1977–78 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1977–78
ChampionsSteaua București[1]
Top goalscorerDudu Georgescu (24)

The 1977–78 Divizia A was the sixtieth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București (C) 34 17 7 10 75 49 +26 41 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Argeș Pitești 34 18 5 11 60 49 +11 41 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Politehnica Timișoara 34 16 6 12 48 38 +10 38
4 Sportul Studenţesc București 34 18 2 14 49 42 +7 38 Invitation to Balkans Cup
5 Dinamo București 34 15 6 13 50 40 +10 36
6 Universitatea Craiova 34 14 7 13 43 34 +9 35 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Jiul Petroșani 34 14 6 14 53 49 +4 34
8 Corvinul Hunedoara 34 11 12 11 44 43 +1 34
9 CS Târgoviște 34 13 8 13 28 33 −5 34
10 UTA Arad 34 13 8 13 49 55 −6 34
11 SC Bacău 34 13 8 13 47 55 −8 34
12 ASA Târgu Mureș 34 13 7 14 48 40 +8 33
13 Olimpia Satu Mare 34 14 5 15 41 47 −6 33
14 Bihor Oradea 34 15 3 16 39 56 −17 33
15 Politehnica Iași 34 12 8 14 43 39 +4 32
16 FC Constanța (R) 34 14 4 16 42 49 −7 32 Relegation to Divizia B
17 Petrolul Ploiești (R) 34 11 8 15 41 46 −5 30
18 FCM Reșița (R) 34 8 4 22 29 65 −36 20
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ASA ARG BAC BHO CON COR UCR DIN RES JIU OLI PET PIA SPO STE POL TAR UTA
ASA Târgu Mureș 3–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–1
Argeș Pitești 4–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–3 3–2 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 5–0
Bacău 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–1
Bihor Oradea 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–1
Constanța 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–4 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–1
Corvinul Hunedoara 1–0 2–2 3–1 7–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1
Universitatea Craiova 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Dinamo București 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 3–0 3–1
FCM Reșița 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 0–3 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–4 1–0 3–0 0–0
Jiul Petroșani 0–1 1–1 5–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 3–0
Olimpia Satu Mare 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–0
Petrolul Ploiești 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 4–3
Politehnica Iași 0–0 6–1 4–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–1 0–0
Sportul Studențesc București 3–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–2
Steaua București 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 5–0 2–2 3–1 3–3 4–0 4–1 2–0 4–1 4–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 5–0
Politehnica Timișoara 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–1
Târgoviște 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0
UTA Arad 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 5–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Position[2] Player Club Goals
1 Dudu Georgescu Dinamo București 24
2 Anghel Iordănescu Steaua București 19
3 Marcel Răducanu Steaua București 18
4 Marin Radu Argeș Pitești 15
5 Ladislau Broșovschi UT Arad 13
Petre Buduru FC Constanța

Champion squad

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Steaua București[3]

Goalkeepers: Dumitru Moraru (26 / 0); Vasile Iordache (14 / 0).
Defenders: Teodor Anghelini (32 / 0); Mario Agiu (33 / 1); Ștefan Sameș (21 / 1); Iosif Vigu (34 / 0); Ion Nițu (10 / 0); Florin Marin (10 / 0).
Midfielders: Gabriel Zahiu (22 / 12); Ion Ion (24 / 1); Ion Dumitru (24 / 6); Tudorel Stoica (28 / 1).
Forwards: Anghel Iordănescu (28 / 19); Radu Troi (26 / 5); Marcel Răducanu (31 / 18); Viorel Năstase (12 / 6); Vasile Aelenei (8 / 0); Adrian Ionescu (17 / 1); Constantin Zamfir (24 / 3).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Emerich Jenei.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 1977–78 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 May 2021.