2001–02 Divizia A
# 2001–02 Divizia A

The 2001–02 Divizia A was the eighty-fourth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2001 and ended in May 2002. Dinamo București was crowned as champion for the 16th time.

## Team changes

### Relegated

The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season (note that although FCM Bacău lost the relegation play–off, it remained in the Divizia A, after it bought the first division place from the promoted team FC Baia Mare):

* Foresta Fălticeni
* Rocar București
* Gaz Metan Mediaș

### Promoted

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

* Sportul Studențesc București
* UM Timișoara
* Farul Constanța

### Venues

| Steaua București | FC U Craiova | Rapid București | FCM Bacău |
| - | - | - | - |
| Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu | Dumitru Sechelariu |
| Capacity: 28,365 | Capacity: 25,252 | Capacity: 19,100 | Capacity: 17,500 |
| Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești | Sportul Studențesc |
| Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo | Municipal | Regie |
| Capacity: 15,520 | Capacity: 15,032 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Național București | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Petrolul Ploiești |
| Cotroceni | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Ilie Oană |
| Capacity: 14,542 | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 14,000 |
| Oțelul Galați | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
| Oțelul | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Ceahlăul |
| Capacity: 13,500 | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | BucharestArgeșAstraBacăuBrașovCeahlăulCraiovaFarulGloriaOțelulPetrolulUMTBucharest teams Dinamo Național Rapid Sportul Steaua2001–02 Divizia A (Romania) DinamoNaționalRapidSportulSteauaclass=notpageimage| Location of Bucharest teams. | Capacity: 12,500 |
| FC Brașov | UM Timișoara | Gloria Bistrița | Astra Ploiești |
| Tineretului | UMT | Gloria | Astra |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 9,900 | Capacity: 7,800 | Capacity: 7,000 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Argeș Pitești | Florin Halagian | Cristian Bălașa | Erreà | Dacia |
| Astra Ploiești | Gheorghe Mulțescu | Marin Dună | Valsport | Kronos |
| Brașov | Ferenc Bajkó | Cosmin Bodea | Valsport | Prescon |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Marin Barbu | Florin Axinia | Ancada | Rifil |
| Dinamo București | Cornel Dinu | Ioan Lupescu / Giani Kiriță | Lotto | Cosmorom |
| Farul Constanța | Petre Grigoraș | Vasilică Cristocea | Erreà | Cuget Liber |
| FC U Craiova | Florin Marin | Flavius Stoican | Erreà | Vincon |
| FCM Bacău | Gheorghe Poenaru | Radu Ciobanu | Legea | Sonoma |
| Gloria Bistrița | Constantin Cârstea | Vasile Popa | Umbro | Darimex |
| Național București | Cosmin Olăroiu | Ovidiu Petre | Kappa | — |
| Oțelul Galați | Marius Lăcătuș | Bogdan Andone | Adidas | Sidex |
| Petrolul Ploiești | Victor Roșca | Dinu Todoran | Adidas | Petrom |
| Rapid București | Mircea Rednic | Adrian Iencsi | Erreà | Connex |
| Sportul Studențesc | Ioan Andone | Romeo Pădureț | Valsport | Omniasig |
| Steaua București | Victor Pițurcă | Marius Baciu | Adidas | BCR |
| UM Timișoara | Gheorghe Staicu | Florian Călin | Valsport | UMT |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 60 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Național București | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Rapid București | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Steaua București | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 50 | |
| 5 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 49 | |
| 6 | Bacău | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 46 | |
| 7 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 43 | |
| 9 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 10 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 40 | |
| 11 | Brașov | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 39 | |
| 12 | Astra Ploiești | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 37 | |
| 13 | Sportul Studențesc București | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 34 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Petrolul Ploiești (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 25 | Relegation to Divizia B |
| 16 | UM Timișoara (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 71 | −47 | 15 | Relegation to Divizia B |

* ↑ Rapid București had 1 point deducted for walking off in round 13.
* 1 2 RAP 3-0 STE; STE 2-1 RAP

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argeș Pitești | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| Astra Ploiești | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Bacău | 12 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Brașov | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 13 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Dinamo București | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Farul Constanța | 8 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 16 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| Oțelul Galați | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 14 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Național București | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rapid București | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| UMT Timișoara | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARG | AST | BAC | BRA | CEA | UCR | DIN | FAR | GBI | OȚE | PET | NAT | RAP | SPO | STE | UMT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argeș Pitești | — | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 |
| Astra Ploiești | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Bacău | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Brașov | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo București | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Farul Constanța | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Național București | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Rapid București | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| Sportul Studențesc București | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Steaua București | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| UMT Timișoara | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | — |

## Promotion / relegation play-off

The teams placed on the 13th and 14th place in the Divizia A faced the 2nd placed teams from both groups of the Divizia B. Sportul Studențesc and Farul Constanța won the relegation play-offs, thus, they've kept their places in the Liga I, while Cimentul Fieni and FC Baia Mare will still play in Liga II in the 2002–03 season.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Cimentul Fieni | 1–5 | Sportul Studențesc | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Farul Constanța | 1–0 | FC Baia Mare | 1–0 | 0–0 |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cătălin Cursaru | Bacău | 17 |
| 2 | Claudiu Niculescu | Dinamo București | 15 |
| 2 | Daniel Pancu | Rapid București | 15 |
| 4 | Claudiu Răducanu | Steaua București | 14 |
| 5 | Gheorghe Bucur | Sportul Studențesc | 13 |

## Champion squad

* Dinamo București
* 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)
* Manager: Cornel Dinu / Marin Ion.
