2004–05 Divizia A

Divizia A

Season	2004–05
Champions	Steaua
Relegated	Unirea Alba Iulia Braşov Craiova
Champions League	Steaua
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Bucureşti Rapid Bucureşti
Intertoto Cup	CFR Cluj Gloria Bistriţa
Matches played	240
Goals scored	586 (2.44 per match)
Average goals/game	2.44
Top goalscorer	Bucur (21) Niculescu (21)
Biggest home win	Progresul 6 – 0 Iaşi (22 Oct 2004)
Biggest away win	Craiova 0 – 6 Oţelul (11 Jun 2005)
Highest scoring	Argeş 4 – 3 Bistriţa (30 Oct 2004) Bistriţa 6 – 1 Alba Iulia (01 Oct 2004) Bistriţa 4 – 3 Craiova (23 Oct 2004)
Longest winning run	Progresul (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (13)
Longest losing run	Braşov (6)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004-05 season of the Divizia A began in July 2004 and ended in June 2005. Steaua Bucureşti became champions on 11 June 2005.

Team changes

Promoted

These teams were promoted from the Divizia B at the start of the season:

• Politehnica Iaşi (champions of B/1)
• Sportul Studenţesc (champions of B/2)
• CFR Cluj (champions of B/3)

Relegated

These teams were relegated to the Divizia B at the end of the season:

• Apullum Alba-Iulia (14th place of Divizia A)
• FC Braşov (15th place of Divizia A)
• Universitatea Craiova (16th place of Divizia A)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Steaua București (C)	30	19	6	5	47	18	+29	63	2005–06 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Dinamo București	30	20	2	8	60	30	+30	62	2005–06 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
3	Rapid București	30	16	9	5	51	27	+24	57	2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round	RAP 3–0 PRO PRO 3–3 RAP
4	Naţional Bucureşti	30	17	6	7	50	33	+17	57
5	Farul Constanţa	30	15	7	8	42	28	+14	52
6	FCU Politehnica Timişoara	30	13	6	11	37	34	+3	45		TIM 2–0 SPO SPO 0–0 TIM
7	Sportul Studențesc	30	12	9	9	37	27	+10	45
8	Oțelul Galați	30	12	4	14	31	32	−1	40
9	Politehnica Iași	30	10	8	12	28	41	−13	38
10	Argeş Piteşti	30	8	12	10	32	37	−5	36		ARG 2–0 CFR CFR 1–1 ARG
11	CFR Cluj	30	9	9	12	33	44	−11	36	2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
12	Bacău	30	8	9	13	20	28	−8	33
13	Gloria Bistrița	30	9	5	16	38	46	−8	32	2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
14	Unirea Alba Iulia (R)	30	6	8	16	28	62	−34	26	Relegation to the Divizia B
15	Brașov (R)	30	5	6	19	28	45	−17	21
16	Universitatea Craiova (R)	30	4	8	18	24	54	−30	20

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 2004–05 Winners
Steaua 22nd 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
Unirea Alba Iulia	2	2	7	6	8	10	13	9	11	12	14	15	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Argeş Piteşti	8	4	10	9	12	8	10	12	13	15	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	11	12	11	11	11	9	9	11	10	9	10
Bacău	6	5	4	4	5	5	7	7	7	8	7	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	11	12	11	12	13	13	10	10	13	13	11	12
Brașov	10	12	8	12	14	15	12	14	15	13	11	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
CFR Cluj	3	10	9	11	6	6	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	6	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	11	12	11
Universitatea Craiova	9	11	13	8	10	13	15	15	10	14	15	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Dinamo București	14	8	6	7	9	12	8	6	6	4	5	3	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Farul Constanţa	7	6	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	7	8	7	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Gloria Bistrița	16	9	12	10	7	7	4	5	4	5	4	5	7	7	7	9	8	8	10	8	10	10	10	10	13	12	10	12	13	13
Oțelul Galați	15	15	15	14	11	11	14	10	9	10	9	10	8	9	8	7	7	7	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Politehnica Iași	11	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	11	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	9	10	9
Progresul Bucureşti	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Rapid București	5	3	3	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sportul Studențesc	12	14	11	13	13	14	9	11	12	9	10	8	10	8	10	8	9	6	8	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Steaua București	1	7	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Timișoara	13	16	16	15	15	9	11	13	14	11	13	14	12	14	13	12	11	10	7	9	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: [2] (Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away1

UAI

ARG

BAC

BRA

CFR

UCR

DIN

FAR

GBI

OŢE

PIA

PRO

RAP

SPO

STE

TIM

Unirea Alba Iulia

1–3

0–0

1–0

2–4

1–0

1–3

2–3

1–1

0–4

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–4

1–1

2–1

Argeş Piteşti

1–1

0–0

0–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

4–3

1–1

3–0

0–1

0–0

2–2

2–2

0–0

Bacău

0–0

1–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

0–2

1–0

3–0

1–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

Brașov

4–1

0–1

0–0

2–2

1–3

1–1

1–0

1–3

2–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

CFR Cluj

2–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

4–2

0–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

2–1

Universitatea Craiova

1–2

1–2

1–1

1–3

3–2

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–6

0–0

3–0

2–0

0–1

0–1

0–1

Dinamo București

4–2

4–0

3–0

3–1

4–0

5–0

2–0

4–1

4–0

2–0

0–1

2–2

2–1

0–1

1–0

Farul Constanţa

4–0

3–0

1–0

3–2

0–1

2–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

4–0

Gloria Bistrița

6–1

3–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

4–3

0–1

1–2

3–0

2–2

0–0

0–2

0–5

0–2

0–0

Oțelul Galați

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

0–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

Politehnica Iași

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

2–3

2–2

1–0

1–0

1–2

1–2

1–3

0–0

3–2

Progresul Bucureşti

3–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

2–2

3–1

5–1

2–2

1–0

0–0

6–0

3–3

2–1

1–0

1–2

Rapid București

2–2

3–2

2–0

2–0

3–0

4–0

2–1

3–1

3–1

3–0

2–0

3–0

3–0

2–1

0–3

Sportul Studențesc

1–2

0–0

1–0

2–0

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–2

1–1

1–0

0–0

1–2

0–0

Steaua București

3–0

2–0

2–0

3–2

1–0

5–0

1–0

3–1

2–0

1–0

0–1

5–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

Timișoara

1–1

0–2

2–1

2–1

3–0

2–0

2–3

1–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

1–4

1–1

2–0

1–1

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

Scorer	Goals	Team
Gheorghe Bucur	21	Sportul Studenţesc
Claudiu Niculescu	21	Dinamo Bucureşti
Daniel Niculae	14	Rapid Bucureşti
Cristian Coroian	13	Gloria Bistriţa
Victoraş Iacob	13	Oţelul Galaţi
Gabriel Caramarin	12	FC Naţional / Poli Timişoara
Adrian Anca	11	CFR Cluj
Ionel Dănciulescu	11	Dinamo Bucureşti
Nicolae Dică	11	Steaua Bucureşti

See also

• Cupa României 2004–05
• 2003–04 Divizia A
• 2004–05 Divizia B

References

• Romania - List of final tables (RSSSF)