1973–74 Divizia A

The 1973–74 Divizia A was the fifty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Divizia A

Season	1973–74
Champions	Universitatea Craiova
Top goalscorer	Mihai Adam (23)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Teams

Universitatea

Steagul Roșu

FC Constanța

UTA

Politehnica

Argeș

CSM Reșița

Universitatea

ASA

Politehnica

CFR

Jiul

SC Bacău

Petrolul

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Dinamo
Steaua
Sportul Studențesc
Rapid

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Location of teams in 1973-74 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universitatea Craiova (C)	34	20	5	9	63	37	26	45	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Dinamo București	34	18	8	8	60	34	26	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Steagul Roşu Brașov	34	15	9	10	36	25	11	39
4	FC Constanța	34	16	6	12	47	33	14	38	Invitation to Balkans Cup
5	UTA Arad	34	15	6	13	42	45	−3	36
6	Steaua București	34	13	9	12	46	42	4	35
7	Politehnica Timișoara	34	12	10	12	41	45	−4	34
8	Argeș Pitești	34	14	6	14	45	57	−12	34
9	CSM Reșița	34	11	11	12	45	40	5	33
10	Universitatea Cluj	34	12	9	13	35	37	−2	33
11	Sportul Studențesc București	34	12	8	14	43	41	2	32
12	ASA Târgu Mureș	34	13	6	15	38	51	−13	32
13	Politehnica Iași	34	13	5	16	39	50	−11	31
14	CFR Cluj	34	11	9	14	40	53	−13	31
15	Jiul Petroșani	34	12	6	16	40	42	−2	30	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
16	Rapid București (R)	34	9	12	13	30	38	−8	30	Relegation to Divizia B
17	SC Bacău (R)	34	12	4	18	40	49	−9	28
18	Petrolul Ploiești (R)	34	10	7	17	31	42	−11	27

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	CFR	RES	CON	UCR	DIN	JIU	PET	PIA	RAP	SPO	SRB	STE	POL	UTA	UCL
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	0–2	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0
Argeș Pitești	4–2	—	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–2	2–1	5–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0
Bacău	4–2	2–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–4	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
CFR Cluj	1–0	2–0	2–0	—	3–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	3–3
Reșița	4–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	—	1–2	2–1	2–1	4–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0
Constanța	1–2	3–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	—	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	2–1	2–0
Universitatea Craiova	2–0	4–1	1–0	5–0	3–1	2–1	—	1–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	3–2
Dinamo București	5–1	7–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	5–2	1–1	0–3	3–2	0–2	2–1	4–1	0–1
Jiul Petroșani	4–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–2
Petrolul Ploiești	2–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	0–0
Politehnica Iași	4–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–4	0–1	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–2
Rapid București	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	—	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
Sportul Studențesc București	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Steagul Roşu Brașov	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
Steaua București	1–1	0–3	5–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	4–2	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	1–1
Politehnica Timișoara	3–1	5–2	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–3	1–0
UTA Arad	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–4	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	—	1–0
Universitatea Cluj	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mihai Adam	CFR Cluj	23
2	Dudu Georgescu	Dinamo București	21
3	Iulian Bălan	Universitatea Craiova	19
	Florea Dumitrache	Dinamo București
	Viorel Năstase	Steaua București

Champion squad

Universitatea Craiova

Goalkeepers: Paul Manta (12 / 0); Florin Oprea (23 / 0). Defenders: Victor Niculescu (28 / 0); Dragu Bădin (25 / 0); Petre Deselnicu (33 / 2); Ion Velea (14 / 1); Cornel Berneanu (23 / 0); Alexandru Boc (32 / 1); Nicolae Negrilă (1 / 0); Mircea Chivu (1 / 0). Midfielders: Lucian Strâmbeanu (33 / 0); Nicolae Ivan (9 / 2); Ilie Balaci (27 / 3); Ion Constantinescu (1 / 0); Costică Ștefănescu (20 / 0). Forwards: Iulian Bălan (32 / 19); Ion Niță (29 / 2); Ion Oblemenco (29 / 14); Teodor Țarălungă (31 / 11); Dumitru Marcu (24 / 7); Constantin Pană (1 / 0); Ion Stăncescu (3 / 0); Ioan Kiss (2 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Constantin Cernăianu.

See also

• 1973–74 Divizia B
• 1973–74 Divizia C