# 1972–73 Divizia A

The 1972–73 Divizia A was the fifty-fifth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. With 7 rounds before the end of the season, the Romanian Football Federation decided to raise the number of teams from 16 to 18 in the next season and because of this it was decided that no team will relegate in this season.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 39 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | SC Bacău | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 34 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | |
| 6 | Steaua București | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 31 | |
| 7 | Steagul Roşu Brașov | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Constanța | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 28 | |
| 9 | UTA Arad | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Jiul Petroșani | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 28 | |
| 11 | Petrolul Ploiești | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 28 | |
| 12 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 27 | |
| 13 | Rapid București | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 26 | |
| 14 | CSM Reșița | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 26 | |
| 15 | Sportul Studențesc București | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 25 | |
| 16 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 23 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASA | ARG | BAC | CFR | RES | CON | UCR | DIN | JIU | PET | RAP | SPO | SRB | STE | UTA | UCL |
| ASA Târgu Mureș | — | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Argeș Pitești | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Bacău | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| CFR Cluj | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Reșița | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| Constanța | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo București | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Jiul Petroșani | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Rapid București | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–6 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
| Steagul Roşu Brașov | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Steaua București | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| UTA Arad | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ion Oblemenco | Universitatea Craiova | 21 |
| 2 | Florea Dumitrache | Dinamo București | 15 |
| 3 | Nicolae Pescaru | Steagul Roşu Brașov | 14 |
| 4 | Ion Roșu | Argeș Pitești | 13 |
| 4 | Adalbert Rozsnyai | Jiul Petroșani | 13 |

## Champion squad

* Dinamo București
* Goalkeepers: Mircea Constantinescu (10 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (1 / 0); Iosif Cavai (12 / 0); Adrian Rămureanu (8 / 0).
* Defenders: Florin Cheran (16 / 0); Vasile Dobrău (27 / 0); Gabriel Sandu (28 / 0); Augustin Deleanu (23 / 0); Nicolae Petre (10 / 0); Alexandru Sătmăreanu (16 / 0); Vasile Cosma (6 / 1); Teodor Lucuță (5 / 0).
* Midfielders: Mircea Stoenescu (8 / 1); Cornel Dinu (23 / 2); Ion Batacliu (3 / 0).
* Forwards: Mircea Lucescu (28 / 12); Radu Nunweiller (30 / 7); Florea Dumitrache (26 / 15); Florian Dumitrescu (26 / 5); Alexandru Moldovan (25 / 2); Viorel Sălceanu (17 / 2); Doru Popescu (24 / 4); Marin Roșu (2 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Ion Nunweiller.