1939–40 Divizia A
# 1939–40 Divizia A

The 1939–40 Divizia A was the twenty-eighth 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 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 19 | +40 | 31 | Champions of Romania |
| 2 | Rapid București | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 29 | |
| 3 | Sportul Studențesc București | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 27 | |
| 4 | UD Reșița | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 25 | |
| 5 | CAM Timișoara | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 23 | |
| 6 | Carpaţi Baia Mare | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 22 | |
| 7 | Ripensia Timișoara | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 22 | |
| 8 | AMEF Arad | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 21 | |
| 9 | Unirea Tricolor București | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 21 | |
| 10 | Gloria CFR Galaţi | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 17 | |
| 11 | Juventus București (R) | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 14 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 12 | Victoria Cluj (R) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 12 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | CAM | CAR | GAL | JUV | RAP | RIP | SPO | UDR | UTB | VEN | VCL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AMEF Arad | — | 6–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| CAM Timișoara | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Carpaţi Baia Mare | 0–1 | 6–2 | — | 5–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| Gloria CFR Galaţi | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–7 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Juventus București | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Rapid București | 4–0 | 4–0 | 7–3 | 6–0 | 4–1 | — | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Ripensia Timișoara | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| UD Reșița | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 5–4 | 0–3 | 5–2 |
| Unirea Tricolor București | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 8–3 | — | 0–5 | 0–0 |
| Venus București | 7–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 |
| Victoria Cluj | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | István Avar | Rapid București | 21 |
| 2 | Iuliu Bodola | Venus București | 17 |
| 3 | Adalbert Marksteiner | Ripensia Timișoara | 15 |
| 4 | Traian Iordache | Venus București | 14 |
| 4 | Gheorghe Popescu I | Sportul Studențesc București | 14 |

## Champion squad

* Venus București
* Goalkeepers: Mircea David (20 / 0); Nicolae Iordăchescu (2 / 0).
* Defenders: Lazăr Sfera (22 / 0); Alexandru Negrescu (21 / 0); Gheorghe Albu (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Rudolf Demetrovics (22 / 0); Gusztáv Juhász (22 / 0); Ioan Lupaș (22 / 0).
* Forwards: Andrei Bărbulescu (4 / 3); Nicolae Ene (8 / 3); Cornel Orza (11 / 7); Silviu Ploeșteanu (21 / 4); Kostas Choumis (8 / 5); Iuliu Bodola (22 / 17); Traian Iordache (21 / 14); Dumitru Cârciog (4 / 2); Petea Vâlcov (11 / 4).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Béla Jánosy .
