Divizia B
Season2001–02
PromotedAEK București
UTA Arad
RelegatedDinamo Poiana Câmpina
Olimpia Satu Mare
Petrolul Moinești
ASA Târgu Mureș
Laminorul Roman
Jiul Petroșani
Rocar București
Politehnica Timișoara
Top goalscorerZoltán Csehi (18 goals)

The 2001–02 Divizia B was the 62nd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been changed from two series of 18 teams to two series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last four places from both series relegated to Divizia C. A promotion play-off was played between the 13th and 14th-placed in the Divizia A and the runners-up of the Divizia B series.[1][2]

Team changes

Other

Electromagnetica București started to be the second squad of Rapid București.

Metalul Plopeni started to be the second squad of Astra Ploiești.

Renamed teams

Fulgerul Bragadiru was renamed as AEK București.

League map

League tables

Seria I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AEK București (C, P) 30 19 2 9 55 37 +18 59 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Cimentul Fieni 30 16 6 8 42 18 +24 54 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Electromagnetica București 30 16 3 11 51 41 +10 51 Ineligible for promotion
4 Midia Năvodari 30 14 7 9 39 33 +6 49
5 Metalul Plopeni 30 15 6 9 41 31 +10 45[lower-alpha 1] Ineligible for promotion
6 Inter Gaz București 30 13 6 11 37 29 +8 45
7 FC Onești 30 12 7 11 34 37 −3 43
8 Tractorul Brașov[lower-alpha 2] (R) 30 12 7 11 31 26 +5 43 Relegation to Divizia C
9 ARO Câmpulung 30 12 6 12 37 38 −1 42
10 Foresta Suceava 30 12 6 12 44 41 +3 42
11 Diplomatic Focșani 30 10 8 12 29 32 −3 38
12 Dacia Unirea Brăila 30 11 4 15 30 37 −7 37
13 Dinamo Poiana Câmpina (R) 30 12 7 11 43 38 +5 37[lower-alpha 3] Relegation to Divizia C
14 Petrolul Moinești (R) 30 9 6 15 37 48 −11 33
15 Laminorul Roman (R) 30 9 3 18 36 51 −15 30
16 Rocar București (R) 30 5 2 23 12 61 −49 14[lower-alpha 4]
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2002. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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
Notes:
  1. ↑ Metalul Plopeni were deducted 6 points and lost 0-3 the match against Rocar București (round 15), after an attempt of match fixing.
  2. ↑ Tractorul Brașov withdrew at the end of the season and sell its place to Bucovina Suceava.
  3. ↑ Dinamo Poiana Câmpina were deducted 6 points for some irregularities.
  4. ↑ Rocar București were deducted 3 points and lost 0-3 the match against Metalul Plopeni (round 15), after an attempt of match fixing. As a result Rocar withdrew during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part by forfeit.

Seria II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 UTA Arad (C, P) 30 19 6 5 48 21 +27 63 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Baia Mare 30 19 6 5 60 21 +39 63 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Bihor Oradea 30 14 8 8 45 28 +17 50
4 Extensiv Craiova 30 14 8 8 45 26 +19 50
5 Internațional Pitești 30 13 7 10 45 35 +10 46
6 CSM Reșița 30 13 7 10 38 37 +1 46
7 Apulum Alba Iulia 30 12 8 10 46 46 0 44
8 Minaur Zlatna 30 11 8 11 37 38 −1 41
9 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 30 10 11 9 31 27 +4 41
10 Universitatea Cluj 30 11 7 12 51 40 +11 40
11 IS Câmpia Turzii 30 12 4 14 39 45 −6 40
12 Gaz Metan Mediaș 30 13 7 10 45 30 +15 39[lower-alpha 1]
13 Olimpia Satu Mare[lower-alpha 2] 30 11 1 18 46 56 −10 34 Spared from relegation
14 ASA Târgu Mureș (R) 30 10 4 16 36 48 −12 34 Relegation to Divizia C
15 Jiul Petroșani (R) 30 7 4 19 32 56 −24 25
16 Politehnica Timișoara (R) 30 1 4 25 15 105 −90 −8[lower-alpha 3]
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2002. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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
Notes:
  1. ↑ Gaz Metan Mediaș were deducted 7 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Divizia A, last season.
  2. ↑ Olimpia Satu Mare was spared from relegation after it bought, at the end of the season, the place of newly promoted Metrom Brașov.
  3. ↑ Politehnica Timișoara were deducted 15 points (1 for each day of late transfer fees).

Divizia A play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia A faced the 2nd-placed teams of the Divizia B.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sportul Studențesc 5–1 Cimentul Fieni 3–0 2–1
Farul Constanța 1–0 Baia Mare 1–0 0–0
8 June 2002 Cimentul Fieni0–3 Sportul Studențesc Fieni
Report Bălan 36'
Mazilu 40'
Diniță 90'		 Stadium: Cimentul

Top scorers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Romania 2001/02". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  2. ↑ "Tables - Divizia B - statistics". www.romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
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