The 1998–99 Divizia B was the 59th season of the second tier of the

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. The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

and the last three places from both series relegated to

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. A promotion play-off was played between the runners-up of the series to decide the third team that promoted to

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Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from

* Laminorul Roman *

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Rulmentul Alexandria Club Sportiv Municipal Alexandria, commonly known as CSM Alexandria or simply as Alexandria, is a Romanian football club from Alexandria, Romania, founded in 1948. It plays in the Romanian Liga III and is one of the most important football clubs ...

* Bihor Oradea *

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Relegated from

* Chindia Târgoviște * Sportul Studențesc București *

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From Divizia B

Relegated to

Metalul Plopeni Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Plopeni, commonly known as CSO Plopeni, or simply as Plopeni, is a Romanian amateur football club based in Plopeni, Prahova County. The club was originally established in 1947 under the name of ''Metalul Plopeni''. ...

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vas ...

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* Foresta II Fălticeni *

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Promoted to

Astra Ploiești Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent the m ...

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare or simply as Olimpia, is a Romanian professional football club from Satu Mare, Satu Mare County, Romania, founded on 5 May 1921, re-founded in 2010 and 2018. The club play ...

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Renamed teams

''Electroputere Craiova'' was renamed as

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. ''Maramureș Baia Mare'' was renamed as

FC Baia Mare CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare, simply as Baia Mare or unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian Association football, football Football club, club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, fo ...

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Promotion play-off

The 2nd-placed teams of the Divizia B played a match to decide the third team promoted to

. The match was played on neutral ground, on the Cetate Stadium in

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Top scorers

;17 goals *

Marian Ivan Marian Ivan (born 1 June 1969 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

( FC Brașov) ;15 goals * Bogdan Vrăjitoarea (

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) ;13 goals *

Laurențiu Diniță Laurenţiu Diniţă (born 29 March 1975 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former football player and currently a manager. Personal life Laurenţiu Diniță is the father of football player Roberto Diniță. Honours ;Sportul Studențesc *Liga II: ...

( Sportul Studențesc) * Adrian State ( Dunărea Galați) ;10 goals * Cristian Dicu ( Midia Năvodari) *

Claudiu Drăgan Claudiu Drăgan (born 18 March 1979) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. In his almost 20 years of career Drăgan played for teams such as: UTA Arad, Dinamo București, Jiul Petroșani, Progresul București or ...

(

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) ;9 goals * Cornel Mihart ( ARO Câmpulung) * Gabriel Boștină (

) *

Marius Păcurar Marius Păcurar (born 15 July 1974) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker for teams such as Corvinul Hunedoara, Foresta Fălticeni, Politehnica Iași or CFR Simeria, among others.Corvinul Hunedoara Clubul Sportiv Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara, commonly known as Corvinul Hunedoara or simply as Corvinul, is a Romanian football club based in Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, currently playing in the Liga III. Founded in 1921 under the name of ''Fero Spo ...

) * Ionuț Savu (

) ;8 goals * Romeo Pădureț ( Sportul Studențesc) *

Daniel Bona Daniel Bona (born 1 June 1969Precizia Săcele) ;7 goals * Marcel Rus (

) * Aurelian Dumitru ( Sportul Studențesc) *

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( Bihor Oradea) *

Robert Niță Robert Ionel Niţă (born 2 April 1977 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian football player. Career Robert Niţă was born in Bucharest, and his first club was Steaua București in Romania. He later joined Corvinul Hunedoara, Cimentul Fieni a ...

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References

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