The 1940–41 Divizia A was the twenty-ninth season of

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 ...

, the top-level

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league of

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. 1940–41 Divizia A
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Teams

League table

Notes

* Carpaţi Baia Mare did not start in the new edition because of

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, and the city of

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

was part of

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now. *

Crișana Oradea Crișana Oradea was a association football, football club based in Oradea, Romania. It was founded in 1929 and dissolved in 1954. History The club was founded in 1929. The players from the first year of existence were: Putirică, Combi, Aurel, ...

the Winner of 1939–40 Divizia B was also under the

occupation so the runner-up was promoted. *The new promoted

FC Universitatea Cluj Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the L ...

moved in

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to can play in Divizia A under the name Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu, because

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

was under

occupation. * CAM Timișoara and AMEF Arad was banned due to politic reasons, being workers teams. AMEF Arad was enrolled in the Arad district league. * FC Craiova and Gloria Arad was promoted to replace this 2 teams. *Also the Winner of 1939–40 Divizia B, Franco-Româna Brăila were banned being a worker team, so they were replaced by FC Brăila.

Teams

League table

Notes

Results

Top goalscorers

Champion squad

See also

References