1939–40 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1939–40
ChampionsVenus București[1]
Top goalscorerIstván Avar (21)

The 1939–40 Divizia A was the twenty-eighth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

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Location of teams in 1939-40 Divizia A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Venus București (C) 22 14 3 5 59 19 +40 31 Champions of Romania
2 Rapid București 22 11 7 4 64 31 +33 29
3 Sportul Studențesc București 22 8 11 3 42 31 +11 27
4 UD Reșița 22 8 9 5 43 42 +1 25
5 CAM Timișoara 22 9 5 8 37 49 −12 23
6 Carpaţi Baia Mare 22 9 4 9 41 41 0 22
7 Ripensia Timișoara 22 8 6 8 36 37 −1 22
8 AMEF Arad 22 10 1 11 37 39 −2 21
9 Unirea Tricolor București 22 8 5 9 36 40 −4 21
10 Gloria CFR Galaţi 22 8 1 13 27 59 −32 17
11 Juventus București (R) 22 4 6 12 36 48 −12 14 Relegation to Divizia B
12 Victoria Cluj (R) 22 4 4 14 18 40 −22 12
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AME CAM CAR GAL JUV RAP RIP SPO UDR UTB VEN VCL
AMEF Arad — 6–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 2–1
CAM Timișoara 3–0 — 3–2 4–3 3–2 4–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–1
Carpaţi Baia Mare 0–1 6–2 — 5–2 5–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–4 2–0
Gloria CFR Galaţi 1–0 2–2 1–0 — 3–1 1–7 0–2 0–5 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–3
Juventus București 4–2 0–1 3–4 1–2 — 2–2 5–1 3–3 5–2 0–0 0–3 0–1
Rapid București 4–0 4–0 7–3 6–0 4–1 — 3–2 6–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0
Ripensia Timișoara 5–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 — 2–2 4–4 3–1 2–1 2–1
Sportul Studențesc București 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 4–4 2–0 — 2–2 4–0 2–1 2–0
UD Reșița 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 — 5–4 0–3 5–2
Unirea Tricolor București 0–3 4–2 0–3 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 8–3 — 0–5 0–0
Venus București 7–1 3–0 4–0 6–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 — 3–0
Victoria Cluj 0–3 0–1 0–3 4–0 0–0 0–4 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 —
Source: LT
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[2] Player Club Goals
1 István Avar Rapid București 21
2 Iuliu Bodola Venus București 17
3 Adalbert Marksteiner Ripensia Timișoara 15
4 Traian Iordache Venus București 14
Gheorghe Popescu I Sportul Studențesc București

Champion squad

Venus București[3]

Goalkeepers: Mircea David (20 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (2 / 0).
Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (22 / 0); Alexandru Negrescu (21 / 0); Gheorghe Albu (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Rudolf Demetrovics (22 / 0); Gusztáv Juhász (22 / 0); Ioan Lupaș (22 / 0).
Forwards: Andrei Bărbulescu (4 / 3); Nicolae Ene (8 / 3); Cornel Orza (11 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (21 / 4); Kostas Choumis (8 / 5); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 17); Traian Iordache (21 / 14); Dumitru Cârciog (4 / 2); Petea Vâlcov (11 / 4).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Béla Jánosy Hungary.

See also

References

  1. ^ 1939–40 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 May 2021.