The 2004–05 Divizia B was the 65th 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 three series, each of them consisting of 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

and the last three places from all the series relegated to Divizia C.romaniansoccer.ro
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Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia C *

Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. Origin of the ...

Dunărea Galați 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 ...

Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, some north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 15,850 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. Henri Coandă ...

Ghimbav Ghimbav (german: Weidenbach; hu, Vidombák) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, central Romania. It is located in the centre of Romania, 5 miles (8 km) west of Brașov. History The town was first mentioned in a letter written in 1 ...

* Oltul Slatina * Politehnica Timișoara *

Unirea Sânnicolau Mare Unirea may refer to: Places in Romania * Unirea, Alba, a commune * Unirea, Brăila, a commune * Unirea, Călărași, a commune * Unirea, Dolj, a commune and village * General Berthelot, a commune in Hunedoara, called ''Unirea'' from 1965 to ...

Unirea Dej Fotbal Club Unirea Dej, commonly known as Unirea Dej, is a Romanian professional football club from Dej, Cluj County, Romania, founded in 1921. They play in the Liga II. History It is one of Romania's oldest football teams, although it nev ...

* FC Sibiu *

Dinamo II București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinb ...

** * Liberty Salonta** Relegated from

* Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț * Petrolul Ploiești * FC Oradea

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C *

Metalul Plopeni Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Plopeni, commonly known as CSO Plopeni, or simply as Plopeni, is a Romanian amateur football club based in Plopeni, Prahova County. The club was originally established in 1947 under the name of ''Metalul Plopeni''. M ...

Medgidia Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: ''Karasu'' or ''Carasu'', ''Mecidiye'' or ''Megidie'') is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. History Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since the ...

Poiana Câmpina Poiana Câmpina is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bobolia, Pietrișu, Poiana Câmpina and Răgman. The commune is located in the western part of the county, northwest of the county seat, Ploieș ...

* Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea *

CSM Reșița Clubul Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a professional football club based in Reșița, Romania, currently playing in the Liga III. The club was founded on 25 May 1926 as ''UD (Uzinele ...

* Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe * Cimentul Fieni * FC Baia Mare * FC Onești *

ARO Câmpulung ARO (short for Auto Romania) was a Romanian off-road vehicle manufacturer located in Câmpulung. The first ARO vehicles were produced in 1957, and the last in 2003. For a short while, Daihatsu-powered AROs were sold in Spain and produced in ...

* Minaur Zlatna Promoted to

* Politehnica Iași * Sportul Studențesc *

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club'', wh ...

Note (**)

CSM Medgidia sold its

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting ...

place to Liberty Salonta.

sold its

place to

Renamed teams

''Electrica Constanța'' was renamed as Altay Constanța. ''Electromagnetica București'' was renamed as

Rapid II București Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascad ...

. ''FC Craiova'' was moved from

Craiova ) , official_name = Craiova , image_skyline = , image_caption = From left: Dolj County Prefecture • Constantin Mihail Palace • Bibescu Manor House • Carol I National College • Museum of Oltenia • University of Craiova , i ...

Caracal The caracal (''Caracal caracal'') () is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India. It is characterised by a robust build, long legs, a short face, long tufted e ...

and renamed as FC Caracal.

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Seria III

Top scorers

;14 goals * Dumitru Gheorghe ( Unirea Urziceni) * Daniel Stan ( FC Oradea) ;12 goals *

Gabriel Apetri Gabriel Apetri (born 23 December 1981) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Jiul Petroşani. He played in Liga I for Oțelul Galați and Jiul Petroşani, club where he played the most of his career. Apetri retired in ...

(

Jiul Petroșani Jiul may refer to these places in Romania: * the River Jiu ( + ) ** Jiul de Vest ** Jiul de Est The Jiul de Est ("Eastern Jiu", previously also known as ) is a headwater of the river Jiu in Romania. Its source is in the Șureanu Mountains. At ...

) * Claudiu Boaru ( Gaz Metan Mediaș) ;11 goals * Emil Jula (

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first tier of the Romanian ...

) * Valentin Badea (

FC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently pla ...

) ;10 goals * Iulian Ștefan ( Pandurii Târgu Jiu) *

Cristian Constantin Cristian Constantin (born 14 March 1978) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a left midfielder for teams such as Rocar București, ARO Câmpulung, Unirea Urziceni, CS Otopeni or Politehnica Iași, among others. Honours ;Dinamo B ...

( Unirea Urziceni) ;9 goals *

Romeo Buteseacă Romeo Alexandru Buteseacă (born 26 July 1978) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga III side Avântul Valea Mărului. In his career Buteseacă played for teams such as: Dunărea Galați, Oțelul Galați, Dacia ...

( Dacia Unirea Brăila) ;8 goals * Tihamer Török (

) ;7 goals *

Dorel Zaharia Dorel Zaharia (born 21 February 1978) is a former Romanian football striker. He was Gloria Bistriţa's top scorer in the 2006–07 season with 11 goals, and the Intertoto Cup he scored a goal against Atlético Madrid, Gloria winning with 2–1. ...

( Gaz Metan Mediaș) *

Gigel Ene Gigel Bogdan Ene (born 4 September 1982) is a Romanian former professional soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to prop ...

( Electromagnetica București) *

Radu Neguț Radu Mircea Neguț (born 3 July 1981) is a Romanian former football forward.- - - Honours Pandurii Târgu Jiu *Divizia B: 2004–05 Al Ettifaq * GCC Champions League: 2006 Voința Sibiu *Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III ...

( Pandurii Târgu Jiu) * János Székely (

)

References

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