1979–80 Divizia B

Football league season

Divizia B
Season	1979–80
Promoted	FCM Brașov Progresul Vulcan București Corvinul Hunedoara
Relegated	Muscelul Câmpulung Energia Slatina Unirea Alba Iulia ICIM Brașov Carpați Mârșa IS Câmpia Turzii Energia Gheorghiu-Dej Chimia Turnu Magurele Someșul Satu Mare Portul Constanța FCM Giurgiu Strungul Arad
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Divizia B was the 40th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to three series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last four places from each series relegated to Divizia C.^[1]^[2]

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia C

CS Botoșani
Energia Gheorghiu-Dej
Unirea Focșani
Cimentul Medgidia
Mecanică Fină București
Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Unirea Alba Iulia
Strungul Arad
Someșul Satu Mare
Carpați Mârșa
Viitorul Gheorgheni

Relegated from Divizia A

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C

Relon Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Drobeta Turnu-Severin
Mureșul Deva
Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe
Electroputere Craiova
CIL Sighetu Marmației
Victoria Tecuci
SN Oltenița
Victoria Călan
Constructorul Iași
Chimia Brazi
CFR Timișoara

Promoted to Divizia A

Renamed teams

Dinamo Slatina was renamed as Energia Slatina.

Steagul Roșu Brașov was renamed as FCM Brașov.

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FCM Brașov (C, P)	34	22	7	5	65	18	+47	51	Promotion to Divizia A
2	FC Constanța	34	19	3	12	66	39	+27	41
3	CS Botoșani	34	18	2	14	48	41	+7	38
4	Unirea Focșani	34	16	4	14	55	39	+16	36
5	Delta Tulcea	34	15	6	13	46	42	+4	36
6	Viitorul Vaslui	34	15	5	14	51	46	+5	35
7	CSM Suceava	34	14	6	14	40	42	−2	34
8	FC Brăila	34	14	6	14	46	50	−4	34
9	Cimentul Medgidia	34	16	2	16	53	60	−7	34
10	Nitramonia Făgăraș	34	16	2	16	38	47	−9	34
11	Minerul Gura Humorului	34	14	6	14	30	52	−22	34
12	Viitorul Gheorgheni	34	13	7	14	48	49	−1	33
13	Tractorul Brașov	34	12	8	14	45	42	+3	32
14	Progresul Brăila	34	14	4	16	48	47	+1	32
15	Muscelul Câmpulung (R)	34	12	8	14	49	53	−4	32	Relegation to Divizia C
16	ICIM Brașov (R)	34	11	8	15	48	47	+1	30
17	Energia Gheorghiu-Dej (R)	34	11	5	18	39	58	−19	27
18	Portul Constanța (R)	34	6	7	21	23	66	−43	19

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Progresul Vulcan București (C, P)	34	18	8	8	63	38	+25	44	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Rapid București	34	19	4	11	61	37	+24	42
3	Petrolul Ploiești	34	17	5	12	51	37	+14	39
4	Metalul Plopeni	34	16	6	12	46	32	+14	38
5	Rulmentul Alexandria	34	15	7	12	46	33	+13	37
6	Poiana Câmpina	34	18	0	16	47	50	−3	36
7	Metalul București	34	15	5	14	44	37	+7	35
8	Șoimii Sibiu	34	16	3	15	42	47	−5	35
9	Autobuzul București	34	13	8	13	64	48	+16	34
10	Chimica Târnăveni	34	15	4	15	55	47	+8	34
11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	34	15	4	15	53	51	+2	34
12	Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni	34	15	4	15	48	55	−7	34
13	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	34	15	4	15	48	59	−11	34
14	Mecanică Fină București	34	12	9	13	47	43	+4	33
15	Energia Slatina (R)	34	15	3	16	47	52	−5	33	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Carpați Mârșa (R)	34	12	2	20	35	74	−39	26
17	Chimia Turnu Măgurele (R)	34	9	7	18	39	60	−21	25
18	FCM Giurgiu (R)	34	6	7	21	25	61	−36	19

Serie III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Corvinul Hunedoara (C, P)	34	23	3	8	90	42	+48	49	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Bihor Oradea	34	19	5	10	76	47	+29	43
3	UTA Arad	34	18	4	12	59	40	+19	40
4	Gloria Bistrița	34	17	3	14	75	52	+23	37
5	Aurul Brad	34	15	5	14	66	50	+16	35
6	Minerul Cavnic	34	15	5	14	54	56	−2	35
7	FCM Reșița	34	15	4	15	61	46	+15	34
8	Metalurgistul Cugir	34	15	4	15	51	57	−6	34
9	Minerul Anina	34	16	1	17	51	63	−12	33
10	CFR Cluj	34	14	4	16	47	54	−7	32
11	UM Timișoara	34	15	2	17	40	50	−10	32
12	Minerul Moldova Nouă	34	15	2	17	40	61	−21	32
13	Înfrățirea Oradea	34	15	1	18	45	43	+2	31
14	Dacia Orăștie	34	14	3	17	39	56	−17	31
15	Unirea Alba Iulia (R)	34	13	5	16	38	67	−29	31	Relegation to Divizia C
16	IS Câmpia Turzii (R)	34	13	3	18	50	59	−9	29
17	Someșul Satu Mare (R)	34	13	3	18	43	60	−17	29
18	Strungul Arad (R)	34	12	1	21	44	66	−22	25