1980–81 Divizia B

The 1980–81 Divizia B was the 41st season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B

Season	1980–81
Promoted	FC Constanța CS Târgoviște UTA Arad
Relegated	Borzești ROVA Roșiori Metalul Aiud Minerul Gura Humorului Poiana Câmpina Metalurgistul Cugir Cimentul Medgidia Nitramonia Făgăraș Minerul Moldova Nouă Chimia Brăila Sirena București Minerul Anina
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The format has been maintained to three 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 four places from each series relegated to Divizia C.^[1][2]

Team changes

To Divizia B Promoted from Divizia C Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Borzești CSU Galați IMU Medgidia Sirena București ROVA Roșiori Minerul Lupeni CFR Timișoara Rapid Arad CIL Sighetu Marmației Metalul Aiud Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe Relegated from Divizia A CS Târgoviște Olimpia Satu Mare Gloria Buzău

From Divizia B Relegated to Divizia C Muscelul Câmpulung Energia Slatina Unirea Alba Iulia ICIM Brașov Carpați Mârșa Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii Energia Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Chimia Turnu Magurele Someșul Satu Mare Portul Constanța FCM Giurgiu Strungul Arad Promoted to Divizia A FCM Brașov Progresul Vulcan București Corvinul Hunedoara

Other teams

FC Brăila and Progresul Brăila merged, the second one being absorbed by the first one. FC Brăila was renamed as FCM Progresul Brăila.^[3]

Progresul Brăila's vacant place was occupied by Chimia Brăila.

Unirea Focșani and Dinamo Focșani merged, the second one being absorbed by the first one. After the merge, Unirea Focșani was renamed as Unirea Dinamo Focșani.^[3]

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Constanța (C, P)	34	22	6	6	69	23	+46	50	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Gloria Bistrița	34	18	7	9	64	41	+23	43
3	Unirea Dinamo Focșani	34	16	5	13	59	46	+13	37
4	CS Botoșani	34	16	4	14	52	44	+8	36
5	Viitorul Gheorgheni	34	16	4	14	39	47	−8	36
6	CSM Suceava	34	16	3	15	54	35	+19	35
7	Gloria Buzău	34	15	4	15	46	42	+4	34
8	Progresul Brăila	34	14	6	14	42	45	−3	34
9	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	14	6	14	41	48	−7	34
10	Delta Tulcea	34	16	1	17	58	52	+6	33
11	CSU Galați	34	15	3	16	62	59	+3	33
12	Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe	34	14	5	15	48	47	+1	33
13	IMU Medgidia	34	14	5	15	41	49	−8	33
14	Viitorul Vaslui	34	14	5	15	41	58	−17	33
15	Borzești (R)	34	14	4	16	57	55	+2	32	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Minerul Gura Humorului (R)	34	9	9	16	31	53	−22	27
17	Cimentul Medgidia (R)	34	12	3	19	40	67	−27	27
18	Chimia Brăila (R)	34	7	8	19	37	70	−33	22

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CS Târgoviște (C, P)	34	24	7	3	68	16	+52	55	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Petrolul Ploiești	34	22	7	5	69	25	+44	51
3	Rapid București	34	16	6	12	58	37	+21	38
4	Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni	34	16	5	13	45	41	+4	37
5	Chimica Târnăveni	34	16	4	14	51	61	−10	36
6	Autobuzul București	34	15	5	14	50	41	+9	35
7	Gaz Metan Mediaș	34	14	7	13	40	42	−2	35
8	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	34	14	6	14	40	34	+6	34
9	Metalul București	34	13	8	13	49	44	+5	34
10	Mecanică Fină București	34	13	8	13	47	46	+1	34
11	Tractorul Brașov	34	15	4	15	41	45	−4	34
12	Metalul Plopeni	34	14	5	15	47	38	+9	33
13	Rulmentul Alexandria	34	13	6	15	44	41	+3	32
14	Șoimii Sibiu	34	13	5	16	41	51	−10	31
15	ROVA Roșiori (R)	34	13	5	16	38	50	−12	31	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Poiana Câmpina (R)	34	14	2	18	42	51	−9	30
17	Nitramonia Făgăraș (R)	34	8	3	23	26	78	−52	19
18	Sirena București (R)	34	4	5	25	38	93	−55	13

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	UTA Arad (C, P)	34	22	4	8	66	27	+39	48	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Olimpia Satu-Mare	34	19	5	10	68	44	+24	43
3	Înfrățirea Oradea	34	19	2	13	47	42	+5	40
4	Bihor Oradea	34	15	8	11	61	39	+22	38
5	Aurul Brad	34	15	6	13	63	47	+16	36
6	FCM Reșița	34	17	2	15	51	39	+12	36
7	CIL Sighetu Marmației	34	16	3	15	50	66	−16	35
8	CFR Cluj	34	15	4	15	61	48	+13	34
9	CFR Timișoara	34	14	6	14	51	52	−1	34
10	Minerul Lupeni	34	16	2	16	50	58	−8	34
11	Rapid Arad	34	14	5	15	47	47	0	33
12	Minerul Cavnic	34	14	5	15	52	55	−3	33
13	UM Timișoara	34	13	6	15	43	46	−3	32
14	Dacia Orăștie	34	13	6	15	45	59	−14	32
15	Metalul Aiud (R)	34	15	2	17	42	58	−16	32	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Metalurgistul Cugir (R)	34	14	3	17	57	51	+6	31
17	Minerul Moldova Nouă (R)	34	11	1	22	44	70	−26	23
18	Minerul Anina (R)	34	7	4	23	28	78	−50	18

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1980–81 Divizia A

References

1. rsssf.org
2. romaniansoccer.ro
3. Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor. romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)