1958–59 FC Dinamo București season

The 1958–59 season was Dinamo București's tenth season in Divizia A. Dinamo finishes second in the championship, one point behind the winners, Petrolul Ploiesti, but wins for the first time Cupa Romaniei. In this competition, Dinamo manages to pass by their main rivals, UTA, CCA, and Rapid. It is the first trophy for Iuliu Baratky as coach, after four Romanian Cups won as a player.

FC Dinamo București

1958–59 season
Manager	Iuliu Baratky
Divizia A	2nd
Romanian Cup	Winner

The beginning of the season was marked by a decision of FRF to forbid Dinamo and two other teams to have tournaments abroad. Later, because of poor results, the club sanctioned their players, Calinoiu, Dumitru, Anghel and Utu being suspended.

Results

Divizia A
Round	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result
1	24 August 1958	Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin	H	6-0
2	31 August 1958	Jiul Petroşani	A	1-1
3	21 September 1958	Progresul București	A	2-1
4	28 September 1958	Dinamo Bacău	H	3-2
5	5 October 1958	UTA	A	2-1
6	12 October 1958	CCA București	A	2-0
7	5 November 1958	Ştiinţa Cluj	H	1-0
8	9 November 1958	Farul Constanţa	A	4-1
9	16 November 1958	Rapid București	H	2-3
10	19 November 1958	Ştiinţa Timişoara	H	4-1
11	23 November 1958	Petrolul Ploieşti	A	1-3
12	15 March 1959	Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin	A	2-3
13	22 March 1959	Jiul Petroşani	H	2-1
14	29 March 1959	Progresul București	H	0-1
15	5 April 1959	Dinamo Bacău	A	1-1
16	3 May 1959	UTA	H	2-0
17	10 May 1959	CCA București	H	0-1
18	17 May 1959	Ştiinţa Cluj	A	1-1
19	24 May 1959	Farul Constanţa	H	1-1
20	31 May 1959	Rapid București	A	3-2
21	7 June 1959	Ştiinţa Timişoara	A	5-3
22	10 June 1959	Petrolul Ploieşti	H	2-0

Cupa României
Round	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result
Last 32	8 March 1959	Rafinăria Câmpina	Ploieşti	4-0
Last 16	1 April 1959	UTA	Sibiu	1-0
Quarterfinals	20 May 1959	CCA București	București	3-1
Semifinals	3 June 1959	Rapid București	București	5-3
Final	14 June 1959	CSM Baia Mare	București	4-0

Cupa României 1959 Winners
Dinamo București 1st Title

Romanian Cup final

14 June 1959

Dinamo București	4 – 0	CSM Baia Mare
Iosif Szakacs 30', 80' (pen.) Vasile Anghel 57' Iosif Varga 80'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 45.000

Referee: Mihai Popa (București)

DINAMO: GK Iuliu Uţu DF Cornel Popa DF Valeriu Călinoiu DF Nicolae Panait MF Ion Nunweiller MF Vasile Alexandru FW Iosif Varga FW Vasile Anghel FW Iosif Szakacs FW Alexandru Ene FW Ladislau Köszegi Manager: Iuliu Baratky

CSM BAIA MARE: GK Solomon Vlad DF Victor Mălăieru DF Iosif Gergely DF Dumitru Vasilescu MF Laszlo Gergely MF Adalbert Feher FW Elemer Sulyok FW Horzsa FW Ernestin Drăgan FW Ladislau Vlad FW Vasile Rusu Manager: Constantin Woronkowski

Transfers

Before the start of the season Dinamo bought Iosif Varga (from CS Târgu Mureş), Iosif Bükössy (from CCA), Iosif Szakacs. Valentin Neagu (to Progresul), Petre Babone (to Petrolul), Iosif Lazăr and Florin Anghel (to Dinamo Bacău) left the club.

References

• www.labtof.ro
• www.romaniansoccer.ro