The 1954 Divizia B was the 15th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B
Season1954
PromotedProgresul FB București
Avântul Reghin
Locomotiva Constanța
RelegatedFlacăra Pitești
Constructorul Arad
Locomotiva Pașcani
Locomotiva Oradea
Constructorul Craiova
Metalul Brăila
1953
1955

The format has been changed to three series, each of them having 13 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and last two places from each series relegated to District Championship. This was the fifth season played in the spring-autumn system, a system imposed by the new leadership of the country which were in close ties with the Soviet Union.[1][2]

Team changes

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Excluded teams

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CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc, CA Cluj and CA Craiova were excluded from the championship. The army teams (CA) were abolished in the summer of 1953, except for CCA București.

Enrolled teams

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Voința București, which was in fact, the Romania national youth team, was enrolled directly in the second division.

Renamed teams

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Flamura Roșie Pitești was renamed as Flacăra Pitești.

Libertatea Sibiu was renamed as Progresul Sibiu.

Other teams

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Dinamo Turnu Măgurele was moved from Turnu Măgurele to Bârlad and renamed as Dinamo Bârlad.[3]

League tables

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Serie I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Progresul FB București (C, P) 24 15 7 2 50 18 +32 37 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Progresul Sibiu 24 12 6 6 34 22 +12 30
3 Voința București 24 9 12 3 32 25 +7 30
4 Metalul Steagul Roșu 24 10 9 5 46 34 +12 29
5 Flamura Roșie Sfântu Gheorghe 24 10 7 7 31 25 +6 27
6 Flacăra Moreni 24 7 11 6 31 33 −2 25
7 Metalul Tractorul 24 9 6 9 31 33 −2 24
8 Metalul Câmpina 24 9 5 10 39 39 0 23
9 Metalul București 24 7 6 11 35 35 0 20
10 Locomotiva Craiova 24 7 5 12 29 35 −6 19
11 Locomotiva Turnu Severin 24 5 9 10 32 43 −11 19
12 Flacăra Pitești (R) 24 5 8 11 20 30 −10 18 Relegation to Regional Championship
13 Constructorul Craiova (R) 24 2 7 15 18 56 −38 11
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie II

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Avântul Reghin (C, P) 24 12 7 5 35 20 +15 31 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Flacăra Mediaș 24 11 6 7 29 19 +10 28
3 Flamura Roșie Cluj 24 11 6 7 36 27 +9 28
4 Metalul Baia Mare 24 12 4 8 36 30 +6 28
5 Locomotiva Cluj 24 10 6 8 33 26 +7 26
6 Minerul Lupeni 24 8 9 7 32 29 +3 25
7 Metalul Reșița 24 10 4 10 26 22 +4 24
8 Locomotiva Arad 24 9 5 10 21 31 −10 23
9 Dinamo 6 București 24 8 6 10 28 35 −7 22
10 Progresul Satu Mare 24 8 6 10 24 28 −4 22
11 Metalul Oradea 24 7 7 10 14 25 −11 21
12 Constructorul Arad (R) 24 7 6 11 25 28 −3 20 Relegation to Regional Championship
13 Locomotiva Oradea (R) 24 6 2 16 20 39 −19 14
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie III

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Locomotiva Constanța (C, P) 24 16 6 2 50 21 +29 38 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Dinamo Bacău 24 15 5 4 47 21 +26 35
3 Locomotiva Iași 24 12 5 7 43 23 +20 29
4 Flamura Roșie Bacău 24 10 8 6 31 22 +9 28
5 Flamura Roșie Buhuși 24 10 5 9 32 32 0 25
6 Metalul Ploiești 24 11 2 11 31 32 −1 24
7 Spartac Burdujeni 24 8 7 9 29 38 −9 23
8 Dinamo Bârlad 24 6 9 9 34 35 −1 21
9 Știința Iași 24 5 10 9 27 34 −7 20
10 Spartac Focșani 24 6 7 11 25 34 −9 19
11 Dinamo Galați 24 7 5 12 20 39 −19 19
12 Locomotiva Pașcani (R) 24 5 6 13 26 47 −21 16 Relegation to Regional Championship
13 Metalul Brăila (R) 24 4 7 13 25 42 −17 15
Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ rsssf.org
  2. ^ romaniansoccer.ro
  3. ^ "Evoluția denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.(in Romanian)