1977–78 Divizia C

The 1977–78 Divizia C was the 22nd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia C

Season	1977–78
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Team changes

To Divizia C

Relegated from Divizia B

• Unirea Focșani
• Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni
• Sticla Arieșul Turda
• Borzești
• Voința București
• Rapid Arad
• Minerul Gura Humorului
• Șantierul Naval Oltenița
• IS Câmpia Turzii
• Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat
• Tehnometal București
• Minerul Cavnic

Promoted from County Championship

• Zimbrul Suceava
• Siretul Bucecea
• Aripile Bacău
• Flacăra Murgeni
• Chimpex Constanța
• Oțelul Galați
• Granitul Babadag
• Petrolul Băicoi
• Petrolul Berca
• Victoria Lehliu
• Mecanică Fină București
• Automobilul Curtea de Argeș
• Electrodul Slatina
• Constructorul Târgu Jiu
• Mecanizatorul Șimian
• Minerul Oravița
• Minerul Vulcan
• Minerul Ilba-Seini
• Rapid Jibou
• Oțelul Reghin
• CM Cluj-Napoca
• Hebe Sângeorz-Băi
• IUPS Miercurea Ciuc
• Carpați Mârșa

From Divizia C

Promoted to Divizia B

• CS Botoșani
• Viitorul Vaslui
• Carpați Sinaia
• Tulcea
• Autobuzul București
• Muscelul Câmpulung
• Pandurii Târgu Jiu
• Minerul Moldova Nouă
• Victoria Carei
• Avântul Reghin
• ICIM Brașov
• Gaz Metan Mediaș

Relegated to County Championship

• Danubiana Roman
• Foresta Moldovița
• Hușana Huși
• Textila Buhuși
• Recolta Săhăteni
• Metalosport Galați
• Șantierul Naval Constanța
• Gloria Poarta Albă
• Viitorul Chirnogi
• Olimpia Giurgiu
• Răsăritul Caracal
• Oțelul Târgoviște
• Laminorul IPA Slatina
• Dunărea Calafat
• Ceramica Jimbolia
• Banatul Timișoara
• Gloria Șimleu Silvaniei
• Victoria Zalău
• Cimentul Turda
• Minerul Borșa
• Mureșul Toplița
• Măgura Codlea
• CIL Blaj
• Textila Sebeș

Renamed teams

Chimia Mărășești was renamed as Demar Mărășești.

Dunărea Tulcea was renamed as Pescărușul Tulcea.

Dunărea Cernavodă was renamed as Șoimii Cernavodă.

Forestierul Târgu Secuiesc was renamed as Metalul Târgu Secuiesc.

Unirea Sfântu Gheorghe was renamed as CPL Sfântu Gheorghe.

FIL Orăștie was renamed as IM Orăștie.

Laminorul Teliuc was renamed as Metalul Hunedoara.

Other changes

Unirea Siret took the place of Progresul Fălticeni.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Minerul Gura Humorului (C, P)	30	20	2	8	65	28	+37	42	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Laminorul Roman	30	16	6	8	58	31	+27	38
3	Metalul Rădăuți	30	18	1	11	63	39	+24	37
4	Foresta Fălticeni	30	16	5	9	44	29	+15	37
5	Avântul TCMM Frasin	30	15	7	8	45	33	+12	37
6	Dorna Vatra Dornei	30	15	3	12	60	39	+21	33
7	Zimbrul Suceava	30	15	2	13	54	42	+12	32
8	Cetatea Târgu Neamț	30	14	4	12	52	45	+7	32
9	Cristalul Dorohoi	30	14	3	13	55	39	+16	31
10	Cimentul Bicaz	30	12	4	14	42	46	−4	28
11	Metalul Botoșani	30	13	2	15	39	46	−7	28
12	Siretul Bucecea	30	12	4	14	38	56	−18	28
13	ASA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	30	11	5	14	34	45	−11	27
14	Bradul Roznov	30	9	6	15	32	47	−15	24
15	ITA Piatra Neamț (R)	30	5	4	21	31	80	−49	14	Relegation to County Championship
16	Unirea Siret (R)	30	4	4	22	25	92	−67	12

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Constructorul Iași (C, P)	30	22	5	3	85	20	+65	49	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Borzești	30	18	6	6	79	24	+55	42
3	Letea Bacău	30	16	7	7	76	21	+55	39
4	Energia Gheorghiu-Dej	30	17	5	8	57	23	+34	39
5	Petrolul Moinești	30	16	2	12	48	36	+12	34
6	Demar Mărășești	30	14	6	10	36	42	−6	34
7	Partizanul Bacău	30	14	4	12	48	42	+6	32
8	Minerul Comănești	30	14	3	13	52	43	+9	31
9	Constructorul Vaslui	30	12	4	14	32	50	−18	28
10	Rulmentul Bârlad	30	12	3	15	29	35	−6	27
11	Nicolina Iași	30	9	6	15	33	47	−14	24
12	Oituz Târgu Ocna	30	9	5	16	26	51	−25	23
13	Tepro Iași	30	9	4	17	27	49	−22	22
14	Aripile Bacău	30	8	5	17	28	61	−33	21
15	Flacăra Murgeni (R)	30	8	3	19	33	86	−53	19	Relegation to County Championship
16	Petrolistul Dărmănești (R)	30	6	4	20	23	82	−59	16

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Progresul Brăila (C, P)	30	23	3	4	72	22	+50	49	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Ancora Galați	30	18	6	6	56	22	+34	42
3	Unirea Tricolor Brăila	30	15	9	6	55	25	+30	39
4	Cimentul Medgidia	30	16	6	8	54	34	+20	38
5	IMU Medgidia	30	15	6	9	40	32	+8	36
6	Electrica Constanța	30	15	4	11	52	38	+14	34
7	Pescărușul Tulcea	30	16	1	13	52	34	+18	33
8	Chimpex Constanța	30	12	8	10	52	46	+6	32
9	Șoimii Cernavodă	30	12	7	11	37	36	+1	31
10	Unirea Știința Eforie Nord	30	12	5	13	33	43	−10	29
11	Oțelul Galați	30	11	3	16	39	41	−2	25
12	Dacia Unirea Brăila	30	8	5	17	31	59	−28	21
13	Granitul Babadag	30	8	5	17	32	66	−34	21
14	Marina Mangalia	30	9	1	20	40	65	−25	19
15	Autobuzul Făurei (R)	30	5	8	17	26	58	−32	18	Relegation to County Championship
16	Minerul Măcin (R)	30	5	3	22	24	74	−50	13

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chimia Brazi (C, P)	30	21	5	4	66	17	+49	47	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Unirea Focșani	30	18	4	8	72	24	+48	40
3	Dinamo Focșani	30	18	4	8	69	31	+38	40
4	Chimia Buzău	30	14	7	9	54	36	+18	35
5	Azotul Slobozia	30	16	2	12	55	50	+5	34
6	Petrolul Băicoi	30	10	9	11	41	43	−2	29
7	Petrolul Berca	30	13	3	14	39	56	−17	29
8	Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat	30	12	4	14	34	30	+4	28
9	Luceafărul Focșani	30	12	4	14	40	44	−4	28
10	Avântul Măneciu	30	13	2	15	36	45	−9	28
11	Foresta Gugești	30	10	5	15	40	68	−28	25
12	Petrolistul Boldești	30	10	4	16	34	44	−10	24
13	Victoria Țăndărei	30	10	4	16	33	56	−23	24
14	Victoria Lehliu	30	10	4	16	28	56	−28	24
15	Petrolul Teleajen Ploiești (R)	30	10	3	17	32	53	−21	23	Relegation to County Championship
16	Victoria Florești (R)	30	7	8	15	23	43	−20	22

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Șantierul Naval Oltenița (C, P)	30	15	9	6	40	15	+25	39	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Automatica București	30	12	12	6	43	27	+16	36
3	Tehnometal București	30	14	7	9	39	34	+5	35
4	ICSIM București	30	14	6	10	44	32	+12	34
5	Unirea Tricolor București	30	10	14	6	30	22	+8	34
6	Electronica Obor București	30	13	7	10	31	28	+3	33
7	Abatorul București	30	13	6	11	36	32	+4	32
8	Sirena București	30	11	10	9	38	41	−3	32
9	Automecanica București	30	13	4	13	36	34	+2	30
10	Voința București	30	9	12	9	25	29	−4	30
11	TMB București	30	10	9	11	31	29	+2	29
12	Flacăra Roșie București	30	9	11	10	26	28	−2	29
13	Mecanică Fină București	30	8	11	11	34	29	+5	27
14	Avântul Urziceni	30	9	7	14	33	56	−23	25
15	Șoimii Tarom București (R)	30	3	12	15	24	42	−18	18	Relegation to County Championship
16	IOR București (R)	30	6	5	19	26	58	−32	17

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Viitorul Scornicești (C, P)	30	23	1	6	95	24	+71	47	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni	30	21	5	4	71	17	+54	47
3	Progresul Corabia	30	17	6	7	55	27	+28	40
4	Dacia Pitești	30	15	6	9	68	42	+26	36
5	Rova Roșiorii de Vede	30	14	7	9	45	28	+17	35
6	Metalul Mija	30	14	6	10	45	34	+11	34
7	Progresul Pucioasa	30	10	8	12	37	37	0	28
8	Petrolul Videle	30	9	10	11	31	33	−2	28
9	Cetatea Turnu Măgurele	30	9	8	13	36	44	−8	26
10	Automobilul Curtea de Argeș	30	9	8	13	39	53	−14	26
11	Recolta Stoicănești	30	12	2	16	33	69	−36	26
12	Cimentul Fieni	30	8	9	13	28	49	−21	25
13	Constructorul Pitești	30	10	2	18	38	68	−30	22
14	Chimia Găești	30	7	7	16	30	54	−24	21
15	Electrodul Slatina (R)	30	8	4	18	31	81	−50	20	Relegation to County Championship
16	Petrolul Târgoviște (R)	30	6	7	17	29	51	−22	19

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria VII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Drobeta-Turnu Severin (C, P)	30	18	9	3	73	16	+57	45	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Lotru Brezoi	30	15	6	9	49	34	+15	36
3	Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	30	15	6	9	38	26	+12	36
4	Știința Petroșani	30	13	8	9	55	30	+25	34
5	IOB Balș	30	17	0	13	53	36	+17	34
6	Dierna Orșova	30	14	6	10	48	39	+9	34
7	Minerul Motru	30	15	3	12	43	40	+3	33
8	Metalurgistul Sadu	30	13	4	13	35	42	−7	30
9	CFR Craiova	30	13	2	15	48	46	+2	28
10	Progresul Băilești	30	11	6	13	33	38	−5	28
11	Minerul Rovinari	30	12	4	14	25	44	−19	28
12	Constructorul Târgu Jiu	30	11	5	14	38	51	−13	27
13	Unirea Drăgășani	30	11	4	15	39	47	−8	26
14	Constructorul TCI Craiova	30	11	2	17	54	57	−3	24
15	Unirea Drobeta-Turnu Severin (R)	30	11	2	17	45	69	−24	24	Relegation to County Championship
16	Mecanizatorul Șimian (R)	30	5	3	22	25	86	−61	13

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria VIII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Minerul Anina (C, P)	30	17	7	6	56	24	+32	41	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Unirea Tomnatic	30	14	5	11	50	28	+22	33
3	CFR Simeria	30	14	3	13	45	42	+3	31
4	Metalul Oțelu Roșu	30	14	3	13	48	52	−4	31
5	Laminorul Nădrag	30	14	2	14	48	43	+5	30
6	Unirea Sânnicolau Mare	30	14	2	14	43	42	+1	30
7	Metalul Hunedoara	30	12	6	12	33	34	−1	30
8	Gloria Reșița	30	14	2	14	52	54	−2	30
9	Vulturii Textila Lugoj	30	12	5	13	43	33	+10	29
10	Electromotor Timișoara	30	14	1	15	50	51	−1	29
11	Minerul Oravița	30	12	5	13	42	45	−3	29
12	Metalul Bocșa	30	13	3	14	40	50	−10	29
13	Minerul Ghelar	30	14	1	15	32	48	−16	29
14	Minerul Vulcan	30	12	4	14	35	43	−8	28
15	IM Orăștie (R)	30	12	3	15	34	39	−5	27	Relegation to County Championship
16	Nera Bozovici (R)	30	11	2	17	30	53	−23	24

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria IX

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Înfrățirea Oradea (C, P)	30	19	6	5	57	19	+38	44	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Strungul Arad	30	19	3	8	51	22	+29	41
3	Constructorul Arad	30	17	3	10	41	21	+20	37
4	Rapid Arad	30	16	4	10	47	28	+19	36
5	Someșul Satu Mare	30	15	3	12	43	38	+5	33
6	Voința Oradea	30	14	3	13	42	32	+10	31
7	Bihoreana Marghita	30	13	5	12	54	50	+4	31
8	Minerul Ilba-Seini	30	12	6	12	38	31	+7	30
9	Oașul Negrești	30	14	2	14	41	40	+1	30
10	Minerul Șuncuiuș	30	12	3	15	41	43	−2	27
11	Minerul Bihor	30	12	3	15	38	58	−20	27
12	Rapid Jibou	30	10	5	15	33	41	−8	25
13	Recolta Salonta	30	10	5	15	28	41	−13	25
14	Oțelul Bihor	30	8	7	15	29	54	−25	23
15	Gloria Arad (R)	30	7	7	16	35	61	−26	21	Relegation to County Championship
16	Voința Carei (R)	30	6	7	17	23	62	−39	19

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Minerul Cavnic (C, P)	30	18	5	7	64	21	+43	41	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Minerul Baia Sprie	30	17	2	11	62	35	+27	36
3	Minerul Băița	30	16	4	10	44	31	+13	36
4	Lăpușul Târgu Lăpuș	30	17	2	11	45	42	+3	36
5	Minerul Rodna	30	16	2	12	67	40	+27	34
6	Minerul Băiuț	30	15	2	13	49	34	+15	32
7	Unirea Dej	30	14	4	12	51	47	+4	32
8	Oțelul Reghin	30	14	3	13	36	38	−2	31
9	Cuprom Baia Mare	30	12	5	13	40	44	−4	29
10	Bradul Vișeu de Sus	30	12	5	13	39	48	−9	29
11	CM Cluj-Napoca	30	12	5	13	44	55	−11	29
12	Hebe Sângeorz-Băi	30	13	2	15	40	50	−10	28
13	Foresta Bistrița	30	11	4	15	36	43	−7	26
14	Tehnofrig Cluj-Napoca	30	11	4	15	32	45	−13	26
15	CIL Gherla (R)	30	12	2	16	37	64	−27	26	Relegation to County Championship
16	Dermata Cluj-Napoca (R)	30	3	3	24	26	75	−49	9

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria XI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poiana Câmpina (C, P)	30	22	4	4	61	18	+43	48	Promotion to Divizia B
2	CSU Brașov	30	18	6	6	51	28	+23	42
3	Viitorul Gheorgheni	30	14	3	13	40	31	+9	31
4	Torpedo Zărnești	30	12	7	11	35	31	+4	31
5	Progresul Odorheiu Secuiesc	30	13	4	13	45	40	+5	30
6	Caraimanul Bușteni	30	14	2	14	41	40	+1	30
7	Precizia Săcele	30	10	10	10	26	29	−3	30
8	Minerul Bălan	30	12	6	12	35	40	−5	30
9	IUPS Miercurea Ciuc	30	12	5	13	35	36	−1	29
10	Metrom Brașov	30	10	8	12	34	29	+5	28
11	Minerul Baraolt	30	12	4	14	38	42	−4	28
12	IRA Câmpina	30	11	6	13	29	43	−14	28
13	Chimia Orașul Victoria	30	11	5	14	30	32	−2	27
14	Carpați Brașov	30	10	7	13	24	27	−3	27
15	Metalul Târgu Secuiesc (R)	30	12	3	15	30	35	−5	27	Relegation to County Championship
16	CPL Sfântu Gheorghe (R)	30	4	6	20	18	71	−53	14

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria XII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	IS Câmpia Turzii (C, P)	30	19	5	6	75	23	+52	43	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Metalul Aiud	30	18	3	9	49	21	+28	39
3	Carpați Mârșa	30	16	6	8	51	34	+17	38
4	Sticla Arieșul Turda	30	15	5	10	41	28	+13	35
5	Metalul Sighișoara	30	13	5	12	46	39	+7	31
6	Mureșul Luduș	30	12	7	11	41	46	−5	31
7	Inter Sibiu	30	13	5	12	32	39	−7	31
8	Textila Cisnădie	30	12	5	13	44	37	+7	29
9	Unirea Alba Iulia	30	11	6	13	37	47	−10	28
10	Metalul Copșa Mică	30	11	6	13	37	56	−19	28
11	IMIX Agnita	30	9	8	13	31	40	−9	26
12	Automecanica Mediaș	30	9	8	13	25	38	−13	26
13	Utilajul Făgăraș	30	10	5	15	38	48	−10	25
14	IPA Sibiu	30	10	5	15	29	46	−17	25
15	Constructorul Alba Iulia (R)	30	10	4	16	29	41	−12	24	Relegation to County Championship
16	Soda Ocna Mureș (R)	30	7	7	16	27	49	−22	21

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1977–78 Divizia A
• 1977–78 Divizia B
• 1977–78 County Championship