2012–13 FC Dinamo București season

The 2012–13 season was FC Dinamo București's 64th consecutive season in Liga I. In this season, Dinamo played in Liga I, Cupa României and UEFA Europa League. The European place was earned after Dinamo won the Romanian Cup in the season before. Dinamo kept Dario Bonetti as head coach, and won the first trophy of the season, Romanian Supercup, with a win against champions CFR Cluj. But after that the good results failed to appear. Dinamo was eliminated from Europa League, and after 15 rounds, when the team laid on the seventh spot of the standings, Dario Bonetti was sacked and Dorinel Munteanu was brought to replace him. In the Romanian Cup, Dinamo was eliminated by CFR Cluj, after extra-time. At the end of 2012, Munteanu resigned citing his desire to coach abroad. His place was taken by Cornel Ţălnar. Under his spell, Dinamo started well the second half of the season and entered the fight for a European place. But after a round of poor results, Dinamo missed a place for a European competition for the first time since 1998.

FC Dinamo București

2012–13 season
Chairman	Nicolae Badea (until 14 March) Ionuț Negoiță
Manager	Dario Bonetti (rounds 1-15) Dorinel Munteanu (rounds 16-19) Cornel Ţălnar
Liga I	6th
Cupa României	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Play-off
Supercupa României	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Marius Alexe (15 goals) All: Marius Alexe (17 goals)
Home colours Away colours

Review

Pre-season

Dinamo started its preparations for the new season on 15 June, with the medical examination. Only one new player was present, Andrei Cristea, who returned to Dinamo after one and a half years spent in Germany.[1] Another new player brought by Dinamo was Issa Ba, a Senegalese midfielder whose contract with CS Gaz Metan Mediaş expired.[2] Instead, Dinamo released Iulian Tameş and Dorel Stoica on mutual agreement, and sold Adrian Scarlatache to Khazar Lankaran.[3]

On 21 June, Dinamo left for Austria, for an 18 days training camp, during which, the team played a large number of friendly games. The first matches were against amateur football teams from the Bischofshofen region. Thus, Dinamo's manager, Dario Bonetti had the chance to see the entire team at work, and also the players brought from the youth team, or players on trial. The first important friendly game was played against Ukrainean champions, Shakhtar Donetsk. Dinamo lost the game 1–0.[4] Dinamo failed to win any other friendly game played in Austria, losing five and drawing against Anorthosis Famagusta from Cyprus.

On 26 June, Dinamo lost an important player, Cosmin Moţi, sold to the Bulgarian team Ludogorets Razgrad. The defender who played more than six years for Dinamo was in his final part of his contract, and the Red Dogs accepted the offer because they could lose him for free in the next months.[5]

Instead, Dinamo managed to sign Cristian Scutaru and Mircea Axente, both returning to Liga I where they played for Poli Timișoara. In the previous season, they played for Poli in the second division. Also, Dinamo signed the Bulgarian midfielder Boris Galchev, from CSKA Sofia.

July

Dinamo started the season on a high note, winning the first match and consequently the first trophy. It was the Romanian Supercup, where Dinamo defeated the champions CFR Cluj, after penalties. The white and reds controlled the game, having a superior ball possession (60.4%)and a larger number of completed passes (534 vs. 308).[6]

In Liga I, Dinamo played the first game against a newly promoted team, CSS Drobeta-Turnu Severin. In front of 14,500 spectators, Dinamo opened the score in the 51st minute, through Mircea Axente, at his first game for the white-reds. The home team equalized a couple of minutes later, but Ionel Dănciulescu, coming from the bench, brought all three points for Dinamo with a goal scored in the 80th minute. The same day, 20 July, Dinamo sold one of its symbols, Marius Niculae, a player grown at the club's academy, who left for a few years to play abroad, but returned to Dinamo. He was transferred to Liga I rivals FC Vaslui.

The first home game in this season was played on National Arena, where Dinamo decided to move for the entire season.[7] On 29 July, Dinamo defeated CSMS Iaşi 5–2, George Ţucudean scoring four goals and offering the decisive pass for the fifth. The striker received the perfect ten in the Gazeta Sporturilor match chronicle.[8]

August

The first false step came in the third round, when Dinamo met FC Braşov. In Braşov, Dinamo won only once since 2004,[9] and the black series continued. Braşov led twice, but Dinamo came back every time, and the match ended in a tie.[10]

In the fourth round, Dinamo should've met Rapid Bucuresti, but the game was postponed because at that time Dinamo played a friendly game against giants FC Barcelona. The game was played at National Arena in Bucharest, and although Barcelona won 2–0, Dinamo had moments when they rose to their rivals level.[11]

Eight Dinamo players were called to the national teams for the friendly games played at 15 August.[12] Two of them scored goals, Marius Alexe and George Ţucudean helping Romania U21 squad to win against Sweden U21.

Despite the big number of players who left to play internationally, Dinamo's game in the fifth round was not postponed and the manager was forced to change the squad a lot, players like Marius Alexe, Constantin Nica and Cosmin Matei being rested.[13] Thus, Dinamo failed to win at Chiajna, against Concordia. The game ended 0-0.

The European season started badly for Dinamo. In front of 20,000 fans, at Arena Națională, Dinamo was beaten by the Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv, quarterfinalist in the Europa League the previous season.

In the sixth round, Dinamo came back to its old stadium, because Arena Nationala was not available due to a concert by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Only 4,000 fans came to see the match against Petrolul Ploiești. Dinamo took the lead in the third minute, when Srdjan Luchin scored with a header his first goal for the club in the championship. Previously, he scored two goals for Dinamo, both in the Romanian Cup. Petrolul equalised in the 29th minute, but Dario Bonetti's inspiration paid off in the second part. The manager sent Ţucudean on the pitch in the 62nd minute, and the striker scored in the injury time after a cross from Cătălin Munteanu.

In the second leg of the Europa League encounter, Dinamo could not produce a miracle. They were beaten at Kharkiv, 2–1.

September

The seventh round produce Dinamo's first defeat in the championship. In Ploiești, against Astra, Dinamo lost 1–0, the only goal being scored in the injury time, from a penalty kick. Dinamo played almost the entire second half with only 10 men, Paul Koulibaly being sent off in the 49th minute.

The break for the national teams didn't help, after that Dinamo suffering the third defeat in a row. This time, at home, against Romanian champions CFR Cluj.

The drought was ended at Cluj-Napoca, where Dinamo defeated Universitatea Cluj, 2–1. It was the first game of the season for Ionel Dănciulescu as a starter, and the striker scored one goal, his 209th in Liga I, from a penalty that he obtained. Alexandru Curtean scored the other goal for Dinamo. Three days later, Dinamo started with a win the campaign to defend the trophy in Cupa României. In front of their own fans, at Dinamo Stadium, the red-dogs defeated Vointa Sibiu after extra-time.

October

In the next championship round, Dinamo met the former leader, Pandurii Targu Jiu. The game was played at National Arena, under special conditions. Dinamo commemorated 12 years since Cătălin Hâldan died, and the supporters created a special captain armband, with Hâldan face.[14] In this game, Ionel Dănciulescu played for the 490th time in Liga I, equalling a record detained so far by Costică Ştefănescu.[15] Dănciulescu scored a goal against Pandurii, his 210th in Liga I. Dinamo defeated Pandurii 3–0. In the next game, at Mediaş, Dănciulescu played his 491st match in Liga I, after which he became the player with the most presences in the first league. The team failed to win the third game in a row, drawing with Gaz Metan, 2-2.

The competition took a break for the national team's games. After the break, Dinamo suffered another defeat at home. The newly promoted Gloria Bistriţa lead 2–0 at Arena Naţională, Dinamo managed to score a single goal and in the second half Ionel Dănciulescu missed a penalty.

The first Bucharest derby of the season was played on 22 October, against Rapid. The game was initially scheduled in August, but it was postponed due to the friendly game against FC Barcelona. Rapid took the lead after a goal from Daniel Pancu, in the 30th minute, but Marius Alexe scored twice, the second time from the penalty spot, and Dinamo won 2–1, climbling to the fifth place in the championship. After that, Dinamo continued its sinusoidal evolution, and failed to win against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ. The game ended in a goalless draw.

November

Dinamo started the month of November on a high note, managing to qualify to the quarterfinals stage of the Romanian Cup with a win in Târgu Jiu, against Pandurii. It was the second win in the season against this team, and the first loss suffered by Pandurii at home.

In the Eternal derby, against Steaua, Dinamo led at the half time, after a goal scored by Marius Alexe. After one hour, the referee, Alexandre Boucaut from Belgium, gave a penalty kick for Steaua, transformed by Raul Rusescu. In the 80th minute, the referee didn't see an obvious foul against Cosmin Matei, committed by Chipciu who should've been sent off for this foul.[16] Two minutes later, Steaua scored for 2–1, and in the 87th minute, their third goal came, putting a 13 points distance between the two rivals.

Neither in the next game, Dinamo could not find the way to victory. The "White-and-reds" lost at home against FC Vaslui, 1–0. Thus, this is the worst start of a season in 41 years for Dinamo, since 1971.[17] As a consequence, Bonetti was sacked and Dorinel Munteanu was installed the new head coach.[18] Munteanu signed a contract for two and a half years. His debut game was in Constanța, against Viitorul. The game was only two days after his installation, so he didn't change much the team comparing with the usual players used by Bonetti. The game ended in a draw, 1-1, after Viitorul failed to convert a penalty in the first half, when the score was 0-0.

The first win under Dorinel Munteanu came against the trainer's former team, Oţelul Galaţi. Dinamo won the game 2–1.

In the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup, Dinamo played away against CFR Cluj. Despite having a player sent-off, Boubacar Mansaly in the 31st minute, Dinamo took the lead in the 60th minute, due to a goal scored by Marius Alexe. Rafael Bastos equalized in the 66th minute, then Gabriel Mureşan scored the winning goal in the 101st minute, transforming a free kick. Dinamo ended the game with nine players on the pitch, Constantin Nica being sent-off in the final minutes. Dinamo lost 2–1, and failed to defend its trophy.

December

The month of December started well for Dinamo who won the game against CS Severin, 4–2. The game was played at the Dinamo stadium, instead of Arena Naţională, and brought only 200 people in the stands. Dinamo remained unbeaten with Munteanu for another game, as the match against CSMS Iaşi ended in a draw. The pitch was covered in snow and made the players' mission heavier.[19]

At the end of the year, after only one month and five games in charge at Dinamo, Dorinel Munteanu resigned as head coach, citing the wish to follow his dream to coach abroad.[20] His replacement was Cornel Ţălnar who started his fifth spell at the helm of the team.[21]

January

After the winter holiday, Dinamo started its preparations for the second half of the season with a training period at Poiana Braşov, during which, the new coach, Cornel Ţălnar, concentrated on physical exercises.

On 21 January, Dinamo announced that defender Cristian Pulhac ended his contract after almost 11 years spent at the club.[22] Dinamo also parted ways with striker George Ţucudean, sold to Standard Liège.[23]

February

The first official game of the spring season was played against FC Braşov. The game was played at Dinamo stadium, the club decided to move back to its own arena and kept only two games at Arena Naţională, the games against Steaua şi Astra Ploieşti. Against Braşov, Dinamo won 2–1, after two goals from Marius Alexe. The visitors played with only ten men from the 40th minute, after Cristian Ionescu was sent off.

March

The month of March started perfectly for Dinamo who won the derby against Rapid, played in Giulești stadium. Ionel Dănciulescu scored the only goal of the game.

On 14 March, the club changed its owner. Businessman Ionuț Negoiță bought the stocks that belonged to Nicolae Badea and Dragoş Săvulescu and gained control of 90% of the club.[24]

On 16 March, Dănciulescu made his 500th appearance in Liga I, becoming the first player in history to reach this mile. The event happened in a game lost by Dinamo against Petrolul Ploieşti.

For the game against Astra Giurgiu, Dinamo returned to National Arena, and more than 17.000 fans came to support the team. Dinamo won the game 1–0, after a goal scored by Marius Alexe in the middle of the first half. Before the game, Ionel Dănciulescu was awarded for the 500 appearances in Liga I. He received an award from the club, given by two of Dinamo's legends, Cornel Dinu and Ion Nunweiller, and an award from the CCA – Referees' Commission, given by the referee of the game, Sebastian Colţescu.

April

Dinamo began April with a 1–0 win away at CFR Cluj, marked their fifth win in six league games. This saw the team climbing to number four in the rankings, two points behind Astra Giurgiu, the team placed on the second spot. Dănciulescu scored the only goal against CFR Cluj.

In the 22nd minute of the Cluj-Napoca game, Dinamo's captain, Cătălin Munteanu was injured. He suffered a rupture of the cruciate ligaments at the right knee and he was operated at a clinic in Turkey.[25]

On 14 April, Dinamo failed to win against Universitatea Cluj, in a game played at Arena Naţională. The Cluj-Napoca team, managed by former Dinamo player Ionel Ganea, opened the score, but Nicolae Muşat scored his first goal for Dinamo and brought a point for the "red dogs". The following round, Dinamo lost away, against Pandurii. This was the first game in 2013 without a goal scored by Dinamo. The team returned quickly to the winning ways with the victory against Gaz Metan Mediaş, the following round. Alexe scored the first goal in this game, his 11th of the Liga I season, and Andrei Cristea ended his goal drought, scoring his first goal of the season.

May

In the first game of May, Dinamo travelled to Bistriţa to meet Gloria, the last team in the standings. Cornel Ţălnar had a few changes in the squad, Dorin Rotariu, 17 years, being used in the starting 11 for the first time in his career. Gloria led after a goal scored by Andrei Enescu, but Marius Alexe scored twice, each time from the penalty spot, and Dinamo took all the three points.

Alexe scored again in the following game, at home, against Ceahlăul, but his goal was not enough for a win. The game ended with a draw, 1-1.

On 10 May, Dinamo met its biggest rival, Steaua. The game was played at Arena Naţională, in front of 43,789 spectators. Steaua won 2–0, Dinamo losing for the fourth time in a row in the Eternal derby.

Dinamo continued its bad shape the following week, when they lost against FC Vaslui, 4–1, the biggest loss suffered during the entire season. The next game brought another defeat. This time, at home, against Viitorul Constanţa. Dinamo led 2–1, but the visitors scored twice in the final half-hour and won 3–2. After this match, Dinamo lost all chances to qualify for a European competition, ending a period of 15 consecutive years in the continental cups.[26]

The final game of the season was played away at Oţelul Galaţi. Dinamo won 1-0 after a goal scored by Mircea Axente. Despite this win, Dinamo finished the season on the sixth place.

Squad changes

Transfers in:

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
18	MF		Issa Ba	30	Non-EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	fcdinamo.ro
17	FW		Andrei Cristea	28	EU	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	prosport.ro
19	MF		Boubacar Mansaly	24	Non-EU	Drancy	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	gsp.ro
33	MF		Steliano Filip	18	EU	FC Maramureș	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	banatsport.ro
8	MF		Boris Galchev	28	EU	CSKA Sofia	Transfer	Summer	2014	Undisclosed	fcdinamo.ro
6	DF		Cristian Scutaru	25	EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	fcdinamo.ro
15	FW		Mircea Axente	25	EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	fcdinamo.ro
30	DF		Paul Koulibaly	26	Non-EU	Asswehly	Transfer	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	gsp.ro
27	MF		Edgar Álvarez	32	Non-EU	Palermo	Transfer	Summer	2013	Free	fcdinamo.ro
30	DF		Alexandru Dandea	24	EU	Turnu Severin	Transfer	Winter	2016	Free	fcdinamo.ro
18	DF		Alexandru Tudose	25	EU	Gloria Bistrița	Transfer	Winter	2013	Free	fcdinamo.ro

Transfers out:

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
	MF		Dorel Stoica	33	EU		Released	Summer	Free	fcdinamo.ro
	MF		Iulian Tameș	33	EU	Brașov	Released	Summer	Free	fcdinamo.ro
	DF		Adrian Scarlatache	25	EU	Khazar	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	fcdinamo.ro
	MF		Elis Bakaj	24	Non-EU	Chornomorets Odesa	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	odessa.ua
	GK		George Curcă	31	EU		Released	Summer	Free	cancan.ro
	DF		Cosmin Moți	27	EU	Ludogorets Razgrad	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	fcdinamo.ro
	MF		Djakaridja Koné	25	Non-EU	Evian	Released	Summer	Free	etgfc.com
	FW		Michel Platini	28	Non-EU	CSKA Sofia	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	pfkcska.bg
	FW		Marius Niculae	31	EU	Vaslui	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	fcdinamo.ro
	FW		Georgian Păun	26	EU	Braşov	Released	Summer	Free	gsp.ro
8	MF		Boris Galchev	29	EU	Botev Plovdiv	Transfer	Winter	Free	botevplovdiv.bg
30	DF		Paul Koulibaly	26	Non-EU		Released	Winter	Free	mediafax.ro
27	MF		Edgar Álvarez	33	Non-EU		Released	Winter	Free	mediafax.ro
3	DF		Cristian Pulhac	28	EU	Gabala	Released	Winter	Free	fcdinamo.ro
29	FW		George Ţucudean	21	EU	Standard Liège	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	fcdinamo.ro
18	MF		Issa Ba	31	Non-EU		Released	Winter	Free	fcdinamo.ro

Last updated: 2013-02-11

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
			Apps	Mins	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Nica	15(4)	1270	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	19(4)	0
3	MF	Rotariu	1(6)	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(6)	0
4	MF	Matei	27(1)	2169	5	1	0	2	0	0(1)	0	30(2)	5
6	DF	Scutaru	4(1)	323	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	5(2)	0
7	MF	Munteanu	22(1)	1951	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	27(1)	0
8	DF	Muşat	16	1415	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
10	MF	Alexe	30(1)	2576	15	2	2	1(1)	0	1	0	34(2)	17
15	FW	Axente	4(10)	446	4	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	4(12)	4
16	DF	Radu	0(1)	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
16	DF	Homei	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW	Cristea	3(16)	479	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(16)	1
18	FW	Tudose	3(2)	346	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3(2)	0
19	MF	Boubacar	26	2247	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	32	0
20	MF	Curtean	25(7)	2152	2	0(2)	0	1(1)	1	0(1)	0	27(10)	3
21	DF	Grigore	30(2)	2711	1	2(1)	0	2	0	1	0	35(3)	1
22	MF	Strătilă	4(6)	371	1	(0)1	1	0	0	0	0	4(7)	2
23	GK	Naumovski	10	900	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
24	DF	Luchin	29	2574	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	35	1
25	FW	Dănciulescu	20(7)	1866	7	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	21(8)	7
26	MF	Rus	27(4)	2529	1	1(1)	1	0	0	1	0	30(4)	2
27	MF	Roman	0(1)	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
27	MF	Stănescu	1	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF	Dandea	9(5)	859	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9(5)	0
32	DF	Burnea	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF	Filip	1(8)	191	0	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2(9)	0
34	GK	Bălgrădean	24	2160	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	30	0
Players sold or loaned out during the season
3	DF	Pulhac	17	1439	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	21	0
8	MF	Galchev	3(1)	340	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0	5(2)	0
9	FW	Niculae	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18	MF	Ba	4(3)	414	1	1(1)	0	1	0	1	0	7(4)	1
27	MF	Álvarez	4(1)	245	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0
29	FW	Ţucudean	9(9)	936	6	3	0	2	0	0(1)	2	14(10)	8
30	DF	Koulibaly	6(2)	461	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9(2)	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 28 May 2013

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated on 28 May 2013

No.	Pos	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Europa League			Total
2	DF	Constantin Nica	7	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	9	3	0
4	MF	Cosmin Matei	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0
7	MF	Cătălin Munteanu	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
8	DF	Nicolae Muşat	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	FW	Marius Alexe	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
15	FW	Mircea Axente	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	FW	Andrei Cristea	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
18	DF	Alexandru Tudose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	MF	Boubacar Mansaly	9	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	13	1	0
20	MF	Alexandru Curtean	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
21	DF	Dragoș Grigore	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
22	MF	Sorin Strătilă	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
23	GK	Kristijan Naumovski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	DF	Srdjan Luchin	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
25	FW	Ionel Dănciulescu	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
26	MF	Laurențiu Rus	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
30	DF	Alexandru Dandea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	MF	Steliano Filip	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
34	GK	Cristian Bălgrădean	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Players sold or loaned out during the season
3	DF	Cristian Pulhac	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	MF	Boris Galchev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	MF	Issa Ba	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	MF	Edgar Álvarez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	FW	George Ţucudean	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
30	DF	Paul Koulibaly	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Club

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach First Team	Cornel Ţălnar
Assistant Coach	Florentin Petre
Assistant Coach	Ilie Alexe
Goalkeeper Coach	Florin Tene
Physical fitness coach	Constantin Niculae

Last updated: 28 December
Source: FC Dinamo Official Website

Competitions

Overall

FC Dinamo plays in four competitions: Liga I, UEFA Europa League, Cupa României and Supercupa României.

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga I	Round 1	—	6	vs CS Turnu Severin	vs Oțelul Galați
Cupa României	Round of 32	—	Quarter-finals	vs Voința Sibiu	vs CFR Cluj
Supercupa României	—		Winners	vs CFR Cluj
Europa League	Play-off round	—	Play-off round	vs Metalist Kharkiv

Liga I

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Astra Giurgiu	34	17	9	8	64	37	+27	60	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Vaslui	34	16	10	8	50	34	+16	58
6	Dinamo București	34	16	8	10	48	40	+8	56
7	Brașov	34	14	9	11	50	51	−1	51
8	Rapid București (R)	34	13	10	11	35	35	0	49[lower-alpha 2]	Relegation to Liga II[lower-alpha 3]

Source: Liga I (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.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Astra Giurgiu qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa as Petrolul won the 2012–13 Cupa României and secured a place in the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa.
2. CFR 0-0 RAP; RAP 3-2 CFR
3. Rapid did not obtain a licence for the 2013–14 season, therefore Concordia Chiajna were spared from relegation.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	8	10	48	40	+8	56	10	2	5	30	19	+11	6	6	5	18	21	−3

Last updated: 28 May 2013.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W
Position	3	2	3	4	4	3	5	8	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2013. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Liga I

Kickoff times are in EET.

20 July 1	CS Turnu Severin	1–2	Dinamo București	Municipal
20:20	Vancea  52'	Report	Axente  50' Dănciulescu  80' Grigore  66' Dănciulescu  80'	Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (București)

29 July 2	Dinamo București	5–2	CSMS Iași	Arena Națională
21:30	Ţucudean  13', 22', 46', 48' Rus  50' Pulhac  64' Alexe  66'	Report	Onofraș  28' Vladu  83'	Attendance: 7,850 Referee: Marius Bocăneală (Galați)

6 August 3	FC Brașov	2–2	Dinamo București	Silviu Ploeşteanu
21:30	Batin  16' Buga  59'	Report	Grigore  39' Matei  72' Muşat  44'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

22 October 4	Dinamo București	2–1	Rapid București	Arena Națională
21:30	Alexe  45', 62' (pen.) Alexe  63'	Report	Pancu  30'	Attendance: 16,037 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

17 August 5	Concordia Chiajna	0–0	Dinamo București	Concordia
21:30		Report	Boubacar  29' Munteanu  90+2'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marius Avram (București)

26 August 6	Dinamo București	2–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Dinamo
21:30	Luchin  3' Ţucudean  90+3' Luchin  21' Curtean  53' Galchev  59' Grigore  61'	Report	Grozav  29'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

2 September 7	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	Dinamo București	Astra
17:00	Tembo  90+5' (pen.)	Report	Koulibaly  49' Nica  69' Grigore  90+3'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)

14 September 8	Dinamo București	0–1	CFR Cluj	Arena Națională
21:30	Munteanu  8' Boubacar  34'	Report	Rui Pedro  64'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marius Avram (București)

22 September 9	Universitatea Cluj	1–2	Dinamo București	Cluj Arena
21:30	Dinu  7' (pen.)	Report	Dănciulescu  23' (pen.) Curtean  63' Boubacar  2' Pulhac  7' Nica  34'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu (Râmnicu Vâlcea)

1 October 10	Dinamo București	3–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Arena Națională
20:30	Curtean  6' Alexe  57' Dănciulescu  77' Nica  38' Pulhac  56' Dănciulescu  67'	Report		Attendance: 13,545 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

6 October 11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–2	Dinamo București	Gaz Metan
21:30	Astafei  26' Bawab  38'	Report	Alexe  17' Trtovac  48' (o.g.) Rus  50' Pulhac  56' Nica  62'  78'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: István Kovacs (Carei)

19 October 12	Dinamo București	1–2	Gloria Bistrița	Arena Națională
21:30	Matei  45' Koulibaly  90+5'	Report	Bragança  27' Predescu  41'	Attendance: 6,127 Referee: Radu Petrescu (București)

27 October 13	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	0–0	Dinamo București	Ceahlăul
21:30		Report	Curtean  4' Ţucudean  25' Matei  41' Álvarez  75' Ba  90'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Lucian Rusandu (Sf. Gheorghe)

4 November 14	Steaua București	3–1	Dinamo București	Arena Națională
21:30	Rusescu  63' (pen.), 83' Szukała  87'	Report	Alexe  38' Munteanu  42' Matei  75' Boubacar  89'	Attendance: 49,112 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

10 November 15	Dinamo București	0–1	FC Vaslui	Arena Națională
21:30	Dănciulescu  11' Pulhac  64' Ba  70' Grigore  70' Luchin  77' Ţucudean  90+2' Alexe  90+4'	Report	Sânmărtean  37'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Marius Avram (București)

17 November 16	Viitorul Constanța	1–1	Dinamo București	Farul
21:30	Benzar  72'	Report	Ba  79' Nica  16'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (București)

23 November 17	Dinamo București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Arena Națională
20:30	Alexe  16' (pen.) Matei  30' (pen.) Ţucudean  42' Munteanu  61' Matei  79'	Report	Rus  60' (o.g.)	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lucian Rusandu (Sf. Gheorghe)

3 December 18	Dinamo București	4–2	CS Turnu Severin	Dinamo
20:30	Matei  34' Dănciulescu  47' Alexe  51' (pen.) Ţucudean  56' Ţucudean  10' Galchev  57'	Report	Neacșa  15' (pen.) Thomas  80'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)

9 December 19	CSMS Iași	1–1	Dinamo București	Emil Alexandrescu
20:00	Straton  1'	Report	Tincu  22' (o.g.) Rus  59'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

24 February 20	Dinamo București	2–1	FC Brașov	Dinamo
20:30	Alexe  18', 33' (pen.) Rus  21' Curtean  29' Nica  89'	Report	Păun  60' Ionescu  40'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Marcel Bârsan (București)

3 March 21	Rapid București	0–1	Dinamo București	Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
20:30		Report	Dănciulescu  64' Grigore  8' Mușat  32' Dănciulescu  40' Boubacar  71' Bălgrădean  76' Cristea  78'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Marius Avram (București)

11 March 22	Dinamo București	2–0	Concordia Chiajna	Dinamo
19:30	Axente  86' Matei  90+4' Alexe  55' Luchin  58' Nica  71'  77'	Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Carei)

16 March 23	Petrolul Ploiești	2–1	Dinamo București	Ilie Oană
21:30	Bokila  8' (pen.) Sauvadet  55'	Report	Axente  14' Boubacar  31' Luchin  63'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu (București)

31 March 24	Dinamo București	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Arena Națională
20:30	Alexe  23' Munteanu  43' Luchin  87' Bălgrădean  88'	Report		Attendance: 17,654 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

6 April 25	CFR Cluj	0–1	Dinamo București	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
21:30		Report	Dănciulescu  62' Rus  65' Boubacar  73' Bălgrădean  90'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (București)

13 April 26	Dinamo București	1–1	Universitatea Cluj	Arena Națională
21:30	Mușat  80' Curtean  14' Dănciulescu  26' Alexe  65' Matei  70' Luchin  70' Bălgrădean  90+5'	Report	Tony  74'	Attendance: 18,631 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Piteşti)

21 April 27	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–0	Dinamo București	Tudor Vladimirescu
21:30	Ibeh  50' Nistor  74'	Report	Boubacar  26' Axente  27' Luchin  89'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Arad)

28 April 28	Dinamo București	2–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Arena Națională
14:00	Alexe  43' Cristea  83' Rus  37' Mușat  48' Cristea  84'	Report		Attendance: 19,257 Referee: Adrian Comănescu (Rm. Vâlcea)

3 May 29	Gloria Bistrița	1–2	Dinamo București	Jean Pădureanu
20:30	Enescu  21'	Report	Alexe  26' (pen.), 75' (pen.) Luchin  20' Matei  61' Alexe  80'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Lucian Rusandu (Sfântu Gheorghe)

7 May 30	Dinamo București	1–1	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Arena Națională
19:00	Alexe  67' Tudose  70'	Report	Lukanović  24'	Attendance: 9,468 Referee: Radu Petrescu (București)

10 May 31	Dinamo București	0–2	Steaua București	Arena Națională
21:00	Curtean  19' Dănciulescu  56' Strătilă  58' Rus  61' Dandea  75' Cristea  83'	Report	Boubacar  13' (o.g.) Tănase  70'	Attendance: 43,789 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

18 May 32	FC Vaslui	4–1	Dinamo București	Municipal
21:30	Antal  22' Celeban  33' Stanciu  59' Temwanjera  89'	Report	Strătilă  27' Strătilă  41'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Arad)

24 May 33	Dinamo București	2–3	Viitorul Constanța	Dinamo
21:30	Dănciulescu  16' Alexe  50' Dănciulescu  43' Grigore  69'	Report	Lazăr  11' Chițu  62' Bălașa  89'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

28 May 34	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Dinamo București	Oțelul
22:00		Report	Axente  68' Boubacar  38' Naumovski  44' Strătilă  45' Rus  52' Grigore  54' Alexe  60' Axente  73' Luchin  79'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marian Balaci (Tr. Severin)

UEFA Europa League

23 August PO, 1L	Dinamo București	0–2	Metalist Kharkiv	Arena Națională, București
20:30	Grigore  22' Matei  41' Ţucudean  72'	Report	Cleiton Xavier  9' Cristaldo  57'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)

30 August PO, 2L	Metalist Kharkiv	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Dinamo București	Metalist, Kharkiv
21:00	Blanco  28' Cristaldo  61'	Report	Curtean  52' Boubacar  69' Matei  75' Filip  82' Nica  88'	Attendance: 33,417 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Cupa României

25 September R32	Dinamo București	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Voința Sibiu	Dinamo, București
19:00	Strătilă  62' Rus  93' Boubacar  28' Dănciulescu  119'	Report	Valter Heil  52'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Paul Unimatan (Zalău)

1 November R16	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–2	Dinamo București	Tudor Vladimirescu, Târgu Jiu
21:30	Lemnaru  73'	Report	Alexe  37' Mamele  90+1' (o.g.) Grigore  45' Munteanu  55' Boubacar  76'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Carei)

28 November QF	CFR Cluj	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Dinamo București	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca
20:30	Bastos  66' Mureșan  101'	Report	Alexe  62' Boubacar  8'  31' Nica  42'  114' Ţucudean  45' Curtean  120'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

Supercupa României

14 July	CFR Cluj	2–2 (2–4 p)	Dinamo București	Arena Națională, București
21:00	Valente  36' Kapetanos  102'	Report	Ţucudean  62', 101' Boubacar  95' Grigore  107' Munteanu  110'	Attendance: 9,960 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Arad)
	Penalties
	Kapetanos Sougou Hora Mureşan		Alexe Matei Munteanu Ţucudean Grigore

Non competitive matches

24 June	SK Austria Klagenfurt	0–6	Dinamo București	Bischofshofen, Austria
18:00		Report	Dănciulescu  45' Rus  56' Ţucudean  66' Filip  67' Muşat  71' Strătilă  76'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen

27 June	USK Anif	1–5	Dinamo București	Bischofshofen, Austria
19:00	Elvis Alibabic  76'	Report	Axente  6', 89' Ţucudean  13' Platini  60' Mărkuș  70'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen

28 June	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	Dinamo București	Going am Wilden Kaiser, Austria
19:00	Zhychykov  76'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wilder Kaiser

30 June	SV Grödig	3–0	Dinamo București	Bischofshofen, Austria
15:30	Öbster  11' Jukic  37', 44'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen

1 July	Anorthosis Famagusta	1–1	Dinamo București	Kufstein, Austria
18:00	Laborde  71'	Report	Alexe  16'	Stadium: Kufstein-Arena

2 July	Ludogorets Razgrad	3–1	Dinamo București	Bischofshofen, Austria
19:00	Gargorov  19', 52' Ivanov  55'	Report	Ţucudean  82' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen

4 July	Mladá Boleslav	1–0	Dinamo București	Lenzing, Austria
19:00	Mareš  63'	Report

7 July	Neftchi Baku	2–0	Dinamo București	Kirchdorf in Tirol, Austria
19:00	Mitreski  34' Wobay  49'	Report		Stadium: Leerberg-Arena

8 July	Kuban Krasnodar	1–0	Dinamo București	Bischofshofen, Austria
15:00	Tlisov  76'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen

11 August	Dinamo București	0–2	FC Barcelona	Bucharest, Romania
20:15		Report	Messi  4' Afellay  90+3'	Stadium: Arena Naţională Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

20 January	Dinamo București	8–1	FC Râşnov	Braşov, Romania
	Curtean  9' Matei  14' Alexe  50' Cristea  64', 78', 80' Filip  76' Ioniţă  80'	Report	Manole  55'	Attendance: 1,000

24 January	AS Vulcan	0–11	Dinamo București	Vulcan, Romania
		Report	Cristea  13', 44' Alexe  22' Scutaru  49' Țucudean  50', 63', 70', 71' Crăciun  82' Dănciulescu  84' Curtean  85'	Attendance: 800

4 February	Dinamo București	3–1	Lech Poznań	Marbella, Spain
	Dandea  14' Axente  55' Curtean  76'	Report	Reiss  70'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de San Pedro de Alcantara

7 February	Dinamo București	2–1	Torpedo Kutaisi	Marbella, Spain
	Dănciulescu  8', 54'	Report	Dolidze  83'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

9 February	Marbella	2–3	Dinamo București	Marbella, Spain
		Report	Axente  15' Filip  16' Rotariu  61'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

10 February	Dinamo București	0–1	Atlético Paranaense	Marbella, Spain
		Report	Marcão  37'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de San Pedro de Alcantara

21 March	FC Zărnești	0–8	Dinamo București	Zărnești, Romania
		Report	Dandea  5', 7' Alexe  43' Cristea  47', 55', 80' Axente  48', 84'

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