2001–02 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București
2001-02 season
Manager Ion Marin (rounds 1-23)
Cornel Dinu (rounds 24-30)
Liga I 1st
Romanian Cup Finalist
UEFA Cup 1st round
Top goalscorer Claudiu Niculescu (15 goals)
← 2000-01 2002-03 →

The 2001-02 season was FC Dinamo București's 53rd season in Divizia A. In this season, Dinamo became Romanian champions for the 16th time in history. Dinamo was eliminated quickly from the UEFA Cup, and concentrated only on the internal competition. Thus, after the first half of the season, Dinamo was leader with two points over the revelation FC Național. In March 2002, Dinamo defeated Rapid 3-2, and distanced itself to five points at the front of the standings, and Cristian Borcea, Dinamo's president, launched after the game the famous sentence: "Let us prepare for the Champions League"[1]

Finally, Dinamo won the title in the last round of games, with a win against FC Braşov, and at the same time a defeat for FC Naţional, leader before that round, at Universitatea Craiova.

In the Romanian Cup, Dinamo was defeated in the final by Rapid.

Results

Divizia A
Round Date Opponent Stadium Result
1 4 August 2001 Ceahlăul H 3-1
2 12 August 2001 Rapid A 2-2
3 17 August 2001 UM Timișoara H 5-1
4 26 August 2001 Oțelul A 1-2
5 8 September 2001 Farul A 2-2
6 16 September 2001 Sportul Studențesc H 5-1
7 23 September 2001 Astra Ploiești A 1-1
8 30 September 2001 FCM Bacău H 4-2
9 13 October 2001 Univ. Craiova A 2-0
10 21 October 2001 FC Național H 0-0
11 28 October 2001 Gloria Bistrița A 2-1
12 3 November 2001 Steaua H 2-0
13 17 November 2001 FC Argeș A 2-1
14 24 November 2001 Petrolul Ploiești H 4-1
15 2 December 2001 FC Brașov A 1-1
16 10 March 2002 Ceahlăul A 2-1
17 17 March 2002 Rapid H 3-2
18 23 March 2002 UM Timișoara A 3-0
19 31 March 2002 Oțelul Galați H 2-2
20 6 April 2002 Farul H 1-1
21 13 April 2002 Sportul Studențesc A 0-1
22 20 April 2002 Astra Ploiești H 1-1
23 27 April 2002 FCM Bacău A 2-4
24 1 May 2002 UTA H 2-0
25 4 May 2002 FC Național A 0-1
26 15 May 2002 Gloria Bistrița H 1-0
27 19 May 2002 Steaua A 2-2
28 22 May 2002 FC Argeș H 2-1
29 25 May 2002 Petrolul Ploiești A 2-1
30 1 June 2002 FC Brașov H 4-0
Divizia A 2001-02 Winners
Dinamo București
16th Title
Cupa României
Round Date Opponent Stadium Result
Last 32 10 October 2001 Electromagnetica București 3-2
Last 16 31 October 2001 Sportul Studențesc București 6-0
Quarterfinals 3 April 2002 FC Braşov Buzău 0-0 (3-2 a.pen.)
SF-1st leg 24 April 2002 Steaua Away 1-0
SF-2nd leg 8 May 2002 Steaua Home 3-1
Final 5 June 2002 Rapid Bucureşti 1-2

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

9 August 2001
18:00
Dinamo București 1 – 0 Albania Dinamo Tirana
Niculescu  34' (pen.)
Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nikolaos Agelakis (Greece)

23 August 2001
18:00
Dinamo Tirana Albania 1 – 3 Dinamo București
Onuț  87' (o.g.) Niculescu  15'
Mihalcea  43'
Drăgan  76'
Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

FC Dinamo won 4-1 on aggregate

First round

20 September 2001
16:00
Dinamo București 1 – 3 Switzerland Grasshoppers
Mihalcea  84' (pen.) Chapuisat  28'
Mwaruwari  81'
Núñez  87'
Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dany Koren (Israel)

27 September 2001
20:00
Grasshoppers Switzerland 3 – 1 Dinamo București
Baturina  18'
Chapuisat  21'
Morales  87' 		Mihalcea  52' (pen.)
Hardturm, Zürich
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Grasshoppers won 6-2 on aggregate

Squad

Goalkeepers: Ioan Alexandru Iliuciuc (2/0), Bogdan Lobonţ (22/0), Florin Prunea (6/0).

Defenders: Mugur Bolohan (26/5), Adrian Iordache (1/0), Sorin Iodi (11/0), Giani Kiriţă (28/2), Valentin Năstase (13/2), Bogdan Onuț (27/2), Cristian Pulhac (1/0), Cătălin Raţă (1/0), Ovidiu Tâlvan (26/0), Marian Vătavu (11/0).

Midfielders: Romulus Buia (9/0), Ionuţ Ilie (10/0), Ionuţ Lupescu (7/0), Vlad Munteanu (19/5), Răzvan Pădureţu (1/0), Florin Pârvu (20/1), Florentin Petre (10/1), Dorin Semeghin (13/1), Ovidiu Stângă (18/0), Iulian Tameş (29/6), Ianis Zicu (16/2).

Forwards: Bogdan Aldea (1/0), Alexandru Bălţoi (4/0), Ionel Dănciulescu (13/3), Claudiu Drăgan (23/4), Sabin Ilie (7/3), Ciprian Marica (2/0), Adrian Mihalcea (14/11), Claudiu Niculescu (28/15).

Transfers

New players: Claudiu Niculescu(U.Craiova), Ovidiu Stângă (PSV Eindhoven), Bogdan Lobonţ (Ajax Amsterdam), Ionel Dănciulescu (Steaua), Ionuţ Ilie (Ceahlăul)

Left team: Vali Năstase, Mihalcea (Genoa), Buia (Gloria Bistriţa), Lupescu (Al Hilal Riyadh), Semeghin (Petrolul), Sabin Ilie (FC Naţional).

References

  1. ↑ "10 ani de la celebra vorba scoasa de Borcea". ro.stiri.yahoo.com. 16 March 2012.

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