2001–02 FC Dinamo București season

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]

FC Dinamo București
2001–02 season
ManagerMarin Ion (rounds 1-23)
Cornel Dinu (rounds 24-30)
Liga I1st
Romanian CupFinalist
UEFA Cup1st round
Top goalscorerClaudiu Niculescu (15 goals)

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
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

Qualifying round

Dinamo București1–0Albania Dinamo Tirana
Niculescu 34' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nikolaos Agelakis (Greece)
Dinamo Tirana Albania1–3Dinamo București
Onuț 87' (o.g.) Niculescu 15'
Mihalcea 43'
Drăgan 76'
Attendance: 2,000

FC Dinamo won 4–1 on aggregate

First round

Dinamo București1–3Switzerland Grasshoppers
Mihalcea 84' (pen.) Chapuisat 28'
Mwaruwari 81'
Núñez 87'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dany Koren (Israel)
Grasshoppers Switzerland3–1Dinamo București
Baturina 18'
Chapuisat 21'
Morales 87'		 Mihalcea 52' (pen.)
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

Grasshoppers won 6–2 on aggregate

Squad

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

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
  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.
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