The 1960–61 Divizia A season was the 43rd edition of the Romanian football championship and the 23rd since the introduction of the divisional system. After six seasons, Divizia A returned to a 14-team format. The season began on 4 September 1960 and concluded on 9 July 1961. CCA București won the championship for the sixth time in its history.
Teams A total of fourteen teams teams contested the championship, including eleven from the previous season and three newly promoted sides. Team changes
Promoted from Divizia B CSMS Iași – debut. Știința Timișoara – returned after a one-year absence. Corvinul Hunedoara – returned after a five-year absence.
Relegated to Divizia B Jiul Petroșani – ended a thirteen-year stay.
Managers and locations
Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach CCA București București Republicii 28.000 Ștefan Onisie Corvinul Hunedoara Hunedoara Corvinul 16.500 Ilie Savu CSMS Iași Iași 23 August 12.500 Ion Unguroiu Dinamo Bacău Bacău Steaua Roșie 5.000 Gheorghe Nicolae Dinamo București București Dinamo 18.000 Traian Ionescu Farul Constanța Constanța 1 Mai 15.520 Augustin Botescu Minerul Lupeni Lupeni Minerul 5.000 Ion Bălănescu Petrolul Ploiești Ploiești Petrolul 14.000 Ilie Oană Progresul București București Progresul 8.000 Ioan Lupaș Rapid București București Giulești 18.000 Ion Mihăilescu Steagul Roșu Brașov Brașov Tineretului 8.800 Silviu Ploeșteanu Știința Cluj Cluj Orășenesc 28.000 Andrei Sepci Știința Timișoara Timișoara Știința 3.000 Nicolae Reuter UTA Arad Arad 30 Decembrie 20.000 Ion Reinhardt
Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Replaced by CCA București Gheorghe Popescu Ștefan Onisie Progresul București Augustin Botescu Ioan Lupaș Rapid București Remus Ghiurițan Ion Mihăilescu Știința Timișoara Silviu Bindea Eugen Mladin UTA Arad Coloman Braun-Bogdan Ion Reinhardt
During the season TeamOutgoing managerPosition in tableReplaced by Round Position Farul Constanța Iosif Lengheriu9th12th Augustin Botescu Minerul Lupeni Vasile Lazăr9th9th Ion Bălănescu Știința Timișoara Eugen Mladin13th13th Nicolae Reuter
League table
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Gheorghe ConstantinCCA București222Mircea DrideaPetrolul Ploiești213Nicolae TătaruCCA București15Gheorghe EneDinamo București5Matei GramDinamo Bacău14Aurel UnguroiuCSMS Iași
Champion squad
CCA BucureștiGoalkeepers: Costică Toma (10 / 0); Ion Voinescu (19 / 0). Defenders: Vasile Zavoda (25 / 0); Alexandru Apolzan (20 / 0); Gheorghe Staicu (12 / 0); Traian Ivănescu (21 / 0). Midfielders: Vasile Mihăilescu (8 / 1); Emerich Jenei (17 / 0); Tiberiu Bone (23 / 0). Forwards: Gheorghe Cacoveanu (23 / 3); Ion Crișan (16 / 3); Gheorghe Constantin (23 / 22); Ion Alecsandrescu (23 / 12); Gabriel Raksi (26 / 3); Nicolae Tătaru (26 / 15); Alexandru Lazăr (6 / 2); Alexandru Donciu (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Ștefan Onisie.
See also 1960–61 Divizia B 1960–61 Regional Championship 1960–61 Cupa României
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