1976–77 Divizia B

The 1976–77 Divizia B was the 37th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B

Season	1976–77
Promoted	Petrolul Ploiești CS Târgoviște Olimpia Satu Mare
Relegated	Unirea Focșani Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni Sticla Arieșul Turda Borzești Voința București Rapid Arad Minerul Gura Humorului SN Oltenița IS Câmpia Turzii Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat Tehnometal București Minerul Cavnic
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia C

• Minerul Gura Humorului
• Relonul Săvinești
• Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat
• Portul Constanța
• Tehnometal București
• Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni
• Minerul Lupeni
• Aurul Brad
• Armătura Zalău
• Minerul Cavnic
• Chimica Târnăveni
• Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe

Relegated from Divizia A

• Olimpia Satu Mare
• CFR Cluj
• Universitatea Cluj

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C

• CS Botoșani
• Minerul Motru
• Minerul Moldova Nouă
• Cimentul Medgidia
• Metalul Mija
• Gaz Metan Mediaș
• Viitorul Vaslui
• Metrom Brașov
• Victoria Carei
• Tulcea
• Autobuzul București
• Unirea Tomnatic

Promoted to Divizia A

• FCM Galați
• Progresul București
• Corvinul Hunedoara

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Petrolul Ploiești (C, P)	34	24	8	2	73	16	+57	56	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Gloria Buzău	34	15	9	10	42	29	+13	39
3	Relonul Săvinești	34	16	6	12	42	40	+2	38
4	Metalul Plopeni	34	15	7	12	53	35	+18	37
5	Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe	34	14	7	13	33	32	+1	35
6	CSM Suceava	34	14	7	13	30	39	−9	35
7	CSU Galați	34	14	6	14	59	47	+12	34
8	Prahova Ploiești	34	13	8	13	42	38	+4	34
9	FC Brăila	34	11	12	11	51	51	0	34
10	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	14	6	14	38	45	−7	34
11	CFR Pașcani	34	13	7	14	43	38	+5	33
12	Victoria Tecuci	34	12	9	13	43	53	−10	33
13	Portul Constanța	34	11	10	13	39	47	−8	32
14	Celuloza Călărași	34	14	3	17	36	38	−2	31
15	Unirea Focșani (R)	34	12	7	15	33	41	−8	31	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Borzești (R)	34	11	8	15	19	35	−16	30
17	Minerul Gura Humorului (R)	34	10	8	16	37	43	−6	28
18	Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat (R)	34	4	10	20	19	65	−46	18

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	CS Târgoviște (C, P)	34	21	6	7	65	21	+44	48	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Steagul Roșu Brașov	34	22	2	10	51	32	+19	46
3	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	34	22	1	11	69	42	+27	45
4	Unirea Alexandria	34	16	5	13	42	25	+17	37
5	Nitramonia Făgăraș	34	17	3	14	44	37	+7	37
6	Metalul București	34	15	5	14	41	43	−2	35
7	Chimica Târnăveni	34	16	3	15	40	44	−4	35
8	Dinamo Slatina	34	15	4	15	45	38	+7	34
9	Electroputere Craiova	34	12	10	12	56	51	+5	34
10	FCM Giurgiu	34	13	8	13	42	46	−4	34
11	Șoimii Sibiu	34	13	7	14	49	41	+8	33
12	Chimia Turnu Măgurele	34	14	5	15	41	43	−2	33
13	Metalurgistul Cugir	34	14	5	15	29	33	−4	33
14	Tractorul Brașov	34	13	7	14	37	47	−10	33
15	Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni (R)	34	14	4	16	37	37	0	32	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Voința București (R)	34	10	5	19	29	54	−25	25
17	SN Oltenița (R)	34	10	3	21	27	56	−29	23
18	Tehnometal București (R)	34	5	5	24	18	72	−54	15

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 III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Olimpia Satu Mare (C, P)	34	23	3	8	61	26	+35	49	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Gloria Bistrița	34	17	5	12	54	51	+3	39
3	Baia Mare	34	15	6	13	53	36	+17	36
4	CFR Timișoara	34	17	2	15	48	47	+1	36
5	CIL Sighetu Marmației	34	16	4	14	47	48	−1	36
6	Aurul Brad	34	16	3	15	50	42	+8	35
7	Armătura Zalău	34	15	5	14	45	45	0	35
8	UM Timișoara	34	16	2	16	62	51	+11	34
9	CFR Cluj	34	14	6	14	38	40	−2	34
10	Mureșul Deva	34	15	4	15	37	43	−6	34
11	Victoria Călan	34	15	3	16	44	52	−8	33
12	Universitatea Cluj	34	14	4	16	37	40	−3	32
13	Minerul Lupeni	34	13	6	15	37	47	−10	32
14	Dacia Orăștie	34	15	2	17	41	54	−13	32
15	Sticla Arieșul Turda (R)	34	13	5	16	38	43	−5	31	Relegation to Divizia C
16	Rapid Arad (R)	34	13	4	17	42	49	−7	30
17	IS Câmpia Turzii (R)	34	12	5	17	50	62	−12	29
18	Minerul Cavnic (R)	34	9	7	18	41	49	−8	25

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

• 1976–77 Divizia A
• 1976–77 Divizia C
• 1976–77 County Championship
• 1976–77 Cupa României