# 1997–98 Divizia A

The 1997–98 Divizia A was the eightieth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

## 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 | |
| 9 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 49 | |
| 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 | |
| 14 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 40 | |
| 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 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | Jiul Petroşani (R) | 34 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 116 | −97 | 10 | Relegation to Divizia B |
* 1 2 CRA 4-1 CEA; CEA 3-2 CRA
* 1 2 UCL 2-0 PET; PET 2-1 UCL

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ 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 |
| Argeș Pitești | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bacău | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Reșița | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 10 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Dinamo București | 12 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Farul Constanța | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Foresta Fălticeni | 13 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Jiul Petroşani | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Național București | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Rapid București | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Steaua București | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Chindia Târgoviște | 9 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 14 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARG | BAC | RES | CEA | UCR | DIN | FAR | FOR | GBI | JIU | OȚE | PET | NAT | RAP | SPO | STE | CHI | UCL |
| Argeș Pitești | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Bacău | 5–3 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Reșița | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo București | 2–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 5–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Farul Constanța | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Foresta Fălticeni | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Jiul Petroşani | 0–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–5 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Oțelul Galați | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Național București | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Rapid București | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Steaua București | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–1 | — | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Chindia Târgoviște | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Vasile Oană | Gloria Bistriţa | 21 |
| 1 | Constantin Barbu | Argeş Piteşti | 21 |
| 3 | Cătălin Munteanu | Steaua București | 17 |
| 4 | Ionel Dănciulescu | Steaua București | 14 |
| 4 | Valentin Ștefan | Oțelul Galați | 14 |
| 4 | Ionuț Luțu | Universitatea Craiova | 14 |
| 7 | Lucian Marinescu | Rapid București | 13 |

## Champion squad

* Steaua București
* Goalkeepers: Zoltan Ritli (30 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (3 / 0); Eugen Nae (1 / 0).
* Defenders: Laurențiu Reghecampf (30 / 1); Valeriu Răchită (27 / 3); Marius Baciu (13 / 2); Tiberiu Csik (20 / 1); Erik Lincar (16 / 0); Adrian Matei (28 / 3); Iulian Miu (29 / 1); Roland Nagy (4 / 0).
* Midfielders: Marius Coporan (11 / 0); Mugurel Cornățeanu (6 / 0); Lavi Hrib (22 / 1); Marius Sebastian Luca (8 / 3); Damian Militaru (27 / 2); Cătălin Munteanu (33 / 17); Narcis Răducan (16 / 1); Laurențiu Roșu (14 / 3); Iosif Rotariu (26 / 7); Dennis Șerban (24 / 4).
* Forwards: Cristian Ciocoiu (28 / 10); Ionel Dănciulescu (25 / 14); Marius Lăcătuș (31 / 8).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Mihai Stoichiță.