2004–05 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season 2004–05
Champions Steaua Bucureşti[1]
Relegated Apulum Alba Iulia
Braşov
Universitatea Craiova
Champions League Steaua Bucureşti
UEFA Cup Dinamo Bucureşti
Rapid Bucureşti
Intertoto Cup CFR Cluj
Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played 240
Goals scored 586 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Gheorghe Bucur, Claudiu Niculescu (21)
Biggest home win Naţional 6–0 Iaşi
Biggest away win Universitatea 0–6 Oţelul
Highest scoring Argeş 4–3 Gloria
Gloria 6–1 Apulum
Gloria 4–3 Universitatea
Longest winning run Naţional (6)
Longest unbeaten run Steaua (13)
Longest losing run Braşov (6)

The 2004–05 Divizia A was the eighty-seventh season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in July 2004 and ended in June 2005. Steaua Bucureşti became champions on 11 June 2005.

Team changes

Relegated

The teams that were relegated to the Divizia B at the end of the previous season:

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

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Poli Timișoara Steaua Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova Rapid Bucureşti Apulum Alba Iulia FCM Bacău
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Ion Oblemenco Valentin Stănescu Cetate Municipal
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 27,063 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 19,100 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 17,500
Argeş Piteşti Farul Constanţa Dinamo Bucureşti Naţional Bucureşti Oţelul Galaţi Politehnica Iaşi
Nicolae Dobrin Gheorghe Hagi Dinamo Cotroceni Oţelul Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,167 Capacity: 14,542 Capacity: 13,932 Capacity: 11,390
Sportul CFR Cluj FC Braşov Gloria Bistriţa
Regie CFR Tineretului Gloria
Capacity: 10,200 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,800

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    League table

    Pos
    		 Team
    		 Pld
    		 W
    		 D
    		 L
    		 GF
    		 GA
    		 GD
    		 Pts
    		Qualification or relegation
    		Head-to-head
    1 Steaua București (C) 30 19 6 5 47 18+29 63 2005–06 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
    2 Dinamo București 30 20 2 8 60 30+30 62 2005–06 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
    3 Rapid București 30 16 9 5 51 27+24 57 2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round RAP 3–0 PRO
    PRO 3–3 RAP
    4 Național București 30 17 6 7 50 33+17 57
    5 Farul Constanța 30 15 7 8 42 28+14 52
    6 Politehnica Timișoara 30 13 6 11 37 34+3 45 TIM 2–0 SPO
    SPO 0–0 TIM
    7 Sportul Studențesc București 30 12 9 9 37 27+10 45
    8 Oțelul Galați 30 12 4 14 31 32−1 40
    9 Politehnica Iași 30 10 8 12 28 41−13 38
    10 Argeș Pitești 30 8 12 10 32 37−5 36 ARG 2–0 CFR
    CFR 1–1 ARG
    11 CFR Cluj 30 9 9 12 33 44−11 36 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
    12 Bacău 30 8 9 13 20 28−8 33|||
    13 Gloria Bistrița 30 9 5 16 38 46−8 32 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
    14 Apulum Alba Iulia (R) 30 6 8 16 28 62−34 26 Relegation to 2005–06 Divizia B
    15 Brașov (R) 30 5 6 19 28 45−17 21
    16 Universitatea Craiova (R) 30 4 8 18 24 54−30 20

    Source: LT (in 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
    Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

    Positions by round

    Team ╲ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
    Apulum Alba Iulia 2 2 7 6 8 10 13 9 11 12 14 15 13 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
    Argeș Pitești 8 4 10 9 12 8 10 12 13 15 12 11 11 11 12 11 12 12 13 11 12 11 11 11 9 9 11 10 9 10
    Bacău 6 5 4 4 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 9 9 10 9 10 10 11 11 12 11 12 13 13 10 10 13 13 11 12
    Brașov 10 12 8 12 14 15 12 14 15 13 11 13 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
    CFR Cluj 3 10 9 11 6 6 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 6 10 9 9 9 9 11 11 9 11 12 11
    Universitatea Craiova 9 11 13 8 10 13 15 15 10 14 15 12 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
    Dinamo București 14 8 6 7 9 12 8 6 6 4 5 3 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
    Farul Constanța 7 6 2 2 4 4 6 8 8 7 8 7 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
    Gloria Bistrița 16 9 12 10 7 7 4 5 4 5 4 5 7 7 7 9 8 8 10 8 10 10 10 10 13 12 10 12 13 13
    Oțelul Galați 15 15 15 14 11 11 14 10 9 10 9 10 8 9 8 7 7 7 9 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
    Politehnica Iași 11 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 12 11 13 13 13 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 12 9 10 9
    Național București 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
    Rapid București 5 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
    Sportul Studențesc București 12 14 11 13 13 14 9 11 12 9 10 8 10 8 10 8 9 6 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
    Steaua București 1 7 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Politehnica Timișoara 13 16 16 15 15 9 11 13 14 11 13 14 12 14 13 12 11 10 7 9 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

    Source: LT (in Romanian)

    Results

    Home ╲ Away AAI ARG BACBRACFRUCRDINFARGBIOȚEPIANATRAPSPOSTETIM
    Apulum Alba Iulia 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–1
    Argeș Pitești 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–0
    Bacău 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1
    Brașov 4–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
    CFR Cluj 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1
    Universitatea Craiova 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–6 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1
    Dinamo București 4–2 4–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 5–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0
    Farul Constanța 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0
    Gloria Bistrița 6–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–5 0–2 0–0
    Oțelul Galați 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
    Politehnica Iași 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 3–2
    Național București 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 6–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–2
    Rapid București 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–3
    Sportul Studențesc București 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0
    Steaua București 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
    Politehnica Timișoara 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1

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

    Top goalscorers

    Pos Player Club Goals
    1 Gheorghe Bucur Sportul Studenţesc 21
    Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo Bucureşti
    3 Daniel Niculae Rapid Bucureşti 14
    4 Cristian Coroian Gloria Bistriţa 13
    Victoraş Iacob Oţelul Galaţi
    6 Gabriel Caramarin Naţional Bucureşti / Politehnica Timişoara 12
    7 Adrian Anca CFR Cluj 11
    Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo Bucureşti
    Nicolae Dică Steaua Bucureşti

    References

    1. ↑ 2004–05 Divizia A
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