2001–02 FC Dinamo București season

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FC Dinamo București 2001–02 football season

FC Dinamo București2001–02 season

Manager| Marin Ion (rounds 1-23)
Cornel Dinu (rounds 24-30)
Liga I| 1st
Romanian Cup| Finalist
UEFA Cup| 1st round
Top goalscorer| Claudiu Niculescu (15 goals)

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The 2001–02 season was FC Dinamo București's 53rd season in Divizia A. In this season, Dinamo became Romanian champions for the 16th time in history. Dinamo was eliminated quickly from the UEFA Cup, and concentrated only on the internal competition. Thus, after the first half of the season, Dinamo was leader with two points over the revelation FC Național. In March 2002, Dinamo defeated Rapid 3–2, and distanced itself to five points at the front of the standings, and Cristian Borcea, Dinamo's president, launched after the game the famous sentence: "Let us prepare for the Champions League"[1]

Finally, Dinamo won the title in the last round of games, with a win against FC Braşov, and at the same time a defeat for FC Naţional, leader before that round, at Universitatea Craiova.

In the Romanian Cup, Dinamo was defeated in the final by Rapid.

## Results[edit]

Divizia A

Round  | Date  | Opponent  | Stadium  | Result
1  | 4 August 2001  | Ceahlăul | H  | 3–1
2  | 12 August 2001  | Rapid | A  | 2–2
3  | 17 August 2001  | UM Timișoara | H  | 5–1
4  | 26 August 2001  | Oțelul | A  | 1–2
5  | 8 September 2001  | Farul | A  | 2–2
6  | 16 September 2001  | Sportul Studențesc | H  | 5–1
7  | 23 September 2001  | Astra Ploiești | A  | 1–1
8  | 30 September 2001  | FCM Bacău | H  | 4–2
9  | 13 October 2001  | Univ. Craiova | A  | 2–0
10  | 21 October 2001  | FC Național | H  | 0–0
11  | 28 October 2001  | Gloria Bistrița | A  | 2–1
12  | 3 November 2001  | Steaua | H  | 2–0
13  | 17 November 2001  | FC Argeș | A  | 2–1
14  | 24 November 2001  | Petrolul Ploiești | H  | 4–1
15  | 2 December 2001  | FC Brașov | A  | 1–1
16  | 10 March 2002  | Ceahlăul | A  | 2–1
17  | 17 March 2002  | Rapid | H  | 3–2
18  | 23 March 2002  | UM Timișoara | A  | 3–0
19  | 31 March 2002  | Oțelul Galați | H  | 2–2
20  | 6 April 2002  | Farul | H  | 1–1
21  | 13 April 2002  | Sportul Studențesc | A  | 0–1
22  | 20 April 2002  | Astra Ploiești | H  | 1–1
23  | 27 April 2002  | FCM Bacău | A  | 2–4
24  | 1 May 2002  | Univ. Craiova | H  | 2–0
25  | 4 May 2002  | FC Național | A  | 0–1
26  | 15 May 2002  | Gloria Bistrița | H  | 1–0
27  | 19 May 2002  | Steaua | A  | 2–2
28  | 22 May 2002  | FC Argeș | H  | 2–1
29  | 25 May 2002  | Petrolul Ploiești | A  | 2–1
30  | 1 June 2002  | FC Brașov | H  | 4–0
Divizia A 2001–02 Winners

Dinamo București
16th Title
Cupa României

Round  | Date  | Opponent  | Stadium  | Result
Last 32  | 10 October 2001  | Electromagnetica | București  | 3–2
Last 16  | 31 October 2001  | Sportul Studențesc | București  | 6–0
Quarterfinals  | 3 April 2002  | FC Brașov | Buzău  | 0–0 (3–2 a.pen.)
SF-1st leg  | 24 April 2002  | Steaua | Away  | 1–0
SF-2nd leg  | 8 May 2002  | Steaua | Home  | 3–1
Final  | 5 June 2002  | Rapid | București  | 1–2

## UEFA Cup[edit]

Qualifying round

9 August 2001

18:00

Dinamo București| 1-0|  Dinamo Tirana

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Niculescu 34' (pen.) |  |

Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Nikolaos Agelakis (Greece)

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23 August 2001

18:00

Dinamo Tirana | 1-3| Dinamo București

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Onuț 87' (o.g.) |  | Niculescu 15'
Mihalcea 43'
Drăgan 76'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Zsolt Szabó (Hungary)

FC Dinamo won 4–1 on aggregate

First round

20 September 2001

16:00

Dinamo București| 1-3|  Grasshoppers

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Mihalcea 84' (pen.) |  | Chapuisat 28'
Mwaruwari 81'
Núñez 87'

Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Dany Koren (Israel)

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27 September 2001

20:00

Grasshoppers | 3-1| Dinamo București

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Baturina 18'
Chapuisat 21'
Morales 87' |  | Mihalcea 52' (pen.)

Hardturm, Zürich

Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Grasshoppers won 6–2 on aggregate

## Squad[edit]

Goalkeepers: Bogdan Lobonț (22 / 0); Florin Prunea (6 / 0); Alexandru Iliuciuc (2 / 0).
Defenders: Mugur Bolohan (26 / 5); Adrian Iordache (1 / 0); Sorin Iodi (11 / 0); Giani Kiriță (28 / 2); Valentin Năstase (13 / 2); Bogdan Onuț (27 / 2); Iosif Tâlvan (26 / 0); Marian Vătavu (11 / 0); Dorin Semeghin (13 / 1); Cristian Pulhac (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Romulus Buia (9 / 0); Constantin Ilie (10 / 0); Ioan Lupescu (7 / 0); Vlad Munteanu (19 / 5); Florin Pârvu (20 / 1); Răzvan Pădurețu (1 / 0); Florentin Petre (10 / 1); Cătălin Rață (1 / 0); Ovidiu Stîngă (18 / 0); Iulian Tameș (29 / 6); Ianis Zicu (16 / 2).
Forwards: Bogdan Aldea (1 / 0); Alexandru Bălțoi (4 / 0); Ionel Dănciulescu (13 / 3); Claudiu Drăgan (23 / 4); Sabin Ilie (7 / 3); Adrian Mihalcea (14 / 11); Claudiu Niculescu (28 / 15); Ciprian Marica (2 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)[2]

Manager: Marin Ion / Cornel Dinu.

## Transfers[edit]

New players: Claudiu Niculescu(U.Craiova), Ovidiu Stângă (PSV Eindhoven), Bogdan Lobonţ (Ajax Amsterdam), Ionel Dănciulescu (Steaua), Ionuţ Ilie (Ceahlăul)

Left team: Vali Năstase, Mihalcea (Genoa), Buia (Gloria Bistriţa), Lupescu (Al Hilal Riyadh), Semeghin (Petrolul), Sabin Ilie (FC Naţional).

## References[edit]

1. ^ "10 ani de la celebra vorba scoasa de Borcea". ro.stiri.yahoo.com. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
2. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

## External links[edit]

* www.labtof.ro
* Romaniansoccer.ro
* Worldfootball.net

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Domestic leagues|

* Divizia A
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* Divizia C
* Divizia D
* Women's Liga I

Domestic cups|

* Cupa României (Final)
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* Champions League
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Divizia A|

* Argeș
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* Dinamo
* Farul
* Gloria
* Național
* Oțelul
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* 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

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