1997–98 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București
1997–98 season
Head coach	Cornel Dinu
Divizia A	6th
Romanian Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	First round
	← 1996–97 1998–99 ⊟

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. 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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
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:

^ ^a ^b CRA 4-1 CEA; CEA 3-2 CRA
^ ^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
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
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

23 July 1997

22:00

KR Reykjavík	2–0	Dinamo Bucharest
Daníelsson 26' Dadason 51'	Report

KR-völlur, Reykjavík

Referee: Dempsey (Republic of Ireland)

30 July 1997

16:00

Dinamo Bucharest	1–2	KR Reykjavík
Mihalcea 42'	Report	Dadason 12', 22'

Bucharest

KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

^ "Dinamo Bucureşti » Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

External links

[table_hth_UCR0.419593136953-2] CRA 4-1 CEA; CEA 3-2 CRA

[table_hth_UCL0.419593136953-3] UCL 2-0 PET; PET 2-1 UCL

[1] "Dinamo Bucureşti » Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

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