2003–04 Divizia A

Divizia A

Season	2003–04
Champions	Dinamo București[1]
Relegated	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Petrolul Ploiești FC Oradea
Champions League	Dinamo București
UEFA Cup	Steaua București Oțelul Galați
Intertoto Cup	Gloria Bistrița
Matches played	240
Goals scored	633 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ionel Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home win	Dinamo 7–0 Ceahlăul
Biggest away win	Politehnica 0–8 Steaua
Highest scoring	Dinamo 7–3 Bacău
Longest winning run	Dinamo (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (14)
Longest losing run	Național (6)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Divizia A was the eighty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2003 and ended in June 2004. Dinamo București became champions on 3 June 2004.

Team changes

Relegated

The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season (note that although Oțelul Galați lost the relegation play–off, they remained in Divizia A, after they bought the first division place from the promoted team Petrolul Ploiești, which merged with Astra Ploiești):

• Sportul Studențesc
• UTA Arad

Promoted

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

• Petrolul Ploiești
• Apulum Alba Iulia
• FC Oradea

Venues

Poli AEK Timișoara	Steaua București	Universitatea Craiova	Rapid București
Dan Păltinișanu	Steaua	Ion Oblemenco	Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 32,972	Capacity: 28,365	Capacity: 25,252	Capacity: 19,100
Apulum Alba Iulia	FCM Bacău	Farul Constanța	Dinamo București
Victoria-Cetate	Dumitru Sechelariu	Gheorghe Hagi	Dinamo
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 17,500	Capacity: 15,520	Capacity: 15,032
Argeș Pitești	Bucharest Apulum Argeș Bacău Brașov Ceahlăul Craiova Farul Gloria Oradea Oțelul Petrolul Poli AEK Bucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua 2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua class=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams.		FC Oradea
Nicolae Dobrin			Municipal
Capacity: 15,000			Capacity: 15,000[i]
Național București			Oțelul Galați
Cotroceni			Oțelul
Capacity: 14,542			Capacity: 13,500
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	FC Brașov	Gloria Bistrița	Petrolul Ploiești
Ceahlăul	Tineretului	Gloria	Astra
Capacity: 12,500	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 7,800	Capacity: 7,000

1. Capacity of Municipal Stadium has been reduced from 18,000 to 15,000 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the Second Stand.

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Apulum Alba Iulia	Alexandru Pelici	Alin Paleacu	Lotto / Joma	Bergenbier, Elit
Argeș Pitești	Ion Moldovan	Dănuț Coman	Erreà	Pic
Brașov	Răzvan Lucescu	Mihai Stere	Nexo / Joma	Prescon
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Marius Lăcătuș	Radu Lefter	Erreà	Rifil, Romalfa
Dinamo București	Ioan Andone	Florentin Petre	Lotto	Omniasig
Farul Constanța	Marin Ion	George Curcă	Lotto	SNC
FC Oradea	Zsolt Muzsnay	Bogdan Vrăjitoarea	Erreà	—
Universitatea Craiova	Mircea Rednic	Corneliu Papură	Erreà	Golden Brau
FCM Bacău	Ionuț Lupescu	Florin Prunea	Legea	Letea, Sonoma
Gloria Bistrița	Remus Vlad	Cristian Coroian	Erreà	Darimex
Național București	Cosmin Olăroiu	Petre Marin	Nike	Vincon Vrancea
Oțelul Galați	Sorin Cârțu	Sorin Ghionea	Lotto	Ispat Sidex
Petrolul Ploiești	Florin Marin	Daniel Petroesc	Lotto	Petrom, InterAgro
Poli AEK Timișoara	Basarab Panduru	Romulus Buia	Lotto	Luxten
Rapid București	Viorel Hizo	Vasile Maftei	Erreà	LaDorna
Steaua București	Victor Pițurcă	Mirel Rădoi	Nike	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo București (C)	30	22	4	4	71	30	+41	70	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Steaua București	30	18	10	2	60	20	+40	64	Qualification to 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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6	Apulum Alba Iulia	30	11	8	11	32	47	−15	41
7	Național București	30	11	6	13	36	39	−3	39[a]
8	Politehnica AEK Timișoara	30	9	12	9	30	40	−10	39[a]
9	Farul Constanța	30	9	10	11	39	42	−3	37
10	Argeș Pitești	30	9	9	12	31	35	−4	36[b]
11	Brașov	30	10	6	14	40	42	−2	36[b]
12	Gloria Bistrița	30	9	8	13	36	48	−12	35	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
13	FCM Bacău	30	7	10	13	29	43	−14	31
14	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R)	30	7	9	14	34	50	−16	30	Relegation to Divizia B
15	Petrolul Ploiești (R)	30	6	9	15	38	55	−17	27
16	FC Oradea (R)	30	6	6	18	38	50	−12	24

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. TIM 0-0 PRO; PRO 0-0 TIM
2. ARG 2-0 BRA; BRA 1-2 ARG

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
Apulum 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
Argeș Pitești	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
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 Constanța	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
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
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
Național București	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
Politehnica AEK 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: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away	AAI	ARG	BAC	FCO	BRA	CEA	FCU	DIN	FAR	GBI	OȚE	PET	NAT	RAP	STE	TIM
Apulum Alba Iulia	—	1–5	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	0–4	0–0	0–0
Argeș Pitești	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–2	0–0	1–1
Bacău	0–1	2–1	—	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	4–3	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1
Brașov	2–0	1–2	2–2	—	0–0	2–3	3–4	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	3–0	4–1	1–0	0–3	—	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–4	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–0
Universitatea Craiova	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	—	0–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0
Dinamo București	5–1	3–0	7–3	1–0	7–0	2–1	—	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	3–4	2–1	4–2
Farul Constanța	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	—	2–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0
Gloria Bistrița	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–2	2–2	0–2	1–1
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
Oțelul Galați	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	4–1
Petrolul Ploiești	0–2	1–0	3–1	5–0	5–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–5	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2
Național București	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	—	0–2	0–1	0–0
Rapid București	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–3	2–3	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	—	1–1	2–0
Steaua București	4–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–3	—	2–0
Politehnica AEK Timișoara	4–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–8	—

Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Politehnica Timișoara	349,000	40,000	12,000	23,266	+7.7%^†
2	Steaua București	180,000	25,000	3,000	12,000	+26.5%^†
3	Universitatea Craiova	179,200	25,000	700	11,946	−36.0%^†
4	Rapid București	127,500	20,000	2,000	8,500	−18.8%^†
5	FC Oradea	116,000	15,000	1,500	8,285	n/a^1
6	Apulum Alba Iulia	122,000	22,000	2,000	8,133	n/a^1
7	Dinamo București	115,000	20,000	2,000	7,666	+32.2%^†
8	Oțelul Galați	96,500	13,000	2,000	6,433	+2.7%^†
9	FCM Bacău	92,500	19,000	1,000	6,166	−22.9%^†
10	FC Brașov	70,000	12,000	1,500	4,666	−2.1%^†
11	Argeș Pitești	59,200	12,000	200	3,946	−7.5%^†
12	Farul Constanța	57,900	12,000	200	3,860	−21.8%^†
13	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	57,000	12,000	1,000	3,800	+8.1%^†
14	Gloria Bistrița	40,350	15,000	200	2,690	−16.1%^†
15	Petrolul Ploiești	40,100	8,000	500	2,673	n/a^1,3
16	Național București	33,900	8,000	100	2,260	−43.6%^†
	League total	1,736,150	40,000	100	7,264	−2.3%^†

Updated to games played on 16 August 2019
Source: League matches: Divizia A 2003/2004
Notes:
1: Played last season in Divizia B.
2: Rapid București played 7 matches out of their stadium.
3: Petrolul Ploiești played 14 matches out of their stadium.

Top goalscorers

Position[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ionel Dănciulescu	Dinamo București	21
2	Nicolae Dică	Argeș Pitești / Steaua București	18
3	Claudiu Niculescu	Dinamo București	16
4	Bogdan Vrăjitoarea	FC Oradea	14
5	Sabin Ilie	Rapid București	13
	Adrian Neaga	Steaua București

Champion squad

Dinamo București[3]

Goalkeepers: Grégory Delwarte (10 / 0); Uladzimir Hayew (2 / 0); Cristian Munteanu (9 / 0); Ștefan Preda (11 / 0). Defenders: Angelo Alistar (11 / 0); Cosmin Bărcăuan (27 / 4); Mugur Bolohan (1 / 0); Ovidiu Burcă (22 / 0); Adrian Iordache (25 / 2); Xavier Méride (6 / 0); Samuel Okunowo (2 / 0); Szabolcs Perenyi (15 / 0); Flavius Stoican (8 / 1); Dorin Semeghin (28 / 1). Midfielders: Dan Alexa (23 / 1); Ionuț Badea (16 / 0); Cristian Cigan (1 / 0); Cristian Ciubotariu (6 / 0); Alexandru Dragomir (1 / 0); Ștefan Grigorie (24 / 8); Sorin Iodi (1 / 0); Vlad Munteanu (18 / 2); Leonard Naidin (8 / 0); Florentin Petre (24 / 4); Iulian Tameș (26 / 1); Ianis Zicu (13 / 6). Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (29 / 21); Claudiu Drăgan (8 / 0); Ciprian Marica (10 / 3); Claudiu Niculescu (28 / 16). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Ioan Andone.

References

1. 2003–04 Divizia A
2. "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
3. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.