1954 Divizia B Explained

Season:	1954
Nextseason:	1955

The 1954 Divizia B was the 15th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been changed to three series, each of them having 13 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and last two places from each series relegated to District Championship. This was the fifth season played in the spring-autumn system, a system imposed by the new leadership of the country which were in close ties with the Soviet Union.^{[1] [2]}

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Regional Championship

• Constructorul Arad
• Constructorul Craiova
• Dinamo 6 București
• Dinamo Galați
• Flamura Roșie Buhuși
• Flamura Roșie Cluj
• Locomotiva Constanța
• Locomotiva Pașcani
• Metalul Ploiești
• Metalul Tractorul
• Spartac Burdujeni
• Spartac Focșani

Relegated from Divizia A

• —

From Divizia B

Relegated to Regional Championship

• Șantierul Constanța

Promoted to Divizia A

• • Flacăra Ploiești Metalul Hunedoara
• Metalul Câmpia Turzii

Excluded teams

CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc, CA Cluj and CA Craiova were excluded from the championship. The army teams (CA) were abolished in the summer of 1953, except for CCA București.

Enrolled teams

Voința București, which was in fact, the Romania national youth team, was enrolled directly in the second division.

Renamed teams

Flamura Roșie Pitești was renamed as Flacăra Pitești.

Libertatea Sibiu was renamed as Progresul Sibiu.

Other teams

Dinamo Turnu Măgurele was moved from Turnu Măgurele to Bârlad and renamed as Dinamo Bârlad.^[3]

League tables

Serie III

See also

• 1954 Divizia A
• 1954 Regional Championship
• 1954 Cupa României

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem2hist.html rsssf.org
2. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_b/tables/1954.shtml romaniansoccer.ro
3. Web site: Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor. Evolution of team names over the years. 14 November 2018. romaniansoccer.ro. 9 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171009104123/http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/16668/evolutia-denumirilor-echipelor-de-a-lungul-anilor.htm. live.