The 2002–03 season was FC Dinamo București's 54th season in Divizia A. In this season, Dinamo was affected again by the big number of players who left the team, which became a tradition for the bosses of the club to sell players after winning a title. Thus, Dinamo was again facing another reconstruction. They started the season badly, losing the two games in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase, and leaving early the European competitions. Cornel Dinu was sacked after this two losses. In Divizia A Dinamo had hard times, changing a lot of managers and losing seven consecutive games. The team finished the season on the sixth position. A momentum of the season came in November, in the Romanian Cup, last 16, where Dinamo met the biggest rival Steaua. Dinamo won 3-0 the game played at the Cotroceni stadium. After Ioan Andone came to the team, Dinamo played a spectacular semifinal with Astra Ploieşti. They lost the first game, 2–1 in Ploieşti in the middle of the crisis, but then the team beat Astra in Bucharest 3-1 after extra time. They then went on to win the Romanian Cup, after beating FC Naţional in the final 1–0 on a goal scored by Iulian Tameş.
Results Divizia ARoundDateOpponentStadiumResult117 August 2002CeahlăulH5–0222 August 2002AstraA2–4331 August 2002FCM BacăuH1–1415 September 2002Steaua BucureștiA1–1521 September 2002FC ArgeșH3–0628 September 2002Rapid BucureștiA1–375 October 2002Gloria BistriţaH0–2820 October 2002Naţional BucureștiA2–0926 October 2002UTAH5–0103 November 2002Farul ConstanţaA1–01110 November 2002Sportul StudenţescH3–11216 November 2002Oţelul GalaţiA0–21324 November 2002FC BrașovH1–01430 November 2002Poli TimişoaraA3–2158 December 2002U CraiovaH1–01619 March 2003CeahlăulA2–3178 March 2003AstraH0–31815 March 2003FCM BacăuA1–31923 March 2003Steaua BucureștiH2–4205 April 2003FC ArgeșA0–22113 April 2003Rapid BucureștiH0–22216 April 2003Gloria BistriţaA0–12319 April 2003Naţional BucureștiH1–12426 April 2003UTAA0–0253 May 2003Farul ConstanţaH2–0267 May 2003Sportul StudenţescA6–52710 May 2003Oţelul GalaţiH1–02817 May 2003FC BrașovA2–22924 May 2003Poli TimişoaraH2–13028 May 2003U CraiovaA1–3
Cupa RomânieiRoundDateOpponentStadiumResultLast 326 November 2002UM TimişoaraTimişoara1–0Last 1627 November 2002Steaua BucureștiBucurești3–0QF-1st leg12 March 2003Farul ConstanţaConstanţa1–0QF-2nd leg2 April 2003Farul ConstanţaBucurești2–2SF-1st leg23 April 2003Astra PloieştiPloieşti1–2SF-2nd leg14 May 2003Astra PloieştiBucurești3–1Final31 May 2003Naţional BucureștiBucurești1–0
Cupa României 2002–03 WinnersDinamo București10th Title
UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
Club Brugge KV won 4–1 on aggregate
Squad Goalkeepers: Cristian Munteanu (20/0), Daniel Tudor (6/0), Ştefan Preda (7/0).
Defenders: Angelo Alistar (1/0), Ovidiu Burcă (12/0), Alexandru Marius Dragomir (3/0), Cornel Frăsineanu (17/1), Bogdan Onuț (21/1), Gheorghe Popescu (8/0), Dorin Semeghin (1/0), Flavius Stoican (21/0), Iosif Tâlvan (10/0), Gabriel Tamaş (21/3).
Midfielders: Dan Alexa (24/0), Mugur Bolohan (6/0), Ciprian Danciu (4/0), Ştefan Grigorie (23/2), Giani Kiriţă (23/1), Vlad Munteanu (21/2), Florin Pârvu (19/0), Florentin Petre (25/2), Iulian Tameş (20/2).
Forwards: Cosmin Bărcăuan (23/12), Ionel Dănciulescu (26/16), Claudiu Drăgan (12/0), Ciprian Marica (10/1), Nicolae Mitea (9/0), Claudiu Niculescu (2/5).
Transfers New players: Gh.Popescu (Lecce), Alexa, Grigorie, Stoican, Bărcăuan (all from U.Craiova).
Left team: Prunea, Bolohan (FCM Bacău), O.Stângă (U.Craiova), Zicu (Farul)
References
External links www.labtof.ro Romaniansoccer.ro Worldfootball.net