The 1972–73 Divizia C was the 17th season of

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, the third tier of the

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Team changes

To Divizia C

Relegated from

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* Portul Constanța *

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Promoted from

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* Străduința Suceava * Relonul Săvinești * Locomotiva Adjud * Constructorul Gheorghiu-Dej *

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* Chimia Brazi *

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* Comerțul Brăila * Sportul Ciorogârla * Chimia Găești * Recolta Stoicănești * Textilistul Pitești * Gorjul Târgu Jiu *

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* Constructorul Arad *

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* Minerul Bihor *

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* Minerul Borșa * Lacul Ursu Sovata * Mureșul Toplița * Foresta Susenii Bârgăului *

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From Divizia C

Promoted to

* Delta Tulcea * Gloria Buzău * Metalul Turnu Severin * Metrom Brașov Relegated to

* Victoria PTTR Botoșani * Constructorul Iași * Luceafărul Focșani *

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* Șantierul Naval Constanța * Dunărea Brăila * Mașini Unelte București *

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* Viitorul Slănic * Muscelul Câmpulung *

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CFR Caransebeș CFR may refer to: * Caen – Carpiquet Airport in northern France * Căile Ferate Române, the Romanian state railway * Canadian Finals Rodeo * Case fatality rate, term for proportion of people dying of a disease * Centre for Foreign Relations, ...

* Victoria Caransebeș * Constructorul Hunedoara * ASA Sibiu *

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* Minerul Rodna * Progresul Năsăud *

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* Colorom Codlea

Renamed teams

''Chimia Suceava'' was renamed as

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. ''ITA Pașcani'' was moved from

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and was renamed as ITA Iași. ''Automobilul Focșani'' was renamed as Unirea Focșani. ''Șoimii Buzău'' merged with ''Tarom București'', moved from

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and was renamed as Șoimii Tarom București. ''SUT Galați'' was renamed as

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. ''Dacia Galați'' was renamed as Oțelul Galați. ''Unirea Tricolor Brăila'' was renamed as Chimia Brăila. ''Metalurgistul Brăila'' was renamed as Viitorul Brăila. ''Comerțul Alexandria'' was renamed as Automatica Alexandria. ''Sporting Roșiori'' was renamed as

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. ''Gorjul Târgu Jiu'' was renamed as Cimentul Târgu Jiu. ''Foresta Susenii Bârgăului'' was moved from Susenii Bârgăului to

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and was renamed as

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. ''Politehnica Brașov'' was renamed as CSU Brașov. ''Independența Sibiu'' was moved from

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

Cisnădie Cisnădie (; german: Heltau; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Hielt''; hu, Nagydisznód) is a town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central Romania, approximately south of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt). One village, Cisnădioara (german: Michelsb ...

and was renamed as Independența Cisnădie.

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Seria IV

Seria V

Seria VI

Seria VII

Seria VIII

Seria IX

Seria X

Seria XI

Seria XII

References

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