1948–49 Divizia B

The 1948–49

Divizia B was the 10th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system

The format was changed from four series of 16 teams to two series, each one of them having 14 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series has been promoted in the Divizia A and the last five teams from the each series relegated to Divizia C.^[1]^[2]

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia C

—

Relegated from Divizia A

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C

Promoted to Divizia A

Excluded teams

Sparta Arad and CS Aninoasa were excluded from Divizia B.

Renamed teams

Crișana Oradea was renamed as CFR Oradea.

FC Ploiești was renamed as CFR Ploiești.

Gloria CFR Galați was renamed as CFR Galați.

Socec Lafayette București was renamed as Socec București.

Sporting Pitești was renamed as Țesătatoria Română Pitești.

Șoimii CFR Sibiu was renamed as CFR Sibiu.

UD Reșița was renamed as

Metalochimic Reșița

.

Other teams

Phoenix Baia Mare and Minaur Baia Mare merged, the new formed team was named as CSM Baia Mare.

Ferar Cluj and CFR Cluj merged, Ferar being absorbed by CFR, also CFR Cluj was promoted to Divizia A in the place of Ferar.

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CFR Sibiu (C, P)	26	17	6	3	64	21	+43	40	Promotion to Divizia A
2	ARLUS Bacău	26	13	7	6	42	30	+12	33
3	Textila Sfântu Gheorghe	26	14	4	8	70	34	+36	32
4	Astra Română Moreni	26	13	6	7	46	36	+10	32
5	Concordia Ploiești	26	14	3	9	45	29	+16	31
6	Politehnica Iași	26	13	4	9	41	35	+6	30
7	CFR Galați	26	10	8	8	49	44	+5	28
8	Țesătoria Română Pitești	26	12	3	11	32	39	−7	27
9	Socec București	26	11	5	10	39	40	−1	27
10	Arsenal Sibiu (R)	26	10	5	11	49	41	+8	25	Relegation to Divizia C
11	CFR Ploiești (R)	26	7	4	15	26	56	−30	18
12	Grivița CFR București (R)	26	6	5	15	25	38	−13	17
13	Dezrobirea Constanța (R)	26	4	5	17	27	49	−22	13
14	FC Călărași (R)	26	3	5	18	19	82	−63	11

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 II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dinamo B București (C)	26	15	6	5	72	38	+34	36	Ineligible for promotion
2	Metalochimic Reșița (P)	26	15	4	7	66	35	+31	34	Promotion to Divizia A
3	Baia Mare	26	14	6	6	59	38	+21	34
4	IS Câmpia Turzii	26	11	7	8	55	41	+14	29
5	Minerul Lupeni	26	12	4	10	49	42	+7	28
6	Mica Brad	26	9	8	9	27	47	−20	26
7	CFR Arad	26	10	6	10	43	37	+6	26
8	CFR Satu Mare	26	9	8	9	41	41	0	26
9	CFR Oradea	26	10	6	10	51	49	+2	26
10	Dermata Cluj (R)	26	10	6	10	37	33	+4	26	Relegation to Divizia C
11	CFR Turnu Severin (R)	26	8	5	13	32	49	−17	21
12	Solvay Uioara (R)	26	9	1	16	30	69	−39	19
13	CAM Timișoara (R)	26	5	7	14	35	56	−21	17
14	Șurianul Sebeș (R)	26	7	2	17	24	46	−22	16