1986–87 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season	1986–87
Champions	Steaua București
Relegated	Jiul Petroşani; Gloria Buzău; Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
European Cup	Steaua București
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo București
UEFA Cup	Victoria București; Sportul Studenţesc; Universitatea Craiova
Matches played	306
Goals scored	811 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rodion Camataru (44)
Biggest home win	Dinamo 10–2 Gloria; Steaua 8–0 Olt
Biggest away win	Chimia 0–4 Steaua
Highest scoring	Dinamo 10–2 Gloria
Longest winning run	Steaua (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (34)
Longest losing run	Chimia (7)
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Divizia A was the sixty-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Steaua
Dinamo
Victoria
Rapid
Sportul Studențesc

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Location of teams in 1986-87 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	25	9	0	87	17	+70	59	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Dinamo București	34	17	10	7	84	46	+38	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Victoria București	34	15	8	11	43	39	+4	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Sportul Studenţesc București	34	14	7	13	55	46	+9	35
5	Universitatea Craiova	34	11	13	10	40	34	+6	35
6	Argeș Pitești	34	12	11	11	28	25	+3	35	Invitation to Balkans Cup
7	Olt Scornicești	34	15	5	14	33	43	−10	35
8	Petrolul Ploiești	34	9	16	9	26	27	−1	34
9	Corvinul Hunedoara	34	13	7	14	64	56	+8	33	Invitation to Balkans Cup
10	Universitatea Cluj	34	14	4	16	54	47	+7	32
11	Oțelul Galați	34	11	10	13	37	36	+1	32
12	SC Bacău	34	12	8	14	45	52	−7	32
13	FCM Brașov	34	14	4	16	33	46	−13	32
14	Rapid București	34	13	6	15	42	55	−13	32
15	Flacăra Moreni	34	14	4	16	40	55	−15	32
16	Jiul Petroșani (R)	34	10	7	17	39	49	−10	27	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Gloria Buzău (R)	34	10	5	19	31	66	−35	25
18	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (R)	34	7	6	21	30	72	−42	20

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
Argeș Pitești	12	14	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	7	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	4	5	6
Bacău	9	4	9	4	7	6	5	7	5	7	7	9	8	9	9	11	9	11	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	12
Brașov	13	18	16	16	11	14	11	14	13	13	10	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	5	5	7	8	9	8	10	12	13	10	13	14	13
Corvinul Hunedoara	5	12	17	15	14	9	13	10	11	9	9	12	12	10	12	9	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	9	12	11	11	9
Universitatea Craiova	16	17	15	14	18	15	17	11	9	12	14	11	13	12	11	10	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	5	6	4	5	6	4	5
Dinamo București	6	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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Flacăra Moreni	4	8	14	17	13	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Gloria Buzău	2	13	18	18	15	17	14	15	15	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	15	14	14	13	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Jiul Petroşani	10	16	8	10	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Olt Scornicești	14	6	3	6	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	7	4	6	6	6	5	7	4	7	4	5	8	7
Oțelul Galați	3	3	10	12	12	11	10	12	14	10	12	10	11	11	10	13	13	15	14	16	15	15	14	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	13	12	12	11
Petrolul Ploiești	15	15	7	9	4	3	6	5	7	6	5	4	5	4	5	7	6	6	7	6	7	6	8	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	8
Rapid București	7	9	12	11	8	12	12	13	12	14	11	13	10	13	14	14	14	13	11	12	16	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	11	7	13	13	17	10	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	15	14	13	13	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Sportul Studențesc București	1	5	5	8	10	13	9	8	6	5	8	7	9	7	4	5	8	7	6	7	6	8	6	8	7	7	11	8	10	11	11	8	6	4
Steaua București	8	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Universitatea Cluj	18	10	4	3	5	8	8	6	8	11	13	14	14	14	13	12	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	8	10	9	10	9	10
Victoria București	17	11	11	7	9	7	7	9	10	8	6	5	3	3	6	6	5	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away	ARG	BAC	BRA	COR	UCR	DIN	FLA	GBU	JIU	OLT	OȚE	PET	RAP	RAM	SPO	STE	UCL	VIB
Argeș Pitești	—	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0
Bacău	1–0	—	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	5–1
Brașov	1–0	1–0	—	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–0
Corvinul Hunedoara	0–2	4–1	4–0	—	2–1	3–5	5–1	7–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	6–2	2–0	2–3	5–3	2–1
Universitatea Craiova	2–2	3–0	4–0	0–0	—	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2
Dinamo București	3–0	4–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	—	2–3	10–2	6–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	7–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	4–4
Flacăra Moreni	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–3	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–1
Gloria Buzău	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	—	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–0
Jiul Petroşani	1–2	1–1	2–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	—	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–0
Olt Scornicești	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	—	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–0
Oțelul Galați	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	—	0–0	5–0	4–0	0–1	0–2	1–3	2–0
Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Rapid București	0–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–3	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	6–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	2–1	0–4	3–1	0–0
Sportul Studențesc București	2–0	5–3	4–4	4–0	2–3	5–4	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	7–2	2–1	—	1–2	3–0	1–1
Steaua București	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	4–1	3–0	8–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	7–0	2–0
Universitatea Cluj	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–0	6–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–0	5–0	6–0	1–1	1–1	—	0–1
Victoria București	2–2	5–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Position^[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rodion Cămătaru	Dinamo București	44
2	Victor Pițurcă	Steaua București	22
3	Gheorghe Hagi	Sportul Studenţesc / Steaua București	15
3	Ioan Petcu	Corvinul Hunedoara	15
5	Ion Cojocaru	Corvinul Hunedoara	14

Champion squad

Steaua București^[3]
Goalkeepers: Dumitru Stângaciu (33 / 0); Constantin Blid (2 / 0). Defenders: Ștefan Iovan (32 / 3); Adrian Bumbescu (25 / 2); Miodrag Belodedici (32 / 5); Anton Weissenbacher (29 / 4); Ilie Bărbulescu (14 / 1); Niță Cireașă (15 / 3); Eugen Daniel Popescu (1 / 0); Virgil Petcu (1 / 0); Mihai Dorobanțu (1 / 0); Lucian Adrian Giurcă (1 / 0). Midfielders: Lucian Bălan (23 / 1); Tudorel Stoica (25 / 1); Mihail Majearu (27 / 3); László Bölöni (28 / 10); Iosif Rotariu (15 / 2); Toma Ivan (12 / 1); Viorel Breniuc (1 / 0); Marian Alexandru (1 / 0); Ion Manea (1 / 0); Marin Petrache (1 / 0). Forwards: Gabi Balint (31 / 5); Marius Lăcătuș (27 / 9); Victor Pițurcă (31 / 22); Gheorghe Hagi (14 / 10); Viorel Turcu (5 / 0); Ioan Kramer (8 / 2); Ilie Dumitrescu (2 / 0); Ion Craiu (1 / 0); Marian Mirea (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Emerich Jenei / Anghel Iordănescu.

References

^ 1986–87 Divizia A
^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[1] 1986–87 Divizia A

[2] "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[3] "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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v t e 1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '86 '87 England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '86 '87 Spain Sweden '86 '87 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '86 '87 Finland '86 '87 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '86 '87 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '86 '87 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 '86 '87
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '86 '87–'88