1967–68 Divizia B

Divizia B
Season1967–68
PromotedPolitehnica Iași
Vagonul Arad
Crișul Oradea
RelegatedVictoria Roman

The 1967–68 Divizia B was the 28th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 14 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A. Due to expansion of Divizia A and Divizia B from 14 to 16 teams, also the second places from the series played a promotion play-off, at the end of which the second place from the second series also promoted to Divizia A and last two places from both series played a relegation play-off against second places from Divizia C, at the end of which only one team relegated.[1][2]

Team changes

Renamed teams

CSMS Iași was renamed as Politehnica Iași.

Dinamo Victoria București was renamed as Electronica Obor București.

Metalurgistul București was renamed as Metalul București.

Oltul Râmnicu Vâlcea was renamed as Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea.

Other teams

Siderurgistul Galați gave away its place in the Divizia B to Politehnica Galați, former Știința Galați. Siderurgistul was then dissolved.[3]

Clujeana Cluj merged with CFR Cluj (which appeared again in a lower division), the first one being absorbed by the second one.[3]

League tables

Serie I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Politehnica Iași (C, P) 26 14 4 8 37 24 +13 32 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Politehnica Galați (Q) 26 12 6 8 43 28 +15 30 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Electronica Obor București 26 11 8 7 52 38 +14 30
4 Metalul București 26 11 6 9 30 24 +6 28
5 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 26 13 2 11 30 32 −2 28
6 Portul Constanța 26 12 3 11 32 33 −1 27
7 Politehnica București 26 10 6 10 35 26 +9 26
8 Flacăra Moreni 26 10 5 11 30 35 −5 25
9 CFR Pașcani 26 11 3 12 33 46 −13 25
10 Chimia Suceava 26 9 6 11 27 27 0 24
11 Metrom Brașov 26 8 8 10 29 33 −4 24
12 Poiana Câmpina 26 11 2 13 23 31 −8 24
13 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (O) 26 8 6 12 27 36 −9 22 Qualification to relegation play-off
14 Victoria Roman (R) 26 8 3 15 24 39 −15 19
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Serie II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Vagonul Arad (C, P) 26 15 7 4 43 22 +21 37 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Crișul Oradea (O, P) 26 12 7 7 32 26 +6 31 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 CFR Timișoara 26 11 5 10 38 29 +9 27
4 Minerul Baia Mare 26 11 5 10 30 34 −4 27
5 CFR Cluj 26 11 3 12 46 37 +9 25
6 Politehnica Timișoara 26 10 5 11 48 43 +5 25
7 CFR Arad 26 11 3 12 35 31 +4 25
8 Metalul Hunedoara 26 10 5 11 24 23 +1 25
9 CSM Sibiu 26 9 7 10 31 34 −3 25
10 IS Câmpia Turzii 26 9 6 11 31 34 −3 24
11 Olimpia Oradea 26 11 2 13 27 37 −10 24
12 CSM Reșița 26 9 5 12 33 34 −1 23
13 Gaz Metan Mediaș (O) 26 9 5 12 27 42 −15 23 Qualification to relegation play-off
14 Cugir (O) 26 10 3 13 21 40 −19 23
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Divizia A play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia A faces the 2nd-placed teams from the series of the Divizia B. The play-off tournament was played in Timișoara.[4][5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Crișul Oradea (C, P) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Progresul București (P) 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 4
3 Steagul Roșu Brașov (R) 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 3 Relegation to Divizia B
4 Politehnica Galați (R) 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0
Source: lastegaru.net
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Round 1

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Steagul Roșu Brașov (A) 3–1 Politehnica Galați (B)
Progresul București (A) 1–2 Crișul Oradea (B)

Round 2

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Steagul Roșu Brașov (A) 1–1 Crișul Oradea (B)
Progresul București (A) 4–2 Politehnica Galați (B)

Round 3

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Steagul Roșu Brașov (A) 0–3 Progresul București (A)
Politehnica Galați (B) 0–2 Crișul Oradea (B)

Divizia B play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia B faces the 2nd-placed teams from the series of the Divizia C. The play-off tournaments were played in Brașov and Arad.

Group I (Brașov)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Progresul Brăila (C, P) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (P) 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
3 Gloria Bârlad (P) 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 3
4 Victoria Roman (R) 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0 Relegation to Divizia C
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group II (Arad)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gaz Metan Mediaș (C, P) 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 4 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Cugir (P) 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
3 Metalul Turnu Severin (P) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4 Chimica Târnăveni (R) 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1 Relegation to Divizia C
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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

References

  1. ^ rsssf.org
  2. ^ romaniansoccer.ro
  3. ^ a b Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor. romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ „Stegarii” şi barajele de-a lungul istoriei. lastegaru.net (in Romanian)
  5. ^ Istoria fotbalului gălăţean (8). viata-libera.ro (in Romanian)