1961–62 Divizia A

The 1961–62 Divizia A season was the 44th edition of the Romanian football championship and the 24th since the introduction of the divisional system. After six seasons, Divizia A returned to a 14-team format. The season began on 20 August 1961 and concluded on 1 July 1962. Dinamo București won the championship for the second 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 Metalul Târgoviște – debut. Dinamo Pitești – debut. Jiul Petroșani – returned after a one-year absence.

Relegated to Divizia B CSMS Iași – ended a one-year stay. Farul Constanța – ended a three-year stay. Corvinul Hunedoara – ended a one-year stay.

Other changes CCA București was renamed Steaua București during the winter break.

Managers and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity Head coach Dinamo Bacău Bacău Steaua Roșie 5.000 Andrei Sepci Dinamo Pitești Pitești Ștrand 2.500 Ilie Savu Dinamo București București Dinamo 18.000 Nicolae Dumitru Jiul Petroșani Petroșani Jiul 8.000 Bazil Marian Metalul Târgoviște Târgoviște Metalul 8.500 Valentin Stănescu Minerul Lupeni Lupeni Minerul 5.000 Ioan Wetzer Petrolul Ploiești Ploiești Petrolul 14.000 Ilie Oană Progresul București București Progresul 8.000 Gheorghe Nicolae Rapid București București Giulești 18.000 Ion Mihăilescu Steagul Roșu Brașov Brașov Tineretului 8.800 Silviu Ploeșteanu Steaua București București Republicii 28.000 Gheorghe Popescu Știința Cluj Cluj Orășenesc 28.000 Andrei Sepci Știința Timișoara Timișoara Știința 3.000 Vasile Gain UTA Arad Arad 30 Decembrie 20.000 Ion Reinhardt

Managerial changes Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Replaced by Dinamo Pitești Vasile Ștefan Ilie Savu Dinamo Bacău Gheorghe Nicolae Andrei Sepci Progresul București Ioan Lupaș Gheorghe Nicolae Știința Timișoara Nicolae Reuter Vasile Gain CCA București Ștefan Onisie Eugen Mladin Minerul Lupeni Ion Bălănescu Alexandru Marky

During the season TeamOutgoing managerPosition in tableReplaced by Round Position Dinamo București Traian Ionescu13th3rd Constantin Teașcă Minerul Lupeni Alexandru Marky13th8th Ioan Wetzer Steaua București Eugen Mladin13th9th Gheorghe Popescu Dinamo București Constantin Teașcă15th2nd Nicolae Dumitru

League table

Results

Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Gheorghe ConstantinCCA București242Mircea DrideaPetrolul Ploiești223Gheorghe EneDinamo București194Mircea SasuUTA Arad165Matei GramDinamo Bacău14Marin VoineaProgresul București

Champion squad

Dinamo BucureștiGoalkeepers: Ilie Datcu (20 / 0); Iuliu Uțu (8 / 0). Defenders: Cornel Popa (24 / 0); Ion Nunweiller (26 / 3); Dumitru Ivan (26 / 0); Nicolae Panait (1 / 0). Midfielders: Ilie Constantinescu (11 / 0); Vasile Alexandru (15 / 3); Lică Nunweiller (18 / 0); Constantin Ștefan (16 / 0); Mircea Stoenescu (1 / 0). Forwards: Ion Pîrcălab (24 / 7); Constantin Frățilă (19 / 5); Gheorghe Ene (20 / 19); Ion Țîrcovnicu (20 / 5); Iosif Varga (15 / 4); Haralambie Eftimie (16 / 11); Constantin David (20 / 4); Tănase Dumitrescu (1 / 0); Aurel Unguroiu (5 / 0); Vasile Anghel (5 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Traian Ionescu / Constantin Teașcă / Nicolae Dumitru.

1961–62 Divizia A

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