# 2002–03 Divizia B

The 2002–03 Divizia B was the 63rd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.
The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from both series relegated to Divizia C. A promotion play-off was played between the 13th and 14th-placed in the Divizia A and the runners-up of the Divizia B series.

## Team changes
### Other

AEK București merged with Politehnica Timișoara and was absorbed. Politehnica played directly in the first tier, instead of third and also was renamed as Politehnica AEK Timișoara.
Bucovina Suceava break the alliance with Foresta Fălticeni, bought the place from Tractorul Brașov and was enrolled directly in the second tier.
Olimpia Satu Mare bought the place of Metrom Brașov, which chose to sell it again, instead of playing at the second level.

### Renamed teams

Diplomatic Focșani was renamed as Unirea Focșani.
Foresta Suceava was moved back from Suceava to Fălticeni and renamed as Foresta Fălticeni.
Politehnica Unirea Iași was renamed as Politehnica Iași.
FC Bihor Oradea was renamed as FC Oradea.

## League tables
### Seria I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Petrolul Ploiești (C, P) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 61 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | Gloria Buzău | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 55 | Qualification to promotion play-off |
| 3 | FC Onești | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 49 | |
| 4 | Midia Năvodari | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 49 | |
| 5 | Politehnica Iași | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 46 | |
| 6 | Electromagnetica București | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 46 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 7 | Inter Gaz București | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 42 | |
| 8 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 42 | |
| 9 | Metalul Plopeni | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 41 | |
| 10 | Unirea Focșani | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 41 | |
| 11 | Internațional Pitești | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 41 | |
| 12 | Medgidia | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 38 | |
| 13 | Cimentul Fieni | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 35 | |
| 14 | Bucovina Suceava (R) | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 34 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 15 | Rulmentul Alexandria | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 27 | Spared from relegation |
| 16 | Foresta Fălticeni (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 26 | Relegation to Divizia C |
* ↑ Bucovina Suceava wasn't programmed twice in this championship due to financial reasons and was excluded.
* ↑ Rulmentul Alexandria was spared from relegation due to Bucovina Suceava's exclusion.

### Seria II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Apulum Alba Iulia (C, P) | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 66 | Promotion to Divizia A |
| 2 | FC Oradea (O, P) | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 58 | Qualification to promotion play-off |
| 3 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 52 | |
| 4 | IS Câmpia Turzii | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 48 | |
| 5 | Olimpia Satu Mare | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 47 | |
| 6 | CFR Cluj | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 46 | |
| 7 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 46 | |
| 8 | Extensiv Craiova | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 43 | |
| 9 | Universitatea Cluj | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 34 | |
| 10 | ARO Câmpulung | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 32 | |
| 11 | CSM Reșița | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 29 | |
| 12 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 28 | |
| 13 | Minaur Zlatna | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 27 | |
| 14 | Baia Mare | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 26 | |
| 15 | Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești (R) | 28 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 76 | −73 | 1 | Relegation to Divizia C |
| 16 | UM Timișoara (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Divizia C |
* ↑ Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești withdrew during the winter break and lost 0–3 all the matches from the second part of the season.
* ↑ UMT Timișoara were deducted 7 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Divizia A, last season. UMT was subsequently excluded due to financial problems and all their results were cancelled.

## Divizia A play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia A faced the 2nd-placed teams of the Divizia B.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Poli AEK Timișoara | 8–4 | Gloria Buzău | 5–3 | 3–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 3–4 | FC Oradea | 2–1 | 1–3 (a.e.t.) |

## Top scorers
### 14 goals

* Dan Codreanu (Universitatea Cluj)

### 12 goals

* Ovidiu Maier (Apulum Alba Iulia)
* Cătălin Bozdog (Olimpia Satu Mare)

### 10 goals

* Zoltán Csehi (FC Oradea)

### 9 goals

* George Florescu (Universitatea Cluj)
* Cosmin Tilincă (CFR Cluj)

### 8 goals

* Tudorel Stanciu (Unirea Focșani)
* Bogdan Vrăjitoarea (FC Oradea)
* Daniel Stan (Internațional Pitești)

### 7 goals

* Sorin Oncică (CFR Cluj)
* Claudiu Boaru (Gaz Metan Mediaș)