1996–97 Divizia B

The 1996–97 Divizia B was the 57th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B

Season	1996–97
Promoted	Foresta Fălticeni CSM Reșița
Relegated	Cetatea Târgu Neamț Minaur Zlatna Steaua Mizil CFR Timișoara
Top goalscorer	Claudiu Niculescu (24 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from both series relegated to Divizia C.^[1][2]

Team changes

To Divizia B Promoted from Divizia C Petrolul Moinești Danubiana București Precizia Săcele CFR Cluj Relegated from Divizia A Inter Sibiu Politehnica Iași

From Divizia B Relegated to Divizia C FC Caracal Bihor Oradea Portul Constanța FC Râmnicu Vâlcea Promoted to Divizia A Oțelul Târgoviște Jiul Petroșani

Renamed teams

Danubiana București merged with Astra Ploiești and was renamed as Danubiana Ploiești.

Unirea Alba Iulia was renamed as Apulum Alba Iulia

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Foresta Fălticeni (C, P)	34	24	4	6	79	22	+57	76	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Precizia Săcele	34	19	4	11	62	43	+19	61
3	Dacia Unirea Brăila	34	18	6	10	60	35	+25	60
4	FC Onești	34	18	5	11	68	36	+32	59
5	Petrolul Moinești	34	17	6	11	56	42	+14	57
6	Gloria Buzău	34	17	4	13	69	37	+32	55
7	Politehnica Iași	34	17	4	13	53	39	+14	55
8	Danubiana Ploiești	34	14	9	11	42	31	+11	51
9	Dunărea Călărași	34	14	8	12	50	46	+4	50
10	Poiana Câmpina	34	15	5	14	42	37	+5	50
11	Tractorul Brașov	34	14	7	13	42	32	+10	49
12	Bucovina Suceava	34	14	6	14	43	39	+4	48
13	Rocar București	34	14	5	15	53	42	+11	47
14	Dunărea Galați	34	12	7	15	44	47	−3	43
15	Metrom Brașov	34	11	9	14	36	34	+2	42
16	Metalul Plopeni	34	10	7	17	34	50	−16	37
17	Cetatea Târgu Neamț (R)	34	4	5	25	22	122	−100	17	Relegation to Divizia C
18	Steaua Mizil (R)	34	1	5	28	11	132	−121	8

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 1997. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSM Reșița (C, P)	34	22	4	8	57	32	+25	70	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Electroputere Craiova	34	21	7	6	57	21	+36	70
3	Gaz Metan Mediaș	34	16	8	10	40	22	+18	56
4	Minerul Motru	34	16	5	13	41	41	0	53
5	Dacia Pitești	34	15	6	13	50	45	+5	51
6	Unirea Dej	34	14	7	13	49	44	+5	49
7	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	14	6	14	51	42	+9	48
8	ASA Târgu Mureș	34	14	6	14	41	40	+1	48
9	CFR Cluj	34	14	5	15	43	45	−2	47
10	Gloria Reșița	34	13	8	13	35	44	−9	47
11	Olimpia Satu Mare	34	15	1	18	50	44	+6	46
12	ARO Câmpulung	34	14	3	17	32	37	−5	45
13	UTA Arad	34	14	2	18	38	55	−17	44
14	Maramureș Baia Mare	34	12	7	15	44	49	−5	43
15	Inter Sibiu	34	11	8	15	33	39	−6	41
16	Apulum Alba Iulia	34	13	1	20	42	62	−20	40
17	Minaur Zlatna (R)	34	10	7	17	35	51	−16	37	Relegation to Divizia C
18	CFR Timișoara (R)	34	9	7	18	31	56	−25	34

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 1997. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

24 goals

• Claudiu Niculescu (Electroputere Craiova)

15 goals

• Daniel Bona (Precizia Săcele)

13 goals

• Lucian Marinescu (CSM Reșița)

10 goals

• Pompiliu Stoica (Gloria Buzău)

9 goals

• Mihai Dăscălescu (Corvinul Hunedoara)

8 goals

• Giani Gorga (FC Onești)
• Ovidiu Maier (Inter Sibiu)

7 goals

• Sorin Oncică (CFR Cluj)
• Robert Ilyes (Foresta Fălticeni)

6 goals

• Iulian Dăniță (Dunărea Galați)
• Virgil Marșavela (Metrom Brașov)
• Costel Lazăr (Astra Ploiești)
• Nicolae Constantin (Astra Ploiești)
• Ionuț Savu (Rocar București)

See also

• 1996–97 Divizia A