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

Competitions

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

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


KR Reykjavík 2–0 Dinamo Bucharest
Daníelsson 26'
Dadason 51'
Report
Referee: Dempsey (Republic of Ireland)

Dinamo Bucharest 1–2 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. Retrieved 2022-05-06.