1967–68 Divizia B

The 1967–68 Divizia B was the 28th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B

Season	1967–68
Promoted	Politehnica Iași Vagonul Arad Crișul Oradea
Relegated	Victoria Roman
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 14 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A. Due to expansion of Divizia A and Divizia B from 14 to 16 teams, also the second places from the series played a promotion play-off, at the end of which the second place from the second series also promoted to Divizia A and last two places from both series played a relegation play-off against second places from Divizia C, at the end of which only one team relegated.[1][2]

Team changes

To Divizia B Promoted from Divizia C Victoria Roman Portul Constanța Metalul Hunedoara Olimpia Oradea Relegated from Divizia A CSMS Iași Politehnica Timișoara

From Divizia B Relegated to Divizia C Progresul Brăila Minerul Lupeni Oțelul Galați Unirea Dej Promoted to Divizia A Dinamo Bacău ASA Mureșul Târgu Mureș

Renamed teams

CSMS Iași was renamed as Politehnica Iași.

Dinamo Victoria București was renamed as Electronica Obor București.

Metalurgistul București was renamed as Metalul București.

Oltul Râmnicu Vâlcea was renamed as Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea.

Other teams

Siderurgistul Galați gave away its place in the Divizia B to Politehnica Galați, former Știința Galați. Siderurgistul was then dissolved.[3]

Clujeana Cluj merged with CFR Cluj (which appeared again in a lower division), the first one being absorbed by the second one.[3]

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Politehnica Iași (C, P)	26	14	4	8	37	24	+13	32	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Politehnica Galați (Q)	26	12	6	8	43	28	+15	30	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Electronica Obor București	26	11	8	7	52	38	+14	30
4	Metalul București	26	11	6	9	30	24	+6	28
5	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	26	13	2	11	30	32	−2	28
6	Portul Constanța	26	12	3	11	32	33	−1	27
7	Politehnica București	26	10	6	10	35	26	+9	26
8	Flacăra Moreni	26	10	5	11	30	35	−5	25
9	CFR Pașcani	26	11	3	12	33	46	−13	25
10	Chimia Suceava	26	9	6	11	27	27	0	24
11	Metrom Brașov	26	8	8	10	29	33	−4	24
12	Poiana Câmpina	26	11	2	13	23	31	−8	24
13	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (O)	26	8	6	12	27	36	−9	22	Qualification to relegation play-off
14	Victoria Roman (R)	26	8	3	15	24	39	−15	19

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vagonul Arad (C, P)	26	15	7	4	43	22	+21	37	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Crișul Oradea (O, P)	26	12	7	7	32	26	+6	31	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	CFR Timișoara	26	11	5	10	38	29	+9	27
4	Minerul Baia Mare	26	11	5	10	30	34	−4	27
5	CFR Cluj	26	11	3	12	46	37	+9	25
6	Politehnica Timișoara	26	10	5	11	48	43	+5	25
7	CFR Arad	26	11	3	12	35	31	+4	25
8	Metalul Hunedoara	26	10	5	11	24	23	+1	25
9	CSM Sibiu	26	9	7	10	31	34	−3	25
10	IS Câmpia Turzii	26	9	6	11	31	34	−3	24
11	Olimpia Oradea	26	11	2	13	27	37	−10	24
12	CSM Reșița	26	9	5	12	33	34	−1	23
13	Gaz Metan Mediaș (O)	26	9	5	12	27	42	−15	23	Qualification to relegation play-off
14	Cugir (O)	26	10	3	13	21	40	−19	23

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Divizia A play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia A faces the 2nd-placed teams from the series of the Divizia B. The play-off tournament was played in Timișoara.[4][5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Crișul Oradea (C, P)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Progresul București (P)	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	4
3	Steagul Roșu Brașov (R)	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3	Relegation to Divizia B
4	Politehnica Galați (R)	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

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

Round 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Steagul Roșu Brașov (A)	3–1	Politehnica Galați (B)
Progresul București (A)	1–2	Crișul Oradea (B)

Round 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Steagul Roșu Brașov (A)	1–1	Crișul Oradea (B)
Progresul București (A)	4–2	Politehnica Galați (B)

Round 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Steagul Roșu Brașov (A)	0–3	Progresul București (A)
Politehnica Galați (B)	0–2	Crișul Oradea (B)

Divizia B play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia B faces the 2nd-placed teams from the series of the Divizia C. The play-off tournaments were played in Brașov and Arad.

Group I (Brașov)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Progresul Brăila (C, P)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (P)	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Gloria Bârlad (P)	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
4	Victoria Roman (R)	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0	Relegation to Divizia C

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

Group II (Arad)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gaz Metan Mediaș (C, P)	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	4	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Cugir (P)	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Metalul Turnu Severin (P)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Chimica Târnăveni (R)	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1	Relegation to Divizia C

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

See also

• 1967–68 Divizia A

References

1. rsssf.com
2. romaniansoccer.ro
3. Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor. romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
4. „Stegarii” şi barajele de-a lungul istoriei. lastegaru.net (in Romanian)
5. Istoria fotbalului gălăţean (8). viata-libera.ro (in Romanian)