1978–79 Divizia C

The 1978–79 Divizia C was the 23rd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.[1]

Divizia C
Season1978–79

Team changes

Renamed teams

Luceafărul Focșani was moved from Focșani to Adjud and was renamed as Luceafărul Adjud.

Unirea Bolintin-Vale was renamed as Petrolul Bolintin-Vale.

Automobilul Curtea de Argeș was renamed as Electronistul Curtea de Argeș.

Bistrița Băbeni was renamed as Forestierul Băbeni.

IUPS Miercurea Ciuc was renamed as Tractorul Miercurea Ciuc.

Izvorul Biborțeni and Metalul Târgu Secuiesc merged, the first one being absorbed by the second one and was renamed as Izvorul Târgu Secuiesc.

Constructorul Arad merged with CFR Arad, the first one being absorbed by the second one and was renamed as CFR Constructorul Arad.

Other changes

Relonul Săvinești was replaced by IM Piatra Neamț.

Luceafărul I București and Luceafărul II București were teams of juniors training center of Romanian Football Federation and was enrolled directly in the third tier.

League tables

Seria I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 CS Botoșani (C, P) 30 18 8 4 77 13 +64 44 Promotion to Divizia B
2 CFR Pașcani 30 17 2 11 51 35 +16 36
3 ASA Câmpulung Moldovenesc 30 15 6 9 50 41 +9 36
4 Metalul Rădăuți 30 15 4 11 49 36 +13 34
5 Foresta Fălticeni 30 15 3 12 47 35 +12 33
6 Cristalul Dorohoi 30 14 4 12 55 48 +7 32
7 Avântul TCMM Frasin 30 13 6 11 48 45 +3 32
8 Danubiana Roman 30 15 2 13 41 40 +1 32
9 Dorna Vatra Dornei 30 13 5 12 46 34 +12 31
10 Zimbrul Suceava 30 12 7 11 36 33 +3 31
11 Nicolina Iași 30 12 4 14 32 32 0 28
12 Laminorul Roman 30 11 5 14 45 45 0 27
13 Metalul Botoșani 30 11 4 15 32 43 −11 26
14 Siretul Bucecea 30 12 1 17 30 51 −21 25
15 Tepro Iași (R) 30 8 8 14 29 38 −9 24 Relegation to County Championship
16 Unirea Săveni (R) 30 4 1 25 10 109 −99 9[lower-alpha 1]
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Unirea Săveni was excluded from championship after 17 rounds and lost all remaining matches with 0–3.

Seria II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Energia Gheorghiu-Dej (C, P) 30 21 5 4 66 12 +54 47 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Letea Bacău 30 22 3 5 61 14 +47 47
3 Partizanul Bacău 30 15 6 9 49 32 +17 36
4 IM Piatra Neamț 30 14 4 12 40 54 −14 32[lower-alpha 1]
5 Petrolul Moinești 30 13 5 12 56 36 +20 31
6 Borzești 30 12 7 11 44 33 +11 31
7 Cimentul Bicaz 30 12 5 13 47 49 −2 29
8 Minerul Comănești 30 11 6 13 35 36 −1 28
9 Constructorul Vaslui 30 11 6 13 38 47 −9 28
10 Hușana Huși 30 10 8 12 33 50 −17 28
11 Demar Mărășești 30 11 5 14 42 45 −3 27
12 Bradul Roznov 30 12 3 15 49 57 −8 27
13 Rulmentul Bârlad 30 11 4 15 26 30 −4 26
14 Cetatea Târgu Neamț 30 10 6 14 32 45 −13 26
15 Aripile Bacău (R) 30 8 10 12 37 54 −17 26 Relegation to County Championship
16 Oituz Târgu Ocna (R) 30 3 5 22 20 81 −61 11[lower-alpha 2]
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. IM Piatra-Neamț replaced Relonul Săvinești after three rounds.
  2. Oituz Târgu Ocna was excluded from championship after 27 rounds and lost all remaining matches with 0–3.

Seria III
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Unirea Focșani (C, P) 30 22 5 3 66 11 +55 49 Promotion to Divizia B
2 CSU Galați 30 20 6 4 70 22 +48 46
3 Dinamo Focșani 30 19 5 6 67 23 +44 43
4 Prahova Ploiești 30 17 6 7 73 25 +48 40
5 Ancora Galați 30 12 8 10 35 31 +4 32
6 Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat 30 12 8 10 27 29 −2 32
7 Luceafărul Adjud 30 14 0 16 31 59 −28 28
8 Avântul Urziceni 30 10 7 13 47 47 0 27
9 Chimia Buzău 30 11 4 15 36 41 −5 26
10 Oțelul Galați 30 10 6 14 31 47 −16 26
11 Petrolul Băicoi 30 10 5 15 38 43 −5 25
12 Foresta Gugești 30 8 8 14 36 61 −25 24
13 Carpați Nehoiu 30 10 4 16 25 54 −29 24
14 Petrolul Berca 30 9 5 16 48 61 −13 23
15 Petrolistul Boldești (R) 30 8 7 15 32 48 −16 23 Relegation to County Championship
16 Metalosport Galați (R) 30 4 4 22 20 80 −60 12
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria IV
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cimentul Medgidia (C, P) 30 21 3 6 66 21 +45 45 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Azotul Slobozia 30 19 5 6 81 30 +51 43
3 Unirea Tricolor Brăila 30 19 3 8 67 34 +33 41
4 Pescărușul Tulcea 30 18 2 10 60 35 +25 38
5 Șoimii Cernavodă 30 15 6 9 53 36 +17 36
6 IMU Medgidia 30 13 6 11 45 36 +9 32
7 Voința Constanța 30 14 4 12 40 33 +7 32
8 Unirea Știința Eforie Nord 30 11 7 12 33 52 −19 29
9 Granitul Babadag 30 10 6 14 29 49 −20 26
10 Victoria Țăndărei 30 11 3 16 37 57 −20 25
11 Electrica Constanța 30 10 4 16 43 51 −8 24
12 Dacia Unirea Brăila 30 10 4 16 30 58 −28 24
13 Marina Mangalia 30 9 5 16 51 50 +1 23
14 Chimpex Constanța 30 10 3 17 35 44 −9 23
15 Tractorul Viziru (R) 30 7 6 17 34 69 −35 20 Relegation to County Championship
16 Arrubium Măcin (R) 30 9 1 20 36 85 −49 19
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria V
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mecanică Fină București (C, P) 34 21 10 3 70 20 +50 52 Promotion to Divizia B
2 TMB București 34 22 5 7 67 28 +39 49
3 Automatica București 34 18 9 7 56 31 +25 45
4 Celuloza Călărași 34 18 6 10 50 30 +20 42
5 ICSIM București 34 17 6 11 70 39 +31 40
6 Voința București 34 16 8 10 64 39 +25 40
7 Unirea Tricolor București 34 15 9 10 51 36 +15 39
8 Abatorul București 34 15 7 12 50 42 +8 37
9 Electronica Obor București 34 13 10 11 35 32 +3 36
10 Flacăra Roșie București 34 10 15 9 32 34 −2 35
11 Petrolul Bolintin-Vale 34 15 5 14 52 66 −14 35
12 Sirena București 34 11 12 11 39 39 0 34
13 Tehnometal București 34 12 8 14 38 38 0 32
14 Vâscoza București 34 10 11 13 38 33 +5 31
15 Automecanica București (R) 34 12 6 16 39 43 −4 30 Relegation to County Championship
16 Luceafărul II București (R) 34 6 3 25 31 89 −58 15
17 Victoria Lehliu (R) 34 5 3 26 23 101 −78 13[lower-alpha 1]
18 Luceafărul I București (R) 34 2 3 29 19 84 −65 7[lower-alpha 2]
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Victoria Lehliu was excluded from championship because the team wasn't present at two matches, in rounds 29 and 30.
  2. Luceafărul I București withdrew from championship at the end of first part of the season.

Seria VI
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni (C, P) 30 20 4 6 72 25 +47 44 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Rova Roșiorii de Vede 30 15 6 9 48 31 +17 36
3 Metalul Mija 30 13 9 8 48 27 +21 35
4 Progresul Pucioasa 30 15 3 12 43 34 +9 33
5 Cimentul Fieni 30 12 7 11 25 31 −6 31
6 Progresul Corabia 30 11 8 11 42 43 −1 30
7 IOB Balș 30 14 2 14 44 47 −3 30
8 Recolta Stoicănești 30 13 4 13 29 55 −26 30
9 Dacia Pitești 30 11 6 13 35 34 +1 28
10 Dinamo Alexandria 30 10 8 12 36 51 −15 28
11 Petrolul Videle 30 11 5 14 35 39 −4 27
12 Electronistul Curtea de Argeș 30 11 5 14 35 47 −12 27
13 Constructorul Pitești 30 9 9 12 29 50 −21 27
14 Răsăritul Caracal 30 11 4 15 48 45 +3 26
15 Chimia Găești (R) 30 10 5 15 43 50 −7 25 Relegation to County Championship
16 Cetatea Turnu Măgurele (R) 30 10 3 17 42 45 −3 23
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria VII
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Pandurii Târgu Jiu (C, P) 30 21 4 5 98 33 +65 46 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Minerul Lupeni 30 17 1 12 59 36 +23 35
3 CFR Craiova 30 16 3 11 46 33 +13 35
4 Dierna Orșova 30 16 3 11 52 43 +9 35
5 Minerul Motru 30 14 4 12 56 35 +21 32
6 Lotru Brezoi 30 15 2 13 47 43 +4 32
7 Metalurgistul Sadu 30 12 7 11 54 49 +5 31
8 Progresul Băilești 30 12 4 14 52 53 −1 28
9 Constructorul TCI Craiova 30 10 8 12 38 42 −4 28
10 Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea 30 12 3 15 34 45 −11 27
11 Minerul Vulcan 30 10 7 13 35 49 −14 27
12 Minerul Rovinari 30 12 3 15 30 54 −24 27
13 Unirea Drăgășani 30 11 4 15 43 54 −11 26
14 Gloria Drobeta-Turnu Severin 30 10 6 14 43 59 −16 26
15 Forestierul Băbeni (R) 30 11 3 16 37 64 −27 25 Relegation to County Championship
16 Constructorul Târgu Jiu (R) 30 9 2 19 35 67 −32 20
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria VIII
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Unirea Alba Iulia (C, P) 30 20 1 9 49 21 +28 41 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Unirea Sânnicolau Mare 30 18 5 7 46 27 +19 41
3 Vulturii Textila Lugoj 30 17 3 10 54 32 +22 37
4 Unirea Tomnatic 30 14 5 11 47 31 +16 33
5 Gloria Reșița 30 14 3 13 55 42 +13 31
6 Metalul Bocșa 30 14 2 14 38 45 −7 30
7 Minerul Oravița 30 12 5 13 45 46 −1 29
8 Laminorul Nădrag 30 13 3 14 44 46 −2 29
9 Știința Petroșani 30 12 5 13 45 48 −3 29
10 Metalul Oțelu Roșu 30 12 4 14 46 40 +6 28
11 Electromotor Timișoara 30 11 6 13 45 44 +1 28
12 CFR Simeria 30 12 3 15 32 42 −10 27
13 CIL Blaj 30 10 6 14 29 46 −17 26
14 Minerul Ghelar 30 10 5 15 32 44 −12 25
15 ICRAL Timișoara (R) 30 10 4 16 27 52 −25 24[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to County Championship
16 Metalul Hunedoara (R) 30 9 4 17 23 51 −28 22
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ICRAL Timișoara was relegated in districtual championship for kicking the referee in the match against Unirea Alba-Iulia from round 28.

Seria IX
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Strungul Arad (C, P) 30 19 7 4 68 16 +52 45 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Bihoreana Marghita 30 15 7 8 54 31 +23 37
3 Sticla Arieșul Turda 30 14 9 7 45 28 +17 37
4 Metalul Aiud 30 13 8 9 43 28 +15 34
5 Tricolorul Beiuș 30 10 12 8 37 27 +10 32
6 Rapid Arad 30 9 13 8 36 32 +4 31
7 CFR Constructorul Arad 30 12 7 11 33 33 0 31
8 Recolta Salonta 30 12 6 12 37 46 −9 30
9 Voința Oradea 30 12 5 13 42 36 +6 29
10 Unirea Dej 30 10 7 13 38 45 −7 27
11 CM Cluj-Napoca 30 11 5 14 39 46 −7 27
12 Victoria Ineu 30 10 7 13 31 38 −7 27
13 Oțelul Bihor 30 8 10 12 22 47 −25 26
14 Minerul Șuncuiuș 30 11 3 16 33 59 −26 25
15 Minerul Bihor (R) 30 8 5 17 30 51 −21 21 Relegation to County Championship
16 Tehnofrig Cluj-Napoca (R) 30 6 9 15 21 46 −25 21
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria X
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Someșul Satu Mare (C, P) 30 19 4 7 61 19 +42 42 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Armătura Zalău 30 17 2 11 63 36 +27 36
3 Minerul Rodna 30 15 3 12 55 38 +17 33
4 Cuprom Baia Mare 30 15 3 12 48 40 +8 33
5 Oașul Negrești 30 14 4 12 58 31 +27 32
6 Minerul Ilba-Seini 30 15 2 13 52 42 +10 32
7 Minerul Baia Sprie 30 13 5 12 56 38 +18 31
8 Lăpușul Târgu Lăpuș 30 14 3 13 47 47 0 31
9 Victoria Carei 30 14 2 14 54 36 +18 30
10 Minerul Băița 30 13 4 13 44 45 −1 30
11 Bradul Vișeu de Sus 30 12 5 13 30 52 −22 29
12 Minerul Băiuț 30 13 2 15 40 38 +2 28
13 Hebe Sângeorz-Băi 30 10 8 12 41 47 −6 28
14 Silvicultorul Maieru 30 12 2 16 39 77 −38 26
15 Rapid Jibou (R) 30 10 3 17 36 64 −28 23 Relegation to County Championship
16 Viitorul Șimleu Silvaniei (R) 30 6 4 20 27 101 −74 16
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria XI
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Carpați Mârșa (C, P) 28 18 3 7 55 28 +27 39 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Metalul Sighișoara 28 15 2 11 43 27 +16 32
3 Foresta Bistrița 28 14 3 11 49 35 +14 31
4 Utilajul Făgăraș 28 13 4 11 34 24 +10 30
5 Chimia Victoria 28 13 4 11 38 37 +1 30
6 Oțelul Reghin 28 13 2 13 48 39 +9 28
7 Construcții Sibiu 28 11 5 12 31 39 −8 27
8 Mureșul Luduș 28 10 6 12 49 40 +9 26
9 Avântul Reghin 28 11 4 13 35 39 −4 26
10 IPA Sibiu 28 11 4 13 35 41 −6 26
11 IMIX Agnita 28 13 0 15 37 46 −9 26
12 Metalul Copșa Mică 28 12 2 14 31 45 −14 26
13 Automecanica Mediaș 28 10 5 13 29 38 −9 25
14 Sticla Târnaveni 28 12 1 15 32 59 −27 25
15 Inter Sibiu (R) 28 7 9 12 27 36 −9 23 Relegation to County Championship
16 Textila Cisnădie (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 1] Excluded
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:
  1. Textila Cisnădie was excluded from championship after the incidents from the match with Chimia Victoria (0–1, in round 8)

Seria XII
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Viitorul Gheorgheni (C, P) 30 20 4 6 55 22 +33 44 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Carpați Sinaia 30 18 5 7 58 21 +37 41
3 Progresul Odorheiu Secuiesc 30 16 6 8 55 24 +31 38
4 Izvorul Târgu Secuiesc 30 15 4 11 44 40 +4 34
5 Metrom Brașov 30 14 5 11 47 39 +8 33
6 Caraimanul Bușteni 30 14 3 13 38 33 +5 31
7 Tractorul Miercurea Ciuc 30 13 5 12 34 38 −4 31
8 Torpedo Zărnești 30 14 2 14 44 46 −2 30
9 Minerul Bălan 30 13 3 14 37 40 −3 29
10 Precizia Săcele 30 12 5 13 31 34 −3 29
11 Minerul Baraolt 30 13 3 14 46 52 −6 29
12 Carpați Brașov 30 11 6 13 29 39 −10 28
13 Mobila Măgura Codlea 30 11 4 15 38 35 +3 26
14 CSU Brașov 30 9 7 14 31 38 −7 25
15 Avântul Măneciu (R) 30 10 5 15 28 47 −19 25 Relegation to County Championship
16 IRA Câmpina (R) 30 2 3 25 13 80 −67 7[lower-alpha 1]
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. IRA Câmpina was excluded from championship after 17 rounds because of the incidents from the match with Viitorul Gheorgheni.

See also

References
  1. "Divizia C - 1978-79 season - Edition 23". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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