# 2004–05 FC Dinamo București season

The 2004–05 season was FC Dinamo București's 56th season in Liga I. For the 2004–05 season Dinamo's ambitions grew, but still many players left the club. Dinamo played a thrilling game vs. Manchester United in Bucharest in the third qualification round of the UEFA Champions League, but lost 1–2. This game was significant because it showed considerable progress from the last attempts to qualify for the group phase of the Champions League. The second leg was lost at Old Trafford 3–0. In the UEFA Cup 2004–05 season Dinamo was eliminated by Partizan Belgrade.
This time Dinamo had a better evolution during the season after the title victory. However, Dinamo lost the title to Steaua Bucharest on a costly error by Lucian Goian in the last seconds of the game with Rapid Bucharest close to the end of the season.
Dinamo won the Romanian Cup for the 12th time in history.

## Results

Divizia A :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result |
| 1 | 31 July 2004 | Farul Constanţa | A | 0–1 |
| 2 | 6 August 2004 | Sportul Studenţesc | H | 2–1 |
| 3 | 3 November 2004 | Poli Iași | A | 3–2 |
| 4 | 22 August 2004 | Steaua București | H | 0–1 |
| 5 | 29 August 2004 | CFR Cluj | A | 2–4 |
| 6 | 12 September 2004 | Naţional București | H | 0–1 |
| 7 | 19 September 2004 | FCM Bacău | A | 2–0 |
| 8 | 26 September 2004 | FC Brașov | H | 3–1 |
| 9 | 3 October 2004 | Poli Timişoara | A | 3–2 |
| 10 | 16 October 2004 | Gloria Bistriţa | H | 4–1 |
| 11 | 24 October 2004 | Rapid București | A | 1–2 |
| 12 | 31 October 2004 | Apulum Alba Iulia | H | 4–2 |
| 13 | 6 November 2004 | Oţelul Galaţi | A | 0–2 |
| 14 | 21 November 2004 | U Craiova | A | 1–0 |
| 15 | 27 November 2004 | FC Argeș | H | 4–0 |
| 16 | 13 March 2005 | Farul Constanţa | H | 2–0 |
| 17 | 19 March 2005 | Sportul Studenţesc | A | 1–0 |
| 18 | 2 April 2005 | Poli Iaşi | H | 2–0 |
| 19 | 10 April 2005 | Steaua București | A | 0–1 |
| 20 | 16 April 2005 | CFR Cluj | H | 4–0 |
| 21 | 24 April 2005 | Naţional București | A | 1–5 |
| 22 | 27 April 2005 | FCM Bacău | H | 3–0 |
| 23 | 30 April 2005 | FC Brașov | A | 1–1 |
| 24 | 4 May 2005 | Poli Timişoara | H | 1–0 |
| 25 | 7 May 2005 | Gloria Bistriţa | A | 1–0 |
| 26 | 15 May 2005 | Rapid București | H | 2–2 |
| 27 | 18 May 2005 | Apulum Alba Iulia | A | 3–1 |
| 28 | 22 May 2005 | Oţelul Galaţi | H | 4–0 |
| 29 | 28 May 2005 | U Craiova | H | 5–0 |
| 30 | 7 June 2005 | FC Argeș | A | 1–0 |
Cupa României :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result |
| Last 32 | 13 October 2004 | Olimpia Satu Mare | Satu Mare | 1–1 (5-3p) |
| Last 16 | 27 October 2004 | Gaz Metan Mediaş | Braşov | 1–0 |
| QF-1st leg | 10 November 2004 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | București | 1–0 |
| QF-2nd leg | 1 December 2004 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | Brăila | 2–0 |
| SF-1st leg | 16 March 2005 | Naţional București | București | 1–2 |
| SF-2nd leg | 13 April 2005 | Naţional București | București | 4–0 |
| Final | 11 May 2005 | Farul Constanţa | București | 1–0 |
* Cupa României 2004–05 Winners
* Dinamo București 12th Title

## UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round
Dinamo București won 2–0 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
Manchester United won 5-1 on aggregate.

## UEFA Cup

First round
Partizan won 3-1 on aggregate.

## Squad

Goalkeepers: Vladimir Gaev (12/0), Cristian Munteanu (6/0), Bogdan Stelea (13/0).
Defenders: Angelo Alistar (18/0), Ionuţ Bălan (14/1), Ovidiu Burcă (14/0), Liviu Ciobotariu (8/0), George Galamaz (22/0), Lucian Goian (6/0), Alin Ilin (2/0), Adrian Iordache (14/1), Cristian Irimia (11/0), Cristian Pulhac (11/2), Ştefan Radu (2/0), Dorin Semeghin (16/0), Gabriel Tamaș (13/0).
Midfielders: Ionuț Badea (18/0), Adrian Cristea (10/0), Ştefan Grigorie (25/10), Andrei Mărgăritescu (29/2), Vlad Munteanu (4/0), Leonard Naidin (1/0), Alexandru Păcurar (14/1), Florentin Petre (24/2), Dennis Şerban (3/0), Iulian Tameş (11/0).
Forwards: Alexandru Bălţoi (18/3), Ionel Dănciulescu (15/11), Claudiu Drăgan (2/0), Adrian Mihalcea (17/1), Tibor Moldovan (5/1), Claudiu Niculescu (28/21), Ianis Zicu (13/3).

## Transfers

New players: Summer break - Matache (Metalul Plopeni), Galamaz (Rapid București), Irimia (Rapid București), Ciobotariu (Royal Antwerp), Onuț, Bălan and Bălțoi (Farul Constanța), Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamț), Mărgăritescu (Unirea Focșani), Păcurar (Universitatea Cluj-Napoca), D.Șerban (Petrolul Ploiești)
Winter break - Tamaș (Spartak Moskva), Ad.Cristea (Politehnica Iași), T.Moldovan (Apulum Alba-Iulia), Zicu (AC Parma)
Left team: Summer break - Șt.Preda (FC Argeș Pitești), Alexa (Beijing Guan), Bărcăuan (Shakhtar Donetsk), Onuț (Politehnica Iași), Cr.Ciubotariu (Politehnica Iași), Perenyi (Politehnica Iași)
Winter break - Cr.Munteanu (FC Național București), Cr.Irimia (Dinamo Kyiv), Naidin (Poli Timișoara), D.Șerban (Larissa), Vl.Munteanu (FC Național București), Tameș (Alania Vladikavkaz), Cl.Drăgan (Universitatea Craiova), Dănciulescu (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Cigan (Liberty Salonta)