1960–61 Divizia A

43rd season of top-tier football league in Romania Divizia A 1960–61 CCA București Gheorghe Constantin (22) 1959–60 1961–62 The 1960–61 Divizia A season was the 43rd edition of the Romanian football championship and the 23rd since the introduction of the divisional system. After six seasons, Divizia A returned to a 14-team format. The season began on 4 September 1960 and concluded on 9 July 1961. CCA București won the championship for the sixth time in its history.https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1960_61.shtml Divizia A - Tables - Season 1960-61 romaniansoccer.ro 24 January 2026 24 January 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260124133336/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/1960_61.shtml live Teams A total of fourteen teams teams contested the championship, including eleven from the previous season and three newly promoted sides.https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1961/03/sportul_popular_1961_03_3789.pdf Cu aceste efective încep echipele returul campionatului ro With these squads, the teams begin the second half of the championship Sportul Popular 16 March 1961 3 24 January 2026 bibliotecadeva.ro 24 January 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260124101034/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1961/03/sportul_popular_1961_03_3789.pdf live Team changes auto Promoted from Divizia B CSMS Iași – debut. Știința Timișoara – returned after a one-year absence. Corvinul Hunedoara – returned after a five-year absence. 5em Relegated to Divizia B Jiul Petroșani – ended a thirteen-year stay. Managers and locations Romania right 700 Location of teams in 1960-61 Divizia A Romania 46.766667 23.583333 Știința top Romania 45.666667 25.616667 Steagul Roșu top Romania 44.933333 26.033333 Petrolul top Romania 46.166667 21.316667 UTA top Romania 46.583333 26.916667 Dinamo top Romania 45.759722 21.23 Știința top Romania 45.360278 23.238333 Minerul bottom Romania 47.156944 27.590278 CSMS left Romania 44.166667 28.633333 Farul top Romania 45.769722 22.920278 Corvinul top Romania 44.4325 26.103889 Bucharest Green pog.svg top Romania TransparentPlaceholder.png 47.8 20.2 Bucharest teams:CCADinamoRapidProgresul right Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach CCA București București Republiciifn1 CCA, Dinamo, Rapid, and Progresul also played several home matches in double-headers at the 23 August Stadium in Bucharest.https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1961/03/sportul_popular_1961_03_3786.pdf Cuplaj la "23 August" ro Double-headers at 23 August Sportul Popular 11 March 1961 5 24 January 2026 bibliotecadeva.ro 24 January 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260124173443/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1961/03/sportul_popular_1961_03_3786.pdf live 28.000 Ștefan Onisie Corvinul Hunedoara Hunedoara Corvinul 16.500 Ilie Savu CSMS Iași Iași 23 August 12.500 Ion Unguroiu Dinamo Bacău Bacău Steaua Roșie 5.000 Gheorghe Nicolae Dinamo București București Dinamofn1 18.000 Traian Ionescu Farul Constanța Constanța 1 Mai 15.520 Augustin Botescu Minerul Lupeni Lupeni Minerul 5.000 Ion Bălănescu Petrolul Ploiești Ploiești Petrolul 14.000 Ilie Oană Progresul București București Progresulfn1 8.000 Ioan Lupaș Rapid București București Giuleștifn1 18.000 Ion Mihăilescu Steagul Roșu Brașov Brașov Tineretului 8.800 Silviu Ploeșteanu Știința Cluj Cluj Orășenesc 28.000 Andrei Sepci Știința Timișoara Timișoara Știința 3.000 Nicolae Reuter UTA Arad Arad 30 Decembrie 20.000 Ion Reinhardt Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Replaced by CCA București icon ROU Gheorghe Popescu icon ROU Ștefan Onisie Progresul București icon ROU Augustin Botescu icon ROU Ioan Lupaș Rapid București icon ROU Remus Ghiurițan icon ROU Ion Mihăilescu Știința Timișoara icon ROU Silviu Bindea icon ROU Eugen Mladin UTA Arad icon ROU Coloman Braun-Bogdan icon ROU Ion Reinhardt During the season TeamOutgoing managerPosition in tableReplaced by Round Position Farul Constanța icon ROU Iosif Lengheriu9th12th icon ROU Augustin Botescuhttps://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1960/11/sportul_popular_1960_11_3715.pdf Ce așteptăm de la etapa a X-a a campionatului categoriei A ro What to expect from the 10th round of the Category A championship Sportul Popular 5 November 1960 3 24 January 2026 bibliotecadeva.ro 24 January 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260124100100/https://www.bibliotecadeva.ro/periodice/sportulpop/1960/11/sportul_popular_1960_11_3715.pdf live Minerul Lupeni icon ROU Vasile Lazăr9th9th icon ROU Ion Bălănescu Știința Timișoara icon ROU Eugen Mladin13th13th icon ROU Nicolae Reuter League table main WDL LT STE DIN RAP UCJ BRA PET UTA BAC PRO PTM LUP IAS FAR HUN EC BK BK CWC REL REL REL complete 2 17 3 6 61 36 14 4 8 56 31 11 8 7 37 31 12 5 9 48 44 12 4 10 50 40 10 8 8 45 45 12 3 11 46 42 11 3 12 39 36 10 5 11 48 51 9 7 10 45 49 10 2 14 30 50 7 6 13 43 49 8 4 14 37 58 5 6 15 28 51 CCA București Dinamo București Rapid București Știința Cluj Steagul Roşu Brașov Petrolul Ploiești UTA Arad Dinamo Bacău Progresul București Știința Timișoara Minerul Lupeni CSMS Iași Farul Constanța Corvinul Hunedoara C R R R 5 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored QR green1 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round lightgreen Invitation to Balkans Cup yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round red1 Relegation to Divizia B Results main FBR CCA IAȘ COR BAC DIN FAR MIN PET PRO RAP SRB UTA ȘCJ ȘTI CCA București 3–2 0–1 2–2 5–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 3–2 2–2 7–1 Dinamo București 2–3 0–0 0–2 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 6–0 3–2 7–0 4–0 Rapid București 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–3 5–1 3–1 Știința Cluj 1–5 0–1 3–1 1–3 6–1 3–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 7–2 3–1 3–2 2–0 Steagul Roşu Brașov 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 5–1 2–2 Petrolul Ploiești 2–1 3–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 5–3 3–1 5–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 UTA Arad 1–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–0 Dinamo Bacău 0–1 2–3 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 2–3 4–1 3–1 Progresul București 2–6 1–2 3–4 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–4 3–1 6–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 4–2 Știința Timișoara 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 2–3 0–0 3–2 6–2 3–2 4–3 5–0 Minerul Lupeni 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 CSMS Iași 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 Farul Constanța 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 4–3 1–0 Corvinul Hunedoara 2–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 complete LT ro Top goalscorers Rankhttps://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/topscorers.shtml Top Scorers romaniansoccer.ro 10 May 2021 24 January 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260124133812/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/topscorers.shtml livePlayerClubGoals1Gheorghe ConstantinCCA București222Mircea DrideaPetrolul Ploiești213Nicolae TătaruCCA București15Gheorghe EneDinamo București5Matei GramDinamo Bacău14Aurel UnguroiuCSMS Iași Champion squad CCA Bucureștihttps://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml Romania National Champions romaniansoccer.ro 10 May 2021Goalkeepers: Costică Toma (10 / 0); Ion Voinescu (19 / 0). Defenders: Vasile Zavoda (25 / 0); Alexandru Apolzan (20 / 0); Gheorghe Staicu (12 / 0); Traian Ivănescu (21 / 0). Midfielders: Vasile Mihăilescu (8 / 1); Emerich Jenei (17 / 0); Tiberiu Bone (23 / 0). Forwards: Gheorghe Cacoveanu (23 / 3); Ion Crișan (16 / 3); Gheorghe Constantin (23 / 22); Ion Alecsandrescu (23 / 12); Gabriel Raksi (26 / 3); Nicolae Tătaru (26 / 15); Alexandru Lazăr (6 / 2); Alexandru Donciu (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ștefan Onisie. See also 1960–61 Divizia B 1960–61 Regional Championship 1960–61 Cupa României References Category:Liga I seasons Romania Category:1960–61 in Romanian football