1940–41 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season	1940–41
Champions	Unirea Tricolor București
Top goalscorer	Ion Bogdan; Valeriu Niculescu (21)
	← 1939–40 1946–47 →

The 1940–41 Divizia A was the twenty-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. ^[1]

Teams

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Unirea Tricolor
Rapid
Venus
Sportul Studențesc

Location of teams in 1940-41 Divizia A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unirea Tricolor București (C)	24	19	0	5	62	25	+37	38	Champions of Romania
2	Rapid București	24	15	5	4	57	27	+30	35
3	Venus București	24	14	4	6	65	34	+31	32
4	Ripensia Timișoara	24	13	6	5	58	32	+26	32
5	Mica Brad	24	12	0	12	51	43	+8	24
6	Sportul Studențesc București	24	10	3	11	48	51	−3	23
7	UD Reșița	24	9	5	10	59	58	+1	23
8	Gloria Arad	24	9	4	11	46	48	−2	22
9	FC Craiova	24	8	5	11	38	58	−20	21
10	FC Ploiești	24	7	4	13	34	59	−25	18
11	Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu	24	8	1	15	42	58	−16	17
12	Gloria CFR Galaţi	24	5	6	13	27	41	−14	16
13	FC Brăila	24	4	1	19	31	90	−59	9

Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Carpaţi Baia Mare did not start in the new edition because of Second Vienna Award, and the city of Baia Mare was part of Hungary now.
Crișana Oradea the Winner of 1939–40 Divizia B was also under the Hungary occupation so the runner-up was promoted.
The new promoted FC Universitatea Cluj moved in Sibiu to can play in Divizia A under the name Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu, because Cluj-Napoca was under Hungary occupation.
CAM Timișoara and AMEF Arad was banned due to politic reasons, being workers teams.
FC Craiova and Gloria Arad was promoted to replace this 2 teams.
Also the Winner of 1939–40 Divizia B, Franco-Româna Brăila were banned being a worker team, so they were replaced by FC Brăila.

Home \ Away	BRĂ	CRA	PLO	GLA	GAL	MIC	RAP	RIP	SPO	UDR	UTB	UCJ	VEN
FC Brăila	—	0–2	1–1	3–4	4–2	2–4	1–4	1–4	0–6	5–3	0–2	4–2	0–2
FC Craiova	6–2	—	3–2	3–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	5–3	0–1	1–0	2–3
FC Ploiești	5–0	1–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–4
Gloria Arad	3–0	1–2	3–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–7	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	4–2	6–0
Gloria CFR Galaţi	3–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–0	1–4	2–1	1–4	1–2	0–1	1–1
Mica Brad	3–0	4–2	4–0	3–2	3–0	—	0–1	3–2	4–2	1–3	1–3	3–0	4–1
Rapid București	3–0	5–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	—	0–0	6–3	7–1	4–1	0–0	0–0
Ripensia Timișoara	3–2	5–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	3–4	3–0	—	1–3	2–2	3–0	5–1	3–1
Sportul Studențesc București	4–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	—	4–1	0–4	3–4	0–6
UD Reșița	8–0	8–3	4–1	2–2	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–0	4–1	1–1
Unirea Tricolor București	6–1	3–0	5–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	0–3	3–1	3–0	—	5–0	2–0
Universitatea Cluj	0–3	3–0	6–1	6–2	0–3	4–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	7–3	2–3	—	0–3
Venus București	10–1	7–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	1–4	4–2	4–0	0–3	2–0	—

Source: LT
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank^[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ion Bogdan	Rapid București	21
1	Valeriu Niculescu	Unirea Tricolor București	21
3	Iosif Kovács	Ripensia Timișoara	20
4	Ilie Cricitoiu	Unirea Tricolor București	18
4	Vasile Pop	UD Reșița	18

Unirea Tricolor București^[3]
Goalkeepers: Anghel Crețeanu (2 / 0); Vasile Cristea (22 / 0). Defenders: Gheorghe Petrescu (23 / 0); Ilie Iliescu (19 / 0); Constantin Marinescu (6 / 0). Midfielders: Nicolae Florea (22 / 0); Constantin Anghelache (24 / 0); Ion Boteanu (18 / 0); Nicolae Cristescu (3 / 0); Fabian Brădescu (5 / 0). Forwards: Nicolae Lulu Mihăilescu (18 / 11); Ion Dumitrescu (24 / 5); Valeriu Niculescu (20 / 21); Tudor Paraschiva (7 / 2); Ștefan Cârjan (12 / 0); Alecu Andrei (9 / 0); Ioan Bodea (6 / 1); Theodoru Criciotoiu (24 / 18). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ștefan Cârjan.

1940–41 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Finland '40 '41 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '40 '41 Italy Latvia Netherlands Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Soviet Union '40 '41 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '40 '41, Football Championship '40 '41)
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '40 '41 Cyprus France Germany '40 '41 Greece Hungary Italy Malta Northern Ireland Norway '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '40 '41 Switzerland Sweden '41