1972–73 Divizia B

Divizia B
Season1972–73
PromotedPolitehnica Iași
Politehnica Timișoara
RelegatedNone

The 1972–73 Divizia B was the 33rd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and none of the teams relegated to Divizia C due to expansion of the league starting with the 1973–74 season.[1][2]

Team changes

Renamed teams

Chimia Făgăraș was renamed as Nitramonia Făgăraș.

Crișul Oradea was renamed as FC Bihor Oradea.

Metalul Târgoviște was renamed as CS Târgoviște.

Politehnica Galați was renamed as CSU Galați.

League tables

Serie I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Politehnica Iași (C, P) 30 16 6 8 56 29 +27 38 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Metalul București 30 14 8 8 39 24 +15 36
3 Gloria Buzău 30 13 7 10 35 31 +4 33
4 FC Galați 30 14 5 11 39 41 −2 33
5 CFR Pașcani 30 13 5 12 40 32 +8 31
6 SN Oltenița 30 13 5 12 33 34 −1 31
7 Progresul București 30 11 9 10 25 26 −1 31
8 Metalul Plopeni 30 11 8 11 32 26 +6 30
9 Știința Bacău 30 12 6 12 32 35 −3 30
10 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 30 11 7 12 36 38 −2 29 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 CS Târgoviște 30 10 8 12 23 30 −7 28
12 Dunărea Giurgiu 30 11 5 14 37 39 −2 27
13 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 30 9 9 12 28 32 −4 27
14 Delta Tulcea 30 9 9 12 28 38 −10 27
15 Progresul Brăila 30 10 6 14 30 37 −7 26
16 CSU Galați 30 9 5 16 25 46 −21 23
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Serie II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Politehnica Timișoara (C, P) 30 17 8 5 54 23 +31 42 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Bihor Oradea 30 15 7 8 54 32 +22 37
3 Olimpia Satu Mare 30 16 7 7 40 24 +16 39
4 Minerul Baia Mare 30 13 6 11 35 27 +8 32
5 CSM Sibiu 30 13 6 11 35 28 +7 32
6 Metrom Brașov 30 13 4 13 43 37 +6 30
7 Nitramonia Făgăraș 30 13 2 15 43 41 +2 28
8 Gloria Bistrița 30 12 4 14 29 39 −10 28
9 Minerul Anina 30 12 4 14 29 46 −17 28
10 CFR Timișoara 30 11 4 15 33 38 −5 26
11 Corvinul Hunedoara 30 12 6 12 32 37 −5 30
12 Metalul Turnu Severin 30 12 2 16 37 43 −6 26
13 Electroputere Craiova 30 12 2 16 30 41 −11 26
14 CFR Arad 30 11 4 15 33 45 −12 26
15 Metalurgistul Cugir 30 10 5 15 27 39 −12 25
16 Olimpia Oradea 30 10 5 15 36 50 −14 25
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

See also

References

  1. ^ rsssf.org
  2. ^ romaniansoccer.ro