1961–62 Divizia A

Divizia A

Season	1961–62
Champions	Dinamo București
Top goalscorer	Gheorghe Constantin (24)
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Divizia A was the forty-fourth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Petrolul

Steagul Roșu

Dinamo

Știința

Știința

UTA

Minerul

Jiul

Metalul

Dinamo

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Dinamo
Progresul
Rapid
CCA

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Location of teams in 1961-62 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București (C)	26	14	8	4	62	35	+27	36	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Petrolul Ploiești	26	13	7	6	57	33	+24	33	Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round
3	Progresul București	26	12	7	7	47	32	+15	31
4	Steagul Roşu Brașov	26	13	3	10	52	39	+13	29
5	Rapid București	26	10	8	8	38	37	+1	28
6	Dinamo Bacău	26	11	5	10	35	36	−1	27
7	Știința Cluj	26	10	6	10	46	44	+2	26
8	Știința Timișoara	26	10	5	11	38	42	−4	25
9	Steaua București	26	10	4	12	53	45	+8	24	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
10	UTA Arad	26	9	6	11	42	41	+1	24
11	Minerul Lupeni	26	11	1	14	25	51	−26	23
12	Jiul Petroșani (R)	26	8	6	12	39	49	−10	22	Relegation to Divizia B
13	Metalul Târgoviște (R)	26	7	5	14	33	66	−33	19
14	Dinamo Pitești (R)	26	7	3	16	35	52	−17	17

Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAC	DIN	PIT	JIU	MET	MIN	PET	PRO	RAP	SRB	STE	UTA	ȘCJ	ȘTI
Dinamo Bacău	—	1–5	2–0	4–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	0–5	2–0	0–0	4–1	0–0
Dinamo București	1–0	—	2–2	5–2	7–1	7–4	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–2	0–1
Dinamo Pitești	0–1	3–4	—	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	5–1
Jiul Petroșani	1–0	0–0	6–1	—	7–0	0–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	4–0
Metalul Târgoviște	1–1	1–2	2–1	3–3	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	4–3
Minerul Lupeni	0–2	0–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Petrolul Ploiești	4–1	1–1	0–0	7–1	1–0	3–1	—	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–3	3–1	4–0	2–0
Progresul București	1–1	1–4	2–0	4–1	5–0	6–0	1–1	—	0–2	2–1	4–3	1–2	1–1	2–1
Rapid București	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	—	2–2	2–1	3–5	1–0	1–0
Steagul Roşu Brașov	1–2	2–1	4–0	3–0	3–2	4–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1
Steaua București	3–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	4–0	3–0	2–6	0–1	1–2	4–2	—	4–2	1–2	6–2
UTA Arad	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	—	3–1	1–1
Știința Cluj	3–1	2–2	5–1	1–0	6–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	—	4–1
Știința Timișoara	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	4–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–3	1–0	3–1	—

Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gheorghe Constantin	CCA București	24
2	Mircea Dridea	Petrolul Ploiești	22
3	Gheorghe Ene	Dinamo București	19
4	Mircea Sasu	UTA Arad	16
5	Matei Gram	Dinamo Bacău	14
	Marin Voinea	Progresul București

Champion squad

Dinamo București

Goalkeepers: Ilie Datcu (20 / 0); Iuliu Uțu (8 / 0). Defenders: Cornel Popa (24 / 0); Ion Nunweiller (26 / 3); Dumitru Ivan (26 / 0); Nicolae Panait (1 / 0). Midfielders: Ilie Constantinescu (11 / 0); Vasile Alexandru (15 / 3); Lică Nunweiller (18 / 0); Constantin Ștefan (16 / 0); Mircea Stoenescu (1 / 0). Forwards: Ion Pîrcălab (24 / 7); Constantin Frățilă (19 / 5); Gheorghe Ene (20 / 19); Ion Țîrcovnicu (20 / 5); Iosif Varga (15 / 4); Haralambie Eftimie (16 / 11); Constantin David (20 / 4); Tănase Dumitrescu (1 / 0); Aurel Unguroiu (5 / 0); Vasile Anghel (5 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Traian Ionescu / Constantin Teașcă / Nicolae Dumitru.

See also

• 1961–62 Divizia B