1976–77 Divizia A

59th season of top-tier football league in Romania

Football league season

Divizia A
Season	1976–77
Champions	Dinamo București^[1]
Top goalscorer	Dudu Georgescu (47)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 Divizia A was the fifty-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Universitatea

ASA

Bihor

UTA

Corvinul

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Dinamo
Steaua
Sportul Studențesc
Rapid
Progresul

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Location of teams in 1976-77 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București (C)	34	20	9	5	84	34	+50	49	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Steaua București	34	20	5	9	72	41	+31	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Universitatea Craiova	34	16	9	9	54	36	+18	41	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	ASA Târgu Mureș	34	16	5	13	50	40	+10	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Jiul Petroșani	34	16	5	13	57	49	+8	37	Invitation to Balkans Cup
6	Politehnica Timișoara	34	16	4	14	44	37	+7	36
7	Sportul Studenţesc București	34	13	9	12	34	34	0	35
8	Politehnica Iași	34	12	9	13	43	33	+10	33
9	Bihor Oradea	34	13	7	14	48	53	−5	33
10	SC Bacău	34	13	7	14	34	39	−5	33
11	Argeș Pitești	34	12	9	13	40	47	−7	33
12	UTA Arad	34	13	7	14	56	64	−8	33
13	FCM Reșița	34	13	6	15	43	55	−12	32
14	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	10	11	13	32	40	−8	31
15	FC Constanța	34	12	6	16	43	45	−2	30
16	Rapid București (R)	34	11	8	15	38	49	−11	30	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Progresul București (R)	34	11	5	18	37	69	−32	27
18	FCM Galați (R)	34	6	5	23	31	75	−44	17

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	GAL	JIU	PIA	PRO	RAP	SPO	STE	POL	UTA
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	5–2	1–0	4–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Argeș Pitești	0–1	—	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1
Bacău	1–0	1–0	—	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Bihor Oradea	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	4–2	2–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	3–1
Constanța	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	—	4–1	2–3	2–1	5–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–0
Corvinul Hunedoara	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–2	6–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1
Universitatea Craiova	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–1
Dinamo București	5–1	4–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	—	5–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	7–1	5–2	2–0	7–0
FCM Reșița	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	—	4–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	3–0
Galați	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	—	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1
Jiul Petroșani	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–2	—	2–0	0–1	5–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	6–3
Politehnica Iași	2–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	4–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	—	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	4–2
Progresul București	0–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–5	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	—	3–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–2
Rapid București	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	0–1	6–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1
Sportul Studențesc București	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–1	1–0	3–2
Steaua București	5–0	6–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	6–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	—	2–2	5–0
Politehnica Timișoara	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–1
UTA Arad	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–3	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank^[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo București	47
2	Florea Dumitrache	Jiul Petroșani	20
3	Marin Radu	Argeș Pitești	18
4	Viorel Năstase	Steaua București	17
5	Ladislau Brosovszky	UTA Arad	16
5	Anghel Iordănescu	Steaua București	16

Champion squad

Dinamo București^[3]
Goalkeepers: Constantin Ștefan (31 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (3 / 0). Defenders: Florin Cheran (34 / 3); Gabriel Sandu (29 / 1); Vasile Dobrău (26 / 3); Teodor Lucuță (19 / 0); Alexandru Sătmăreanu (34 / 5); Ladislau Ghiță (11 / 0); Marin Ion (21 / 1). Midfielders: Alexandru Moldovan (30 / 3); Cornel Dinu (31 / 6). Forwards: Alexandru Custov (33 / 2); Dudu Georgescu (31 / 47); Ion Moldovan (25 / 2); Cristian Vrînceanu (25 / 0); Adalbert Rozsnyai (20 / 3); Mircea Lucescu (19 / 7); Vasile Chitaru (7 / 0); Sorin Georgescu (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ion Nunweiller.

Dinamo București^[3]

Goalkeepers: Constantin Ștefan (31 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (3 / 0).
Defenders: Florin Cheran (34 / 3); Gabriel Sandu (29 / 1); Vasile Dobrău (26 / 3); Teodor Lucuță (19 / 0); Alexandru Sătmăreanu (34 / 5); Ladislau Ghiță (11 / 0); Marin Ion (21 / 1).
Midfielders: Alexandru Moldovan (30 / 3); Cornel Dinu (31 / 6).
Forwards: Alexandru Custov (33 / 2); Dudu Georgescu (31 / 47); Ion Moldovan (25 / 2); Cristian Vrînceanu (25 / 0); Adalbert Rozsnyai (20 / 3); Mircea Lucescu (19 / 7); Vasile Chitaru (7 / 0); Sorin Georgescu (1 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ion Nunweiller.

References

^ 1976–77 Divizia A
^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '76 '77