Romania – ranked 11th. The peak of Steaua – in a nut shell, that was essence of the season.
Second Division – the usual 3 groups of 18 teams each, which winners were promoted to top flight.
Serie I. Apart from Pokitehnica (Iassi), quite unknown clubs played in it.
Teams like Steaua (Mizil) – which finished 5th with 38 points. Top row from left: Costel Lazăr, Nicolae Ruse, Viorel Goia, Ion Cojocaru, Aret Ene, Ion Grigore, Gheorghe Simaciu.
Middle row: Constantin Moldoveanu (coach), Dănuţ Matei, Gheorghe Greaca, Haralambie, Gheorghe Mîrzea, Vasile Cosarek, Constantin Galeş.
Sitting: Sorin Mihalache, Nicolae Vraciu, Ion Trache, Dumitru Drîndea, Marian Stanciu, Viorel Drăgan, Alexandru Drăgan.
CSM Suceava was the best team this season and won the championship with 49 points: 21 wins, 7 ties, 6 losses, 62-22. Promotion was great success for them.
Serie II. Two stronger than the rest teams.
Inter (Sibiu) was 10th with 33 points.
Progresul Vulcan (Bucharest) eventually lost the battle for top position – 2nd with 43 points.
ASA (Targu Mures) won the division with 47 points from 19 wins, 9 ties, 6 losses and 70-31 goal-difference. Happy return to First Division for them.
Serie III. The most exciting battle at the top happened in it – three teams, head and shoulders above the rest of the league, competed and at the end the winner was not the winner, strictly speaking.
Bihor (Oradea) should have been number one – they earned 49 points. But 3 points were deducted from their record for some violation of the rules and they ended 3rd with 46 points.
Maramures (Baia Mare) also finished with 46 points and took 2nd place on better goal-difference.
Politehnica (Timisoara) clinched first place with 48 points – 19 wins, 10 ties, 5 losses, 80-40 goal-difference. They were the highest scoring team in the whole Second Division this season, but were lucky to win – if Bihor was not penalized, Politehnica would have been 2nd and not promoted. But up they went.