1954 Divizia B

The 1954 Divizia B was the 15th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B

Season	1954
Promoted	Progresul FB București Avântul Reghin Locomotiva Constanța
Relegated	Flacăra Pitești Constructorul Arad Locomotiva Pașcani Locomotiva Oradea Constructorul Craiova Metalul Brăila
← 1953 1955 →

The format has been changed to three series, each of them having 13 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and last two places from each series relegated to District Championship. This was the fifth season played in the spring-autumn system, a system imposed by the new leadership of the country which were in close ties with the Soviet Union.^[1][2]

Team changes

To Divizia B Promoted from Regional Championship Constructorul Arad Constructorul Craiova Dinamo 6 București Dinamo Galați Flamura Roșie Buhuși Flamura Roșie Cluj Locomotiva Constanța Locomotiva Pașcani Metalul Ploiești Metalul Tractorul Spartac Burdujeni Spartac Focșani Relegated from Divizia A —

From Divizia B Relegated to Regional Championship Șantierul Constanța Promoted to Divizia A Flacăra Ploiești Metalul Hunedoara Metalul Câmpia Turzii

Excluded teams

CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc, CA Cluj and CA Craiova were excluded from the championship. The army teams (CA) were abolished in the summer of 1953, except for CCA București.

Enrolled teams

Voința București, which was in fact, the Romania national youth team, was enrolled directly in the second division.

Renamed teams

Flamura Roșie Pitești was renamed as Flacăra Pitești.

Libertatea Sibiu was renamed as Progresul Sibiu.

Other teams

Dinamo Turnu Măgurele was moved from Turnu Măgurele to Bârlad and renamed as Dinamo Bârlad.^[3]

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Progresul FB București (C, P)	24	15	7	2	50	18	+32	37	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Progresul Sibiu	24	12	6	6	34	22	+12	30
3	Voința București	24	9	12	3	32	25	+7	30
4	Metalul Steagul Roșu	24	10	9	5	46	34	+12	29
5	Flamura Roșie Sfântu Gheorghe	24	10	7	7	31	25	+6	27
6	Flacăra Moreni	24	7	11	6	31	33	−2	25
7	Metalul Tractorul	24	9	6	9	31	33	−2	24
8	Metalul Câmpina	24	9	5	10	39	39	0	23
9	Metalul București	24	7	6	11	35	35	0	20
10	Locomotiva Craiova	24	7	5	12	29	35	−6	19
11	Locomotiva Turnu Severin	24	5	9	10	32	43	−11	19
12	Flacăra Pitești (R)	24	5	8	11	20	30	−10	18	Relegation to Regional Championship
13	Constructorul Craiova (R)	24	2	7	15	18	56	−38	11

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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Avântul Reghin (C, P)	24	12	7	5	35	20	+15	31	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Flacăra Mediaș	24	11	6	7	29	19	+10	28
3	Flamura Roșie Cluj	24	11	6	7	36	27	+9	28
4	Metalul Baia Mare	24	12	4	8	36	30	+6	28
5	Locomotiva Cluj	24	10	6	8	33	26	+7	26
6	Minerul Lupeni	24	8	9	7	32	29	+3	25
7	Metalul Reșița	24	10	4	10	26	22	+4	24
8	Locomotiva Arad	24	9	5	10	21	31	−10	23
9	Dinamo 6 București	24	8	6	10	28	35	−7	22
10	Progresul Satu Mare	24	8	6	10	24	28	−4	22
11	Metalul Oradea	24	7	7	10	14	25	−11	21
12	Constructorul Arad (R)	24	7	6	11	25	28	−3	20	Relegation to Regional Championship
13	Locomotiva Oradea (R)	24	6	2	16	20	39	−19	14

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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Locomotiva Constanța (C, P)	24	16	6	2	50	21	+29	38	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Dinamo Bacău	24	15	5	4	47	21	+26	35
3	Locomotiva Iași	24	12	5	7	43	23	+20	29
4	Flamura Roșie Bacău	24	10	8	6	31	22	+9	28
5	Flamura Roșie Buhuși	24	10	5	9	32	32	0	25
6	Metalul Ploiești	24	11	2	11	31	32	−1	24
7	Spartac Burdujeni	24	8	7	9	29	38	−9	23
8	Dinamo Bârlad	24	6	9	9	34	35	−1	21
9	Știința Iași	24	5	10	9	27	34	−7	20
10	Spartac Focșani	24	6	7	11	25	34	−9	19
11	Dinamo Galați	24	7	5	12	20	39	−19	19
12	Locomotiva Pașcani (R)	24	5	6	13	26	47	−21	16	Relegation to Regional Championship
13	Metalul Brăila (R)	24	4	7	13	25	42	−17	15

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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1954 Divizia A
• 1954 Regional Championship
• 1954 Cupa României

References

1. rsssf.org
2. romaniansoccer.ro
3. "Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.(in Romanian)