2003–04 Divizia A

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.

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)

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 TimișoaraSteaua BucureștiUniversitatea CraiovaRapid București
Dan PăltinișanuSteauaIon OblemencoGiulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 32,972Capacity: 28,365Capacity: 25,252Capacity: 19,100
Apulum Alba IuliaFCM BacăuFarul ConstanțaDinamo București
Victoria-CetateDumitru SechelariuGheorghe HagiDinamo
Capacity: 18,000Capacity: 17,500Capacity: 15,520Capacity: 15,032
Argeș PiteștiFC Oradea
Nicolae DobrinMunicipal
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 15,000[i]
Național BucureștiOțelul Galați
CotroceniOțelul
Capacity: 14,542Capacity: 13,500
Ceahlăul Piatra NeamțFC BrașovGloria BistrițaPetrolul Ploiești
CeahlăulTineretuluiGloriaAstra
Capacity: 12,500Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 7,800Capacity: 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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TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt Sponsor
Apulum Alba Iulia Alexandru Pelici Alin PaleacuLotto / JomaBergenbier, Elit
Argeș Pitești Ion Moldovan Dănuț ComanErreàPic
Brașov Răzvan Lucescu Mihai StereNexo / JomaPrescon
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Marius Lăcătuș Radu LefterErreàRifil, Romalfa
Dinamo București Ioan Andone Florentin PetreLottoOmniasig
Farul Constanța Marin Ion George CurcăLottoSNC
FC Oradea Zsolt Muzsnay Bogdan VrăjitoareaErreà
Universitatea Craiova Mircea Rednic Corneliu PapurăErreàGolden Brau
FCM Bacău Ionuț Lupescu Florin PruneaLegeaLetea, Sonoma
Gloria Bistrița Remus Vlad Cristian CoroianErreàDarimex
Național București Cosmin Olăroiu Petre MarinNikeVincon Vrancea
Oțelul Galați Sorin Cârțu Sorin GhioneaLottoIspat Sidex
Petrolul Ploiești Florin Marin Daniel PetroescLottoPetrom, InterAgro
Poli AEK Timișoara Basarab Panduru Romulus BuiaLottoLuxten
Rapid București Viorel Hizo Vasile MafteiErreàLaDorna
Steaua București Victor Pițurcă Mirel RădoiNike

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Dinamo București (C)3022447130+4170Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2Steaua București30181026020+4064Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3Rapid București3016775132+1955
4Universitatea Craiova30111183834+444
5Oțelul Galați30101373026+443Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6Apulum Alba Iulia30118113247−1541
7Național București30116133639−339[a]
8Politehnica AEK Timișoara3091293040−1039[a]
9Farul Constanța30910113942−337
10Argeș Pitești3099123135−436[b]
11Brașov30106144042−236[b]
12Gloria Bistrița3098133648−1235Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
13FCM Bacău30710132943−1431
14Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R)3079143450−1630Relegation to Divizia B
15Petrolul Ploiești (R)3069153855−1727
16FC Oradea (R)3066183850−1224
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 \ AwayAAIARGBACFCOBRACEAFCUDINFARGBIOȚEPETNATRAPSTETIM
Apulum Alba Iulia1–52–00–13–22–20–10–00–01–02–14–21–00–40–00–0
Argeș Pitești0–01–02–02–10–12–11–01–12–00–00–04–10–20–01–1
Bacău0–12–10–00–04–10–04–30–31–01–02–22–12–10–00–1
Brașov2–01–22–20–02–33–42–03–02–10–14–14–12–00–10–3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț3–04–11–00–32–20–02–13–12–41–14–11–41–21–12–0
Universitatea Craiova0–00–00–02–22–00–11–03–04–11–15–11–03–11–10–0
Dinamo București5–13–07–31–07–02–13–23–01–02–05–04–13–42–14–2
Farul Constanța3–01–01–01–11–13–01–22–23–21–11–01–21–12–11–0
Gloria Bistrița0–13–22–01–32–01–01–11–12–10–11–33–22–20–21–1
Oradea1–22–13–02–22–10–12–35–11–31–10–00–01–10–32–3
Oțelul Galați3–01–12–22–11–10–10–02–11–01–00–01–10–12–24–1
Petrolul Ploiești0–21–03–15–05–11–10–12–22–51–10–11–10–21–13–2
Național București2–31–12–11–01–03–02–02–02–02–31–22–10–20–10–0
Rapid București2–21–01–11–01–03–12–32–33–02–12–02–00–11–12–0
Steaua București4–14–01–04–02–02–01–02–24–12–12–02–12–03–32–0
Politehnica AEK Timișoara4–32–11–11–00–01–11–20–00–02–10–02–10–01–00–8
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

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PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1Politehnica Timișoara349,00040,00012,00023,266+7.7%
2Steaua București180,00025,0003,00012,000+26.5%
3Universitatea Craiova179,20025,00070011,946−36.0%
4Rapid București127,50020,0002,0008,500−18.8%
5FC Oradea116,00015,0001,5008,285n/a1
6Apulum Alba Iulia122,00022,0002,0008,133n/a1
7Dinamo București115,00020,0002,0007,666+32.2%
8Oțelul Galați96,50013,0002,0006,433+2.7%
9FCM Bacău92,50019,0001,0006,166−22.9%
10FC Brașov70,00012,0001,5004,666−2.1%
11Argeș Pitești59,20012,0002003,946−7.5%
12Farul Constanța57,90012,0002003,860−21.8%
13Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț57,00012,0001,0003,800+8.1%
14Gloria Bistrița40,35015,0002002,690−16.1%
15Petrolul Ploiești40,1008,0005002,673n/a1,3
16Național București33,9008,0001002,260−43.6%
League total1,736,15040,0001007,264−2.3%

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]PlayerClubGoals
1Ionel DănciulescuDinamo București21
2Nicolae DicăArgeș Pitești / Steaua București18
3Claudiu NiculescuDinamo București16
4Bogdan VrăjitoareaFC Oradea14
5Sabin IlieRapid București13
Adrian NeagaSteaua București

Champion squad

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Dinamo București[3]

Goalkeepers: Grégory Delwarte (10 / 0); Uladzimir Hayew (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 (6 / 0); Samuel Okunowo (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.