1998–99 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season 1998–99
Champions Rapid Bucureşti
Relegated Foresta
U Cluj
Olimpia Satu Mare
Champions League Rapid Bucureşti
UEFA Cup Dinamo Bucureşti
Steaua
Intertoto Cup Bacău
Ceahlăul
Matches played 306
Goals scored 888 (2.9 per match)
Average goals/game 2.9
Top goalscorer Ionel Ganea (28)
Biggest home win Dinamo 8 – 0 U Cluj
(26 Sep 1998)
Biggest away win U Cluj 0 – 6 Dinamo
(21 Apr 1999)
Highest scoring Dinamo 8 – 0 U Cluj
(26 Sep 1998)
Longest winning run Dinamo (10)
Rapid (10)
Longest unbeaten run Rapid (23)
Longest losing run Olimpia (13)

Contents

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Rapid București (C) 34 28 5 1 79 18 +61 89 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Dinamo București 34 26 4 4 95 27 +68 82 1999–2000 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3 Steaua București 34 19 9 6 62 33 +29 66
4 Argeş Piteşti 34 20 4 10 57 37 +20 64
5 Bacău 34 18 8 8 46 35 +11 62 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
6 Oțelul Galați 34 17 4 13 47 33 +14 55 OTE 3-2 PRO
PRO 0-1 OTE
7 Naţional Bucureşti 34 18 1 15 61 51 +10 55
8 Petrolul Ploiești 34 16 5 13 50 46 +4 53
9 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 34 15 4 15 54 53 +1 49 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
10 Astra Ploiești 34 13 7 14 40 38 +2 46
11 Gloria Bistrița 34 12 7 15 55 60 −5 43
12 Farul Constanţa 34 12 4 18 37 54 −17 40
13 Universitatea Craiova 34 11 6 17 43 50 −7 39 CRA 4-2 ONE
ONE 3-2 CRA
14 FC Oneşti 34 12 3 19 56 67 −11 39
15 CSM Reşiţa 34 8 11 15 34 59 −25 35
16 Foresta Suceava (R) 34 6 6 22 31 61 −30 24 Relegation to the Divizia B
17 Universitatea Cluj (R) 34 4 4 26 19 92 −73 16
18 Olimpia Satu Mare (R) 34 3 4 27 22 74 −52 13

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 1998–99 Winners
Rapid Bucureşti
2nd 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 2 7 9 6 9 6 6 4 6 6 6 4 6 7 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 6 4 4 4 4 4
Astra Ploiești 5 5 10 9 12 7 10 8 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10
Bacău 8 6 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 6 3 5 4 6 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
CSM Reşiţa 18 16 14 16 16 14 15 16 16 15 16 14 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 15 18 12 11 10 11 11 12 14 14 14 15 14 13 11 12 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 10 10 9 9 9 9
Universitatea Craiova 10 12 15 12 13 15 13 14 12 12 12 13 12 11 13 13 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 13 13
Dinamo București 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Farul Constanţa 6 4 11 14 11 12 12 13 11 11 11 11 13 12 14 14 13 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 12 12
Foresta Fălticeni 13 17 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Gloria Bistrița 7 11 5 7 6 8 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 11 13 13 11 12 11 12 11 11 12 13 13 13 13 11 11
Olimpia Satu Mare 16 8 13 15 15 17 18 15 15 16 15 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18
FC Oneşti 17 15 17 13 14 13 14 11 13 13 13 12 11 14 12 11 12 13 13 11 11 12 11 12 11 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Oțelul Galați 14 9 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 5 8 8 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 6 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
Petrolul Ploiești 4 10 7 8 7 9 7 9 7 7 8 8 5 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 8
Progresul Bucureşti 3 2 4 4 5 5 4 6 4 3 3 3 4 3 5 4 4 5 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 5 5 6 5 6 6 7 8 7
Rapid București 9 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Steaua București 11 13 8 10 8 10 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Universitatea Cluj 12 14 16 17 17 16 16 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17

Source: [2] (Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away1 ARG AST BAC RES CEA UCR DIN FAR FOR GBI OLI ONE OŢE PET PRO RAP STE UCL
Argeş Piteşti 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 6–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 3–0
Astra Ploiești 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 2–1
Bacău 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
CSM Reşiţa 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–1 4–1 1–2 2–2 3–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 1–2 3–1 4–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–3 5–1
Universitatea Craiova 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 4–1
Dinamo București 1–0 2–0 1–0 7–0 6–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 8–0
Farul Constanţa 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 3–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 3–1
Foresta Fălticeni 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–3 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0
Gloria Bistrița 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–3 4–2 5–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–4 2–4 2–1 4–0
Olimpia Satu Mare 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–4 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–6 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–3 0–1
FC Oneşti 0–3 2–0 2–2 5–0 3–1 3–2 1–4 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–3 6–0
Oțelul Galați 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 5–0
Petrolul Ploiești 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 3–0
Progresul Bucureşti 2–3 1–0 5–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 5–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 3–1
Rapid București 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–4 3–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 3–0 3–0
Steaua București 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 6–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–0
Universitatea Cluj 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–6 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 1–4 0–2

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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1998–99 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
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Domestic cups
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '98 '99 · Finland '98 '99 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '98 '99 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '98 '99 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '98 '99 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '98 '99 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales · Yugoslavia
League cups
England · Finland '98 '99 · France · Germany · Iceland '98 '99 · 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