1971–72 Divizia A

The 1971–72 Divizia A was the fifty-fourth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Divizia A

Season	1971–72
Champions	Argeș Pitești[1]
Top goalscorer	Ion Oblemenco (20)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Teams

Argeș

UTA

Universitatea

ASA

Steagul Roșu

SC Bacău

Universitatea

Farul

Jiul

CFR

Petrolul

Politehnica

Crișul

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Dinamo
Steaua
Rapid

Location of teams in 1971-72 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Argeș Pitești (C)	30	19	3	8	51	35	+16	41	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	UTA Arad	30	15	7	8	51	29	+22	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Universitatea Cluj	30	16	5	9	39	27	+12	37
4	ASA Târgu Mureș	30	14	7	9	35	30	+5	35	Invitation to Balkans Cup
5	Steagul Roşu Brașov	30	13	8	9	37	21	+16	34
6	SC Bacău	30	14	4	12	41	41	0	32
7	Dinamo București	30	12	7	11	46	36	+10	31
8	Universitatea Craiova	30	13	5	12	42	35	+7	31
9	Steaua București	30	11	8	11	36	27	+9	30
10	Rapid București	30	13	4	13	40	39	+1	30	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	Farul Constanța	30	9	9	12	28	38	−10	27
12	Jiul Petroșani	30	10	7	13	26	38	−12	27
13	CFR Cluj	30	9	7	14	27	37	−10	25
14	Petrolul Ploiești	30	9	7	14	23	40	−17	25
15	Politehnica Iași (R)	30	6	12	12	30	42	−12	24	Relegation to Divizia B
16	Crişul Oradea (R)	30	3	8	19	17	54	−37	14

Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ASA	ARG	BAC	CFR	UCR	CRI	DIN	FAR	JIU	PET	PIA	RAP	SRB	STE	UTA	UCL
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	3–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Argeș Pitești	1–0	—	3–1	2–1	4–2	4–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0
Bacău	1–0	4–1	—	4–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	4–2	1–0
CFR Cluj	1–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1
Universitatea Craiova	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	—	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1
Crișul Oradea	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	—	3–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–3
Dinamo București	1–2	2–3	6–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–2
Farul Constanța	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1
Jiul Petroșani	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	—	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0
Petrolul Ploiești	5–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–0
Politehnica Iași	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	—	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Rapid București	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	7–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–0	—	1–5	2–1	1–1	1–0
Steagul Roşu Brașov	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	5–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–1
Steaua București	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	2–0
UTA Arad	5–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–0
Universitatea Cluj	1–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	—

Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ion Oblemenco	Universitatea Craiova	20
2	Alexandru Neagu	Rapid București	16
3	Nicolae Dobrin	Argeș Pitești	15
4	Attila Kun	UTA Arad	12
	Nicolae Pescaru	Steagul Roșu Brașov

Champion squad

Argeș Pitești[3]

Goalkeepers: Daniel Ariciu (1 / 0); Vasile Stan (29 / 0); Spiridon Niculescu (1 / 0). Defenders: Marcel Pigulea (27 / 0); Dumitru Ciolan (16 / 0); Ion Barbu (16 / 0); Constantin Olteanu (20 / 1); Remus Vlad (30 / 0); Petre Ivan (29 / 0); Constantin Nedelcu (1 / 0). Midfielders: Ion Prepurgel (28 / 4); Marian Popescu (30 / 2); Ștefan Dumitru (7 / 0). Forwards: Ion Dobrescu (16 / 1); Constantin Radu (27 / 9); Ion Roșu (17 / 4); Nicolae Dobrin (23 / 15); Radu Jercan (29 / 8); Emil Dumitru (9 / 0); Mihai Ciornoavă (2 / 0); Constantin Frățilă (17 / 7). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Titus Ozon / Florin Halagian.

See also

• 1971–72 Divizia B
• 1971–72 Divizia C
• 1971–72 County Championship