# 2005–06 Divizia A

The 2005–06 Divizia A was the eighty-eighth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. The Season began in August 2005 and ended in June 2006. Steaua București became champions on 7 June, 2006.

## Team changes
### Relegated

The teams that were relegated to the Divizia B at the end of the previous season:
* Apulum Alba Iulia
* Brașov
* Universitatea Craiova

### Promoted

The teams that were promoted from the Divizia B at the beginning of the season:
* Vaslui
* Pandurii Târgu Jiu
* Jiul Petroșani

### Venues

| Politehnica Timișoara | Steaua București | Rapid București | FCM Bacău |
| Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | Municipal |
| Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 19,100 | Capacity: 17,500 |
| Farul Constanța | Jiul Petroșani | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești |
| Farul | Jiul | Dinamo | Nicolae Dobrin |
| Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,500 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Național București | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Oțelul Galați |
| Cotroceni | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Oțelul |
| Capacity: 14,542 | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 13,500 |
| Politehnica Iași | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Sportul Studențesc |
| Emil Alexandrescu | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Regie |
| Capacity: 11,390 | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșBacăuCFRFarulGloriaJiulOțelulPanduriiPoli IașiPoli TimișoaraVasluiBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2005–06 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 10,020 |
| CFR Cluj | FC Vaslui | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Gloria Bistrița |
| CFR | Municipal | Tudor Vladimirescu | Gloria |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 9,240 | Capacity: 9,200 | Capacity: 7,800 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| Argeș Pitești | Vasile Stan | Alin Chița | Erreà | Pic |
| CFR Cluj | Dorinel Munteanu | Vasile Jula | Erreà | EnergoBit, Opel Ecomax |
| Dinamo București | Florin Marin | Florentin Petre | Lotto | Omniasig |
| Farul Constanța | Momčilo Vukotić | Ion Barbu | Lotto | SNC |
| FCM Bacău | Cristian Popovici | Daniel David | Erreà | Letea |
| Gloria Bistrița | Ioan Sabău | Sandu Negrean | Erreà | Rombat |
| Jiul Petroșani | Aurel Șunda | Cornel Mihart | Nike | Atomis |
| Național București | Cristiano Bergodi | Ovidiu Burcă | Nike | top birotic |
| Oțelul Galați | Petre Grigoraș | Viorel Tănase | Lotto | Mittal Steel |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Nicolae Ungureanu | Cătălin Trofin | Lotto | USMO |
| Politehnica Iași | Ionuț Popa | Bogdan Onuț | Umbro | Iulius Mall |
| Politehnica Timișoara | Iosif Rotariu | Ovidiu Petre | Converse | Balkan Petroleum |
| Rapid București | Răzvan Lucescu | Vasile Maftei | Lotto | Lukoil |
| Sportul Studențesc | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Tiberiu Bălan | Lotto | — |
| Steaua București | Cosmin Olăroiu | Mirel Rădoi | Nike | RAFO |
| Vaslui | Mircea Rednic | Marius Croitoru | Umbro | Racova |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid București | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Sportul Studențesc București (R) | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 55 | Relegation to Liga II |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 50 | |
| 6 | Național București | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 46 | |
| 7 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | Politehnica Timișoara | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 40 | |
| 9 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 39 | |
| 10 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 39 | |
| 11 | Politehnica Iași | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 39 | |
| 12 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Jiul Petroșani | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 30 | |
| 14 | Vaslui | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 29 | |
| 15 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 25 | Spared from relegation |
| 16 | Bacău (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 55 | −39 | 14 | Relegation to Liga II |
* 1 2 DIN 4-5 SPO; SPO 0-2 DIN
* 1 2 Sportul Studențesc was denied the right to participate for next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (15th place) was spared from relegation.
* 1 2 3 OȚE: 8 pts; GLO: 5 pts; POL: 2 pts

### 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 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Bacău | 12 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| CFR Cluj | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Farul Constanța | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Jiul Petroșani | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Oțelul Galați | 15 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 10 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Politehnica Iași | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Național București | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Rapid București | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Steaua București | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Vaslui | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARG | BAC | CFR | DIN | FAR | GBI | JIU | OȚE | PAN | PIA | NAT | RAP | SPO | STE | TIM | VAS |
| Argeș Pitești | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Bacău | 3–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| CFR Cluj | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo București | 1–2 | 6–0 | 5–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Farul Constanța | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Jiul Petroșani | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Oțelul Galați | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Politehnica Iași | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Național București | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Rapid București | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Steaua București | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Politehnica Timișoara | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Vaslui | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Politehnica Timișoara | 220,000 | 32,000 | 3,000 | 14,666 | −18.5%$^†$ |
| 2 | Steaua București | 130,000 | 25,000 | 0 | 8,666 | −42.7%$^{7,9}$ |
| 3 | FC Vaslui | 122,500 | 10,000 | 4,000 | 8,166 | n/a$^1$ |
| 4 | Politehnica Iași | 101,500 | 13,000 | 4,000 | 6,766 | −22.5%$^†$ |
| 5 | Jiul Petroșani | 97,500 | 17,000 | 3,500 | 6,500 | n/a$^1$ |
| 6 | Rapid București | 97,000 | 16,000 | 0 | 6,466 | −18.5%$^{11}$ |
| 7 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 95,500 | 15,000 | 1,500 | 6,366 | n/a$^1$ |
| 8 | CFR Cluj | 81,800 | 12,000 | 300 | 5,453 | −19.8%$^5$ |
| 9 | Dinamo București | 74,500 | 12,000 | 0 | 4,966 | −2.6%$^{6,10}$ |
| 10 | Sportul Studențesc București | 65,300 | 15,000 | 500 | 4,353 | +40.7%$^†$ |
| 11 | Oțelul Galați | 64,400 | 16,000 | 400 | 4,293 | +12.2%$^3$ |
| 12 | Farul Constanța | 50,500 | 13,000 | 200 | 3,366 | −29.8%$^†$ |
| 13 | Argeș Pitești | 47,200 | 7,000 | 0 | 3,146 | −35.3%$^{2,8}$ |
| 14 | Gloria Bistrița | 42,100 | 10,000 | 300 | 2,806 | +40.3%$^4$ |
| 15 | Național București | 33,550 | 10,000 | 200 | 2,236 | −16.1%$^†$ |
| 16 | FCM Bacău | 31,050 | 13,000 | 200 | 2,070 | −18.6%$^†$ |
| | League total | 1,354,400 | 32,000 | 0 | 5,643 | −14.0%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 27 August 2019 Source: League matches: Divizia A 2005/2006 Notes: 1: Played last season in Divizia B. 2: Argeș Pitești played 13 matches out of their stadium. 3: Oțelul Galați played 8 matches out of their stadium. 4: Gloria Bistrița played 2 matches out of their stadium. 5: CFR Cluj played 3 matches out of their stadium. 6: Dinamo București played 1 match out of their stadium. 7: Steaua București played 8 matches out of their stadium. 8: Argeș Pitești played 1 game behind closed doors. 9: Steaua București played 4 games behind closed doors. 10: Dinamo București played 2 games behind closed doors. 11: Rapid București played 3 games behind closed doors.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ionuț Mazilu | Sportul Studențesc | 22 |
| 2 | Nicolae Dică | Steaua București | 15 |
| 3 | Viorel Moldovan | Politehnica Timișoara / Rapid București | 14 |
| 4 | Claudiu Niculescu | Dinamo București | 12 |
| 4 | Tiberiu Bălan | Sportul Studențesc | 12 |
| 6 | Ciprian Tănasă | Argeș Pitești | 11 |
| 7 | Alexandru Bălțoi | Dinamo București / Oțelul Galați | 10 |
| 7 | Ștefan Grigorie | Dinamo București | 10 |
| 9 | Ionuț Bâlbă | Politehnica Iași | 9 |
| 9 | Ianis Zicu | Dinamo București | 9 |

## Champion squad

* Steaua București
* Goalkeepers: Carlos Fernandes (13 / 0); Cornel Cernea (2 / 0); Vasil Khamutowski (15 / 0).
* Defenders: Eugen Baciu (9 / 0); Daniel Bălan (6 / 0); Florentin Dumitru (7 / 0); Sorin Ghionea (26 / 0); Dorin Goian (23 / 2); Petre Marin (14 / 0); Mihai Neșu (19 / 0); George Ogăraru (28 / 1).
* Midfielders: Gabriel Boștină (27 / 4); Florin Lovin (23 / 1); Bănel Nicoliță (29 / 7); Daniel Oprița (24 / 1); Sorin Paraschiv (26 / 3); Mirel Rădoi (24 / 4); Răzvan Ochiroșii (1 / 0).
* Forwards: Andrei Cristea (24 / 3); Vasilică Cristocea (14 / 2); Nicolae Dică (29 / 15); Laurențiu Diniță (8 / 0); Victoraș Iacob (22 / 5).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Oleh Protasov / Cosmin Olăroiu.