2002–03 Divizia B

Liga II
Season 2002–03

The Divizia B 2002-03 season was the 63rd season of Divizia B, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. It was the last in this format (two series of 16 teams each).

The winner of each series of the Divizia B was promoted to the Divizia A and the runner up from each series played a playoff (home-away) against the team finished 13th or 14th in the Divizia A. The bottom three teams were relegated to the Divizia C.

Contents

Standings

Seria I

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Petrolul Ploiești (C) (P) 30 18 7 5 42 19 +23 61 Promotion to the Divizia A
2 Gloria Buzău 30 16 7 7 44 31 +13 55 Qualification to the Divizia A-B Playoffs
3 FC Oneşti 30 15 4 11 55 35 +20 49
4 Midia Năvodari 30 15 4 11 45 43 +2 49
5 Politehnica Iași 30 13 7 10 41 32 +9 46
6 Electromagnetica Bucureşti 30 14 4 12 41 46 −5 46
7 Inter Gaz Bucureşti 30 11 9 10 37 31 +6 42
8 Dacia Unirea Brăila 30 12 6 12 32 31 +1 42
9 Metalul Plopeni 30 12 5 13 33 40 −7 41
10 Unirea Focşani 30 12 5 13 34 35 −1 41
11 Internaţional Piteşti 30 12 5 13 41 32 +9 41
12 CSM Medgidia 30 11 5 14 36 41 −5 38
13 Cimentul Fieni 30 10 5 15 31 45 −14 35
14 Bucovina Suceava (R) 30 9 7 14 25 38 −13 034[1] Relegation to the Divizia C
15 Rulmentul Alexandria (R) 30 8 3 19 29 48 −19 27
16 Foresta Fălticeni (R) 30 7 5 18 26 51 −25 26

Source: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Seria II

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Unirea Alba Iulia (C) (P) 28 21 3 4 69 23 +46 66 Promotion to the Divizia A
2 Bihor Oradea (P) 28 18 4 6 51 22 +29 58 Qualification to the Divizia A-B Playoffs
3 Gaz Metan Mediaș 28 16 4 8 44 21 +23 52
4 Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii 28 12 12 4 39 20 +19 48
5 Olimpia Satu Mare 28 14 5 9 44 33 +11 47
6 CFR Cluj 28 12 10 6 52 26 +26 46
7 Corvinul Hunedoara 28 13 7 8 47 40 +7 46
8 Extensiv Craiova 28 12 7 9 37 34 +3 43
9 Universitatea Cluj 28 8 10 10 48 44 +4 34
10 ARO Câmpulung 28 8 8 12 23 36 −13 32
11 CSM Reşiţa 28 8 5 15 30 63 −33 29
12 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 28 7 7 14 23 37 −14 28
13 Minaur Zlatna 28 7 6 15 25 44 −19 27
14 FC Baia Mare (R) 28 7 5 16 26 42 −16 26 Relegation to the Divizia C
15 Gilortul Târgu Cărbuneşti (R) 28 0 1 27 3 76 −73 01[2]
16 UM Timişoara (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00[3]

Source: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

See also

References

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Bucovina Suceava wasn't programmed twice because of financial reasons and was excluded from the championship.
  2. ^ Gilortul Târgu Cărbuneşti was excluded from the championship before the beginning of the second half of the season. All its results from the first half of the season count, however for the second half the team will lose all its games by a score of 0-3.
  3. ^ UM Timişoara was excluded from the league after the 12th round due to financial problems. The team failed to play two consecutive games. All its results have been cancelled.
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