1972–73 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1972–73
ChampionsDinamo București[1]
Top goalscorerIon Oblemenco (21)

The 1972–73 Divizia A was the fifty-fifth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. With 7 rounds before the end of the season, the Romanian Football Federation decided to raise the number of teams from 16 to 18 in the next season and because of this it was decided that no team will relegate in this season.[2]

Teams

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Location of teams in 1972-73 Divizia A

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dinamo București (C) 30 17 5 8 51 32 +19 39 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Universitatea Craiova 30 15 9 6 54 36 +18 39 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Argeș Pitești 30 14 7 9 44 28 +16 35
4 SC Bacău 30 13 8 9 36 35 +1 34 Invitation to Balkans Cup
5 CFR Cluj 30 11 11 8 33 33 0 33
6 Steaua București 30 9 13 8 36 30 +6 31
7 Steagul Roşu Brașov 30 11 8 11 39 24 +15 30
8 FC Constanța 30 10 8 12 35 34 +1 28
9 UTA Arad 30 8 12 10 33 36 −3 28
10 Jiul Petroșani 30 11 6 13 38 43 −5 28
11 Petrolul Ploiești 30 9 10 11 22 32 −10 28
12 ASA Târgu Mureș 30 12 3 15 37 47 −10 27
13 Rapid București 30 7 12 11 29 29 0 26
14 CSM Reșița 30 8 10 12 34 39 −5 26
15 Sportul Studențesc București 30 6 13 11 32 50 −18 25
16 Universitatea Cluj 30 7 9 14 25 50 −25 23
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away ASA ARG BAC CFR RES CON UCR DIN JIU PET RAP SPO SRB STE UTA UCL
ASA Târgu Mureș — 4–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1
Argeș Pitești 3–0 — 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 5–0
Bacău 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–0
CFR Cluj 3–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1
Reșița 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 — 1–2 2–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 5–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–2
Constanța 2–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0
Universitatea Craiova 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 — 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–0
Dinamo București 2–0 3–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–2 — 2–1 3–1 0–2 3–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1
Jiul Petroșani 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 — 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 1–1
Petrolul Ploiești 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 — 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Rapid București 3–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 4–6 0–0 4–1 1–0 — 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1
Sportul Studențesc București 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–4 2–0
Steagul Roşu Brașov 5–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 5–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 — 0–2 3–0 2–1
Steaua București 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–6 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 — 2–2 3–1
UTA Arad 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 — 1–1
Universitatea Cluj 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–5 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 —
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[3] Player Club Goals
1 Ion Oblemenco Universitatea Craiova 21
2 Florea Dumitrache Dinamo București 15
3 Nicolae Pescaru Steagul Roşu Brașov 14
4 Ion Roșu Argeș Pitești 13
Adalbert Rozsnyai Jiul Petroșani

Champion squad

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Dinamo București[4]

Goalkeepers: Mircea Constantinescu (10 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (1 / 0); Iosif Cavai (12 / 0); Adrian Rămureanu (8 / 0).
Defenders: Florin Cheran (16 / 0); Vasile Dobrău (27 / 0); Gabriel Sandu (28 / 0); Augustin Deleanu (23 / 0); Nicolae Petre (10 / 0); Alexandru Sătmăreanu (16 / 0); Vasile Cosma (6 / 1); Teodor Lucuță (5 / 0).
Midfielders: Mircea Stoenescu (8 / 1); Cornel Dinu (23 / 2); Ion Batacliu (3 / 0).
Forwards: Mircea Lucescu (28 / 12); Radu Nunweiller (30 / 7); Florea Dumitrache (26 / 15); Florian Dumitrescu (26 / 5); Alexandru Moldovan (25 / 2); Viorel Sălceanu (17 / 2); Doru Popescu (24 / 4); Marin Roșu (2 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ion Nunweiller.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1972–73 Divizia A". Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  2. ^ "Când partidul mărea numărul de echipe" [When the party increased the number of teams] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 31 March 2023. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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