The licensing process gave nightmares to many of the domestic clubs, with two of them, Poli Timişoara and Gloria Bistriţa, being relegated due to their financial issues. The conclusions reached at the end of the process by the director of the Licensing Commission, Viorel Duru, should serve as a warning for many reputable teams, as the case of Poli Timişoara and Gloria Bistriţa came as a real shock. No less than eight major clubs had problems securing their license.

Over 80% of the clubs in the first three tiers owe money to the state, 40% of the First League spend more on wages than they earn, which leads to accumulation of debt and the increase in the number of lawsuits between the teams and the players left unpaid.

Unless things undergo a major change, next year very few clubs in the first league will succeed in getting their license. The first victims of the licensing application are Gloria Bistriţa and Poli Timişoara, which will both be playing in the matinee, given the fact that the decisions of the Appeal Commission are final. Losses range in the millions of Euros, with a more detailed calculation to be made in the near future, since we are talking about TV royalties, sponsorships and tickets. Poli Timișoara, which was set to play in the preliminaries of the Champions League this autumn, will be hit the hardest. Furthermore, Poli also has under contract players which are valued at more than 26 million Euros and which have very big contracts. Poli Timişoara failed to get its license due to it having debts towards the state budget and towards Benfica Lisabona for the transfer of full back Laszlo Sepsi, whereas Gloria Bistriţa failed the review due to its debts to the state budget. The major winner of this decision is Sportul Studenţesc, a team which was relegated on athletic criteria, but which now gets promoted on the basis of financial criteria. Fiv