2001–02 Divizia A
Season | 2001–02 |
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Champions | Dinamo București[1] |
Relegated | Petrolul Ploiești UM Timișoara |
Champions League | Dinamo București |
UEFA Cup | Național București Rapid București |
Intertoto Cup | Gloria Bistrița |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 607 (2.53 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Cătălin Cursaru (17) |
Biggest home win | Rapid 6–0 UMT |
Biggest away win | Bacău 1–5 Național Argeș 0–4 Național Argeș 0–4 Steaua |
Highest scoring | Farul 5–3 Universitatea |
Longest winning run | Rapid, Național, Steaua, Bacău, Dinamo, Argeș, Oțelul (4) |
Longest unbeaten run | Dinamo (16) |
Longest losing run | Farul (6) |
← 2000–01 2002–03 → |
The 2001–02 Divizia A was the eighty-fourth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2001 and ended in May 2002. Dinamo București was crowned as champion for the 16th time.
Team changes
[edit]Relegated
[edit]The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season (note that although FCM Bacău lost the relegation play–off, it remained in the Divizia A, after it bought the first division place from the promoted team FC Baia Mare):
Promoted
[edit]The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:
Venues
[edit]Steaua București | FC U Craiova | Rapid București | FCM Bacău |
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Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | Dumitru Sechelariu |
Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 | Capacity: 17,500 |
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Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești | Sportul Studențesc |
Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo | Municipal | Regie |
Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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Național București | | Petrolul Ploiești | |
Cotroceni | Ilie Oană | ||
Capacity: 14,542 | Capacity: 14,000 | ||
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Oțelul Galați | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
Oțelul | Ceahlăul | ||
Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 12,500 | ||
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FC Brașov | UM Timișoara | Gloria Bistrița | Astra Ploiești |
Tineretului | UMT | Gloria | Astra |
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 9,900 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 |
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Personnel and kits
[edit]Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
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Argeș Pitești | ![]() | ![]() | Erreà | Dacia |
Astra Ploiești | ![]() | ![]() | Valsport | Kronos |
Brașov | ![]() | ![]() | Valsport | Prescon |
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ![]() | ![]() | Ancada | Rifil |
Dinamo București | ![]() | ![]() | Lotto | Cosmorom |
Farul Constanța | ![]() | ![]() | Erreà | Cuget Liber |
FC U Craiova | ![]() | ![]() | Erreà | Vincon |
FCM Bacău | ![]() | ![]() | Legea | Sonoma |
Gloria Bistrița | ![]() | ![]() | Umbro | Darimex |
Național București | ![]() | ![]() | Kappa | — |
Oțelul Galați | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | Sidex |
Petrolul Ploiești | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | Petrom |
Rapid București | ![]() | ![]() | Erreà | Connex |
Sportul Studențesc | ![]() | ![]() | Valsport | Omniasig |
Steaua București | ![]() | ![]() | Adidas | BCR |
UM Timișoara | ![]() | ![]() | Valsport | UMT |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dinamo București (C) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Național București | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
3 | Rapid București[a] | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 50[b] | |
4 | Steaua București | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 50[b] | |
5 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 49 | |
6 | Bacău | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 46 | |
7 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 44 | |
8 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 43 | |
9 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
10 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 40 | |
11 | Brașov | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 39 | |
12 | Astra Ploiești | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 37 | |
13 | Sportul Studențesc București | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 34 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
14 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 32 | |
15 | Petrolul Ploiești (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 25 | Relegation to Divizia B |
16 | UM Timișoara (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 71 | −47 | 15 |
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:
- ^ Rapid București had 1 point deducted for walking off in round 13.
- ^ a b RAP 3-0 STE; STE 2-1 RAP
Positions by round
[edit]Results
[edit]Promotion / relegation play-off
[edit]The teams placed on the 13th and 14th place in the Divizia A faced the 2nd placed teams from both groups of the Divizia B. Sportul Studențesc and Farul Constanța won the relegation play-offs, thus, they've kept their places in the Liga I, while Cimentul Fieni and FC Baia Mare will still play in Liga II in the 2002–03 season.[2]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cimentul Fieni | 1–5 | Sportul Studențesc | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Farul Constanța | 1–0 | FC Baia Mare | 1–0 | 0–0 |
8 June 2002 Leg 1 | Cimentul Fieni | 0 – 3 | Sportul Studențesc | Stadionul Cimentul |
Bălan ![]() Mazilu ![]() Diniță ![]() |
8 June 2002 Leg 1 | Farul Constanța | 1 – 0 | FC Baia Mare | Stadionul Farul |
Voicu ![]() |
12 June 2002 Leg 2 | Sportul Studențesc | 2 – 1 | Cimentul Fieni | Stadionul Regie |
Bălan ![]() Diniță ![]() | Albulescu ![]() |
12 June 2002 Leg 2 | FC Baia Mare | 0 – 0 | Farul Constanța | Stadionul Viorel Mateianu |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Position[3] | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Cătălin Cursaru | Bacău | 17 |
2 | Claudiu Niculescu | Dinamo București | 15 |
Daniel Pancu | Rapid București | ||
4 | Claudiu Răducanu | Steaua București | 14 |
5 | Gheorghe Bucur | Sportul Studențesc | 13 |
Champion squad
[edit]Dinamo București[4] |
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Goalkeepers: Bogdan Lobonț (22 / 0); Florin Prunea (6 / 0); Alexandru Iliuciuc (2 / 0). Manager: Cornel Dinu / Marin Ion. |
References
[edit]- ^ 2001–02 Divizia A at RomanianSoccer
- ^ 2001–02 Divizia A at RSSSF
- ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2021.