1985–86 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season	1985–86
Champions	Steaua București
Relegated	Politehnica Timişoara; ASA Târgu Mureș; Bihor Oradea
European Cup	Steaua București
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo București
UEFA Cup	Sportul Studențesc; Universitatea Craiova
Matches played	306
Goals scored	872 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gheorghe Hagi (31)
Biggest home win	Corvinul 9–0 Rapid
Biggest away win	Dinamo 0–5 Sportul
Highest scoring	Sportul 7–5 Scornicești
Longest winning run	Steaua (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (17)
Longest winless run	Poli Timișoara (12)
Longest losing run	Poli Timișoara, Rapid (6)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Divizia A was the sixty-eighth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Steaua
Dinamo
Rapid
Victoria
Sportul Studențesc

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Location of teams in 1985-86 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	26	5	3	79	25	+54	57	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Sportul Studenţesc București	34	19	10	5	87	41	+46	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Universitatea Craiova	34	20	6	8	65	36	+29	46	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Dinamo București	34	20	6	8	49	27	+22	46	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	17	3	14	84	50	+34	37
6	Argeș Pitești	34	14	8	12	39	41	−2	36
7	Universitatea Cluj	34	14	5	15	51	52	−1	33
8	Rapid București	34	14	5	15	41	56	−15	33
9	Petrolul Ploiești	34	11	9	14	34	41	−7	31
10	SC Bacău	34	14	2	18	45	50	−5	30
11	FCM Brașov	34	11	8	15	35	58	−23	30
12	Victoria București	34	9	11	14	36	47	−11	29
13	Olt Scornicești	34	11	7	16	42	57	−15	29
14	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	34	12	5	17	36	53	−17	29
15	Gloria Buzău	34	10	8	16	45	61	−16	28
16	Politehnica Timișoara (R)	34	11	5	18	48	56	−8	27	Relegation to Divizia B
17	ASA Târgu Mureș (R)	34	10	6	18	30	50	−20	26
18	Bihor Oradea (R)	34	5	7	22	26	71	−45	17

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

Results

Home \ Away	ASA	ARG	BAC	BHO	BRA	COR	UCR	DIN	GBU	OLT	PET	RAP	RAM	SPO	STE	POL	UCL	VIB
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–4	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–1
Argeș Pitești	1–0	—	4–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	0–2	4–3	2–0	0–0
Bacău	3–0	2–0	—	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0
Bihor Oradea	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0
Brașov	1–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	—	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–4	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–0
Corvinul Hunedoara	5–0	3–0	3–0	5–1	4–0	—	3–0	2–1	5–1	6–0	5–0	9–0	3–1	4–3	3–1	4–0	4–3	3–1
Universitatea Craiova	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	—	0–0	7–0	1–2	1–0	7–0	1–0	2–1	5–4	5–0	1–0	2–1
Dinamo București	1–1	0–2	3–1	5–1	4–0	0–0	4–0	—	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–5	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2
Gloria Buzău	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–3	—	0–0	2–2	4–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	0–0
Olt Scornicești	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	—	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	4–2	2–1
Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	—	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Rapid București	2–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	4–3	2–0	—	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	—	0–2	0–4	4–1	4–1	2–0
Sportul Studenţesc București	4–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	5–1	5–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	7–5	3–1	1–0	3–0	—	1–2	2–2	6–1	4–0
Steaua București	4–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	6–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	6–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	—	4–2	2–0	4–0
Politehnica Timișoara	3–0	1–2	5–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–1	0–1	—	1–2	1–1
Universitatea Cluj	2–2	4–0	2–1	5–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	—	1–0
Victoria București	1–0	0–2	2–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–4	2–0	0–0	2–4	1–1	—

Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Position^[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gheorghe Hagi	Sportul Studenţesc	31
2	Victor Piţurcă	Steaua București	29
3	Marian Bâcu	Universitatea Craiova	25
4	Ioan Petcu	Corvinul Hunedoara	20
5	Dorin Mateuț	Corvinul Hunedoara	16
5	Mircea Sandu	Sportul Studenţesc București	16

Champion squad

Steaua București^[3]
Goalkeepers: Helmuth Duckadam (32 / 0); Dumitru Stângaciu (7 / 0). Defenders: Ștefan Iovan (29 / 7); Adrian Bumbescu (33 / 0); Miodrag Belodedici (32 / 2); Ilie Bărbulescu (33 / 2); Anton Weissenbacher (14 / 1); Dan Petrescu (2 / 0); Virgil Petcu (1 / 0); Leontin Stanciu (1 / 0). Midfielders: Lucian Bălan (28 / 2); Tudorel Stoica (31 / 5); László Bölöni (31 / 9); Ștefan Petcu (4 / 1); Mihail Majearu (33 / 7); Gabi Balint (31 / 3); Constantin Pistol (4 / 0); Marius Răzvan Goran (1 / 0); Marian Alexandru (1 / 0); Gheorghe Ceaușilă (1 / 0). Forwards: Marius Lăcătuș (31 / 7); Victor Pițurcă (34 / 29); Marin Radu (21 / 4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Emerich Jenei.