1989–90 Divizia A

The 1989–90 Divizia A was the seventy-second season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Divizia A

Season	1989–90
Champions	Dinamo București
Matches	305
Goals	890 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gavril Balint (19)
Biggest home win	Bihor 6–0 Brașov Dinamo 7–1 Bacău Petrolul 6–0 Corvinul Steaua 6–0 U Cluj
Biggest away win	Sportul 0–5 Steaua
Highest scoring	Steaua 6–4 Bihor
Longest winning run	Dinamo, Steaua (10)
Longest unbeaten run	Dinamo (11)
Longest winless run	Scornicești, Victoria (18)
Longest losing run	Scornicești (18)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Teams

Universitatea

Petrolul

Politehnica

Inter

FCM Brașov

Corvinul

Farul

Bihor

Argeș

Universitatea

Jiul

SC Bacău

Flacăra

Olt

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Dinamo
Steaua
Victoria
Sportul Studențesc

Location of teams in 1989-90 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București (C)	34	26	5	3	96	23	+73	57	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Steaua București	34	26	4	4	89	30	+59	56	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Universitatea Craiova	34	19	6	9	56	27	+29	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Petrolul Ploiești	34	17	7	10	56	40	+16	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round Invitation to Intertoto Cup
5	Politehnica Timișoara	34	17	7	10	65	40	+25	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Inter Sibiu	34	16	4	14	52	42	+10	36	Invitation to Balkans Cup
7	FCM Brașov	34	13	9	12	42	57	−15	35
8	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	14	4	16	37	56	−19	32
9	Farul Constanța	34	11	9	14	54	54	0	31
10	Bihor Oradea	34	13	4	17	61	61	0	30
11	Sportul Studenţesc București	34	12	6	16	43	57	−14	30	Invitation to Intertoto Cup
12	Argeș Pitești	34	13	3	18	38	45	−7	29
13	Universitatea Cluj	34	10	9	15	40	60	−20	29
14	Jiul Petroșani	34	12	5	17	41	54	−13	29
15	SC Bacău	34	12	5	17	43	56	−13	29
16	Flacăra Moreni (R)	34	10	8	16	37	48	−11	28	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Victoria București (D)	33	8	5	20	24	64	−40	21	Team dissolved after Romanian Revolution
18	Olt Scornicești (D)	33	4	4	25	16	76	−60	12

Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARG	BAC	BHO	BRA	COR	UCR	DIN	FAR	FLA	INT	JIU	OLT	PET	SPO	STE	POL	UCL	VIB
Argeș Pitești	—	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–3	1–0	0–1
Bacău	2–1	—	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	4–2	3–0
Bihor Oradea	2–1	5–3	—	6–0	4–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–2	4–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0
Brașov	1–0	2–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–3	4–0	1–0
Corvinul Hunedoara	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	—	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–4	2–0	0–0	3–0
Universitatea Craiova	3–0	3–1	4–1	4–0	4–0	—	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
Dinamo București	2–0	7–1	6–1	4–0	3–0	5–3	—	4–1	2–1	6–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	3–2	2–2	5–0	6–1	3–0
Farul Constanța	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–3	—	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–0
Flacăra Moreni	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	—	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–0
Inter Sibiu	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	5–1	—	2–0	5–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	3–0
Jiul Petroșani	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	5–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	—	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–0
Olt Scornicești	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–3	0–3	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–3	0–3	2–0	—	4–3	0–3	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–2
Petrolul Ploiești	5–1	2–0	1–2	6–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	5–0	0–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	—	5–1	4–2	4–0	4–1	0–0
Sportul Studenţesc București	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	3–0	3–2	2–2	—	0–5	3–3	1–0	0–1
Steaua București	2–1	4–2	6–4	1–1	4–0	1–2	0–3	5–3	3–0	5–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	—	2–0	6–0	4–2
Politehnica Timișoara	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	6–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	—	3–0	3–0
Universitatea Cluj	4–3	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–2	—	0–0
Victoria București	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	0–3	N/A	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–0	0–3	—

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

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gavril Balint	Steaua București	19
2	Marian Popa	Farul Constanţa	15
3	Marian Bâcu	Jiul Petroşani	14
	Florin Răducioiu	Dinamo București
	Claudiu Vaişcovici	Dinamo București

Champion squad

Dinamo București

Goalkeepers: Bogdan Stelea (22 / 0); Costel Câmpeanu (10 / 0); Sorin Colceag (1 / 0). Defenders: Alpár Mészáros (15 / 1); Ioan Andone (20 / 2); Mircea Rednic (19 / 1); Michael Klein (23 / 2); Iulian Mihăescu (24 / 7); Anton Doboș (21 / 1); Adrian Matei (10 / 0); Florin Jelea (1 / 0); Adrian Slave (1 / 0); Cornel Mirea (12 / 0); Alexandru Nicolae (5 / 0); Mihail Cristian Țicu (3 / 0); Claudiu Jijie (1 / 0). Midfielders: Ioan Sabău (24 / 5); Dorin Mateuț (22 / 9); Ioan Lupescu (29 / 4); Cristian Lazăr (11 / 2); Ionel Fulga (7 / 3); Mihai Stoica (7 / 0); George Radu (5 / 0). Forwards: Dănuț Lupu (22 / 6); Claudiu Vaișcovici (21 / 14); Cezar Zamfir (21 / 6); Florin Răducioiu (24 / 14); Daniel Timofte (20 / 8); Marian Damaschin (5 / 1); Mircea Lucescu (1 / 0); Marian Năstase (3 / 0); Nicu Glonț (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Mircea Lucescu.

Attendances

No.	Club	Average
1	Craiova	23,267
2	Timișoara	16,500
3	Steaua	14,688
4	Sibiu	13,188
5	Farul	12,200
6	Petrolul	11,625
7	Bihor	10,233
8	Argeş	10,000
9	Bacău	8,438
10	Jiul	8,219
11	Dinamo 1948	8,031
12	U Cluj	7,625
13	Braşov	7,559
14	Hunedoara	4,813
15	Sportul Studenţesc	4,412
16	Flacara	3,531
17	Olt	4,000
18	Victoria Bucureşti	3,167

Source:

See also

• 1989–90 Divizia B