1959–60 Divizia B

The 1959–60 Divizia B was the 20th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B
Season1959–60
PromotedCSMS Iași
Știința Timișoara
Corvinul Hunedoara
RelegatedVictoria Buzău
Metalul Oțelu Roșu
CFR Arad
Sportul Muncitoresc Radăuți
Carpați Sinaia
CS Târgu Mureș

The league was expanded from two series to three series of 14 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from each series relegated to Regional Championship.[1][2]

Team changes

Teams spared from relegation

Știința Cluj was spared from relegation to Divizia B, after the merge of TAROM București with Locomotiva GR București.[3]

Renamed teams

CSA Sibiu was renamed as ASA Sibiu.

Jiul Craiova was renamed as CS Craiova.

Pompierul București was renamed as Dinamo Obor București.

Victoria Suceava was renamed as Dinamo Suceava.

Other teams

TAROM București merged with its mother club, Locomotiva GR București, being absorbed.

Dinamo Miliție București and Dinamo Pitești merged, the first one being absorbed by the second one.

League tables

Serie I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 CSMS Iași (C, P) 26 19 4 3 79 24 +55 42 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Dinamo Galați 26 17 2 7 59 35 +24 36
3 Prahova Ploiești 26 8 11 7 50 39 +11 27
4 Dinamo Suceava 26 10 7 9 40 41 −1 27
5 Știința București 26 10 5 11 51 38 +13 25
6 SNM Constanța 26 9 7 10 36 40 −4 25
7 Foresta Fălticeni 26 9 7 10 32 47 −15 25
8 Unirea Iași 26 9 6 11 34 34 0 24
9 Gloria Bistrița 26 9 6 11 33 36 −3 24
10 CFR Pașcani 26 9 6 11 30 34 −4 24
11 Unirea Focșani 26 7 10 9 32 47 −15 24
12 Rulmentul Bârlad 26 10 4 12 31 49 −18 24
13 Victoria Buzău (R) 26 7 7 12 32 41 −9 21 Relegation to Regional Championship
14 Sportul Muncitoresc Radăuți (R) 26 6 4 16 26 60 −34 16
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Serie II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Știința Timișoara (C, P) 26 17 4 5 60 20 +40 38 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Dinamo Obor București 26 13 7 6 44 33 +11 33
3 Dinamo Pitești 26 13 5 8 50 41 +9 31
4 Poiana Câmpina 26 11 6 9 29 29 0 28
5 Flacăra Moreni 26 13 2 11 41 48 −7 28
6 CFR Timișoara 26 11 5 10 45 34 +11 27
7 Metalul Târgoviște 26 12 3 11 45 39 +6 27
8 CS Craiova 26 10 6 10 33 46 −13 26
9 Metalul Titanii București 26 11 3 12 35 40 −5 25
10 Știința Craiova 26 10 4 12 33 29 +4 24
11 CSM Reșița 26 10 3 13 51 40 +11 23
12 Drobeta-Turnu Severin 26 8 5 13 39 54 −15 21
13 Metalul Oțelu Roșu (R) 26 7 5 14 32 54 −22 19 Relegation to Regional Championship
14 Carpați Sinaia (R) 26 5 4 17 26 56 −30 14
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Serie III
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Corvinul Hunedoara (C, P) 26 14 9 3 59 26 +33 37 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Baia Mare 26 15 6 5 53 24 +29 36
3 CS Oradea 26 14 5 7 43 27 +16 33
4 IS Câmpia Turzii 26 9 9 8 41 34 +7 27
5 Recolta Carei 26 10 7 9 35 40 −5 27
6 ASA Sibiu 26 7 12 7 35 31 +4 26
7 Rapid Cluj 26 9 8 9 32 35 −3 26
8 CFR Cluj 26 11 2 13 33 36 −3 24
9 AMEF Arad 26 9 5 12 26 33 −7 23
10 Chimia Făgăraș 26 10 3 13 35 47 −12 23
11 Gaz Metan Mediaș 26 7 9 10 25 42 −17 23
12 Tractorul Orașul Stalin 26 6 10 10 27 28 −1 22
13 CFR Arad (R) 26 8 4 14 23 35 −12 20 Relegation to Regional Championship
14 CS Târgu Mureș (R) 26 7 3 16 21 50 −29 17
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

See also

References
  1. rsssf.com
  2. romaniansoccer.ro
  3. Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor. romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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