1979–80 Divizia A

The 1979–80 Divizia A was the sixty-second season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

League table

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Universitatea Craiova	34	17	10	7	66	31	+35	44	European Cup
2	Steaua Bucureşti	34	17	10	7	74	44	+30	44	UEFA Cup
3	Argeş Piteşti	34	16	7	11	51	38	+13	39
4	FC Baia Mare	34	18	3	13	57	51	+6	39
5	Dinamo Bucureşti	34	14	9	11	50	37	+13	37
6	Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti	34	16	5	13	44	34	+10	37	Balkans Cup
7	SC Bacău	34	12	11	11	40	47	-7	35
8	Politehnica Iaşi	34	16	2	16	47	45	+2	34
9	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	34	14	6	14	42	49	-7	34
10	Politehnica Timişoara	34	15	3	16	47	50	-3	33	European Cup Winners' Cup
11	Jiul Petroşani	34	12	9	13	26	39	-13	33
12	Universitatea Cluj	34	14	4	16	44	43	+1	32
13	Olt Scorniceşti	34	14	4	16	46	55	-9	32
14	FCM Galaţi	34	12	8	14	50	61	-11	32
15	ASA Târgu Mureş	34	13	5	16	45	46	-1	31
16	CS Târgovişte	34	12	7	15	48	53	-5	31	Relegated to Divizia B
17	Olimpia Satu Mare	34	11	8	15	35	50	-15	30
18	Gloria Buzău	34	4	7	23	22	61	-39	15

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Septimiu Câmpeanu	Universitatea Cluj	24
2	Marcel Răducanu	Steaua București	23
3	Rodion Cămătaru	Universitatea Craiova	17
	Mihai Costea	Politehnica Iaşi
5	Sorin Gângu	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	15
	Alexandru Terheș	FC Baia Mare