1967–68 Divizia C

Divizia C
Season1967–68

The 1967–68 Divizia C was the 12th season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.[1]

The format was maintained with four series, each consisting of 14 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of each series were promoted to Divizia B, and the runners-up qualified for promotion/relegation play-offs against the 13th and 14th placed teams from the two series of the second division, while the bottom two teams from each series were relegated to the Regional Championship.

By topping their respective groups, Oțelul Galați, Dunărea Giurgiu, Electroputere Craiova, and Medicina Cluj secured promotion to 1968–69 Divizia B.[2][3]

Team changes

Renamed teams

Electrica Fieni was renamed Viitorul Fieni.

Recolta Carei was renamed Victoria Carei.

Știința Târgu Mureș was renamed Medicina Târgu Mureș.

Sătmăreana Satu Mare was renamed Metalul Satu Mare.

Victoria Boboc was renamed Șoimii Buzău.

Other teams

Metalul Plopeni merged with Rapid Mizil on 13 March 1967, took their place in Divizia C, and was renamed Rapid Plopeni.

Electrica Fieni and Cimentul Fieni, the first one being absorbed by the second one.

League tables

East Series

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Oțelul Galați (C, P) 26 15 5 6 39 16 +23 35 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Gloria Bârlad (Q) 26 14 7 5 42 23 +19 35 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Ancora Galați 26 13 4 9 41 32 +9 30
4 Foresta Fălticeni 26 11 8 7 34 28 +6 30
5 Medicina Iași 26 11 6 9 38 26 +12 28
6 Petrolul Moinești 26 10 8 8 32 27 +5 28
7 Șoimii Buzău 26 10 8 8 36 33 +3 28
8 Minobrad Vatra Dornei 26 12 4 10 31 33 −2 28
9 Textila Buhuși 26 10 6 10 36 29 +7 26
10 Metalul Buzău 26 9 8 9 30 25 +5 26
11 Gloria CFR Galați 26 11 4 11 31 29 +2 26
12 Unirea Focșani 26 10 5 11 33 31 +2 25
13 SUT Galați 26 6 4 16 28 57 −29 16
14 Metalul Rădăuți (R) 26 0 3 23 6 68 −62 3 Relegation to County Championship
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

South Series

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dunărea Giurgiu (C, P) 26 15 5 6 42 23 +19 35 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Progresul Brăila (Q) 26 15 4 7 47 20 +27 34 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Metalul Târgoviște 26 14 5 7 46 23 +23 33
4 Rapid Plopeni 26 14 4 8 42 31 +11 32
5 SN Oltenița 26 13 6 7 35 30 +5 32
6 Chimia Turnu Măgurele 26 10 7 9 22 31 −9 27
7 Flacăra Roșie București 26 10 5 11 28 22 +6 25
8 IMU Medgidia 26 9 7 10 27 27 0 25
9 Electrica Constanța 26 9 5 12 32 38 −6 23
10 TUG București 26 7 9 10 28 34 −6 23
11 Rapid CF București 26 9 5 12 29 40 −11 23
12 Stuful Tulcea 26 10 2 14 23 24 −1 22
13 Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe 26 5 7 14 26 40 −14 17
14 Viitorul Fieni (R) 26 5 3 18 20 54 −34 13 Relegation to County Championship
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

West Series

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Electroputere Craiova (C, P) 26 16 3 7 45 21 +24 35 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Metalul Turnu Severin (Q) 26 14 6 6 54 28 +26 34 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Chimia Făgăraș 26 13 5 8 49 33 +16 31
4 Minerul Anina 26 13 3 10 44 34 +10 29
5 Minerul Lupeni 26 12 5 9 48 39 +9 29
6 UM Timișoara 26 11 5 10 42 39 +3 27
7 Victoria Călan 26 11 5 10 40 42 −2 27
8 Tractorul Brașov 26 10 6 10 41 36 +5 26
9 Mureșul Deva 26 10 5 11 52 44 +8 25
10 ASA Sibiu 26 8 8 10 41 39 +2 24
11 Victoria Târgu Jiu 26 8 6 12 28 47 −19 22
12 Progresul Strehaia 26 8 4 14 32 57 −25 20
13 Progresul Corabia 26 8 2 16 36 65 −29 18
14 CFR Caransebeș (R) 26 6 5 15 40 68 −28 17 Relegation to County Championship
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

North Series

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Medicina Cluj (C, P) 26 12 7 7 51 23 +28 31 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Chimica Târnăveni (Q) 26 13 5 8 39 28 +11 31 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Victoria Carei 26 14 3 9 46 41 +5 31
4 Metalul Aiud 26 14 1 11 44 42 +2 29
5 Soda Ocna Mureș 26 12 3 11 36 40 −4 27
6 Medicina Târgu Mureș 26 11 4 11 50 40 +10 26
7 Metalul Copșa Mică 26 9 7 10 36 43 −7 25
8 Unio Satu Mare 26 10 4 12 35 25 +10 24
9 Unirea Dej 26 11 2 13 39 39 0 24
10 Metalul Satu Mare 26 10 4 12 31 34 −3 24
11 Faianța Sighisoara 26 10 4 12 36 45 −9 24
12 Steaua Roșie Salonta 26 9 5 12 29 37 −8 23
13 Minerul Baia Sprie 26 10 3 13 29 61 −32 23
14 Minerul Bihor (R) 26 9 4 13 36 39 −3 22 Relegation to County Championship
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Divizia B play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia B faces the 2nd-placed teams from the series of the . The play-off tournaments were played in Brașov and Arad.[4]

Group I (Brașov)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Progresul Brăila (P) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (P) 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
3 Gloria Bârlad (P) 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 3
4 Victoria Roman (R) 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0 Relegation to Divizia C
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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group II (Arad)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gaz Metan Mediaș (P) 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 4 Promotion to Divizia B
2 Cugir (P) 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
3 Metalul Turnu Severin (P) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4 Chimica Târnăveni (R) 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1 Relegation to Divizia C
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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

References

  1. ^ "Divizia C - Season 1967-68 - Edition 12". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Dunărea Giurgiu, Electroputere Craiova, Medicina Cluj și Oțelul Galați au promovat în divizia B" [Dunărea Giurgiu, Electroputere Craiova, Medicina Cluj, and Oțelul Galați promoted to Divizia B] (PDF) (in Romanian). Sportul. 3 June 1968. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.eu.
  3. ^ "Punct final în Diviziile B și C" [Final point in Divisions B and C] (PDF) (in Romanian). Fotbal. 6 June 1968. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.eu.
  4. ^ "Au început emoțiile barajului pentru diviziile A și B" [The emotions of the play-off for Divisions A and B have begun] (PDF) (in Romanian). Fotbal. 13 June 1968. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025 – via bibliotecadeva.eu.