# 1958–59 Divizia A

The 1958–59 Divizia A was the forty-first season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Petrolul Ploiești (C) | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 31 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 30 | |
| 3 | CCA București | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 29 | |
| 4 | Rapid București | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 26 | |
| 5 | Dinamo Bacău | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 23 | |
| 6 | Progresul București | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 21 | |
| 7 | Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 20 | |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 19 | |
| 9 | Jiul Petroșani | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 18 | |
| 10 | Farul Constanța | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 17 | |
| 11 | Știința Cluj | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 15 | |
| 12 | Știința Timișoara (R) | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 15 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CCA | BAC | DIN | FAR | JIU | PET | PRO | RAP | STR | UTA | ȘCJ | ȘTI |
| CCA București | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Bacău | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo București | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Farul Constanța | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 |
| Jiul Petroșani | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 |
| Progresul București | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Rapid București | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| UTA Arad | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Știința Cluj | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Știința Timișoara | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gheorghe Ene | Rapid București | 17 |
| 2 | Mircea Dridea | Petrolul Ploiești | 14 |
| 2 | Nicolae Oaidă | Progresul București | 14 |
| 4 | Ion Alecsandrescu | CCA București | 13 |
| 5 | Constantin Dinulescu | Progresul București | 12 |

## Champion squad

* Petrolul Ploiești
* Goalkeepers: Vasile Sfetcu (20 / 0); Constantin Roman (2 / 0).
* Defenders: Gheorghe Pahonțu (22 / 1); Nicolae Marinescu (22 / 0); Nicolae Topșa (16 / 0).
* Midfielders: Alexandru Fronea (14 / 1); Ion Neacșu (20 / 0); Nicolae Neacșu (7 / 0); Nicolae Botescu (2 / 0).
* Forwards: Ion Zaharia (16 / 8); Alexandru Constantinescu (12 / 2); Constantin Tabarcea (22 / 4); Mircea Dridea (18 / 14); Petre Babone (20 / 10); Pavel Bădulescu-Bardatz (18 / 4); Marcel Marin (9 / 3); Gheorghe Voica (1 / 0); Virgil Dridea (1 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Ilie Oană.