2002–03 Divizia B

63rd season of Romania's Divizia B Divizia B 2002–03 32 (2x16) Petrolul PloieștiApulum Alba IuliaOradea Bucovina SuceavaGilortul Târgu CărbuneștiForesta FălticeniUM Timișoara Dan Codreanu (14 goals) 2001–02 2003–04 The 2002–03 Divizia B was the 63rd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from both series relegated to Divizia C. A promotion play-off was played between the 13th and 14th-placed in the Divizia A and the runners-up of the Divizia B series.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem03.html Romania 2002/03 rsssf.org 25 April 2026 25 April 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260425133637/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem03.html livehttp://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_b/tables/2002_03.shtml Divizia B - Season 2002-03 - Edition 63 romaniansoccer.ro 25 April 2026 25 April 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260425133208/https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_b/tables/2002_03.shtml live Team changes auto To Divizia B Relegated from Divizia A Petrolul Ploiești UM Timișoara Promoted from Divizia C Poli Unirea Iași Gloria Buzău Medgidia Rulmentul Alexandria Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești Corvinul Hunedoara CFR Cluj 5em From Divizia B Promoted to Divizia A AEK București UTA Arad Relegated to Divizia C Dinamo Poiana Câmpina Petrolul Moinești Laminorul Roman Rocar București ASA Târgu Mureș Jiul Petroșani Other changes AEK București merged with Politehnica Timișoara, which had been relegated in the previous season, and was absorbed by the latter. Politehnica played directly in the first tier instead of the third tier and was renamed Politehnica AEK Timișoara. Olimpia Satu Mare, which was relegated in the previous season, bought the place of Tractorul Brașov, which thus competed in the third tier.http://www.prosport.ro/categories.jsp?artNdx=74907 Govor a cumpărat cu 60.000 de dolari locul Tractorului ro Govor bought Tractorul's place for $60,000 prosport.ro 18 August 2002 25 April 2026 25 August 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20030825012400/http://www.prosport.ro/categories.jsp?artNdx=74907 dead Bucovina Suceava broke its alliance with Foresta Fălticeni, bought the place of newly promoted Metrom Brașov, and was thus enrolled directly in the second tier, with the latter subsequently dissolved. Foresta Suceava was moved back from Suceava to Fălticeni and renamed Foresta Fălticeni. Diplomatic Focșani was renamed Unirea Focșani. Poli Unirea Iași was renamed Politehnica Iași. FC Bihor Oradea was renamed FC Oradea. League tables Series I main WDL romaniansoccer.ro ro PET GBZ ONE MID IAS ELE IGB DUB PLO FOC INT MED CIM BUC RUL FOR P PP I R S R complete 18 7 5 42 19 16 7 7 44 31 15 4 11 55 35 15 4 11 45 43 13 7 10 41 32 14 4 12 41 46 11 9 10 37 31 12 6 12 32 31 12 5 13 33 40 12 5 13 34 35 12 5 13 41 32 11 5 14 36 41 10 5 15 31 45 9 7 14 25 38 8 3 19 29 48 7 5 18 26 51 The Round 29 match between Cimentul Fieni and Bucovina Suceava was not scheduled, as both teams were suspended due to unpaid contractual fees; the match was awarded as a 0–3 defeat to both teams. CIM Bucovina Suceava was not scheduled twice due to financial reasons and was excluded. Rulmentul Alexandria was spared from relegation due to Bucovina Suceava's exclusion. Petrolul Ploiești Gloria Buzău Onești Midia Năvodari Politehnica Iași Electromagnetica București Inter Gaz București Dacia Unirea Brăila Metalul Plopeni Unirea Focșani Internațional Pitești Medgidia Cimentul Fieni Bucovina Suceava Rulmentul Alexandria Foresta Fălticeni C,P R R 5 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored. QR green1 Promotion to Divizia A green2 Qualification to promotion play-off red1 Relegation to Divizia C inherit Ineligible for promotion inherit Spared from relegation Series II main WDL romaniansoccer.ro ro APU ORD GAZ ISCT OLI CFR COR EXT UCJ ARO REȘ PAN ZLA BMA GIL UMT P PP R R complete 21 3 4 69 23 18 4 6 51 22 16 4 8 44 21 12 12 4 39 20 14 5 9 44 33 12 10 6 52 26 13 7 8 47 40 12 7 9 37 34 8 10 10 48 44 8 8 12 23 36 8 5 15 30 63 7 7 14 23 37 7 6 15 25 44 7 5 16 26 42 0 1 27 3 76 0 0 0 0 0 Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești withdrew during the winter break and lost 0–3 all the matches from the second part of the season. UMT Timișoara were deducted 7 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Divizia A, last season. UMT was subsequently excluded due to financial problems and all their results were cancelled. Apulum Alba Iulia Oradea Gaz Metan Mediaș IS Câmpia Turzii Olimpia Satu Mare CFR Cluj Corvinul Hunedoara Extensiv Craiova Universitatea Cluj ARO Câmpulung Reșița Pandurii Târgu Jiu Minaur Zlatna Baia Mare Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești UM Timișoara C,P O,P R R 5 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored. QR green1 Promotion to Divizia A green2 Qualification to promotion play-off red1 Relegation to Divizia C Top scorers 14 goals ROU Dan Codreanu (Universitatea Cluj) 12 goals ROU Ovidiu Maier (Apulum Alba Iulia) ROU Cătălin Bozdog (Olimpia Satu Mare) 10 goals HUN Zoltán Csehi (FC Oradea) 9 goals ROU George Florescu (Universitatea Cluj) ROU Cosmin Tilincă (CFR Cluj) 8 goals ROU Tudorel Stanciu (Unirea Focșani) ROU Bogdan Vrăjitoarea (FC Oradea) ROU Daniel Stan (Internațional Pitești) 7 goals ROU Sorin Oncică (CFR Cluj) ROU Claudiu Boaru (Gaz Metan Mediaș) See also 2002–03 Divizia A 2002–03 Divizia C 2002–03 Divizia D 2002–03 Cupa României References Category:Liga II seasons Rom Category:2002–03 in Romanian football