# 2004–05 Divizia B

The 2004–05 Divizia B was the 65th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.
The format has been maintained to three series, each of them consisting of 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last three places from all the series relegated to Divizia C.

## Team changes
### Note (**)

CSM Medgidia sold its Divizia B place to Liberty Salonta.
Metalul Plopeni sold its Divizia B place to Dinamo II București.

### Renamed teams

Electrica Constanța was renamed as Altay Constanța.
Electromagnetica București was renamed as Rapid II București.
FC Craiova was moved from Craiova to Caracal and renamed as FC Caracal.

## League tables
### Seria I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Vaslui (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 64 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | Midia Năvodari | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 54 | |
| 3 | Dunărea Galați | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 52 | |
| 4 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 50 | |
| 5 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 46 | |
| 6 | Petrolul Moinești | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 46 | |
| 7 | Callatis Mangalia | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 46 | |
| 8 | Botoșani | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 45 | |
| 9 | Gloria Buzău | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 44 | |
| 10 | Precizia Săcele | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 42 | |
| 11 | Altay Constanța | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 39 | |
| 12 | FCM Târgoviște | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 34 | |
| 13 | Laminorul Roman | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 34 | |
| 14 | Ghimbav (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 24 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 15 | Unirea Focșani (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 24 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 16 | Politehnica Timișoara (R) | 30 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 77 | −59 | 13 | Relegation to Divizia C |
* ↑ Unirea Focșani was excluded in the second part of the season and lost all remained matches by forfeit.

### Seria II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 65 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | FC Sibiu | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 64 | |
| 3 | Otopeni | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 59 | |
| 4 | Petrolul Ploiești | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 58 | |
| 5 | Unirea Urziceni | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 47 | |
| 6 | Rapid II București | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 41 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 7 | Dacia Mioveni | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 41 | |
| 8 | Dinamo II București | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 40 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 9 | FC Caracal | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Minerul Motru | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 38 | |
| 11 | Inter Gaz București | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 36 | |
| 12 | Juventus București | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 35 | |
| 13 | Internațional Pitești (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 14 | Building Vânju Mare (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 30 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 15 | Oltul Slatina (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 29 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 16 | Rulmentul Alexandria (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 56 | −42 | 13 | Relegation to Divizia C |
* ↑ Internațional Pitești sold its place to Astra Ploiești, at the end of the season.

### Seria III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jiul Petroșani (C, P) | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 19 | +45 | 65 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 65 | |
| 3 | FC Oradea | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 51 | |
| 4 | Olimpia Satu Mare | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 49 | |
| 5 | Liberty Salonta | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 42 | |
| 6 | Armătura Zalău | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 41 | |
| 7 | Universitatea Cluj | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 40 | |
| 8 | IS Câmpia Turzii | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 37 | |
| 9 | Tricotaje Ineu (R) | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 35 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 10 | Unirea Sânicolau Mare | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 34 | |
| 11 | UTA Arad | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33 | |
| 12 | Deva (R) | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 30 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 13 | Unirea Dej | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 28 | |
| 14 | Oașul Negrești (R) | 28 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 22 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 15 | ACU Arad (R) | 28 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 13 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 16 | Corvinul Hunedoara (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Divizia C |
* ↑ Trcotaje Ineu sold its place in the second tier to FCM Reșița, at the end of the season.
* ↑ Deva sold its place in the second tier to Corvinul 2005 Hunedoara, at the end of the season. Deva played next season in the third tier.
* ↑ Corvinul Hunedoara was excluded in the first part of the season and all its results were cancelled. At the end of the season Corvinul 2005 (an unofficial successor) bought Deva's place in the second tier.

## Top scorers
### 14 goals

* Dumitru Gheorghe (Unirea Urziceni)
* Daniel Stan (FC Oradea)

### 12 goals

* Gabriel Apetri (Jiul Petroșani)
* Claudiu Boaru (Gaz Metan Mediaș)

### 11 goals

* Emil Jula (Universitatea Cluj)
* Valentin Badea (FC Vaslui)

### 10 goals

* Iulian Ștefan (Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
* Cristian Constantin (Unirea Urziceni)

### 9 goals

* Romeo Buteseacă (Dacia Unirea Brăila)

### 8 goals

* Tihamer Török (FC Vaslui)

### 7 goals

* Dorel Zaharia (Gaz Metan Mediaș)
* Gigel Ene (Electromagnetica București)
* Radu Neguț (Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
* János Székely (Universitatea Cluj)