1971–72 Divizia B
# 1971–72 Divizia B

The 1971–72 Divizia B was the 32nd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from each series relegated to Divizia C.

## League tables

### Serie I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sportul Studențesc (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 47 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | Progresul București | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 37 | |
| 3 | SN Oltenița | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 33 | |
| 4 | Politehnica Galați | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 31 | |
| 5 | Metalul București | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 31 | |
| 6 | Progresul Brăila | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 30 | |
| 7 | FC Galați | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 30 | |
| 8 | Metalul Plopeni | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 29 | |
| 9 | CFR Pașcani | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 29 | |
| 10 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 28 | |
| 11 | Dunărea Giurgiu | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 28 | |
| 12 | Metalul Târgoviște | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 28 | |
| 13 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 28 | |
| 14 | Știința Bacău | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 27 | |
| 15 | Poiana Câmpina (R) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 25 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 16 | Portul Constanța (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 19 | Relegation to Divizia C |

### Serie II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSM Reșița (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 43 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | Minerul Baia Mare | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 32 | |
| 3 | Politehnica Timișoara | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 31 | |
| 4 | CFR Arad | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 31 | |
| 5 | Minerul Anina | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 31 | |
| 6 | CSM Sibiu | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Metalurgistul Cugir | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 29 | |
| 9 | Olimpia Satu Mare | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 29 | |
| 10 | Olimpia Oradea | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 28 | |
| 11 | CFR Timișoara | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 28 | |
| 12 | Chimia Făgăraș | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 28 | |
| 13 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 28 | |
| 14 | Electroputere Craiova | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 28 | |
| 15 | Gaz Metan Mediaș (R) | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 28 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 16 | Vulturii Textila Lugoj (R) | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Divizia C |
