1972–73 Divizia B

Divizia B
Season	1972–73
Promoted	Politehnica Iași; Politehnica Timișoara
Relegated	None
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73

Divizia B was the 33rd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system

.

The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and none of the teams relegated to Divizia C due to expansion of the league starting with the 1973–74 season.^[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

Sportul Studențesc
CSM Reșița

Renamed teams

Chimia Făgăraș was renamed as

Nitramonia Făgăraș

.

Crișul Oradea was renamed as FC Bihor Oradea.

Metalul Târgoviște was renamed as CS Târgoviște.

Politehnica Galați was renamed as CSU Galați.

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Politehnica Iași (C, P)	30	16	6	8	56	29	+27	38	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Metalul București	30	14	8	8	39	24	+15	36
3	Gloria Buzău	30	13	7	10	35	31	+4	33
4	FC Galați	30	14	5	11	39	41	−2	33
5	CFR Pașcani	30	13	5	12	40	32	+8	31
6	SN Oltenița	30	13	5	12	33	34	−1	31
7	Progresul București	30	11	9	10	25	26	−1	31
8	Metalul Plopeni	30	11	8	11	32	26	+6	30
9	Știința Bacău	30	12	6	12	32	35	−3	30
10	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	30	11	7	12	36	38	−2	29	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	CS Târgoviște	30	10	8	12	23	30	−7	28
12	Dunărea Giurgiu	30	11	5	14	37	39	−2	27
13	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	30	9	9	12	28	32	−4	27
14	Delta Tulcea	30	9	9	12	28	38	−10	27
15	Progresul Brăila	30	10	6	14	30	37	−7	26
16	CSU Galați	30	9	5	16	25	46	−21	23

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

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Politehnica Timișoara (C, P)	30	17	8	5	54	23	+31	42	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Bihor Oradea	30	15	7	8	54	32	+22	37
3	Olimpia Satu Mare	30	16	7	7	40	24	+16	39
4	Minerul Baia Mare	30	13	6	11	35	27	+8	32
5	CSM Sibiu	30	13	6	11	35	28	+7	32
6	Metrom Brașov	30	13	4	13	43	37	+6	30
7	Nitramonia Făgăraș	30	13	2	15	43	41	+2	28
8	Gloria Bistrița	30	12	4	14	29	39	−10	28
9	Minerul Anina	30	12	4	14	29	46	−17	28
10	CFR Timișoara	30	11	4	15	33	38	−5	26
11	Corvinul Hunedoara	30	12	6	12	32	37	−5	30
12	Metalul Turnu Severin	30	12	2	16	37	43	−6	26
13	Electroputere Craiova	30	12	2	16	30	41	−11	26
14	CFR Arad	30	11	4	15	33	45	−12	26
15	Metalurgistul Cugir	30	10	5	15	27	39	−12	25
16	Olimpia Oradea	30	10	5	15	36	50	−14	25