# 1988–89 Divizia A

The 1988–89 Divizia A was the seventy-first season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. The Dinamo versus Steaua football derby match played on 3 December 1988 was the subject of the 2014 Romanian documentary film The Second Game (Romanian: Al doilea joc) directed by Corneliu Porumboiu.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 28 | +93 | 65 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 130 | 30 | +100 | 62 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Victoria București | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 81 | 60 | +21 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Flacăra Moreni | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 36 | |
| 6 | Sportul Studenţesc București | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 34 | |
| 7 | Bihor Oradea | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 32 | |
| 8 | Olt Scornicești | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 32 | |
| 9 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 32 | |
| 10 | FCM Brașov | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 31 | |
| 11 | Inter Sibiu | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 31 | |
| 12 | SC Bacău | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 30 | |
| 13 | Argeș Pitești | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 30 | |
| 14 | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 30 | |
| 15 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 29 | |
| 16 | Oțelul Galați (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 17 | Rapid București (R) | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 23 | Invitation to Intertoto Cup Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | ASA Târgu Mureș (R) | 34 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 101 | −78 | 6 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| ASA Târgu Mureș | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Argeș Pitești | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| Bacău | 16 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| Bihor Oradea | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Brașov | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Corvinul Hunedoara | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Dinamo București | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Farul Constanța | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
| Flacăra Moreni | 7 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Inter Sibiu | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| Olt Scornicești | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Oțelul Galați | 15 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| Rapid București | 10 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Steaua București | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Victoria București | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASA | ARG | BAC | BHO | BRA | COR | UCR | DIN | FAR | FLA | INT | OLT | OȚE | RAP | SPO | STE | UCL | VIB |
| ASA Târgu Mureș | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Argeș Pitești | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Bacău | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 6–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Bihor Oradea | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 |
| Brașov | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Corvinul Hunedoara | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–6 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Dinamo București | 7–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 6–0 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 6–0 | 6–3 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Farul Constanța | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–7 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 |
| Flacăra Moreni | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Inter Sibiu | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Olt Scornicești | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Oțelul Galați | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Rapid București | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 4–4 | 2–8 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Steaua București | 7–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 11–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | 3–2 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Victoria București | 3–2 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 5–2 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dorin Mateuț | Dinamo București | 43 |
| 2 | Marcel Coraș | Victoria București | 36 |
| 3 | Gheorghe Hagi | Steaua București | 31 |
| 4 | Victor Pițurcă | Steaua București | 23 |
| 5 | Constantin Lala | Flacăra Moreni | 21 |
| 5 | Claudiu Vaișcovici | Dinamo București | 21 |

## Champion squad

* Steaua București
* Goalkeepers: Silviu Lung (29 / 0); Gheorghe Liliac (5 / 0).
* Defenders: Dan Petrescu (28 / 5); Adrian Bumbescu (19 / 0); Ștefan Iovan (29 / 1); Miodrag Belodedici (17 / 5); Nicolae Ungureanu (31 / 1); Niță Cireașă (2 / 0); Petre Bunaciu (6 / 0); Daniel Minea (13 / 0).
* Midfielders: Iosif Rotariu (30 / 16); Tudorel Stoica (23 / 3); Lucian Bălan (12 / 1).
* Forwards: Marius Lăcătuș (28 / 10); Victor Pițurcă (22 / 23); Gabi Balint (29 / 4); Gheorghe Hagi (30 / 31); Ilie Stan (14 / 2); Ilie Dumitrescu (29 / 8); Gheorghe Pena (13 / 2); Horațiu Lasconi (6 / 1); Lucian Măstăcan (9 / 0); Adrian Negrău (13 / 5); Marian Mirea (1 / 0); Axente Bogdan Muscă (1 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Anghel Iordănescu.