1967–68 Divizia C

The 1967–68 Divizia C was the 12th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.^[1]

Divizia C

Season	1967–68
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The format was maintained with four series, each consisting of 14 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of each series were promoted to Divizia B, and the runners-up qualified for promotion/relegation play-offs against the 13th and 14th placed teams from the two series of the second division, while the bottom two teams from each series were relegated to the Regional Championship.

By topping their respective groups, Oțelul Galați, Dunărea Giurgiu, Electroputere Craiova, and Medicina Cluj secured promotion to 1968–69 Divizia B.^[2][3]

Team changes

To Divizia C Relegated from Divizia B Progresul Brăila Oțelul Galați Minerul Lupeni Unirea Dej Promoted from Regional Championship Medicina Iași SUT Galați TUG București Chimia Turnu Măgurele Unio Satu Mare Știința Târgu Mureș UM Timișoara Victoria Boboc

From Divizia C Promoted to Divizia B Victoria Roman Portul Constanța Metalul Hunedoara Olimpia Oradea Relegated to Regional Championship Flamura Roșie Tecuci Locomotiva Iași Muscelul Câmpulung CFR Roșiori Autorapid Craiova Aurul Zlatna Arieșul Turda Voința Reghin

Renamed teams

Electrica Fieni was renamed Viitorul Fieni.

Recolta Carei was renamed Victoria Carei.

Știința Târgu Mureș was renamed Medicina Târgu Mureș.

Sătmăreana Satu Mare was renamed Metalul Satu Mare.

Victoria Boboc was renamed Șoimii Buzău.

Other teams

Metalul Plopeni merged with Rapid Mizil on 13 March 1967, took their place in Divizia C, and was renamed Rapid Plopeni.

Electrica Fieni and Cimentul Fieni, the first one being absorbed by the second one.

League tables

East Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Oțelul Galați (C, P)	26	15	5	6	39	16	+23	35	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Gloria Bârlad (Q)	26	14	7	5	42	23	+19	35	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Ancora Galați	26	13	4	9	41	32	+9	30
4	Foresta Fălticeni	26	11	8	7	34	28	+6	30
5	Medicina Iași	26	11	6	9	38	26	+12	28
6	Petrolul Moinești	26	10	8	8	32	27	+5	28
7	Șoimii Buzău	26	10	8	8	36	33	+3	28
8	Minobrad Vatra Dornei	26	12	4	10	31	33	−2	28
9	Textila Buhuși	26	10	6	10	36	29	+7	26
10	Metalul Buzău	26	9	8	9	30	25	+5	26
11	Gloria CFR Galați	26	11	4	11	31	29	+2	26
12	Unirea Focșani	26	10	5	11	33	31	+2	25
13	SUT Galați	26	6	4	16	28	57	−29	16
14	Metalul Rădăuți (R)	26	0	3	23	6	68	−62	3	Relegation to County Championship

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

South Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dunărea Giurgiu (C, P)	26	15	5	6	42	23	+19	35	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Progresul Brăila (Q)	26	15	4	7	47	20	+27	34	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Metalul Târgoviște	26	14	5	7	46	23	+23	33
4	Rapid Plopeni	26	14	4	8	42	31	+11	32
5	SN Oltenița	26	13	6	7	35	30	+5	32
6	Chimia Turnu Măgurele	26	10	7	9	22	31	−9	27
7	Flacăra Roșie București	26	10	5	11	28	22	+6	25
8	IMU Medgidia	26	9	7	10	27	27	0	25
9	Electrica Constanța	26	9	5	12	32	38	−6	23
10	TUG București	26	7	9	10	28	34	−6	23
11	Rapid CF București	26	9	5	12	29	40	−11	23
12	Stuful Tulcea	26	10	2	14	23	24	−1	22
13	Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe	26	5	7	14	26	40	−14	17
14	Viitorul Fieni (R)	26	5	3	18	20	54	−34	13	Relegation to County Championship

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

West Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Electroputere Craiova (C, P)	26	16	3	7	45	21	+24	35	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Metalul Turnu Severin (Q)	26	14	6	6	54	28	+26	34	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Chimia Făgăraș	26	13	5	8	49	33	+16	31
4	Minerul Anina	26	13	3	10	44	34	+10	29
5	Minerul Lupeni	26	12	5	9	48	39	+9	29
6	UM Timișoara	26	11	5	10	42	39	+3	27
7	Victoria Călan	26	11	5	10	40	42	−2	27
8	Tractorul Brașov	26	10	6	10	41	36	+5	26
9	Mureșul Deva	26	10	5	11	52	44	+8	25
10	ASA Sibiu	26	8	8	10	41	39	+2	24
11	Victoria Târgu Jiu	26	8	6	12	28	47	−19	22
12	Progresul Strehaia	26	8	4	14	32	57	−25	20
13	Progresul Corabia	26	8	2	16	36	65	−29	18
14	CFR Caransebeș (R)	26	6	5	15	40	68	−28	17	Relegation to County Championship

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

North Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Medicina Cluj (C, P)	26	12	7	7	51	23	+28	31	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Chimica Târnăveni (Q)	26	13	5	8	39	28	+11	31	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Victoria Carei	26	14	3	9	46	41	+5	31
4	Metalul Aiud	26	14	1	11	44	42	+2	29
5	Soda Ocna Mureș	26	12	3	11	36	40	−4	27
6	Medicina Târgu Mureș	26	11	4	11	50	40	+10	26
7	Metalul Copșa Mică	26	9	7	10	36	43	−7	25
8	Unio Satu Mare	26	10	4	12	35	25	+10	24
9	Unirea Dej	26	11	2	13	39	39	0	24
10	Metalul Satu Mare	26	10	4	12	31	34	−3	24
11	Faianța Sighisoara	26	10	4	12	36	45	−9	24
12	Steaua Roșie Salonta	26	9	5	12	29	37	−8	23
13	Minerul Baia Sprie	26	10	3	13	29	61	−32	23
14	Minerul Bihor (R)	26	9	4	13	36	39	−3	22	Relegation to County Championship

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Divizia B play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia B faces the 2nd-placed teams from the series of the Divizia C. The play-off tournaments were played in Brașov and Arad.^[4]

Group I (Brașov)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Progresul Brăila (P)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (P)	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Gloria Bârlad (P)	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
4	Victoria Roman (R)	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0	Relegation to Divizia C

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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group II (Arad)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gaz Metan Mediaș (P)	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	4	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Cugir (P)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Metalul Turnu Severin (P)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Chimica Târnăveni (R)	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1	Relegation to Divizia C

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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1967–68 Divizia A
• 1967–68 Divizia B
• 1967–68 Regional Championship
• 1967–68 Cupa României