1988–89 County Championship Explained

Season:	1988–89
Nextseason:	1989–90

The 1988–89 County Championship was the 47th 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.

(IL) Rapid Fetești
(TR) Dunărea Zimnicea
(VL) Metalul Râmnicu Vâlcea
(BT) Electro Botoșani

(MH) CSM Drobeta-Turnu Severin
(GR) Rapid Braniștea
(AB) Soda Ocna Mureș

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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	Mecos București (C, Q)	76	49	11	16	185	90	+95	134	Qualification to promotion play-off
2		76	45	9	22	129	92	+37	118
3		76	42	13	21	134	68	+66	114
4		76	39	17	20	130	72	+58	112
5		76	36	16	24	107	87	+20	106
6		76	36	12	28	116	84	+32	104
7		76	33	15	28	119	110	+9	98
8		76	32	17	28	120	94	+26	97
9		76	32	9	35	102	114	−12	90
10		76	33	8	35	141	125	+16	89
11		76	31	12	33	117	104	+13	88
12		76	31	9	36	105	118	−13	87
13		76	32	6	38	100	110	−10	86
14		76	27	12	37	103	125	−22	86
15		76	30	11	35	105	126	−21	85
16		76	27	18	31	95	129	−34	84
17		76	27	17	32	109	131	−22	83
18		76	22	11	43	69	141	−72	71
19		76	21	11	44	96	149	−53	65
20		76	14	10	52	70	183	−113	42

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:

Carpați Sinaia

Promoted to Divizia C:

Metalul IUM Filipeștii de Pădure

Promoted from Prahova County Championship II:

Viitorul AEI Urlați
(Urlați Territorial Championship and play-off winners)
ASA Băicoi
(Câmpina Territorial Championship and play-off winners)

Relegated to Prahova County Championship II:

Progresul Ploiești (17th place)
Cristalul Azuga (18th place)

Other changes

Viitorul AEI Urlați was renamed as AEI Urlați.
ASA Băicoi was renamed as Vulturul Băicoi.

Suceava County

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Barajul pentru Divizia C. The dam for Divizia C. 11 March 2023. bibliotecadeva.eu. Sportul. 4 August 1989. 3. 2 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230202211546/http://www.bibliotecadeva.eu/periodice/sportul/1989/08/sportul_1989_08_12320.pdf. live.
Web site: Rezultatele barajului pentru Divizia C. The results of the dam for Divizia C. 11 March 2023. bibliotecadeva.eu. Sportul. 8 August 1989. 3. 11 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230311053222/http://www.bibliotecadeva.eu/periodice/sportul/1989/08/sportul_1989_08_12323.pdf. live.
Web site: Au luat sfârșit întrecerile categoriei "Onoare". Competitions of the "Honor" category have ended. 17 August 2023. Informația Bucureștiului. 13 June 1989. 3. adt.arcanum.com. 8 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230608181627/https://adt.arcanum.com/ro/view/InformatiaBucurestiului_1989_06__anul36/?pg=66&layout=s. live.