Divizia B
Season1955
PromotedLocomotiva GR București
Progresul Oradea
Dinamo Bacău
RelegatedFlamura Roșie Sfântu Gheorghe
Flamura Roșie Cluj
Flamura Roșie Buhuși
Locomotiva Craiova
Metalul Baia Mare
Avântul Fălticeni
Știința Craiova
Metalul Oradea
Dinamo Galați
Metalul București
Metalul 108 Cugir
Locomotiva Galați
Metalul Arad
← 1954
1956 →

The 1955 Divizia B was the 16th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to three series, one of them having 14 teams and two of them only 13. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A, the last four places from the first and third series and the last five places from the second series relegated to Divizia C. This was the sixth 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

Renamed teams

Metalul Câmpina was renamed as Flacăra Câmpina.

Metalul Ploiești was renamed as Flacăra 1 Mai Ploiești.

Spartac Burdujeni was renamed as Flamura Roșie Burdujeni.

Spartac Focșani was renamed as Progresul Focșani.

Voința București was renamed as Progresul CPCS București.

League tables

Serie I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Locomotiva GR București (C, P) 24 18 3 3 69 21 +48 39 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Progresul Sibiu 24 13 4 7 28 20 +8 30
3 Metalul Tractorul 24 11 4 9 32 25 +7 26
4 Locomotiva Turnu Severin 24 12 2 10 40 32 +8 26
5 Dinamo 6 București 24 10 6 8 35 29 +6 26
6 Știința București 24 10 4 10 32 32 0 24
7 Flacăra Moreni 24 11 1 12 32 36 −4 23
8 Progresul CPCS București 24 10 2 12 44 43 +1 22
9 Metalul Steagul Roșu 24 9 4 11 30 30 0 22
10 Flamura Roșie Sfântu Gheorghe (R) 24 10 2 12 22 27 −5 22 Relegation to Divizia C
11 Locomotiva Craiova (R) 24 9 4 11 19 38 −19 22
12 Știința Craiova (R) 24 6 6 12 21 33 −12 18
13 Metalul București (R) 24 5 2 17 27 65 −38 12
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Progresul Oradea (C, P) 26 18 4 4 54 16 +38 40 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Metalul Câmpia Turzii 26 14 5 7 44 22 +22 33
3 Metalul Reșița 26 12 7 7 38 27 +11 31
4 Flacăra Mediaș 26 13 5 8 37 28 +9 31
5 Locomotiva Arad 26 11 6 9 35 28 +7 28
6 Metalul Hunedoara 26 8 9 9 38 31 +7 25
7 Locomotiva Cluj 26 11 3 12 45 38 +7 25
8 Progresul Satu Mare 26 7 11 8 32 48 −16 25
9 Minerul Lupeni 26 8 8 10 33 36 −3 24
10 Flamura Roșie Cluj (R) 26 8 7 11 31 36 −5 23 Relegation to Divizia C
11 Metalul Baia Mare (R) 26 6 9 11 21 37 −16 21
12 Metalul Oradea (R) 26 6 8 12 35 47 −12 20
13 Metalul 108 Cugir (R) 26 7 5 14 31 55 −24 19
14 Metalul Arad (R) 26 6 7 13 21 46 −25 19
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 III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dinamo Bacău (C, P) 24 16 4 4 55 23 +32 36 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Flacăra Câmpina 24 15 3 6 44 27 +17 33
3 Flacăra 1 Mai Ploiești 24 11 3 10 52 43 +9 25
4 Progresul Focșani 24 10 5 9 26 28 −2 25
5 Flamura Roșie Burdujeni 24 8 8 8 36 36 0 24
6 Știința Iași 24 10 4 10 31 32 −1 24
7 Flamura Roșie Bacău 24 8 7 9 40 37 +3 23
8 Dinamo Bârlad 24 9 5 10 31 36 −5 23
9 Locomotiva Iași 24 9 5 10 22 26 −4 23
10 Flamura Roșie Buhuși (R) 24 10 2 12 35 44 −9 22 Relegation to Divizia C
11 Avântul Fălticeni (R) 24 8 6 10 21 30 −9 22
12 Dinamo Galați (R) 24 8 1 15 30 40 −10 17
13 Locomotiva Galați (R) 24 6 3 15 18 39 −21 15
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

References

  1. ^ rsssf.org
  2. ^ romaniansoccer.ro
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