I titles with Steaua București and was the Liga I Foreign Player of the Year in 2014.
Mário Camora won six Liga I titles with CFR Cluj and he also gained Romanian citizenship, representing Romania’s national team internationally.
Ricardo Cadú won a hat-trick of Liga I titles with CFR Cluj and was the first foreign player that played in over 200 Liga I games.
Tony has won two Liga I titles with CFR Cluj.
International goalkeeper Beto won the Liga I title in his only season spent at CFR Cluj.
Filipe Teixeira played for five different Liga I clubs winning the title with Astra Giurgiu.
Geraldo Alves spent the last years of his career playing for three teams in Liga I, winning the title with Astra Giurgiu.
Rui Duarte appeared in over 100 Liga I matches for FC Brașov and Rapid București.
Milan Perendija won the Liga I title with Oțelul Galați.
International goalkeeper Dušan Kuciak had a three-year spell in Liga I at FC Vaslui.
Miha Mevlja made his International debut for Slovenia during his spell at Dinamo București.
Pablo de Lucas played in over 100 Liga I matches for four different teams.
World Cup semi-finalist and Copa América winner Álvaro Pereira spent his first season in Europe at CFR Cluj.