1997–98 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București
1997–98 season
Head coachCornel Dinu
Divizia A6th
Romanian CupSemi-finals
UEFA CupFirst 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

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. ^ a b CRA 4-1 CEA; CEA 3-2 CRA
  2. ^ a b 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
KR Reykjavík Iceland2–0Romania Dinamo Bucharest
Daníelsson 26'
Dadason 51'		 Report
Referee: Dempsey (Republic of Ireland)
Dinamo Bucharest Romania1–2Iceland KR Reykjavík
Mihalcea 42' Report Dadason 12', 22'

KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "Dinamo Bucureşti » Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
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