1971–72 Divizia C

The 1971–72 Divizia C was the 16th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.^[1][2]

Divizia C

Season	1971–72
Champions	ITA Pașcani Petrolul Moinești Delta Tulcea Electronica Obor București Gloria Buzău Flacăra Moreni Metalul Drobeta-Turnu Severin Vagonul Arad Independența Sibiu Victoria Carei IS Câmpia Turzii Metrom Brașov
Promoted	Delta Tulcea Gloria Buzău Metalul Drobeta-Turnu Severin Metrom Brașov
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Team changes

To Divizia C Relegated from Divizia B Metrom Brașov Flacăra Moreni UM Timișoara Vagonul Arad Promoted from County Championship Avântul Frasin Victoria PTTR Botoșani Constructorul Iași Danubiana Roman Viitorul Vaslui Oituz Târgu Ocna Luceafărul Focșani Gloria Tecuci Granitul Babadag Șantierul Naval Constanța Dunărea Brăila Dinamo Obor București Victoria Lehliu Metalul Oțelu Roșu Minerul Rovinari Progresul Strehaia Sporting Roșiori Muscelul Câmpulung Rapid Piatra Olt Unirea Bujoreni Chimia Buzău Aurora Urziceni Viitorul Slănic Gloria Mija Gloria Arad Progresul Timișoara UPA Sibiu Textila Sebeș Constructorul Hunedoara Voința Carei Minerul Cavnic Măgura Șimleu Silvaniei Bihoreana Marghita Minerul Rodna Tehnofrig Cluj-Napoca Viitorul Târgu Mureș Politehnica Brașov Carpați Covasna Miercurea Ciuc

From Divizia C Promoted to Divizia B Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Vulturii Textila Lugoj Metalul Plopeni Chimia Făgăraș Relegated to County Championship —

Renamed teams

Penicilina Iași was renamed as Unirea Iași.

Rarăul Câmpulung Moldovenesc was renamed as ASA Câmpulung Moldovenesc.

Muncitorul Tecuci was renamed as URA Tecuci.

Electronica București was renamed as Electronica Obor București.

Unirea București was renamed as Unirea Tricolor București.

FC Caracal was renamed as Răsăritul Caracal.

Gloria Slatina was renamed as Oltul Slatina.

Lemnarul Odorheiu Secuiesc was renamed as Textila Odorheiu Secuiesc.

Gloria Mija was renamed as Metalul Mija.

Chimistul Baia Mare was renamed as Topitorul Baia Mare.

Other teams

Metalul Buzău was replaced by the newly formed Gloria Buzău.

Unirea Bujoreni was replaced by Oltul Râmnicu Vâlcea.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	ITA Pașcani (C, Q)	26	18	3	5	65	23	+42	39	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Chimia Suceava	26	14	8	4	40	10	+30	36
3	ASA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	26	14	8	4	46	25	+21	36
4	Victoria Roman	26	15	4	7	50	25	+25	34
5	Minerul Gura Humorului	26	12	7	7	52	19	+33	31
6	Avântul Frasin	26	12	5	9	30	29	+1	29
7	Textila Botoșani	26	7	9	10	32	35	−3	23
8	Foresta Fălticeni	26	9	5	12	24	30	−6	23
9	Minobrad Vatra Dornei	26	9	3	14	38	54	−16	21
10	Unirea Iași	26	8	5	13	31	50	−19	21
11	Nicolina Iași	26	8	4	14	38	58	−20	20
12	Fulgerul Dorohoi	26	8	4	14	31	53	−22	20
13	Victoria PTTR Botoșani (R)	26	8	3	15	34	57	−23	19	Relegation to County Championship
14	Constructorul Iași (R)	26	1	10	15	18	61	−43	12

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Petrolul Moinești (C, Q)	26	14	10	2	58	23	+35	38	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Rulmentul Bârlad	26	15	5	6	41	24	+17	35
3	Minerul Comănești	26	14	5	7	36	24	+12	33
4	Automobilul Focșani	26	15	1	10	49	41	+8	31
5	Danubiana Roman	26	12	3	11	49	37	+12	27
6	Viitorul Vaslui	26	10	6	10	28	33	−5	26
7	URA Tecuci	26	11	3	12	38	36	+2	25
8	Textila Buhuși	26	11	2	13	47	35	+12	24
9	Letea Bacău	26	11	2	13	40	37	+3	24
10	Oituz Târgu Ocna	26	9	5	12	33	43	−10	23
11	Trotușul Gheorghiu-Dej	26	9	4	13	38	48	−10	22
12	Cimentul Bicaz	26	8	6	12	32	52	−20	22
13	Luceafărul Focșani (R)	26	7	5	14	37	49	−12	19	Relegation to County Championship
14	Gloria Tecuci (R)	26	3	9	14	20	64	−44	15

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Delta Tulcea (C, Q)	26	15	7	4	38	11	+27	37	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	IMU Medgidia	26	12	11	3	48	23	+25	35
3	SUT Galați	26	13	8	5	51	16	+35	34
4	Dacia Galați	26	11	6	9	37	30	+7	28
5	Metalurgistul Brăila	26	11	6	9	36	32	+4	28
6	Electrica Constanța	26	10	6	10	37	43	−6	26
7	Marina Mangalia	26	7	11	8	27	26	+1	25
8	Unirea Tricolor Brăila	26	7	10	9	24	39	−15	24
9	Ancora Galați	26	7	9	10	23	33	−10	23
10	Cimentul Medgidia	26	7	8	11	30	29	+1	22
11	Dunărea Tulcea	26	6	10	10	20	36	−16	22
12	Granitul Babadag	26	9	4	13	33	53	−20	22
13	Șantierul Naval Constanța (R)	26	7	6	13	23	38	−15	20	Relegation to County Championship
14	Dunărea Brăila (R)	26	7	4	15	32	50	−18	18

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Electronica Obor București (C, Q)	26	15	7	4	41	17	+24	37	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Unirea Tricolor București	26	13	9	4	46	18	+28	35
3	Autobuzul București	26	13	7	6	42	21	+21	33
4	Tehnometal București	26	14	4	8	45	27	+18	32
5	Celuloza Călărași	26	14	4	8	40	23	+17	32
6	TMB București	26	12	5	9	32	27	+5	29
7	Laromet București	26	8	10	8	21	27	−6	26
8	Flacăra Roșie București	26	9	5	12	28	38	−10	23
9	Sirena București	26	6	10	10	23	27	−4	22
10	Voința București	26	7	8	11	22	33	−11	22
11	Dinamo Obor București	26	7	8	11	19	30	−11	22
12	Olimpia Giurgiu	26	7	7	12	24	34	−10	21
13	Mașini Unelte București (R)	26	6	8	12	22	37	−15	20	Relegation to County Championship
14	Victoria Lehliu (R)	26	3	4	19	13	59	−46	10

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gloria Buzău (C, Q)	26	15	10	1	41	14	+27	40	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Carpați Sinaia	26	14	5	7	51	32	+19	33
3	Șoimii Buzău	26	11	8	7	35	23	+12	30
4	IRA Câmpina	26	12	5	9	35	24	+11	29
5	Petrolistul Boldești	26	10	7	9	38	32	+6	27
6	Prahova Ploiești	26	8	11	7	36	32	+4	27
7	Caraimanul Bușteni	26	9	8	9	34	30	+4	26
8	Azotul Slobozia	26	8	9	9	37	36	+1	25
9	Victoria Florești	26	8	7	11	44	44	0	23
10	Petrolul Berca	26	8	7	11	31	36	−5	23
11	Chimia Buzău	26	9	5	12	31	42	−11	23
12	Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat	26	8	6	12	28	36	−8	22
13	Aurora Urziceni (R)	26	8	4	14	29	58	−29	20	Relegation to County Championship
14	Viitorul Slănic (R)	26	7	2	17	26	57	−31	16

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Flacăra Moreni (C, Q)	26	19	3	4	60	19	+41	41	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Oltul Slatina	26	16	6	4	45	18	+27	38
3	Chimia Turnu Măgurele	26	12	6	8	35	20	+15	30
4	Dacia Pitești	26	10	7	9	39	30	+9	27
5	Petrolul Târgoviște	26	11	5	10	37	32	+5	27
6	Metalul Mija	26	11	4	11	39	35	+4	26
7	Petrolul Videle	26	8	9	9	30	25	+5	25
8	Comerțul Alexandria	26	10	5	11	24	34	−10	25
9	Unirea Drăgășani	26	9	6	11	38	35	+3	24
10	Lotru Brezoi	26	8	7	11	27	48	−21	23
11	Oltul Râmnicu Vâlcea	26	9	4	13	36	46	−10	22
12	Sporting Roșiori	26	8	6	12	33	50	−17	22
13	Muscelul Câmpulung (R)	26	6	7	13	23	43	−20	19	Relegation to County Championship
14	Rapid Piatra Olt (R)	26	5	5	16	20	51	−31	15

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria VII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metalul Drobeta-Turnu Severin (C, Q)	24	15	5	4	54	23	+31	35	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Știința Petroșani	24	14	6	4	48	20	+28	34
3	Minerul Lupeni	24	11	10	3	49	24	+25	32
4	Minerul Motru	24	10	7	7	37	26	+11	27
5	Dunărea Calafat	24	9	6	9	48	41	+7	24
6	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	24	9	5	10	28	35	−7	23
7	Steagul Roșu Plenița	24	9	4	11	35	32	+3	22
8	Răsăritul Caracal	24	8	6	10	42	43	−1	22
9	Meva Drobeta-Turnu Severin	24	7	6	11	24	36	−12	20
10	Progresul Corabia	24	7	6	11	28	42	−14	20
11	Metalul Topleț	24	7	6	11	35	52	−17	20
12	Minerul Rovinari	24	6	5	13	26	56	−30	17
13	Progresul Strehaia (R)	24	6	4	14	20	44	−24	16	Relegation to County Championship

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria VIII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vagonul Arad (C, Q)	26	15	6	5	39	24	+15	36	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Mureșul Deva	26	14	5	7	59	25	+34	33
3	UM Timișoara	26	12	6	8	39	29	+10	30
4	Minerul Moldova Nouă	26	11	7	8	35	27	+8	29
5	Electromotor Timișoara	26	12	4	10	39	33	+6	28
6	Progresul Timișoara	26	10	6	10	39	39	0	26
7	Metalul Oțelu Roșu	26	10	6	10	47	48	−1	26
8	Aurul Brad	26	11	4	11	35	41	−6	26
9	Furnirul Deta	26	11	4	11	24	30	−6	26
10	Minerul Bocșa Montană	26	11	3	12	42	49	−7	25
11	Minerul Ghelar	26	11	2	13	41	46	−5	24
12	Gloria Arad	26	9	5	12	30	32	−2	23
13	CFR Caransebeș (R)	26	6	6	14	34	45	−11	18	Relegation to County Championship
14	Victoria Caransebeș (R)	26	4	6	16	25	60	−35	14

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria IX

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Independența Sibiu (C, Q)	26	16	4	6	62	21	+41	36	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Victoria Călan	26	13	4	9	45	26	+19	30
3	Unirea Alba Iulia	26	13	4	9	25	26	−1	30
4	Minerul Teliuc	26	11	6	9	36	31	+5	28
5	CFR Simeria	26	12	3	11	46	35	+11	27
6	Metalul Copșa Mică	26	11	5	10	37	40	−3	27
7	CFR Sighișoara	26	9	8	9	28	31	−3	26
8	Chimia Orașul Victoria	26	11	4	11	28	33	−5	26
9	UPA Sibiu	26	10	5	11	36	38	−2	25
10	Vitrometan Mediaș	26	9	7	10	31	46	−15	25
11	Minaur Zlatna	26	10	4	12	33	34	−1	24
12	Textila Sebeș	26	9	4	13	37	53	−16	22
13	Constructorul Hunedoara (R)	26	8	6	12	22	38	−16	22	Relegation to County Championship
14	ASA Sibiu (R)	26	6	4	16	34	48	−14	16

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Victoria Carei (C, Q)	26	17	3	6	67	23	+44	37	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Minerul Baia Sprie	26	12	7	7	41	17	+24	31
3	Bihoreana Marghita	26	13	5	8	39	30	+9	31
4	Unirea Zalău	26	11	8	7	31	22	+9	30
5	Minerul Cavnic	26	10	8	8	39	27	+12	28
6	Topitorul Baia Mare	26	11	5	10	31	41	−10	27
7	Bradul Vișeu de Sus	26	10	6	10	28	41	−13	26
8	Someșul Satu Mare	26	10	5	11	34	29	+5	25
9	CIL Sighetu Marmației	26	11	3	12	29	32	−3	25
10	Recolta Salonta	26	10	4	12	32	46	−14	24
11	Constructorul Baia Mare	26	7	8	11	42	52	−10	22
12	Voința Carei	26	9	4	13	28	40	−12	22
13	Gloria Baia Mare (R)	26	8	6	12	20	37	−17	22	Relegation to County Championship
14	Măgura Șimleu Silvaniei (R)	26	6	2	18	21	45	−24	14

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria XI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	IS Câmpia Turzii (C, Q)	26	20	1	5	74	19	+55	41	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Chimica Târnăveni	26	18	4	4	67	22	+45	40
3	Arieșul Turda	26	14	4	8	48	29	+19	32
4	CIL Gherla	26	12	6	8	45	28	+17	30
5	Metalul Aiud	26	12	5	9	46	30	+16	29
6	Dermata Cluj-Napoca	26	11	5	10	31	26	+5	27
7	Unirea Dej	26	9	8	9	33	37	−4	26
8	Soda Ocna Mureș	26	9	6	11	28	35	−7	24
9	Tehnofrig Cluj-Napoca	26	8	7	11	26	38	−12	23
10	Viitorul Târgu Mureș	26	9	3	14	46	42	+4	21
11	Arieșul Câmpia Turzii	26	8	5	13	25	34	−9	21
12	Someșul Beclean	26	7	4	15	31	87	−56	18
13	Minerul Rodna (R)	26	5	7	14	31	79	−48	17	Relegation to County Championship
14	Progresul Năsăud (R)	26	5	5	16	30	55	−25	15

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Seria XII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metrom Brașov (C, Q)	26	21	2	3	74	9	+65	44	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Tractorul Brașov	26	17	4	5	69	22	+47	38
3	Politehnica Brașov	26	10	11	5	31	22	+9	31
4	Textila Odorheiu Secuiesc	26	11	7	8	38	31	+7	29
5	Forestierul Târgu Secuiesc	26	11	7	8	29	30	−1	29
6	Carpați Brașov	26	11	5	10	38	31	+7	27
7	Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe	26	10	7	9	41	41	0	27
8	Torpedo Zărnești	26	9	8	9	30	30	0	26
9	Carpați Covasna	26	10	5	11	23	41	−18	25
10	Viitorul Gheorgheni	26	8	8	10	38	47	−9	24
11	Minerul Bălan	26	8	8	10	17	33	−16	24
12	Unirea Cristuru Secuiesc	26	5	6	15	25	49	−24	16
13	Miercurea Ciuc (R)	26	4	7	15	19	39	−20	15	Relegation to County Championship
14	Colorom Codlea (R)	26	3	3	20	18	65	−47	9

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-off

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Delta Tulcea (P)	2	2	0	0	13	3	+10	4	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Petrolul Moinești	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	2
3	ITA Pașcani	2	0	0	2	2	13	−11	0

Source: ^[3]
(P) Promoted

Delta Tulcea v ITA Pașcani

2 July 1972	Delta Tulcea	10–1	ITA Pașcani	București
	Stoichițoiu 6' Pareșcura 14' Pareșcura 24' Florea II 25' Girip 34' Pareșcura 54' Manu 58' Stoichițoiu 77' Florea II 82' Răuț 87'	Report	Gh. Ionescu 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Politehnica Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nicolae Petriceanu (București)

Delta Tulcea v Petrolul Moinești

5 July 1972	Delta Tulcea	3–2	Petrolul Moinești	București
	Pareșcura 56' Pareșcura 60' Girip 90'	Report	Mocănaș 79' Mocănaș 86'	Stadium: Politehnica Referee: Gheorghe Limona (București)

Petrolul Moinești v ITA Pașcani

9 July 1972	Petrolul Moinești	3–1	ITA Pașcani	Roman
	Moraru 18' Mocănaș 37' Birliga 58'	Report	Crețu 3'	Stadium: Moldova Attendance: 500 Referee: V.Lupu (Roman)

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Gloria Buzău (P)	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	4	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Flacăra Moreni	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
3	Electronica Obor București	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^[3]
(P) Promoted

Flacăra Moreni v Electronica Obor București

2 July 1972	Flacăra Moreni	2–0	Electronica Obor București	Ploiești
	Petrescu 44' Ilie Stelian 55'	Report		Stadium: Petrolul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ion Cîmpeanu (Cluj)

Electronica Obor București v Gloria Buzău

5 July 1972	Electronica Obor București	1–3	Gloria Buzău	Ploiești
	Ionescu 17'	Report	Negoescu 39' Cramer 51' Cramer 52'	Stadium: Petrolul Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mircea Rotaru (Iași)

Gloria Buzău v Flacăra Moreni

9 July 1972	Gloria Buzău	1–0	Flacăra Moreni	Ploiești
	Negoescu 57'	Report		Stadium: Petrolul Referee: Ioan Rus (Târgu Mureș)

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Metalul Turnu Severin (P)	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Independența Sibiu	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Vagonul Arad	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: ^[3]
(P) Promoted

Independența Sibiu v Vagonul Arad

2 July 1972	Independența Sibiu	1–1	Vagonul Arad	Râmnicu Vâlcea
	Cherciu 29'	Report	Dobai 40'	Stadium: 1 Mai Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aurel Bențu (București)

Metalul Turnu Severin v Vagonul Arad

5 July 1972	Metalul Turnu Severin	2–1	Vagonul Arad	Râmnicu Vâlcea
	Boța 47' Olteanu 44'	Report	Breban 79'	Stadium: 1 Mai Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alexandru Pîrvu (București)

Metalul Turnu Severin v Independența Sibiu

9 July 1972	Metalul Turnu Severin	1–1	Independența Sibiu	Râmnicu Vâlcea
	Căprioru 66'	Report	Pavlovici 15'	Stadium: 1 Mai Referee: Gheorghe Limona (București)

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Metrom Brașov (P)	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	4	Promotion to Divizia B
2	IS Câmpia Turzii	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
3	Victoria Carei	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^[3]
(P) Promoted

IS Câmpia Turzii v Victoria Carei

2 July 1972	IS Câmpia Turzii	3–1	Victoria Carei	Hunedoara
	Popa 47' Bereș 70' (o.g.) Naghi 80'	Report	Szabo 60'	Stadium: Constructorul Referee: Kevork Ghemingean (București)

Victoria Carei v Metrom Brașov

5 July 1972	Victoria Carei	0–4	Metrom Brașov	Hunedoara
		Report	Furnică 59' Anghel 65' Anghel 68' Paraschivescu 73'	Stadium: Constructorul Referee: Aurel Bențu (București)

Metrom Brașov v IS Câmpia Turzii

9 July 1972	Metrom Brașov	2–1	IS Câmpia Turzii	Hunedoara
	Parașchivescu 47' Anghel 89'	Report	Popa 51'	Stadium: Constructorul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexandru Pîrvu (București)

See also

• 1971–72 Divizia A
• 1971–72 Divizia B
• 1971–72 County Championship
• 1971–72 Cupa României