1997–98 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season 1997–98
Champions Steaua
Relegated Târgovişte
Sportul
Jiul Petroşani
Champions League Steaua
Cup Winners' Cup Rapid
UEFA Cup Argeş
Oţelul
Intertoto Cup Progresul
Matches played 306
Goals scored 891 (2.91 per match)
Average goals/game 2.91
Top goalscorer

Oană and

Barbu each (21)
Biggest home win Oţelul 7 – 0 Jiul
(30 Aug 1997)
Craiova 7 – 0 Jiul
(01 Apr 1998)
Biggest away win CSM Reşiţa 1 – 6 Rapid
(01 Nov 1997)
Jiul 0 – 5 Argeş
(15 Apr 1998)
Jiul 0 – 5 Gloria
(02 Aug 1997)
Highest scoring Bacău 5 – 3 Argeş
(02 May 1998)
Dinamo 6 – 2 Bacău
(29 Apr 1998)
Dinamo 5 – 3 Farul
(20 Sep 1997)
Dinamo 7 – 1 Jiul
(11 Apr 1998)
Jiul 2 – 6 Rapid
(04 Apr 1998)
Longest winning run Argeş (8)
Longest unbeaten run Rapid Bucureşti (13)
Longest losing run Sportul (10)

Contents

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Steaua București (C) 34 25 5 4 83 36 +47 80 1998–99 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Rapid București 34 24 6 4 70 24 +46 78 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
3 Argeş Piteşti 34 20 5 9 56 38 +18 65 1998–99 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
4 Oțelul Galați 34 20 4 10 54 28 +26 64
5 Naţional Bucureşti 34 18 6 10 57 40 +17 60 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6 Dinamo București 34 17 3 14 66 50 +16 54
7 CSM Reşiţa 34 15 6 13 55 49 +6 51
8 Universitatea Craiova 34 15 4 15 65 46 +19 49 CRA 4-1 CEA
CEA 3-2 CRA
9 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 34 14 7 13 46 49 −3 49
10 Bacău 34 12 9 13 41 42 −1 45
11 Gloria Bistrița 34 13 5 16 56 63 −7 44
12 Farul Constanţa 34 13 4 17 36 52 −16 43
13 Universitatea Cluj 34 11 7 16 42 40 +2 40 UCL 2-0 PET
PET 2-1 UCL
14 Petrolul Ploiești 34 11 7 16 41 45 −4 40
15 Foresta Suceava 34 10 9 15 32 41 −9 39
16 Chindia Târgovişte (R) 34 10 8 16 40 67 −27 38 Relegation to the Divizia B
17 Sportul Studențesc (R) 34 5 4 25 32 65 −33 19
18 Jiul Petroşani (R) 34 3 1 30 19 116 −97 10

Source: [1] (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) = 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.

Divizia A 1997–98 Winners
Steaua
20th Title

Positions by round

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Argeş Piteşti 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Bacău 8 11 7 9 11 11 12 12 13 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 14 16 15 15 14 12 13 13 12 12 12 11 12 10
CSM Reşiţa 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 6 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 7
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 10 12 15 10 12 12 9 9 11 9 13 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 9
Universitatea Craiova 6 10 6 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 7 6 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 8
Dinamo București 12 16 12 14 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Farul Constanţa 15 14 16 12 14 15 15 16 16 14 12 14 13 13 14 14 12 11 12 13 12 12 12 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 11 12 11 12
Foresta Fălticeni 13 15 13 16 10 10 10 11 9 11 11 13 12 12 13 13 15 15 14 14 15 15 14 14 15 15 12 14 13 14 14 15 16 15
Gloria Bistrița 1 8 10 7 8 9 11 10 12 10 10 9 11 10 11 12 13 12 13 12 13 13 13 11 11 11 11 11 14 11 10 10 10 11
Jiul Petroşani 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Oțelul Galați 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
Petrolul Ploiești 16 13 14 11 13 13 14 13 10 12 9 12 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 13 13 13 14 12 11 13 13 13 13 14
Progresul Bucureşti 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 5 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5
Rapid București 11 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
Sportul Studențesc 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 15 14 13 14 11 14 14 15 15 14 14 15 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Steaua București 7 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1
Chindia Târgovişte 9 7 9 13 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 15 16
Universitatea Cluj 14 9 11 15 16 14 13 14 15 16 15 15 15 15 12 11 11 13 11 11 11 10 10 12 12 14 15 15 16 15 15 14 14 13

Source: [2] (Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away1 ARG BAC RES CEA UCR DIN FAR FOR GBI JIU OŢE PET PRO RAP SPO STE TGV UCL
Argeş Piteşti 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–2
Bacău 5–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
CSM Reşiţa 2–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–6 2–1 0–2 6–1 2–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 6–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–0
Universitatea Craiova 1–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 7–0 0–2 2–1 5–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–0
Dinamo București 2–0 6–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 5–3 2–0 4–3 7–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 0–2 2–0 1–3 4–1 2–1
Farul Constanţa 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–3
Foresta Fălticeni 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–2 2–0 0–0
Gloria Bistrița 3–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–1 2–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–2
Jiul Petroşani 0–5 3–2 1–1 1–4 2–5 2–5 1–0 0–3 0–5 0–2 0–2 1–2 2–6 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–4
Oțelul Galați 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 7–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 0–2 2–1 3–0
Petrolul Ploiești 2–3 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–1
Progresul Bucureşti 0–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–4 5–1 1–0
Rapid București 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0
Sportul Studențesc 0–2 3–0 1–4 0–0 1–3 1–0 4–0 2–2 2–3 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 4–1 0–1
Steaua București 3–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 3–1 5–2 5–1 1–3 0–1 2–4 2–2 4–1 5–0 2–1
Chindia Târgovişte 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–0
Universitatea Cluj 0–2 0–0 3–1 3–3 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 2–3 1–1

Source: [3] (Romanian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

See also

References

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1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
Albania · Andorra · Armenia '97 '98 · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '97 '98 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '97 '98 · Finland '97 '98 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '97 '98 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '97 '98 · Latvia '97 '98 · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '97 '98 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia '97 '98 · San Marino · Scotland · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '97 '98 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales · FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '97 '98 · Finland '97 '98 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '97 '98 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '97 '98 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '97 '98 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '97 '98 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales · Yugoslavia
League cups
England · Finland '97 '98 · France · Germany · Iceland '97 '98 · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland · Wales
UEFA competitions
Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup