1960–61 Regional Championship

The 1960–61 Regional Championship was the 19th season of the Regional Championship, 8th as the third tier of Romanian football. The champions of each regional championships play against each other in the play-offs to gain promotion in Divizia B.

Liga IV

Season	1960–61
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Regional championships

Argeș (AG) Bacău (BC) Banat (BA) Brașov (BV) Bucharest Municipality (B)

Bucharest Region (B) Cluj (CJ) Crișana (CR) Dobrogea (DO)

Galați (GL) Hunedoara (HD) Iași (IS) Maramureș (MM)

Mureș (MS) Oltenia (OL) Ploiești (PL) Suceava (SV)

Promotion play-off

Seventeen teams participate in the promotion tournament. The teams were divided into two groups of six and one of five, and the first two ranked teams from each group promoted to second division. The matches were played on neutral ground at Râmnicu Vâlcea, Sibiu and Sinaia.^[1]

Series I (Râmnicu Vâlcea)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Știința Galați (GL) (P)	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10	7	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (BC) (P)	4	3	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	IMU Medgidia (DO)	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	5
4	Penicilina Iași (IS)	4	1	0	3	6	13	−7	2
5	ASM Rădăuți (SV)	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Results

Știința Galați v Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 8 July 1961 Știința Galați 2–1 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Râmnicu Vâlcea IMU Medgidia v ASM Rădăuți 8 July 1961 IMU Medgidia 3–0 ASM Rădăuți Râmnicu Vâlcea Știința Galați v ASM Rădăuți 13 July 1961 Știința Galați 6–0 ASM Rădăuți Râmnicu Vâlcea Penicilina Iași v Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 13 July 1961 Penicilina Iași 1–3 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Râmnicu Vâlcea Penicilina Iași v ASM Rădăuți 16 July 1961 Penicilina Iași 2–1 ASM Rădăuți Râmnicu Vâlcea IMU Medgidia v Știința Galați 16 July 1961 IMU Medgidia 0–0 Știința Galați Râmnicu Vâlcea Penicilina Iași v IMU Medgidia 20 July 1961 Penicilina Iași 2–5 IMU Medgidia Râmnicu Vâlcea Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț v ASM Rădăuți 20 July 1961 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 5–2 ASM Rădăuți Râmnicu Vâlcea Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț v IMU Medgidia 23 July 1961 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 2–1 IMU Medgidia Râmnicu Vâlcea Știința Galați v Penicilina Iași 23 July 1961 Știința Galați 4–1 Penicilina Iași Râmnicu Vâlcea

Series II (Sibiu)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Arad (BA) (P)	5	5	0	0	13	3	+10	10	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Carpați Sinaia (PL) (P)	5	2	2	1	5	5	0	6
3	Dunărea Giurgiu (B)	5	2	2	1	5	7	−2	6
4	Flacăra Roșie București (B)	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	5
5	Muscelul IMS Câmpulung (AG)	5	1	1	3	10	13	−3	3
6	Dinamo Craiova (OT)	5	0	0	5	5	11	−6	0

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Results

Dunărea Giurgiu v Flacăra Roșie București 8 July 1961 Dunărea Giurgiu 1–0 Flacăra Roșie București Sibiu CFR Arad v Dinamo Craiova 8 July 1961 CFR Arad 2–1 Dinamo Craiova Sibiu Carpați Sinaia v Muscelul IMS Câmpulung 8 July 1961 Carpați Sinaia 1–0 Muscelul IMS Câmpulung Sibiu Flacăra Roșie București v Dinamo Craiova 12 July 1961 Flacăra Roșie București 2–1 Dinamo Craiova Sibiu Muscelul IMS Câmpulung v Dunărea Giurgiu 13 July 1961 Muscelul IMS Câmpulung 3–3 Dunărea Giurgiu Sibiu CFR Arad v Carpați Sinaia 13 July 1961 CFR Arad 3–1 Carpați Sinaia Sibiu CFR Arad v Dunărea Giurgiu 15 July 1961 CFR Arad 4–0 Dunărea Giurgiu Sibiu Flacăra Roșie București v Muscelul IMS Câmpulung 16 July 1961 Flacăra Roșie București 5–2 Muscelul IMS Câmpulung Sibiu Carpați Sinaia v Dinamo Craiova 16 July 1961 Carpați Sinaia 2–1 Dinamo Craiova Sibiu Dinamo Craiova v Muscelul IMS Câmpulung 19 July 1961 Dinamo Craiova 2–4 Muscelul IMS Câmpulung Sibiu CFR Arad v Flacăra Roșie București 20 July 1961 CFR Arad 2–0 Flacăra Roșie București Sibiu Carpați Sinaia v Dunărea Giurgiu 20 July 1961 Carpați Sinaia 0–0 Dunărea Giurgiu Sibiu Flacăra Roșie București v Carpați Sinaia 23 July 1961 Flacăra Roșie București 1–1 Carpați Sinaia Sibiu Dunărea Giurgiu v Dinamo Craiova 23 July 1961 Dunărea Giurgiu 1–0 Dinamo Craiova Sibiu Muscelul IMS Câmpulung v CFR Arad 23 July 1961 Muscelul IMS Câmpulung 1–2 CFR Arad Sibiu

Series III (Sinaia)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș (MS) (P)	5	3	2	0	9	5	+4	8	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Crișul Oradea (CR) (P)	5	1	4	0	7	4	+3	6
3	Soda Ocna Mureș (CJ)	5	1	3	1	6	4	+2	5
4	Metrom Brașov (BV)	5	1	2	2	10	12	−2	4
5	Minerul Deva (HD)	5	1	2	2	8	10	−2	4
6	Voința Satu Mare (MM)	5	1	1	3	8	13	−5	3

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

Results

Voința Satu Mare v Minerul Deva 8 July 1961 Voința Satu Mare 3–1 Minerul Deva Sinaia Crișul Oradea v Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș 8 July 1961 Crișul Oradea 1–1 Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș Sinaia Soda Ocna Mureș v Metrom Brașov 25 July 1961 Soda Ocna Mureș 1–2 Metrom Brașov Sinaia Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș v Voința Satu Mare 12 July 1961 Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș 2–1 Voința Satu Mare Sinaia Metrom Brașov v Crișul Oradea 13 July 1961 Metrom Brașov 2–2 Crișul Oradea Sinaia Minerul Deva v Soda Ocna Mureș 13 July 1961 Minerul Deva 1–1 Soda Ocna Mureș Sinaia Crișul Oradea v Minerul Deva 15 July 1961 Crișul Oradea 1–1 Minerul Deva Sinaia Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș v Metrom Brașov 16 July 1961 Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș 3–1 Metrom Brașov Sinaia Soda Ocna Mureș v Voința Satu Mare 16 July 1961 Soda Ocna Mureș 4–1 Voința Satu Mare Sinaia Minerul Deva v Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș 19 July 1961 Minerul Deva 3–2 Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș Sinaia Soda Ocna Mureș v Crișul Oradea 20 July 1961 Soda Ocna Mureș 0–0 Crișul Oradea Sinaia Voința Satu Mare v Metrom Brașov 20 July 1962 Voința Satu Mare 3–3 Metrom Brașov Sinaia Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș v Soda Ocna Mureș 22 July 1961 Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș 0–0 Soda Ocna Mureș Sinaia Crișul Oradea v Voința Satu Mare 23 July 1961 Crișul Oradea 3–0 Voința Satu Mare Sinaia Metrom Brașov v Minerul Deva 23 July 1961 Metrom Brașov 2–3 Minerul Deva Sinaia

Championship standings

Argeș Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Muscelul IMS Câmpulung (Q)	23	20	2	1	94	10	+84	42	Qualification to championship final
2	Metalul Colibași	23	18	3	2	83	15	+68	39
3	Minerul Câmpulung	23	15	2	6	82	31	+51	32
4	Rapid Pitești	23	13	4	6	50	28	+22	30
5	Argeșul Curtea de Argeș	23	11	4	8	33	30	+3	26
6	Forestierul Stâlpeni	23	10	2	11	44	56	−12	22
7	Progresul Băiculești	23	9	1	13	50	48	+2	19
8	Textilistul Pitești	23	8	3	12	33	45	−12	19
9	Progresul Găești	23	8	2	13	45	55	−10	18
10	Moneda Pitești	23	6	3	14	36	94	−58	15
11	Electrica Câmpulung	23	4	2	17	18	79	−61	10
12	Unirea Costești	23	2	5	16	26	70	−44	9
13	Progresul Topoloveni[a] (D)	12	4	0	8	24	25	−1	8	Excluded

Source: ^[4][5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Progresul Topoloveni was excluded before the second half of the season.

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unirea Drăgășani (Q)	22	11	5	6	58	31	+27	27	Qualification to championship final
2	Oltul Slatina	22	11	5	6	50	37	+13	27
3	Rapid Piatra-Olt	22	10	4	8	43	31	+12	24
4	Oltul Râmnicu Vâlcea	22	10	4	8	42	36	+6	24
5	Lotru Brezoi	22	9	5	8	43	32	+11	23
6	Recolta Stoicănești	22	10	3	9	46	43	+3	23
7	Victoria Slatina	22	8	6	8	30	28	+2	22
8	Oltul Drăgănești-Olt	22	9	2	11	40	47	−7	20
9	Unirea Potcoava	22	9	2	11	37	47	−10	20
10	Unirea Horezu[a]	22	6	7	9	38	46	−8	19
11	CSA Râmnicu Vâlcea	22	6	6	10	30	50	−20	18
12	Dinamo Drăgășani	22	7	3	12	32	52	−20	17
13	Forestierul Băbeni[b] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Excluded

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Avântul Horezu was renamed during the winter break as Unirea Horezu.
2. Forestierul Băbeni was excluded in the first half of the season and all its results were canceled.

Championship final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Unirea Drăgășani	2–6	Muscelul IMS Câmpulung	2–2	0–4

Muscelul IMS Câmpulung won the Argeș Regional Championship and qualify for promotion play-off in Divizia B.^[6]

Bacău Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (Q)	18	12	2	4	56	20	+36	26	Qualification to championship final
2	Laminorul Roman	18	11	3	4	35	16	+19	25
3	Victoria Piatra Neamț	18	11	1	6	45	25	+20	23
4	Bradul Roznov	18	10	2	6	48	27	+21	22
5	Partizanul Bacău	18	9	2	7	22	33	−11	20
6	Victoria Roman	18	8	3	7	30	27	+3	19
7	Celuloza Piatra Neamț	18	6	4	8	21	30	−9	16
8	Cimentul Bicaz	18	6	2	10	21	51	−30	14
9	Avântul Buhuși	18	4	4	10	18	46	−28	12
10	Bradul Târgu Neamț	18	1	1	16	7	48	−41	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Textila Buhuși (Q)	18	12	4	2	54	11	+43	28	Qualification to championship final
2	Minerul Comănești	18	12	1	5	47	23	+24	25
3	Petrolistul Dărmănești	18	9	4	5	36	27	+9	22
4	Gloria Zemeș	18	10	2	6	23	18	+5	22
5	Petrolul Moinești	18	8	2	8	38	34	+4	18
6	Victoria Bacău	18	4	7	7	25	31	−6	15
7	Chimia Onești	18	5	4	9	27	48	−21	14
8	Oituz Târgu Ocna	18	5	3	10	31	40	−9	13
9	Locomotiva Adjud	17	4	3	10	22	37	−15	11
10	Bradul HCC Bacău	17	4	1	12	18	52	−34	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship final

All matches were played at 23 August Stadium in Bacău on 4, 11 and 16 June 1961.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	6–4	Textila Buhuși	3–3	1–1	2–0

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț won the Bacău Regional Championship and qualify to promotion play-off in Divizia B.

Banat Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CFR Arad (Q)	26	18	4	4	78	23	+55	40	Qualification to championship final
2	Electromotor Timișoara	26	13	5	8	37	33	+4	31
3	Stăruința Timișoara	26	11	7	8	49	43	+6	29
4	Tehnometal Timișoara	26	11	6	9	35	40	−5	28
5	ICA Arad	26	11	5	10	49	48	+1	27
6	Ceramica Jimbolia	26	10	6	10	44	43	+1	26
7	Victoria Lipova	26	8	10	8	26	28	−2	26
8	Banatul FZ Timișoara	26	9	8	9	33	42	−9	26
9	Teba Arad	26	9	7	10	39	36	+3	25
10	Șoimii Timișoara	26	11	2	13	47	45	+2	24
11	Unirea Sânnicolau Mare	26	9	5	12	36	48	−12	23
12	Recolta Jimbolia	26	8	5	13	41	54	−13	21
13	Progresul Timișoara	26	8	4	14	36	45	−9	20
14	Progresul Pecica	26	7	4	15	32	54	−22	18

Source: ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Metalul Oțelu Roșu (Q)	26	19	3	4	60	17	+43	41	Qualification to championship final
2	Oravița	26	16	8	2	49	17	+32	40
3	Olimpia Reșița	26	14	6	6	45	25	+20	34
4	Metalul Bocșa	26	12	7	7	56	33	+23	31
5	Minerul Anina	26	10	7	9	42	42	0	27
6	CFR Caransebeș	26	10	5	11	41	36	+5	25
7	Progresul Gătaia	26	10	4	12	40	48	−8	24
8	Porțile de Fier Orșova	26	10	3	13	41	53	−12	23
9	Isvorul Bocșa	26	10	3	13	34	49	−15	23
10	Furnirul Deta	26	8	6	12	38	40	−2	22
11	Progresul Ciacova	26	8	6	12	40	48	−8	22
12	ASM Lugoj	26	8	6	12	33	44	−11	22
13	Muncitorul Reșița	26	5	8	13	31	52	−21	18
14	Cadarca Recaș	26	2	8	16	19	65	−46	12

Source: ^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Metalul Oțelu Roșu	1–2	CFR Arad	1–0	0–2

CFR Arad won the Banat Regional Championship and qualify to promotion play-off in Divizia B.

Brașov Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Metrom Brașov (Q)	22	15	6	1	57	21	+36	36	Qualification to championship play-off
2	Rulmentul Brașov	22	13	4	5	65	24	+41	30
3	Precizia Săcele	22	12	3	7	41	34	+7	27
4	Torpedo Zărnești	22	11	4	7	43	32	+11	26
5	Celuloza Zărnești	22	8	7	7	33	33	0	23
6	Măgura Codlea	22	10	2	10	27	38	−11	22
7	Flamura Roșie Lunca Câlnicului	22	7	7	8	30	30	0	21
8	Flamura Roșie Bod	22	8	5	9	37	38	−1	21
9	Strungul Brașov	22	6	7	9	27	38	−11	19
10	Politehnica Brașov	22	6	6	10	25	38	−13	18
11	Colorom Codlea	22	4	4	14	23	45	−22	12
12	Dinamo Brașov	22	2	5	15	24	61	−37	9

Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ASA Sibiu (Q)	22	16	4	2	47	16	+31	36	Qualification to championship play-off
2	Elastic Sibiu	22	13	4	5	45	20	+25	30
3	Textila Cisnădie	22	13	1	8	50	31	+19	27
4	Progresul Făgăraș	22	11	4	7	52	34	+18	26
5	Sinteza Victoria	22	8	5	9	53	33	+20	21
6	CFR Sibiu	22	8	5	9	37	34	+3	21
7	Firul Roșu Tălmaciu	22	9	3	10	40	37	+3	21
8	Metalul IO Sibiu	22	7	6	9	43	39	+4	20
9	Chimia Făgăraș II	22	8	2	12	28	52	−24	18
10	Unirea Victoria	22	4	8	10	33	50	−17	16
11	Progresul Agnita	22	7	1	14	25	66	−41	15
12	Unirea Rupea	22	5	3	14	32	73	−41	13

Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Series III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Faianța Sighișoara (Q)	22	16	3	3	59	30	+29	35	Qualification to championship play-off
2	Sparta Mediaș	22	13	4	5	43	18	+25	30
3	Voința Târnăveni	22	12	5	5	50	25	+25	29
4	Textila Mediaș	22	10	8	4	50	27	+23	28
5	Vitrometan Mediaș	22	9	8	5	35	22	+13	26
6	Chimica Târnăveni	22	8	7	7	35	33	+2	23
7	Victoria Copșa Mică	22	7	8	7	33	19	+14	22
8	Record Mediaș	22	8	5	9	30	30	0	21
9	Voința Blaj	22	6	4	12	33	51	−18	16
10	Sticla Târnăveni	22	7	1	14	25	55	−30	15
11	Stăruința Mediaș	22	3	4	15	17	53	−36	10
12	Nicovala Sighișoara	22	3	3	16	19	66	−47	9

Source: ^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship play-off

The championship play-off was played between the winner of each Brașov regional series and the winner of Series II from Mureș Region (as the Sfântu Gheorghe district passed to Brașov Region, following the administrative-territorial reorganization from December 1960). All matches were played at Făgăraș, on 18 June 1961 (the semi-finals) and 22 June 1961 (the final). The championship final was replayed on 9 July 1961 at Victoria.^[10][11]

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Metrom Brașov	1–0	Textila Sfântu Gheorghe
Faianța Sighișoara	1–3	ASA Sibiu

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Metrom Brașov	1–0[a]	ASA Sibiu

1. The initial result of the match, 1–2, was canceled following an appeal.

Metrom Brașov won the Brașov Regional Championship and qualify to promotion play-off in Divizia B.

Bucharest Municipality

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flacăra Roșie București (Q)	22	13	5	4	39	23	+16	31	Qualification to championship final
2	FRB București	22	10	8	4	38	29	+9	28
3	Bumbacul București	22	10	7	5	44	31	+13	27
4	Abatorul București	21	10	6	5	24	12	+12	26
5	Voința București	22	9	6	7	37	25	+12	24
6	Confecția București	21	7	8	6	38	34	+4	22
7	CPB București	22	9	4	9	34	27	+7	22
8	Vulcan București	22	3	12	7	20	26	−6	18
9	Constructorul București	22	7	3	12	33	42	−9	17
10	Icar București	22	4	9	9	20	40	−20	17
11	Chimia București	22	5	6	11	26	44	−18	16
12	IOR București	22	3	8	11	22	42	−20	14

Source: ^[12]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rapid București II (Q)	22	17	3	2	57	21	+36	37	Qualification to championship final
2	Tehnometal București	22	11	7	4	41	20	+21	29
3	ITB București	22	11	6	5	37	24	+13	28
4	CFR București	22	11	3	8	40	37	+3	25
5	Timpuri Noi București	22	9	5	8	32	26	+6	23
6	Vestitorul București	22	7	6	9	27	31	−4	20
7	Sirena București	22	7	6	9	18	24	−6	20
8	Ulei București	22	7	4	11	23	45	−22	18
9	Quadrat București	22	7	3	12	27	35	−8	17
10	ICAB București	22	6	5	11	26	39	−13	17
11	Dinamo B București	22	7	1	14	31	39	−8	15
12	ICSIM București	22	4	7	11	19	36	−17	15

Source: ^[12]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship final

The matches was played on 17 June 1961 at Giulești Stadium and 24 June 1961 at Flacăra Roșie Stadium.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid București II	2–3	Flacăra Roșie București	2–2	0–1

Flacăra Roșie București won the Bucharest Municipal Championship and qualify to promotion play-off in Divizia B.^[13]

Bucharest Region

Championship final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia Giurgiu	1–2	Dunărea Giurgiu	1–0	0–2

Dunărea Giurgiu won the Bucharest Regional Championship and qualify to promotion play-off in Divizia B.

Dobrogea Region

Championship play-off

The championship play-off was contested in a double round-robin tournament featuring the winners of the three regional series.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	IMU Medgidia (C, Q)	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10	12	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Ancora Constanța	4	2	0	2	6	2	+4	6
3	Steaua Tulcea	4	0	0	4	1	15	−14	0

Source: ^[14]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Steaua Tulcea v IMU Medgidia 21 May 1961 Steaua Tulcea 1–4 IMU Medgidia Ancora Constanța v Steaua Tulcea 24 May 1961 Ancora Constanța 3–0 Steaua Tulcea IMU Medgidia v Ancora Constanța 4 June 1961 IMU Medgidia 1–0 Ancora Constanța IMU Medgidia v Steaua Tulcea 11 June 1961 IMU Medgidia 5–0 Steaua Tulcea Steaua Tulcea v Ancora Constanța 18 June 1961 Steaua Tulcea 0–3 Ancora Constanța Ancora Constanța v IMU Medgidia 24 June 1961 Ancora Constanța 0–1 IMU Medgidia

Galați Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marina Brăila (Q)	24	19	3	2	91	18	+73	41	Qualification to championship final
2	Ancora Galați	24	18	3	3	80	19	+61	39
3	Dunărea Brăila	24	15	5	4	49	14	+35	35
4	Gloria Tecuci	24	14	4	6	48	34	+14	32
5	Mecanizatorul Făurei	24	13	3	8	79	39	+40	29
6	Metalosport Galați	24	10	3	11	37	37	0	23
7	Tractorul Viziru	24	10	2	12	37	39	−2	22
8	Recolta Ianca	24	8	5	11	32	35	−3	21
9	Tractorul Nănești	24	8	3	13	43	53	−10	19
10	Tractorul Balta Albă	24	7	5	12	29	71	−42	19
11	Tractorul Cioara	24	7	1	16	42	64	−22	15
12	Celuloza Brăila	24	6	3	15	31	64	−33	15
13	Gloria Băleni	24	1	0	23	9	120	−111	2

Source: ^[15]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Știința Galați (Q)	26	20	4	2	100	10	+90	44	Qualification to championship final
2	Trefilatorul Brăila	26	16	4	6	57	32	+25	36
3	Recolta Măicănești	26	14	6	6	36	28	+8	34
4	Progresul Brăila	26	14	5	7	79	30	+49	33
5	Voința Focșani	26	12	6	8	56	42	+14	30
6	Flamura Roșie Tecuci	26	12	5	9	54	45	+9	29
7	Voința Galați	26	12	5	9	43	47	−4	29
8	Chimica Mărășești	26	11	5	10	41	37	+4	27
9	Muncitorul Ghidigeni	26	11	3	12	55	55	0	25
10	Recolta Ivești	26	9	5	12	32	51	−19	23
11	Victoria Gugești	26	8	3	15	40	62	−22	19
12	Viticultorul Panciu	26	7	4	15	30	61	−31	18
13	Tractorul Tecuci	26	2	7	17	26	86	−60	11
14	Electrica Galați	26	2	2	22	23	86	−63	6

Source: ^[15]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marina Brăila	1–5	Știința Galați	1–3	0–2

Știința Galați won the Galați Regional Championship and qualify to promotion play-off in Divizia B.

Hunedoara Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Minerul Vulcan (Q)	18	14	0	4	40	17	+23	28	Qualification to championship final
2	Minerul Aninoasa	18	11	4	3	49	14	+35	26
3	Victoria Călan	18	10	4	4	43	25	+18	24
4	Parângul Lonea	18	10	1	7	41	22	+19	21
5	Minerul Petrila	18	8	4	6	40	25	+15	20
6	CFR Simeria	18	6	3	9	26	36	−10	15
7	Minerul Ghelari	18	7	0	11	32	51	−19	14
8	Retezatul Hațeg	18	5	3	10	21	37	−16	13
9	Șantierul ICSH Hunedoara	18	3	4	11	14	51	−37	10
10	Rapid Deva[a]	18	3	3	12	18	46	−28	9
11	Corvinul Hunedoara II[b] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
12	Horia Cristur[c] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[16][17]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Rapid Deva was absorbed by Minerul Deva after 10 rounds and lost all remaining matches with 0–3.
2. Corvinul Hunedoara II was absorbed by Șantierul ICSH Hunedoara after 10 rounds and all its results were canceled.
3. Horia Cristur was excluded after 6 rounds and all its results were canceled.

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Minerul Deva (Q)	22	21	1	0	107	8	+99	43	Qualification to championship final
2	Metalurgistul Cugir	22	18	2	2	86	16	+70	38
3	Dacia Orăștie	22	14	2	6	73	34	+39	30
4	ASTA Alba Iulia	22	13	1	8	74	32	+42	27
5	CFR Teiuș	22	13	1	8	47	48	−1	27
6	Sebeșul Sebeș	22	12	1	9	46	44	+2	25
7	Metalul Crișcior	22	12	0	10	41	39	+2	24
8	Aurul Zlatna	22	8	4	10	40	46	−6	20
9	Aurul Certej	22	7	0	15	32	60	−28	14
10	Mureșul Vințu de Jos	22	3	2	17	27	74	−47	8
11	Șurianul Petrești[a]	22	1	2	19	12	87	−75	4
12	Victoria Dobra	22	2	0	20	15	112	−97	4

Source: ^[16][17]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Șurianul Petrești was absorbed by Sebeșul Sebeș after 19 rounds and lost all remaining matches with 0–3.

Championship final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Minerul Vulcan	1–4	Minerul Deva	1–1	0–3

Minerul Deva won the Hunedoara Regional Championship and qualify to promotion play-off in Divizia B.^[18]

Mureș Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș (Q)	24	18	5	1	82	11	+71	41	Qualification to championship final
2	Avântul Reghin	24	19	2	3	80	18	+62	40
3	Stăruința Cristuru Secuiesc	24	13	4	7	37	26	+11	30
4	Gloria Târgu Mureș	24	12	4	8	54	23	+31	28
5	Lemnarul Târgu Mureș	24	10	7	7	43	36	+7	27
6	Ciocanul Târgu Mureș	24	11	5	8	48	44	+4	27
7	Energia Fântânele	24	10	3	11	37	51	−14	23
8	Cablul Târgu Mureș	24	8	4	12	40	47	−7	20
9	Producția Reghin	24	9	2	13	33	46	−13	20
10	Mureșul Toplița	24	8	3	13	21	44	−23	19
11	Viitorul Apalina	24	5	5	14	24	66	−42	15
12	Borsecul Borsec	24	5	3	16	23	56	−33	13
13	Avântul Sovata	24	1	7	16	23	77	−54	9

Source: ^[19]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Textila Sfântu Gheorghe (Q)	26	26	0	0	116	16	+100	52	Qualification to Brașov championship play-off[a]
2	ASM Odorheiu Secuiesc (Q)	26	15	2	9	57	33	+24	32	Qualification to championship final[a]
3	Avântul Comandău	26	16	2	8	72	49	+23	32[b]
4	KSE Târgu Secuiesc	26	14	3	9	65	39	+26	31
5	Carpați Covasna	26	11	8	7	64	32	+32	30
6	Avântul Odorheiu Secuiesc	26	13	0	13	57	48	+9	26
7	Metalul Vlăhița	26	11	2	13	51	47	+4	24
8	Minerul Bălan	26	9	5	12	36	77	−41	23
9	Minerul Căpeni	26	10	2	14	38	73	−35	22
10	Progresul Gheorgheni	26	6	8	12	39	52	−13	20
11	Minerul Miercurea Ciuc	26	8	4	14	43	72	−29	20
12	Șoimii Baraolt	26	7	5	14	38	57	−19	19
13	Mureșul Remetea	26	6	5	15	44	64	−20	17
14	Șoimii Băile Tușnad	26	7	0	19	27	88	−61	14

Source: ^[20]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Textila Sfântu Gheorghe qualified for Brașov championship play-off, and ASM Odorheiu Secuiesc qualified for Mureș regional championship final, as the Sfântu Gheorghe district passed to Brașov Region, following the administrative-territorial reorganization from December 1960.
2. Avântul Comandău deducted 2 points.

Championship final

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș	4–3	ASM Odorheiu Secuiesc	2–0	1–3[a]	1–0[b]

1. The match was played at Cristuru Secuiesc as the stadium from Odorheiu Secuiesc was suspended.
2. The match was played on neutral ground at Gheorgheni.

Rapid IRA Târgu Mureș won the Mureș Regional Championship and qualify to promotion play-off in Divizia B.

Oltenia Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CIL Târgu Jiu[a] (Q)	26	22	1	3	89	15	+74	45	Qualification to championship final
2	Unirea Târgu Jiu	26	17	5	4	79	31	+48	39
3	Progresul Filiași	26	17	3	6	79	35	+44	37
4	Metalul 7 Noiembrie Craiova	26	13	7	6	50	29	+21	33
5	Metalurgistul Sadu	26	12	9	5	47	42	+5	33
6	Progresul Strehaia	26	13	5	8	68	29	+39	31
7	Dunărea Turnu Severin[b]	26	14	2	10	66	34	+32	30
8	Morile Unite Jiul Craiova	26	10	6	10	47	53	−6	26
9	Progresul Turnu Severin	26	10	4	12	56	48	+8	24
10	Munca Craiova	26	6	6	14	24	60	−36	18
11	Constructorul Târgu Cărbunești	26	6	5	15	26	72	−46	17
12	Cerna Baia de Aramă	26	6	2	18	30	81	−51	14
13	Petrolul Țicleni	26	5	3	18	28	65	−37	13
14	Porțile de Fier Ada-Kaleh	26	1	2	23	14	106	−92	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Preajba Târgu Jiu was renamed during the winter break as CIL Târgu Jiu.
2. ASA Turnu Severin was renamed during the winter break as Dunărea Turnu Severin.

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Craiova (Q)	24	15	7	2	53	19	+34	37	Qualification to championship final
2	Petrolul Zătreni	24	15	3	6	39	18	+21	33
3	Progresul Băilești	24	12	5	7	35	28	+7	29
4	Progresul Segarcea	24	12	5	7	32	28	+4	29
5	Progresul Balș	24	11	6	7	43	29	+14	28
6	Dunărea Corabia	24	10	6	8	41	32	+9	26
7	Unirea Vânători[a]	24	9	5	10	35	43	−8	23
8	Progresul Caracal	24	7	8	9	38	37	+1	22
9	Progresul Balș	24	8	5	11	37	45	−8	21
10	Recolta Urzicuța	24	6	6	12	27	40	−13	18
11	Fulgerul Maglavit	24	8	1	15	33	56	−23	17
12	Dunărea Calafat	24	6	5	13	27	35	−8	17
13	Voința Caracal	24	4	4	16	30	60	−30	12
14	Tractorul Bechet[b] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Unirea Vânători replaced Viitorul Cujmir during the winter break.
2. Tractorul Bechet withdrew in the first part of the season and all its results were canceled.

Championship final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CIL Târgu Jiu	3–5	Dinamo Craiova	1–2	2–3

Dinamo Craiova won the Craiova Regional Championship and qualify for promotion play-off in Divizia C.

Ploiești Region

Series I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Voința Râmnicu Sărat (Q)	22	15	5	2	49	20	+29	35	Qualification to championship play-off
2	Rapid Mizil	22	16	2	4	63	15	+48	34
3	Rapid Plopeni	22	14	6	2	69	27	+42	34
4	Rapid Buzău	22	13	4	5	44	26	+18	30
5	Geamuri Scăieni	22	9	9	4	41	30	+11	27
6	Țapina Nehoiu	22	9	1	12	44	47	−3	19
7	Chimistul Valea Călugărească	22	6	6	10	32	45	−13	18
8	Partizanul Râmnicu Sărat	22	7	3	12	32	42	−10	17
9	Petrolul Berca	22	5	5	12	28	37	−9	15
10	GAC Sălciile	22	5	4	13	29	64	−35	14
11	Viitorul Drajna de Jos	22	3	4	15	25	72	−47	10
12	Chimia Buzău[a] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^[21]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

1. Chimia Buzău withdrew from championship.

Series II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rafinăria 4 Câmpina (Q)	22	18	3	1	108	24	+84	39	Qualification to championship play-off
2	Petrolul Teleajen Ploiești	22	12	5	5	46	41	+5	29
3	Feroemail Ploiești	22	11	5	6	40	37	+3	27
4	Carotajul Ploiești	22	9	7	6	46	35	+11	25
5	Victoria Florești	22	10	4	8	37	22	+15	24
6	Electrica Câmpina	22	8	7	7	45	38	+7	23
7	Unirea Ploiești	22	9	4	9	35	45	−10	22
8	Dinamo Câmpina	22	6	8	8	28	38	−10	20
9	Petrolul Băicoi	22	6	6	10	34	45	−11	18
10	Slănic	22	5	5	12	35	60	−25	15
11	CFR Ploiești	22	5	1	16	23	58	−35	11
12	Flamura Roșie Ploiești	22	4	3	15	19	54	−35	11

Source: ^[21]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Series III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Carpați Sinaia (Q)	20	13	6	1	45	12	+33	32	Qualification to championship play-off
2	Unitex Pucioasa	20	8	8	4	39	29	+10	24
3	Petrolul Ochiuri	20	6	10	4	47	23	+24	22
4	Victoria Moreni	20	8	5	7	32	36	−4	21
5	Muncitorul Schela Mare	20	8	4	8	24	25	−1	20
6	Metalul Mija	20	6	8	6	27	33	−6	20
7	MIG Fieni	20	7	5	8	21	22	−1	19
8	Minerul Șotânga	20	7	3	10	28	31	−3	17
9	Cimentul Fieni	20	6	3	11	25	32	−7	15
10	Unirea Azuga	20	6	3	11	22	34	−12	15
11	Dinamo Caragiale	20	3	9	8	22	35	−13	15

Source: ^[21]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Championship play-off

The championship play-off was played in a single round-robin tournament between the winners of each series. All matches were played at Petrolul Stadium in Ploiești.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carpați Sinaia (C, Q)	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Rafinăria 4 Câmpina	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Voința Râmnicu Sărat	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: ^[21]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Carpați Sinaia v Rafinăria 4 Câmpina 11 June 1961 Carpați Sinaia 2–1 Rafinăria 4 Câmpina Ploiești Stadium: Petrolul Rafinăria 4 Câmpina v Voința Râmnicu Sărat 15 June 1961 Rafinăria 4 Câmpina 3–0[a] Voința Râmnicu Sărat Ploiești Stadium: Petrolul Carpați Sinaia v Voința Râmnicu Sărat 18 June 1961 Carpați Sinaia 1–1 Voința Râmnicu Sărat Ploiești Stadium: Petrolul The match was interrupted in the 75th minute at 2–0 and was homologated 3–0 in favor of team from Câmpina.

Suceava Region

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASM Rădăuți (C, Q)	26	21	1	4	142	20	+122	43	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Filatura Fălticeni	26	19	1	6	71	28	+43	39
3	Unirea Botoșani	26	19	1	6	82	43	+39	39
4	Energia Moldovița	26	17	4	5	56	38	+18	38
5	ASA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	26	12	5	9	62	55	+7	29
6	Minerul Vatra Dornei	26	12	2	12	70	58	+12	26
7	Gloria Dorohoi	26	10	6	10	50	64	−14	26
8	Avântul Frasin	26	11	3	12	52	74	−22	25
9	Unirea Gura Humorului	26	9	3	14	35	55	−20	21
10	CFR Suceava	26	7	6	13	41	56	−15	20
11	Feroviarul Câmpulung Moldovenesc	26	7	4	15	27	59	−32	18
12	Sănătatea Siret	26	6	5	15	30	58	−28	17
13	Forestierul Falcău	26	7	2	17	49	82	−33	16
14	Fulgerul Suceava	26	3	1	22	20	97	−77	7

Source: ^[22]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

See also

• 1960–61 Divizia A
• 1960–61 Divizia B
• 1960–61 Cupa României