2003–04 FC Steaua București season

The 2003–04 season was the 56th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 56th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's editions of the Cupa României and the UEFA Cup.[1]

Steaua București
2003–04 season
OwnerGeorge Becali
PresidentMihai Stoica
Head coachVictor Pițurcă
StadiumStadionul Steaua
Divizia A2nd
Cupa RomânieiSecond round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Adrian Neaga (13)

All:
Adrian Neaga (13)

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2][3][1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Romania ROU Martin Tudor
23 GK Romania ROU Eugen Nae
33 GK Belarus BLR Vasil Khamutowski

2 DF Romania ROU Florentin Dumitru
3 DF Romania ROU Valeriu Răchită
4 DF Romania ROU Tiberiu Curt
6 DF Romania ROU Mirel Rădoi (captain)
8 DF Romania ROU Pompiliu Stoica
15 DF Romania ROU Mihai Neșu
16 DF Romania ROU Andrei Stangă
20 DF Romania ROU George Ogăraru
26 DF Romania ROU Daniel Bălan
29 DF Romania ROU Dorel Mutică
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Romania ROU Romeo Pădureț

5 MF Romania ROU Sorin Paraschiv
7 MF Romania ROU Adrian Pitu
8 MF Romania ROU Dorinel Munteanu
10 MF Romania ROU Marian Aliuţă
11 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Boștină
14 MF Romania ROU Nicolae Dică
18 MF Cameroon CMR Nana Falemi

9 FW Romania ROU Adrian Neaga
19 FW Romania ROU Daniel Oprița
27 FW Romania ROU Laurențiu Diniță
FW Romania ROU Alexandru Pițurcă

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Divizia A 10 August 2003 3 June 2004 Matchday 1 2nd 30 18 10 2 60 19 +41 060.00
Cupa României 1 October 2003 22 October 2003 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 050.00
UEFA Cup 14 August 2003 27 November 2003 Qualifying round Second round 6 1 4 1 4 4 +0 016.67
Total 38 20 14 4 69 25 +44 052.63

Source: Competitions

Divizia A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo București (C) 30 22 4 4 71 30 +41 70 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Steaua București 30 18 10 2 60 19 +41 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3 Rapid București 30 16 7 7 51 32 +19 55
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 11 11 8 38 34 +4 44
5 Oțelul Galați 30 10 13 7 30 26 +4 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
Source: LT (in 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) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 18 10 2 60 20  +40 64 13 2 0 37 9  +28 5 8 2 23 11  +12

Source: LT

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultWDWDWDWDWWWWDWLWDLWWWDWWWWDWDD
Position112111111111112222221222222222
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 August 2003 1 Steaua București 4–0 Brașov Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
  • Sărmășan Red card 58'
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
17 August 2003 2 Rapid București 1–1 Steaua București Bucharest
21:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Național
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
23 August 2003 3 Steaua București 1–0 Dinamo București Bucharest
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
31 August 2003 4 Petrolul Ploiești 1–1 Steaua București Ploiești
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
14 September 2003 5 Steaua București 2–0 Politehnica AEK Timișoara Bucharest
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Iosif Biro
19 September 2003 6 Apulum Alba Iulia 0–0 Steaua București Alba Iulia
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Cetate
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
28 September 2003 7 Steaua București 2–0 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
5 October 2003 8 Argeș Pitești 0–0 Steaua București Piteşti
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
25 October 2003 10 Steaua București 4–1 Gloria Bistrița Bucharest
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Kruja 39'
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Viorel Anghelinei
1 November 2003 11 National Bucureşti 0–1 Steaua București Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Cotroceni
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
9 November 2003 12 Steaua București 2–0 Oţelul Galaţi Bucharest
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
21 November 2003 13 FCM Bacău 0–0 Steaua București Bacău
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dumitru Sechelariu
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Viorel Anghelinei
30 November 2003 14 Steaua București 2–0 Universitatea Craiova Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
3 December 2003 9 Steaua București 2–1 FC Oradea Bucharest
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos
7 December 2003 15 Farul Constanta 2–1 Steaua București Constanța
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Gheorghe Hagi
Attendance: Cristian Balaj
Referee: 8,000
15 March 2004 16 Brașov 0–1 Steaua București Brașov
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Tineretului
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
21 March 2004 17 Steaua București 3–3 Rapid Bucureşti Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
27 March 2004 18 Dinamo Bucureşti 2–1 Steaua București Bucharest
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
4 April 2004 19 Steaua București 2–1 Petrolul Ploieşti Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
  • Petroiesc 36'
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Anton Heleșteanu
9 April 2004 20 Politehnica AEK Timisoara 1–8 Steaua București Timișoara
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
14 April 2004 21 Steaua București 4–1 Apulum Alba Iulia Bucharest
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Robert Dumitru
18 April 2004 22 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 1–1 Steaua București Piatra Neamț
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Ceahlăul
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
24 April 2004 23 Steaua București 4–0 Argeș Pitești Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Viorel Anghelinei
2 May 2004 24 FC Oradea 0–3 Steaua București Oradea
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
9 May 2004 25 Gloria Bistrița 0–2 Steaua București Bistrița
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Gloria
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
12 May 2004 26 Steaua București 2–0 National Bucureşti Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Gheorghe Farcaș
16 May 2004 27 Oţelul Galaţi 2–2 Steaua București Galați
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
22 May 2004 28 Steaua București 1–0 FCM Bacău Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
30 May 2004 29 Universitatea Craiova 1–1 Steaua București Craiova
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Robert Dumitru
3 June 2004 30 Steaua București 2–2 Farul Constanta Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Viorel Anghelinei

Cupa României

Results

1 October 2003 Round of 32 Chimia Craiova 0–4 Steaua București Craiova
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Chimia
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lucian Dan
22 October 2003 Round of 16 Petrolul Ploiești 2–1 (a.e.t.) Steaua București Pitești
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sorin Corpodean

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round

14 August 2003 First leg Neman Grodno Belarus 1–1 Romania Steaua București Minsk, Belarus
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Dolya 70'
Report
Stadium: Traktor
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Rusmir Mrković (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
28 August 2003 Second leg Steaua București Romania 0–0
(1a–1 agg.)
Belarus Neman Grodno Bucharest, Romania
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

First round

24 September 2003 First leg Southampton England 1–1 Romania Steaua București Southampton, England
19:45 WEST (UTC+1) Report Stadium: St Mary's
Attendance: 30,577
Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)
15 October 2003 Second leg Steaua București Romania 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
England Southampton Bucharest, Romania
19:45 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Second round

6 November 2003 First leg Steaua București Romania 1–1 England Liverpool Bucharest, Romania
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
27 November 2003 Second leg Liverpool England 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
Romania Steaua București Liverpool, England
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,837
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

References

  1. "Steaua Bucuresti 2003/2004". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. "FCSB >> Squad 2003/2004". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. "Steaua Bucarest 2003/2004". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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