The 1970–71 season was FC Dinamo București's 22nd season in Divizia A. Dinamo is close to their second double in Romania, but fails to win the Romanian Cup, losing again the final against Steaua. It was the fourth final in a row played by Dinamo. After a two-year break, Dinamo is back in the European cups, playing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where is eliminated in the second round by Liverpool F.C..
Results
Divizia ARoundDateOpponentStadiumResult130 August 1970Dinamo BacăuH2-126 September 1970CFR ClujA1-0312 September 1970Poli IaşiH1-3420 September 1970Progresul BucureștiA0-0527 September 1970CFR TimişoaraA2-164 October 1970Farul ConstanţaH4-1717 October 1970FC ArgeşA1-1825 October 1970Steaua BucureștiH3-0931 October 1970UTAH4-11015 November 1970Petrolul PloieştiA1-21122 November 1970Jiul PetroşaniH4-01228 November 1970Rapid BucureștiA1-1136 December 1970U CraiovaA0-1149 December 1970U ClujH2-11513 December 1970Steagul Roşu BraşovA0-01614 March 1971SC BacăuA1-11721 March 1971CFR ClujH4-01828 March 1971Poli IaşiA0-0194 April 1971Progresul BucureștiH1-22011 April 1971CFR TimişoaraH2-02125 April 1971Farul ConstanţaA1-2222 May 1971FC ArgeşH1-0239 May 1971Steaua BucureștiA1-02422 May 1971UTAA2-02530 May 1971Petrolul PloieştiH2-2266 June 1971Jiul PetroşaniA0-2279 June 1971Rapid BucureștiH1-12813 June 1971U CraiovaH1-22920 June 1971U ClujA2-23027 June 1971Steagul Roşu BraşovH4-4
Divizia A 1970–71 WinnersDinamo București6th Title
Cupa RomânieiRoundDateOpponentStadiumResultLast 327 March 1971Aurora UrziceniA2-0Last 1624 March 1971Chimia FăgăraşBraşov1-0Quarterfinals, 1st leg28 April 1971Progresul BrăilaH4-1Quarterfinals, 2nd leg2 June 1971Progresul BrăilaA0-0Semifinals, 1st leg16 June 1971Metalul BucureștiA0-1Semifinals, 2nd leg23 June 1971Metalul BucureștiH5-1Final4 July 1971Steaua BucureștiBucurești2-3
Romanian Cup final
DINAMO:GK Mircea ConstantinescuDF Florin CheranDF Ion NunweillerDF Gabriel Sandu DF Augustin DeleanuMF Cornel DinuMF Radu NunweillerFW Viorel SălceanuFW Doru Popescu FW Florea DumitracheFW Mircea LucescuSubstitutes:MF Mircea Stoenescu FW Ion Haidu Manager:Dumitru Nicolae NicuşorSTEAUA:GK Carol HaiduDF Lajos SătmăreanuDF Marius CiugarinDF Gheorghe CristacheDF Iosif ViguMF Vasile NegreaMF Ioan NaomFW Nicolae PanteaFW Gheorghe TătaruFW Anghel IordănescuFW Dumitru Dumitriu Substitutes:FW Vasile Aelenei Manager:Ştefan Kovacs
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
First round
Dinamo București won 5-1 on aggregate
Second round
Liverpool F.C. won 4-1 on aggregate
Squad
Goalkeepers: Mircea Constantinescu (27 / 0); Marin Andrei (4 / 0); Iosif Cavai (1 / 0). Defenders: Florin Cheran (27 / 1); Ion Nunweiller (20 / 0); Mircea Stoenescu (20 / 0); Cornel Dinu (24 / 4); Gabriel Sandu (9 / 0); Augustin Deleanu (27 / 3); Constantin Ștefan (8 / 0); Nicolae Petre (2 / 0). Midfielders: Viorel Sălceanu (26 / 8); Alexandru Mustățea (18 / 0); Radu Nunweiller (30 / 5). Forwards: Alexandru Moldovan (12 / 0); Petre Nuțu (12 / 0); Florea Dumitrache (28 / 15); Mircea Lucescu (23 / 3); Gavril Both (10 / 1); Doru Popescu (22 / 7); Ion Haidu (14 / 2); Ion Moț (3 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Nicolae Dumitru.
Transfers
Before the season, Dinamo transferred Alexandru Mustățea from Universitatea Cluj, and Mircea Constantinescu from Politehnica Iaşi. Ion Nunweiller returned after two seasons spent at Fenerbahçe. Constantin Frățilă went to FC Argeş, Ion Pîrcălab to Nîmes Olympique, in France and Vasile Gergely to Hertha Berlin. Ion Moţ is transferred from Unirea Alba Iulia during the season. Gabriel Sandu is promoted from the second team.
References
www.labtof.ro www.romaniansoccer.ro