1961–62 Divizia A

44th season of top-tier football league in Romania Divizia A 1961–62 Dinamo București Gheorghe Constantin (24) 1960–61 1962–63 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.https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1961/08/sportul_popular_1961_08_3879.pdf A început campionatul de fotbal, au început și surprizele... ro The football championship has started, and the surprises have also begun... Sportul Popular 2 July 1962 1–3 1 May 2026 bibliotecadeva.ro 1 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260501120953/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1961/08/sportul_popular_1961_08_3879.pdf livehttps://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1962/07/sportul_popular_1962_07_4058.pdf Ieri s-a disputat ultima etapă în categoria A la fotbal ro Yesterday the last round of the A category football tournament was played Sportul Popular 21 August 1961 1–3 1 May 2026 bibliotecadeva.ro Teams A total of fourteen teams teams contested the championship, including eleven from the previous season and three newly promoted sides.http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1961_62.shtml Divizia A - Tables - Season 1961-62 1 May 2026 romaniansoccer.ro 19 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241219151405/http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1961_62.shtml live Team changes auto Promoted from Divizia B Metalul Târgoviște – debut. Dinamo Pitești – debut. Jiul Petroșani – returned after a one-year absence. 5em Relegated to Divizia B CSMS Iași – ended a one-year stay. Farul Constanța – ended a three-year stay. Corvinul Hunedoara – ended a one-year stay. Other changes CCA București was renamed Steaua București during the winter break. Managers and locations Romania right 700 Location of teams in 1961-62 Divizia A Romania 44.933333 26.033333 Petrolul right Romania 45.666667 25.616667 Steagul Roșu top Romania 46.583333 26.916667 Dinamo top Romania 46.766667 23.583333 Știința top Romania 45.759722 21.23 Știința top Romania 46.166667 21.316667 UTA top Romania 45.360278 23.238333 Minerul left Romania 45.412222 23.373333 Jiul right Romania 44.924444 25.457222 Metalul top Romania 44.860556 24.867778 Dinamo left Romania 44.4325 26.103889 Bucharest Green pog.svg top Romania TransparentPlaceholder.png 47.8 20.2 Bucharest teams:DinamoProgresulRapidSteaua right 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 Dinamofn1 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 Progresulfn1 8.000 Gheorghe Nicolae Rapid București București Giuleștifn1 18.000 Ion Mihăilescu Steagul Roșu Brașov Brașov Tineretuluifn2 Steagul Roșu Brașov played several home matches at the Tractorul Stadium in Brașov 8.800 Silviu Ploeșteanu Steaua București București Republiciifn1 Dinamo, Progresul, Rapid and Steaua also played several home matches in double-headers at the 23 August Stadium in Bucharest. 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 Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Replaced by Dinamo Pitești icon ROU Vasile Ștefan icon ROU Ilie Savuhttps://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1961/07/sportul_popular_1961_07_3867.pdf Pregătiri... pregătiri... pregătiri ro Preparations... preparations... preparations Sportul Popular 31 July 1961 3 1 May 2026 bibliotecadeva.ro 1 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260501130440/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1961/07/sportul_popular_1961_07_3867.pdf live Dinamo Bacău icon ROU Gheorghe Nicolae icon ROU Andrei Sepci Progresul București icon ROU Ioan Lupaș icon ROU Gheorghe Nicolae Știința Timișoara icon ROU Nicolae Reuter icon ROU Vasile Gain CCA București icon ROU Ștefan Onisie icon ROU Eugen Mladin Minerul Lupeni icon ROU Ion Bălănescu icon ROU Alexandru Marky During the season TeamOutgoing managerPosition in tableReplaced by Round Position Dinamo București icon ROU Traian Ionescu13th3rd icon ROU Constantin Teașcă Minerul Lupeni icon ROU Alexandru Marky13th8th icon ROU Ioan Wetzer Steaua București icon ROU Eugen Mladin13th9th icon ROU Gheorghe Popescu Dinamo București icon ROU Constantin Teașcă15th2nd icon ROU Nicolae Dumitru League table main WDL LT DIN, PET, PRO, SRB, RAP, BAC, ȘCJ, ȘTM, STE, UTA, LUP, JIU, MET, DPI EC ICFC CWC REL REL REL complete 2 14 8 4 62 35 13 7 6 57 33 12 7 7 47 32 13 3 10 52 39 10 8 8 38 37 11 5 10 35 36 10 6 10 46 44 10 5 11 38 42 10 4 12 53 45 9 6 11 42 41 11 1 14 25 51 8 6 12 39 49 7 5 14 33 66 7 3 16 35 52 Dinamo București Petrolul Ploiești Progresul București Steagul Roşu Brașov Rapid București Dinamo Bacău Știința Cluj Știința Timișoara Steaua București UTA Arad Minerul Lupeni Jiul Petroșani Metalul Târgoviște Dinamo Pitești C R R R 5 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored QR green1 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round blue1 Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round red1 Relegation to Divizia B Results main FBR 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 complete LT ro Top goalscorers Rankhttp://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/topscorers.shtml Top Scorers 1 May 2026 romaniansoccer.ro 24 January 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260124133812/http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/topscorers.shtml livePlayerClubGoals1Gheorghe ConstantinCCA București242Mircea DrideaPetrolul Ploiești223Gheorghe EneDinamo București194Mircea SasuUTA Arad165Matei GramDinamo Bacău14Marin VoineaProgresul București Champion squad Dinamo Bucureștihttps://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml Romania National Champions 1 May 2026 romaniansoccer.ro 6 February 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260206163857/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml liveGoalkeepers: 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. See also 1961–62 Divizia B 1961–62 Regional Championship 1961–62 Cupa României References Category:Liga I seasons Romania Category:1961–62 in Romanian football