1988–89 Divizia B

Divizia B

Season	1988–89
Promoted	Petrolul Ploiești Jiul Petroșani Politehnica Timișoara
Relegated	Metalul Plopeni Electroputere Craiova Minerul Cavnic FEPA 74 Bârlad Dacia Pitești Minerul Paroșeni Câmpulung Moldovenesc Dunărea Călărași Mecanica Orăștie Delta Tulcea Metalul Mangalia Avântul Reghin
Top goalscorer	Victor Titirișcă (Series I, 22 goals) Ion Carastoian (Series II, 18 goals) Nicolae Trăistaru (Series III, 22 goals)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Divizia B was the 49th 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.

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia C

• Explorări Câmpulung Moldovenesc
• Aripile Victoria Bacău
• Metalul Mangalia
• Dunărea Călărași
• Metalul Mija
• Dacia Pitești
• Minerul Motru
• CFR Timișoara
• Minerul Cavnic
• Unirea Alba Iulia
• Avântul Reghin
• Poiana Câmpina

Relegated from Divizia A

• Politehnica Timișoara
• Petrolul Ploiești
• CSM Suceava

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C

• Inter Vaslui
• Autobuzul București
• Sticla Arieșul Turda
• Unirea Slobozia
• Mecanică Fină București
• CIL Sighetu Marmației
• Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat
• Metalul București
• Minerul Baia Sprie
• Petrolul Ianca
• Progresul Vulcan București
• Victoria Carei

Promoted to Divizia A

• FC Constanța
• Inter Sibiu
• Bihor Oradea

Renamed teams

Aripile Victoria Bacău was renamed as Aripile Bacău.

Delta Dinamo Tulcea was renamed as Delta Tulcea.

Gloria Pandurii was renamed as Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

Prahova CSU Ploiești was renamed as Prahova Ploiești.

Sportul Muncitoresc Caracal was renamed as FCM Caracal.

Sportul Muncitoresc Slatina was renamed as Metalurgistul Slatina.

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Petrolul Ploiești (C, P)	34	20	7	7	62	26	36	47	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Progresul Brăila	34	19	1	14	56	41	15	39
3	Unirea Dinamo Focșani	34	18	3	13	39	32	7	39
4	Gloria Buzău	34	18	2	14	55	36	19	38
5	CFR Pașcani	34	16	6	12	48	31	17	38
6	CSM Suceava	34	16	6	12	46	39	7	38
7	Steaua Mizil	34	17	2	15	52	50	2	36
8	Politehnica Iași	34	16	3	15	63	43	20	35
9	CS Botoșani	34	15	4	15	44	51	−7	34
10	Poiana Câmpina	34	15	4	15	38	48	−10	34
11	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	15	3	16	42	41	1	33
12	Siretul Pașcani	34	15	3	16	40	40	0	33
13	Aripile Bacău	34	14	5	15	41	51	−10	33
14	Prahova Ploiești	34	15	2	17	40	41	−1	32
15	Metalul Plopeni (R)	34	15	2	17	46	48	−2	32	Relegation to Divizia C
16	FEPA 74 Bârlad (R)	34	12	3	19	33	57	−24	27
17	Explorări Câmpulung Moldovenesc (R)	34	9	6	19	30	65	−35	24
18	Delta Tulcea (R)	34	6	8	20	35	70	−35	20

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

Top scorers

The Series I top scorers:

22 goals

• Victor Titirișcă (Progresul Brăila)

16 goals

• Adrian Kereszi (Politehnica Iași)

15 goals

• Lucian Bîșcă (Aripile Bacău & Petrolul Ploiești)

14 goals

• Ion Ștefănescu (Metalul Plopeni)
• Gheorghe Iamandi (Delta Dinamo Tulcea)

13 goals

• Gheorghe Butoiu (Steaua Mizil)

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Jiul Petroșani (C, P)	34	20	7	7	64	23	41	47	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	34	18	5	11	57	32	25	41
3	Electromureș Târgu Mureș	34	17	7	10	57	48	9	41
4	FCM Caracal	34	18	3	13	51	41	10	39
5	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	34	15	6	13	39	40	−1	36
6	Sportul 30 Decembrie	34	16	3	15	32	28	4	35
7	ICIM Brașov	34	16	3	15	40	40	0	35
8	Tractorul Brașov	34	14	6	14	42	44	−2	34
9	CS Târgoviște	34	14	5	15	36	39	−3	33
10	Metalul Mija	34	14	5	15	48	55	−7	33
11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	34	13	7	14	42	52	−10	33
12	Metalurgistul Slatina	34	13	6	15	51	52	−1	32
13	Minerul Motru	34	12	8	14	35	44	−9	32
14	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	34	12	7	15	50	49	1	31
15	Electroputere Craiova (R)	34	13	5	16	37	44	−7	31	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Dacia Pitești (R)	34	12	6	16	38	47	−9	30
17	Dunărea Călărași (R)	34	8	9	17	39	63	−24	25
18	Metalul Mangalia (R)	34	9	6	19	35	52	−17	24

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

Top scorers

The Series I top scorers:

18 goals

• Ion Carastoian (Metalul Mangalia)

15 goals

• Marius Predatu (Gaz Metan Mediaș)

13 goals

• Marian Calafeteanu (Electroputere Craiova)

12 goals

• Dorian Gugu (Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
• Alexandru Rus (Metalul Mija)

Serie III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Politehnica Timișoara (C, P)	34	24	7	3	91	37	54	55	Promotion to Divizia A
2	UTA Arad	34	23	1	10	86	39	47	47
3	Olimpia Satu Mare	34	18	8	8	64	29	35	44
4	Gloria Bistrița	34	19	6	9	64	31	33	44
5	Unirea Alba Iulia	34	18	1	15	64	47	17	37
6	Maramureș Baia Mare	34	16	4	14	62	51	11	36
7	Progresul Timișoara	34	14	6	14	61	55	6	34
8	CFR Timișoara	34	15	4	15	45	46	−1	34
9	Metalul Bocșa	34	13	6	15	44	61	−17	32
10	Armătura Zalău	34	15	2	17	39	62	−23	32
11	Strungul Arad	34	12	7	15	46	51	−5	31
12	Gloria Reșița	34	13	5	16	41	66	−25	31
13	Chimica Târnăveni	34	14	2	18	64	59	5	30
14	CSM Reșița	34	14	2	18	45	47	−2	30
15	Minerul Cavnic (R)	34	14	2	18	50	56	−6	30	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Paroșeni Vulcan (R)	34	12	3	19	37	61	−24	27
17	Mecanica Orăștie (R)	34	11	2	21	37	79	−42	24
18	Avântul Reghin (R)	34	4	6	24	22	85	−63	14

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

Top scorers

The Series I top scorers:

22 goals

• Nicolae Trăistaru (Politehnica Timișoara)

18 goals

• Iani Mitracu (Unirea Alba Iulia)
• Gheorghe Mărginean (Chimica Târnăveni)

16 goals

• Ștefan Nagy (UTA Arad)

14 goals

• Mircea Bolba (Olimpia Satu Mare)
• Neluțu Popa (Unirea Alba Iulia)

See also

• 1988–89 Divizia A