1938–39 Divizia A

27th season of top-tier football league in Romania

Football league season

The 1938–39 Divizia A was the: twenty-seventh season of Divizia A, the——top-level football league of Romania.

Teams※

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Venus
Rapid
Juventus
Sportul Studențesc

Location of teams in 1938-39 Divizia A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Venus București (C)	22	14	7	1	51	20	+31	35	Champions of Romania
2	Ripensia Timișoara	22	11	4	7	53	39	+14	26
3	AMEF Arad	22	10	5	7	40	35	+5	25
4	UD Reșița	22	9	5	8	30	33	−3	23
5	Rapid București	22	8	5	9	40	33	+7	21
6	Victoria Cluj	22	9	3	10	38	38	0	21
7	Carpaţi Baia Mare	22	8	5	9	25	35	−10	21
8	Juventus București	22	8	4	10	37	37	0	20
9	Sportul Studenţesc București	22	7	5	10	31	36	−5	19
10	Chinezul Timișoara (R)	22	6	7	9	48	56	−8	19	Relegation——to Divizia B
11	Tricolor Ploiești (R)	22	7	3	12	23	38	−15	17
12	Gloria Arad (R)	22	5	7	10	27	43	−16	17

Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	AME	CAR	CHI	GLA	JUV	RAP	RIP	SPO	TRI	UDR	VEN	VCL
AMEF Arad	—	3–0	5–3	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–5	0–0
Carpaţi Baia Mare	0–0	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–2	1–0
Chinezul Timișoara	3–2	1–4	—	2–2	5–1	3–3	3–7	2–1	6–2	0–0	2–2	0–2
Gloria Arad	2–2	0–0	1–6	—	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2
Juventus București	0–1	1–2	5–3	4–0	—	0–4	7–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2
Rapid București	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–3	0–1	—	1–2	1–2	0–2	3–4	4–1	2–1
Ripensia Timișoara	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	—	7–0	5–0	1–3	1–1	4–1
Sportul Studenţesc București	7–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–4
Tricolor Ploiești	0–4	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	—	2–1	2–2	2–1
UD Reșița	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	—	0–4	2–1
Venus București	2–0	1–0	3–2	6–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	—	3–1
Victoria Cluj	2–0	5–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	3–1	3–4	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–6	—

Source: LT
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adalbert Marksteiner	Ripensia Timişoara	21
2	Iuliu Baratky	Rapid București	15
2	István Klimek	Chinezul Timișoara	15
4	Dănilă Bătrân	AMEF Arad	14
5	Gyula Prassler	Juventus București	13

Venus București
Goalkeepers: Mircea David (12 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (10 / 0). Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (20 / 1); Gheorghe Albu (17 / 3); Bondoc Ionescu-Crum (7 / 0). Midfielders: Andrei Bărbulescu (15 / 1); Rudolf Demetrovics (17 / 0); Vasile Gain (17 / 0); Theodor Beffa (9 / 0); Alfred Eisenbeisser (8 / 0). Forwards: Cornel Orza (21 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (22 / 3); Kostas Choumis (14 / 9); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 12); Traian Iordache (11 / 5); Petea Vâlcov (10 / 1); Nicolae Ene (10 / 7). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Béla Jánosy .

Venus București

Goalkeepers: Mircea David (12 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (10 / 0).
Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (20 / 1); Gheorghe Albu (17 / 3); Bondoc Ionescu-Crum (7 / 0).
Midfielders: Andrei Bărbulescu (15 / 1); Rudolf Demetrovics (17 / 0); Vasile Gain (17 / 0); Theodor Beffa (9 / 0); Alfred Eisenbeisser (8 / 0).
Forwards: Cornel Orza (21 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (22 / 3); Kostas Choumis (14 / 9); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 12); Traian Iordache (11 / 5); Petea Vâlcov (10 / 1); Nicolae Ene (10 / 7).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Béla Jánosy .

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '38 '39 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '38 '39 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine '38–'39 39 Poland '38 '39 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '38 '39) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Greece Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39