# 2003–04 Divizia A

The 2003–04 Divizia A was the eighty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2003 and ended in June 2004. Dinamo București became champions on 3 June 2004.

## Team changes
### Relegated

The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season (note that although Oțelul Galați lost the relegation play–off, they remained in Divizia A, after they bought the first division place from the promoted team Petrolul Ploiești, which merged with Astra Ploiești):
* Sportul Studențesc
* UTA Arad

### Promoted

The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:
* Petrolul Ploiești
* Apulum Alba Iulia
* FC Oradea

### Venues

| Poli AEK Timișoara | Steaua București | Universitatea Craiova | Rapid București |
| Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu |
| Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 |
| Apulum Alba Iulia | FCM Bacău | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București |
| Victoria-Cetate | Dumitru Sechelariu | Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 |
| Argeș Pitești | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | FC Oradea |
| Nicolae Dobrin | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Municipal |
| Capacity: 15,000 | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Național București | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Oțelul Galați |
| Cotroceni | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Oțelul |
| Capacity: 14,542 | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOradeaOțelulPetrolulPoli AEKBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Steaua2003–04 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 13,500 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | FC Brașov | Gloria Bistrița | Petrolul Ploiești |
| Ceahlăul | Tineretului | Gloria | Astra |
| Capacity: 12,500 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 |
* ↑ Capacity of Municipal Stadium has been reduced from 18,000 to 15,000 due to advanced degradation of the resistance structure of the Second Stand.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| Apulum Alba Iulia | Alexandru Pelici | Alin Paleacu | Lotto / Joma | Bergenbier, Elit |
| Argeș Pitești | Ion Moldovan | Dănuț Coman | Erreà | Pic |
| Brașov | Răzvan Lucescu | Mihai Stere | Nexo / Joma | Prescon |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Marius Lăcătuș | Radu Lefter | Erreà | Rifil, Romalfa |
| Dinamo București | Ioan Andone | Florentin Petre | Lotto | Omniasig |
| Farul Constanța | Marin Ion | George Curcă | Lotto | SNC |
| FC Oradea | Zsolt Muzsnay | Bogdan Vrăjitoarea | Erreà | — |
| Universitatea Craiova | Mircea Rednic | Corneliu Papură | Erreà | Golden Brau |
| FCM Bacău | Ionuț Lupescu | Florin Prunea | Legea | Letea, Sonoma |
| Gloria Bistrița | Remus Vlad | Cristian Coroian | Erreà | Darimex |
| Național București | Cosmin Olăroiu | Petre Marin | Nike | Vincon Vrancea |
| Oțelul Galați | Sorin Cârțu | Sorin Ghionea | Lotto | Ispat Sidex |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Florin Marin | Daniel Petroesc | Lotto | Petrom, InterAgro |
| Poli AEK Timișoara | Basarab Panduru | Romulus Buia | Lotto | Luxten |
| Rapid București | Viorel Hizo | Vasile Maftei | Erreà | LaDorna |
| Steaua București | Victor Pițurcă | Mirel Rădoi | Nike | — |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 30 | +41 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 64 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rapid București | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 55 | |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 44 | |
| 5 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | Apulum Alba Iulia | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 41 | |
| 7 | Național București | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 39 | |
| 8 | Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 39 | |
| 9 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 37 | |
| 10 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 36 | |
| 11 | Brașov | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 36 | |
| 12 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 35 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 13 | FCM Bacău | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 31 | |
| 14 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 30 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 15 | Petrolul Ploiești (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 27 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 16 | FC Oradea (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 24 | Relegation to Divizia B |
* 1 2 TIM 0-0 PRO; PRO 0-0 TIM
* 1 2 ARG 2-0 BRA; BRA 1-2 ARG

### 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 |
| Apulum Alba Iulia | 9 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Argeș Pitești | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 |
| Bacău | 15 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Brașov | 16 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Dinamo București | 11 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Farul Constanța | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| Oradea | 7 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Oțelul Galați | 12 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Național București | 4 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Rapid București | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Steaua București | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAI | ARG | BAC | FCO | BRA | CEA | FCU | DIN | FAR | GBI | OȚE | PET | NAT | RAP | STE | TIM |
| Apulum Alba Iulia | — | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Argeș Pitești | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bacău | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Brașov | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo București | 5–1 | 3–0 | 7–3 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Farul Constanța | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Oradea | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| Oțelul Galați | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Național București | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Rapid București | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Steaua București | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | — | 2–0 |
| Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–8 | — |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Politehnica Timișoara | 349,000 | 40,000 | 12,000 | 23,266 | +7.7%$^†$ |
| 2 | Steaua București | 180,000 | 25,000 | 3,000 | 12,000 | +26.5%$^†$ |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 179,200 | 25,000 | 700 | 11,946 | −36.0%$^†$ |
| 4 | Rapid București | 127,500 | 20,000 | 2,000 | 8,500 | −18.8%$^†$ |
| 5 | FC Oradea | 116,000 | 15,000 | 1,500 | 8,285 | n/a$^1$ |
| 6 | Apulum Alba Iulia | 122,000 | 22,000 | 2,000 | 8,133 | n/a$^1$ |
| 7 | Dinamo București | 115,000 | 20,000 | 2,000 | 7,666 | +32.2%$^†$ |
| 8 | Oțelul Galați | 96,500 | 13,000 | 2,000 | 6,433 | +2.7%$^†$ |
| 9 | FCM Bacău | 92,500 | 19,000 | 1,000 | 6,166 | −22.9%$^†$ |
| 10 | FC Brașov | 70,000 | 12,000 | 1,500 | 4,666 | −2.1%$^†$ |
| 11 | Argeș Pitești | 59,200 | 12,000 | 200 | 3,946 | −7.5%$^†$ |
| 12 | Farul Constanța | 57,900 | 12,000 | 200 | 3,860 | −21.8%$^†$ |
| 13 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 57,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 3,800 | +8.1%$^†$ |
| 14 | Gloria Bistrița | 40,350 | 15,000 | 200 | 2,690 | −16.1%$^†$ |
| 15 | Petrolul Ploiești | 40,100 | 8,000 | 500 | 2,673 | n/a$^{1,3}$ |
| 16 | Național București | 33,900 | 8,000 | 100 | 2,260 | −43.6%$^†$ |
| | League total | 1,736,150 | 40,000 | 100 | 7,264 | −2.3%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 16 August 2019 Source: League matches: Divizia A 2003/2004 Notes: 1: Played last season in Divizia B. 2: Rapid București played 7 matches out of their stadium. 3: Petrolul Ploiești played 14 matches out of their stadium.

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ionel Dănciulescu | Dinamo București | 21 |
| 2 | Nicolae Dică | Argeș Pitești / Steaua București | 18 |
| 3 | Claudiu Niculescu | Dinamo București | 16 |
| 4 | Bogdan Vrăjitoarea | FC Oradea | 14 |
| 5 | Sabin Ilie | Rapid București | 13 |
| 5 | Adrian Neaga | Steaua București | 13 |

## Champion squad

* Dinamo București
* Goalkeepers: Grégory Delwarte (10 / 0); Uladzimir Hayew (2 / 0); Cristian Munteanu (9 / 0); Ștefan Preda (11 / 0).
* Defenders: Angelo Alistar (11 / 0); Cosmin Bărcăuan (27 / 4); Mugur Bolohan (1 / 0); Ovidiu Burcă (22 / 0); Adrian Iordache (25 / 2); Xavier Méride (6 / 0); Samuel Okunowo (2 / 0); Szabolcs Perenyi (15 / 0); Flavius Stoican (8 / 1); Dorin Semeghin (28 / 1).
* Midfielders: Dan Alexa (23 / 1); Ionuț Badea (16 / 0); Cristian Cigan (1 / 0); Cristian Ciubotariu (6 / 0); Alexandru Dragomir (1 / 0); Ștefan Grigorie (24 / 8); Sorin Iodi (1 / 0); Vlad Munteanu (18 / 2); Leonard Naidin (8 / 0); Florentin Petre (24 / 4); Iulian Tameș (26 / 1); Ianis Zicu (13 / 6).
* Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (29 / 21); Claudiu Drăgan (8 / 0); Ciprian Marica (10 / 3); Claudiu Niculescu (28 / 16).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Ioan Andone.