1953 Divizia B

The 1953 Divizia B was the 14th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B
Season1953
PromotedFlacăra Ploiești
Metalul Hunedoara
Metalul Câmpia Turzii
RelegatedȘantierul Constanța
CA Cluj
CA Craiova
← 1952
1954 →

The format with two series has been maintained, but each of them being expanded from 12 to 16. At the end of the season the winners of the series and one second place promoted to Divizia A and only the teams which had organizational problems relegated to District Championship, because the series would be expanded from the next season. This was the fourth season played in the spring-autumn system, a system imposed by the new leadership of the country which were in close ties with the Soviet Union.[1][2]

Team changes

Renamed teams

Flacăra Lupeni was renamed as Minerul Lupeni.

Flacăra Poiana Câmpina was renamed as Metalul Câmpina.

Înainte Sibiu was renamed as Libertatea Sibiu.

League tables

Serie I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flacăra Ploiești (C, P) 30 22 4 4 76 23 +53 48 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Spartac București 30 19 6 5 50 23 +27 44
3 Metalul Câmpina 30 17 5 8 53 32 +21 39
4 Dinamo Bacău 30 15 5 10 54 41 +13 35
5 Șantierul Constanța (R) 30 13 5 12 49 42 +7 31 Relegation to District
6 Metalul Steagul Roșu 30 9 13 8 33 34 −1 31
7 Metalul București 30 10 10 10 34 36 −2 30
8 Locomotiva Iași 30 11 7 12 40 40 0 29
9 Știința Iași 30 10 9 11 45 48 −3 29
10 Libertatea Sibiu 30 9 10 11 33 35 −2 28
11 Dinamo Turnu Măgurele 30 7 14 9 30 36 −6 28
12 Flamura Roșie Sfântu Gheorghe 30 8 9 13 26 44 −18 25
13 Flacăra Moreni 30 9 6 15 43 51 −8 24
14 Flamura Roșie Pitești 30 8 8 14 26 40 −14 24
15 Flamura Roșie Bacău 30 5 9 16 32 59 −27 19
16 Metalul Brăila 30 4 8 18 28 68 −40 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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Metalul Hunedoara (C, P) 28 15 10 3 51 25 +26 40 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Metalul Câmpia Turzii (P) 28 16 4 8 48 35 +13 36
3 Locomotiva Cluj 28 14 7 7 48 32 +16 35
4 Progresul Satu Mare 28 13 4 11 47 46 +1 30
5 Locomotiva Turnu Severin 28 12 5 11 42 39 +3 29
6 Locomotiva Arad 28 13 2 13 38 37 +1 28
7 Flacăra Mediaș 28 12 2 14 47 42 +5 26
8 Locomotiva Craiova 28 9 7 12 31 36 −5 25
9 Metalul Oradea 28 10 4 14 40 49 −9 24
10 Metalul Reșița 28 10 4 14 36 45 −9 24
11 Avântul Reghin 28 8 8 12 34 43 −9 24
12 Locomotiva Oradea 28 7 9 12 26 50 −24 23
13 Metalul Baia Mare 28 8 6 14 23 37 −14 22
14 Minerul Lupeni 28 4 8 16 28 56 −28 16
15 CA Cluj (E) 15 10 4 1 28 6 +22 24 Clubs dissolved
16 CA Craiova (E) 15 6 4 5 27 16 +11 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) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted

See also

References
  1. rsssf.org
  2. romaniansoccer.ro
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