2003–04 Divizia A

Divizia A

Season	2003–04
Champions	Dinamo Bucureşti
Relegated	Ceahlăul Petrolul Bihor Oradea
Champions League	Dinamo Bucureşti
UEFA Cup	Steaua Oţelul Galaţi
Intertoto Cup	Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played	240
Goals scored	633 (2.64 per match)
Average goals/game	2.64
Top goalscorer	Dănciulescu (21)
Biggest home win	Dinamo 7 – 0 Ceahlăul (07 Dec 2003)
Biggest away win	Timişoara 1 – 8 Steaua (09 Apr 2004)
Highest scoring	Dinamo 7 – 3 Bacău (19 Sep 2003)
Longest winning run	Dinamo Bucureşti (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (14)
Longest losing run	Progresul (6)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003/04 season of the Divizia A began in August 2003 and ended in June 2004. Dinamo Bucureşti became champions on 3 June 2004.

Team changes

Promoted

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

• Petrolul Ploieşti (champions of B/1)
• Apulum Alba-Iulia (champions of B/2)
• FC Bihor Oradea (champions of B/3)

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	Unirea Alba Iulia	30	11	8	11	32	47	−15	41
7	Naţional Bucureşti	30	11	6	13	36	39	−3	39		TIM 0-0 PRO PRO 0-0 TIM
8	Politehnica AEK Timişoara	30	9	12	9	30	40	−10	39
9	Farul Constanţa	30	9	10	11	39	42	−3	37
10	Argeş Piteşti	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 Bistriţa	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 the 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: [1] (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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Divizia A 2003–04 Winners
Dinamo Bucureşti 17th Title

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
Unirea 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
Argeş Piteşti	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
Bihor 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
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 Constanţa	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 Bistriţa	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
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
Progresul Bucureşti	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
Timişoara	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: [2] (Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away1

UAI

ARG

BAC

BHO

BRA

CEA

UCR

DIN

FAR

GBI

OŢE

PET

PRO

RAP

STE

TIM

Unirea 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

Argeş Piteşti

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 Constanţa

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 Bistriţa

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

Progresul Bucureşti

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

Timişoara

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

Top goal scorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Ionel Dănciulescu	21	Dinamo Bucureşti
Nicolae Dică	18	FC Argeş / Steaua Bucureşti
Claudiu Niculescu	16	Dinamo Bucureşti
Bogdan Vrăjitoarea	14	FC Bihor Oradea
Sabin Ilie	13	Rapid Bucureşti
Adrian Neaga	13	Steaua Bucureşti

See also

Romanian football portal

• Cupa României 2003–04
• 2002–03 Divizia A
• 2003–04 Divizia B

References

• Romania - List of final tables (RSSSF)