1972–73 Divizia B

Divizia B
Season	1972–73
Promoted	Politehnica Iași; Politehnica Timișoara
Relegated	None
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Divizia B was the 33rd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained 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 none of the teams relegated to Divizia C due to expansion of the league starting with the 1973–74 season.^[1]^[2]

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia C

Relegated from Divizia A

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C

Promoted to Divizia A

Renamed teams

Chimia Făgăraș was renamed as Nitramonia Făgăraș.

Crișul Oradea was renamed as FC Bihor Oradea.

Metalul Târgoviște was renamed as CS Târgoviște.

Politehnica Galați was renamed as CSU Galați.

League tables

Serie I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Politehnica Iași (C, P)	30	16	6	8	56	29	+27	38	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Metalul București	30	14	8	8	39	24	+15	36
3	Gloria Buzău	30	13	7	10	35	31	+4	33
4	FC Galați	30	14	5	11	39	41	−2	33
5	CFR Pașcani	30	13	5	12	40	32	+8	31
6	SN Oltenița	30	13	5	12	33	34	−1	31
7	Progresul București	30	11	9	10	25	26	−1	31
8	Metalul Plopeni	30	11	8	11	32	26	+6	30
9	Știința Bacău	30	12	6	12	32	35	−3	30
10	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	30	11	7	12	36	38	−2	29	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	CS Târgoviște	30	10	8	12	23	30	−7	28
12	Dunărea Giurgiu	30	11	5	14	37	39	−2	27
13	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	30	9	9	12	28	32	−4	27
14	Delta Tulcea	30	9	9	12	28	38	−10	27
15	Progresul Brăila	30	10	6	14	30	37	−7	26
16	CSU Galați	30	9	5	16	25	46	−21	23

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Politehnica Timișoara (C, P)	30	17	8	5	54	23	+31	42	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Bihor Oradea	30	15	7	8	54	32	+22	37
3	Olimpia Satu Mare	30	16	7	7	40	24	+16	39
4	Minerul Baia Mare	30	13	6	11	35	27	+8	32
5	CSM Sibiu	30	13	6	11	35	28	+7	32
6	Metrom Brașov	30	13	4	13	43	37	+6	30
7	Nitramonia Făgăraș	30	13	2	15	43	41	+2	28
8	Gloria Bistrița	30	12	4	14	29	39	−10	28
9	Minerul Anina	30	12	4	14	29	46	−17	28
10	CFR Timișoara	30	11	4	15	33	38	−5	26
11	Corvinul Hunedoara	30	12	6	12	32	37	−5	30
12	Metalul Turnu Severin	30	12	2	16	37	43	−6	26
13	Electroputere Craiova	30	12	2	16	30	41	−11	26
14	CFR Arad	30	11	4	15	33	45	−12	26
15	Metalurgistul Cugir	30	10	5	15	27	39	−12	25
16	Olimpia Oradea	30	10	5	15	36	50	−14	25