1938–39 Divizia A
# 1938–39 Divizia A

The 1938–39 Divizia A was the twenty-seventh 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 | Venus București (C) | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 35 | Champions of Romania |
| 2 | Ripensia Timișoara | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 26 | |
| 3 | AMEF Arad | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 25 | |
| 4 | UD Reșița | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 23 | |
| 5 | Rapid București | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 21 | |
| 6 | Victoria Cluj | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 21 | |
| 7 | Carpaţi Baia Mare | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 21 | |
| 8 | Juventus București | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 20 | |
| 9 | Sportul Studenţesc București | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 19 | |
| 10 | Chinezul Timișoara (R) | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 19 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 11 | Tricolor Ploiești (R) | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 17 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 12 | Gloria Arad (R) | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 17 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | CAR | CHI | GLA | JUV | RAP | RIP | SPO | TRI | UDR | VEN | VCL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AMEF Arad | — | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 |
| Carpaţi Baia Mare | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Chinezul Timișoara | 3–2 | 1–4 | — | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–7 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Gloria Arad | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–6 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Juventus București | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 4–0 | — | 0–4 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Rapid București | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Ripensia Timișoara | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Sportul Studenţesc București | 7–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| Tricolor Ploiești | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| UD Reșița | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Venus București | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 |
| Victoria Cluj | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–6 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adalbert Marksteiner | Ripensia Timişoara | 21 |
| 2 | Iuliu Baratky | Rapid București | 15 |
| 2 | István Klimek | Chinezul Timișoara | 15 |
| 4 | Dănilă Bătrân | AMEF Arad | 14 |
| 5 | Gyula Prassler | Juventus București | 13 |

## Champion squad

* Venus București
* Goalkeepers: Mircea David (12 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (10 / 0).
* Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (20 / 1); Gheorghe Albu (17 / 3); Bondoc Ionescu-Crum (7 / 0).
* Midfielders: Andrei Bărbulescu (15 / 1); Rudolf Demetrovics (17 / 0); Vasile Gain (17 / 0); Theodor Beffa (9 / 0); Alfred Eisenbeisser (8 / 0).
* Forwards: Cornel Orza (21 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (22 / 3); Kostas Choumis (14 / 9); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 12); Traian Iordache (11 / 5); Petea Vâlcov (10 / 1); Nicolae Ene (10 / 7).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Béla Jánosy .
