# 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.
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
First round
Second round

## Squad

Goalkeepers: Grégory Delwarte (10 / 0); Uladzimir Hayew (2 / 0); Cristian Munteanu (9 / 0); Ștefan Preda (11 / 0). Defenders: Angelo Alistar (11 / 0); Cosmin Bărcăuan (27 / 4); Mugur Bolohan (1 / 0); Ovidiu Burcă (22 / 0); Adrian Iordache (25 / 2); Xavier Méride (6 / 0); Samuel Okunowo (2 / 0); Szabolcs Perenyi (15 / 0); Flavius Stoican (8 / 1); Dorin Semeghin (28 / 1). Midfielders: Dan Alexa (23 / 1); Ionuț Badea (16 / 0); Cristian Cigan (1 / 0); Cristian Ciubotariu (6 / 0); Alexandru Dragomir (1 / 0); Ștefan Grigorie (24 / 8); Sorin Iodi (1 / 0); Vlad Munteanu (18 / 2); Leonard Naidin (8 / 0); Florentin Petre (24 / 4); Iulian Tameș (26 / 1); Ianis Zicu (13 / 6). Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (29 / 21); Claudiu Drăgan (8 / 0); Ciprian Marica (10 / 3); Claudiu Niculescu (28 / 16). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Ioan Andone.

## 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)