2003–04 FC Dinamo București season

May 2012 July 2020 FC Dinamo București 2003–04 Ioan Andone Manager Liga I 1st Romanian Cup Winner UEFA Cup 2nd round Ionel Dănciulescu (21 goals) 2002–03 2004–05 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 ARoundDateOpponentStadiumResult19 August 2003FC ArgeșA1–2217 August 2003FC BihorH1–0323 August 2003Steaua BucureștiA0–1431 August 2003Naţional BucureștiH4–1513 September 2003Oţelul GalaţiA0–0619 September 2003FCM BacăuH7–3728 September 2003U CraiovaA1–084 October 2003Farul ConstanţaH3–2919 October 2003FC BrașovA4–31026 October 2003Rapid BucureștiH3–41131 October 2003Gloria BistriţaA1–1129 November 2003Petrolul PloieştiA1–01322 November 2003Poli TimişoaraH4–21430 November 2003Apulum Alba IuliaA1–0157 December 2003Ceahlăul Piatra NeamţH7–01613 March 2004FC ArgeșH3–01720 March 2004FC BihorA3–21827 March 2004Steaua BucureștiH2–1193 April 2004Naţional BucureștiA0–22010 April 2004Oţelul GalaţiH2–02114 April 2004FCM BacăuA0–02217 April 2004U CraiovaH2–12324 April 2004Farul ConstanţaA2–1241 May 2004FC BrașovH1–0259 May 2004Rapid BucureștiA3–22612 May 2004Gloria BistriţaH3–02715 May 2004Petrolul PloieştiH5–02822 May 2004Poli TimişoaraA2–12928 May 2004Apulum Alba IuliaH5–1303 June 2004Ceahlăul Piatra NeamţA0–0 Divizia A 2003–04 WinnersDinamo București17th Title Cupa RomânieiRoundDateOpponentStadiumResultLast 321 October 2003Inter Gaz BucureștiBucurești5–2Last 1622 October 2003CS OtopeniBucurești5–1QF-1st leg3 December 2003Petrolul PloieştiBucurești7–0QF-2nd leg17 March 2004Petrolul PloieştiPloiești2–1SF-1st leg7 April 2004FC ArgeşPiteşti0–1SF-2nd leg21 April 2004FC ArgeşBucurești2–0Final6 June 2004Oţelul GalaţiBucurești2–0 Cupa României 2003–04 WinnersDinamo București11th Title UEFA Cup Qualifying round 14 August 2003 20:00 Dinamo București 5–2 LAT Liepājas Metalurgs Dănciulescu 17 88Fl.Petre 30 73Bărcăuan 78 Dobrekovs 42 pen.Šafranko 58 Stadionul Național, Bucharest 7,000 Aleh Cikun (Belarus) 28 August 2003 18:00 Liepājas Metalurgs LAT 1–1 Dinamo București Grebis 45 Zicu 23 Daugava Stadium, Liepāja 1,000 Emil Laursen (Denmark) First round 24 September 2003 20:00 Dinamo București 2–0 UKR Shakhtar Donetsk Niculescu 86Zicu 87 Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest 12,000 Bernhard Brugger (Austria) 15 October 2003 19:00 Shakhtar Donetsk UKR 2–3 Dinamo București Aghahowa 18 45 Niculescu 29Marica 75Dănciulescu 87 Centralny, Donetsk 36,000 Tomasz Mikulski (Poland) Second round 6 November 2003 18:00 Spartak Moscow RUS 4–0 Dinamo București Pjanović 21 62Kalinchenko 58Pavlenko 73 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow 15,000 Dick Van Egmond (Netherlands) 27 November 2003 20:00 Dinamo București 3–1 RUS Spartak Moscow Dănciulescu 29 73 pen.Iordache 59 Parfenov 85 pen. Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest 10,000 Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) 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 1974 (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)https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml Romania National Champions RomanianSoccer 14 May 2021 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 External links www.labtof.ro www.romaniansoccer.ro worldfootball.net Category:FC Dinamo București seasons Romania Category:Romanian football championship–winning seasons