# 1983–84 FC Dinamo București season

The 1983–84 season was FC Dinamo București's 35th season in Divizia A. In this season, Dinamo made their best ever performance at the European level, reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup.
Dinamo's opponents in the first round were Finnish champions Kuusysi. Dinamo Bucharest won the first leg 1–0 away and the second leg 3–0 at home, thus winning the round 4–0 on aggregate. The Romanians' opponents in the second round were reigning European champions Hamburg. The first leg, which was played in Bucharest, was won by Dinamo 3–0. The second leg was played at Hamburg's home ground Volksparkstadion; Hamburg won the match 3–2, ("Dinamo ruined their [Hamburg's] evening with two goals in the last five minutes to send the holders crashing out at the first hurdle") which meant that Dinamo took the tie 5–3 on aggregate. Dinamo Bucharest's opponents in the quarter-finals were Soviet champions Dinamo Minsk. The first leg, played in Minsk, ended in a 1–1 draw. The second leg, played in Bucharest, was a close contest, but Dinamo Bucharest won 1–0 to take the tie 2–1 on aggregate.
The semi-final between Liverpool and Dinamo Bucharest was held over two legs in Liverpool and Bucharest, on 11 April 1984 and 25 April 1984, respectively. It was the first meeting between the two clubs. Liverpool won the first leg by the narrow margin of 1–0 after midfielder Sammy Lee scored. Dinamo nearly scored a late equaliser when a shot by Ionel Augustin beat Bruce Grobbelaar only to hit the post. The physical and aggressive nature of the Anfield encounter reached a peak in the seventieth minute, when the Liverpool midfield player and captain Graeme Souness knocked out in an off the ball incident his Dinamo counterpart Lică Movilă, breaking the Romanian's jaw in two places.
Liverpool secured a great advantage early on in the return leg when striker Ian Rush scored an away goal in the eleventh minute, leaving the Romanian champions needing three goals to win the tie thanks to the away goals rule. Dinamo striker Costel Orac scored in the thirty-ninth minute, but the tie was effectively killed off in the eighty-fourth minute when Rush scored a second goal.
At the beginning of the season, Cornel Dinu retired from the footballer career after 17 years spent only with Dinamo Bucharest. At that time, Dinu had two records for the Romanian football, the most capped player in the Romania national football team, with 75 matches, and the most capped player in Divizia A, with 454 matches. In this season, Dinu was the assistant manager for Nicolae-Nicuşor.

## Results

Divizia A :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result |
| 1 | 28 August 1983 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | H | 2-0 |
| 2 | 3 September 1983 | Poli Iași | A | 0-0 |
| 3 | 10 September 1983 | Petrolul Ploiești | H | 4-0 |
| 4 | 18 September 1983 | Rapid București | A | 2-1 |
| 5 | 24 September 1983 | Dunărea Galați | A | 0-0 |
| 6 | 1 October 1983 | FC Baia Mare | H | 4-1 |
| 7 | 9 October 1983 | FC Olt | A | 0-1 |
| 8 | 7 December 1983 | U Craiova | H | 2-1 |
| 9 | 22 October 1983 | Steaua București | H | 0-3 |
| 10 | 20 December 1983 | FC Argeş | A | 1-1 |
| 11 | 23 December 1983 | Corvinul Hunedoara | H | 4-2 |
| 12 | 16 November 1983 | CS Târgoviște | A | 3-2 |
| 13 | 19 November 1983 | ASA Târgu Mureș | H | 3-0 |
| 14 | 4 December 1983 | Sportul Studențesc | A | 3-0 |
| 15 | 10 December 1983 | Jiul Petroșani | A | 1-1 |
| 16 | 14 December 1983 | FC Bihor | H | 3-1 |
| 17 | 17 December 1983 | SC Bacău | A | 1-1 |
| 18 | 18 February 1984 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | A | 1-1 |
| 19 | 21 February 1984 | Poli Iași | H | 4-1 |
| 20 | 26 February 1984 | Petrolul Ploiești | A | 0-0 |
| 21 | 29 February 1984 | Rapid București | H | 1-0 |
| 22 | 11 March 1984 | Dunărea Galați | H | 3-1 |
| 23 | 14 March 1984 | FC Baia Mare | A | 2-2 |
| 24 | 8 May 1984 | FC Olt | H | 3-1 |
| 25 | 1 April 1984 | U Craiova | A | 0-3 |
| 26 | 16 May 1984 | Steaua București | A | 1-1 |
| 27 | 19 May 1984 | FC Argeş | H | 1-0 |
| 28 | 15 April 1984 | Corvinul Hunedoara | A | 2-2 |
| 29 | 22 April 1984 | CS Târgoviște | H | 3-0 |
| 30 | 27 May 1984 | ASA Târgu Mureș | A | 1-1 |
| 31 | 29 April 1984 | Sportul Studențesc | H | 3-1 |
| 32 | 2 May 1984 | Jiul Petroșani | H | 6-2 |
| 33 | 5 May 1984 | FC Bihor | A | 1-4 |
| 34 | 13 May 1984 | SC Bacău | H | 4-1 |
* Divizia A 1983–84 Winners
* Dinamo București 12th Title
Cupa României :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result |
| Last 32 | 12 February 1984 | Petrolul Moinești | A | 4-1 |
| Last 16 | 3 March 1984 | FC Olt | Ploiești | 2-0 |
| Quarterfinals | 18 April 1984 | Petrolul Ploiești | Brașov | 4-2 |
| Semifinals | 11 May 1984 | Sportul Studențesc | București | 2-0 |
| Final | 22 May 1984 | Steaua București | București | 2-1 |
* Cupa României 1983–84 Winners
* Dinamo București 5th Title

## Romanian Cup final

DINAMO: :
| GK | Dumitru Moraru |
| DF | Mircea Rednic |
| DF | Alexandru Nicolae |
| DF | Ion Marin |
| DF | Nelu Stănescu | 24' |
| MF | Marin Dragnea |
| MF | Ioan Andone |
| MF | Alexandru Custov |
| FW | Cornel Țălnar |
| FW | Ionel Augustin |
| FW | Costel Orac |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Ioan Mărginean | 24' |
| Manager: |||
| Dumitru Nicolae Nicuşor ||||
STEAUA: :
| GK | Helmut Duckadam |
| DF | Nicolae Laurențiu |
| DF | Florin Marin |
| DF | Miodrag Belodedici |
| DF | Augustin Eduard |
| MF | Mihail Majearu |
| MF | Tudorel Stoica |
| MF | Ștefan Petcu | 60' |
| FW | Marius Lăcătuș |
| FW | Victor Pițurcă | 65' |
| FW | Gavril Pelé Balint |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | Ioan Diaconescu | 60' |
| FW | Septimiu Câmpeanu | 65' |
| Manager: |||
| Emeric Ienei ||||

## European Cup

First round
Dinamo București won 4-0 on aggregate
Second round
Dinamo București won 5-3 on aggregate
Quarterfinals
Dinamo București won 2-1 on aggregate
Semifinals
Liverpool F.C. won 3-1 on aggregate

## Squad

Goalkeepers: Dumitru Moraru (31 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (4 / 0); Ovidiu Barba (1 / 0). Defenders: Mircea Rednic (31 / 0); Marin Ion (28 / 0); Alexandru Nicolae (30 / 0); Ioan Andone (24 / 1); Nelu Stănescu (26 / 2); Ioan Mărginean (19 / 1); Liviu Baicea (1 / 0). Midfielders: Gheorghe Mulțescu (23 / 8); Ionel Augustin (31 / 17); Marin Dragnea (29 / 15); Alexandru Custov (28 / 2); Lică Movilă (19 / 1); Viorel Radu (9 / 1); Grațian Moldovan (8 / 0). Forwards: Cornel Țălnar (30 / 1); Iulius Nemțeanu (7 / 5); Gheorghe Iamandi (19 / 5); Costel Orac (23 / 5); Răzvan Dima (2 / 1); Viorel Turcu (11 / 2). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Nicolae Dumitru.

## Transfers

Before the season, Dinamo brought defenders Mircea Rednic and Ioan Andone from Corvinul Hunedoara, giving in return Florea Văetuș, Nicușor Vlad, Teofil Stredie and Laurențiu Moldovan. Dudu Georgescu is transferred to SC Bacău.