1938–39 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season1938–39
ChampionsVenus București[1]
Top goalscorerAdalbert Marksteiner (21)

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

Teams

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or 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

Results

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.

Top goalscorers

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

Champion squad

Venus București[3]

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 Greece (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 Hungary.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ 1938–39 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "FOTBAL. Noua CAMPIOANA a ROMANIEI. Ce mai vuiet, ce mai larma..." [FOOTBALL. The new CHAMPION of ROMANIA. What a noise, what a noise ...] (in Romanian). Vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.