2002–03 Divizia A

Divizia A

Season	2002–03
Champions	Rapid Bucureşti
Relegated	Sportul UTA Arad
Champions League	Rapid Bucureşti
UEFA Cup	Steaua Dinamo Bucureşti
Intertoto Cup	Gloria Bistriţa Ceahlăul
Matches played	240
Goals scored	627 (2.61 per match)
Average goals/game	2.61
Top goalscorer	Răducanu (21)
Biggest home win	Ceahlăul 6 – 0 UTA (24 Aug 2002) UTA 6 – 0 Bistriţa (28 May 2003)
Biggest away win	Farul 0 – 5 Progresul (08 Mar 2003)
Highest scoring	Sportul 5 – 6 Dinamo Bucureşti (07 May 2003)
Longest winning run	Rapid Bucureşti (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Craiova (9) Steaua (9)
Longest losing run	Timişoara (9)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002/03 season of the Divizia A began in August 2002 and ended in May 2003. Rapid Bucureşti became champions on 24 May 2003.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Rapid București (C)	30	20	3	7	59	25	+34	63	2003–04 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Steaua București	30	16	8	6	42	27	+15	56	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Gloria Bistrița	30	13	6	11	32	33	−1	45	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round	GLO 3-1 BRA BRA 0-1 GLO
4	Brașov	30	13	6	11	37	33	+4	45
5	Ceahlăul	30	12	8	10	43	33	+10	44	2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round	CH 3-2 D; D 5-0 CH CR 3-1 D; D 1-0 CR CR 0-0 CH; CH 3-0 CR
6	Dinamo București	30	13	5	12	49	46	+3	44	2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
7	Universitatea Craiova	30	12	8	10	36	37	−1	44
8	Naţional Bucureşti	30	12	7	11	41	36	+5	43
9	Astra Ploiești	30	13	3	14	42	42	0	42
10	Farul Constanţa	30	12	4	14	35	47	−12	40
11	Argeş Piteşti	30	11	5	14	37	41	−4	38		ARG 3-1 BAC BAC 2-3 ARG
12	Bacău	30	10	8	12	31	31	0	38
13	Oțelul Galați	30	9	9	12	25	37	−12	36	Qualification to the Divizia A-B Playoffs
14	Politehnica AEK Timişoara	30	11	2	17	37	52	−15	35
15	Sportul Studențesc (R)	30	9	4	17	44	55	−11	31	Relegation to the Divizia B
16	UTA Arad (R)	30	8	6	16	37	52	−15	30

Source: [1] (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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Divizia A 2002–03 Winners
Rapid Bucureşti 3rd Title

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
Argeş Piteşti	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	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 Constanţa	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
Progresul Bucureşti	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
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

Source: [2] (Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away1

ARG

AST

BAC

BRA

CEA

UCR

DIN

FAR

GBI

OŢE

PRO

RAP

SPO

STE

TIM

UTA

Argeş Piteşti

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

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 Constanţa

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

Progresul Bucureşti

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

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

Source: [3] (Romanian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Claudiu Răducanu	21	Steaua Bucureşti
Ionel Dănciulescu	16	Dinamo Bucureşti
Laurenţiu Diniţă	15	Sportul Studenţesc
Cosmin Bărcăuan	13	Dinamo Bucureşti
Sergiu Marian Radu	12	Naţional Bucureşti

See also

• Cupa României 2002–03
• 2001–02 Divizia A
• 2002–03 Divizia B

References

• Romania - List of final tables (RSSSF)