1959–60 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1959–60
ChampionsCCA București[1]
Top goalscorerGheorghe Constantin (20)

The 1959–60 Divizia A was the forty-second 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 CCA București (C) 22 15 4 3 52 25 +27 34 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin 22 9 9 4 47 34 +13 27 Invitation to Balkans Cup
3 Petrolul Ploiești 22 8 8 6 33 23 +10 24
4 Farul Constanța 22 9 6 7 37 34 +3 24
5 Știința Cluj 22 7 10 5 34 32 +2 24
6 Dinamo Bacău 22 9 6 7 31 33 −2 24
7 UTA Arad 22 8 6 8 26 30 −4 22
8 Dinamo București 22 6 9 7 29 29 0 21
9 Progresul București 22 7 5 10 36 39 −3 19
10 Rapid București 22 5 8 9 30 34 −4 18
11 Minerul Lupeni 22 5 6 11 27 37 −10 16
12 Jiul Petroșani (R) 22 2 7 13 17 49 −32 11 Relegation to Divizia B
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away CCA BAC DIN FAR JIU MIN PET PRO RAP STR UTA ȘCJ
CCA București 3–0 3–3 3–2 2–0 6–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2
Dinamo Bacău 1–2 1–4 4–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
Dinamo București 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 0–0
Farul Constanța 0–3 2–0 3–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–2
Jiul Petroșani 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–1
Minerul Lupeni 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 4–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Petrolul Ploiești 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–0 7–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
Progresul București 2–2 5–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 7–0 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0
Rapid București 2–5 1–2 1–0 3–3 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–2
Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 7–4 4–1 2–2 7–1
UTA Arad 1–4 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1
Știința Cluj 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 5–1
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[2] Player Club Goals
1 Gheorghe Constantin CCA București 20
2 Titus Ozon Rapid București 12
3 Gheorghe Ene Rapid București 11
4 Iacob Olaru Farul Constanța 10
Nicolae Tătaru CCA București

Champion squad

CCA București[3]

Goalkeepers: Ion Voinescu (16 / 0); Costică Toma (6 / 0).
Defenders: Vasile Zavoda (21 / 0); Alexandru Apolzan (11 / 0); Traian Ivănescu (10 / 0); Alexandru Dragomirescu (2 / 0); Gheorghe Staicu (8 / 0); Ferdinand Cepolski (3 / 0).
Midfielders: Emerich Jenei (19 / 0); Tiberiu Bone (14 / 1); Vasile Mihăilescu (14 / 1).
Forwards: Gheorghe Cacoveanu (20 / 5); Gheorghe Constantin (21 / 20); Ion Alecsandrescu (20 / 7); Francisc Zavoda (14 / 0); Gabriel Raksi (21 / 5); Nicolae Tătaru (19 / 10); Ion Crișan (1 / 0); Alexandru Constantinescu (2 / 2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Gheorghe Popescu I.

See also

References

  1. ^ 1959–60 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2021.