1980–81 Divizia A

Divizia A

Season	1980–81
Champions	Universitatea Craiova
Top goalscorer	Marin Radu (28)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Divizia A was the sixty-third season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Universitatea

Argeș

Corvinul

Olt

FCM Brașov

Chimia

Jiul

SC Bacău

Politehnica

ASA

Universitatea

Politehnica

FC Baia Mare

FCM Galați

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Dinamo
Steaua
Sportul Studențesc
Progresul Vulcan

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Location of teams in 1980-81 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitatea Craiova (C)	34	21	4	9	72	33	+39	46	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Dinamo București	34	18	7	9	57	34	+23	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Argeș Pitești	34	19	4	11	63	39	+24	42
4	Steaua București	34	15	8	11	50	45	+5	38	Invitation to Balkans Cup
5	Sportul Studenţesc București	34	17	2	15	54	35	+19	36
6	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	16	3	15	72	48	+24	35
7	Olt Scornicești	34	14	7	13	44	49	−5	35
8	FCM Brașov	34	14	6	14	35	41	−6	34
9	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	34	15	4	15	51	60	−9	34
10	Jiul Petroșani	34	14	5	15	44	41	+3	33
11	SC Bacău	34	14	5	15	46	51	−5	33
12	Politehnica Timișoara	34	13	7	14	33	46	−13	33	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
13	ASA Târgu Mureș	34	14	4	16	50	56	−6	32
14	Universitatea Cluj	34	14	4	16	47	57	−10	32
15	Progresul București	34	13	6	15	39	50	−11	32
16	Politehnica Iași (R)	34	12	6	16	44	53	−9	30	Relegation to Divizia B
17	FC Baia Mare (R)	34	10	6	18	37	62	−25	26
18	FCM Galați (R)	34	7	4	23	34	72	−38	18

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	BAI	BRA	COR	UCR	DIN	GAL	JIU	OLT	PIA	PRO	RAM	SPO	STE	POL	UCL
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–4	2–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–0
Argeș Pitești	2–0	—	5–2	5–0	1–0	6–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	7–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0
Bacău	4–0	4–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–4	2–0	1–0
Baia Mare	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	1–2
Brașov	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1
Corvinul Hunedoara	4–1	4–0	4–1	6–1	2–0	—	4–3	1–2	7–0	1–0	4–2	8–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–2
Universitatea Craiova	3–0	3–2	6–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	—	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	7–0
Dinamo București	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	—	3–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–1
Galați	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	—	1–0	1–2	0–5	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–1
Jiul Petroșani	2–1	3–3	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	—	4–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
Olt Scornicești	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	—	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	5–2
Politehnica Iași	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	—	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–3	1–1	1–0
Progresul București	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	5–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	4–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	5–4	0–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	3–1
Sportul Studențesc București	3–0	1–3	4–2	8–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	0–1	—	0–2	1–0	6–0
Steaua București	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	4–2	1–3	—	1–0	2–0
Politehnica Timișoara	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	3–2
Universitatea Cluj	2–3	2–3	2–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marin Radu	Argeş Piteşti	28
2	Rodion Cămătaru	Universitatea Craiova	23
3	Mircea Sandu	Sportul Studenţesc	20
4	Septimiu Câmpeanu	Universitatea Cluj	19
5	Ioan Petcu	Corvinul Hunedoara	17

Champion squad

Universitatea Craiova

Goalkeepers: Gabriel Boldici (18 / 0); Silviu Lung (20 / 0). Defenders: Nicolae Negrilă (23 / 1); Petre Purima (15 / 0); Nicolae Tilihoi (27 / 0); Costică Ștefănescu (31 / 2); Nicolae Ungureanu (34 / 1); Grigore Ciupitu (20 / 0); Adrian Popescu (1 / 0); Florin Cioroianu (1 / 0). Midfielders: Aurel Țicleanu (29 / 2); Costică Donose (32 / 6); Ilie Balaci (29 / 12); Ion Geolgău (29 / 3); Aurel Beldeanu (17 / 1); Liviu Dorel Firănescu (1 / 0). Forwards: Mircea Irimescu (21 / 4); Zoltan Crișan (29 / 10); Rodion Cămătaru (33 / 23); Sorin Cârțu (25 / 7); Dorel Păuna (2 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ion Oblemenco.

See also

• 1980–81 Divizia B