1972–73 Divizia A

The 1972–73 Divizia A was the fifty-fifth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. With 7 rounds before the end of the season, the Romanian Football Federation decided to raise the number of teams from 16 to 18 in the next season and because of this it was decided that no team will relegate in this season.[2]

Divizia A
Season1972–73
ChampionsDinamo București[1]
Top goalscorerIon Oblemenco (21)

Teams

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League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Dinamo București (C)3017585132+1939Qualification to European Cup first round
2Universitatea Craiova3015965436+1839Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3Argeș Pitești3014794428+1635
4SC Bacău3013893635+134Invitation to Balkans Cup
5CFR Cluj30111183333033
6Steaua București3091383630+631
7Steagul Roşu Brașov30118113924+1530
8FC Constanța30108123534+128
9UTA Arad30812103336−328
10Jiul Petroșani30116133843−528
11Petrolul Ploiești30910112232−1028
12ASA Târgu Mureș30123153747−1027
13Rapid București30712112929026
14CSM Reșița30810123439−526
15Sportul Studențesc București30613113250−1825
16Universitatea Cluj3079142550−2523
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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ASA Târgu Mureș4–32–00–12–04–32–31–01–02–11–14–21–01–02–14–1
Argeș Pitești3–00–03–21–01–12–01–02–03–02–01–01–11–13–05–0
Bacău1–02–11–12–02–03–22–14–12–02–11–12–02–20–00–0
CFR Cluj3–11–01–01–13–01–11–13–10–10–00–01–01–01–12–1
Reșița2–01–01–10–21–22–24–13–01–10–05–20–02–03–04–2
Constanța2–01–15–01–01–11–00–13–10–00–14–11–11–01–14–0
Universitatea Craiova1–01–11–04–22–01–01–04–10–02–14–10–10–01–03–0
Dinamo București2–03–12–24–02–02–05–22–13–10–23–31–02–12–13–1
Jiul Petroșani1–12–13–02–02–01–01–12–10–01–03–01–00–15–11–1
Petrolul Ploiești2–11–21–00–01–00–12–21–10–01–03–01–00–01–02–1
Rapid București3–00–13–10–10–02–14–60–04–11–02–21–11–10–00–1
Sportul Studențesc București1–01–10–22–21–11–01–13–02–12–11–10–00–01–42–0
Steagul Roşu Brașov5–13–10–12–05–15–01–10–11–04–01–01–10–23–02–1
Steaua București4–21–00–11–14–01–12–60–23–02–10–04–11–12–23–1
UTA Arad0–02–14–13–02–11–11–00–12–44–01–10–01–00–01–1
Universitatea Cluj1–00–12–12–20–01–01–21–52–20–01–01–02–10–00–0
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[3]PlayerClubGoals
1Ion OblemencoUniversitatea Craiova21
2Florea DumitracheDinamo București15
3Nicolae PescaruSteagul Roşu Brașov14
4Ion RoșuArgeș Pitești13
Adalbert RozsnyaiJiul Petroșani

Champion squad

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Dinamo București[4]

Goalkeepers: Mircea Constantinescu (10 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (1 / 0); Iosif Cavai (12 / 0); Adrian Rămureanu (8 / 0).
Defenders: Florin Cheran (16 / 0); Vasile Dobrău (27 / 0); Gabriel Sandu (28 / 0); Augustin Deleanu (23 / 0); Nicolae Petre (10 / 0); Alexandru Sătmăreanu (16 / 0); Vasile Cosma (6 / 1); Teodor Lucuță (5 / 0).
Midfielders: Mircea Stoenescu (8 / 1); Cornel Dinu (23 / 2); Ion Batacliu (3 / 0).
Forwards: Mircea Lucescu (28 / 12); Radu Nunweiller (30 / 7); Florea Dumitrache (26 / 15); Florian Dumitrescu (26 / 5); Alexandru Moldovan (25 / 2); Viorel Sălceanu (17 / 2); Doru Popescu (24 / 4); Marin Roșu (2 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ion Nunweiller.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1972–73 Divizia A". Archived from the original on 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
  2. ^ "Când partidul mărea numărul de echipe" [When the party increased the number of teams] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 31 March 2023. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2021.