# 2002–03 FC Dinamo București season

The 2002–03 season was FC Dinamo București's 54th season in Divizia A. In this season, Dinamo was affected again by the big number of players who left the team, which became a tradition for the bosses of the club to sell players after winning a title. Thus, Dinamo was again facing another reconstruction. They started the season badly, losing the two games in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, and leaving early the European competitions. Cornel Dinu was sacked after this two losses. In Divizia A Dinamo had hard times, changing a lot of managers and losing seven consecutive games. The team finished the season on the sixth position. A momentum of the season came in November, in the Romanian Cup, last 16, where Dinamo met the biggest rival Steaua. Dinamo won 3-0 the game played at the Cotroceni stadium. After Ioan Andone came to the team, Dinamo played a spectacular semifinal with Astra Ploieşti. They lost the first game, 2–1 in Ploieşti in the middle of the crisis, but then the team beat Astra in Bucharest 3-1 after extra time. They then went on to win the Romanian Cup, after beating FC Naţional in the final 1–0 on a goal scored by Iulian Tameş.

## Results

Divizia A :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result |
| 1 | 17 August 2002 | Ceahlăul | H | 5–0 |
| 2 | 22 August 2002 | Astra | A | 2–4 |
| 3 | 31 August 2002 | FCM Bacău | H | 1–1 |
| 4 | 15 September 2002 | Steaua București | A | 1–1 |
| 5 | 21 September 2002 | FC Argeș | H | 3–0 |
| 6 | 28 September 2002 | Rapid București | A | 1–3 |
| 7 | 5 October 2002 | Gloria Bistriţa | H | 0–2 |
| 8 | 20 October 2002 | Naţional București | A | 2–0 |
| 9 | 26 October 2002 | UTA | H | 5–0 |
| 10 | 3 November 2002 | Farul Constanţa | A | 1–0 |
| 11 | 10 November 2002 | Sportul Studenţesc | H | 3–1 |
| 12 | 16 November 2002 | Oţelul Galaţi | A | 0–2 |
| 13 | 24 November 2002 | FC Brașov | H | 1–0 |
| 14 | 30 November 2002 | Poli Timişoara | A | 3–2 |
| 15 | 8 December 2002 | U Craiova | H | 1–0 |
| 16 | 19 March 2003 | Ceahlăul | A | 2–3 |
| 17 | 8 March 2003 | Astra | H | 0–3 |
| 18 | 15 March 2003 | FCM Bacău | A | 1–3 |
| 19 | 23 March 2003 | Steaua București | H | 2–4 |
| 20 | 5 April 2003 | FC Argeș | A | 0–2 |
| 21 | 13 April 2003 | Rapid București | H | 0–2 |
| 22 | 16 April 2003 | Gloria Bistriţa | A | 0–1 |
| 23 | 19 April 2003 | Naţional București | H | 1–1 |
| 24 | 26 April 2003 | UTA | A | 0–0 |
| 25 | 3 May 2003 | Farul Constanţa | H | 2–0 |
| 26 | 7 May 2003 | Sportul Studenţesc | A | 6–5 |
| 27 | 10 May 2003 | Oţelul Galaţi | H | 1–0 |
| 28 | 17 May 2003 | FC Brașov | A | 2–2 |
| 29 | 24 May 2003 | Poli Timişoara | H | 2–1 |
| 30 | 28 May 2003 | U Craiova | A | 1–3 |
Cupa României :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result |
| Last 32 | 6 November 2002 | UM Timişoara | Timişoara | 1–0 |
| Last 16 | 27 November 2002 | Steaua București | București | 3–0 |
| QF-1st leg | 12 March 2003 | Farul Constanţa | Constanţa | 1–0 |
| QF-2nd leg | 2 April 2003 | Farul Constanţa | București | 2–2 |
| SF-1st leg | 23 April 2003 | Astra Ploieşti | Ploieşti | 1–2 |
| SF-2nd leg | 14 May 2003 | Astra Ploieşti | București | 3–1 |
| Final | 31 May 2003 | Naţional București | București | 1–0 |
* Cupa României 2002–03 Winners
* Dinamo București 10th Title

## UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round
Club Brugge KV won 4–1 on aggregate

## Squad

Goalkeepers: Cristian Munteanu (20/0), Daniel Tudor (6/0), Ştefan Preda (7/0).
Defenders: Angelo Alistar (1/0), Ovidiu Burcă (12/0), Alexandru Marius Dragomir (3/0), Cornel Frăsineanu (17/1), Bogdan Onuț (21/1), Gheorghe Popescu (8/0), Dorin Semeghin (1/0), Flavius Stoican (21/0), Iosif Tâlvan (10/0), Gabriel Tamaş (21/3).
Midfielders: Dan Alexa (24/0), Mugur Bolohan (6/0), Ciprian Danciu (4/0), Ştefan Grigorie (23/2), Giani Kiriţă (23/1), Vlad Munteanu (21/2), Florin Pârvu (19/0), Florentin Petre (25/2), Iulian Tameş (20/2).
Forwards: Cosmin Bărcăuan (23/12), Ionel Dănciulescu (26/16), Claudiu Drăgan (12/0), Ciprian Marica (10/1), Nicolae Mitea (9/0), Claudiu Niculescu (2/5).

## Transfers

New players: Gh.Popescu (Lecce), Alexa, Grigorie, Stoican, Bărcăuan (all from U.Craiova).
Left team: Prunea, Bolohan (FCM Bacău), O.Stângă (U.Craiova), Zicu (Farul)