# 1953 Divizia A

The 1953 Divizia A was the thirty-sixth 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 | CCA București (C) | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 28 | Champions of Romania |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 25 | |
| 3 | Flamura Roșie Arad | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 24 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Orașul Stalin | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 23 | |
| 5 | Locomotiva București | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 21 | |
| 6 | Știința Timișoara | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 20 | |
| 7 | Locomotiva Târgu Mureş | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 18 | |
| 8 | Știința Cluj | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 18 | |
| 9 | Minerul Petroșani | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 18 | |
| 10 | Locomotiva Timișoara | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 17 | |
| 11 | CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 15 | Disbanded after the first part of the season. |
| 12 | Progresul Oradea | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 15 | |
* ↑ CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc was disbanded in the summer of 1953, after the first part of the season.

### Results

| Home \ Away | CAM | CCA | DIN | DOS | FRA | LBU | LTI | TÂR | MIP | ORA | ȘCJ | ȘTI |
| CA Câmpulung | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | — | — | — |
| CCA București | — | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo București | — | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo Orașul Stalin | — | 3–4 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Flamura Roșie Arad | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Locomotiva București | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Locomotiva Timișoara | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Locomotiva Târgu Mureş | — | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Minerul Petroșani | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Progresul Oradea | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Știința Cluj | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 |
| Știința Timișoara | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Titus Ozon | Dinamo București | 12 |
| 2 | Desideriu Józsi | Locomotiva Târgu Mureş | 10 |
| 3 | Iuliu Farkaș | Minerul Petroșani | 9 |
| 3 | Gheorghe Váczi | Flamura Roșie Arad | 9 |
| 5 | Vichentie Birău | Dinamo Orașul Stalin | 8 |
| 5 | Nicolae Dumitru | Dinamo București | 8 |

## Champion squad

* CCA București
* Goalkeepers: Costică Toma (7 / 0); Ion Voinescu (8 / 0); Liviu Coman (7 / 0).
* Defenders: Vasile Zavoda (10 / 0); Alexandru Apolzan (13 / 1); Traian Ivănescu (20 / 1); Nicolae Topșa (3 / 0); Victor Dumitrescu (8 / 0); Nicolae Dodeanu (7 / 0); Alexandru Karikaș (6 / 0).
* Midfielders: Ștefan Balint (13 / 0); Tiberiu Bone (20 / 4); Ștefan Onisie (2 / 0).
* Forwards: Victor Moldovan (17 / 7); Francisc Zavoda (11 / 2); József Pecsovszky (10 / 3); Nicolae Drăgan (14 / 2); Mihai Flamaropol (8 / 1); Nicolae Tătaru (10 / 0); Petre Moldoveanu (12 / 0); Petre Bădeanțu (8 / 0); Constantin Titi Popescu (2 / 0); Iosif Kajlik (4 / 0); Iosif Meszaros (3 / 0); Mihai Smărăndescu (1 / 0); Ion Alecsandrescu (8 / 2); Ladislau Vlad (5 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Gheorghe Popescu I / Ferenc Rónay / Ilie Savu.