1963–64 Divizia B Explained

Season:	1963–64
Teams:	28 (2x14)
Nextseason:	1964–65

The 1963–64 Divizia B was the 24th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been changed to two series, each of them having 14 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from each series relegated to Divizia C.^{[1] [2]}

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Regional Championship

• —

Relegated from Divizia A

• Dinamo Bacău
• Minerul Lupeni

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C

• Dinamo Obor București
• Recolta Carei
• Progresul Alexandria
• Vagonul Arad
• Rapid Focșani
• CFR Roșiori
• Steaua Dej
• Flamura Roșie Tecuci
• Metalul Turnu Severin
• CFR-IRTA Arad

Promoted to Divizia A

• Siderurgistul Galați
• Dinamo Pitești
• ASA Crișul Oradea

Excluded teams

Crișana Oradea relegated at the end of the 1962–63 Divizia A season, but was dissolved during the summer break and excluded from the new season of Divizia B.

Other relegated teams

Carpați Sinaia, Prahova Ploiești, Progresul Brăila and IMU Medgidia were relegated directly to Local Championship due to a match fixing scandal and also for repeated violence events recorded on their stadiums.^[3]

League tables

Serie II

See also

• 1963–64 Divizia A
• 1963–64 Divizia C
• 1963–64 Regional Championship
• 1963–64 Cupa României

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem2hist.html rsssf.org
2. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_b/tables/1963_64.shtml romaniansoccer.ro
3. https://www.libertatea.ro/ultima-ora/ce-fotbal-murdar-252041 Ce fotbal murdar!