1987–88 County Championship Explained

Season:	1987–88
Nextseason:	1988–89

The 1987–88 County Championship was the 46th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff to gain promotion.

County championships

Alba (AB)
Arad (AR)
Argeș (AG)
Bacău (BC)
Bihor (BH)
Bistrița-Năsăud (BN)
Botoșani (BT)
Brașov (BV)
Brăila (BR)
Bucharest (B)
Buzău (BZ)

Caraș-Severin (CS)
Călărași (CL)
Cluj (CJ)
Constanța (CT)
Covasna (CV)
Dâmbovița (DB)
Dolj (DJ)
Galați (GL)
Giurgiu (GR)
Gorj (GJ)
Harghita (HR)

Hunedoara (HD)
Ialomița (IL)
Iași (IS)
Ilfov (IF)
Maramureș (MM)
Mehedinți (MH)
Mureș (MS)
Neamț (NT)
Olt (OT)
Prahova (PH)

Satu Mare (SM)
Sălaj (SJ)
Sibiu (SB)
Suceava (SV)
Teleorman (TR)
Timiș (TM)
Tulcea (TL)
Vaslui (VS)
Vâlcea (VL)
Vrancea (VN)

Promotion play-off

Teams promoted to Divizia C without a play-off matches as teams from less represented counties in the third division.

(AB) Energia Săsciori
(TR) Petrolul Poeni
(VL) Forestierul Băbeni
(BT) CSM Bucecea

(IS) Fortus Iași
(DJ) Constructorul Șoimii Craiova

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Championships standings

Bucharest

The ranking combined points of the senior (3 points for a win) and junior (2 points for a win) teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	URBIS București (C, Q)	68	49	10	19	156	48	+108	129	Qualification to promotion play-off
2		68	40	9	19	119	64	+55	105
3		68	39	9	20	101	67	+34	104
4		68	32	13	23	99	83	+16	96
5		68	33	8	27	95	72	+23	88
6		68	28	18	22	79	66	+13	86
7		68	27	17	24	78	73	+5	86
8		68	29	9	30	96	88	+8	83
9		68	26	19	23	91	78	+13	82
10		68	26	13	29	75	96	−21	79
11		68	27	11	30	80	86	−6	77
12		68	27	9	32	97	100	−3	75
13		68	26	7	35	83	102	−19	72
14		68	21	17	30	74	91	−17	71
15		68	25	9	34	86	94	−8	68
16		68	24	7	37	80	114	−34	67
17		68	18	12	38	70	128	−58	59
18		68	11	11	46	63	171	−108	37

Source:^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Prahova County

Teams changes from previous season

Relegated from Divizia C:

Promoted to Divizia C:

Montana Sinaia

Promoted from Prahova County Championship II:

Rafinorul Ploiești
(Ploiești Municipal Championship and play-off winners)
Electromontaj Câmpina
(Câmpina Territorial Championship and play-off winners)

Relegated to Prahova County Championship II:

Voința Vărbilău (18th place)

Other changes

Unirea Teleajen Ploiești merged with Petrolul Teleajen Ploiești and was renamed Petrolul Unirea Teleajen Ploiești.

Suceava County

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Rezultatele jocurilor-tur din barajul pentru Divizia "C". The results of the first round games for Divizia „C“. 9 March 2023. bibliotecadeva.eu. Sportul. 5 July 1988. 3. 9 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230309182209/http://www.bibliotecadeva.eu/periodice/sportul/1988/07/sportul_1988_07_11984.pdf. live.
Web site: Rezultatele barajulului pentru Divizia C. The results of the dam for Divizia C. 9 March 2023. bibliotecadeva.eu. Sportul. 12 July 1988. 3. 9 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230309182726/http://www.bibliotecadeva.eu/periodice/sportul/1988/07/sportul_1988_07_11990.pdf. live.
Web site: S-a încheiat întrecerea categoriei "Onoare". The competition of the "Honor" category has ended. 17 August 2023. Informația Bucureștiului. 18 June 1988. 7. adt.arcanum.com. 8 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230608184205/https://adt.arcanum.com/ro/view/InformatiaBucurestiului_1988_06__anul35/?pg=92&layout=s. live.