1969–70 Divizia C

Divizia C
Season1969–70
Country Romania
Teams128

The 1969–70 Divizia C was the 14th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.[1]

The format was maintained with eight series, each consisting of 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of each series qualified for the promotion play-off to Divizia B, from which four teams were promoted, while the bottom two teams from each series were relegated to the County Championship.[2][3][4]

Teams

Team changes

Other changes

  • Metalul Brăila was renamed Metalurgistul Brăila.
  • TUG București was renamed Sportul Muncitoresc București.
  • Energia Turnu Severin was renamed Energetica Turnu Severin.
  • Aurul Zlatna was renamed Minaur Zlatna.
  • Medicina Cluj withdrew from Divizia C before the start of the season and Dermata Cluj was promoted in their place.
  • Unirea Oradea withdrew from Divizia C before the start of the season and Bradul Vișeu was spared from relegation.

League tables

Seria I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 CFR Pașcani (C) 28 18 4 6 65 25 +40 40 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Nicolina Iași 28 16 6 6 69 29 +40 38
3 Textila Botoșani 28 15 4 9 45 31 +14 34
4 Victoria Roman 28 14 5 9 60 31 +29 33
5 Foresta Fălticeni 28 13 4 11 42 36 +6 30
6 Minobrad Vatra Dornei 28 12 6 10 29 36 −7 30
7 Petrolul Moinești 28 10 9 9 45 34 +11 29
8 Minerul Comănești 28 11 5 12 36 44 −8 27
9 Fulgerul Dorohoi 28 12 1 15 45 74 −29 25
10 Letea Bacău 28 11 2 15 41 40 +1 24
11 Textila Buhuși 28 11 2 15 46 46 0 24
12 Minerul Gura Humorului 28 10 3 15 41 47 −6 23
13 Rarăul Câmpulung Moldovenesc 28 9 5 14 36 58 −22 23
14 Penicilina Iași 28 8 6 14 24 52 −28 22
15 Constructorul Piatra Neamț (R) 28 6 6 16 25 66 −41 18 Relegation to County Championship
16 Foresta Ciurea (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Expelled
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Foresta Ciurea withdrew from championship after 3 rounds.

Seria II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Metalul Plopeni (C) 30 17 11 2 64 13 +51 45 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Electronica Obor București 30 18 4 8 70 26 +44 40
3 Șoimii Buzău 30 15 9 6 50 26 +24 39
4 Ancora Galați 30 14 6 10 43 32 +11 34
5 Metalul Buzău 30 14 5 11 43 41 +2 33
6 Muncitorul Tecuci 30 12 8 10 42 37 +5 32
7 Petrolistul Boldești 30 12 7 11 41 33 +8 31
8 Metalurgistul Brăila 30 11 9 10 30 32 −2 31
9 Rulmentul Bârlad 30 14 3 13 39 46 −7 31
10 SUT Galați 30 11 8 11 32 33 −1 30
11 Chimia Gheorghiu-Dej 30 13 4 13 41 47 −6 30
12 Gloria CFR Galați 30 10 8 12 34 43 −9 28
13 Unirea Focșani 30 6 10 14 31 48 −17 22
14 Petrolul Berca 30 9 4 17 30 54 −24 22
15 Dunărea Brăila (R) 30 6 6 18 35 60 −25 18 Relegation to County Championship
16 Locomotiva Adjud (R) 30 5 4 21 20 74 −54 14
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Seria III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SN Oltenița (C) 30 15 11 4 51 21 +30 41 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 IMU Medgidia 30 14 9 7 39 18 +21 37
3 Delta Tulcea 30 14 7 9 42 30 +12 35
4 Cimentul Medgidia 30 13 9 8 27 26 +1 35
5 Celuloza Călărași 30 13 8 9 44 28 +16 34
6 Electrica Constanța 30 14 5 11 41 33 +8 33
7 Laromet București 30 12 8 10 39 34 +5 32
8 Tehnometal București 30 12 7 11 47 34 +13 31
9 Olimpia Giurgiu 30 11 7 12 28 35 −7 29
10 Unirea Mânăstirea 30 12 4 14 39 45 −6 28
11 Petrolul Videle 30 11 6 13 35 47 −12 28
12 Mașini Unelte București 30 10 7 13 42 37 +5 27
13 Marina Mangalia 30 9 9 12 36 41 −5 27
14 Voința București 30 8 11 11 37 44 −7 27
15 ITC Constanța (R) 30 7 13 10 22 30 −8 27 Relegation to County Championship
16 ICAB Arcuda (R) 30 3 3 24 24 90 −66 9
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Seria IV

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Autobuzul București (C) 30 18 9 3 57 22 +35 45 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Comerțul Alexandria 30 17 7 6 48 32 +16 41
3 Sportul Muncitoresc București 30 17 6 7 58 32 +26 40
4 IRA Câmpina 30 15 10 5 43 27 +16 40
5 Carpați Sinaia 30 15 8 7 51 30 +21 38
6 Chimia Turnu Măgurele 30 12 7 11 44 35 +9 31
7 Caraimanul Bușteni 30 10 10 10 40 43 −3 30
8 Flacăra Roșie București 30 9 11 10 32 28 +4 29
9 Prahova Ploiești 30 9 9 12 44 35 +9 27
10 Petrolul Târgoviște 30 9 9 12 30 42 −12 27
11 Progresul Corabia 30 9 8 13 34 55 −21 26
12 Sirena București 30 8 9 13 31 35 −4 25
13 Unirea Drăgășani 30 10 4 16 33 50 −17 24
14 Dacia Pitești 30 7 9 14 32 48 −16 23
15 Unirea Câmpulung (R) 30 7 7 16 30 51 −21 21 Relegation to County Championship
16 Progresul Balș (R) 30 3 7 20 21 63 −42 13
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Seria V

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UM Timișoara (C) 30 20 4 6 67 18 +49 44 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Vulturii Textila Lugoj 30 17 6 7 87 33 +54 40
3 Minerul Lupeni 30 14 5 11 59 36 +23 33
4 Minerul Bocșa Montană 30 13 7 10 42 38 +4 33
5 Energetica Turnu Severin 30 13 6 11 38 50 −12 32
6 Steagul Roșu Plenița 30 13 5 12 54 39 +15 31
7 CFR Caransebeș 30 12 6 12 50 44 +6 30
8 Victoria Târgu Jiu 30 13 4 13 43 41 +2 30
9 Victoria Caransebeș 30 11 8 11 34 35 −1 30
10 Metalul Topleț 30 13 3 14 49 70 −21 29
11 Electromotor Timișoara 30 11 6 13 39 53 −14 28
12 Minerul Motru 30 12 3 15 31 34 −3 27
13 Dunărea Calafat 30 10 6 14 41 43 −2 26
14 Furnirul Deta 30 11 4 15 40 52 −12 26
15 Progresul Strehaia (R) 30 10 6 14 34 54 −20 26 Relegation to County Championship
16 Unirea Orșova (R) 30 6 3 21 31 99 −68 15
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Seria VI

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Minaur Zlatna (C) 30 19 5 6 48 21 +27 43 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Metalul Aiud 30 15 6 9 50 26 +24 36
3 Victoria Călan 30 14 5 11 38 31 +7 33
4 IS Câmpia Turzii 30 13 5 12 37 27 +10 31
5 Mureșul Deva 30 11 9 10 40 35 +5 31
6 Minerul Ghelar 30 12 7 11 38 35 +3 31
7 Independența Sibiu 30 13 5 12 31 32 −1 31
8 Arieșul Câmpia Turzii 30 12 6 12 34 31 +3 30
9 Arieșul Turda 30 12 6 12 32 34 −2 30
10 Minerul Teliuc 30 13 4 13 35 40 −5 30
11 Soda Ocna Mureș 30 12 6 12 32 37 −5 30
12 Aurul Brad 30 14 1 15 38 35 +3 29
13 ASA Sibiu 30 10 8 12 26 34 −8 28
14 Știința Petroșani 30 9 9 12 29 29 0 27
15 Tehnofrig Cluj (R) 30 8 6 16 23 39 −16 22 Relegation to County Championship
16 Minerul Baia de Arieș (R) 30 7 4 19 24 69 −45 18
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Seria VII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gloria Bistrița (C) 30 20 5 5 82 24 +58 45 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Victoria Carei 30 17 7 6 55 24 +31 41
3 CIL Gherla 30 16 7 7 50 35 +15 39
4 CIL Sighetu Marmației 30 16 6 8 49 31 +18 38
5 Dermata Cluj 30 14 7 9 47 23 +24 35
6 Someșul Satu Mare 30 13 5 12 41 31 +10 31
7 Unirea Dej 30 12 7 11 52 44 +8 31
8 Chimistul Baia Mare 30 12 7 11 45 41 +4 31
9 Bradul Vișeu 30 14 2 14 35 48 −13 30
10 Constructorul Baia Mare 30 12 4 14 41 47 −6 28
11 Metalul Salonta 30 9 6 15 25 54 −29 24
12 Foresta Năsăud 30 9 5 16 39 53 −14 23
13 Topitorul Baia Mare 30 10 3 17 39 56 −17 23
14 Dinamo Zalău 30 7 8 15 28 52 −24 22
15 Bihoreana Marghita (R) 30 8 5 17 25 49 −24 21 Relegation to County Championship
16 Dacia Oradea (R) 30 6 6 18 23 64 −41 18
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Seria VIII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tractorul Brașov (C) 30 23 4 3 86 16 +70 50 Qualification to promotion play-off
2 Chimia Făgăraș 30 20 2 8 65 28 +37 42
3 Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe 30 18 5 7 69 24 +45 41
4 Minerul Bălan 30 14 5 11 36 41 −5 33
5 Lemnarul Odorheiu Secuiesc 30 15 2 13 66 41 +25 32
6 Metalul Copșa Mică 30 14 4 12 59 47 +12 32
7 Colorom Codlea 30 13 5 12 47 51 −4 31
8 Chimica Târnăveni 30 14 2 14 48 38 +10 30
9 Torpedo Zărnești 30 12 4 14 40 39 +1 28
10 Unirea Cristuru Secuiesc 30 12 4 14 40 53 −13 28
11 Carpați Brașov 30 10 7 13 32 38 −6 27
12 Vitrometan Mediaș 30 11 4 15 41 62 −21 26
13 Chimia Victoria 30 10 4 16 38 57 −19 24
14 Viitorul Gheorgheni 30 8 6 16 23 67 −44 22
15 Medicina Târgu Mureș (R) 30 6 5 19 23 61 −38 17 Relegation to County Championship
16 Avântul Reghin (R) 30 6 5 19 31 81 −50 17
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-off

Group I (Brașov)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 SN Oltenița (P) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5 Promotion to Divizia B
2 CFR Pașcani (P) 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 5
3 Metalul Plopeni 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
4 Autobuzul București 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(P) Promoted
4 July 1970 Metalul Plopeni1–1Autobuzul BucureștiBrașov
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Metrom
4 July 1970 SN Oltenița1–1CFR PașcaniBrașov
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Metrom
8 July 1970 SN Oltenița1–0Metalul PlopeniBrașov
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Tineretului
8 July 1970 CFR Pașcani3–1Autobuzul BucureștiBrașov
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Metrom
11 July 1970 SN Oltenița3–0Autobuzul BucureștiBrașov
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Constantin 10'
Cîmpeanu 42'
Stamanichi 66'
Report Stadium: Tractorul
11 July 1970 CFR Pașcani4–3Metalul PlopeniBrașov
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Ciupa 13'
Blejușcă 30'
Blejușcă 52'
Blejușcă 87'
Report Negoiță 13'
Negoiță 52'
Petre 87'
Stadium: Metrom

Group II (Arad)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 UM Timișoara (P) 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Gloria Bistrița (P) 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
3 Minaur Zlatna 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
4 Tractorul Brașov 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(P) Promoted
4 July 1970 Minaur Zlatna1–1Gloria BistrițaArad
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Burlacu 79' Report I. Ciocan 60' Stadium: Gloria
4 July 1970 UM Timișoara2–2Tractorul BrașovArad
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Iancu 22'
Popescu 83'
Report Budai 5'
Petruț 86'
Stadium: CFR
8 July 1970 UM Timișoara0–0Minaur ZlatnaArad
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Gloria
8 July 1970 Tractorul Brașov1–2Gloria BistrițaArad
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: CFR
11 July 1970 UM Timișoara3–2Gloria BistrițaArad
Stadium: Gloria
11 July 1970 Tractorul Brașov0–0Minaur ZlatnaArad
Stadium: CFR

See also

References

  1. ^ "Divizia C - Season 1969-70 - Edition 14". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Clasamente oficiale ale Diviziei Naționale C..." [Official rankings of the National Division C...] (PDF) (in Romanian). Fotbal. 9 July 1970. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 December 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  3. ^ "Barajul pentru Divizia B și...laureatele sale" [The play-off for Division B and...its winners] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 15 July 1970. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  4. ^ "Bun venit și succes în Divizia B!" [Welcome and good luck in Division B!] (PDF) (in Romanian). Fotbal. 16 July 1970. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.