2003–04 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București
2003–04 season
ManagerIoan Andone
Liga I1st
Romanian CupWinner
UEFA Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerIonel Dănciulescu (21 goals)

The 2003–04 season was FC Dinamo București's 55th season in Divizia A. After building up a team again in 2003–04, Dinamo eliminated Shakhtar Donetsk in the first round of the UEFA Cup 2003–04 season. They went on to lose to Spartak Moscow in the second round.

In the Romanian League, against all odds, Dinamo won everything: the championships, the Romanian Cup, and the top goalscorer (Ionel Dănciulescu). Seen as the third favourite in the battle, after Rapid and Steaua, Dinamo had an excellent second part of the season, and two strikers, Dănciulescu and Claudiu Niculescu that scored together 37 goals. Dinamo had 14 wins at home, out of 15 games, the only defeat in front of their own fans being registered at the beginning of the season, against Rapid. Dinamo won the title with a game in hand, beating in the 29th round Apulum Alba Iulia, at home.

In the Romanian Cup final, Dinamo defeated Oţelul Galaţi at Cotroceni.

Results

Divizia A
Round Date Opponent Stadium Result
1 9 August 2003 FC Argeș A 1–2
2 17 August 2003 FC Bihor H 1–0
3 23 August 2003 Steaua București A 0–1
4 31 August 2003 Naţional București H 4–1
5 13 September 2003 Oţelul Galaţi A 0–0
6 19 September 2003 FCM Bacău H 7–3
7 28 September 2003 U Craiova A 1–0
8 4 October 2003 Farul Constanţa H 3–2
9 19 October 2003 FC Brașov A 4–3
10 26 October 2003 Rapid București H 3–4
11 31 October 2003 Gloria Bistriţa A 1–1
12 9 November 2003 Petrolul Ploieşti A 1–0
13 22 November 2003 Poli Timişoara H 4–2
14 30 November 2003 Apulum Alba Iulia A 1–0
15 7 December 2003 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ H 7–0
16 13 March 2004 FC Argeș H 3–0
17 20 March 2004 FC Bihor A 3–2
18 27 March 2004 Steaua București H 2–1
19 3 April 2004 Naţional București A 0–2
20 10 April 2004 Oţelul Galaţi H 2–0
21 14 April 2004 FCM Bacău A 0–0
22 17 April 2004 U Craiova H 2–1
23 24 April 2004 Farul Constanţa A 2–1
24 1 May 2004 FC Brașov H 1–0
25 9 May 2004 Rapid București A 3–2
26 12 May 2004 Gloria Bistriţa H 3–0
27 15 May 2004 Petrolul Ploieşti H 5–0
28 22 May 2004 Poli Timişoara A 2–1
29 28 May 2004 Apulum Alba Iulia H 5–1
30 3 June 2004 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ A 0–0
Divizia A 2003–04 Winners
Dinamo București
17th Title
Cupa României
Round Date Opponent Stadium Result
Last 32 1 October 2003 Inter Gaz București București 5–2
Last 16 22 October 2003 CS Otopeni București 5–1
QF-1st leg 3 December 2003 Petrolul Ploieşti București 7–0
QF-2nd leg 17 March 2004 Petrolul Ploieşti Ploiești 2–1
SF-1st leg 7 April 2004 FC Argeş Piteşti 0–1
SF-2nd leg 21 April 2004 FC Argeş București 2–0
Final 6 June 2004 Oţelul Galaţi București 2–0
Cupa României 2003–04 Winners
Dinamo București
11th Title

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Dinamo București5–2Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs
Dănciulescu 17', 88'
Fl.Petre 30', 73'
Bărcăuan 78'		 Dobrekovs 42' (pen.)
Šafranko 58'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Aleh Cikun (Belarus)
Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia1–1Dinamo București
Grebis 45' Zicu 23'
Attendance: 1,000

First round

Dinamo București2–0Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
Niculescu 86'
Zicu 87'
Attendance: 12,000
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine2–3Dinamo București
Aghahowa 18', 45' Niculescu 29'
Marica 75'
Dănciulescu 87'
Attendance: 36,000

Second round

Spartak Moscow Russia4–0Dinamo București
Pjanović 21', 62'
Kalinchenko 58'
Pavlenko 73'
Attendance: 15,000
Dinamo București3–1Russia Spartak Moscow
Dănciulescu 29', 73' (pen.)
Iordache 59'		 Parfenov 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000

Squad

Goalkeepers: Grégory Delwarte Belgium (10 / 0); Uladzimir Hayew Belarus (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 France (6 / 0); Samuel Okunowo Nigeria (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)[1]

Manager: Ioan Andone.

Transfers

New players: Gaev (FC Gomel), Alistar (Ceahlăul), Naidin (FC Oradea), Cigan (FC Oradea)

Left team: Cr.Munteanu (FC Național), Okunowo and Meride (contracts cancelled), Gregory Delwarte (Belgium), Bolohan (Universitatea Craiova), Iodi (Gloria Bistrița), Zicu (AC Parma), Marica (Shakhtar Donetsk)

References

  1. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.