1964–65 Divizia C

The 1964–65 Divizia C was the 9th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.^[1][2]

Divizia C

Season	1964–65
Champions	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Dinamo Victoria București CFR Arad Arieșul Turda
Promoted	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Dinamo Victoria București CFR Arad Arieșul Turda
Relegated	Textila Botoșani Rulmentul Bârlad Unirea Răcari Progresul Alexandria Teba Arad Metalul Pitești Topitorul Baia Mare Unirea Târgu Mureș
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The format has been changed from four series of 12 teams to four series of 14 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the each series promoted to Divizia B and the last two places from each series relegated to Regional Championship.

Team changes

To Divizia C Relegated from Divizia B Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Arieșul Turda Foresta Fălticeni Flamura Roșie Oradea Promoted from Regional Championship[3] Victoria Piatra Neamț AS Aiud Foresta Sighetu Marmației Siretul Rădăuți Marina Mangalia Minerul Anina Minerul Câmpulung Rulmentul Brașov

From Divizia C Promoted to Divizia B CFR Roșiori Laminorul Brăila Recolta Carei Vagonul Arad Relegated to Regional Championship —

Renamed teams

Dinamo Suceava was renamed as Viitorul Suceava.

Moldova Iași was renamed as Dinamo Moldova Iași.

Unirea Botoșani was renamed as Textila Botoșani.

Siretul Rădăuți was renamed as Metalul Rădăuți.

Siderurgistul Hunedoara was renamed as Metalul Hunedoara.

Metalurgistul Baia Mare was renamed as Topitorul Baia Mare.

Rapid Târgu Mureș was renamed as Unirea Târgu Mureș.

Flamura Roșie Oradea was renamed as Olimpia Oradea.

Chimia Onești was renamed as Chimia Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, as from March 1965 the Onești town was renamed as Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.

League tables

East Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (C, P)	26	17	2	7	66	27	+39	36	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Textila Buhuși	26	12	8	6	41	27	+14	32
3	Chimia Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej	26	12	6	8	30	27	+3	30
4	Fructexport Focșani	26	12	5	9	49	29	+20	29
5	Foresta Fălticeni	26	10	7	9	29	35	−6	27
6	Flamura Roșie Tecuci	26	9	7	10	37	37	0	25
7	Dinamo Moldova Iași	26	11	3	12	38	42	−4	25
8	Metalosport Galați	26	11	3	12	30	35	−5	25
9	Viitorul Suceava	26	10	5	11	28	34	−6	25
10	Victoria Piatra Neamț	26	8	8	10	29	38	−9	24
11	Petrolul Moinești	26	9	5	12	27	28	−1	23
12	Metalul Rădăuți	26	8	6	12	31	48	−17	22
13	Textila Botoșani (R)	26	9	3	14	27	43	−16	21	Relegation to Regional Championship
14	Rulmentul Bârlad (R)	26	7	6	13	35	45	−10	20

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

South Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dinamo Victoria București (C, P)	26	12	9	5	46	23	+23	33	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Portul Constanța	26	11	9	6	46	38	+8	31
3	Victoria Giurgiu	26	10	9	7	39	30	+9	29
4	Marina Mangalia	26	10	8	8	38	21	+17	28
5	Rulmentul Brașov	26	11	6	9	40	37	+3	28
6	Electrica Constanța	26	10	8	8	42	40	+2	28
7	Textila Sfântu Gheorghe	26	10	7	9	27	21	+6	27
8	Metrom Brașov	26	9	8	9	32	25	+7	26
9	Electrica Fieni	26	12	2	12	37	29	+8	26
10	Rapid Mizil	26	9	8	9	34	36	−2	26
11	Flacăra Roșie București	26	8	7	11	30	36	−6	23
12	Tehnometal București	26	7	9	10	23	35	−12	23
13	Unirea Răcari (R)	26	9	4	13	30	46	−16	22	Relegation to Regional Championship
14	Progresul Alexandria (R)	26	6	2	18	18	65	−47	14

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

West Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CFR Arad (C, P)	26	15	1	10	49	24	+25	31	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Minerul Deva	26	14	3	9	35	28	+7	31
3	Metalul Hunedoara	26	13	5	8	28	26	+2	31
4	Metalul Drobeta-Turnu Severin	26	12	4	10	42	30	+12	28
5	Victoria Călan	26	13	2	11	36	37	−1	28
6	Electroputere Craiova	26	10	6	10	42	37	+5	26
7	Minerul Anina	26	12	2	12	35	34	+1	26
8	Electromotor Timișoara	26	11	4	11	37	39	−2	26
9	Muscelul Câmpulung	26	11	3	12	25	38	−13	25
10	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	26	10	4	12	34	37	−3	24
11	Tractorul Corabia	26	10	4	12	36	43	−7	24
12	Minerul Câmpulung	26	11	2	13	34	46	−12	24
13	Teba Arad (R)	26	8	5	13	40	41	−1	21	Relegation to Regional Championship
14	Metalul Pitești (R)	26	9	1	16	35	48	−13	19

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

North Series

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Arieșul Turda (C, P)	26	15	5	6	63	23	+40	35	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Gloria Bistrița	26	14	2	10	30	34	−4	30
3	Chimica Târnăveni	26	12	5	9	39	29	+10	29
4	Faianța Sighisoara	26	11	6	9	38	37	+1	28
5	AS Aiud	26	11	5	10	51	42	+9	27
6	Soda Ocna Mureș	28	10	6	12	39	30	+9	26
7	Minerul Dr. Petru Groza	26	12	2	12	51	42	+9	26
8	Foresta Sighetu Marmației	26	12	2	12	35	47	−12	26
9	Unirea Dej	26	12	1	13	37	44	−7	25
10	Minerul Baia Sprie	26	10	4	12	38	38	0	24
11	Olimpia Oradea	26	10	4	12	36	42	−6	24
12	Steaua Roșie Salonta	26	11	2	13	39	47	−8	24
13	Topitorul Baia Mare (R)	26	8	6	12	44	47	−3	22	Relegation to Regional Championship
14	Unirea Târgu Mureș (R)	26	7	4	15	21	62	−41	18

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1964–65 Divizia A
• 1964–65 Divizia B
• 1964–65 Regional Championship
• 1964–65 Cupa României

References

1. "Divizia C - Season 1964-65 - Edition 9". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
2. "Campionatul categoriei C a luat sfârșit" [The category C championship has ended] (PDF). Sportul Popular. 21 June 1965. pp. 2–3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023 – via digital.bibliotecadeva.eu.(in Romanian)
3. "Se cunosc șapte din cele opt echipe promovate în categoria C" [Seven of the eight promoted teams are known in category C] (PDF). Sportul Popular. 25 July 1964. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via bibliotecadeva.eu.(in Romanian)