The 1988–89 Divizia C was the 33rd season of

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, the third tier of the

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. The format has been maintained to twelve series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to

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and the last two places from each series relegated to

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Team changes

To Divizia C

Relegated from

* Inter Vaslui *

Unirea Slobozia Asociația Fotbal Club Unirea 04 Slobozia, (), commonly known as Unirea Slobozia or simply as Unirea, is a Romanian professional football club based in Slobozia, Ialomița County, which competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian footb ...

Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat Olimpia may refer to: Sports teams *Club Atlético Olimpia, a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay *Club Deportivo Olimpia, a football team based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras *Club Olimpia, a sports club based in the city of Asunción, Paraguay * ...

* Petrolul Ianca * Autobuzul București * Mecanică Fină București * Metalul București * Progresul Vulcan București * Sticla Arieșul Turda *

CIL Sighetu Marmației Combinatul de Industrializare a Lemnului Sighetu Marmației, commonly known as CIL Sighetu Marmației, was a Romanian football club based in Sighetu Marmației, being one of the top teams of the Maramureș County during the Communist regime, alon ...

* Minerul Baia Sprie *

Victoria Carei Club Sportiv Municipal Victoria Carei, commonly known as Victoria Carei, is a Romanian football club based in Carei, Satu Mare County and currently playing in the Liga IV – Satu Mare County, the fourth tier of the Romanian football. Founde ...

Promoted from

* Rapid Miercurea Ciuc * Metalul IM Roman * Mecanica Sport Galați * Granitul Babadag * Hidrotehnica Buzău *

Victoria Lehliu Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

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* SM Drăgănești-Olt * Petrolul Stoina * Petrolul Arad * Voința Oradea *

CUG Cluj-Napoca CUG may refer to: * Closed User Group, groups of GSM mobile telephone subscribers * Genetic code for leucine * China University of Geosciences (Beijing) * China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) * The Complete University Guide Three national ra ...

* Bradul Vișeu de Sus *

Carpați Brașov Carpați may refer to: * Carpathian Mountains from Romania * Two residential districts in Satu Mare County, Romania: ** Carpați I ** Carpați II Carpaţi II is a residential district of Satu Mare in Romania. It is named after the Carpathian Mounta ...

Carpați Agnita Carpați may refer to: * Carpathian Mountains from Romania * Two residential districts in Satu Mare County Satu Mare County (, , ) is a county (Counties of Romania, județ) of Romania, on the border with Hungary and Ukraine. The capital city is ...

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* Metalul IUM Filipeștii de Pădure * Energia Săsciori * Petrolul Poeni * Forestierul Băbeni *

CSM Bucecea CSM may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Cantigas de Santa Maria'', a collection of medieval Galician-Portuguese vernacular songs and poems in praise of the Virgin Mary * Chaos Space Marines, in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' fictional universe * ...

* Fortus Iași * Constructorul Șoimii Craiova * Autobuzul Voința Odobești

From Divizia C

Promoted to

* ASA Explorări Câmpulung Moldovenesc * Aripile Bacău * Metalul Mangalia *

Dunărea Călărași Dunărea may refer to: * Dunărea, the Romanian name for the river Danube in Central Europe * Dunărea (river), a tributary of the Danube in Constanța County, Romania * Dunărea, a village in the commune Seimeni, Constanța County, Romania See a ...

* Metalul Mija *

Dacia Pitești Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ro ...

* Minerul Motru *

CFR Timișoara CFR may refer to: Biology * 23S rRNA (adenine2503-C2,C8)-dimethyltransferase, an enzyme * 23S rRNA (adenine2503-C2)-methyltransferase, an enzyme Organizations * China Fire and Rescue, China's firefighting force * , the Romanian state railway ...

* Minerul Cavnic * Unirea Alba Iulia * Avântul Reghin *

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Relegated to

* Tepro Iași * Electro Botoșani * Constructorul Hidro Focșani * Moldosin Vaslui * Chimia Brăila * Minerul Mahmudia *

Carpați Nehoiu Carpați may refer to: * Carpathian Mountains from Romania * Two residential districts in Satu Mare County, Romania: ** Carpați I ** Carpați II Carpaţi II is a residential district of Satu Mare in Romania. It is named after the Carpathian Mounta ...

* Metalul Buzău * Chimia Găești * Petrolul Târgoviște * Textila Roșiori *

CFR Craiova CFR may refer to: Biology * 23S rRNA (adenine2503-C2,C8)-dimethyltransferase, an enzyme * 23S rRNA (adenine2503-C2)-methyltransferase, an enzyme Organizations * China Fire and Rescue, China's firefighting force * , the Romanian state railway ...

* Energia Minerul Rovinari * Metalul Oțelu Roșu *

Recolta Salonta Clubul Sportiv Municipal Olimpia Salonta, commonly known as Olimpia Salonta, is a Romanian professional football club based in Salonta, Romania, founded in 1911. Currently the team plays in Liga IV. History CSM Olimpia Salonta was founded in 19 ...

* Unirea Valea lui Mihai * Minerul Băiuț * Motorul IRA Cluj-Napoca *

Târnavele Blaj Clubul Sportiv CIL Blaj commonly known as CIL Blaj, is a Romanian football club based in Blaj, Alba County, currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football, following their promotion at the end of the 2023–24 season. ...

* Mecanica Alba Iulia * Minerul Rodna *

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* Mobila Măgura Codlea *

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Renamed teams

''Inter Vaslui'' was renamed as Viitorul Vaslui. ''Gloria Galați'' was renamed as

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. ''Mecanica Sport Galați'' was renamed as Mecanosport Galați. ''Victoria IRA Tecuci'' was renamed as Victoria CFR Tecuci. ''Automatica Alexandria'' was renamed as Unirea Alexandria. ''Luceafărul Adjud'' was renamed as Celuloza Adjud. ''Sticla Arieșul Turda'' was renamed as Sticla Turda. ''Utilaje Grele Giurgiu'' was renamed as Victoria Giurgiu. ''Chimia Turnu Măgurele'' was renamed as Chimia Victoria Turnu Măgurele. ''Auto Vulcan Timișoara'' was renamed as Auto Energia Timișoara. ''ASA Chimia Ploiești'' was renamed as ASA Chimia Brazi. ''Chimforest Năsăud'' was renamed as Chimia Năsăud. ''Autobuzul Laminorul Focșani'' was renamed as Autobuzul Voința Odobești. ''Dunărea CSU Galați'' was renamed as Știința Navrom Galați. ''DVA Portul Galați'' was renamed as Șantierul Naval Galați. ''IMU CSȘ Medgidia'' was renamed as Progresul CSȘ Medgidia. ''Cimentul Medgidia'' was renamed as Voința ICS Medgidia. ''Progresul Vulcan București'' was renamed as Progresul Energia București. ''Abatorul București'' was renamed as ASIC București. ''Mureșul Deva'' was renamed as Mureșul Explorări Deva. ''Petrolul Ianca'' was renamed as Petrolul Brăila.

Other changes

Petrolul Zădăreni moved to Arad and was renamed as Petrolul Arad. Autobuzul Laminorul Focșani moved to

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and was renamed as Autobuzul Voința Odobești. Laminorul Viziru moved to

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and was renamed as Laminorul Brăila. Viitorul Drăgășani entered into partnership with CSȘ Drăgășani and was renamed as Viitorul CSȘ Drăgășani. Dacia Metalul Râmnicu Vâlcea moved to

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and was renamed as Dacia Cozia Călimănești.

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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