1979–80 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1979–80
ChampionsUniversitatea Craiova
RelegatedCS Târgoviște
Olimpia Satu Mare
Gloria Buzău
Top goalscorerSeptimiu Câmpeanu (24 goals)

The 1979–80 Divizia A season was the 62nd edition of the Romanian football championship and the 42nd since the introduction of the divisional system. The season began on 12 August 1979 and concluded on 25 May 1980. Universitatea Craiova won the championship for the second time in its history.[1][2]

Teams

A total of eighteen teams contested the championship, including fifteen from the previous season and three newly promoted sides.[3]

Team changes

Managers and locations

Location of teams in 1979-80 Divizia A
Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach
ASA Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș 23 August 12.500 Tiberiu Bone
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea 1 Mai 15.000 Marcel Pigulea
CS Târgoviște Târgoviște Municipal 15.000 Ștefan Coidum
Dinamo București București Dinamo 18.000 Angelo Niculescu
FC Argeș Pitești Pitești 1 Mai 15.000 Florin Halagian
FC Baia Mare Baia Mare 23 August 12.000 Viorel Mateianu
FC Olt Scornicești Scornicești Viitorul[a] 8.000 Ion Cîrciumărescu
FCM Galați Galați Dunărea 18.000 Constantin Teașcă
Gloria Buzău Buzău Gloria 15.000 Virgil Blujdea
Jiul Petroșani Petroșani Jiul 5.000 Viorel Tîlmaciu
Olimpia Satu Mare București Olimpia 14.000 Ștefan Czako
Politehnica Iași Iași 23 August 12.500 Leonid Antohi
Politehnica Timișoara Timișoara 1 Mai 40.000 Ion V. Ionescu
SC Bacău Bacău 23 August 17.000 Traian Ionescu
Sportul Studențesc București Republicii 40.000 Mircea Rădulescu
Steaua București București Steaua 30.000 Gheorghe Constantin
Universitatea Craiova Craiova Central 30.000 Valentin Stănescu
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca Municipal 28.000 Gheorghe Staicu
  1. ^ Olt Scornicești was relocated, starting with the 18th round, to the 1 Mai Stadium in Slatina.[5]

Managerial changes

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Replaced by
CS Târgoviște Nicolae Proca Paul Popescu
Dinamo București Ion Nunweiller Angelo Niculescu
FCM Galați Mircea Nedelcu Constantin Teașcă
Jiul Petroșani Nicolae Oaidă Viorel Tîlmaciu
Politehnica Timișoara Angelo Niculescu Constantin Rădulescu

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Position in table Replaced by
Round Position
Olimpia Satu Mare Gheorghe Staicu[6] 10th 17th Ștefan Czako[6]
Gloria Buzău Ion Ionescu[7] 10th 17th Valeriu Neagu[7]
CS Târgoviște Paul Popescu[8] 15th 12th Ștefan Coidum[8]
Politehnica Timișoara Constantin Rădulescu 15th 14th Ion V. Ionescu
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Teodor Pop 17th 12th Gheorghe Staicu
Gloria Buzău Valeriu Neagu[9] 19th 18th Virgil Blujdea[9]
Olt Scornicești Dumitru Anescu 19th 12th Ion Cîrciumărescu[5]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Universitatea Craiova (C) 34 17 10 7 66 31 +35 44 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Steaua București 34 17 10 7 74 44 +30 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Argeș Pitești 34 16 7 11 51 38 +13 39
4 FC Baia Mare 34 18 3 13 57 51 +6 39
5 Dinamo București 34 14 9 11 50 37 +13 37
6 Sportul Studențesc București 34 16 5 13 44 34 +10 37 Invitation to Balkans Cup
7 SC Bacău 34 12 11 11 40 47 −7 35
8 Politehnica Iași 34 16 2 16 47 45 +2 34
9 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 34 14 6 14 42 49 −7 34
10 Politehnica Timișoara 34 15 3 16 47 50 −3 33 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Jiul Petroșani 34 12 9 13 26 39 −13 33
12 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 34 14 4 16 44 43 +1 32
13 Olt Scornicești 34 14 4 16 46 55 −9 32
14 FCM Galați 34 12 8 14 50 61 −11 32
15 ASA Târgu Mureș 34 13 5 16 45 46 −1 31
16 CS Târgoviște (R) 34 12 7 15 48 53 −5 31 Relegation to Divizia B
17 Olimpia Satu Mare (R) 34 11 8 15 35 50 −15 30
18 Gloria Buzău (R) 34 4 7 23 22 61 −39 15
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away UCV STE ARG BMA DIN SPO BAC PIA CRV PTM JIU UCJ OLT GAL ASA TÂR OLI GBZ
Universitatea Craiova 1–2 4–2 5–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 6–0 4–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 4–0 4–0
Steaua București 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–3 4–4 3–1 6–1 7–1 4–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 6–0 1–1 2–0
Argeș Pitești 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 6–2
FC Baia Mare 3–3 4–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 7–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–0
Dinamo București 2–2 1–1 3–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 5–1 1–2 2–0 2–1
Sportul Studențesc București 3–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 4–0
SC Bacău 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 5–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Politehnica Iași 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–3 5–1 2–1
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–0
Politehnica Timișoara 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 6–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–0
Jiul Petroșani 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 0–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 4–0 1–0 5–3 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–1
Olt Scornicești 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 6–0 2–1
FCM Galați 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 3–2 1–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–0
ASA Târgu Mureș 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 7–0 5–2 2–1 2–2 2–0
CS Târgoviște 1–1 4–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 1–3 1–0
Olimpia Satu Mare 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1
Gloria Buzău 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–1
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[10] Player Club Goals
1 Septimiu Câmpeanu Universitatea Cluj 24
2 Marcel Răducanu Steaua București 23
3 Rodion Cămătaru Universitatea Craiova 17
Mihai Costea Politehnica Iaşi
5 Sorin Gângu Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 15
Alexandru Terheș FC Baia Mare

Champion squad

Universitatea Craiova[11]

Goalkeepers: Gabriel Boldici (33 / 0); Silviu Lung (3 / 0).
Defenders: Nicolae Negrilă (22 / 4); Petre Purima (17 / 1); Adrian Bumbescu (14 / 0); Nicolae Tilihoi (23 / 0); Costică Ștefănescu (30 / 1); Nicolae Ungureanu (34 / 1).
Midfielders: Aurel Țicleanu (31 / 1); Aurel Beldeanu (30 / 4); Ion Geolgău (24 / 2); Costică Donose (27 / 5).
Forwards: Zoltan Crișan (29 / 3); Rodion Cămătaru (26 / 17); Sorin Cârțu (27 / 13); Ilie Balaci (29 / 6); Mircea Irimescu (26 / 7); Marius Gârleșteanu (4 / 0); Dumitru Marcu (1 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Valentin Stănescu.

Attendances

# Club Average Highest
1 Craiova 21,882 40,000
2 U Cluj 21,000 30,000
3 Dunărea Galați 19,235 30,000
4 Timișoara 13,882 30,000
5 Steaua 13,882 35,000
6 Târgoviște 13,176 20,000
7 Râmnicu Vâlcea 12,882 16,000
8 Baia Mare 12,294 17,000
9 Bacău 11,471 22,000
10 Buzău 10,941 20,000
11 Iași 10,706 20,000
12 Dinamo 1948 10,412 18,000
13 Argeș 10,412 18,000
14 Târgu Mureș 9,941 18,000
15 Satu Mare 8,118 17,000
16 Olt Scornicești 7,912 15,000
17 Jiul 6,176 12,000
18 Sportul Studențesc 5,141 20,000

Source: [12]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Divizia A - Tables - Season 1979-80". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Cărțile de vizită ale celor 18 echipe participante la campionatul Diviziei A de fotbal ediția 1979-1980" [The business cards of the 18 teams participating in the 1979–1980 Divizia A football championship] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 27 December 1979. p. 4–5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  4. ^ "Nou-promovata și-a justificat aspirațiile" [The newly promoted justified its aspirations] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 11 August 1979. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  5. ^ a b c "FC Olt pregătește startul de primăvară cu aspirații la rezultate superioare" [FC Olt prepares the start of spring with aspirations for superior results] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 2 February 1980. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  6. ^ a b "Olimpia Satu Mare la răscruce de drumuri..." [Olimpia Satu Mare at a crossroads...] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 19 October 1979. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  7. ^ a b "Drumul... Gloriei: Din rău în mai rău" [The Road... of Gloria: From Bad to Worse] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 10 October 1979. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  8. ^ a b "Va veni, cu adevărat, primăvara și pentru CS Tîrgoviște?" [Will spring really come for CS Tîrgoviște?] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 25 January 1980. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  9. ^ a b "Vize de flotant" [Floating visas] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 16 January 1980. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.ro.
  10. ^ "Top Scorers" (in Romanian). romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Romania National Champions". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  12. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/rom/averom80.htm
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