# 1998–99 FC Dinamo București season

The 1998–99 season was FC Dinamo București's 50th season in Divizia A. Dinamo finished 2nd in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup.

## Players
### Squad information

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Ștefan Preda |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Cosmin Contra |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Liviu Ciobotariu |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Florin Bătrânu |
| 5 | MF | ROU | Daniel Iftodi |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Gheorghe Mihali |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Augustin Călin |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Florentin Petre |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mihalcea |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Ionuț Lupescu |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Cătălin Hîldan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Khalid Fouhami |
| 14 | FW | ROU | Ionel Gane |
| 15 | FW | ROU | Ion Vlădoiu |
| 16 | FW | ROU | Marius Niculae |
| 17 | MF | ROU | Giani Kiriţă |
| 19 | DF | ROU | Cornel Dobre |
| 20 | DF | ROU | Daniel Florea |
| 21 | FW | ROU | Bogdan Aldea |
| 23 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mutu |
| 25 | MF | ROU | Iulian Tameş |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Cristian Utfineanț |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rapid București (C) | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 79 | 18 | +61 | 89 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 95 | 27 | +68 | 82 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Steaua București | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 66 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Argeș Pitești | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 64 | |
| 5 | Bacău | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 62 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 55 | |
| 7 | Național București | 34 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 55 | |
| 8 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 53 | |
| 9 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 49 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 10 | Astra Ploiești | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 46 | |
| 11 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 43 | |
| 12 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 40 | |
| 13 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 39 | |
| 14 | FC Onești | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 39 | |
| 15 | Reșița | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 35 | |
| 16 | Foresta Suceava (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 61 | −30 | 24 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 17 | Universitatea Cluj (R) | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 92 | −73 | 16 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | Olimpia Satu Mare (R) | 34 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 74 | −52 | 13 | Relegation to Divizia B |
* 1 2 OTE 3-2 PRO; PRO 0-1 OTE
* 1 2 CRA 4-2 ONE; ONE 3-2 CRA

## Results

Dinamo's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Cupa României

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| R of 32 | 21 October 1998 | ASA Târgu Mureș | A | 1–0 |
| R of 16 | 18 November 1998 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | H | 3–0 |
| QF - 1st leg | 2 December 1998 | UM Timișoara | A | 1–0 |
| QF - 2nd leg | 9 December 1998 | UM Timișoara | H | 2–0 |
| SF - 1st leg | 14 April 1999 | Steaua București | H | 1–2 |
| SF - 2nd leg | 5 May 1999 | Steaua București | A | 1–3 |