# 1978–79 Divizia A

The 1978–79 Divizia A was the sixty-first 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 | Argeș Pitești (C) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 45 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Steaua București | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 40 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | FC Baia Mare | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 38 | |
| 6 | Sportul Studenţesc București | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 35 | |
| 7 | CS Târgoviște | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | SC Bacău | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 34 | |
| 9 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 32 | |
| 10 | Olimpia Satu Mare | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 32 | |
| 11 | Politehnica Timișoara | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 31 | |
| 12 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 31 | |
| 13 | Gloria Buzău | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 31 | |
| 14 | Jiul Petroșani | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 51 | −13 | 31 | |
| 15 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 31 | |
| 16 | Corvinul Hunedoara (R) | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 30 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 17 | UTA Arad (R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 29 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | Bihor Oradea (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 28 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ASA | ARG | BAC | BAI | BHO | COR | UCR | DIN | GBU | JIU | OLI | PIA | RAM | SPO | STE | POL | TAR | UTA |
| ASA Târgu Mureș | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Argeș Pitești | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Bacău | 4–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Baia Mare | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Bihor Oradea | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Corvinul Hunedoara | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo București | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Gloria Buzău | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Jiul Petroșani | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Olimpia Satu Mare | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Politehnica Iași | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Steaua București | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Târgoviște | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| UTA Arad | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marin Radu | Argeș Pitești | 22 |
| 2 | Constantin Stan | Gloria Buzău | 16 |
| 3 | Rodion Cămătaru | Universitatea Craiova | 13 |
| 3 | Emerich Dembrovschi | Politehnica Timișoara | 13 |
| 3 | Andrei Fănici | ASA Târgu Mureș | 13 |
| 3 | Dudu Georgescu | Dinamo București | 13 |
| 3 | Marcel Răducanu | Steaua București | 13 |

## Champion squad

* Argeș Pitești
* Goalkeepers: Andrei Speriatu (17 / 0); Cristian Gheorghe (17 / 0).
* Defenders: Mihai Zamfir (33 / 2); Constantin Stancu (34 / 1); Constantin Cârstea (31 / 0); Petre Ivan (34 / 1); Sergiu Moisescu (2 / 0); Iulian Ionașcu (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Ilie Bărbulescu (30 / 1); Gheorghe Chivescu (26 / 0); Doru Toma (32 / 1); Sevastian Iovănescu (32 / 7); Viorel Moiceanu (20 / 5); Mihail Iatan (17 / 1).
* Forwards: Doru Nicolae (33 / 4); Marin Radu (29 / 22); Nicolae Dobrin (22 / 9); Viorel Turcu (7 / 0); Nicolae Radu (11 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Florin Halagian.