1977–78 Divizia A

The 1977–78 Divizia A was the sixtieth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Divizia A

Season	1977–78
Champions	Steaua București[1]
Top goalscorer	Dudu Georgescu (24)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Teams

Argeș

Politehnica

Universitatea

Jiul

Corvinul

CS Târgoviște

UTA

SC Bacău

ASA

Olimpia

Bihor

Politehnica

FC Constanța

Petrolul

FCM Reșița

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Steaua
Sportul Studențesc
Dinamo

Location of teams in 1977-78 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	17	7	10	75	49	+26	41	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Argeș Pitești	34	18	5	11	60	49	+11	41	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Politehnica Timișoara	34	16	6	12	48	38	+10	38
4	Sportul Studenţesc București	34	18	2	14	49	42	+7	38	Invitation to Balkans Cup
5	Dinamo București	34	15	6	13	50	40	+10	36
6	Universitatea Craiova	34	14	7	13	43	34	+9	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Jiul Petroșani	34	14	6	14	53	49	+4	34
8	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	11	12	11	44	43	+1	34
9	CS Târgoviște	34	13	8	13	28	33	−5	34
10	UTA Arad	34	13	8	13	49	55	−6	34
11	SC Bacău	34	13	8	13	47	55	−8	34
12	ASA Târgu Mureș	34	13	7	14	48	40	+8	33
13	Olimpia Satu Mare	34	14	5	15	41	47	−6	33
14	Bihor Oradea	34	15	3	16	39	56	−17	33
15	Politehnica Iași	34	12	8	14	43	39	+4	32
16	FC Constanța (R)	34	14	4	16	42	49	−7	32	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Petrolul Ploiești (R)	34	11	8	15	41	46	−5	30
18	FCM Reșița (R)	34	8	4	22	29	65	−36	20

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	BHO	CON	COR	UCR	DIN	RES	JIU	OLI	PET	PIA	SPO	STE	POL	TAR	UTA
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	3–0	4–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	5–0	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–1
Argeș Pitești	4–2	—	4–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	4–3	3–2	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	5–0
Bacău	2–1	3–1	—	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–1
Bihor Oradea	2–1	2–1	4–1	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–1
Constanța	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	4–1	1–0	2–4	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1
Corvinul Hunedoara	1–0	2–2	3–1	7–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1
Universitatea Craiova	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	—	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Dinamo București	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	—	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	4–2	3–0	3–1
FCM Reșița	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–3	—	3–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–0	3–0	0–0
Jiul Petroșani	0–1	1–1	5–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	3–0	—	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	3–0
Olimpia Satu Mare	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	2–2	2–0
Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	4–3
Politehnica Iași	0–0	6–1	4–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	—	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–1	0–0
Sportul Studențesc București	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–2	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–2
Steaua București	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	5–0	2–2	3–1	3–3	4–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	4–2	2–1	—	2–2	2–1	5–0
Politehnica Timișoara	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	—	2–0	1–1
Târgoviște	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	—	2–0
UTA Arad	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Position[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo București	24
2	Anghel Iordănescu	Steaua București	19
3	Marcel Răducanu	Steaua București	18
4	Marin Radu	Argeș Pitești	15
5	Ladislau Broșovschi	UT Arad	13
	Petre Buduru	FC Constanța

Champion squad

Steaua București[3]

Goalkeepers: Dumitru Moraru (26 / 0); Vasile Iordache (14 / 0). Defenders: Teodor Anghelini (32 / 0); Mario Agiu (33 / 1); Ștefan Sameș (21 / 1); Iosif Vigu (34 / 0); Ion Nițu (10 / 0); Florin Marin (10 / 0). Midfielders: Gabriel Zahiu (22 / 12); Ion Ion (24 / 1); Ion Dumitru (24 / 6); Tudorel Stoica (28 / 1). Forwards: Anghel Iordănescu (28 / 19); Radu Troi (26 / 5); Marcel Răducanu (31 / 18); Viorel Năstase (12 / 6); Vasile Aelenei (8 / 0); Adrian Ionescu (17 / 1); Constantin Zamfir (24 / 3). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Emerich Jenei.

See also

• 1977–78 Divizia B
• 1977–78 Divizia C
• 1977–78 County Championship

References

1. 1977–78 Divizia A
2. "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
3. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 May 2021.