1979–80 Divizia B

The 1979–80 Divizia B was the 40th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B

Season	1979–80
Promoted	FCM Brașov Progresul Vulcan București Corvinul Hunedoara
Relegated	Muscelul Câmpulung Energia Slatina Unirea Alba Iulia ICIM Brașov Carpați Mârșa IS Câmpia Turzii Energia Gheorghiu-Dej Chimia Turnu Magurele Someșul Satu Mare Portul Constanța FCM Giurgiu Strungul Arad
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The format has been maintained to three series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last four places from each series relegated to Divizia C.

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia C

• CS Botoșani
• Energia Gheorghiu-Dej
• Unirea Focșani
• Cimentul Medgidia
• Mecanică Fină București
• Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni
• Pandurii Târgu Jiu
• Unirea Alba Iulia
• Strungul Arad
• Someșul Satu Mare
• Carpați Mârșa
• Viitorul Gheorgheni

Relegated from Divizia A

• Corvinul Hunedoara
• UTA Arad
• Bihor Oradea

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C

• Relon Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
• Drobeta Turnu-Severin
• Mureșul Deva
• Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe
• Electroputere Craiova
• CIL Sighetu Marmației
• Victoria Tecuci
• SN Oltenița
• Victoria Călan
• Constructorul Iași
• Chimia Brazi
• CFR Timișoara

Promoted to Divizia A

• FCM Galați
• Viitorul Scornicești
• Universitatea Cluj

Renamed teams

Dinamo Slatina was renamed as Energia Slatina.

Steagul Roșu Brașov was renamed as FCM Brașov.

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FCM Brașov (C, P)	34	22	7	5	65	18	+47	51	Promotion to Divizia A
2	FC Constanța	34	19	3	12	66	39	+27	41
3	CS Botoșani	34	18	2	14	48	41	+7	38
4	Unirea Focșani	34	16	4	14	55	39	+16	36
5	Delta Tulcea	34	15	6	13	46	42	+4	36
6	Viitorul Vaslui	34	15	5	14	51	46	+5	35
7	CSM Suceava	34	14	6	14	40	42	−2	34
8	FC Brăila	34	14	6	14	46	50	−4	34
9	Cimentul Medgidia	34	16	2	16	53	60	−7	34
10	Nitramonia Făgăraș	34	16	2	16	38	47	−9	34
11	Minerul Gura Humorului	34	14	6	14	30	52	−22	34
12	Viitorul Gheorgheni	34	13	7	14	48	49	−1	33
13	Tractorul Brașov	34	12	8	14	45	42	+3	32
14	Progresul Brăila	34	14	4	16	48	47	+1	32
15	Muscelul Câmpulung (R)	34	12	8	14	49	53	−4	32	Relegation to Divizia C
16	ICIM Brașov (R)	34	11	8	15	48	47	+1	30
17	Energia Gheorghiu-Dej (R)	34	11	5	18	39	58	−19	27
18	Portul Constanța (R)	34	6	7	21	23	66	−43	19

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Progresul Vulcan București (C, P)	34	18	8	8	63	38	+25	44	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Rapid București	34	19	4	11	61	37	+24	42
3	Petrolul Ploiești	34	17	5	12	51	37	+14	39
4	Metalul Plopeni	34	16	6	12	46	32	+14	38
5	Rulmentul Alexandria	34	15	7	12	46	33	+13	37
6	Poiana Câmpina	34	18	0	16	47	50	−3	36
7	Metalul București	34	15	5	14	44	37	+7	35
8	Șoimii Sibiu	34	16	3	15	42	47	−5	35
9	Autobuzul București	34	13	8	13	64	48	+16	34
10	Chimica Târnăveni	34	15	4	15	55	47	+8	34
11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	34	15	4	15	53	51	+2	34
12	Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni	34	15	4	15	48	55	−7	34
13	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	34	15	4	15	48	59	−11	34
14	Mecanică Fină București	34	12	9	13	47	43	+4	33
15	Energia Slatina (R)	34	15	3	16	47	52	−5	33	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Carpați Mârșa (R)	34	12	2	20	35	74	−39	26
17	Chimia Turnu Măgurele (R)	34	9	7	18	39	60	−21	25
18	FCM Giurgiu (R)	34	6	7	21	25	61	−36	19

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Corvinul Hunedoara (C, P)	34	23	3	8	90	42	+48	49	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Bihor Oradea	34	19	5	10	76	47	+29	43
3	UTA Arad	34	18	4	12	59	40	+19	40
4	Gloria Bistrița	34	17	3	14	75	52	+23	37
5	Aurul Brad	34	15	5	14	66	50	+16	35
6	Minerul Cavnic	34	15	5	14	54	56	−2	35
7	FCM Reșița	34	15	4	15	61	46	+15	34
8	Metalurgistul Cugir	34	15	4	15	51	57	−6	34
9	Minerul Anina	34	16	1	17	51	63	−12	33
10	CFR Cluj	34	14	4	16	47	54	−7	32
11	UM Timișoara	34	15	2	17	40	50	−10	32
12	Minerul Moldova Nouă	34	15	2	17	40	61	−21	32
13	Înfrățirea Oradea	34	15	1	18	45	43	+2	31
14	Dacia Orăștie	34	14	3	17	39	56	−17	31
15	Unirea Alba Iulia (R)	34	13	5	16	38	67	−29	31	Relegation to Divizia C
16	IS Câmpia Turzii (R)	34	13	3	18	50	59	−9	29
17	Someșul Satu Mare (R)	34	13	3	18	43	60	−17	29
18	Strungul Arad (R)	34	12	1	21	44	66	−22	25

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1979–80 Divizia A
• 1979–80 Divizia C
• 1979–80 County Championship