1979–80 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season	1979–80
Champions	Universitatea Craiova
Top goalscorer	Septimiu Câmpeanu (24)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Divizia A was the sixty-second season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Steaua
Dinamo
Sportul Studențesc

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Location of teams in 1979-80 Divizia A

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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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 Studenţesc 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	34	14	4	16	44	43	+1	32
13	FC 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	ASA	ARG	BAC	BAI	UCR	DIN	GAL	GBU	JIU	OLI	OLT	PIA	RAM	SPO	STE	POL	TAR	UCL
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	5–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	7–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–3
Argeș Pitești	2–1	—	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	6–2	0–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0
Bacău	1–0	1–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1
Baia Mare	2–0	1–1	3–1	—	3–3	0–1	7–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	4–2	3–2	3–2	2–0
Universitatea Craiova	1–0	4–2	3–0	5–2	—	1–0	3–1	4–0	5–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	6–0	0–0	1–2	4–0	5–0	2–0
Dinamo București	5–1	3–2	1–0	4–0	2–2	—	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2
Galați	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	—	4–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–2
Gloria Buzău	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–3	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0
Jiul Petroșani	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
Olimpia Satu Mare	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–0
Olt Scornicești	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	6–0	—	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–2
Politehnica Iași	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	5–1	2–0	—	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–2	5–3	1–0
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–1
Sportul Studențesc București	4–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	—	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1
Steaua București	2–1	2–2	4–4	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–1	3–1	6–1	0–3	—	7–1	6–0	2–0
Politehnica Timișoara	1–0	0–1	6–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	—	2–0	2–0
Târgoviște	4–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	5–1	—	2–0
Universitatea Cluj	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	5–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–0	—

Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

Champion squad

Universitatea Craiova^[3]
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.

References

^ 1979–80 Divizia A
^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

[1] 1979–80 Divizia A

[2] "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[3] "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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