2002–03 Divizia A
The 2002–03 Divizia A was the eighty-fifth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2002 and ended in May 2003. Rapid București became champions on 24 May 2003.
Team changes
Relegated
The teams that were relegated to
Divizia B
at the end of the previous season:
Promoted
The teams that were promoted from
Divizia B
at the start of the season:
Venues
| Poli AEK Timișoara | Steaua București
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Universitatea Craiova | Rapid București |
|---|---|---|---|
Dan Păltinișanu
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Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu |
| Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 |
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| FCM Bacău | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești |
Dumitru Sechelariu
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Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo
|
Nicolae Dobrin |
| Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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| Sportul Studențesc |
Steaua 2002–03 Divizia A (Romania)
Steaua |
Național București
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Regie
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Cotroceni
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| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 14,542 | ||
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Oțelul Galați
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Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
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Oțelul
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Ceahlăul
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| Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 12,500 | ||
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| FC Brașov | UTA Arad | Gloria Bistrița | Astra Ploiești |
Tineretului
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UTA
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Gloria
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Astra |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 |
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Personnel and kits
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argeș Pitești |  Ion Moldovan
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Cristian Bălașa
|
Erreà | Pic |
| Astra Ploiești | Florin Marin
|
Daniel Petroesc
|
Lotto | Petrom, InterAgro |
| Brașov | Marius Lăcătuș
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Cosmin Bodea
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Joma | Prescon |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
|
Viorel Hizo
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Radu Lefter
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Ancada | Rifil, Romalfa |
| Dinamo București | Ioan Andone
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Giani Kiriță
|
Lotto | Cosmorom
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| Farul Constanța | Marin Ion
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Cristian Șchiopu
|
Erreà | Argus |
| Universitatea Craiova | Sorin Cârțu
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Pavel Badea
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Erreà | SIF Oltenia |
| FCM Bacău | Ilie Dumitrescu
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Florin Prunea
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Legea | Sonoma |
| Gloria Bistrița | Remus Vlad
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Vasile Popa
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Umbro | Darimex |
Național București
|
 Walter Zenga
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Petre Marin
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Lotto | LG Corporation
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Oțelul Galați
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Costel Orac
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Cătălin Tofan
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Lotto | Ispat Sidex |
| Poli AEK Timișoara | Gheorghe Mulțescu
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Florin Constantinovici
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Erreà | ARGIROM |
| Rapid București | Mircea Rednic
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Adrian Iencsi
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Erreà | LaDorna |
| Sportul Studențesc | Cezar Zamfir
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Laurențiu Diniță
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Lotto | Omniasig |
Steaua București
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Victor Pițurcă
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Mirel Rădoi
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Nike | — |
| UTA Arad | Constantin Pană
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Marius Popescu
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Erreà | — |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapid București (C) | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București
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30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 45[a] | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Brașov | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45[a] | |
| 5 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
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30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 44[b] | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Dinamo București | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 44[b] | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 7 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 44[b] | |
| 8 | Național București
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30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 43 | |
| 9 | Astra Ploiești
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30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 42 | |
| 10 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 40 | |
| 11 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 38[c] | |
| 12 | Bacău | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 38[c] | |
| 13 | Oțelul Galați
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30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 36 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Politehnica AEK Timișoara
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30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 | |
| 15 | Sportul Studențesc București (R) | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 31 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 16 | UTA Arad (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 30 |
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Positions by round
Source: LT
(in Romanian)Results
Promotion / relegation play-off
The teams placed on the 13th and 14th place in the
Even though
Astra Ploiești, the other team from the city of Ploiești, which finished on the 9th position this season.[3]
| Team 1 | Agg.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Politehnica AEK Timișoara
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8–4 | Gloria Buzău | 5–3 | 3–1 |
Oțelul Galați
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3–4 | Oradea | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| 14 June 2003 Leg 1 | Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu | |||
Zanc  28'Silvășan 54'Bătrânu 59'Prodan 71'Oprea 90+3' |
Gheorghe 13' Petre 26'Apostol 68' |
| 14 June 2003 Leg 1 | Stadionul Oțelul | |||
| Cornea 28' Guriță 67' |
Vrăjitoarea 45+1'(p) |
| 18 June 2003 Leg 2 | Stadionul Municipal | |||
| Gheorghe 90+3' |
Constantinovici 13' Buia 48'Zanc 69' |
| 18 June 2003 Leg 2 | Stadionul Iuliu Bodola | |||
| Vrăjitoarea 71', 81', 90+1' |
Tănase 28' |
Attendances
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Politehnica Timișoara | 324,000 | 40,000 | 6,000 | 21,600 | n/a1 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 280,000 | 40,000 | 4,000 | 18,666 | n/a |
| 3 | Rapid București | 157,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 | 10,466 | n/a |
| 4 | Steaua București | 142,250 | 24,000 | 250 | 9,483 | n/a |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 124,000 | 12,000 | 4,000 | 8,266 | n/a1 |
| 6 | FCM Bacău | 120,000 | 18,000 | 2,000 | 8,000 | n/a |
| 7 | Oțelul Galați
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94,000 | 12,000 | 3,000 | 6,266 | n/a |
| 8 | Dinamo București | 87,000 | 15,000 | 2,000 | 5,800 | n/a |
| 9 | Farul Constanța | 74,000 | 8,000 | 2,000 | 4,933 | n/a |
| 10 | FC Brașov | 71,500 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 4,766 | n/a |
| 11 | Argeș Pitești | 64,000 | 12,000 | 300 | 4,266 | n/a |
| 12 | Național București
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60,100 | 12,000 | 900 | 4,006 | n/a2 |
| 13 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 52,750 | 10,000 | 250 | 3,516 | n/a |
| 14 | Gloria Bistrița | 48,100 | 12,000 | 300 | 3,206 | n/a |
| 15 | Astra Ploiești | 44,000 | 10,000 | 500 | 2,933 | n/a |
| 16 | Sportul Studențesc București | 35,150 | 8,000 | 150 | 2,510 | n/a |
| League total | 1,777,850 | 40,000 | 150 | 7,438 | n/a |
Updated to games played on 2 June 2019
Source: League matches: Divizia A 2002/2003
Notes:
1: Played last season in Divizia B.
2: Național București played 1 match out of their stadium.
Top goalscorers
| Position[4] | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudiu Răducanu | Steaua București
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21 |
| 2 | Ionel Dănciulescu | Dinamo București | 16 |
| 3 | Laurențiu Diniță | Sportul Studențesc
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15 |
| 4 | Cosmin Bărcăuan | Dinamo București | 13 |
| 5 | Sergiu Radu | Național București
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12 |
Champion squad
| Rapid București[5] |
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Goalkeepers: Emilian Dolha (22 / 0); Ionuț Curcă (4 / 0); Boban Savić Robert Ilyes (23 / 5); Claudiu Mircea Ionescu (1 / 0); Marius Măldărășanu (14 / 2); Dorin Pandele (1 / 0); Ioan Sabău (16 / 1); Claudiu Saghin (1 / 0); Constantin Schumacher (10 / 1); Florin Costin Șoavă (28 / 1).Forwards: Florin Bratu (27 / 11); Henry Makinwa  (11 / 2); Daniel Niculae (28 / 6); Robert Niță (19 / 5).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Mircea Rednic. |
References
- ^ 2002–03 Divizia A at RomanianSoccer
- ^ 2002–03 Divizia A at RSSSF
- ^ "De Petrolul s-a ales praful!" (in Romanian). ProSport. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ "Top Scorers". romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2021.