The 1939–40

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was the sixth season of the second tier of the

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. The format has been maintained, four series of 10 teams. The winners of the series were supposed to promote in the

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, but the winners of the 3rd and 4th series were not promoted from different reasons. Also 3rd and 4th place from the first series and the sixth place from the second series were promoted to fill the vacant places from Divizia A.

Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from

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* Astra-Metrom Brașov *

CFR Turnu Severin CFR Turnu Severin is a football club based in Turnu Severin (now Drobeta-Turnu Severin), Romania. It was founded in 1928 and it won one Romanian Cup in 1943. The club was dissolved in 1958. History The railroad workers team from the Danube por ...

* Cimentul Turda * Electrica Timișoara * Feroemail Ploiești * Maccabi Chișinău * Mica Brad * Muncitorul Cernăuți * Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe * Sparta Mediaș * SS Doc Galați * SSM Reșița Relegated from

Chinezul Timișoara Chinezul Timișoara was a football club that played both in the Romanian and the Hungarian championship during its existence. It was based in Timișoara, Romania (at the time of foundation Temesvár, Austria-Hungary). History The club was establ ...

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Gloria Arad Asociația Fotbal Club Gloria Arad, also known as AFC Gloria Arad, or simply as Gloria Arad is a Romanian football club based in Arad, Arad County, currently playing in the Liga VI. The club was originally founded in 1913 by Dr. E. Veliciuiu ...

From Divizia B

Relegated to

* CFR Brașov * Luceafărul București * Hatmanul Luca Arbore Radăuți * Unirea MV Alba Iulia * SG Sibiu * Mociornița Colțea București *

Jahn Cernăuți Jahn Cernăuți was a German football club from Czernowitz, Bukovina (then in Austria-Hungary, subsequently Kingdom of Romania, nowadays in Ukraine). The club became regional champions in 1924, 1925, and 1934 and participated in three seasons of ...

Șoimii Sibiu Șoimii Sibiu (Falcons Sibiu) was a football team from Sibiu. They were founded in 1913 and disappeared in 2001. They were a main team in Sibiu, being four times regional champions of Sibiu. Their best pre-war performance was defeating the 6-tim ...

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Promoted to

CAM Timișoara Clubul Athletic Muncitoresc Timișoara or shorter as CAM Timișoara was a football club based in Timișoara, western Romania. It was founded in the summer of 1936 after the merger of ''Reuniunea de Gimnastică a Muncitorilor din Timișoara'' (Wo ...

Unirea Tricolor București Unirea Tricolor București was a Romanian football club from Bucharest, south-east Romania, founded in 1914 as Tricolor București. It was one of the most famous inter-war clubs in Romania. History Tricolor București Tricolor, first named Teiu ...

* Gloria CFR Galați

Renamed teams

Dacia Unirea Brăila was renamed as

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. Monopol Târgu Mureș was renamed as

CS Târgu Mureș CS Târgu Mureș was a football club based in Târgu Mureș, Mureș County in central Romania. It was founded in 1944 and it soon became one of the best teams from Mureș. The club was dissolved in 1960. History In 1944, the team of the railway ...

. Sporting Chișinău was renamed as Nistru Chișinău.

Disqualified teams

Mihai Viteazul Chișinău Mihai Viteazul Chișinău was a football club from Chișinău, Kingdom of Romania. This is the most titled club in the interwar Bessarabia from Chișinău. Along with Fulgerul Chișinău is the only team that reached the semifinals in Romania i ...

and Textila Moldova Iași were disqualified.

Other teams

Craiovan Craiova and Rovine Grivița Craiova merged, the new formed team was named

FC Craiova FC Craiova Football Club was founded in 1940 by the merging of two teams from Craiova and Dolj County: Craiu Craiovan Craiova and Rovine Griviţa Craiova. The newly created team qualified for Divizia A immediately, ranking ninth in the 1940–41 ...

.FC Craiova – o campioană „în anii de război”
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League tables

Serie I

Serie II

Serie III

Serie IV

References

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