2001–02 FC Dinamo București season

July 2020 July 2020 FC Dinamo București 2001–02 Marin Ion (rounds 1-23)Cornel Dinu (rounds 24-30) Manager Liga I 1st Romanian Cup Finalist UEFA Cup 1st round Claudiu Niculescu (15 goals) 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 season was FC Dinamo București's 53rd season in Divizia A. In this season, Dinamo became Romanian champions for the 16th time in history. Dinamo was eliminated quickly from the UEFA Cup, and concentrated only on the internal competition. Thus, after the first half of the season, Dinamo was leader with two points over the revelation FC Național. In March 2002, Dinamo defeated Rapid 3–2, and distanced itself to five points at the front of the standings, and Cristian Borcea, Dinamo's president, launched after the game the famous sentence: "Let us prepare for the Champions League"http://ro.stiri.yahoo.com/10-ani-la-celebra-vorba-scoasa-borcea-lasati-194000424--spt.html 10 ani de la celebra vorba scoasa de Borcea ro.stiri.yahoo.com 16 March 2012 15 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130928083822/http://ro.stiri.yahoo.com/10-ani-la-celebra-vorba-scoasa-borcea-lasati-194000424--spt.html 28 September 2013 dead dmy-all Finally, Dinamo won the title in the last round of games, with a win against FC Braşov, and at the same time a defeat for FC Naţional, leader before that round, at Universitatea Craiova. In the Romanian Cup, Dinamo was defeated in the final by Rapid. Results Divizia ARoundDateOpponentStadiumResult14 August 2001CeahlăulH3–1212 August 2001RapidA2–2317 August 2001UM TimișoaraH5–1426 August 2001OțelulA1–258 September 2001FarulA2–2616 September 2001Sportul StudențescH5–1723 September 2001Astra PloieștiA1–1830 September 2001FCM BacăuH4–2913 October 2001Univ. CraiovaA2–01021 October 2001FC NaționalH0–01128 October 2001Gloria BistrițaA2–1123 November 2001SteauaH2–01317 November 2001FC ArgeșA2–11424 November 2001Petrolul PloieștiH4–1152 December 2001FC BrașovA1–11610 March 2002CeahlăulA2–11717 March 2002RapidH3–21823 March 2002UM TimișoaraA3–01931 March 2002Oțelul GalațiH2–2206 April 2002FarulH1–12113 April 2002Sportul StudențescA0–12220 April 2002Astra PloieștiH1–12327 April 2002FCM BacăuA2–4241 May 2002Univ. CraiovaH2–0254 May 2002FC NaționalA0–12615 May 2002Gloria BistrițaH1–02719 May 2002SteauaA2–22822 May 2002FC ArgeșH2–12925 May 2002Petrolul PloieștiA2–1301 June 2002FC BrașovH4–0 Divizia A 2001–02 WinnersDinamo București16th Title Cupa RomânieiRoundDateOpponentStadiumResultLast 3210 October 2001ElectromagneticaBucurești3–2Last 1631 October 2001Sportul StudențescBucurești6–0Quarterfinals3 April 2002FC BrașovBuzău0–0 (3–2 a.pen.)SF-1st leg24 April 2002SteauaAway1–0SF-2nd leg8 May 2002SteauaHome3–1Final5 June 2002RapidBucurești1–2 UEFA Cup Qualifying round 9 August 2001 18:00 Dinamo București 1–0 ALB Dinamo Tirana Niculescu 34 pen. Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest 10,000 Nikolaos Agelakis (Greece) 23 August 2001 18:00 Dinamo Tirana ALB 1–3 Dinamo București Onuț 87 o.g. Niculescu 15Mihalcea 43Drăgan 76 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 2,000 Zsolt Szabó (Hungary) FC Dinamo won 4–1 on aggregate First round 20 September 2001 16:00 Dinamo București 1–3 SUI Grasshoppers Mihalcea 84 pen. Chapuisat 28Mwaruwari 81Núñez 87 Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest 8,000 Dany Koren (Israel) 27 September 2001 20:00 Grasshoppers SUI 3–1 Dinamo București Baturina 18Chapuisat 21Morales 87 Mihalcea 52 pen. Hardturm, Zürich Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic) Grasshoppers won 6–2 on aggregate Squad Goalkeepers: Bogdan Lobonț (22 / 0); Florin Prunea (6 / 0); Alexandru Iliuciuc (2 / 0). Defenders: Mugur Bolohan (26 / 5); Adrian Iordache (1 / 0); Sorin Iodi (11 / 0); Giani Kiriță (28 / 2); Valentin Năstase (13 / 2); Bogdan Onuț (27 / 2); Iosif Tâlvan (26 / 0); Marian Vătavu (11 / 0); Dorin Semeghin (13 / 1); Cristian Pulhac (1 / 0). Midfielders: Romulus Buia (9 / 0); Constantin Ilie (10 / 0); Ioan Lupescu (7 / 0); Vlad Munteanu (19 / 5); Florin Pârvu (20 / 1); Răzvan Pădurețu (1 / 0); Florentin Petre (10 / 1); Cătălin Rață (1 / 0); Ovidiu Stîngă (18 / 0); Iulian Tameș (29 / 6); Ianis Zicu (16 / 2). Forwards: Bogdan Aldea (1 / 0); Alexandru Bălțoi (4 / 0); Ionel Dănciulescu (13 / 3); Claudiu Drăgan (23 / 4); Sabin Ilie (7 / 3); Adrian Mihalcea (14 / 11); Claudiu Niculescu (28 / 15); Ciprian Marica (2 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml Romania National Champions RomanianSoccer 13 May 2021 Manager: Marin Ion / Cornel Dinu. Transfers New players: Claudiu Niculescu(U.Craiova), Ovidiu Stângă (PSV Eindhoven), Bogdan Lobonţ (Ajax Amsterdam), Ionel Dănciulescu (Steaua), Ionuţ Ilie (Ceahlăul) Left team: Vali Năstase, Mihalcea (Genoa), Buia (Gloria Bistriţa), Lupescu (Al Hilal Riyadh), Semeghin (Petrolul), Sabin Ilie (FC Naţional). References External links www.labtof.ro Romaniansoccer.ro Worldfootball.net Category:FC Dinamo București seasons Dinamo Bucuresti Category:Romanian football championship–winning seasons