1997–98 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București

1997–98 season
Head coach	Cornel Dinu
Divizia A	6th
Romanian Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	First round

The 1997–98 season was FC Dinamo București's 49th season in Divizia A. Dinamo finished 6th in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup. In the UEFA Cup, they played in first round.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Florin Prunea 12 GK  ROU Daniel Tudor 21 GK  ROU Cristian Munteanu — GK  ROU Ștefan Preda 2 DF  ROU Cosmin Contra 19 DF  ROU Cornel Dobre 7 DF  ROU Lucian Cotora 4 DF  ROU Florin Bătrânu — DF  ROU Liviu Ciobotariu 5 DF  ROU Leontin Grozavu — DF  ROU Ionel Șerban 24 DF  ROU Cosmin Bodea 9 DF  ROU Florin Ionescu — DF  ROU Florin Lazăr — DF  ROU Cristian Utfineanţ 15 DF  ROU Florin Macavei — DF  ROU Claudiu Mutu 20 DF  ROU Daniel Florea 3 DF  ROU Iosif Tâlvan

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  ROU Mihai Tararache 8 MF  ROU Florentin Petre 11 MF  ROU Cătălin Hîldan — MF  ROU Cezar Dinu — MF  ROU Giani Kiriţă — MF  ROU Dumitru Mere — MF  ROU Paul Codrea 14 MF  ROU Adrian Pitu — MF  ROU Iulian Tameş 23 MF  ROU Daniel Rednic — MF  ROU Mihai Antal 13 FW  ROU Adrian Mihalcea — MF  ROU Augustin Călin 18 FW  ROU Marian Ivan — FW  ROU Eugen Neagoe 16 FW  ROU Marius Niculae — FW  ROU Bogdan Vrăjitoarea

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	25	5	4	83	36	+47	80	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid București	34	24	6	4	70	24	+46	78	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Argeș Pitești	34	20	5	9	56	38	+18	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Oțelul Galați	34	20	4	10	54	28	+26	64
5	Național București	34	18	6	10	57	40	+17	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Dinamo București	34	17	3	14	66	50	+16	54
7	Reșița	34	15	6	13	55	49	+6	51
8	Universitatea Craiova	34	15	4	15	65	46	+19	49[a]
9	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	14	7	13	46	49	−3	49[a]
10	Bacău	34	12	9	13	41	42	−1	45
11	Gloria Bistrița	34	13	5	16	56	63	−7	44
12	Farul Constanța	34	13	4	17	36	52	−16	43
13	Universitatea Cluj	34	11	7	16	42	40	+2	40[b]
14	Petrolul Ploiești	34	11	7	16	41	45	−4	40[b]
15	Foresta Suceava	34	10	9	15	32	41	−9	39
16	Chindia Târgoviște (R)	34	10	8	16	40	67	−27	38	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Sportul Studențesc București (R)	34	5	4	25	32	65	−33	19
18	Jiul Petroşani (R)	34	3	1	30	19	116	−97	10

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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. CRA 4-1 CEA; CEA 3-2 CRA
2. UCL 2-0 PET; PET 2-1 UCL

Results

Dinamo's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Divizia A

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
3 August 1997	Universitatea Craiova	A	1–2
6 August 1997	Rapid București	H	0–2
9 August 1997	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	H	2–0
23 August 1997	Argeș Pitești	A	1–2
30 August 1997	Chindia Târgoviște	H	4–1
13 September 1997	Petrolul Ploiești	A	2–1
20 September 1997	Farul Constanța	H	5–3
24 September 1997	Sportul Studențesc București	A	0–1
27 September 1997	Gloria Bistrița	H	4–3
4 October 1997	Universitatea Cluj	A	1–0
15 October 1997	Steaua București	H	1–3
18 October 1997	Jiul Petroşani	A	5–2
26 October 1997	Oțelul Galați	H	2–0
2 November 1997	Național București	A	1–1
8 November 1997	CSM Reșița	H	1–1
15 November 1997	FCM Bacău	A	0–3
22 November 1997	Foresta Suceava	H	2–0
30 November 1997	Universitatea Craiova	H	3–0
7 December 1997	Rapid București	A	0–2
13 December 1997	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	A	1–2
1 March 1998	Argeș Pitești	H	2–0
7 March 1998	Chindia Târgoviște	A	0–1
11 March 1998	Petrolul Ploiești	H	3–0
14 March 1998	Farul Constanța	A	1–2
22 March 1998	Sportul Studențesc București	H	2–0
29 March 1998	Gloria Bistrița	A	2–3
1 April 1998	Universitatea Cluj	H	2–1
4 April 1998	Steaua București	A	0–5
11 April 1998	Jiul Petroşani	H	7–1
15 April 1998	Oțelul Galați	A	0–1
18 April 1998	Național București	H	4–2
25 April 1998	CSM Reșița	A	0–0
29 April 1998	FCM Bacău	H	6–2
2 May 1998	Foresta Suceava	A	1–3

Cupa României

Main article: 1997–98 Cupa României

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Goalscorers
R of 32	12 November 1997	Corvinul Hunedoara	A	1–0
R of 16	2 December 1997	Apulum Alba Iulia	H	2–0
QF	25 February 1998	Oțelul Galați	H	1–0
SF	25 March 1998	Rapid București	A	1–2

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1997-98 UEFA Cup

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23 July 1997

22:00

KR Reykjavík	2–0	Dinamo Bucharest
Daníelsson 26' Dadason 51'	Report

KR-völlur, Reykjavík

Referee: Dempsey (Republic of Ireland)

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30 July 1997

16:00

Dinamo Bucharest	1–2	KR Reykjavík
Mihalcea 42'	Report	Dadason 12', 22'

Bucharest

KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

1. "Dinamo Bucureşti » Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

External links

• RomanianSoccer.ro
• WorldFootball.net
• RSSSF.com
• labtof.ro