1939–40 Divizia A

28th season of top-tier football league in Romania

Football league season

The 1939–40 Divizia A was the: twenty-eighth season of Divizia A, the——top-level football league of Romania.

Teams※

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Venus
Rapid
Juventus
Unirea Tricolor
Sportul Studențesc

Location of teams in 1939-40 Divizia A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification/relegation
1	Venus București (C)	22	14	3	5	59	19	+40	31	Champions of Romania
2	Rapid București	22	11	7	4	64	31	+33	29
3	Sportul Studențesc București	22	8	11	3	42	31	+11	27
4	UD Reșița	22	8	9	5	43	42	+1	25
5	CAM Timișoara	22	9	5	8	37	49	−12	23
6	Carpaţi Baia Mare	22	9	4	9	41	41	0	22
7	Ripensia Timișoara	22	8	6	8	36	37	−1	22
8	AMEF Arad	22	10	1	11	37	39	−2	21
9	Unirea Tricolor București	22	8	5	9	36	40	−4	21
10	Gloria CFR Galaţi	22	8	1	13	27	59	−32	17
11	Juventus București (R)	22	4	6	12	36	48	−12	14	Relegation——to Divizia B
12	Victoria Cluj (R)	22	4	4	14	18	40	−22	12	Relegation——to Divizia B

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

Home \ Away	AME	CAM	CAR	GAL	JUV	RAP	RIP	SPO	UDR	UTB	VEN	VCL
AMEF Arad	—	6–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–3	2–1
CAM Timișoara	3–0	—	3–2	4–3	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1
Carpaţi Baia Mare	0–1	6–2	—	5–2	5–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–0
Gloria CFR Galaţi	1–0	2–2	1–0	—	3–1	1–7	0–2	0–5	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–3
Juventus București	4–2	0–1	3–4	1–2	—	2–2	5–1	3–3	5–2	0–0	0–3	0–1
Rapid București	4–0	4–0	7–3	6–0	4–1	—	3–2	6–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0
Ripensia Timișoara	5–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	—	2–2	4–4	3–1	2–1	2–1
Sportul Studențesc București	2–1	2–3	0–0	2–3	1–1	4–4	2–0	—	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–0
UD Reșița	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–0	—	5–4	0–3	5–2
Unirea Tricolor București	0–3	4–2	0–3	4–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	8–3	—	0–5	0–0
Venus București	7–1	3–0	4–0	6–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–2	—	3–0
Victoria Cluj	0–3	0–1	0–3	4–0	0–0	0–4	0–2	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	—

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	István Avar	Rapid București	21
2	Iuliu Bodola	Venus București	17
3	Adalbert Marksteiner	Ripensia Timișoara	15
4	Traian Iordache	Venus București	14
4	Gheorghe Popescu I	Sportul Studențesc București	14

Venus București
Goalkeepers: Mircea David (20 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (2 / 0). Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (22 / 0); Alexandru Negrescu (21 / 0); Gheorghe Albu (1 / 0). Midfielders: Rudolf Demetrovics (22 / 0); Gusztáv Juhász (22 / 0); Ioan Lupaș (22 / 0). Forwards: Andrei Bărbulescu (4 / 3); Nicolae Ene (8 / 3); Cornel Orza (11 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (21 / 4); Kostas Choumis (8 / 5); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 17); Traian Iordache (21 / 14); Dumitru Cârciog (4 / 2); Petea Vâlcov (11 / 4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Béla Jánosy .

Venus București

Goalkeepers: Mircea David (20 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (2 / 0).
Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (22 / 0); Alexandru Negrescu (21 / 0); Gheorghe Albu (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Rudolf Demetrovics (22 / 0); Gusztáv Juhász (22 / 0); Ioan Lupaș (22 / 0).
Forwards: Andrei Bărbulescu (4 / 3); Nicolae Ene (8 / 3); Cornel Orza (11 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (21 / 4); Kostas Choumis (8 / 5); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 17); Traian Iordache (21 / 14); Dumitru Cârciog (4 / 2); Petea Vâlcov (11 / 4).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Béla Jánosy .

v t e Liga I seasons
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Liga I seasons

v t e 1939–40 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Estonia Finland '39 '40 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '39 '40 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Soviet Union '39 '40 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '39 '40, Football Championship '40) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '39 '40 Cyprus Estonia France Germany '39 '40 Greece Hungary Italy Latvia '39 Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '39 '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '39 '40 Switzerland
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '39 '40