1979–80 Divizia A

62nd season of top-tier football league in Romania Divizia A 1979–80 Universitatea Craiova CS TârgovișteOlimpia Satu MareGloria Buzău Septimiu Câmpeanu (24 goals) 1978–79 1980–81 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem80.html Season 1979-80 * Division A rsssf.org 7 December 2025 9 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809085629/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem80.html livehttps://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1979_80.shtml Divizia A - Tables - Season 1979-80 romaniansoccer.ro 14 July 2012 27 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091845/http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1979_80.shtml live Teams A total of eighteen teams contested the championship, including fifteen from the previous season and three newly promoted sides.https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1979/08/sportul_1979_08_9243.pdf Cărțile de vizită ale celor 18 echipe participante la campionatul Diviziei A de fotbal ediția 1979-1980 ro The business cards of the 18 teams participating in the 1979–1980 Divizia A football championship Sportul 27 December 1979 4–5 7 December 2025 bibliotecadeva.ro 20 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250220072434/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1979/08/sportul_1979_08_9243.pdf live Team changes auto Promoted to Divizia A FCM Galați – returned after a two-year absence. Viitorul Scornicești – debut. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca – returned after a three-year absence. 5em Relegated from Divizia A Corvinul Hunedoara – ended a three-year stay. UTA Arad – ended a thirty-two-year stay. Bihor Oradea – ended a four-year stay. auto Other changes Viitorul Scornicești was renamed FC Scornicești during the first half of the season and subsequently became FC Olt Scornicești during the winter break.https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1979/12/sportul_1979_12_9359.pdf Nou-promovata și-a justificat aspirațiile ro The newly promoted justified its aspirations Sportul 11 August 1979 3 7 December 2025 bibliotecadeva.ro 19 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250219173651/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1979/12/sportul_1979_12_9359.pdf livehttps://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1980/02/sportul_1980_02_9388.pdf FC Olt pregătește startul de primăvară cu aspirații la rezultate superioare ro FC Olt prepares the start of spring with aspirations for superior results Sportul 2 February 1980 7 7 December 2025 bibliotecadeva.ro 19 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250219171355/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1980/02/sportul_1980_02_9388.pdf live Managers and locations Romania right 700 Location of teams in 1979-80 Divizia A Romania 44.333333 23.816667 U Craiova left Romania 44.860556 24.867778 Argeș top Romania 47.666667 23.583333 Baia Mare right Romania 46.583333 26.916667 SC Bacău bottom Romania 47.156944 27.590278 Poli Iași left Romania 45.104722 24.375556 Chimia left Romania 45.759722 21.23 Poli Timișoara right Romania 45.412222 23.373333 Jiul top Romania 46.766667 23.583333 U Cluj top Romania 44.57 24.55 Olt Scornicești bottom Romania 45.423333 28.0425 Galați bottom Romania 46.545556 24.5625 ASA top Romania 44.924444 25.457222 Târgoviște right Romania 47.79 22.89 Olimpia bottom Romania 45.166667 26.816667 Gloria top Romania 44.4325 26.103889 Bucharest Green pog.svg right Romania TransparentPlaceholder.png 47.8 20.2 Bucharest teams:SteauaDinamoSportul right 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 Viitorulfn1 Olt Scornicești was relocated, starting with the 18th round, to the 1 Mai Stadium in Slatina. 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 Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Replaced by CS Târgoviște icon ROU Nicolae Proca icon ROU Paul Popescu Dinamo București icon ROU Ion Nunweiller icon ROU Angelo Niculescu FCM Galați icon ROU Mircea Nedelcu icon ROU Constantin Teașcă Jiul Petroșani icon ROU Nicolae Oaidă icon ROU Viorel Tîlmaciu Politehnica Timișoara icon ROU Angelo Niculescu icon ROU Constantin Rădulescu During the season TeamOutgoing managerPosition in tableReplaced by Round Position Olimpia Satu Mare icon ROU Gheorghe Staicuhttps://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1979/10/sportul_1979_10_9300.pdf Olimpia Satu Mare la răscruce de drumuri... ro Olimpia Satu Mare at a crossroads... Sportul 19 October 1979 3 7 December 2025 bibliotecadeva.ro 19 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250219170924/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1979/10/sportul_1979_10_9300.pdf live10th17th icon ROU Ștefan Czako Gloria Buzău icon ROU Ion Ionescu10th17th icon ROU Valeriu Neaguhttps://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1979/10/sportul_1979_10_9292.pdf Drumul... Gloriei: Din rău în mai rău ro The Road... of Gloria: From Bad to Worse Sportul 10 October 1979 3 7 December 2025 bibliotecadeva.ro 19 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250219171349/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1979/10/sportul_1979_10_9292.pdf live CS Târgoviște icon ROU Paul Popescu15th12th icon ROU Ștefan Coidumhttps://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1980/01/sportul_1980_01_9381.pdf Va veni, cu adevărat, primăvara și pentru CS Tîrgoviște? ro Will spring really come for CS Tîrgoviște? 7 December 2025 Sportul 25 January 1980 3 bibliotecadeva.ro 6 December 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251206154654/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1980/01/sportul_1980_01_9381.pdf live Politehnica Timișoara icon ROU Constantin Rădulescu15th14th icon ROU Ion V. Ionescu Universitatea Cluj-Napoca icon ROU Teodor Pop17th12th icon ROU Gheorghe Staicu Gloria Buzău icon ROU Valeriu Neagu19th18th icon ROU Virgil Blujdeahttps://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1980/01/sportul_1980_01_9373.pdf Vize de flotant ro Floating visas 7 December 2025 Sportul 16 January 1980 3 bibliotecadeva.ro 20 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250220053855/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportul/1980/01/sportul_1980_01_9373.pdf live Olt Scornicești icon ROU Dumitru Anescu19th12th icon ROU Ion Cîrciumărescu League table main WDL LT UCV STE ARG BMA DIN SPO BAC PIA CRV PTM JIU UCJ OLT GAL ASA TÂR OLI GBZ EC UC UC BK CWC REL REL REL complete 2 17 10 7 66 31 17 10 7 74 44 16 7 11 51 38 18 3 13 57 51 14 9 11 50 37 16 5 13 44 34 12 11 11 40 47 16 2 16 47 45 14 6 14 42 49 15 3 16 47 50 12 9 13 26 39 14 4 16 44 43 14 4 16 46 55 12 8 14 50 61 13 5 16 45 46 12 7 15 48 53 11 8 15 35 50 4 7 23 22 61 Universitatea Craiova Steaua București Argeș Pitești FC Baia Mare Dinamo București Sportul Studențesc București SC Bacău Politehnica Iași Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Politehnica Timișoara Jiul Petroșani Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Olt Scornicești FCM Galați ASA Târgu Mureș CS Târgoviște Olimpia Satu Mare Gloria Buzău C R R R 5 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored QR green1 Qualification to European Cup first round yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round lightgreen Invitation to Balkans Cup red1 Relegation to Divizia B Results main FBR grey 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 complete LT ro Top goalscorers Rankhttps://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/topscorers.shtml Top Scorers romaniansoccer.ro 12 May 2021 Romanian 20 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181020052711/http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/topscorers.shtml live Player Club Goals1 Septimiu Câmpeanu Universitatea Cluj242 Marcel Răducanu Steaua București233 Rodion Cămătaru Universitatea Craiova17 Mihai Costea Politehnica Iaşi5 Sorin Gângu Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea15 Alexandru Terheș FC Baia Mare Champion squad Universitatea Craiovahttps://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml Romania National Champions romaniansoccer.ro 11 May 2021 4 February 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200204221426/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml liveGoalkeepers: 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. Attendances # Club Average Highest 1 Craiova 21,882 40,000 2 U Cluj 21,000 30,000 3 Dunărea Galați 19,235 30,000 4 Timișoara 13,882 30,000 5 Steaua 13,882 35,000 6 Târgoviște 13,176 20,000 7 Râmnicu Vâlcea 12,882 16,000 8 Baia Mare 12,294 17,000 9 Bacău 11,471 22,000 10 Buzău 10,941 20,000 11 Iași 10,706 20,000 12 Dinamo 1948 10,412 18,000 13 Argeș 10,412 18,000 14 Târgu Mureș 9,941 18,000 15 Satu Mare 8,118 17,000 16 Olt Scornicești 7,912 15,000 17 Jiul 6,176 12,000 18 Sportul Studențesc 5,141 20,000Source: https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/rom/averom80.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 31, 2026 See also 1979–80 Divizia B 1979–80 Divizia C 1979–80 County Championship 1979–80 Cupa României References Category:Liga I seasons Romania Category:1979–80 in Romanian football