1997–98 FC Dinamo București season

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.

FC Dinamo București
1997–98 season
Head coachCornel Dinu
Divizia A6th
Romanian CupSemi-finals
UEFA CupFirst round

Players

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Squad information

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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

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League table

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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

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Dinamo's score comes first

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Divizia A

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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

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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

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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

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