1979–80 County Championship

The 1979–80 County Championship was the 38th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a play-off to gain promotion to Divizia C.

Promotion play-off
Teams promoted to Divizia C without a play-off matches as teams from less represented counties in the third division.


 * (TR) Cetatea Turnu Măgurele
 * (SJ) Rapid Jibou
 * (VL) Hidroenergia Râmnicu Vâlcea
 * (VS) FEPA 74 Bârlad


 * (TL) Viitorul Mahmudia
 * (BR) Tractorul Viziru
 * (MH) Mecanizatorul Șimian
 * (CV) Constructorul Sfântu Gheorghe

The matches was played on 6 and 13 July 1980.

County leagues

 * Alba (AB)
 * Arad (AR)
 * Argeș (AG)
 * Bacău (BC)
 * Bihor (BH)
 * Bistrița-Năsăud (BN)
 * Botoșani (BT)
 * Brașov (BV)
 * Brăila (BR)
 * Bucharest (B)


 * Buzău (BZ)
 * Caraș-Severin (CS)
 * Cluj (CJ)
 * Constanța (CT)
 * Covasna (CV)
 * Dâmbovița (DB)
 * Dolj (DJ)
 * Galați (GL)
 * Gorj (GJ)
 * Harghita (HR)


 * Hunedoara (HD)
 * Ialomița (IL)
 * Iași (IS)
 * Ilfov (IF)
 * Maramureș (MM)
 * Mehedinți (MH)
 * Mureș (MS)
 * Neamț (NT)
 * Olt (OT)
 * Prahova (PH)


 * Satu Mare (SM)
 * Sălaj (SJ)
 * Sibiu (SB)
 * Suceava (SV)
 * Teleorman (TR)
 * Timiș (TM)
 * Tulcea (TL)
 * Vaslui (VS)
 * Vâlcea (VL)
 * Vrancea (VN)

Arad County

 * Series A


 * Series B

The matches was played on 4 and 8 June 1980.
 * Championship final

Șoimii Lipova won the Arad County Championship and qualify for promotion play-off in Divizia C.

Covasna County
The matches was played on 1 and 7 June 1980.
 * Championship final

Constructorul Sfântu Gheorghe won the Covasna County Championship and qualify for promotion play-off in Divizia C.

Harghita County

 * Series I


 * Series II

The matches was played on 8 and 15 June 1980.
 * Championship final

Unirea Cristuru Secuiesc won the Harghita County Championship and qualify for promotion play-off in Divizia C.