1997–98 Divizia C

Divizia C

Season	1997–98
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Divizia C was the 42nd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.

Team changes

To Divizia C

Relegated from Divizia B

• Cetatea Târgu Neamț
• Steaua Mizil
• Minaur Zlatna
• CFR Timișoara

Promoted from Divizia D

• Laminorul Roman
• Victoria Carei
• Rulmentul Bârlad
• Bucovina Rădăuți
• Inter Gaz Glin
• Olimpia Gherla
• Alprom Slatina
• Crișul Aleșd
• Rulmentul Alexandria
• Severnav Drobeta-Turnu Severin
• Rapid Miercurea Ciuc
• CFR Caransebeș
• Hârtia Prundu Bârgăului
• Minerul Filipeștii de Pădure

From Divizia C

Promoted to Divizia B

• Nitramonia Făgăraș
• Midia Năvodari
• Vega Deva
• UM Timișoara

Relegated to Divizia D

• Dorna Vatra Dornei
• Harghita Odorheiu Secuiesc
• Metalul Toflea
• Steaua Mecanica Huși
• Atletic Bucureşti
• Aversa București
• Electrica Voința Constanța
• Chimia București
• Alexandria
• Minerul Anina
• Paroșeni Vulcan
• Metalul Bocșa
• Minerul Baia Borșa
• Motorul Arad
• Mecanica Mârșa
• Minerul Baia Sprie

Renamed teams

Callatis Mangalia was renamed as Callatis Daewoo Mangalia.

Victoria 96 Florești was renamed as Victoria Florești.

Alprom Slatina was renamed as Aluminiu Slatina.

Juventus București was renamed as Juventus Steaua București.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Laminorul Roman (C, P)	34	26	5	3	71	21	+50	83	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Chimica Târnaveni	34	23	3	8	66	25	+41	72
3	CFR Pașcani	34	19	3	12	51	42	+9	60
4	Diplomatic Focșani	34	17	5	12	63	46	+17	56
5	ICIM Brașov	34	16	7	11	55	33	+22	55
6	Romradiatoare Brașov	34	16	5	13	54	39	+15	53
7	Viromet Victoria	34	15	7	12	47	35	+12	52
8	Constructorul Reghin	34	15	6	13	53	44	+9	51
9	Rafinăria Dărmănești	34	16	1	17	64	52	+12	49
10	Rulmentul Bârlad	34	15	3	16	52	43	+9	48
11	Minerul Comănești	34	15	3	16	51	53	−2	48
12	Dorna Vatra Dornei	34	15	2	17	43	83	−40	47
13	Petrolul Berca	34	14	3	17	48	46	+2	45
14	Vrancart Adjud	34	14	2	18	39	46	−7	44
15	Rapid Miercurea Ciuc	34	13	4	17	47	65	−18	43
16	Letea Bacău	34	11	2	21	43	55	−12	35
17	Bucovina Rădăuți (R)	34	9	4	21	30	75	−45	31	Relegation to Divizia D
18	Harghita Odorheiu Secuiesc (R)	34	3	3	28	13	87	−74	12
19	Metalul Toflea (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Cetatea Târgu Neamț (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cimentul Fieni (C, P)	38	24	6	8	78	33	+45	78	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Petrolul Ianca	38	22	6	10	81	57	+24	72
3	Electromagnetica București	38	22	5	11	91	40	+51	71
4	Callatis Daewoo Mangalia	38	22	4	12	77	44	+33	70
5	Faur București	38	21	3	14	82	56	+26	66
6	Flacăra Moreni	38	18	6	14	58	48	+10	60
7	Metalul Filipeștii de Pădure	38	18	4	16	60	48	+12	58
8	Inter Gaz Glin	38	16	10	12	53	35	+18	58
9	Navol Oltenița	38	17	6	15	57	58	−1	57
10	Petrolistul Boldești	38	17	4	17	60	54	+6	55
11	Acumulatorul București	38	16	7	15	61	51	+10	55
12	Cimentul Medgidia	38	15	10	13	59	57	+2	55
13	Juventus Steaua București	38	15	10	13	68	57	+11	55
14	Victoria Florești	38	16	6	16	56	67	−11	54
15	Ceres Ciocănești	38	15	8	15	45	56	−11	53
16	Inter Dunărea Giurgiu	38	16	5	17	63	75	−12	53
17	Portul Constanța (R)	38	16	4	18	51	74	−23	52	Relegation to Divizia D
18	Minerul Filipeștii de Pădure (R)	38	6	4	28	33	87	−54	22
19	Gloria Iris Cornești (R)	37	6	2	29	29	96	−67	20
20	Șantierul Naval Conpref Constanța (R)	37	5	2	30	23	92	−69	17

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rulmentul Alexandria (C, P)	38	25	5	8	69	27	+42	80	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	38	24	4	10	68	34	+34	76
3	Minerul Berbești	38	20	2	16	70	55	+15	62
4	Minerul Certej	38	19	2	17	59	49	+10	59
5	Aluminiu Slatina	38	18	4	16	40	60	−20	58
6	Termo Drobeta-Turnu Severin	38	18	4	16	55	48	+7	58
7	Minerul Mătăsari	38	17	5	16	56	48	+8	56
8	Petrolul Drăgășani	38	18	2	18	58	56	+2	56
9	Minerul Rovinari	38	17	5	16	71	47	+24	56
10	Petrolul Videle	38	16	7	15	58	52	+6	55
11	Șoimii Sibiu	38	17	4	17	45	47	−2	55
12	Petrolul Țicleni	38	17	4	17	56	53	+3	55
13	Minerul Lupeni	38	18	1	19	55	60	−5	55
14	Minerul Uricani	38	18	1	19	65	71	−6	55
15	Petrolul Stoina	38	18	1	19	60	62	−2	55
16	Severnav Drobeta-Turnu Severin	38	17	3	18	61	58	+3	54
17	Parângul Lonea (R)	38	17	3	18	58	80	−22	54	Relegation to Divizia D
18	CFR Caransebeș (R)	38	17	0	21	69	59	+10	51
19	FC Râmnicu Vâlcea (R)	38	13	5	20	43	53	−10	44
20	Arsenal Sadu (R)	38	5	0	33	15	112	−97	15

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bihor Oradea (C, P)	34	23	6	5	77	28	+49	75	Promotion to Divizia B
2	Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii	34	19	5	10	61	31	+30	62
3	Olimpia Gherla	34	17	8	9	60	27	+33	59
4	Sticla Arieșul Turda	34	17	7	10	48	44	+4	58
5	West Petrom Pecica	34	16	5	13	65	44	+21	53
6	Armătura Zalău	34	15	5	14	49	48	+1	50
7	Crișul Aleșd	34	15	5	14	50	37	+13	50
8	Telecom Arad	34	15	5	14	44	36	+8	50
9	Minerul Ștei	34	15	4	15	61	66	−5	49
10	CFR Timișoara	34	14	6	14	62	46	+16	48
11	Phoenix Baia Mare	34	15	3	16	55	53	+2	48
12	Electrica Timișoara	34	14	5	15	50	36	+14	47
13	Hârtia Prundu Bârgăului	34	14	5	15	40	39	+1	47
14	Metalurgistul Cugir	34	14	3	17	46	57	−11	45
15	Minaur Zlatna	34	13	5	16	54	49	+5	44
16	Victoria Carei	34	13	4	17	42	52	−10	43
17	Viitorul Oradea (R)	34	8	6	20	33	64	−31	30	Relegation to Divizia D
18	Mobila Șimleu Silvaniei (R)	34	4	3	27	22	162	−140	15
19	Minerul Baia Borșa (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Astral Deta (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: romaniansoccer.ro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

See also

• 1997–98 Divizia A
• 1997–98 Divizia B
• 1997–98 Divizia D
• 1997–98 Cupa României