BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Three Romanian top-flight clubs have had points deducted by the country's football federation (FRF) for failing to put their financial affairs in order and meet licensing criteria.

Romanian Cup winners CFR Cluj will start next season on minus nine points while ASA Targu Mures, who finished in sixth place, and bottom club Petrolul Ploiesti, already relegated to the second tier, were hit with a six-point deduction.