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1980–81 Divizia B

football league season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ60787434 ↗
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The 1980–81 Divizia B was the 41st season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to three series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last four places from each series relegated to Divizia C.

Team changes

Other teams

FC Brăila and Progresul Brăila merged, with the latter being absorbed by the former. FC Brăila was then renamed FCM Progresul Brăila.

Progresul Brăila's vacant spot was taken by Chimia Brăila.

Unirea Focșani and Dinamo Focșani merged, with Dinamo being absorbed by Unirea. After the merger, Unirea Focșani was renamed Unirea Dinamo Focșani.

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