1997–98 Divizia C

Divizia C
Season	1997–98
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Divizia C was the 42nd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.^[1]^[2]

Team changes

To Divizia C

Relegated from Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia D

From Divizia C

Promoted to Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia D

~~Metalul Toflea~~
Steaua Mecanica Huși
Melana Săvinești
Zimbrul Siret
Atletic Bucureşti
Aversa București
Electrica Voința Constanța
Chimia București
~~Alexandria~~
Minerul Anina
Paroșeni Vulcan
Metalul Bocșa
CPL Arad
Motorul Arad
Mecanica Mârșa
Minerul Baia Sprie

Renamed teams

Callatis Mangalia was renamed as Callatis Daewoo Mangalia.

Alprom Slatina was renamed as Aluminiu Slatina.

Other changes

Metalul Toflea was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of Victoria IUG Galați.

Vrancea Focșani merged with Acord Focșani, the first one being absorbed by the second one. The new entity was named as Diplomatic Focșani.

Steaua Mizil merged with Juventus Colentina București, the first one being absorbed by the second one. The new entity was named as Juventus Steaua București.

Ceres Ciocănești took the place of Constructorul Craiova.

Unirea Pitești merged with Petrolul Drăgășani to form Petrolul Unirea Drăgășani.

Arsenal Sadu took the place of CS Olt 90 Scornicești.

Rulmentul Alexandria merged with FC Alexandria, the first one being absorbed by the second one. The new entity was named as Rulmentul Alexandria.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Laminorul Roman (C, P)	34	26	5	3	71	21	+50	83	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Chimica Târnăveni (P)	34	23	3	8	66	25	+41	72	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	CFR Pașcani	34	19	3	12	51	42	+9	60
4	Diplomatic Focșani	34	17	5	12	63	46	+17	56
5	ICIM Brașov	34	16	7	11	55	33	+22	55
6	Romradiatoare Brașov	34	16	5	13	54	39	+15	53
7	Viromet Victoria	34	15	7	12	47	35	+12	52
8	Constructorul Reghin	34	15	6	13	53	44	+9	51
9	Rafinăria Dărmănești	34	16	1	17	64	52	+12	49
10	Rulmentul Bârlad	34	15	3	16	52	43	+9	48
11	Minerul 92 Comănești	34	15	3	16	51	53	−2	48
12	Dorna Vatra Dornei	34	15	2	17	43	83	−40	47
13	Petrolul Berca	34	14	3	17	48	46	+2	45
14	Vrancart Adjud	34	14	2	18	39	46	−7	44
15	Rapid Miercurea Ciuc (R)	34	13	4	17	47	65	−18	43	Possible relegation
16	Letea Bacău (R)	34	11	2	21	43	55	−12	35	Relegation to Divizia D
17	Bucovina Rădăuți (R)	34	9	4	21	30	75	−45	31
18	Harghita Odorheiu Secuiesc (R)	34	3	3	28	13	87	−74	12
19	Metalul Toflea^[a] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
20	Cetatea Târgu Neamț^[a] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Metalul Toflea and Cetatea Târgu Neamț withdrew after the first part of the season and all their results were canceled.

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cimentul Fieni (C, P)	38	24	6	8	78	33	+45	78	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Petrolul Ianca	38	22	6	10	81	57	+24	72	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Electromagnetica București	38	22	5	11	91	40	+51	71
4	Callatis Daewoo Mangalia	38	22	4	12	77	44	+33	70
5	Faur București	38	21	3	14	82	56	+26	66
6	Flacăra Moreni	38	18	6	14	58	48	+10	60
7	Metalul Filipeștii de Pădure	38	18	4	16	60	48	+12	58
8	Inter Gaz Glin	38	16	10	12	53	35	+18	58
9	Navol Oltenița	38	17	6	15	57	58	−1	57
10	Petrolistul Boldești	38	17	4	17	60	54	+6	55
11	Acumulatorul București	38	16	7	15	61	51	+10	55
12	Cimentul Medgidia	38	15	10	13	59	57	+2	55
13	Juventus Steaua București	38	15	10	13	68	57	+11	55
14	Victoria 96 Florești	38	16	6	16	56	67	−11	54
15	Inter Dunărea Giurgiu	38	16	5	17	63	75	−12	53	Possible relegation
16	Ceres Ciocănești (R)	38	15	8	15	45	56	−11	53	Qualification to relegation tie-breaker
17	Portul Constanța (R)	38	16	4	18	51	74	−23	52	Relegation to Divizia D
18	Minerul Filipeștii de Pădure (R)	38	6	4	28	33	87	−54	22
19	Gloria Iris Cornești (R)	37	6	2	29	29	96	−67	20
20	Șantierul Naval Conpref Constanța (R)	37	5	2	30	23	92	−69	17

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rulmentul Alexandria (C, P)	38	25	5	8	69	27	+42	80	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Drobeta-Turnu Severin (P)	38	24	4	10	68	34	+34	76	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Minerul Berbești	38	20	2	16	70	55	+15	62
4	Minerul Certej	38	19	2	17	59	49	+10	59
5	Aluminiu Slatina	38	18	4	16	40	60	−20	58
6	Termo Drobeta-Turnu Severin	38	18	4	16	55	48	+7	58
7	Minerul Mătăsari	38	17	5	16	56	48	+8	56
8	Petrolul Unirea Drăgășani	38	18	2	18	58	56	+2	56
9	Mine-Ral Rovinari	38	17	5	16	71	47	+24	56
10	Petrolul Videle	38	16	7	15	58	52	+6	55
11	Șoimii Sibiu	38	17	4	17	45	47	−2	55
12	Petrolul Țicleni	38	17	4	17	56	53	+3	55
13	Minerul Lupeni	38	18	1	19	55	60	−5	55
14	Minerul Uricani	38	18	1	19	65	71	−6	55
15	Petrolul Stoina	38	18	1	19	60	62	−2	55	Possible relegation
16	Severnav Drobeta-Turnu Severin (R)	38	17	3	18	61	58	+3	54	Relegation to Divizia D
17	Parângul Lonea (R)	38	17	3	18	58	80	−22	54
18	CFR Caransebeș (R)	38	17	0	21	69	59	+10	51
19	FC Vâlcea (R)	38	13	5	20	43	53	−10	44
20	Arsenal Sadu (R)	38	5	0	33	15	112	−97	15