1959–60 Divizia A

The 1959–60 Divizia A was the forty-second season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Divizia A

Season	1959–60
Champions	CCA București
Top goalscorer	Gheorghe Constantin (20)
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

Teams

Steagul Roșu

Petrolul

Farul

Știința

Dinamo

UTA

Minerul

Jiul

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
CCA
Dinamo
Progresul
Rapid

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Location of teams in 1959-60 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CCA București (C)	22	15	4	3	52	25	+27	34	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin	22	9	9	4	47	34	+13	27	Invitation to Balkans Cup
3	Petrolul Ploiești	22	8	8	6	33	23	+10	24
4	Farul Constanța	22	9	6	7	37	34	+3	24
5	Știința Cluj	22	7	10	5	34	32	+2	24
6	Dinamo Bacău	22	9	6	7	31	33	−2	24
7	UTA Arad	22	8	6	8	26	30	−4	22
8	Dinamo București	22	6	9	7	29	29	0	21
9	Progresul București	22	7	5	10	36	39	−3	19
10	Rapid București	22	5	8	9	30	34	−4	18
11	Minerul Lupeni	22	5	6	11	27	37	−10	16
12	Jiul Petroșani (R)	22	2	7	13	17	49	−32	11	Relegation to Divizia B

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

Results

Home \ Away	CCA	BAC	DIN	FAR	JIU	MIN	PET	PRO	RAP	STR	UTA	ȘCJ
CCA București	—	3–0	3–3	3–2	2–0	6–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2
Dinamo Bacău	1–2	—	1–4	4–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0
Dinamo București	2–1	0–2	—	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–0
Farul Constanța	0–3	2–0	3–1	—	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2
Jiul Petroșani	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–0	1–1
Minerul Lupeni	0–1	1–2	2–2	4–0	4–0	—	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Petrolul Ploiești	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	7–0	2–1	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Progresul București	2–2	5–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	7–0	2–3	—	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–0
Rapid București	2–5	1–2	1–0	3–3	5–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	0–1	1–2
Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin	2–1	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	7–4	4–1	—	2–2	7–1
UTA Arad	1–4	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	—	2–1
Știința Cluj	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	5–1	—

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	20
2	Titus Ozon	Rapid București	12
3	Gheorghe Ene	Rapid București	11
4	Iacob Olaru	Farul Constanța	10
	Nicolae Tătaru	CCA București

Champion squad

CCA București

Goalkeepers: Ion Voinescu (16 / 0); Costică Toma (6 / 0). Defenders: Vasile Zavoda (21 / 0); Alexandru Apolzan (11 / 0); Traian Ivănescu (10 / 0); Alexandru Dragomirescu (2 / 0); Gheorghe Staicu (8 / 0); Ferdinand Cepolski (3 / 0). Midfielders: Emerich Jenei (19 / 0); Tiberiu Bone (14 / 1); Vasile Mihăilescu (14 / 1). Forwards: Gheorghe Cacoveanu (20 / 5); Gheorghe Constantin (21 / 20); Ion Alecsandrescu (20 / 7); Francisc Zavoda (14 / 0); Gabriel Raksi (21 / 5); Nicolae Tătaru (19 / 10); Ion Crișan (1 / 0); Alexandru Constantinescu (2 / 2). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Gheorghe Popescu I.

See also

• 1959–60 Divizia B