The 1951 Divizia B was the 12th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B
Season1951
PromotedCSA Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Metalul Câmpia Turzii
RelegatedLocomotiva Galați
Flacăra Lupeni
Locomotiva Sibiu
Metalul Reșița
1950
1952

The format with two series has been maintained, each of them having 12 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from each one of the series relegated to District Championship. Also this was the second season played in the spring-autumn system, a system imposed by the new leadership of the country which were in close ties with the Soviet Union.[1][2]

Team changes edit

Renamed teams edit

Armata Cluj was renamed as CSA Cluj.

Partizanul Lupeni was renamed as Flacăra Lupeni.

Partizanul Mediaș was renamed as Flacăra Mediaș.

Partizanul Moreni was renamed as Flacăra Moreni.

Partizanul Ploiești was renamed as Flacăra Ploiești.

League tables edit

Serie I edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 CSA Câmpulung Moldovenesc (C, P) 22 16 3 3 57 20 +37 35 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Flacăra Moreni 22 12 2 8 38 35 +3 26
3 Flacăra Ploiești 22 11 3 8 52 35 +17 25
4 Metalul Steagul Roșu 22 10 4 8 34 25 +9 24
5 Metalul București 22 9 3 10 41 40 +1 21
6 Știința Iași 22 8 5 9 31 30 +1 21
7 Spartac București 22 9 2 11 37 38 −1 20
8 Flamura Roșie Sfântu Gheorghe 22 9 2 11 35 39 −4 20
9 Locomotiva Iași 22 8 4 10 27 37 −10 20
10 Flamura Roșie Pitești 22 8 4 10 24 45 −21 20
11 Locomotiva Galați (R) 22 8 3 11 36 38 −2 19 Relegation to Regional Championship
12 Locomotiva Sibiu (R) 22 5 3 14 23 53 −30 13
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie II edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Metalul Câmpia Turzii (C, P) 22 11 8 3 41 21 +20 30 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Metalul Sibiu 22 11 6 5 41 30 +11 28
3 Flacăra Mediaș 22 10 7 5 36 22 +14 27
4 Metalul Baia Mare 22 10 5 7 29 25 +4 25
5 Locomotiva Satu Mare 22 11 2 9 31 35 −4 24
6 Locomotiva Cluj 22 9 5 8 37 31 +6 23
7 Locomotiva Oradea 22 10 3 9 29 33 −4 23
8 CSA Craiova 22 10 2 10 39 36 +3 22
9 CSA Cluj 22 7 6 9 31 29 +2 20
10 Locomotiva Arad 22 7 5 10 30 31 −1 19
11 Flacăra Lupeni (R) 22 6 7 9 24 29 −5 19 Relegation to Regional Championship
12 Metalul Reșița (R) 22 2 0 20 13 59 −46 4
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also edit

References edit