1961–62 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1961–62
ChampionsDinamo București[1]
Top goalscorerGheorghe Constantin (24)

The 1961–62 Divizia A was the forty-fourth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

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Location of teams in 1961-62 Divizia A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C) 26 14 8 4 62 35 +27 36 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Petrolul Ploiești 26 13 7 6 57 33 +24 33 Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round
3 Progresul București 26 12 7 7 47 32 +15 31
4 Steagul Roşu Brașov 26 13 3 10 52 39 +13 29
5 Rapid București 26 10 8 8 38 37 +1 28
6 Dinamo Bacău 26 11 5 10 35 36 −1 27
7 Știința Cluj 26 10 6 10 46 44 +2 26
8 Știința Timișoara 26 10 5 11 38 42 −4 25
9 Steaua București 26 10 4 12 53 45 +8 24 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
10 UTA Arad 26 9 6 11 42 41 +1 24
11 Minerul Lupeni 26 11 1 14 25 51 −26 23
12 Jiul Petroșani (R) 26 8 6 12 39 49 −10 22 Relegation to Divizia B
13 Metalul Târgoviște (R) 26 7 5 14 33 66 −33 19
14 Dinamo Pitești (R) 26 7 3 16 35 52 −17 17
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BAC DIN PIT JIU MET MIN PET PRO RAP SRB STE UTA ȘCJ ȘTI
Dinamo Bacău — 1–5 2–0 4–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–2 3–1 0–5 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–0
Dinamo București 1–0 — 2–2 5–2 7–1 7–4 0–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 5–2 2–2 0–1
Dinamo Pitești 0–1 3–4 — 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 5–1
Jiul Petroșani 1–0 0–0 6–1 — 7–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 4–0
Metalul Târgoviște 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 — 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 4–3
Minerul Lupeni 0–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Petrolul Ploiești 4–1 1–1 0–0 7–1 1–0 3–1 — 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–3 3–1 4–0 2–0
Progresul București 1–1 1–4 2–0 4–1 5–0 6–0 1–1 — 0–2 2–1 4–3 1–2 1–1 2–1
Rapid București 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 — 2–2 2–1 3–5 1–0 1–0
Steagul Roşu Brașov 1–2 2–1 4–0 3–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 — 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1
Steaua București 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 3–0 2–6 0–1 1–2 4–2 — 4–2 1–2 6–2
UTA Arad 2–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 — 3–1 1–1
Știința Cluj 3–1 2–2 5–1 1–0 6–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–2 2–2 — 4–1
Știința Timișoara 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 3–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 —
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[2] Player Club Goals
1 Gheorghe Constantin CCA București 24
2 Mircea Dridea Petrolul Ploiești 22
3 Gheorghe Ene Dinamo București 19
4 Mircea Sasu UTA Arad 16
5 Matei Gram Dinamo Bacău 14
Marin Voinea Progresul București

Champion squad

Dinamo București[3]

Goalkeepers: 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ 1961–62 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2021.