1980–81 Divizia A

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

Divizia A

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

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

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.

Attendances

No.	Club	Average
1	Craiova	22,529
2	Braşov	17,118
3	Timişoara	14,912
4	Dinamo 1948	14,471
5	Argeş	14,353
6	U Cluj	13,529
7	Progresul	13,059
8	Steaua	11,529
9	Dunărea	11,412
10	Hunedoara	11,176
11	Rāmnicu Vālcea	10,824
12	Bacău	10,588
13	Baia Mare	10,471
14	Tīrgu Mureş	10,471
15	Iaşi	9,353
16	Sportul Studenţesc	9,276
17	Olt Scorniceşti	7,147
18	Jiul	6,000

Source:

See also

• 1980–81 Divizia B