1961–62 Divizia A

44th season of top-tier football league in Romania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1961–62 Divizia A season was the 44th edition of the Romanian football championship and the 24th since the introduction of the divisional system. After six seasons, Divizia A returned to a 14-team format. The season began on 20 August 1961 and concluded on 1 July 1962. Dinamo București won the championship for the second time in its history.[1][2]

Season1961–62
ChampionsDinamo București
Top goalscorerGheorghe Constantin (24)
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Divizia A
Season1961–62
ChampionsDinamo București
Top goalscorerGheorghe Constantin (24)
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Teams

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

Team changes

Other changes

Managers and locations

Location of teams in 1961-62 Divizia A
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Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach
Dinamo Bacău Bacău Steaua Roșie 5.000 Andrei Sepci
Dinamo Pitești Pitești Ștrand 2.500 Ilie Savu
Dinamo București București Dinamo[a] 18.000 Nicolae Dumitru
Jiul Petroșani Petroșani Jiul 8.000 Bazil Marian
Metalul Târgoviște Târgoviște Metalul 8.500 Valentin Stănescu
Minerul Lupeni Lupeni Minerul 5.000 Ioan Wetzer
Petrolul Ploiești Ploiești Petrolul 14.000 Ilie Oană
Progresul București București Progresul[a] 8.000 Gheorghe Nicolae
Rapid București București Giulești[a] 18.000 Ion Mihăilescu
Steagul Roșu Brașov Brașov Tineretului[b] 8.800 Silviu Ploeșteanu
Steaua București București Republicii[a] 28.000 Gheorghe Popescu
Știința Cluj Cluj Orășenesc 28.000 Andrei Sepci
Știința Timișoara Timișoara Știința 3.000 Vasile Gain
UTA Arad Arad 30 Decembrie 20.000 Ion Reinhardt
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  1. [a]
    Dinamo, Progresul, Rapid and Steaua also played several home matches in double-headers at the 23 August Stadium in Bucharest.
  2. [b]
    Steagul Roșu Brașov played several home matches at the Tractorul Stadium in Brașov

Managerial changes

Pre-season

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Team Outgoing manager Replaced by
Dinamo Pitești Romania Vasile Ștefan Romania Ilie Savu[4]
Dinamo Bacău Romania Gheorghe Nicolae Romania Andrei Sepci
Progresul București Romania Ioan Lupaș Romania Gheorghe Nicolae
Știința Timișoara Romania Nicolae Reuter Romania Vasile Gain
CCA București Romania Ștefan Onisie Romania Eugen Mladin
Minerul Lupeni Romania Ion Bălănescu Romania Alexandru Marky
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During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Position in table Replaced by
Round Position
Dinamo București Romania Traian Ionescu 13th 3rd Romania Constantin Teașcă
Minerul Lupeni Romania Alexandru Marky 13th 8th Romania Ioan Wetzer
Steaua București Romania Eugen Mladin 13th 9th Romania Gheorghe Popescu
Dinamo București Romania Constantin Teașcă 15th 2nd Romania Nicolae Dumitru
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C) 26 14 8 4 62 35 +27 36 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Petrolul Ploiești 26 13 7 6 57 33 +24 33 Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round
3 Progresul București 26 12 7 7 47 32 +15 31
4 Steagul Roşu Brașov 26 13 3 10 52 39 +13 29
5 Rapid București 26 10 8 8 38 37 +1 28
6 Dinamo Bacău 26 11 5 10 35 36 −1 27
7 Știința Cluj 26 10 6 10 46 44 +2 26
8 Știința Timișoara 26 10 5 11 38 42 −4 25
9 Steaua București 26 10 4 12 53 45 +8 24 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
10 UTA Arad 26 9 6 11 42 41 +1 24
11 Minerul Lupeni 26 11 1 14 25 51 −26 23
12 Jiul Petroșani (R) 26 8 6 12 39 49 −10 22 Relegation to Divizia B
13 Metalul Târgoviște (R) 26 7 5 14 33 66 −33 19
14 Dinamo Pitești (R) 26 7 3 16 35 52 −17 17
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Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away DIN PET PRO SRB RAP BAC ȘCJ ȘTM STE UTA LUP JIU MET DPI
Dinamo București — 0–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 5–2 7–4 5–2 7–1 2–2
Petrolul Ploiești 1–1 — 1–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 3–1 7–1 1–0 0–0
Progresul București 1–4 1–1 — 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–3 1–2 6–0 4–1 5–0 2–0
Steagul Roşu Brașov 2–1 3–1 1–2 — 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–2 4–0
Rapid București 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 — 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–5 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Dinamo Bacău 1–5 3–1 0–2 0–5 3–1 — 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–2 2–0
Știința Cluj 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 — 4–1 2–2 2–2 4–1 1–0 6–1 5–1
Știința Timișoara 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 — 2–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0
CCA București 0–1 2–6 0–1 4–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 6–2 — 4–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 2–1
UTA Arad 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 — 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–0
Minerul Lupeni 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 2–0
Jiul Petroșani 0–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 — 7–0 6–1
Metalul Târgoviște 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–3 — 2–1
Dinamo Pitești 3–4 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 5–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 —
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Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[5] Player Club Goals
1 Gheorghe Constantin CCA București 24
2 Mircea Dridea Petrolul Ploiești 22
3 Gheorghe Ene Dinamo București 19
4 Mircea Sasu UTA Arad 16
5 Matei Gram Dinamo Bacău 14
Marin Voinea Progresul București
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Champion squad

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Dinamo București[6]

Goalkeepers: Ilie Datcu (20 / 0); Iuliu Uțu (8 / 0).
Defenders: Cornel Popa (24 / 0); Ion Nunweiller (26 / 3); Dumitru Ivan (26 / 0); Nicolae Panait (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Ilie Constantinescu (11 / 0); Vasile Alexandru (15 / 3); Lică Nunweiller (18 / 0); Constantin Ștefan (16 / 0); Mircea Stoenescu (1 / 0).
Forwards: Ion Pîrcălab (24 / 7); Constantin Frățilă (19 / 5); Gheorghe Ene (20 / 19); Ion Țîrcovnicu (20 / 5); Iosif Varga (15 / 4); Haralambie Eftimie (16 / 11); Constantin David (20 / 4); Tănase Dumitrescu (1 / 0); Aurel Unguroiu (5 / 0); Vasile Anghel (5 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Traian Ionescu / Constantin Teașcă / Nicolae Dumitru.

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