# 1937–38 Divizia A

The 1937–38 Divizia A was the twenty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

## Group 1
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rapid București (A) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 26 | Advances to the final |
| 2 | AMEFA Arad | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 26 | |
| 3 | Victoria Cluj | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 23 | |
| 4 | Chinezul Timișoara | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 20 | |
| 5 | Phoenix Baia Mare | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 20 | |
| 6 | Unirea Tricolor București (R) | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 18 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 7 | CA Oradea (R) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 14 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 8 | Jiul Petroșani (R) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 14 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 9 | Dacia Unirea Brăila (R) | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 10 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 10 | Olimpia CFR Satu Mare (R) | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 40 | −27 | 9 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | CAO | CHI | DUB | JIU | OLI | PHO | RAP | UTB | VCL |
| AMEF Arad | — | 2–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| CA Oradea | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Chinezul Timișoara | 1–2 | 7–3 | — | 7–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 1–3 |
| Dacia Unirea Brăila | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–6 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Jiul Petroșani | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Olimpia CFR Satu Mare | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–3 |
| Phoenix Baia Mare | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Rapid București | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–5 |
| Unirea Tricolor București | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | — | 1–2 |
| Victoria Cluj | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — |

## Group 2
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ripensia Timișoara (C) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 25 | +38 | 30 | Advances to the final |
| 2 | Venus București | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 16 | +48 | 29 | |
| 3 | Gloria Arad | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 24 | |
| 4 | Juventus București | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 19 | |
| 5 | Sportul Studenţesc București | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 18 | |
| 6 | Universitatea Cluj (R) | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 16 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 7 | Vulturii Textila Lugoj (R) | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 14 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 8 | Crișana Oradea (R) | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 11 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 9 | CFR Brașov (R) | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 11 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 10 | Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți (R) | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 8 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CFB | CRI | DRA | GLA | JUV | RIP | SPO | UCJ | VEN | VUL |
| CFR Brașov | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Crișana Oradea | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 |
| Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți | 3–4 | 5–3 | — | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 2–0 |
| Gloria Arad | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 9–2 |
| Juventus București | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Ripensia Timișoara | 3–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | — | 3–0 | 7–1 | 1–6 | 3–1 |
| Sportul Studenţesc București | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–5 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Venus București | 7–0 | 5–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 9–3 | — | 5–1 |
| Vulturii Textila Lugoj | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

## Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rapid București | 0–4 | Ripensia Timişoara | 0–2 | 0–2 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ludovic Thierjung | Chinezul Timișoara | 22 |
| 2 | Silviu Bindea | Ripensia Timişoara | 21 |
| 2 | Fritz | Gloria Arad | 21 |
| 4 | Iuliu Bodola | Venus București | 18 |
| 4 | Kostas Humis | Venus București | 18 |
| 4 | Adalbert Marksteiner | Ripensia Timişoara | 18 |

## Champion squad

* Ripensia Timişoara
* Goalkeepers: Dumitru Pavlovici (19 / 0); Vilmos Zombori (1 / 0).
* Defenders: Rudolf Bürger (17 / 0); Francisc Agner (7 / 0); Vasile Chiroiu (14 / 0); Carol Regdom (2 / 0).
* Midfielders: Tibor Nagy (16 / 0); Rudolf Kotormány (15 / 2); Gal (15 / 0); Vasile Deheleanu (2 / 0); Schaff (1 / 0).
* Forwards: Silviu Bindea (18 / 21); Sándor Schwartz (9 / 3); Grațian Sepi (10 / 7); Adalbert Marksteiner (17 / 18); Cornel Lazăr (16 / 2); Ștefan Dobay (20 / 8); Zoltan Beke (7 / 1); Gheorghe Ciolac (6 / 1); Ioan Oprean (8 / 3);.
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Sepp Pojar .