The 1953 Regional Championship was the 12th season of the Regional Championship, 3rd as the third tier of Romanian football. The champions of each regional championships play against each other in the playoffs to earn promotion to Divizia B.
Twenty teams participate in the promotion tournament. The teams were divided into two groups of four, and the first ranked teams from each group promoted to second division. The matches was played on neutral grounds at Ploiești, Iași, Sibiu and Arad.[1]
However, the second division was expanded from the next season and, along with the four group winners, another eight teams were promoted to the 1954 Divizia B.
Source: [4] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Championship final
The championship final was contested between the winners of the two series of the regional championship and was played over six play-off matches.[4]
The first three matches was played on 8, 12 and 15 October 1953.
^"Turneul de calificare pentru divizia B" [Qualifying tournament for division B]. Sportul Popular. 12 November 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2023 – via adt.arcanum.com.(in Romanian)
^"Echipa "Flamura Roșie" Cluj, câștigătoare în întâlnirile de baraj" [The team "Flamura Roșie" Cluj, winner in the play-off matches] (PDF). Flacăra Roșie. 10 November 1953. p. 4. Archived(PDF) from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023 – via digital.bibliotecaarad.ro.(in Romanian)