# 1986–87 Divizia A

The 1986–87 Divizia A was the sixty-ninth 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 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 87 | 17 | +70 | 59 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 84 | 46 | +38 | 44 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Victoria București | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Sportul Studenţesc București | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Argeș Pitești | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 35 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |
| 7 | Olt Scornicești | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 35 | |
| 8 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 33 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 32 | |
| 11 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 32 | |
| 12 | SC Bacău | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 32 | |
| 13 | FCM Brașov | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 32 | |
| 14 | Rapid București | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 32 | |
| 15 | Flacăra Moreni | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 32 | |
| 16 | Jiul Petroșani (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 27 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 17 | Gloria Buzău (R) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 31 | 66 | −35 | 25 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 72 | −42 | 20 | 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 |
| Argeș Pitești | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Bacău | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Brașov | 13 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Corvinul Hunedoara | 5 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Dinamo București | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Flacăra Moreni | 4 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Gloria Buzău | 2 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Jiul Petroşani | 10 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Olt Scornicești | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Oțelul Galați | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 15 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Rapid București | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 11 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Steaua București | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Victoria București | 17 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARG | BAC | BRA | COR | UCR | DIN | FLA | GBU | JIU | OLT | OȚE | PET | RAP | RAM | SPO | STE | UCL | VIB |
| Argeș Pitești | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Bacău | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Brașov | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Corvinul Hunedoara | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Dinamo București | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 10–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 |
| Flacăra Moreni | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Gloria Buzău | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Jiul Petroşani | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Olt Scornicești | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Rapid București | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 2–0 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Steaua București | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 7–0 | 2–0 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Victoria București | 2–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Rodion Cămătaru | Dinamo București | 44 |
| 2 | Victor Pițurcă | Steaua București | 22 |
| 3 | Gheorghe Hagi | Sportul Studenţesc / Steaua București | 15 |
| 3 | Ioan Petcu | Corvinul Hunedoara | 15 |
| 5 | Ion Cojocaru | Corvinul Hunedoara | 14 |

## Champion squad

* Steaua București
* Goalkeepers: Dumitru Stângaciu (33 / 0); Constantin Blid (2 / 0).
* Defenders: Ștefan Iovan (32 / 3); Adrian Bumbescu (25 / 2); Miodrag Belodedici (32 / 5); Anton Weissenbacher (29 / 4); Ilie Bărbulescu (14 / 1); Niță Cireașă (15 / 3); Eugen Daniel Popescu (1 / 0); Virgil Petcu (1 / 0); Mihai Dorobanțu (1 / 0); Lucian Adrian Giurcă (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Lucian Bălan (23 / 1); Tudorel Stoica (25 / 1); Mihail Majearu (27 / 3); László Bölöni (28 / 10); Iosif Rotariu (15 / 2); Toma Ivan (12 / 1); Viorel Breniuc (1 / 0); Marian Alexandru (1 / 0); Ion Manea (1 / 0); Marin Petrache (1 / 0).
* Forwards: Gabi Balint (31 / 5); Marius Lăcătuș (27 / 9); Victor Pițurcă (31 / 22); Gheorghe Hagi (14 / 10); Viorel Turcu (5 / 0); Ioan Kramer (8 / 2); Ilie Dumitrescu (2 / 0); Ion Craiu (1 / 0); Marian Mirea (1 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Emerich Jenei / Anghel Iordănescu.