# 1996–97 FC Dinamo București season

The 1996–97 season was FC Dinamo București's 48th season in Divizia A. Dinamo finished third in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup. In the UEFA Intertoto Cup, they played in the group stage.

## 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 |
| — | GK | ROU | Florin Prunea |
| — | GK | ROU | Daniel Tudor |
| — | DF | ROU | Cosmin Contra |
| — | DF | ROU | Marian Pană |
| — | DF | ROU | Lucian Cotora |
| — | DF | ROU | Florin Bătrânu |
| — | DF | ROU | Leontin Grozavu |
| — | DF | ROU | Cosmin Bodea |
| — | DF | ROU | Florin Macavei |
| — | DF | ROU | Cornel Mihart |
| — | DF | ROU | Cosmin Gheorghiță |
| — | DF | ROU | Iosif Tâlvan |
| — | DF | ROU | Claudiu Mutu |
| — | DF | ROU | Giani Kiriţă |
| — | DF | ROU | Narcis Mohora |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ROU | Florentin Petre |
| — | MF | ROU | Cătălin Hîldan |
| — | MF | ROU | Mihai Tararache |
| — | MF | ROU | Marius Coporan |
| — | MF | ROU | Paul Codrea |
| — | MF | ROU | Cezar Dinu |
| — | MF | ROU | Cătălin Stoian |
| — | MF | ROU | Florian Simion |
| — | MF | ROU | Sebastian Moga |
| — | MF | ROU | Rodin Voinea |
| — | MF | ROU | Dănuț Lupu |
| — | MF | ROU | Iulian Chiriţă |
| — | FW | ROU | Ionel Dănciulescu |
| — | FW | ROU | Marian Ivan |
| — | FW | ROU | Adrian Mihalcea |
| — | FW | ROU | Marius Niculae |
| — | FW | SRB | Slaviša Čula |
| — | FW | BIH | Nikola Jokišić |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 87 | 40 | +47 | 73 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Național București | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 68 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 5 | Bacău | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 53 | |
| 6 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 52 | |
| 7 | Argeș Pitești | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 50 | |
| 8 | Rapid București | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 9 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 46 | |
| 10 | Farul Constanța | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Universitatea Craiova | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 43 | |
| 12 | Sportul Studențesc București | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 42 | |
| 13 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 14 | Jiul Petroşani | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 41 | |
| 15 | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 39 | |
| 16 | Chindia Târgoviște | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 38 | |
| 17 | Politehnica Timișoara (R) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 35 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 18 | Brașov (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 32 | Relegation to Divizia B |
* 1 2 PET 3-0 FAR; FAR 1-0 PET
* 1 2 GLO 3-0 JIU; JIU 2-0 GLO

## Results

Dinamo's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Divizia A

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| 31 July 1996 | Gloria Bistrița | H | 3–0 |
| 12 August 1996 | Petrolul Ploiești | A | 1–0 |
| 17 August 1996 | Sportul Studențesc București | H | 2–1 |
| 25 August 1996 | Jiul Petroşani | A | 0–1 |
| 7 September 1996 | Argeș Pitești | H | 4–1 |
| 15 September 1996 | Oțelul Galați | A | 1–3 |
| 21 September 1996 | Universitatea Craiova | A | 2–0 |
| 28 September 1996 | Politehnica Timișoara | H | 2–0 |
| 2 October 1996 | Universitatea Cluj | A | 1–1 |
| 20 October 1996 | Național București | H | 0–1 |
| 26 October 1996 | Chindia Târgoviște | A | 1–1 |
| 2 November 1996 | Steaua București | H | 0–0 |
| 6 November 1996 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | A | 1–1 |
| 10 November 1996 | FCM Bacău | H | 1–0 |
| 16 November 1996 | Rapid București | A | 0–3 |
| 24 November 1996 | Farul Constanța | H | 5–2 |
| 7 December 1996 | FC Brașov | A | 1–2 |
| 2 March 1997 | Gloria Bistrița | A | 0–1 |
| 9 March 1997 | Petrolul Ploiești | H | 3–1 |
| 12 March 1997 | Sportul Studențesc București | A | 5–0 |
| 16 March 1997 | Jiul Petroşani | H | 3–0 |
| 23 March 1997 | Argeș Pitești | A | 0–0 |
| 6 April 1997 | Oțelul Galați | H | 2–0 |
| 9 April 1997 | Universitatea Craiova | H | 2–0 |
| 13 April 1997 | Politehnica Timișoara | A | 0–3 |
| 19 April 1997 | Universitatea Cluj | H | 3–0 |
| 23 April 1997 | Național București | A | 1–2 |
| 4 May 1997 | Chindia Târgoviște | H | 2–1 |
| 11 May 1997 | Steaua București | A | 1–3 |
| 18 May 1997 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | H | 4–1 |
| 24 May 1997 | FCM Bacău | A | 0–2 |
| 31 May 1997 | Rapid București | H | 2–0 |
| 7 June 1997 | Farul Constanța | A | 1–2 |
| 14 June 1997 | FC Brașov | H | 2–1 |

### Cupa României

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
| R of 32 | 30 November 1996 | Dacia Piteşti | A | 2–1 |
| R of 16 | 7 May 1997 | Oțelul Galați | H | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) |
| QF | 14 May 1997 | CSM Reșița | H | 4–1 |
| SF | 21 May 1997 | Naţional București | A | 1–2 |

### UEFA Intertoto
#### Group 12

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guingamp | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Advanced to semi-finals |
| 2 | Zemun | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | |
| 3 | Jaro | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Dinamo Bucharest | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Kolkheti Poti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |