Romania, II Division. Perhaps too large – 3 groups of 18 teams each. Winners promoted. A huge divide between former First Division members and the rest, which were largely clubs belonging to industrial enterprises, workers teams, playing not even second fiddle in their home towns. Only few former first division clubs, though. They ruled and if there was more than one in a group, then something like competitive race for the top place happened.
Seria I.
CSM Suceava finished 4th with 41 points.
Unirea Dinamo Focsani – 3rd with 42 points. Such clubs played in the second division and those two were among the better ones.
Gloria Bistrita clinched 2nd place on better goal-difference, but finished well behind the winners.
Politehnica (Iasi) easily won the group with 48 points. No surprise – two or three other former first division members were not in good shape, so Poilitehnica had no rivals. Up they went for another try to survive among the best.
Seria II. The only group with tight race for the top place. Rapid (Bucharest), down on their luck, lost – they ended 2nd with 50 points. Third placed Unirea Alexandria was 11 points behind, to give yoy another example of second division predicament. Rapid lost to another former top league member – Petrolul (Ploesti).
At the moment better than Rapid, they won first place and promotion with 52 points.
Seria III. Another group with single favourite, leaving the other stronger club FC Baia Mare 7 points behind.
Bihor (Oradea) won the group with 48 points, scoring the most goals in the whole Second Division – 92. Wonderful victory for them.