The 1997–98 Divizia B was the 58th season of the second tier of the

Romanian football league system The Romanian football league system, also known as the football pyramid, refers to the system in Romanian club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The first three leagues ar ...

. 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 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 ...

and the last three places from both series relegated to

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. 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

* Nitramonia Făgăraș * Midia Năvodari *

Vega Deva Club Sportiv Municipal Deva, commonly known as CSM Deva, is a Romanian professional football (soccer), football football team, club based in Deva, Romania, Deva, Hunedoara County. The club was originally established in 1921 under the name of ''M ...

* UM Timișoara Relegated from

* Politehnica Timișoara *

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

From Divizia B

Relegated to

Cetatea Târgu Neamț Cetatea may refer to several villages in Romania: * Cetatea, a village in Dobromir Commune, Constanța County * Cetatea, a village in Frătești Commune, Giurgiu County * Cetatea, a village in Căpreni Commune, Gorj County * Cetatea, a village in ...

* Minaur Zlatna * Steaua Mizil * CFR Timișoara Promoted to

Foresta Fălticeni Foresta Fălticeni (also known as ''Foresta Suceava'') was a Romanian professional football club from Fălticeni, Suceava County, Romania, founded in 1954 as ''Avântul Fălticeni'' and subsequently dissolved in 2003. History The club was fo ...

CSM Reșița Asociația Club Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Reșița, Caraș-Severin County, which competes in the Liga II. The club was foun ...

Renamed teams

''Danubiana Ploiești'' was renamed as

Astra Ploiești Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ' ...

. Bucovina Suceava merged with ''Foresta Fălticeni'', became the second squad of Foresta and was renamed as Foresta II Fălticeni.

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 Nitramonia Stadium in

Făgăraș Făgăraș (; , ) is a municipiu, city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt (river), Olt River and has a population of 26,284 as of 2021. It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania, and is the main city of ...

Brașov County Brașov County () is a county (județ) of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian language, Hungari ...

Top scorers

;16 goals * Daniel Bona ( Precizia Săcele) ;14 goals * Daniel Costescu (

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) ;9 goals * Ionuț Savu ( Rocar București) ;7 goals *

Ionuț Badea Ionuţ Badea (born 14 October 1975) is a Romanian football manager and former player, currently technical director at Liga III club CS Dinamo București. Honours Player Dinamo București *Divizia A: 2003–04 *Cupa României: 2000–01, 2003� ...

(

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 ...

) * Gigi Gorga ( Metrom Brașov) * Mugurel Buga ( FC Brașov) ;6 goals *

Cristian Dicu Cristian is the Romanian, Spanish and Italian form of the male given name Christian. In Romanian, it is also a surname. Cristian may refer to: People * Cristian (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian footballer * Cristian Adomniței (born 1975), Ro ...

( Midia Năvodari) *

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) ;5 goals * Ciprian Danciu (

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 ...

) * Mihai Ilie ( ARO Câmpulung) * Ionuț Bădescu ( ARO Câmpulung) *

Marius Diță Marius Diță (born 15 August 1975) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. In his career Diță played in the Liga I for FC Argeș Pitești, but mainly in the Liga II and Liga III The Liga 3, ...

(

) * Tihamer Török ( Nitramonia Făgăraș) *

Eusebiu Tudor Eusebiu Iulian Tudor (born 1 July 1974) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga II club Unirea Ungheni. Honours Player Petrolul Ploiești *Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Lig ...

( Midia Năvodari) *

Mircea Oprea Mircea Vasile Oprea (born 20 April 1980) is a Romanian former football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, fo ...

( Apulum Alba Iulia)

References

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