The 1978–79 County Championship was the 37th 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.
^The match was interrupted in the 88th minute. Gloria Berevoești left the field when the referee awarded a penalty kick to the home team, and the FRF commission set that the promoted team should be Vitrometan Mediaș.[3]
Source: [4] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. (D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated Notes:
^Libertatea Arad withdrew in the first part of the season and all its results were canceled.
Source: [5] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. (C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated Notes:
^ abcAuto Hațeg, IGCL Hunedoara and Parângul Lonea were deducted four points.
Source: [citation needed] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. (C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Source: [6] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. (C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
^ ab"Final în campionatul județean I de fotbal" [Final in the first county football championship] (PDF). Flacăra Roșie. 6 June 1979. p. 2. Archived(PDF) from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022 – via digital.bibliotecaarad.ro.(in Romanian)
^"Campionatul Județean" [County Championship]. Drumul Socialismului. 19 June 1979. p. 3. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022 – via bibliotecadeva.eu.(in Romanian)
^ ab"Campionatul județean de fotbal" [County football championship]. Drapelul Roșu. 12 June 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2023 – via adt.arcanum.com.(in Romanian)