1965–66 Divizia A
# 1965–66 Divizia A

The 1965–66 Divizia A was the forty-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 | Petrolul Ploiești (C) | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 38 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Rapid București | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 32 | |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 28 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Pitești | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 28 | Invitation to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | Steagul Roșu Brașov | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 27 | |
| 6 | CSMS Iași | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 27 | |
| 7 | Știința Cluj | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 26 | |
| 8 | Știința Craiova | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 25 | |
| 9 | Farul Constanța | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 24 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |
| 10 | UTA Arad | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 24 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |
| 11 | Știința Timișoara | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Steaua București | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 22 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 13 | Crișul Oradea (R) | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 20 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 14 | Siderurgistul Galați (R) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 20 | Relegation to Divizia B |

### Results

| Home \ Away | IAȘ | CRI | DIN | PIT | FAR | PET | RAP | SID | SRB | STE | UTA | ȘCJ | ȘCR | ȘTI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CSMS Iași | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Crișul Oradea | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo București | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2–3 |
| Dinamo Pitești | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Farul Constanța | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| Rapid București | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Siderurgistul Galați | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Steagul Roșu Brașov | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | — | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Steaua București | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| UTA Arad | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Știința Cluj | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Știința Craiova | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Știința Timișoara | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ion Ionescu | Rapid București | 24 |
| 2 | Nicolae Nagy | Dinamo Pitești | 22 |
| 3 | Cristian Stătescu | Siderurgistul Galați | 15 |
| 4 | Gheorghe Ene | Dinamo București | 12 |
| 5 | Alexandru Badea | Petrolul Ploiești | 11 |
| 5 | Mircea Dridea | Petrolul Ploiești | 11 |
| 5 | Cornel Pavlovici | Steaua București | 11 |
| 5 | Marin Voinea | Siderurgistul Galați | 11 |

## Champion squad

* Petrolul Ploiești
* Goalkeepers: Mihai Ionescu (26 / 0); Vasile Sfetcu (5 / 0).
* Defenders: Gheorghe Pahonțu (26 / 0); Alexandru Boc (26 / 1); Gheorghe Florea (26 / 0); Mihai Mocanu (26 / 0).
* Midfielders: Eduard Juhasz (23 / 2); Petre Dragomir (26 / 2); Dumitru Munteanu (3 / 0); Viorel Stoicescu (1 / 0).
* Forwards: Emil Frățilă (8 / 4); Ioan Drăgan (8 / 1); Octavian Dincuță (6 / 0); Mircea Dridea (25 / 11); Alexandru Badea (23 / 11); Constantin Moldoveanu (24 / 8); Virgil Dridea (18 / 6); Ion Crișan (4 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Constantin Cernăianu.
