1989–90 Divizia B
# 1989–90 Divizia B

The 1989–90 Divizia B was the 50th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to three series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last three places from each series relegated to Divizia C.

A relegation play-off was played between the 15th places from each series, team ranked last also relegated to Divizia C: the relegation play-off was necessary due to the fall of communism in December 1989, culminating with the exclusion from Divizia A of Flacăra Moreni and Olt Scornicești, and the dissolution of Victoria București.

## Team changes

### Renamed teams

Steaua CFR Cluj was renamed as CFR Cluj.

Unirea Dinamo Focșani was renamed as Unirea Focșani.

## League tables

### Serie I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Progresul Brăila (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 69 | 19 | +50 | 48 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | Gloria Buzău | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 48 | |
| 3 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 40 | |
| 4 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 40 | |
| 5 | Steaua Mizil | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 37 | |
| 6 | Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 36 | |
| 7 | CSM Suceava | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 35 | |
| 8 | Aripile Bacău | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 34 | |
| 9 | Foresta Fălticeni | 34 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 34 | |
| 10 | Unirea Focșani | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 33 | |
| 11 | Prahova Ploiești | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 33 | |
| 12 | Poiana Câmpina | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 32 | |
| 13 | Unirea Slobozia | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 32 | |
| 14 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 31 | |
| 15 | Siretul Pașcani (O) | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 31 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 16 | CFR Pașcani (R) | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 25 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 17 | CS Botoșani (R) | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 22 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 18 | Viitorul Vaslui (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 21 | Relegation to Divizia C |

### Serie II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rapid București (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 49 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | 34 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 45 | |
| 3 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 72 | 52 | +20 | 38 | |
| 4 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 37 | |
| 5 | Sportul 30 Decembrie | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 37 | |
| 6 | CS Târgoviște | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 34 | |
| 7 | FCM Caracal | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 34 | |
| 8 | Mecanică Fină București | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 33 | |
| 9 | Minerul Motru | 34 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 33 | |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 32 | |
| 11 | Autobuzul București | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 32 | |
| 12 | Metalurgistul Slatina | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 32 | |
| 13 | ICIM Brașov | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 32 | |
| 14 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 32 | |
| 15 | Tractorul Brașov (O) | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 31 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 16 | IMASA Sfântu Gheorghe (R) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 31 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 17 | Metalul Mija (R) | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 29 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 18 | Constructorul Craiova (R) | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 73 | −34 | 21 | Relegation to Divizia C |

### Serie III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gloria Bistrița (C, P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 87 | 40 | +47 | 45 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | UTA Arad | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 39 | |
| 3 | Maramureș Baia Mare | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 39 | |
| 4 | CSM Reșița | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 38 | |
| 5 | CFR Timișoara | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 36 | |
| 6 | Chimica Târnăveni | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 35 | |
| 7 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 36 | |
| 8 | Armătura Zalău | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 34 | |
| 9 | Gloria Reșița | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 34 | |
| 10 | Vagonul Arad | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 34 | |
| 11 | Strungul Arad | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 34 | |
| 12 | Olimpia Satu Mare | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 34 | |
| 13 | Metalul Bocșa | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 33 | |
| 14 | Progresul Timișoara | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 33 | |
| 15 | Someșul Satu Mare (R) | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 33 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 16 | Electromureș Târgu Mureș (R) | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 32 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 17 | Mureșul Deva (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 84 | −40 | 23 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 18 | CFR Cluj (R) | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 66 | −40 | 20 | Relegation to Divizia C |

## Relegation play-off

The 15th-placed teams from each series of Divizia B played a relegation play-off. The play-off was held in Bucharest and the team ranked last at the end of the tournament relegated to Divizia C.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Siretul Pașcani | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 | |
| 2 | Tractorul Brașov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Someșul Satu Mare (R) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Relegation to Divizia C |

### Round 1

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Tractorul Brașov | 1–2 | Someșul Satu Mare |

### Round 2

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Siretul Pașcani | 2–0 | Someșul Satu Mare |

### Round 3

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Tractorul Brașov | 1–0 | Siretul Pașcani |

## Top scorers

### 12 goals

* Gabor Gerstenmajer (Olimpia Satu Mare)

### 9 goals

* Florin Constantinovici (Rapid București)
* Mihăiță Hanghiuc (Oțelul Galați)

### 8 goals

* Haralambie Antohi (Oțelul Galați)

### 7 goals

* Ion Profir (Oțelul Galați)
