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

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

, 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 Divizia C * Astra-Metrom Brașov * CFR Turnu Severin * Cimentul Turda * Electrica Timișoara * Feroemail Ploiești * Maccabi Chișinău * Mica Brad * Muncitorul Cernăuți * Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe * Sparta Mediaș * SS Doc Galați * SSM Reșița Relegated from

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* Tricolor Ploiești * Gloria Arad

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C * 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 * Tricolor Baia Mare 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 ...

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* Gloria CFR Galați

Renamed teams

Dacia Unirea Brăila was renamed as FC Brăila. Monopol Târgu Mureș was renamed as CS Târgu Mureș. Sporting Chișinău was renamed as Nistru Chișinău.

Disqualified teams

Mihai Viteazul Chișinău 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 – 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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