# 2000–01 FC Dinamo București season

The 2000–01 season was FC Dinamo București's 52th season in Divizia A. Dinamo finished 2nd in the league and he won the Romanian Cup. In the UEFA Champions League, they played in second qualifying round.
Cătălin Hîldan died on 5 October 2000, while playing in a friendly match between Dinamo and Șantierul Naval Oltenița, having a stroke in the 74th minute of the game and fell to the ground. Before his death he was nicknamed "The only captain" by Dinamo's fans, a nickname that became more popular after his death and his number, 11, was retired by Dinamo in his honor. The north stand of the Dinamo Stadium is named "Peluza Cătălin Hîldan" (Cătălin Hîldan Stand), in his honor, also the Stadionul Cătălin Hîldan from his native Brănești is named after him.

## Players
### Squad information

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Ștefan Preda |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Tinel Petre |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Iosif Tâlvan |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Valentin Năstase |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Daniel Florea |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Gheorghe Mihali |
| 7 | DF | ROU | Mugur Bolohan |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Florentin Petre |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mihalcea |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Marius Niculae |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Cătălin Hîldan |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Florin Tene |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Florin Cernat |
| 15 | MF | ROU | Ianis Zicu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Onuț |
| 17 | MF | ROU | Giani Kiriţă |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Vlad Munteanu |
| 19 | FW | ROU | Claudiu Drăgan |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Dănuț Lupu |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Sorin Iodi |
| 22 | FW | ROU | Bogdan Mara |
| 23 | GK | ROU | Florin Prunea |
| 24 | MF | ROU | Ionuț Lupescu |
| 25 | MF | ROU | Iulian Tameș |
| 26 | MF | ROU | Ionuț Badea |
| 29 | MF | ROU | Alin Ilin |
| — | DF | ROU | Bogdan Hriscu |
| — | MF | ROU | Iulian Arhire |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Brașov | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Rapid București | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 46 | |
| 6 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 43 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 7 | Național București | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 43 | |
| 8 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 9 | Petrolul Ploiești | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Astra Ploiești | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 40 | |
| 11 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 38 | |
| 12 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 38 | |
| 13 | Foresta Fălticeni (R) | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 36 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Bacău | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 34 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Rocar București (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 34 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 16 | Gaz Metan Mediaș (R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 18 | Relegation to Divizia B |
* 1 2 GLO 3-0 PRO; PRO 0-3 GLO
* 1 2 AST 0-0 PET; PET 3-1 AST
* 1 2 OTE 1-1 CEA; CEA 0-0 OTE
* 1 2 BAC 3-0 ROC; ROC 2-0 BAC

## Results

Dinamo's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Cupa României

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| R of 32 | 6 September 2000 | Extensiv Craiova | A | 3–0 |
| R of 16 | 8 November 2000 | FCU Craiova | H | 3–2 |
| QF | 30 November 2000 | Rapid București | H | 2–1 |
| SF - 1st leg | 4 April 2001 | Sportul Studențesc București | A | 2–2 |
| SF - 2nd leg | 2 May 2001 | Sportul Studențesc București | H | 3–1 |

## Final

* Cupa României 2000–01 winners
* Dinamo București 9th title

### UEFA Champions League

Polonia Warsaw won 7–4 on aggregate.