2003–04 FC Dinamo București season

The 2003–04 season was FC Dinamo București's 55th season in Divizia A. After building up a team again in 2003–04, Dinamo eliminated Shakhtar Donetsk in the first round of the UEFA Cup 2003–04 season. They went on to lose to Spartak Moscow in the second round.

FC Dinamo București
2003–04 season
ManagerIoan Andone
Liga I1st
Romanian CupWinner
UEFA Cup2nd round
Top goalscorerIonel Dănciulescu (21 goals)

In the Romanian League, against all odds, Dinamo won everything: the championships, the Romanian Cup, and the top goalscorer (Ionel Dănciulescu). Seen as the third favourite in the battle, after Rapid and Steaua, Dinamo had an excellent second part of the season, and two strikers, Dănciulescu and Claudiu Niculescu that scored together 37 goals. Dinamo had 14 wins at home, out of 15 games, the only defeat in front of their own fans being registered at the beginning of the season, against Rapid. Dinamo won the title with a game in hand, beating in the 29th round Apulum Alba Iulia, at home.

In the Romanian Cup final, Dinamo defeated Oţelul Galaţi at Cotroceni.

Results
Divizia A
Round Date Opponent Stadium Result
1 9 August 2003 FC Argeș A 1–2
2 17 August 2003 FC Bihor H 1–0
3 23 August 2003 Steaua București A 0–1
4 31 August 2003 Naţional București H 4–1
5 13 September 2003 Oţelul Galaţi A 0–0
6 19 September 2003 FCM Bacău H 7–3
7 28 September 2003 U Craiova A 1–0
8 4 October 2003 Farul Constanţa H 3–2
9 19 October 2003 FC Brașov A 4–3
10 26 October 2003 Rapid București H 3–4
11 31 October 2003 Gloria Bistriţa A 1–1
12 9 November 2003 Petrolul Ploieşti A 1–0
13 22 November 2003 Poli Timişoara H 4–2
14 30 November 2003 Apulum Alba Iulia A 1–0
15 7 December 2003 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ H 7–0
16 13 March 2004 FC Argeș H 3–0
17 20 March 2004 FC Bihor A 3–2
18 27 March 2004 Steaua București H 2–1
19 3 April 2004 Naţional București A 0–2
20 10 April 2004 Oţelul Galaţi H 2–0
21 14 April 2004 FCM Bacău A 0–0
22 17 April 2004 U Craiova H 2–1
23 24 April 2004 Farul Constanţa A 2–1
24 1 May 2004 FC Brașov H 1–0
25 9 May 2004 Rapid București A 3–2
26 12 May 2004 Gloria Bistriţa H 3–0
27 15 May 2004 Petrolul Ploieşti H 5–0
28 22 May 2004 Poli Timişoara A 2–1
29 28 May 2004 Apulum Alba Iulia H 5–1
30 3 June 2004 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ A 0–0
Divizia A 2003–04 Winners
Dinamo București
17th Title
Cupa României
Round Date Opponent Stadium Result
Last 32 1 October 2003 Inter Gaz București București 5–2
Last 16 22 October 2003 CS Otopeni București 5–1
QF-1st leg 3 December 2003 Petrolul Ploieşti București 7–0
QF-2nd leg 17 March 2004 Petrolul Ploieşti Ploiești 2–1
SF-1st leg 7 April 2004 FC Argeş Piteşti 0–1
SF-2nd leg 21 April 2004 FC Argeş București 2–0
Final 6 June 2004 Oţelul Galaţi București 2–0
Cupa României 2003–04 Winners
Dinamo București
11th Title

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

Dinamo București5–2 Liepājas Metalurgs
Dănciulescu  17', 88'
Fl.Petre  30', 73'
Bărcăuan  78'		 Dobrekovs  42' (pen.)
Šafranko  58'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Aleh Cikun (Belarus)
Liepājas Metalurgs 1–1Dinamo București
Grebis  45' Zicu  23'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Emil Laursen (Denmark)

First round

Dinamo București2–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Niculescu  86'
Zicu  87'
Attendance: 12,000
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3Dinamo București
Aghahowa  18', 45' Niculescu  29'
Marica  75'
Dănciulescu  87'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Second round

Spartak Moscow 4–0Dinamo București
Pjanović  21', 62'
Kalinchenko  58'
Pavlenko  73'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dick Van Egmond (Netherlands)
Dinamo București3–1 Spartak Moscow
Dănciulescu  29', 73' (pen.)
Iordache  59'		 Parfenov  85' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000

Squad

Goalkeepers: Gregory Delwarte (10/0), Vladimir Gaev (2/0), Cristian Munteanu (9/0), Ştefan Preda (11/0).

Defenders: Angelo Alistar (11/0), Cosmin Bărcăuan (28/5), Ovidiu Burcă (22/0), Alexandru Marius Dragomir (1/0), Sorin Iodi (1/0), Adrian Iordache (25/2), Xavier Meride (6/0), Samuel Okunowo (2/0), Szabolcs Perenyi (15/0), Dorin Semeghin (28/1).

Midfielders: Dan Alexa (23/1), Ionuț Badea (16/0), Mugur Bolohan (1/0), Cristian Ciubotariu (7/0), Ştefan Grigorie (25/8), Vlad Munteanu (18/1), Leonard Naidin (8/0), Florentin Petre (24/4), Flavius Stoican (8/1), Iulian Tameş (27/1).

Forwards: Cristian Cigan (1/0), Ionel Dănciulescu (29/21), Claudiu Drăgan (8/0), Ciprian Marica (10/3), Claudiu Niculescu (28/16), Ianis Zicu (13/6).

Transfers

New players: Gaev (FC Gomel), Alistar (Ceahlăul), Naidin (FC Oradea), Cigan (FC Oradea)

Left team: Cr.Munteanu (FC Național), Okunowo and Meride (contracts cancelled), Gregory Delwarte (Belgium), Bolohan (Universitatea Craiova), Iodi (Gloria Bistrița), Zicu (AC Parma), Marica (Shakhtar Donetsk)

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