1969–70 Divizia A

52nd season of top-tier football league in Romania

Football league season

Divizia A
Season	1969–70
Champions	UTA Arad^[1]
Top goalscorer	Ion Oblemenco (19)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Divizia A was the fifty-second season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

UTA

Universitatea

Steagul Roșu

Universitatea

Politehnica

Petrolul

CFR

Crișul

ASA

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Rapid
Steaua
Dinamo

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Location of teams in 1969-70 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	UTA Arad (C)	30	18	3	9	54	42	+12	39	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Rapid București	30	14	9	7	39	31	+8	37
3	Steaua București	30	14	6	10	56	37	+19	34	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Universitatea Craiova	30	13	7	10	40	37	+3	33	Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Dinamo București	30	14	4	12	51	41	+10	32	Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
6	Farul Constanța	30	13	6	11	45	40	+5	32
7	Jiul Petroșani	30	14	4	12	37	37	0	32
8	Steagul roşu Brașov	30	12	6	12	38	41	−3	30	Invitation to Balkans Cup
9	Dinamo Bacău	30	10	10	10	37	42	−5	30
10	Argeș Pitești	30	11	7	12	51	47	+4	29
11	Universitatea Cluj	30	9	10	11	40	37	+3	28
12	Politehnica Iași	30	12	3	15	37	39	−2	27
13	Petrolul Ploiești	30	10	7	13	36	42	−6	27
14	CFR Cluj	30	10	7	13	29	45	−16	27
15	Crişul Oradea (R)	30	10	6	14	38	44	−6	26	Relegation to Divizia B
16	ASA Târgu Mureș (R)	30	5	7	18	23	49	−26	17	Relegation to Divizia B

Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ASA	ARG	CFR	UCR	CRI	BAC	DIN	FAR	JIU	PET	PIA	RAP	SRB	STE	UTA	UCL
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	0–2	2–2	0–0
Argeș Pitești	1–0	—	3–0	1–1	6–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–2	3–1
CFR Cluj	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0
Universitatea Craiova	2–1	2–2	3–0	—	2–0	2–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1
Crișul Oradea	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	—	0–4	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0
Dinamo Bacău	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	—	3–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–1
Dinamo București	3–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	—	2–3	5–2	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	6–0	1–2
Farul Constanța	0–0	3–1	4–2	4–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	1–1
Jiul Petroșani	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
Petrolul Ploiești	1–0	4–2	0–3	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2
Politehnica Iași	4–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	—	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–2
Rapid București	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–3	1–0	2–1	—	2–0	3–3	1–2	3–2
Steagul roşu Brașov	1–0	3–2	4–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	4–3	0–1	0–1	—	4–2	1–0	1–1
Steaua București	10–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	8–0	2–3	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	—	2–4	2–1
UTA Arad	1–0	3–0	6–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	—	3–1
Universitatea Cluj	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	4–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank^[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ion Oblemenco	Universitatea Craiova	19
2	Nicolae Dobrin	Argeș Pitești	18
3	Alexandru Neagu	Rapid București	16
3	Gheorghe Tătaru	Steaua București	16
5	Otto Dembrovschi	UTA Arad	15

Champion squad

UTA Arad^[3]
Goalkeepers: Gheorghe Gornea (29 / 0); Emerich Moricz (1 / 0). Defenders: Gavrilă Birău (30 / 1); Ștefan Bakos (16 / 0); Eugen Pojoni (26 / 0); Gheorghe Czako (4 / 0); Ladislau Brosovszky (30 / 1). Midfielders: Mircea Petescu (30 / 1); Iosif Lereter (29 / 7); Viorel Brândescu (6 / 0). Forwards: Petru Șchiopu (19 / 2); Mircea Axente (30 / 6); Flavius Domide (29 / 11); Ilie Moț (20 / 4); Viorel Sima (17 / 2); Florian Dumitrescu (29 / 4); Otto Dembrovschi (15 / 15); Petru Regep (3 / 0); Ion Atodiresei (3 / 0); Erhard Schepp (4 / 0); Teodor Drăucean (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Nicolae Dumitrescu.

UTA Arad^[3]

Goalkeepers: Gheorghe Gornea (29 / 0); Emerich Moricz (1 / 0).
Defenders: Gavrilă Birău (30 / 1); Ștefan Bakos (16 / 0); Eugen Pojoni (26 / 0); Gheorghe Czako (4 / 0); Ladislau Brosovszky (30 / 1).
Midfielders: Mircea Petescu (30 / 1); Iosif Lereter (29 / 7); Viorel Brândescu (6 / 0).
Forwards: Petru Șchiopu (19 / 2); Mircea Axente (30 / 6); Flavius Domide (29 / 11); Ilie Moț (20 / 4); Viorel Sima (17 / 2); Florian Dumitrescu (29 / 4); Otto Dembrovschi (15 / 15); Petru Regep (3 / 0); Ion Atodiresei (3 / 0); Erhard Schepp (4 / 0); Teodor Drăucean (1 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Nicolae Dumitrescu.

References

^ 1969–70 Divizia A
^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 May 2021.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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1969–70 in Romanian football

Club football
Domestic leagues	Divizia A Divizia B Divizia C County Championship
Domestic cups	Cupa României (Final)
European	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Fairs Cup Balkans Cup '69 '70

Club seasons
Divizia A	Argeș Pitești ASA Târgu Mureș CFR Cluj Crişul Oradea Dinamo Dinamo Bacău Farul Petrolul Politehnica Iași Rapid Jiul Steagul Roșu Steaua Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Craiova UTA

v t e 1969–70 in European football (UEFA)
« 1968–69 1970–71 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '69 '70 England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '69 '70 Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden '69 '70 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '69 '70 Finland '69 '70 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '69 '70 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '69 '70 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '69 '70 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '69 '70 Mitropa Cup