1963–64 FC Dinamo București season
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| club = FC Dinamo București
| image = Dinamo București 1963 2.jpg
| image_size = 280
| season = 1963–64
| chairman =
| manager = {{flagicon|ROU|1952}} Traian Ionescu and
{{flagicon|ROU|1952}} Dumitru Nicolae
| mgrtitle = Manager
| stadium =
| league = Divizia A
| league result = Winners
| cup1 = Romanian Cup
| cup1 result = Winners
| cup2 = European Cup
| cup2 result = First round
| league topscorer = Constantin Frățilă (19)
| season topscorer =
| highest attendance =
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| largest win = 7:0 (vs Farul Constanța, 25 August 1963)
| largest loss = 1:4 (vs Steaua București, 10 May 1964)
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The 1963–64 season was FC Dinamo București's 15th season in Divizia A. Dinamo realizes the first double in history. In addition to authoritarian rule in the championship, which they won for the third consecutive time, Dinamo wins the Romanian Cup, after beating Steaua Bucharest in the final. In the European Cup, Dinamo meets the multiple champions Real Madrid.
Results
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
! colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Divizia A |
| Round
!Date !Opponent !Stadium !Result |
|---|
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|1 |25 August 1963 |H |7-0 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|2 |1 September 1963 |A |0-2 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|3 |8 September 1963 |H |2-3 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|4 |14 September 1963 |H |2-1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|5 |21 September 1963 |A |4-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|6 |29 September 1963 |H |5-1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|7 |13 October 1963 |H |3-2 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|8 |20 October 1963 |A |1-1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|9 |10 November 1963 |H |1-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|10 |17 November 1963 |UTA |A |3-2 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|11 |18 March 1964 |A |2-0 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|12 |1 December 1963 |H |0-0 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|13 |8 December 1963 |A |0-1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|14 |15 March 1964 |A |2-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|15 |22 March 1964 |H |2-1 |
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|16 |29 March 1964 |A |2-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|17 |24 June 1964 |A |5-1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|18 |12 April 1964 |H |2-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|19 |19 April 1964 |A |1-0 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|20 |10 May 1964 |A |1-4 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|21 |17 May 1964 |H |1-1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|22 |7 June 1964 |A |1-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|23 |14 June 1964 |UTA |H |6-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|24 |21 June 1964 |H |5-2 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|25 |28 June 1964 |A |1-1 |
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|26 |5 July 1964 |H |6-2 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |
| Divizia A 1963–64 Winners |
|---|
| Dinamo București 4th Title |
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! colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Cupa României |
| Round
!Date !Opponent !Stadium !Result |
|---|
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Last 32 |1 March 1964 |A |3-1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Last 16 |4 June 1964 |Sibiu |6-0 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|Quarter-finals |1 July 1964 |Hunedoara |0-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Quarter-finals-replay |2 July 1964 |Hunedoara |2-1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Semifinals |12 July 1964 |Constanţa |1-0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Final |19 July 1964 |București |5-3 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |
| Cupa României 1963–64 Winners |
|---|
| Dinamo București 2nd Title |
Romanian Cup final
{{football box
|date = 19 July 1964
|time =
|team1 = Dinamo București
|score = 5 – 3
|report =
|team2 = Steaua București
|goals1 = Octavian Popescu {{goal|3||88}}
Radu Nunweiller {{goal|53}}
Ion Pîrcălab {{goal|60}}
Constantin Frățilă {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = Carol Creiniceanu {{goal|12}}
Gheorghe Constantin {{goal|14|pen.|63}}
|stadium = Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
|attendance = 70.000
|referee = Andries Van den Leeuwen (Netherlands)
}}
| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |colspan="4"|DINAMO: | ||
| width=25| | ||
|---|---|---|
| GK | Ilie Datcu | {{suboff|85}} |
| DF | Constantin Ștefan | |
| DF | Ion Nunweiller | |
| DF | Lică Nunweiller | |
| DF | Dumitru Ivan | |
| MF | Emil Petru | |
| MF | Octavian Popescu | |
| FW | Ion Pîrcălab | |
| FW | Radu Nunweiller | |
| FW | Constantin Frățilă | |
| FW | Ion Haidu | |
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||
| GK | Iuliu Uţu | {{subon|85}} |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||
| colspan=4|Traian Ionescu |
|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"|STEAUA: | ||
| width=25| | ||
|---|---|---|
| GK | Vasile Suciu | {{suboff|59}} |
| DF | Mircea Georgescu | |
| DF | Emeric Ienei | |
| DF | Nicolae Dumitru | |
| DF | Dragoş Cojocaru | |
| MF | Cornel Pavlovici | |
| MF | Constantin Koszka | |
| FW | Sorin Avram | |
| FW | Gheorghe Constantin | |
| FW | Gabriel Raksi | {{suboff|66}} |
| FW | Carol Creiniceanu | |
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||
| GK | Constantin Eremia | {{subon|59}} |
| FW | Florea Voinea | {{subon|66}} |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||
| colspan=4|Gheorghe Ola |
|-
|}
European Cup
Preliminary round – first leg
{{football box
|date=18 September 1963
|time=16:00
|team1=Dinamo București
|score=2 – 0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|GDR}} Motor Jena
|goals1=I.Nunweiller {{goal|13}}
Petru {{goal|74}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
|attendance=19,210
|referee=Edward Budaj (Poland) }}
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Second leg
{{football box
|date=25 September 1963
|time=16:15
|team1=Motor Jena
|score=0 – 1
|report=
|team2=Dinamo București
|goals1=
|goals2=Țîrcovnicu {{goal|55}}
|stadium=Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena
|attendance=11,195
|referee=Wlodzimierz Storoniak (Poland) }}
First round – first leg
{{football box
|date=13 November 1963
|time=14:15
|team1=Dinamo București
|score=1 – 3
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Real Madrid
|goals1=Țîrcovnicu {{goal|86}}
|goals2=Félix Ruiz {{goal|2}}
Di Stéfano {{goal|43}}
Gento {{goal|87}}
|stadium=Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
|attendance=60,000
|referee=Józef Kowal (Poland) }}
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Second leg
{{football box
|date=18 December 1963
|time=20:30
|team1=Real Madrid
|score=5 – 3
|report=
|team2=Dinamo București
|goals1=Félix Ruiz {{goal|4}}
Di Stéfano {{goal|19}}
Amaro {{goal|51}}
Zoco {{goal|60}}
Puskás {{goal|63|pen.}}
|goals2=I.Nunweiller {{goal|25}}
Frăţilă {{goal|49}}
Pîrcălab {{goal|71|pen.}}
|stadium=Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
|attendance=90,000
|referee=Cesare Jonni (Italy) }}
Squad
Goalkeepers: Ilie Datcu (26 / 0); Iuliu Uțu (2 / 0).
Defenders: Cornel Popa (24 / 0); Ion Nunweiller (26 / 0); Dumitru Ivan (19 / 0); Constantin Ștefan (19 / 0); Ilie Constantinescu (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Emil Petru (23 / 8); Lică Nunweiller (26 / 1); Octavian Popescu (11 / 3).
Forwards: Ion Pîrcălab (25 / 10); Iosif Varga (8 / 0); Gheorghe Ene (14 / 5); Constantin Frățilă (26 / 19); Ion Haidu (21 / 6); Aurel Unguroiu (8 / 5); Ion Țîrcovnicu (17 / 5); Radu Nunweiller (2 / 0); Vasile Gergely (3 / 0); Mircea Lucescu (2 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets){{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|title=Romania National Champions |publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=10 May 2021}}
Manager: Traian Ionescu & Nicolae Dumitru.
Transfers
Before the season, Dinamo bought Emil Petru and Octavian Popescu, both from Stiinta Cluj, and Ion Haidu from Steagu Rosu Braşov. Florin Halagian was transferred to Petrolul Ploiesti and Nicolae Selymes to Steagu Rosu. Mircea Lucescu has been promoted from the youth team.