2003–04 FC Dinamo București season
{{more footnotes needed|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football club season
| club = FC Dinamo București
| season = 2003–04
| manager = Ioan Andone
| mgrtitle = Manager
| chairman =
| chrtitle =
| league = Liga I
| league result = 1st
| cup1 = Romanian Cup
| cup1 result = Winner
| cup2 = UEFA Cup
| cup2 result = 2nd round
| league topscorer = Ionel Dănciulescu (21 goals)
| season topscorer =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 2002–03
| nextseason = 2004–05
}}
The 2003–04 season was FC Dinamo București's 55th season in Divizia A. After building up a team again in 2003–04, Dinamo eliminated Shakhtar Donetsk in the first round of the UEFA Cup 2003–04 season. They went on to lose to Spartak Moscow in the second round.
In the Romanian League, against all odds, Dinamo won everything: the championships, the Romanian Cup, and the top goalscorer (Ionel Dănciulescu). Seen as the third favourite in the battle, after Rapid and Steaua, Dinamo had an excellent second part of the season, and two strikers, Dănciulescu and Claudiu Niculescu that scored together 37 goals. Dinamo had 14 wins at home, out of 15 games, the only defeat in front of their own fans being registered at the beginning of the season, against Rapid. Dinamo won the title with a game in hand, beating in the 29th round Apulum Alba Iulia, at home.
In the Romanian Cup final, Dinamo defeated Oţelul Galaţi at Cotroceni.
Results
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
! colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Divizia A |
| Round
!Date !Opponent !Stadium !Result |
|---|
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|1 |9 August 2003 |A |1–2 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 |17 August 2003 |H |1–0 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|3 |23 August 2003 |A |0–1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|4 |31 August 2003 |H |4–1 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|5 |13 September 2003 |A |0–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|6 |19 September 2003 |H |7–3 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|7 |28 September 2003 |A |1–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|8 |4 October 2003 |H |3–2 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|9 |19 October 2003 |A |4–3 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|10 |26 October 2003 |H |3–4 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|11 |31 October 2003 |A |1–1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|12 |9 November 2003 |A |1–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|13 |22 November 2003 |H |4–2 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|14 |30 November 2003 |A |1–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|15 |7 December 2003 |H |7–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|16 |13 March 2004 |H |3–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|17 |20 March 2004 |A |3–2 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|18 |27 March 2004 |H |2–1 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|19 |3 April 2004 |A |0–2 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|20 |10 April 2004 |H |2–0 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|21 |14 April 2004 |A |0–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|22 |17 April 2004 |H |2–1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|23 |24 April 2004 |A |2–1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|24 |1 May 2004 |H |1–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|25 |9 May 2004 |A |3–2 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|26 |12 May 2004 |H |3–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|27 |15 May 2004 |H |5–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|28 |22 May 2004 |A |2–1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|29 |28 May 2004 |H |5–1 |
| bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|30 |3 June 2004 |A |0–0 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |
| Divizia A 2003–04 Winners |
|---|
| Dinamo București 17th Title |
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
! colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |Cupa României |
| Round
!Date !Opponent !Stadium !Result |
|---|
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Last 32 |1 October 2003 |București |5–2 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Last 16 |22 October 2003 |București |5–1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|QF-1st leg |3 December 2003 |București |7–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|QF-2nd leg |17 March 2004 |Ploiești |2–1 |
| bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|SF-1st leg |7 April 2004 |Piteşti |0–1 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|SF-2nd leg |21 April 2004 |București |2–0 |
| bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Final |6 June 2004 |București |2–0 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |
| Cupa României 2003–04 Winners |
|---|
| Dinamo București 11th Title |
UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
{{football box
|date = 14 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Dinamo București
|score = 5–2
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|LAT}} Liepājas Metalurgs
|goals1 = Dănciulescu {{goal|17||88}}
Fl.Petre {{goal|30||73}}
Bărcăuan {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = Dobrekovs {{goal|42|pen.}}
Šafranko {{goal|58}}
|stadium = Stadionul Național, Bucharest
|attendance = 7,000
|referee = Aleh Cikun (Belarus)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 28 August 2003
|time = 18:00
|team1 = Liepājas Metalurgs {{flagicon|LAT}}
|score = 1–1
|report =
|team2 = Dinamo București
|goals1 = Grebis {{goal|45}}
|goals2 = Zicu {{goal|23}}
|stadium = Daugava Stadium, Liepāja
|attendance = 1,000
|referee = Emil Laursen (Denmark)
}}
First round
{{football box
|date = 24 September 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Dinamo București
|score = 2–0
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|UKR}} Shakhtar Donetsk
|goals1 = Niculescu {{goal|86}}
Zicu {{goal|87}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
|attendance = 12,000
|referee = Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 15 October 2003
|time = 19:00
|team1 = Shakhtar Donetsk {{flagicon|UKR}}
|score = 2–3
|report =
|team2 = Dinamo București
|goals1 = Aghahowa {{goal|18||45}}
|goals2 = Niculescu {{goal|29}}
Marica {{goal|75}}
Dănciulescu {{goal|87}}
|attendance = 36,000
|referee = Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
}}
Second round
{{football box
|date = 6 November 2003
|time = 18:00
|team1 = Spartak Moscow {{flagicon|RUS}}
|score = 4–0
|report =
|team2 = Dinamo București
|goals1 = Pjanović {{goal|21||62}}
Kalinchenko {{goal|58}}
Pavlenko {{goal|73}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = Dick Van Egmond (Netherlands)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 27 November 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = Dinamo București
|score = 3–1
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|RUS}} Spartak Moscow
|goals1 = Dănciulescu {{goal|29||73|pen.}}
Iordache {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = Parfenov {{goal|85|pen.}}
|stadium = Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)
}}
Squad
Goalkeepers: Grégory Delwarte {{flagicon|Belgium}} (10 / 0); Uladzimir Hayew {{flagicon|Belarus}} (2 / 0); Cristian Munteanu (9 / 0); Ștefan Preda (11 / 0).
Defenders: Angelo Alistar (11 / 0); Cosmin Bărcăuan (27 / 4); Mugur Bolohan (1 / 0); Ovidiu Burcă (22 / 0); Adrian Iordache (25 / 2); Xavier Méride {{flagicon|France}} (6 / 0); Samuel Okunowo {{flagicon|Nigeria}} (2 / 0); Szabolcs Perenyi (15 / 0); Flavius Stoican (8 / 1); Dorin Semeghin (28 / 1).
Midfielders: Dan Alexa (23 / 1); Ionuț Badea (16 / 0); Cristian Cigan (1 / 0); Cristian Ciubotariu (6 / 0); Alexandru Dragomir (1 / 0); Ștefan Grigorie (24 / 8); Sorin Iodi (1 / 0); Vlad Munteanu (18 / 2); Leonard Naidin (8 / 0); Florentin Petre (24 / 4); Iulian Tameș (26 / 1); Ianis Zicu (13 / 6).
Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (29 / 21); Claudiu Drăgan (8 / 0); Ciprian Marica (10 / 3); Claudiu Niculescu (28 / 16).
(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=14 May 2021}}
Manager: Ioan Andone.
Transfers
New players: Gaev (FC Gomel), Alistar (Ceahlăul), Naidin (FC Oradea), Cigan (FC Oradea)
Left team: Cr.Munteanu (FC Național), Okunowo and Meride (contracts cancelled), Gregory Delwarte (Belgium), Bolohan (Universitatea Craiova), Iodi (Gloria Bistrița), Zicu (AC Parma), Marica (Shakhtar Donetsk)
References
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External links
- [http://www.labtof.ro/diviziaa/sezon/2003-2004 www.labtof.ro]
- [http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/2003_2004.shtml www.romaniansoccer.ro]
- [http://rom.worldfootball.net/teams/dinamo-bucuresti/2004/2/ worldfootball.net]
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{{2003–04 in Romanian football}}
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