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(Redirected from Divizia A 1988–89) 71st season of top-tier football league in Romania Football league season

Divizia A
Season	1988–89
Champions	Steaua București
Relegated	Oţelul Galaţi Rapid București Târgu Mureş
European Cup	Steaua București
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo București
UEFA Cup	Victoria București Flacăra Moreni
Matches played	306
Goals scored	981 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dorin Mateuț (43)
Biggest home win	Steaua 11–0 Corvinul
Biggest away win	Farul 0–7 Dinamo
Highest scoring	Steaua 11–0 Corvinul
Longest winning run	Steaua, Dinamo (14)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (34)
Longest losing run	Târgu Mureș (22)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Divizia A was the seventy-first season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Steaua
Dinamo
Victoria
Rapid
Sportul Studențesc class=notpageimage| Location of teams in 1988-89 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	31	3	0	121	28	+93	65	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Dinamo București	34	30	2	2	130	30	+100	62	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Victoria București	34	20	5	9	81	60	+21	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Flacăra Moreni	34	16	4	14	63	47	+16	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Universitatea Craiova	34	15	6	13	52	52	0	36
6	Sportul Studenţesc București	34	15	4	15	52	59	−7	34
7	Bihor Oradea	34	13	6	15	40	46	−6	32
8	Olt Scornicești	34	12	8	14	38	47	−9	32
9	Farul Constanța	34	14	4	16	36	48	−12	32
10	FCM Brașov	34	12	7	15	46	52	−6	31
11	Inter Sibiu	34	13	5	16	45	57	−12	31
12	SC Bacău	34	13	4	17	49	55	−6	30
13	Argeș Pitești	34	13	4	17	40	50	−10	30
14	Universitatea Cluj	34	11	8	15	43	55	−12	30
15	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	13	3	18	47	68	−21	29
16	Oțelul Galați (R)	34	11	6	17	36	59	−23	28	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Rapid București (R)	34	10	3	21	39	67	−28	23	Invitation to Intertoto Cup Relegation to Divizia B
18	ASA Târgu Mureș (R)	34	2	2	30	23	101	−78	6	Relegation to Divizia B

Source: LT
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
ASA Târgu Mureș	18	15	16	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Argeș Pitești	5	9	5	8	10	14	10	13	14	14	10	13	10	11	12	9	9	10	12	12	12	13	9	12	11	12	11	10	8	11	11	11	11	13
Bacău	16	18	13	16	17	15	15	16	16	15	17	14	16	13	16	11	15	11	10	8	10	12	15	11	13	15	13	16	15	16	15	14	13	12
Bihor Oradea	3	5	10	9	5	7	9	7	11	13	14	17	17	17	15	13	10	9	11	9	11	9	13	16	12	11	10	11	11	9	7	8	6	7
Brașov	13	11	14	11	14	12	14	10	13	9	11	10	11	12	17	12	16	12	8	6	7	6	7	7	10	8	7	6	7	10	10	9	10	10
Corvinul Hunedoara	6	3	7	6	9	5	8	5	9	7	9	11	8	5	5	6	5	5	7	10	6	8	12	15	15	14	16	13	14	15	16	15	16	15
Universitatea Craiova	17	17	18	15	12	8	5	4	7	6	5	5	6	8	9	14	12	15	15	17	14	16	14	9	8	10	8	9	9	7	5	5	5	5
Dinamo București	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Farul Constanța	1	4	8	13	8	10	12	14	15	17	15	9	14	9	11	15	17	13	16	14	15	14	16	13	14	13	15	12	12	12	12	13	12	9
Flacăra Moreni	7	13	15	12	11	9	11	8	5	4	6	4	5	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Inter Sibiu	8	6	3	7	4	6	4	6	4	5	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	5	8	10	9	11
Olt Scornicești	9	10	12	10	13	13	7	9	8	11	8	8	9	10	8	8	8	7	6	7	9	11	8	6	6	7	9	8	10	8	9	6	7	8
Oțelul Galați	15	12	11	14	15	16	18	18	17	16	16	12	15	15	10	10	13	17	17	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	13	13	14	16	15	16
Rapid București	10	16	17	18	16	18	16	12	10	12	13	16	13	16	14	17	14	16	14	16	16	15	11	14	16	16	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sportul Studențesc București	14	8	6	3	6	4	6	11	6	8	12	15	12	14	13	16	11	14	13	13	13	7	6	8	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	6
Steaua București	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Universitatea Cluj	11	7	4	5	7	11	13	15	12	10	7	7	7	6	6	5	7	8	9	11	8	10	10	10	9	9	12	14	16	14	13	12	14	14
Victoria București	12	14	9	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away	ASA	ARG	BAC	BHO	BRA	COR	UCR	DIN	FAR	FLA	INT	OLT	OȚE	RAP	SPO	STE	UCL	VIB
ASA Târgu Mureș	—	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–7	2–4	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–5	1–1	0–4
Argeș Pitești	2–1	—	3–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	5–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–3
Bacău	1–0	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	3–1	6–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–2	6–4	2–3	2–1	1–2
Bihor Oradea	4–0	2–0	2–0	—	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–3	5–2	1–2
Brașov	4–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	—	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–1
Corvinul Hunedoara	2–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	4–2	—	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–2
Universitatea Craiova	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	—	3–6	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–3	5–0	3–0	1–5	4–0	2–2
Dinamo București	7–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	—	6–0	3–1	8–1	6–0	6–3	6–0	6–1	0–0	4–1	3–1
Farul Constanța	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–7	—	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	4–3
Flacăra Moreni	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–5	3–0	—	5–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–3	1–2	3–2
Inter Sibiu	4–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–4	1–0	1–0	—	3–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	1–2
Olt Scornicești	4–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–2
Oțelul Galați	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	—	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2
Rapid București	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	2–6	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	—	4–4	2–8	2–4	0–1
Sportul Studențesc București	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–3	1–4	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	—	0–4	0–0	1–1
Steaua București	7–0	6–0	3–0	5–0	3–2	11–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	4–2	3–1	5–0	2–0	2–1	—	5–0	3–2
Universitatea Cluj	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	—	0–1
Victoria București	3–2	4–2	5–3	4–0	3–2	5–2	2–0	1–4	2–1	2–2	5–3	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–4	5–2	—

Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dorin Mateuț	Dinamo București	43
2	Marcel Coraș	Victoria București	36
3	Gheorghe Hagi	Steaua București	31
4	Victor Pițurcă	Steaua București	23
5	Constantin Lala	Flacăra Moreni	21
5	Claudiu Vaișcovici	Dinamo București	21

Champion squad

Steaua București
Goalkeepers: Silviu Lung (29 / 0); Gheorghe Liliac (5 / 0). Defenders: Dan Petrescu (28 / 5); Adrian Bumbescu (19 / 0); Ștefan Iovan (29 / 1); Miodrag Belodedici (17 / 5); Nicolae Ungureanu (31 / 1); Niță Cireașă (2 / 0); Petre Bunaciu (6 / 0); Daniel Minea (13 / 0). Midfielders: Iosif Rotariu (30 / 16); Tudorel Stoica (23 / 3); Lucian Bălan (12 / 1). Forwards: Marius Lăcătuș (28 / 10); Victor Pițurcă (22 / 23); Gabi Balint (29 / 4); Gheorghe Hagi (30 / 31); Ilie Stan (14 / 2); Ilie Dumitrescu (29 / 8); Gheorghe Pena (13 / 2); Horațiu Lasconi (6 / 1); Lucian Măstăcan (9 / 0); Adrian Negrău (13 / 5); Marian Mirea (1 / 0); Axente Bogdan Muscă (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Anghel Iordănescu.

Steaua București

Goalkeepers: Silviu Lung (29 / 0); Gheorghe Liliac (5 / 0).
Defenders: Dan Petrescu (28 / 5); Adrian Bumbescu (19 / 0); Ștefan Iovan (29 / 1); Miodrag Belodedici (17 / 5); Nicolae Ungureanu (31 / 1); Niță Cireașă (2 / 0); Petre Bunaciu (6 / 0); Daniel Minea (13 / 0).
Midfielders: Iosif Rotariu (30 / 16); Tudorel Stoica (23 / 3); Lucian Bălan (12 / 1).
Forwards: Marius Lăcătuș (28 / 10); Victor Pițurcă (22 / 23); Gabi Balint (29 / 4); Gheorghe Hagi (30 / 31); Ilie Stan (14 / 2); Ilie Dumitrescu (29 / 8); Gheorghe Pena (13 / 2); Horațiu Lasconi (6 / 1); Lucian Măstăcan (9 / 0); Adrian Negrău (13 / 5); Marian Mirea (1 / 0); Axente Bogdan Muscă (1 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Anghel Iordănescu.

References

1988–89 Divizia A
"Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
"Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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v t e 1988–89 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '87–'88 '88–'89

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