1997–98 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București 1997–98 football season

FC Dinamo București
1997–98 season
Head coach	Cornel Dinu
Divizia A	6th
Romanian Cup	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	First round
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 season was FC Dinamo București's 49th season in Divizia A. Dinamo finished 6th in the league and reached the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup. In the UEFA Cup, they played in first round.

Players

Squad information

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ROU	Florin Prunea
12	GK	ROU	Daniel Tudor
21	GK	ROU	Cristian Munteanu
—	GK	ROU	Ștefan Preda
2	DF	ROU	Cosmin Contra
19	DF	ROU	Cornel Dobre
7	DF	ROU	Lucian Cotora
4	DF	ROU	Florin Bătrânu
—	DF	ROU	Liviu Ciobotariu
5	DF	ROU	Leontin Grozavu
—	DF	ROU	Ionel Șerban
24	DF	ROU	Cosmin Bodea
9	DF	ROU	Florin Ionescu
—	DF	ROU	Florin Lazăr
—	DF	ROU	Cristian Utfineanţ
15	DF	ROU	Florin Macavei
—	DF	ROU	Claudiu Mutu
20	DF	ROU	Daniel Florea
3	DF	ROU	Iosif Tâlvan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	ROU	Mihai Tararache
8	MF	ROU	Florentin Petre
11	MF	ROU	Cătălin Hîldan
—	MF	ROU	Cezar Dinu
—	MF	ROU	Giani Kiriţă
—	MF	ROU	Dumitru Mere
—	MF	ROU	Paul Codrea
14	MF	ROU	Adrian Pitu
—	MF	ROU	Iulian Tameş
23	MF	ROU	Daniel Rednic
—	MF	ROU	Mihai Antal
13	FW	ROU	Adrian Mihalcea
—	MF	ROU	Augustin Călin
18	FW	ROU	Marian Ivan
—	FW	ROU	Eugen Neagoe
16	FW	ROU	Marius Niculae
—	FW	ROU	Bogdan Vrăjitoarea

Competitions

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	25	5	4	83	36	+47	80	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid București	34	24	6	4	70	24	+46	78	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Argeș Pitești	34	20	5	9	56	38	+18	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Oțelul Galați	34	20	4	10	54	28	+26	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	Național București	34	18	6	10	57	40	+17	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Dinamo București	34	17	3	14	66	50	+16	54
7	Reșița	34	15	6	13	55	49	+6	51
8	Universitatea Craiova	34	15	4	15	65	46	+19	49^[a]
9	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	14	7	13	46	49	−3	49^[a]
10	Bacău	34	12	9	13	41	42	−1	45
11	Gloria Bistrița	34	13	5	16	56	63	−7	44
12	Farul Constanța	34	13	4	17	36	52	−16	43
13	Universitatea Cluj	34	11	7	16	42	40	+2	40^[b]
14	Petrolul Ploiești	34	11	7	16	41	45	−4	40^[b]
15	Foresta Suceava	34	10	9	15	32	41	−9	39
16	Chindia Târgoviște (R)	34	10	8	16	40	67	−27	38	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Sportul Studențesc București (R)	34	5	4	25	32	65	−33	19
18	Jiul Petroşani (R)	34	3	1	30	19	116	−97	10

Source: LT (in Romanian)
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:

^ ^a ^b CRA 4-1 CEA; CEA 3-2 CRA
^ ^a ^b UCL 2-0 PET; PET 2-1 UCL

Results

Dinamo's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Divizia A

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
3 August 1997	Universitatea Craiova	A	1–2
6 August 1997	Rapid București	H	0–2
9 August 1997	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	H	2–0
23 August 1997	Argeș Pitești	A	1–2
30 August 1997	Chindia Târgoviște	H	4–1
13 September 1997	Petrolul Ploiești	A	2–1
20 September 1997	Farul Constanța	H	5–3
24 September 1997	Sportul Studențesc București	A	0–1
27 September 1997	Gloria Bistrița	H	4–3
4 October 1997	Universitatea Cluj	A	1–0
15 October 1997	Steaua București	H	1–3
18 October 1997	Jiul Petroşani	A	5–2
26 October 1997	Oțelul Galați	H	2–0
2 November 1997	Național București	A	1–1
8 November 1997	CSM Reșița	H	1–1
15 November 1997	FCM Bacău	A	0–3
22 November 1997	Foresta Suceava	H	2–0
30 November 1997	Universitatea Craiova	H	3–0
7 December 1997	Rapid București	A	0–2
13 December 1997	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	A	1–2
1 March 1998	Argeș Pitești	H	2–0
7 March 1998	Chindia Târgoviște	A	0–1
11 March 1998	Petrolul Ploiești	H	3–0
14 March 1998	Farul Constanța	A	1–2
22 March 1998	Sportul Studențesc București	H	2–0
29 March 1998	Gloria Bistrița	A	2–3
1 April 1998	Universitatea Cluj	H	2–1
4 April 1998	Steaua București	A	0–5
11 April 1998	Jiul Petroşani	H	7–1
15 April 1998	Oțelul Galați	A	0–1
18 April 1998	Național București	H	4–2
25 April 1998	CSM Reșița	A	0–0
29 April 1998	FCM Bacău	H	6–2
2 May 1998	Foresta Suceava	A	1–3

Cupa României


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R of 32	12 November 1997	Corvinul Hunedoara	A	1–0
R of 16	2 December 1997	Apulum Alba Iulia	H	2–0
QF	25 February 1998	Oțelul Galați	H	1–0
SF	25 March 1998	Rapid București	A	1–2

UEFA Cup

23 July 1997

22:00

KR Reykjavík	2–0	Dinamo Bucharest
Daníelsson 26' Dadason 51'	Report

KR-völlur, Reykjavík

Referee: Dempsey (Republic of Ireland)

30 July 1997

16:00

Dinamo Bucharest	1–2	KR Reykjavík
Mihalcea 42'	Report	Dadason 12', 22'

Bucharest

KR Reykjavík won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

^ "Dinamo Bucureşti » Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

External links

RomanianSoccer.ro
WorldFootball.net
RSSSF.com
labtof.ro

FC Dinamo București seasons

1948–49
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

1997–98 in Romanian football

Club football
Domestic leagues	Divizia A Divizia B Divizia C Divizia D
Domestic cups	Cupa României (Final)
European	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Club seasons
Divizia A	Argeș Bacău Ceahlăul Chindia Dinamo Farul Foresta Gloria Jiul Național Oțelul Petrolul Rapid Reșița Sportul Studențesc Steaua Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Craiova