# 1997–98 FC Dinamo București season

The 1997–98 season was FC Dinamo București's 49th season in Divizia A. Dinamo finished 6th in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup. In the UEFA Cup, they played in first round.

## 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 | Florin Prunea |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Daniel Tudor |
| 21 | GK | ROU | Cristian Munteanu |
| — | GK | ROU | Ștefan Preda |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Cosmin Contra |
| 19 | DF | ROU | Cornel Dobre |
| 7 | DF | ROU | Lucian Cotora |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Florin Bătrânu |
| — | DF | ROU | Liviu Ciobotariu |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Leontin Grozavu |
| — | DF | ROU | Ionel Șerban |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Cosmin Bodea |
| 9 | DF | ROU | Florin Ionescu |
| — | DF | ROU | Florin Lazăr |
| — | DF | ROU | Cristian Utfineanţ |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Florin Macavei |
| — | DF | ROU | Claudiu Mutu |
| 20 | DF | ROU | Daniel Florea |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Iosif Tâlvan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | ROU | Mihai Tararache |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Florentin Petre |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Cătălin Hîldan |
| — | MF | ROU | Cezar Dinu |
| — | MF | ROU | Giani Kiriţă |
| — | MF | ROU | Dumitru Mere |
| — | MF | ROU | Paul Codrea |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Adrian Pitu |
| — | MF | ROU | Iulian Tameş |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Daniel Rednic |
| — | MF | ROU | Mihai Antal |
| 13 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mihalcea |
| — | MF | ROU | Augustin Călin |
| 18 | FW | ROU | Marian Ivan |
| — | FW | ROU | Eugen Neagoe |
| 16 | FW | ROU | Marius Niculae |
| — | FW | ROU | Bogdan Vrăjitoarea |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid București | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 24 | +46 | 78 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Argeș Pitești | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | Național București | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 54 | |
| 7 | Reșița | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 51 | |
| 8 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 49 | |
| 9 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 49 | |
| 10 | Bacău | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 45 | |
| 11 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 44 | |
| 12 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 43 | |
| 13 | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 40 | |
| 14 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 40 | |
| 15 | Foresta Suceava | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 39 | |
| 16 | Chindia Târgoviște (R) | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 38 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 17 | Sportul Studențesc București (R) | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 32 | 65 | −33 | 19 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | Jiul Petroşani (R) | 34 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 116 | −97 | 10 | Relegation to Divizia B |
* 1 2 CRA 4-1 CEA; CEA 3-2 CRA
* 1 2 UCL 2-0 PET; PET 2-1 UCL

## Results

Dinamo's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Divizia A

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 3 August 1997 | Universitatea Craiova | A | 1–2 |
| 6 August 1997 | Rapid București | H | 0–2 |
| 9 August 1997 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | H | 2–0 |
| 23 August 1997 | Argeș Pitești | A | 1–2 |
| 30 August 1997 | Chindia Târgoviște | H | 4–1 |
| 13 September 1997 | Petrolul Ploiești | A | 2–1 |
| 20 September 1997 | Farul Constanța | H | 5–3 |
| 24 September 1997 | Sportul Studențesc București | A | 0–1 |
| 27 September 1997 | Gloria Bistrița | H | 4–3 |
| 4 October 1997 | Universitatea Cluj | A | 1–0 |
| 15 October 1997 | Steaua București | H | 1–3 |
| 18 October 1997 | Jiul Petroşani | A | 5–2 |
| 26 October 1997 | Oțelul Galați | H | 2–0 |
| 2 November 1997 | Național București | A | 1–1 |
| 8 November 1997 | CSM Reșița | H | 1–1 |
| 15 November 1997 | FCM Bacău | A | 0–3 |
| 22 November 1997 | Foresta Suceava | H | 2–0 |
| 30 November 1997 | Universitatea Craiova | H | 3–0 |
| 7 December 1997 | Rapid București | A | 0–2 |
| 13 December 1997 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | A | 1–2 |
| 1 March 1998 | Argeș Pitești | H | 2–0 |
| 7 March 1998 | Chindia Târgoviște | A | 0–1 |
| 11 March 1998 | Petrolul Ploiești | H | 3–0 |
| 14 March 1998 | Farul Constanța | A | 1–2 |
| 22 March 1998 | Sportul Studențesc București | H | 2–0 |
| 29 March 1998 | Gloria Bistrița | A | 2–3 |
| 1 April 1998 | Universitatea Cluj | H | 2–1 |
| 4 April 1998 | Steaua București | A | 0–5 |
| 11 April 1998 | Jiul Petroşani | H | 7–1 |
| 15 April 1998 | Oțelul Galați | A | 0–1 |
| 18 April 1998 | Național București | H | 4–2 |
| 25 April 1998 | CSM Reșița | A | 0–0 |
| 29 April 1998 | FCM Bacău | H | 6–2 |
| 2 May 1998 | Foresta Suceava | A | 1–3 |

### Cupa României

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| R of 32 | 12 November 1997 | Corvinul Hunedoara | A | 1–0 |
| R of 16 | 2 December 1997 | Apulum Alba Iulia | H | 2–0 |
| QF | 25 February 1998 | Oțelul Galați | H | 1–0 |
| SF | 25 March 1998 | Rapid București | A | 1–2 |

### UEFA Cup

KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.