1938–39 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1938–39
ChampionsVenus București[1]
Top goalscorerAdalbert Marksteiner (21)

The 1938–39 Divizia A was the twenty-seventh season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Venus București (C) 22 14 7 1 51 20 +31 35 Champions of Romania
2 Ripensia Timișoara 22 11 4 7 53 39 +14 26
3 AMEF Arad 22 10 5 7 40 35 +5 25
4 UD Reșița 22 9 5 8 30 33 −3 23
5 Rapid București 22 8 5 9 40 33 +7 21
6 Victoria Cluj 22 9 3 10 38 38 0 21
7 Carpaţi Baia Mare 22 8 5 9 25 35 −10 21
8 Juventus București 22 8 4 10 37 37 0 20
9 Sportul Studenţesc București 22 7 5 10 31 36 −5 19
10 Chinezul Timișoara (R) 22 6 7 9 48 56 −8 19 Relegation to Divizia B
11 Tricolor Ploiești (R) 22 7 3 12 23 38 −15 17
12 Gloria Arad (R) 22 5 7 10 27 43 −16 17
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AME CAR CHI GLA JUV RAP RIP SPO TRI UDR VEN VCL
AMEF Arad 3–0 5–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–5 0–0
Carpaţi Baia Mare 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 1–0
Chinezul Timișoara 3–2 1–4 2–2 5–1 3–3 3–7 2–1 6–2 0–0 2–2 0–2
Gloria Arad 2–2 0–0 1–6 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2
Juventus București 0–1 1–2 5–3 4–0 0–4 7–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 2–2
Rapid București 1–1 4–1 5–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 3–4 4–1 2–1
Ripensia Timișoara 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 7–0 5–0 1–3 1–1 4–1
Sportul Studenţesc București 7–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–4
Tricolor Ploiești 0–4 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1
UD Reșița 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–4 2–1
Venus București 2–0 1–0 3–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–1
Victoria Cluj 2–0 5–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 3–1 3–4 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–6
Source: LT
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[2] Player Club Goals
1 Adalbert Marksteiner Ripensia Timişoara 21
2 Iuliu Baratky Rapid București 15
István Klimek Chinezul Timișoara
4 Dănilă Bătrân AMEF Arad 14
5 Gyula Prassler Juventus București 13

Champion squad

Venus București[3]

Goalkeepers: Mircea David (12 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (10 / 0).
Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (20 / 1); Gheorghe Albu (17 / 3); Bondoc Ionescu-Crum (7 / 0).
Midfielders: Andrei Bărbulescu (15 / 1); Rudolf Demetrovics (17 / 0); Vasile Gain (17 / 0); Theodor Beffa (9 / 0); Alfred Eisenbeisser (8 / 0).
Forwards: Cornel Orza (21 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (22 / 3); Kostas Choumis (14 / 9); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 12); Traian Iordache (11 / 5); Petea Vâlcov (10 / 1); Nicolae Ene (10 / 7).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Béla Jánosy Hungary.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ 1938–39 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "FOTBAL. Noua CAMPIOANA a ROMANIEI. Ce mai vuiet, ce mai larma..." [FOOTBALL. The new CHAMPION of ROMANIA. What a noise, what a noise ...] (in Romanian). Vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.