2017–18 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București
2017–18 season
Head coachRomania Cosmin Contra (until 17 September)
Hungary Vasile Miriuță (from 21 September - until 26 February)
Romania Florin Bratu (from 26 February)
Liga I7th
Romanian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerPortugal Diogo Salomão (9 goals)

The 2017–18 season was FC Dinamo București's 69th season in Liga 1. Dinamo finished 7th in the league and reached the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup. In the UEFA Europa League, they played in third qualifying round.

Players

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Squad information

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Laurențiu Brănescu
2 DF Romania ROU Constantin Nica
3 DF Greece GRE Georgios Katsikas
4 MF Romania ROU Sergiu Hanca
5 DF Romania ROU Ionuț Nedelcearu
6 DF Romania ROU Mihai Popescu
7 MF Croatia CRO Antun Palić
8 MF Spain ESP Aitor Monroy
9 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Pešić
10 MF Romania ROU Dan Nistor
12 GK Romania ROU Vlad Muțiu
15 DF Romania ROU Vlad Olteanu
16 DF Argentina ARG Maximiliano Oliva
17 FW Slovakia SVK Adam Nemec
18 MF South Africa RSA May Mahlangu
19 FW Romania ROU Daniel Popa
20 FW Portugal POR Diogo Salomão
21 MF Romania ROU Liviu Gheorghe
22 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Torje
23 MF Romania ROU Ionuț Șerban
24 MF Romania ROU Alin Dudea
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK Panama PAN Jaime Penedo
27 DF Romania ROU Ricardo Grigore
28 DF Croatia CRO Luka Marić
29 DF Spain ESP José Romera
30 MF Romania ROU Ion Gheorghe
31 FW Romania ROU Robert Moldoveanu
32 FW Romania ROU Aleksandru Longher
33 DF Romania ROU Laurențiu Corbu
DF Romania ROU Marco Ehmann
DF Romania ROU Steliano Filip
MF Uruguay URU Juan Albín
MF Romania ROU Paul Anton
MF Romania ROU Claudiu Bumba
MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Azer Bušuladžić
MF Romania ROU Valentin Costache
MF Portugal POR Filipe Nascimento
MF Romania ROU Cristi Vasile
FW Jordan JOR Tha'er Bawab
FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jeremy Bokila
FW Romania ROU Gabriel Răducan
FW Brazil BRA Rivaldinho

Competitions

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League I

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Regular season

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League table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 CSM Politehnica Iași 26 11 6 9 34 31 +3 39[a] Qualification for the Championship round
7 Botoșani 26 11 6 9 28 26 +2 39[a] Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Dinamo București 26 11 6 9 39 31 +8 39[a]
9 Concordia Chiajna 26 8 4 14 36 37 −1 28[b]
10 Voluntari 26 7 7 12 25 35 −10 28[b]
Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Iași is ahead of Botoșani and Dinamo on head-to-head points: Iași 7 pts, Botoșani 5 pts, Dinamo 4 pts.
  2. ^ a b Concordia is ahead of Voluntari on head-to-head results: Voluntari–Concordia 0–1, Concordia–Voluntari 3–1.

Play-out round

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Play-out table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Dinamo București 14 11 1 2 29 10 +19 54
8 Botoșani 14 5 5 4 12 9 +3 40
9 Sepsi OSK 14 6 6 2 21 14 +7 34
10 Gaz Metan Mediaș 14 6 4 4 18 15 +3 30
11 Concordia Chiajna 14 4 4 6 13 17 −4 30
12 Voluntari (O) 14 3 4 7 16 22 −6 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 ACS Poli Timișoara (R) 14 3 4 7 10 16 −6 27 Relegation to Liga II
14 Juventus București (R) 14 3 2 9 9 25 −16 17
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Cupa României

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Goalscorers
R of 32 26 October 2017 Aerostar Bacău A 1–0
R of 16 29 November 2017 Universitatea Cluj A 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)
QF 6 March 2018 Universitatea Craiova A 0–1

UEFA Europa League

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Dinamo București Romania1–1Spain Athletic Bilbao
Rivaldinho 54' Report Laporte 21'
Athletic Bilbao Spain3–0Romania Dinamo București
Report
Attendance: 41,845

Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ Dinamo București played their home match at Arena Națională, Bucharest, instead of their regular stadium Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest.

References

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  1. ^ "Liga I 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ^ "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. page 29-30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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