1980–81 Divizia A

63rd season of top-tier football league in Romania

Football league season

Divizia A
Season	1980–81
Champions	Universitatea Craiova^[1]
Top goalscorer	Marin Radu (28)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Divizia A was the sixty-third season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Universitatea

Corvinul

FCM Brașov

ASA

Universitatea

Politehnica

FC Baia Mare

FCM Galați

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Dinamo
Steaua
Sportul Studențesc
Progresul Vulcan

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Location of teams in 1980-81 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitatea Craiova (C)	34	21	4	9	72	33	+39	46	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Dinamo București	34	18	7	9	57	34	+23	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Argeș Pitești	34	19	4	11	63	39	+24	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Steaua București	34	15	8	11	50	45	+5	38	Invitation to Balkans Cup
5	Sportul Studenţesc București	34	17	2	15	54	35	+19	36
6	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	16	3	15	72	48	+24	35
7	Olt Scornicești	34	14	7	13	44	49	−5	35
8	FCM Brașov	34	14	6	14	35	41	−6	34
9	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	34	15	4	15	51	60	−9	34
10	Jiul Petroșani	34	14	5	15	44	41	+3	33
11	SC Bacău	34	14	5	15	46	51	−5	33
12	Politehnica Timișoara	34	13	7	14	33	46	−13	33	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
13	ASA Târgu Mureș	34	14	4	16	50	56	−6	32
14	Universitatea Cluj	34	14	4	16	47	57	−10	32
15	Progresul București	34	13	6	15	39	50	−11	32
16	Politehnica Iași (R)	34	12	6	16	44	53	−9	30	Relegation to Divizia B
17	FC Baia Mare (R)	34	10	6	18	37	62	−25	26
18	FCM Galați (R)	34	7	4	23	34	72	−38	18

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	BAI	BRA	COR	UCR	DIN	GAL	JIU	OLT	PIA	PRO	RAM	SPO	STE	POL	UCL
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–4	2–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–0
Argeș Pitești	2–0	—	5–2	5–0	1–0	6–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	7–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0
Bacău	4–0	4–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–4	2–0	1–0
Baia Mare	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	5–0	1–1	1–2
Brașov	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1
Corvinul Hunedoara	4–1	4–0	4–1	6–1	2–0	—	4–3	1–2	7–0	1–0	4–2	8–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–2
Universitatea Craiova	3–0	3–2	6–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	—	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	7–0
Dinamo București	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	—	3–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–1
Galați	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	—	1–0	1–2	0–5	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–1
Jiul Petroșani	2–1	3–3	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	—	4–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
Olt Scornicești	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	—	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	5–2
Politehnica Iași	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	—	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–3	1–1	1–0
Progresul București	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	5–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	4–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	5–4	0–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	3–1
Sportul Studențesc București	3–0	1–3	4–2	8–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–3	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	4–0	0–1	—	0–2	1–0	6–0
Steaua București	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	4–2	1–3	—	1–0	2–0
Politehnica Timișoara	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	3–2
Universitatea Cluj	2–3	2–3	2–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	3–0	1–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Position^[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marin Radu	Argeş Piteşti	28
2	Rodion Cămătaru	Universitatea Craiova	23
3	Mircea Sandu	Sportul Studenţesc	20
4	Septimiu Câmpeanu	Universitatea Cluj	19
5	Ioan Petcu	Corvinul Hunedoara	17

Champion squad

Universitatea Craiova^[3]
Goalkeepers: Gabriel Boldici (18 / 0); Silviu Lung (20 / 0). Defenders: Nicolae Negrilă (23 / 1); Petre Purima (15 / 0); Nicolae Tilihoi (27 / 0); Costică Ștefănescu (31 / 2); Nicolae Ungureanu (34 / 1); Grigore Ciupitu (20 / 0); Adrian Popescu (1 / 0); Florin Cioroianu (1 / 0). Midfielders: Aurel Țicleanu (29 / 2); Costică Donose (32 / 6); Ilie Balaci (29 / 12); Ion Geolgău (29 / 3); Aurel Beldeanu (17 / 1); Liviu Dorel Firănescu (1 / 0). Forwards: Mircea Irimescu (21 / 4); Zoltan Crișan (29 / 10); Rodion Cămătaru (33 / 23); Sorin Cârțu (25 / 7); Dorel Păuna (2 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ion Oblemenco.

Universitatea Craiova^[3]

Goalkeepers: Gabriel Boldici (18 / 0); Silviu Lung (20 / 0).
Defenders: Nicolae Negrilă (23 / 1); Petre Purima (15 / 0); Nicolae Tilihoi (27 / 0); Costică Ștefănescu (31 / 2); Nicolae Ungureanu (34 / 1); Grigore Ciupitu (20 / 0); Adrian Popescu (1 / 0); Florin Cioroianu (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Aurel Țicleanu (29 / 2); Costică Donose (32 / 6); Ilie Balaci (29 / 12); Ion Geolgău (29 / 3); Aurel Beldeanu (17 / 1); Liviu Dorel Firănescu (1 / 0).
Forwards: Mircea Irimescu (21 / 4); Zoltan Crișan (29 / 10); Rodion Cămătaru (33 / 23); Sorin Cârțu (25 / 7); Dorel Păuna (2 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ion Oblemenco.

References

^ 1980–81 Divizia A
^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '80 '81 Finland '80 '81 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '80 '81 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '80 '81 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '81 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
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Super cups	Soviet Union '81
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