# 2000–01 Divizia A

The 2000–01 Divizia A was the eighty-third season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2000 and ended in May 2001. Steaua București was crowned as champion for the 21st time.

## Team changes
### Relegated

The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season:
* Farul Constanța
* FC Onești
* CSM Reșița
* Extensiv Craiova

### Promoted

The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:
* Foresta Fălticeni
* Gaz Metan Mediaș

### Venues

| Steaua București | Universitatea Craiova | Rapid București | FCM Bacău |
| Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | Municipal |
| Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 | Capacity: 17,500 |
| Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești | Național București | Petrolul Ploiești |
| Dinamo | Municipal | Cotroceni | Ilie Oană |
| Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 14,542 | Capacity: 14,000 |
| Oțelul Galați | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
| Oțelul | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Ceahlăul |
| Capacity: 13,500 | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 12,500 |
| Foresta Fălticeni | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | FC Brașov |
| Areni | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Tineretului |
| Capacity: 12,500 | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaForestaGaz MetanGloriaOțelulPetrolulBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Rocar Steaua2000–01 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidRocarSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 10,000 |
| Gloria Bistrița | Astra Ploiești | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Rocar București |
| Gloria | Astra | Gaz Metan | Rocar |
| Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 6,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| Argeș Pitești | Marian Bondrea | Cristian Bălașa | Erreà | Dacia |
| Astra Ploiești | Marin Ion | Bogdan Nicolae | Joma | Astra Română, Asirom |
| Brașov | Gabriel Stan | Cosmin Bodea | Valsport | Prescon |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Florin Marin | Radu Lefter | Ancada | Rifil |
| Dinamo București | Cornel Dinu | Cătălin Hâldan / Adrian Mihalcea | Lotto | Cosmorom |
| Universitatea Craiova | Nicolae Ungureanu | Claudiu Niculescu | Erreà | Vincon |
| FCM Bacău | Gheorghe Poenaru | Marius Gireadă | Legea | Sonoma |
| Foresta Suceava | Marin Barbu | Ovidiu Ciobanu | Ancada | — |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | Silviu Dumitrescu | Flavius Șomfălean | Joma | Transgaz |
| Gloria Bistrița | Constantin Cârstea | Vasile Popa | Ancada | Darimex |
| Național București | Cosmin Olăroiu | Cătălin Liță | Kappa | — |
| Oțelul Galați | Ilie Dumitrescu | Cătălin Tofan | Adidas | Sidex |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Victor Roșca | Dinu Todoran | Adidas | Petrom |
| Rapid București | Mircea Rednic | Nicolae Stanciu | Erreà | Connex |
| Rocar București | Dumitru Dumitriu | Cornel Cristescu | Erreà | Fulbier |
| Steaua București | Victor Pițurcă | Miodrag Belodedici | Adidas | BCR |

## 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

## Promotion / relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Farul Constanța | 3–3 (4–3 p) | FCM Bacău | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| FC Baia Mare | 2–2 (a) | Foresta Fălticeni | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Note: FC Baia Mare sold their 2001–02 Divizia A place to FCM Bacău.

## 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 |
| Argeș Pitești | 15 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Astra Ploiești | 13 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
| Bacău | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| Brașov | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Dinamo București | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Foresta Fălticeni | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 14 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Oțelul Galați | 1 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 11 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Național București | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Rapid București | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Rocar București | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| Steaua București | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARG | AST | BAC | BRA | CEA | UCR | DIN | FOR | GAZ | GBI | OȚE | PET | NAT | RAP | ROC | STE |
| Argeș Pitești | — | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Astra Ploiești | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Bacău | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Brașov | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo București | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 4–5 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Foresta Fălticeni | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Național București | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Rapid București | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Rocar București | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 4–5 |
| Steaua București | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marius Niculae | Dinamo București | 20 |
| 2 | Cătălin Cursaru | Bacău | 15 |
| 3 | Claudiu Niculescu | Universitatea Craiova | 14 |
| 3 | Robert Niță | Foresta Fălticeni / Rapid București | 14 |
| 5 | Constantin Bârsan | Gloria Bistrița | 13 |
| 5 | Daniel Pancu | Rapid București | 13 |
| 7 | Claudiu Răducanu | Steaua București | 12 |

## Champion squad

* Steaua București
* Goalkeepers: Martin Tudor (30 / 0); Tiberiu Lung (1 / 0); Eugen Nae (1 / 0).
* Defenders: Marius Baciu (23 / 1); Daniel Bălan (9 / 0); Miodrag Belodedici (14 / 1); Valeriu Bordeanu (5 / 0); Florentin Dumitru (28 / 1); Albert Duro (3 / 0); Dumitru Mitriță (14 / 0); Iulian Miu (16 / 0); Mirel Rădoi (25 / 1); Pompiliu Stoica (29 / 1); Marius Vintilă (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Sorin Paraschiv (23 / 2); Eugen Trică (26 / 7); Stelian Carabaș (11 / 0); Nana Falemi (25 / 3); Ovidiu Iacov (2 / 1); Erik Lincar (21 / 1); Cătălin Liță (14 / 1).
* Forwards: Cristian Ciocoiu (24 / 3); Ionel Dănciulescu (27 / 6); Radu Niculescu (10 / 3); Claudiu Răducanu (24 / 12); Ion Vlădoiu (13 / 10); Alexandru Pițurcă (1 / 1); Daniel Oprița (1 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Victor Pițurcă.