# 1985–86 Divizia A

The 1985–86 Divizia A was the sixty-eighth 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 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 79 | 25 | +54 | 57 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Sportul Studenţesc București | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 87 | 41 | +46 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo București | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 46 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 84 | 50 | +34 | 37 | |
| 6 | Argeș Pitești | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 36 | |
| 7 | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 33 | |
| 8 | Rapid București | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 33 | |
| 9 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 31 | |
| 10 | SC Bacău | 34 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 30 | |
| 11 | FCM Brașov | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 30 | |
| 12 | Victoria București | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 29 | |
| 13 | Olt Scornicești | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 29 | |
| 14 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 29 | |
| 15 | Gloria Buzău | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 28 | |
| 16 | Politehnica Timișoara (R) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 27 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 17 | ASA Târgu Mureș (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | Bihor Oradea (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 71 | −45 | 17 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASA | ARG | BAC | BHO | BRA | COR | UCR | DIN | GBU | OLT | PET | RAP | RAM | SPO | STE | POL | UCL | VIB |
| ASA Târgu Mureș | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Argeș Pitești | 1–0 | — | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Bacău | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Bihor Oradea | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Brașov | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Corvinul Hunedoara | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 9–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo București | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Gloria Buzău | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Olt Scornicești | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Rapid București | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Sportul Studenţesc București | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 7–5 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–0 |
| Steaua București | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Victoria București | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gheorghe Hagi | Sportul Studenţesc | 31 |
| 2 | Victor Piţurcă | Steaua București | 29 |
| 3 | Marian Bâcu | Universitatea Craiova | 25 |
| 4 | Ioan Petcu | Corvinul Hunedoara | 20 |
| 5 | Dorin Mateuț | Corvinul Hunedoara | 16 |
| 5 | Mircea Sandu | Sportul Studenţesc București | 16 |

## Champion squad

* Steaua București
* Goalkeepers: Helmut Duckadam (32 / 0); Dumitru Stângaciu (7 / 0).
* Defenders: Ștefan Iovan (29 / 7); Adrian Bumbescu (33 / 0); Miodrag Belodedici (32 / 2); Ilie Bărbulescu (33 / 2); Anton Weissenbacher (14 / 1); Dan Petrescu (2 / 0); Virgil Petcu (1 / 0); Leontin Stanciu (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Lucian Bălan (28 / 2); Tudorel Stoica (31 / 5); László Bölöni (31 / 9); Ștefan Petcu (4 / 1); Mihail Majearu (33 / 7); Gabi Balint (31 / 3); Constantin Pistol (4 / 0); Marius Răzvan Goran (1 / 0); Marian Alexandru (1 / 0); Gheorghe Ceaușilă (1 / 0).
* Forwards: Marius Lăcătuș (31 / 7); Victor Pițurcă (34 / 29); Marin Radu (21 / 4).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Emerich Jenei.