Divizia_A_2002–03
2002–03 Divizia A
85th season of top-tier football league in Romania
The 2002–03 Divizia A was the eighty-fifth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2002 and ended in May 2003. Rapid București became champions on 24 May 2003.
| Season | 2002–03 |
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| Champions | Rapid București[1] |
| Relegated | Sportul Studențesc UTA Arad |
| Champions League | Rapid București |
| UEFA Cup | Steaua București Dinamo București |
| Intertoto Cup | Gloria Bistrița Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 627 (2.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Claudiu Răducanu (21) |
| Biggest home win | Ceahlăul 6–0 UTA UTA 6–0 Bistrița |
| Biggest away win | Farul 0–5 Național |
| Highest scoring | Sportul 5–6 Dinamo |
| Longest winning run | Rapid (6) |
| Longest unbeaten run | FC U, Steaua (9) |
| Longest losing run | Politehnica (9) |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → | |
Relegated
The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season:
Promoted
The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:
Venues
| Poli AEK Timișoara | Steaua București | Universitatea Craiova | Rapid București |
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| Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu |
| Capacity: 32,972 | Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 |
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| FCM Bacău | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești |
| Dumitru Sechelariu | Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo | Nicolae Dobrin |
| Capacity: 17,500 | Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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| Sportul Studențesc |
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Național București | |
| Regie | Cotroceni | ||
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 14,542 | ||
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| Oțelul Galați | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
| Oțelul | Ceahlăul | ||
| Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 12,500 | ||
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| FC Brașov | UTA Arad | Gloria Bistrița | Astra Ploiești |
| Tineretului | UTA | Gloria | Astra |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 |
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Personnel and kits
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapid București (C) | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 45[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Brașov | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 44[lower-alpha 2] | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Dinamo București | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 44[lower-alpha 2] | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 7 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 44[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 8 | Național București | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 43 | |
| 9 | Astra Ploiești | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 42 | |
| 10 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 40 | |
| 11 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 38[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 12 | Bacău | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 38[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 13 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 36 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 | |
| 15 | Sportul Studențesc București (R) | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 31 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 16 | UTA Arad (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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 |
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| Argeș Pitești | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Astra Ploiești | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Bacău | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Brașov | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 16 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Farul Constanța | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Oțelul Galați | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Național București | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Rapid București | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sportul Studențesc | 11 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Steaua București | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| UTA Arad | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Results
| Home \ Away | ARG | AST | BAC | BRA | CEA | FCU | DIN | FAR | GBI | OȚE | NAT | RAP | SPO | STE | TIM | UTA |
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| Argeș Pitești | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Astra Ploiești | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Bacău | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Brașov | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo București | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Farul Constanța | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Național București | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Rapid București | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Sportul Studențesc | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–6 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Steaua București | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | 0–1 | 5–2 |
| Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–4 |
| UTA Arad | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |
The teams placed on the 13th and 14th place in the Divizia A faced the 2nd placed teams from both groups of the Divizia B. Politehnica AEK Timișoara and FC Oradea won the relegation play-offs.[2]
Even though Oțelul Galați lost the relegation play-off against FC Oradea, they kept their place in the Divizia A because Petrolul Ploiești, the club that won the Divizia B, Seria I, sold its promotion place to Oțelul Galați and merged with Astra Ploiești, the other team from the city of Ploiești, which finished on the 9th position this season.[3]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 8–4 | Gloria Buzău | 5–3 | 3–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 3–4 | Oradea | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| 14 June 2003 Leg 1 | Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 5–3 | Gloria Buzău | Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu |
Zanc  28'Silvășan 54'Bătrânu 59'Prodan 71'Oprea 90+3' |
Gheorghe 13' Petre 26'Apostol 68' |
| 14 June 2003 Leg 1 | Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | Oradea | Stadionul Oțelul |
| Cornea 28' Guriță 67' |
Vrăjitoarea 45+1'(p) |
| 18 June 2003 Leg 2 | Gloria Buzău | 1–3 | Politehnica AEK Timișoara | Stadionul Municipal |
| Gheorghe 90+3' |
Constantinovici 13' Buia 48'Zanc 69' |
| 18 June 2003 Leg 2 | Oradea | 3–1 | Oțelul Galați | Stadionul Iuliu Bodola |
| Vrăjitoarea 71', 81', 90+1' |
Tănase 28' |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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| 1 | Politehnica Timișoara | 324,000 | 40,000 | 6,000 | 21,600 | n/a1 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 280,000 | 40,000 | 4,000 | 18,666 | n/a† |
| 3 | Rapid București | 157,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 | 10,466 | n/a† |
| 4 | Steaua București | 142,250 | 24,000 | 250 | 9,483 | n/a† |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 124,000 | 12,000 | 4,000 | 8,266 | n/a1 |
| 6 | FCM Bacău | 120,000 | 18,000 | 2,000 | 8,000 | n/a† |
| 7 | Oțelul Galați | 94,000 | 12,000 | 3,000 | 6,266 | n/a† |
| 8 | Dinamo București | 87,000 | 15,000 | 2,000 | 5,800 | n/a† |
| 9 | Farul Constanța | 74,000 | 8,000 | 2,000 | 4,933 | n/a† |
| 10 | FC Brașov | 71,500 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 4,766 | n/a† |
| 11 | Argeș Pitești | 64,000 | 12,000 | 300 | 4,266 | n/a† |
| 12 | Național București | 60,100 | 12,000 | 900 | 4,006 | n/a2 |
| 13 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 52,750 | 10,000 | 250 | 3,516 | n/a† |
| 14 | Gloria Bistrița | 48,100 | 12,000 | 300 | 3,206 | n/a† |
| 15 | Astra Ploiești | 44,000 | 10,000 | 500 | 2,933 | n/a† |
| 16 | Sportul Studențesc București | 35,150 | 8,000 | 150 | 2,510 | n/a† |
| League total | 1,777,850 | 40,000 | 150 | 7,438 | n/a† |
Updated to games played on 2 June 2019
Source: League matches: Divizia A 2002/2003
Notes:
1: Played last season in Divizia B.
2: Național București played 1 match out of their stadium.
| Position[4] | Player | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | Claudiu Răducanu | Steaua București | 21 |
| 2 | Ionel Dănciulescu | Dinamo București | 16 |
| 3 | Laurențiu Diniță | Sportul Studențesc | 15 |
| 4 | Cosmin Bărcăuan | Dinamo București | 13 |
| 5 | Sergiu Radu | Național București | 12 |
| Rapid București[5] |
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Goalkeepers: Emilian Dolha (22 / 0); Ionuț Curcă (4 / 0); Boban Savić Manager: Mircea Rednic. |
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