1946–47 Divizia B

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The 1946–47

Divizia B was the eighth season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system
.

The league was resumed after five years in which was suspended due to World War II. The format of three series was maintained, but this time the series were much larger, 15 teams in the first one, 14 for each of the other two. This season is practically the beginning of the professionalism of Romanian football, new clubs are enrolled, others are moved back in the Romanian championship. At the end of the season four teams promoted to Divizia A, the winners of the series and a fourth team established after a promotion play-off between second places and the best third place.[1][2]

Team changes

The classic format of promotion and relegation is not relevant this season because after a pause of 5 years and due to the troubled historical frame, many teams were dissolved, others were newly founded and submitted directly in the Divizia A or Divizia B and also the teams which were moved in the Hungarian football league system in 1940 after the signing of the Second Vienna Award were moved now back in the Romanian football league system after the signing of the Paris Peace Treaties. These teams were submitted also in different leagues, based much more on their situation at that time, not on their last rank in the Romanian football league system.

Jiul Petroșani and Juventus București were promoted to Divizia A, meritorious promotion due to their rankings at the end of the 1940–41 season 1st place in their series.

Prahova Ploiești
(7th, Serie III) were also promoted to Divizia A.

Relegated teams

Cimentul Turda, Franco-Româna Brăila, Metalosport Călan and Vitrometan Mediaș were relegated to Divizia C.

Dacia VA Galați was relegated in the local championship.

FC Brăila (13th, Divizia A) were relegated directly to Divizia C
, without playing in the second season.

New teams

Unirea Tricolor București was the champion of Romania at the end of the 1940–41 season, but restarted the championship in the Divizia B.

Mica Brad (5th, Divizia A), Sportul Studențesc (6th, Divizia A), FC Ploiești (10th, Divizia A), Gloria CFR Galați
(12th, Divizia A) restarted the championship in the Divizia B.

Gloria Arad
(8th, Divizia A), promoted in 1940, was relegated back to the second league.

AMEF Arad and Feroemail Ploiești were re-enrolled in the Romanian football league system after the abusively exclusion commanded by the legionary regime in 1940.[3]

Victoria Cluj moved in the Romanian football league system due to the Paris Peace Treaties, territory of Northern Transylvania being assigned from Hungary back to Romania
.

Textila Buhuși were promoted to Divizia B due to the results obtained in the regional championships.[4]

Dissolved teams

AS Constanța, Ateneul Tătărași Iași, Olympia București, Rapid Timișoara and Turda București were dissolved.

Renamed teams

Crișana CFR Arad was renamed as CFR Arad.

Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe was renamed as Textila Sfântu Gheorghe.

Sportul Studențesc București was renamed as Sparta București

SSM Reșița was renamed as Locomotiva Reșița.

Vulturii Textila Lugoj was renamed as 23 August Lugoj.

Other teams

Chinezul Timișoara and CAM Timișoara merged, the first one being absorbed by the second one.

Crișana Oradea and CFR Oradea merged and the club was renamed as Crișana CFR Oradea.

League map

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Locations of Divizia B clubs by series
 Seria I  
Seria II  
Seria III  

League tables

Serie I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Unirea Tricolor București (C, P) 28 21 4 3 113 34 +79 46 Promotion to Divizia A
2 AMEF Arad 28 19 4 5 71 28 +43 42 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Politehnica Timișoara 28 19 4 5 88 31 +57 42
4 Sparta Arad 28 15 8 5 72 34 +38 38
5
Venus București
 28 14 3 11 58 46 +12 31
6 CFR Arad 28 12 6 10 49 50 −1 30
7 Electrica Timișoara 28 12 5 11 52 43 +9 29
8 CFR Simeria 28 12 3 13 52 64 −12 27
9 CAM Timișoara 28 11 3 14 55 53 +2 25
10 CFR Turnu Severin 28 10 3 15 34 59 −25 23
11 Locomotiva Reșița 28 9 2 17 38 72 −34 20
12
Gloria Arad
 28 8 4 16 35 54 −19 20
13 CFR Craiova 28 6 4 18 25 64 −39 16
14 CFR Caracal 28 6 3 19 50 109 −59 15
15 23 August Lugoj 28 7 0 21 31 88 −57 14
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) Champions; (P) Promoted

Serie II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ploiești (C, P) 26 16 5 5 56 31 +25 37 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Textila Sfântu Gheorghe 26 16 5 5 72 42 +30 37 Withdrew from the promotion play-off
3
Textila Buhuși
 26 13 8 5 68 36 +32 34 Qualification to promotion play-off
4 Sporting Pitești 26 11 8 7 66 59 +7 30
5 Călărași 26 13 3 10 62 59 +3 29
6 ST București 26 11 5 10 67 67 0 27
7 Dezrobirea Constanța 26 11 4 11 54 57 −3 26
8 IAR Brașov 26 10 4 12 52 56 −4 24
9 Gloria CFR Galați 26 12 0 14 53 72 −19 24
10 Socec Lafayette București 26 10 4 12 69 77 −8 24
11 Grivița CFR București 26 9 5 12 51 47 +4 23
12 Sparta București (R) 26 5 7 14 36 56 −20 17 Relegation to Divizia C
13 Politehnica Iași 26 5 7 14 48 66 −18 17
14 Feroemail Ploiești (R) 26 6 3 17 35 64 −29 15 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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dermata Cluj (C, P) 26 20 5 1 77 16 +61 45 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Karres Mediaș (O, P) 26 17 3 6 71 39 +32 37 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Phoenix Baia Mare 26 15 4 7 58 35 +23 34
4 Crișana CFR Oradea 26 15 2 9 53 33 +20 32
5 Șurianul Sebeș 26 13 4 9 51 42 +9 30
6 Arsenal Sibiu 26 9 8 9 46 57 −11 26
7
Solvay Uioara
 26 11 3 12 50 61 −11 25
8 CFR Târgu Mureș 26 11 2 13 38 41 −3 24
9
Mica Brad
 26 9 5 12 36 42 −6 23
10 Stăruința Satu Mare 26 6 11 9 33 47 −14 23
11 IS Câmpia Turzii 26 8 6 12 44 50 −6 22
12
Minerul Lupeni
 26 8 5 13 38 44 −6 21
13 CFR Turda 26 4 3 19 18 61 −43 11
14
Victoria Cluj
(E) 		26 4 3 19 26 71 −45 11 Club dissolved
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) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-off

Second place from each series and the best third place played a promotion play-off to decide the fourth team which promoted to 1947–48 Divizia A.

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Karres Mediaș (SIII) 2–1 (SI) AMEF Arad
Textila Buhuși
 (SII) 		1–0 (SI) Politehnica Timișoara

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Karres Mediaș (SIII) 4–1 (SII)
Textila Buhuși

Notes:

See also

References

  1. ^ rsssf.org
  2. ^ romaniansoccer.ro
  3. ^ Una dintre primele echipe de fotbal din Arad, la care a jucat Duckadam, a fost dizolvată de legionari. adevarul.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ Cine si-a pus semnatura pe actul de nastere al FC Farul. ziuaconstanta.ro (in Romanian)