2003–04 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season2003–04
ChampionsDinamo București[1]
RelegatedCeahlăul Piatra Neamț
Petrolul Ploiești
FC Oradea
Champions LeagueDinamo București
UEFA CupSteaua București
Oțelul Galați
Intertoto CupGloria Bistrița
Matches played240
Goals scored633 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerIonel Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home winDinamo 7–0 Ceahlăul
Biggest away winPolitehnica 0–8 Steaua
Highest scoringDinamo 7–3 Bacău
Longest winning runDinamo (8)
Longest unbeaten runSteaua (14)
Longest losing runNațional (6)

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

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Relegated

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The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season (note that although Oțelul Galați lost the relegation play–off, they remained in Divizia A, after they bought the first division place from the promoted team Petrolul Ploiești, which merged with Astra Ploiești):

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The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:

Venues

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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
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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

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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 Romania 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

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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

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Apulum Alba Iulia93914910643444585787866676566776
Argeș Pitești56532476668121491214151515151615151313101211810
Bacău1516795991011151114131511121011111212141415151514141313
Brașov168131213647811141111131011121313141413111110111091111
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț2214611121415101310101215161314121011111212121213131414
Universitatea Craiova643547111110975444468754444444444
Dinamo București11712673222232221111112111111111
Farul Constanța1315161112151516121391371089111010111091099991299
Gloria Bistrița3511785855569121413109999910910111311101212
Oradea71315161614101214161615161114151616161615161616161616161616
Oțelul Galați1214613148587756656855688888887555
Petrolul Ploiești14108101516161516121516151616131412141313121314141415151515
Național București4914151113149981288696444455556788107
Rapid București8114232334323333333333333333333
Steaua București112111111111112222221222222222
Politehnica AEK Timișoara1012108101213131314107977576577767755668
Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

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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

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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

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Position[2] Player Club Goals
1 Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo București 21
2 Nicolae Dică Argeș Pitești / 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

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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

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  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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