1984–85 Divizia B

The 1984–85 Divizia B was the 45th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B

Season	1984–85
Promoted	Petrolul Ploiești Dinamo Victoria București Universitatea Cluj
Relegated	FEPA 74 Bârlad Metalul București Metalurgistul Cugir Metalul Mangalia Unirea Alexandria Sticla Arieșul Turda Partizanul Bacău Autobuzul București Gloria Reșița Unirea Dinamo Focșani Minerul Motru IS Câmpia Turzii
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The format has been maintained to three series, each having 18 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series were promoted to Divizia A and the last four places from each series were relegated to Divizia C.^[1][2]

Team changes

To Divizia B Promoted from Divizia C CFR Pașcani FEPA 74 Bârlad Metalul Mangalia Mizil MF Steaua București Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni Drobeta-Turnu Severin Mureșul Deva Strungul Arad Sticla Arieșul Turda Unirea Alba Iulia Tractorul Brașov Relegated from Divizia A Dunărea CSU Galați Petrolul Ploiești CS Târgoviște

From Divizia B Relegated to Divizia C Delta Tulcea Nitramonia Făgăraș CFR Caransebeș Borzești ROVA Roșiori Steaua CFR Cluj Unirea Slobozia Constructorul Craiova Someșul Satu Mare Dunărea Călărași Chimia Turnu Măgurele Rapid Arad Promoted to Divizia A Gloria Buzău FCM Brașov Politehnica Timișoara

Renamed teams

AS Mizil was renamed as Steaua Mizil.^[3]

Mureșul Deva was renamed as Mureșul Explorări Deva.

Prahova Ploiești was renamed as Prahova CSU Ploiești.

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Petrolul Ploiești (C, P)	34	24	6	4	67	23	+44	54	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Dunărea CSU Galați	34	22	4	8	54	28	+26	48
3	Oțelul Galați	34	15	8	11	63	31	+32	38
4	FC Constanța	34	14	7	13	54	43	+11	35
5	Metalul Plopeni	34	16	3	15	51	50	+1	35
6	CSM Suceava	34	15	4	15	53	51	+2	34
7	Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat	34	15	4	15	39	44	−5	34
8	Steaua Mizil	34	15	4	15	56	63	−7	34
9	Prahova CSU Ploiești	34	14	5	15	37	36	+1	33
10	Progresul Brăila	34	16	1	17	45	48	−3	33
11	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	12	8	14	44	49	−5	32
12	CFR Pașcani	34	15	2	17	42	50	−8	32
13	Chimia Fălticeni	34	14	4	16	38	46	−8	32
14	CS Botoșani	34	13	6	15	42	50	−8	32
15	FEPA 74 Bârlad (R)	34	13	5	16	33	52	−19	31	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Metalul Mangalia (R)	34	13	4	17	41	47	−6	30
17	Partizanul Bacău (R)	34	12	1	21	35	57	−22	25
18	Unirea Dinamo Focșani (R)	34	7	6	21	32	58	−26	20

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dinamo Victoria București (C, P)	34	18	12	4	69	41	+28	48	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Șoimii IPA Sibiu	34	17	4	13	54	39	+15	38
3	Progresul Vulcan București	34	16	6	12	59	48	+11	38
4	Tractorul Brașov	34	14	8	12	47	40	+7	36
5	CS Târgoviște^[a]	34	16	6	12	51	38	+13	35
6	Gaz Metan Mediaș	34	15	5	14	35	42	−7	35
7	MF Steaua București	34	15	4	15	52	49	+3	34
8	Automatica București	34	14	6	14	40	37	+3	34
9	Chimica Târnăveni	34	15	4	15	54	55	−1	34
10	Carpați Mârșa	34	14	5	15	47	43	+4	33
11	IP Aluminiu Slatina	34	14	5	15	43	43	0	33
12	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	34	15	3	16	49	50	−1	33
13	Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni	34	13	7	14	46	51	−5	33
14	IMASA Sfântu Gheorghe	34	11	11	12	39	48	−9	33
15	Metalul București (R)	34	11	9	14	42	58	−16	31	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Unirea Alexandria (R)	34	9	12	13	38	46	−8	30
17	Autobuzul București (R)	34	9	9	16	38	51	−13	27
18	Minerul Motru (R)	34	8	8	18	28	52	−24	24

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. CS Târgoviște were deducted 3 points.

Serie III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Universitatea Cluj (C, P)	34	20	10	4	68	23	+45	50	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Gloria Bistrița	34	18	6	10	59	27	+32	42
3	CSM Reșița	34	15	7	12	38	32	+6	37
4	Aurul Brad	34	15	6	13	42	33	+9	36
5	Strungul Arad	34	17	2	15	44	43	+1	36
6	Armătura Zalău	34	16	3	15	53	49	+4	35
7	Olimpia Satu Mare	34	13	8	13	51	41	+10	34
8	CFR Timișoara	34	14	6	14	42	39	+3	34
9	Minerul Lupeni	34	15	4	15	51	57	−6	34
10	Minerul Cavnic	34	15	3	16	69	66	+3	33
11	Mureșul Explorări Deva	34	12	9	13	46	43	+3	33
12	Avântul Reghin	34	14	5	15	36	36	0	33
13	UTA Arad	34	15	3	16	47	49	−2	33
14	Unirea Alba Iulia	34	15	3	16	45	59	−14	33
15	Metalurgistul Cugir (R)	34	12	6	16	36	43	−7	30	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Sticla Arieșul Turda (R)	34	12	6	16	33	58	−25	30
17	Gloria Reșița (R)	34	12	2	20	33	70	−37	26
18	IS Câmpia Turzii (R)	34	9	5	20	33	58	−25	23

Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1984–85 Divizia A

References

1. rsssf.org
2. romaniansoccer.ro
3. Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor. romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)