2003–04 Divizia A

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The 2003–04 Divizia A was the eighty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2003 and ended in June 2004. Dinamo București became champions on 3 June 2004.

Team changes

Relegated

The teams that were relegated to

Astra Ploiești
):

  • Sportul Studențesc
  • UTA Arad

The teams that were promoted from

Divizia B
at the start of the season:

  • Petrolul Ploiești
  • Apulum Alba Iulia
  • FC Oradea

Venues

Poli AEK Timișoara
Steaua București
Universitatea Craiova
 Rapid București
Dan Păltinișanu
 Steaua Ion Oblemenco Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 19,100
Apulum Alba Iulia
 FCM Bacău
Farul Constanța
 Dinamo București
Victoria-Cetate
Dumitru Sechelariu
 Gheorghe Hagi
Dinamo
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,032
Argeș Pitești
Steaua
2003–04 Divizia A (Romania)
Steaua
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Location of Bucharest teams. 		FC Oradea
Nicolae Dobrin
Municipal
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 15,000[i]
Național București
Oțelul Galați
Cotroceni
Oțelul
Capacity: 14,542 Capacity: 13,500
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
 FC Brașov Gloria Bistrița Petrolul Ploiești
Ceahlăul
Tineretului
Gloria
 Astra
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,000
  1. ^ Capacity of Municipal Stadium has been reduced from 18,000 to 15,000 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the Second Stand.

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Apulum Alba Iulia
 Romania Alexandru Pelici Romania Alin Paleacu Lotto / Joma Bergenbier, Elit
Argeș Pitești Romania Ion Moldovan Romania Dănuț Coman Erreà Pic
Brașov Romania Răzvan Lucescu Romania Mihai Stere Nexo / Joma Prescon
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
 Romania Marius Lăcătuș Romania Radu Lefter Erreà Rifil, Romalfa
Dinamo București Romania Ioan Andone Romania Florentin Petre Lotto Omniasig
Farul Constanța
 Romania Marin Ion Romania George Curcă Lotto SNC
FC Oradea Romania Zsolt Muzsnay Romania Bogdan Vrăjitoarea Erreà —
Universitatea Craiova
 Romania Mircea Rednic Romania Corneliu Papură Erreà Golden Brau
FCM Bacău
Ionuț Lupescu
 		Romania Florin Prunea Legea Letea, Sonoma
Gloria Bistrița Romania Remus Vlad Romania Cristian Coroian Erreà Darimex
Național București
 Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Romania Petre Marin Nike Vincon Vrancea
Oțelul Galați
 Romania Sorin Cârțu Romania Sorin Ghionea Lotto Ispat Sidex
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Florin Marin Romania Daniel Petroesc Lotto Petrom, InterAgro
Poli AEK Timișoara Romania Basarab Panduru Romania Romulus Buia Lotto Luxten
Rapid București Romania Viorel Hizo Romania Vasile Maftei Erreà LaDorna
Steaua București
 Romania Victor Pițurcă Romania Mirel Rădoi Nike —

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C) 30 22 4 4 71 30 +41 70 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2
Steaua București
 30 18 10 2 60 20 +40 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Rapid București 30 16 7 7 51 32 +19 55
4
Universitatea Craiova
 30 11 11 8 38 34 +4 44
5
Oțelul Galați
 30 10 13 7 30 26 +4 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6
Apulum Alba Iulia
 30 11 8 11 32 47 −15 41
7
Național București
 30 11 6 13 36 39 −3 39[a]
8
Politehnica AEK Timișoara
 30 9 12 9 30 40 −10 39[a]
9
Farul Constanța
 30 9 10 11 39 42 −3 37
10 Argeș Pitești 30 9 9 12 31 35 −4 36[b]
11 Brașov 30 10 6 14 40 42 −2 36[b]
12 Gloria Bistrița 30 9 8 13 36 48 −12 35 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
13 FCM Bacău 30 7 10 13 29 43 −14 31
14
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
(R) 		30 7 9 14 34 50 −16 30 Relegation to Divizia B
15 Petrolul Ploiești (R) 30 6 9 15 38 55 −17 27
16 FC Oradea (R) 30 6 6 18 38 50 −12 24
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:
  1. ^ a b TIM 0-0 PRO; PRO 0-0 TIM
  2. ^ a b ARG 2-0 BRA; BRA 1-2 ARG

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Politehnica AEK Timișoara
1012108101213131314107977576577767755668
Source: LT
(in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away
AAI
 ARG BAC FCO
BRA
CEA
 FCU
DIN
 FAR GBI
OȚE
 PET
NAT
 RAP
STE
TIM
Apulum Alba Iulia
 — 1–5 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 0–0
Argeș Pitești 0–0 — 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Bacău 0–1 2–1 — 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 4–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
Brașov 2–0 1–2 2–2 — 0–0 2–3 3–4 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
 3–0 4–1 1–0 0–3 — 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–4 1–1 4–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–0
Universitatea Craiova
 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 — 0–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0
Dinamo București 5–1 3–0 7–3 1–0 7–0 2–1 — 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 4–1 3–4 2–1 4–2
Farul Constanța
 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 — 2–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0
Gloria Bistrița 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–1
Oradea 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 5–1 1–3 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–3
Oțelul Galați
 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–1
Petrolul Ploiești 0–2 1–0 3–1 5–0 5–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–5 1–1 0–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–2
Național București
 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 — 0–2 0–1 0–0
Rapid București 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–3 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 — 1–1 2–0
Steaua București
 4–1 4–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–3 — 2–0
Politehnica AEK Timișoara
 4–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–8 —
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Politehnica Timișoara 349,000 40,000 12,000 23,266 +7.7%†
2 Steaua București 180,000 25,000 3,000 12,000 +26.5%†
3
Universitatea Craiova
 179,200 25,000 700 11,946 −36.0%†
4 Rapid București 127,500 20,000 2,000 8,500 −18.8%†
5 FC Oradea 116,000 15,000 1,500 8,285 n/a1
6
Apulum Alba Iulia
 122,000 22,000 2,000 8,133 n/a1
7 Dinamo București 115,000 20,000 2,000 7,666 +32.2%†
8
Oțelul Galați
 96,500 13,000 2,000 6,433 +2.7%†
9 FCM Bacău 92,500 19,000 1,000 6,166 −22.9%†
10 FC Brașov 70,000 12,000 1,500 4,666 −2.1%†
11 Argeș Pitești 59,200 12,000 200 3,946 −7.5%†
12
Farul Constanța
 57,900 12,000 200 3,860 −21.8%†
13 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 57,000 12,000 1,000 3,800 +8.1%†
14 Gloria Bistrița 40,350 15,000 200 2,690 −16.1%†
15 Petrolul Ploiești 40,100 8,000 500 2,673 n/a1,3
16
Național București
 33,900 8,000 100 2,260 −43.6%†
League total 1,736,150 40,000 100 7,264 −2.3%†

Updated to games played on 16 August 2019
Source: League matches: Divizia A 2003/2004
Notes:
1: Played last season in Divizia B.
2: Rapid București played 7 matches out of their stadium.
3: Petrolul Ploiești played 14 matches out of their stadium.

Top goalscorers

Position[2] Player Club Goals
1 Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo București 21
2 Nicolae Dică
Steaua București
 18
3 Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo București 16
4 Bogdan Vrăjitoarea FC Oradea 14
5 Sabin Ilie Rapid București 13
Adrian Neaga
Steaua București

Champion squad

Dinamo București[3]

Goalkeepers: Grégory Delwarte Belgium (10 / 0); Uladzimir Hayew Belarus (2 / 0); Cristian Munteanu (9 / 0); Ștefan Preda (11 / 0).
Defenders: Angelo Alistar (11 / 0); Cosmin Bărcăuan (27 / 4); Mugur Bolohan (1 / 0); Ovidiu Burcă (22 / 0); Adrian Iordache (25 / 2); Xavier Méride France (6 / 0); Samuel Okunowo Nigeria (2 / 0); Szabolcs Perenyi (15 / 0); Flavius Stoican (8 / 1); Dorin Semeghin (28 / 1).
Midfielders: Dan Alexa (23 / 1); Ionuț Badea (16 / 0); Cristian Cigan (1 / 0); Cristian Ciubotariu (6 / 0); Alexandru Dragomir (1 / 0); Ștefan Grigorie (24 / 8); Sorin Iodi (1 / 0); Vlad Munteanu (18 / 2); Leonard Naidin (8 / 0); Florentin Petre (24 / 4); Iulian Tameș (26 / 1); Ianis Zicu (13 / 6).
Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (29 / 21); Claudiu Drăgan (8 / 0); Ciprian Marica (10 / 3); Claudiu Niculescu (28 / 16).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ioan Andone.

References

  1. ^ 2003–04 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
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