1987–88 Divizia A

Divizia A

Season	1987–88
Champions	Steaua
Relegated	Poli Timişoara Petrolul CSM Suceava
European Cup	Steaua
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo Bucureşti
UEFA Cup	Victoria Bucureşti Oţelul
Matches played	306
Goals scored	909 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Victor Piturca (34)
Biggest home win	Dinamo Bucureşti 9 – 1 CSM Suceava (8 May 1988)
Biggest away win	Petrolul 0 – 4 Steaua (9 Sep 1987) Rapid Bucureşti 0 – 4 Steaua (13 Dec 1987) Victoria Bucureşti 0 – 4 Steaua (1 May 1988)
Highest scoring	Universitatea Craiova 4 – 6 Steaua (24 Nov 1987) Dinamo Bucureşti 9 – 1 CSM Suceava (8 May 1988) Dinamo Bucureşti 8 – 2 Corvinul (12 Jun 1988)
Longest winning run	Dinamo Bucureşti (13) Steaua (13)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (34)
Longest losing run	Poli Timişoara (6)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	30	4	0	114	18	+96	64	1988–89 European Cup First round
2	Dinamo București	34	30	3	1	107	25	+82	63	1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
3	Victoria Bucureşti	34	18	4	12	58	41	+17	40	1988–89 UEFA Cup First round
4	Oțelul Galați	34	18	3	13	49	46	+3	39
5	Universitatea Craiova	34	16	4	14	61	51	+10	36
6	Flacăra Moreni	34	13	7	14	40	48	−8	33
7	Corvinul	34	13	4	17	54	63	−9	30
8	FCM Braşov	34	11	7	16	47	51	−4	29
9	Argeș Pitești	34	11	7	16	41	47	−6	29
10	Universitatea Cluj	34	11	7	16	39	54	−15	29
11	ASA Târgu Mureş	34	13	3	18	49	66	−17	29
12	FC Bacău	34	10	9	15	37	54	−17	29
13	Rapid București	34	10	9	15	36	58	−22	29
14	Sportul Studențesc	34	10	8	16	43	50	−7	28
15	Olt Scorniceşti	34	12	4	18	38	63	−25	28
16	Poli Timişoara (R)	34	10	6	18	35	53	−18	26	Relegation to the Divizia B
17	Petrolul Ploiești (R)	34	10	6	18	25	52	−27	26
18	CSM Suceava (R)	34	10	5	19	36	69	−33	25

Source: [1] (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 Mureş	13	17	13	12	15	11	13	11	12	13	14	13	13	13	11	9	11	12	10	9	9	8	8	9	11	9	11	8	10	8	10	9	10	11
CSM Suceava	3	4	5	7	11	13	12	14	16	17	17	16	18	16	18	16	15	16	16	17	16	17	15	16	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Corvinul	17	11	8	9	5	6	5	6	5	6	4	6	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	6	6	7	7
Dinamo București	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Argeș Pitești	5	3	4	3	6	7	9	8	10	8	7	8	7	9	10	11	12	11	12	12	12	16	17	17	18	16	16	15	15	14	15	13	9	9
FC Bacău	7	14	14	17	18	18	17	17	17	15	16	15	15	14	13	14	16	15	15	16	15	11	14	11	13	11	13	12	14	12	14	11	11	12
FCM Braşov	15	18	17	16	17	15	16	13	14	12	12	12	11	12	14	12	10	9	9	8	8	10	10	8	9	8	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	8
Flacăra Moreni	8	5	6	8	8	4	8	7	9	9	8	5	8	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	7	7	6	6
Olt Scorniceşti	14	7	12	10	12	10	7	9	7	7	11	11	10	11	8	10	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	10	8	10	8	9	8	9	8	10	12	15
Oțelul Galați	9	12	18	13	9	8	6	5	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Petrolul Ploiești	18	9	9	11	13	14	15	16	15	16	15	17	14	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
Poli Timişoara	10	13	11	14	10	12	11	10	8	10	9	9	6	8	9	8	8	10	11	11	11	14	12	14	14	15	14	16	16	16	16	14	16	16
Rapid București	11	16	16	15	14	16	14	15	13	14	13	14	16	18	16	17	17	17	17	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	11	13	11	12	15	13
Sportul Studențesc	16	15	15	18	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	15	15	15	13	13	14	14	17	15	16	15	15	14	15	14	12	15	12	15	13	14
Steaua București	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Universitatea Cluj	6	10	10	6	7	9	10	12	11	11	10	10	12	10	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	10	12	10	11	13	11	13	16	14	10
Universitatea Craiova	4	8	7	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Victoria Bucureşti	12	6	3	5	4	5	4	4	6	3	6	3	5	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: [2] (Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away1

ASA

CSV

COR

DIN

ARG

BAC

BRA

FLA

OLT

OŢE

PET

POL

RAP

SPO

STE

UCL

UCR

VIB

ASA Târgu Mureş

3–1

2–1

0–2

1–2

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–1

2–1

4–0

1–0

4–1

2–0

2–4

2–1

2–1

2–0

CSM Suceava

1–0

3–1

1–3

2–1

0–0

3–1

0–0

2–0

1–2

3–0

2–2

2–0

2–1

1–3

3–1

0–1

0–2

Corvinul

4–0

5–0

2–3

2–0

4–2

2–0

1–0

1–1

3–0

5–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–1

0–1

4–0

2–2

Dinamo București

2–1

9–1

8–2

4–0

3–1

5–1

2–0

6–0

3–1

5–0

6–0

5–2

2–1

0–0

4–0

3–1

2–0

Argeș Pitești

3–2

2–1

4–0

0–3

4–2

3–1

3–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

3–0

1–1

1–2

0–0

1–1

0–1

0–1

FC Bacău

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–2

3–1

0–1

2–2

5–3

4–0

3–2

3–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–1

FCM Braşov

1–2

3–0

1–1

0–2

1–1

1–1

3–2

7–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

1–1

2–0

0–2

3–2

4–0

3–2

Flacăra Moreni

2–0

1–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–0

3–0

3–2

1–4

2–2

2–0

2–1

Olt Scorniceşti

3–2

0–3

3–1

0–0

0–2

2–0

1–0

2–0

3–0

3–2

2–0

2–0

4–0

2–4

1–0

3–2

0–0

Oțelul Galați

3–0

5–1

2–1

0–3

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

2–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

1–2

4–1

4–2

3–1

Petrolul Ploiești

1–0

0–0

1–0

0–2

1–0

0–0

0–0

0–1

1–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–4

3–0

3–2

1–0

Poli Timişoara

1–1

2–1

1–2

2–1

3–0

5–0

1–0

3–1

1–0

0–1

0–1

4–3

0–0

0–2

1–0

2–1

1–1

Rapid București

4–3

2–0

2–1

0–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

2–2

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–4

2–0

1–1

1–0

Sportul Studențesc

6–1

2–2

3–0

1–2

2–1

4–0

1–0

2–0

3–1

0–2

3–1

1–1

1–1

0–3

0–1

1–1

1–0

Steaua București

4–1

5–0

4–0

3–3

2–0

8–1

3–1

5–0

5–0

3–0

2–0

4–1

5–0

3–0

5–0

3–0

4–0

Universitatea Cluj

4–0

6–0

1–2

1–4

3–1

0–0

1–1

2–2

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

0–3

1–0

0–2

Universitatea Craiova

5–1

2–0

6–0

1–3

1–0

2–0

4–1

2–0

6–0

2–1

2–0

2–0

4–2

3–1

4–6

0–0

1–3

Victoria Bucureşti

2–1

3–0

4–2

2–3

2–2

2–0

4–2

2–1

3–0

4–1

3–1

3–0

3–0

2–0

0–4

3–0

0–1

Source: [3] (Romanian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

• Victor Piturca - Steaua Bucureşti - 34
• Claudiu Vaiscovici - Victoria Bucureşti / Dinamo Bucureşti- 27
• Gheorghe Hagi - Steaua Bucureşti - 25
• Rodion Camataru - Dinamo Bucureşti - 17
• Dorin Mateut - Dinamo Bucureşti - 17

See also

• 1987–88 Cupa României
• 1986–87 Divizia A
• 1987–88 Divizia B