1979–80 Divizia A

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Divizia A
Season1979–80
Champions Universitatea Craiova
Relegated CS Târgoviște
Olimpia Satu Mare
Gloria Buzău
Top goalscorer Septimiu Câmpeanu (24 goals)
1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Divizia A was the 62nd season of Divizia A, the top tier of Romanian football. It started on 12 August 1979 and concluded on 25 May 1980. [1] [2]

Contents

Teams

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

Team changes

Managers and locations

ClubCityStadiumCapacityHead 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 Jiul5.000 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

TeamOutgoing managerReplaced by
CS Târgoviște Flag of Romania.svg Nicolae Proca Flag of Romania.svg Paul Popescu
Dinamo București Flag of Romania.svg Ion Nunweiller Flag of Romania.svg Angelo Niculescu
FCM Galați Flag of Romania.svg Mircea Nedelcu Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Teașcă
Jiul Petroșani Flag of Romania.svg Nicolae Oaidă Flag of Romania.svg Viorel Tîlmaciu
Politehnica Timișoara Flag of Romania.svg Angelo Niculescu Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Rădulescu

During the season

TeamOutgoing managerPosition in tableReplaced by
RoundPosition
Olimpia Satu Mare Flag of Romania.svg Gheorghe Staicu [6] 10th17th Flag of Romania.svg Ștefan Czako [6]
Gloria Buzău Flag of Romania.svg Ion Ionescu [7] 10th17th Flag of Romania.svg Valeriu Neagu [7]
CS Târgoviște Flag of Romania.svg Paul Popescu [8] 15th12th Flag of Romania.svg Ștefan Coidum [8]
Politehnica Timișoara Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Rădulescu 15th14th Flag of Romania.svg Ion V. Ionescu
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Flag of Romania.svg Teodor Pop 17th12th Flag of Romania.svg Gheorghe Staicu
Gloria Buzău Flag of Romania.svg Valeriu Neagu [9] 19th18th Flag of Romania.svg Virgil Blujdea [9]
Olt Scornicești Flag of Romania.svg Dumitru Anescu 19th12th Flag of Romania.svg Ion Cîrciumărescu [5]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Universitatea Craiova (C)34171076631+3544Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Steaua București 34171077444+3044Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Argeș Pitești 34167115138+1339
4 FC Baia Mare 34183135751+639
5 Dinamo București 34149115037+1337
6 Sportul Studențesc București 34165134434+1037Invitation to Balkans Cup
7 SC Bacău 341211114047−735
8 Politehnica Iași 34162164745+234
9 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 34146144249−734
10 Politehnica Timișoara 34153164750−333Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Jiul Petroșani 34129132639−1333
12 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 34144164443+132
13 Olt Scornicești 34144164655−932
14 FCM Galați 34128145061−1132
15 ASA Târgu Mureș 34135164546−131
16 CS Târgoviște (R)34127154853−531Relegation to Divizia B
17 Olimpia Satu Mare (R)34118153550−1530
18 Gloria Buzău (R)3447232261−3915
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 1–24–25–21–00–03–02–06–04–05–02–01–13–11–05–04–04–0
Steaua București 4–02–23–11–10–34–43–16–17–14–02–04–12–22–16–01–12–0
Argeș Pitești 1–01–02–01–12–05–03–11–12–00–10–04–21–02–12–01–16–2
FC Baia Mare 3–34–21–10–14–03–11–01–03–21–02–03–17–12–03–22–12–0
Dinamo București 2–21–13–24–00–01–04–12–01–12–21–23–01–15–11–22–02–1
Sportul Studențesc București 3–01–20–13–12–11–02–01–00–01–20–13–23–14–01–03–14–0
SC Bacău 1–10–01–02–01–01–05–22–20–01–03–13–12–21–00–01–01–1
Politehnica Iași 2–01–21–03–11–02–01–12–03–24–01–02–02–01–05–35–12–1
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 1–12–11–22–23–12–12–02–03–02–03–14–11–01–31–02–01–0
Politehnica Timișoara 0–21–30–12–01–02–16–11–01–02–02–04–03–01–02–01–04–0
Jiul Petroșani 0–01–12–00–13–10–10–21–00–02–01–00–03–01–01–01–11–0
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 0–01–21–23–10–10–13–01–01–23–24–01–05–31–03–02–03–1
Olt Scornicești 0–21–01–02–02–32–01–02–05–03–11–03–21–01–02–26–02–1
FCM Galați 1–21–12–12–12–01–11–03–23–21–30–02–21–02–02–03–04–0
ASA Târgu Mureș 2–12–02–21–00–04–22–11–00–02–12–02–37–05–22–12–22–0
CS Târgoviște 1–14–03–00–13–11–11–11–12–15–12–22–02–13–14–01–31–0
Olimpia Satu Mare 2–01–22–00–10–31–02–22–02–02–00–12–01–12–21–02–01–1
Gloria Buzău 0–02–22–12–30–10–11–20–11–01–01–10–01–02–31–10–20–1
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank [10] PlayerClubGoals
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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Season 1979-80 * Division A". rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
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