1960–61 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1960–61
ChampionsCCA București
Top goalscorerGheorghe Constantin (22)

The 1960–61 Divizia A season was the 43rd edition of the Romanian football championship and the 23rd since the introduction of the divisional system. After six seasons, Divizia A returned to a 14-team format. The season began on 4 September 1960 and concluded on 9 July 1961. CCA București won the championship for the sixth time in its history.[1]

Teams

A total of fourteen teams teams contested the championship, including eleven from the previous season and three newly promoted sides.[2]

Team changes

Managers and locations

Location of teams in 1960-61 Divizia A
Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach
CCA București București Republicii[a] 28.000 Ștefan Onisie
Corvinul Hunedoara Hunedoara Corvinul 16.500 Ilie Savu
CSMS Iași Iași 23 August 12.500 Ion Unguroiu
Dinamo Bacău Bacău Steaua Roșie 5.000 Gheorghe Nicolae
Dinamo București București Dinamo[a] 18.000 Traian Ionescu
Farul Constanța Constanța 1 Mai 15.520 Augustin Botescu
Minerul Lupeni Lupeni Minerul 5.000 Ion Bălănescu
Petrolul Ploiești Ploiești Petrolul 14.000 Ilie Oană
Progresul București București Progresul[a] 8.000 Ioan Lupaș
Rapid București București Giulești[a] 18.000 Ion Mihăilescu
Steagul Roșu Brașov Brașov Tineretului 8.800 Silviu Ploeșteanu
Știința Cluj Cluj Orășenesc 28.000 Andrei Sepci
Știința Timișoara Timișoara Știința 3.000 Nicolae Reuter
UTA Arad Arad 30 Decembrie 20.000 Ion Reinhardt
  1. ^ a b c d CCA, Dinamo, Rapid, and Progresul also played several home matches in double-headers at the 23 August Stadium in Bucharest.[3]

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Replaced by
CCA București Gheorghe Popescu Ștefan Onisie
Progresul București Augustin Botescu Ioan Lupaș
Rapid București Remus Ghiurițan Ion Mihăilescu
Știința Timișoara Silviu Bindea Eugen Mladin
UTA Arad Coloman Braun-Bogdan Ion Reinhardt

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Position in table Replaced by
Round Position
Farul Constanța Iosif Lengheriu 9th 12th Augustin Botescu[4]
Minerul Lupeni Vasile Lazăr 9th 9th Ion Bălănescu
Știința Timișoara Eugen Mladin 13th 13th Nicolae Reuter

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CCA București (C) 26 17 3 6 61 36 +25 37 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Dinamo București 26 14 4 8 56 31 +25 32 Invitation to Balkans Cup
3 Rapid București 26 11 8 7 37 31 +6 30
4 Știința Cluj 26 12 5 9 48 44 +4 29
5 Steagul Roşu Brașov 26 12 4 10 50 40 +10 28 Invitation to Balkans Cup
6 Petrolul Ploiești 26 10 8 8 45 45 0 28
7 UTA Arad 26 12 3 11 46 42 +4 27
8 Dinamo Bacău 26 11 3 12 39 36 +3 25
9 Progresul București 26 10 5 11 48 51 −3 25 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Știința Timișoara 26 9 7 10 45 49 −4 25
11 Minerul Lupeni 26 10 2 14 30 50 −20 22
12 CSMS Iași (R) 26 7 6 13 43 49 −6 20 Relegation to Divizia B
13 Farul Constanța (R) 26 8 4 14 37 58 −21 20
14 Corvinul Hunedoara (R) 26 5 6 15 28 51 −23 16
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away CCA IAȘ COR BAC DIN FAR MIN PET PRO RAP SRB UTA ȘCJ ȘTI
CCA București — 3–2 7–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 0–2 3–0 0–2 0–1 5–3 2–0 2–2 1–0
CSMS Iași 0–1 — 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–2
Corvinul Hunedoara 2–3 1–1 — 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–0
Dinamo Bacău 0–1 2–3 3–1 — 2–3 4–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–2
Dinamo București 2–3 3–2 4–0 2–0 — 7–0 6–0 6–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–2
Farul Constanța 2–3 4–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 — 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–3
Minerul Lupeni 0–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 — 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Petrolul Ploiești 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 — 5–3 1–2 3–1 5–3 4–0 3–1
Progresul București 2–6 3–1 4–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 — 3–4 3–1 1–4 2–2 6–0
Rapid București 3–2 3–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 5–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–0
Steagul Roşu Brașov 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 5–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 — 3–1 2–2 3–1
UTA Arad 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 — 3–1 1–1
Știința Cluj 1–5 3–1 2–0 4–2 0–1 3–2 7–2 6–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 — 0–0
Știința Timișoara 2–2 3–2 5–0 0–0 2–1 4–3 6–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–2 2–3 1–3 —
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[5] Player Club Goals
1 Gheorghe Constantin CCA București 22
2 Mircea Dridea Petrolul Ploiești 21
3 Nicolae Tătaru CCA București 15
Gheorghe Ene Dinamo București
5 Matei Gram Dinamo Bacău 14
Aurel Unguroiu CSMS Iași

Champion squad

CCA București[6]

Goalkeepers: Costică Toma (10 / 0); Ion Voinescu (19 / 0).
Defenders: Vasile Zavoda (25 / 0); Alexandru Apolzan (20 / 0); Gheorghe Staicu (12 / 0); Traian Ivănescu (21 / 0).
Midfielders: Vasile Mihăilescu (8 / 1); Emerich Jenei (17 / 0); Tiberiu Bone (23 / 0).
Forwards: Gheorghe Cacoveanu (23 / 3); Ion Crișan (16 / 3); Gheorghe Constantin (23 / 22); Ion Alecsandrescu (23 / 12); Gabriel Raksi (26 / 3); Nicolae Tătaru (26 / 15); Alexandru Lazăr (6 / 2); Alexandru Donciu (1 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ștefan Onisie.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Divizia A - Tables - Season 1960-61". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Cu aceste efective încep echipele returul campionatului" [With these squads, the teams begin the second half of the championship] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul Popular. 16 March 1961. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  3. ^ "Cuplaj la "23 August"" [Double-headers at 23 August] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul Popular. 11 March 1961. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  4. ^ "Ce așteptăm de la etapa a X-a a campionatului categoriei A" [What to expect from the 10th round of the Category A championship] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul Popular. 5 November 1960. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  5. ^ "Top Scorers". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Romania National Champions". romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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