# 1998–99 Divizia A

The 1998–99 Divizia A was the eighty-first 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 | 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

### 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 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Astra Ploiești | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Bacău | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Reșița | 18 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 15 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Farul Constanța | 6 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Foresta Fălticeni | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 7 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
| Olimpia Satu Mare | 16 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| FC Onești | 17 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Oțelul Galați | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Național București | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Rapid București | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Steaua București | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARG | AST | BAC | RES | CEA | UCR | DIN | FAR | FOR | GBI | OLI | ONE | OȚE | PET | NAT | RAP | STE | UCL |
| Argeș Pitești | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Astra Ploiești | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bacău | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Reșița | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Dinamo București | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 |
| Farul Constanța | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Foresta Fălticeni | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 5–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Olimpia Satu Mare | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–6 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| FC Onești | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 6–0 |
| Oțelul Galați | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Național București | 2–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Rapid București | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Steaua București | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ionel Ganea | Gloria Bistriţa / Rapid București | 28 |
| 2 | Constantin Barbu | Argeş Piteşti / Rapid București | 21 |
| 3 | Marian Savu | Naţional București | 19 |
| 4 | Adrian Mihalcea | Dinamo București | 18 |
| 5 | Marius Șumudică | Rapid București | 17 |

## Champion squad

* Rapid București
* Goalkeepers: Bogdan Lobonț (31 / 0); Marius Bratu (4 / 0).
* Defenders: Nicolae Stanciu (28 / 1); Cristian Dulca (14 / 3); Mircea Rednic (32 / 1); Dorel Mutică (22 / 4); Adrian Iencsi (26 / 3); Vasile Popa (1 / 0); Bogdan Andone (14 / 0); Daniel Chiriță (3 / 1); Ion Voicu (5 / 0).
* Midfielders: Mugur Bolohan (22 / 1); Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (22 / 1); Dănuț Lupu (28 / 5); Marius Măldărășanu (33 / 4); Daniel Pancu (27 / 6); Ștefan Nanu (23 / 1); Zeno Bundea (25 / 6); Mario Bugeanu (2 / 0); Alin Minteuan (4 / 0); Răzvan Raț (3 / 0).
* Forwards: Marius Șumudică (31 / 17); Sergiu Radu (15 / 2); Ovidiu Maier (22 / 1); Radu Niculescu (8 / 2); Ionel Ganea (16 / 11); Constantin Barbu (11 / 8).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: *Mircea Lucescu / Mircea Rednic / Dumitru Dumitriu / Nicolae Manea.
* Mircea Lucescu also coached in the final matches of the season