1979–80 Divizia A

62nd season of top-tier football league in Romania From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Season1979–80
ChampionsUniversitatea Craiova
RelegatedCS Târgoviște
Olimpia Satu Mare
Gloria Buzău
Top goalscorerSeptimiu Câmpeanu (24 goals)
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Divizia A
Season1979–80
ChampionsUniversitatea Craiova
RelegatedCS Târgoviște
Olimpia Satu Mare
Gloria Buzău
Top goalscorerSeptimiu Câmpeanu (24 goals)
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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
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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
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  1. [a]
    Olt Scornicești was relocated, starting with the 18th round, to the 1 Mai Stadium in Slatina.[5]

Managerial changes

Pre-season

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

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

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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
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Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, UCV ...
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
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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[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
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Champion squad

More information Universitatea Craiova ...
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.

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Attendances

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#ClubAverageHighest
1Craiova21,88240,000
2U Cluj21,00030,000
3Dunărea Galați19,23530,000
4Timișoara13,88230,000
5Steaua13,88235,000
6Târgoviște13,17620,000
7Râmnicu Vâlcea12,88216,000
8Baia Mare12,29417,000
9Bacău11,47122,000
10Buzău10,94120,000
11Iași10,70620,000
12Dinamo 194810,41218,000
13Argeș10,41218,000
14Târgu Mureș9,94118,000
15Satu Mare8,11817,000
16Olt Scornicești7,91215,000
17Jiul6,17612,000
18Sportul Studențesc5,14120,000
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Source: [12]

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