The 1958–59 Divizia A was the forty-first season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Divizia A
Season1958–59
ChampionsPetrolul Ploieşti[1]
Top goalscorerGheorghe Ene (18)

Teams

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Location of teams in 1958-59 Divizia A

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Petrolul Ploiești (C) 22 15 1 6 47 23 +24 31 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 Dinamo București 22 13 4 5 47 27 +20 30
3 CCA București 22 12 5 5 35 26 +9 29
4 Rapid București 22 11 4 7 46 28 +18 26
5 Dinamo Bacău 22 9 5 8 32 35 −3 23
6 Progresul București 22 9 3 10 39 34 +5 21
7 Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin 22 7 6 9 31 33 −2 20
8 UTA Arad 22 7 5 10 27 28 −1 19
9 Jiul Petroșani 22 7 4 11 26 42 −16 18
10 Farul Constanța 22 6 5 11 31 53 −22 17
11 Știința Cluj 22 2 11 9 23 36 −13 15
12 Știința Timișoara (R) 22 5 5 12 25 44 −19 15 Relegation to Divizia B
Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away CCA BAC DIN FAR JIU PET PRO RAP STR UTA ȘCJ ȘTI
CCA București 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0
Dinamo Bacău 1–0 1–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0
Dinamo București 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 6–0 2–0 1–0 4–1
Farul Constanța 1–3 3–0 1–4 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 3–1 0–0 3–3 4–1
Jiul Petroșani 1–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
Petrolul Ploiești 6–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 7–1
Progresul București 1–3 2–0 1–2 4–1 4–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 4–1 3–0
Rapid București 2–3 4–0 2–3 7–0 5–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–0
Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–0 5–0 0–2 2–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–0
UTA Arad 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1
Știința Cluj 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Știința Timișoara 0–1 6–1 3–5 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank[2] Player Club Goals
1 Gheorghe Ene Rapid București 17
2 Mircea Dridea Petrolul Ploiești 14
Nicolae Oaidă Progresul București
4 Ion Alecsandrescu CCA București 13
5 Constantin Dinulescu Progresul București 12

Champion squad

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Petrolul Ploiești[3]

Goalkeepers: Vasile Sfetcu (20 / 0); Constantin Roman (2 / 0).
Defenders: Gheorghe Pahonțu (22 / 1); Nicolae Marinescu (22 / 0); Nicolae Topșa (16 / 0).
Midfielders: Alexandru Fronea (14 / 1); Ion Neacșu (20 / 0); Nicolae Neacșu (7 / 0); Nicolae Botescu (2 / 0).
Forwards: Ion Zaharia (16 / 8); Alexandru Constantinescu (12 / 2); Constantin Tabarcea (22 / 4); Mircea Dridea (18 / 14); Petre Babone (20 / 10); Pavel Bădulescu-Bardatz (18 / 4); Marcel Marin (9 / 3); Gheorghe Voica (1 / 0); Virgil Dridea (1 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ilie Oană.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 1958–59 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 May 2021.