2003–04 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season 2003–04
Champions Dinamo Bucureşti[1]
Relegated Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
Petrolul Ploieşti
Bihor Oradea
Champions League Dinamo Bucureşti
UEFA Cup Steaua Bucureşti
Oţelul Galaţi
Intertoto Cup Gloria Bistriţa
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 1–8 Steaua
Highest scoring Dinamo 7–3 Bacău
Longest winning run Dinamo (8)
Longest unbeaten run Steaua (14)
Longest losing run Naţional (6)

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 Bucureşti became champions on 3 June 2004.

Team changes

Relegated

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

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

Stadiums by capacity and locations

Poli AEK Timișoara Steaua Bucureşti Universitatea Craiova Rapid Bucureşti Apulum Alba Iulia Bihor Oradea
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: 18,000
FCM Bacău Argeş Piteşti Farul Constanţa Dinamo Bucureşti Naţional Bucureşti Oţelul Galaţi
Dumitru Sechelariu Nicolae Dobrin Gheorghe Hagi Dinamo Cotroceni Oţelul
Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 16,500 Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,167 Capacity: 14,542 Capacity: 13,932
Ceahlăul Petrolul Ploieşti FC Braşov Gloria Bistriţa
Ceahlăul Astra Tineretului Gloria
Capacity: 12,500 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 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 Apulum Alba Iulia 30 11 8 11 32 47 −15 41
    7 Național București 30 11 6 13 36 39 −3 39 TIM 0-0 PRO
    PRO 0-0 TIM
    8 Politehnica AEK Timișoara 30 9 12 9 30 40 −10 39
    9 Farul Constanța 30 9 10 11 39 42 −3 37
    10 Argeș Pitești 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 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: 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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
    Apulum Alba Iulia93914910643444585787866676566776
    Argeș Pitești56532476668121491214151515151615151313101211810
    Bacău1516795991011151114131511121011111212141415151514141313
    Bihor Oradea71315161614101214161615161114151616161615161616161616161616
    Brașov168131213647811141111131011121313141413111110111091111
    Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț2214611121415101310101215161314121011111212121213131414
    Universitatea Craiova643547111110975444468754444444444
    Dinamo București11712673222232221111112111111111
    Farul Constanța1315161112151516121391371089111010111091099991299
    Gloria Bistrița3511785855569121413109999910910111311101212
    Oțelul Galați1214613148587756656855688888887555
    Petrolul Ploiești14108101516161516121516151616131412141313121314141415151515
    Național București4914151113149981288696444455556788107
    Rapid București8114232334323333333333333333333
    Steaua București112111111111112222221222222222
    Politehnica AEK Timișoara1012108101213131314107977576577767755668

    Source: LT (in Romanian)

    Results

    Home \ Away[1] AAI ARG BACBHOBRACEAUCRDINFARGBIOȚEPETNATRAPSTETIM
    Apulum 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
    Argeș Pitești 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 Constanța 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
    Național București 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
    Politehnica AEK 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: 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

    Position Player Club Goals
    1 Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo Bucureşti 21
    2 Nicolae Dică Argeş Piteşti / Steaua Bucureşti 18
    3 Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo Bucureşti 16
    4 Bogdan Vrăjitoarea Bihor Oradea 14
    5 Sabin Ilie Rapid Bucureşti 13
    Adrian Neaga Steaua Bucureşti

    References

    1. ↑ 2003–04 Divizia A
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