2003–04 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season 2003–04
Champions Dinamo Bucureşti
Relegated Ceahlăul
Petrolul
Bihor Oradea
Champions League Dinamo Bucureşti
UEFA Cup Steaua
Oţelul Galaţi
Intertoto Cup Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played 240
Goals scored 633 (2.64 per match)
Average goals/game 2.64
Top goalscorer Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home win Dinamo 7 – 0 Ceahlăul
(07 Dec 2003)
Biggest away win Timişoara 1 – 8 Steaua
(09 Apr 2004)
Highest scoring Dinamo 7 – 3 Bacău
(19 Sep 2003)
Longest winning run Dinamo Bucureşti (8)
Longest unbeaten run Steaua (14)
Longest losing run Progresul (6)

The 2003/04 season of the Divizia A began in August 2003 and ended in June 2004. Dinamo Bucureşti became champions on 3 June 2004.

Contents

Team changes

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

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Dinamo București (C) 30 22 4 4 71 30 +41 70 2004–05 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Steaua București 30 18 10 2 60 20 +40 64 2004–05 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 2004–05 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
6 Unirea Alba Iulia 30 11 8 11 32 47 −15 41
7 Naţional Bucureşti 30 11 6 13 36 39 −3 39 TIM 0-0 PRO
PRO 0-0 TIM
8 Politehnica AEK Timişoara 30 9 12 9 30 40 −10 39
9 Farul Constanţa 30 9 10 11 39 42 −3 37
10 Argeş Piteşti 30 9 9 12 31 35 −4 36 ARG 2-0 BRA
BRA 1-2 ARG
11 Brașov 30 10 6 14 40 42 −2 36
12 Gloria Bistrița 30 9 8 13 36 48 −12 35 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
13 Bacău 30 7 10 13 29 43 −14 31
14 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) 30 7 9 14 34 50 −16 30 Relegation to the Divizia B
15 Petrolul Ploiești (R) 30 6 9 15 38 55 −17 27
16 Bihor Oradea (R) 30 6 6 18 38 50 −12 24

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 2003–04 Winners
Dinamo Bucureşti
17th 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
Unirea Alba Iulia 9 3 9 14 9 10 6 4 3 4 4 4 5 8 5 7 8 7 8 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 7 6
Argeş Piteşti 5 6 5 3 2 4 7 6 6 6 8 12 14 9 12 14 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 13 13 10 12 11 8 10
Bacău 15 16 7 9 5 9 9 10 11 15 11 14 13 15 11 12 10 11 11 12 12 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 13 13
Bihor Oradea 7 13 15 16 16 14 10 12 14 16 16 15 16 11 14 15 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Brașov 16 8 13 12 13 6 4 7 8 11 14 11 11 13 10 11 12 13 13 14 14 13 11 11 10 11 10 9 11 11
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 2 2 1 4 6 11 12 14 15 10 13 10 10 12 15 16 13 14 12 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14
Universitatea Craiova 6 4 3 5 4 7 11 11 10 9 7 5 4 4 4 4 6 8 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Dinamo București 11 7 12 6 7 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Farul Constanţa 13 15 16 11 12 15 15 16 12 13 9 13 7 10 8 9 11 10 10 11 10 9 10 9 9 9 9 12 9 9
Gloria Bistrița 3 5 11 7 8 5 8 5 5 5 6 9 12 14 13 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 10 11 13 11 10 12 12
Oțelul Galați 12 14 6 13 14 8 5 8 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 8 5 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 5 5 5
Petrolul Ploiești 14 10 8 10 15 16 16 15 16 12 15 16 15 16 16 13 14 12 14 13 13 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 15
Progresul Bucureşti 4 9 14 15 11 13 14 9 9 8 12 8 8 6 9 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 10 7
Rapid București 8 11 4 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Steaua București 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Timișoara 10 12 10 8 10 12 13 13 13 14 10 7 9 7 7 5 7 6 5 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 6 6 8

Source: [2] (Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away1 UAI ARG BAC BHO BRA CEA UCR DIN FAR GBI OŢE PET PRO RAP STE TIM
Unirea Alba Iulia 1–5 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–4 0–0 0–0
Argeş Piteşti 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–2 0–0 1–1
Bacău 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 4–3 0–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
Bihor 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
Brașov 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 3–4 2–0 3–0 0–1 4–1 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–4 0–3 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–0
Universitatea Craiova 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0
Dinamo București 5–1 3–0 7–3 1–0 1–0 7–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 5–0 4–1 3–4 2–1 4–2
Farul Constanţa 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0
Gloria Bistrița 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–1
Oțelul Galați 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–1
Petrolul Ploiești 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 5–0 5–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–5 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–2
Progresul Bucureşti 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–0
Rapid București 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–0
Steaua București 4–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–3 2–0
Timișoara 4–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–8

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 goal scorers

Goalscorers Goals Team
Ionel Dănciulescu
21
 Dinamo Bucureşti
Nicolae Dică
18
 FC Argeş / Steaua Bucureşti
Claudiu Niculescu
16
 Dinamo Bucureşti
Bogdan Vrăjitoarea
14
 FC Bihor Oradea
Sabin Ilie
13
 Rapid Bucureşti
Adrian Neaga
13
 Steaua Bucureşti

See also

References

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