# 2004–05 Divizia A

The 2004–05 Divizia A was the eighty-seventh season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in July 2004 and ended in June 2005. Steaua București became champions on 11 June 2005.

## Team changes
### Relegated

The teams that were relegated to the Divizia B at the end of the previous season:
* Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
* Petrolul Ploiești
* Bihor Oradea

### Promoted

The teams that were promoted from the Divizia B at the start of the season:
* Politehnica Iași
* Sportul Studențesc
* CFR Cluj

### Venues

| Politehnica 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 | Municipal | Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 |
| Argeș Pitești | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Național București |
| Nicolae Dobrin | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Cotroceni |
| Capacity: 15,000 | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 14,542 |
| Oțelul Galați | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Politehnica Iași |
| Oțelul | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Emil Alexandrescu |
| Capacity: 13,500 | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestApulumArgeșBacăuBrașovCFRCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2004–05 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 11,390 |
| Sportul Studențesc | CFR Cluj | FC Brașov | Gloria Bistrița |
| Regie | CFR | Tineretului | Gloria |
| Capacity: 10,020 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,800 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| Apulum Alba Iulia | Marcel Rusu | Vasile Jercălău | Lotto | Bergenbier |
| Argeș Pitești | Sorin Cârțu | Marius Radu | Erreà | Pic |
| Brașov | Ferenc Bajkó | Cosmin Bodea | Joma | Prescon |
| CFR Cluj | Aurel Șunda | Vasile Jula | Erreà | EnergoBit, Opel Ecomax |
| Dinamo București | Ioan Andone | Florentin Petre | Lotto | Omniasig |
| Farul Constanța | Petre Grigoraș | George Curcă | Lotto | SNC |
| Universitatea Craiova | Eugen Neagoe | Corneliu Papură | Erreà | Golden Brau |
| FCM Bacău | Cristian Popovici | Ștefan Apostol | Legea | Letea, Sonoma |
| Gloria Bistrița | Constantin Cârstea | Cristian Coroian | Erreà | Darimex |
| Național București | Roberto Landi | Adrian Olah | Nike | Ford |
| Oțelul Galați | Mihai Stoichiță | Viorel Tănase | Lotto | Ispat Sidex |
| Politehnica Iași | Ionuț Popa | Dorel Bernard | Lotto / Erreà | Omniasig |
| Politehnica Timișoara | Cosmin Olăroiu | Cosmin Contra | Lotto | Balkan Petroleum |
| Rapid București | Răzvan Lucescu | Vasile Maftei | Lotto | Lukoil |
| Sportul Studențesc | Dan Petrescu | Tiberiu Bălan | Lotto | — |
| Steaua București | Dumitru Dumitriu | Mirel Rădoi | Nike | — |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 18 | +29 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo București | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 60 | 30 | +30 | 62 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Rapid București | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Național București | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 57 | |
| 5 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 52 | |
| 6 | Politehnica Timișoara | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 45 | |
| 7 | Sportul Studențesc București | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 45 | |
| 8 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 40 | |
| 9 | Politehnica Iași | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 38 | |
| 10 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 36 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 12 | FCM Bacău | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 33 | |
| 13 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 32 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 14 | Apulum Alba Iulia (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 62 | −34 | 26 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 15 | Brașov (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 21 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 16 | Universitatea Craiova (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 54 | −30 | 20 | Relegation to Divizia B |
* 1 2 RAP 3–0 PRO; PRO 3–3 RAP
* 1 2 TIM 2–0 SPO; SPO 0–0 TIM
* 1 2 ARG 2–0 CFR; CFR 1–1 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 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Argeș Pitești | 8 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Bacău | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| Brașov | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| CFR Cluj | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 9 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Dinamo București | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Farul Constanța | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 16 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Oțelul Galați | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Politehnica Iași | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Național București | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Rapid București | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Steaua București | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAI | ARG | BAC | BRA | CFR | FCU | DIN | FAR | GBI | OȚE | PIA | NAT | RAP | SPO | STE | TIM |
| Apulum Alba Iulia | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Argeș Pitești | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Bacău | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Brașov | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| CFR Cluj | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo București | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Farul Constanța | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Politehnica Iași | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Național București | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Rapid București | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Steaua București | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Politehnica Timișoara | 270,000 | 40,000 | 5,000 | 18,000 | −22.6%$^†$ |
| 2 | Steaua București | 227,000 | 25,000 | 0 | 15,133 | +26.1%$^{2,5}$ |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 163,650 | 30,000 | 150 | 10,910 | −8.7%$^4$ |
| 4 | Politehnica Iași | 131,000 | 15,000 | 4,000 | 8,733 | n/a$^1$ |
| 5 | Rapid București | 119,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 7,933 | −6.7%$^6$ |
| 6 | CFR Cluj | 102,000 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 6,800 | n/a$^1$ |
| 7 | Apulum Alba Iulia | 80,500 | 14,000 | 1,500 | 5,366 | −34.0%$^†$ |
| 8 | Dinamo București | 76,500 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 5,100 | −33.5%$^†$ |
| 9 | Argeș Pitești | 73,000 | 17,000 | 500 | 4,866 | +23.3%$^†$ |
| 10 | Farul Constanța | 71,950 | 20,000 | 150 | 4,796 | +24.2%$^†$ |
| 11 | Oțelul Galați | 57,400 | 14,000 | 400 | 3,826 | −40.5%$^3$ |
| 12 | FC Brașov | 48,800 | 15,000 | 300 | 3,253 | −30.3%$^†$ |
| 13 | Sportul Studențesc București | 46,400 | 15,000 | 400 | 3,093 | n/a$^1$ |
| 14 | Național București | 40,000 | 12,000 | 200 | 2,666 | +18.0%$^†$ |
| 15 | FCM Bacău | 38,150 | 7,000 | 150 | 2,543 | −58.8%$^†$ |
| 16 | Gloria Bistrița | 30,000 | 10,000 | 300 | 2,000 | −25.7%$^†$ |
| | League total | 1,575,350 | 40,000 | 0 | 6,563 | −9.7%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 16 August 2019 Source: League matches: Divizia A 2004/2005 Notes: 1: Played last season in Divizia B. 2: Steaua București played 1 match out of their stadium. 3: Oțelul Galați played 1 match out of their stadium. 4: Universitatea Craiova played 1 match out of their stadium. 5: Steaua București played 1 game behind closed doors. 6: Rapid București played 1 game behind closed doors.

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gheorghe Bucur | Sportul Studențesc | 21 |
| 1 | Claudiu Niculescu | Dinamo București | 21 |
| 3 | Daniel Niculae | Rapid București | 14 |
| 4 | Cristian Coroian | Gloria Bistrița | 13 |
| 4 | Victoraș Iacob | Oțelul Galați | 13 |
| 6 | Gabriel Caramarin | Național București / Politehnica Timișoara | 12 |
| 7 | Adrian Anca | CFR Cluj | 11 |
| 7 | Ionel Dănciulescu | Dinamo București | 11 |
| 7 | Nicolae Dică | Steaua București | 11 |

## Champion squad

* Steaua București
* Goalkeepers: Vasil Khamutowski (12 / 0); Martin Tudor (21 / 0).
* Defenders: Eugen Baciu (17 / 1); Daniel Bălan (1 / 0); Sorin Ghionea (26 / 0); Dorin Goian (4 / 0); Petre Marin (25 / 0); Mihai Neșu (7 / 1); George Ogăraru (28 / 2); Valeriu Răchită (1 / 1); Mirel Rădoi (20 / 1); Pompiliu Stoica (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Marian Aliuță (2 / 0); Gabriel Boștină (26 / 5); Nicolae Dică (29 / 11); Florentin Dumitru (20 / 0); Boris Keca (1 / 0); Florin Lovin (11 / 1); Dorinel Munteanu (28 / 1); Nana Falemi (5 / 0); Bănel Nicoliță (14 / 2); Sorin Paraschiv (26 / 2); Adrian Pitu (4 / 0).
* Forwards: Cristian Ciocoiu (4 / 0); Andrei Cristea (28 / 7); Laurențiu Diniță (19 / 2); Alin Lițu (5 / 0); Adrian Neaga (15 / 6); Daniel Oprița (12 / 5); Valentin Simion (3 / 0).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Walter Zenga / Dumitru Dumitriu.