2006–07 FC Dinamo București season
# 2006–07 FC Dinamo București season

The 2006-07 season was FC Dinamo București's 58th season in Liga I. Dinamo qualified for the European Spring by beating Beşiktaş and Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 in Bucharest, drawing 1–1 at Club Brugge and losing 3–1 in London to Tottenham Hotspur. In the next round they faced Benfica, but were eliminated after a 0–1 loss at Da Luz and a 1–2 loss at home. Domestically, the team crushed most of its opponents in the first 19 rounds, ending up autumn champions, 13 points ahead of second place. After two spectacular away wins against the rivals, 4–2 with Steaua and 4–1 with Rapid, Dinamo relaxed and let some points slip in other matches. Nevertheless, they secured their 18th title with four rounds to spare.

## Results

Liga I :

| Round | Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 30 July 2006 | FC Naţional | A | 2–1 |
| 2 | 6 August 2006 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | H | 1–0 |
| 3 | 13 August 2006 | Jiul Petroşani | A | 1–0 |
| 4 | 20 August 2006 | Politehnica Timișoara | H | 3–1 |
| 5 | 27 August 2006 | Universitatea Craiova | A | 4–0 |
| 6 | 10 September 2006 | UT Arad | H | 2–0 |
| 7 | 17 September 2006 | FC Vaslui | A | 2–1 |
| 8 | 20 September 2006 | Steaua București | H | 1–0 |
| 9 | 24 September 2006 | FC Argeş | A | 3–2 |
| 10 | 1 October 2006 | Rapid București | H | 3–1 |
| 11 | 14 October 2006 | Farul Constanţa | H | 2–1 |
| 12 | 21 October 2006 | Gloria Bistriţa | A | 1–0 |
| 13 | 28 October 2006 | Politehnica Iaşi | H | 5–0 |
| 14 | 5 November 2006 | CFR Cluj | A | 1–2 |
| 15 | 11 November 2006 | Oţelul Galaţi | H | 3–0 |
| 16 | 18 November 2006 | Unirea Urziceni | A | 1–1 |
| 17 | 26 November 2006 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | H | 2–0 |
| 18 | 4 December 2006 | FC Naţional | H | 1–0 |
| 19 | 10 December 2006 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | A | 3–0 |
| 20 | 26 February 2007 | Jiul Petroşani | H | 1–0 |
| 21 | 4 March 2007 | Politehnica Timișoara | A | 1–1 |
| 22 | 11 March 2007 | Universitatea Craiova | H | 0–0 |
| 23 | 18 March 2007 | UT Arad | A | 1–1 |
| 24 | 31 March 2007 | FC Vaslui | H | 0–0 |
| 25 | 7 April 2007 | Steaua București | A | 4–2 |
| 26 | 15 April 2007 | FC Argeş | H | 2–1 |
| 27 | 22 April 2007 | Rapid București | A | 4–1 |
| 28 | 25 April 2007 | Farul Constanţa | A | 1–1 |
| 29 | 29 April 2007 | Gloria Bistriţa | H | 2–0 |
| 30 | 5 May 2007 | Politehnica Iaşi | A | 1–1 |
| 31 | 8 May 2007 | CFR Cluj | H | 1–0 |
| 32 | 12 May 2007 | Oţelul Galaţi | A | 1–2 |
| 33 | 19 May 2007 | Unirea Urziceni | H | 1–2 |
| 34 | 23 May 2007 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | A | 2–2 |

* Liga I 2006–07 Winners
* Dinamo București 18th Title

Cupa României :

| Round | Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Last 32 | 24 October 2006 | Farul II Constanţa | București | 3–1 |
| Last 16 | 8 November 2006 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | București | 0–1 |

## UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

Dinamo won 9-1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

$^1Due$ to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Beitar Jerusalem's home match was moved to Sofia, Bulgaria.

Dinamo won 2-1 on aggregate.

First round

Dinamo won 8-4 on aggregate.

Group phase

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 |
| Dinamo București | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Beşiktaş | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| Club Brugge | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |

Round of 32

Benfica won 3-1 on aggregate.

## Squad

Goalkeepers: Uladzimir Hayew (11 / 0); Bogdan Lobonț (14 / 0); Florin Matache (7 / 0); Glen Moss (1 / 0); Deniss Romanovs (1 / 0). Defenders: George Blay (31 / 0); Silviu Bălace (9 / 0); Eugen Crăciun (1 / 0); George Galamaz (1 / 0); Lucian Goian (7 / 0); Sergiu Homei (1 / 0); Dorin Mihuț (5 / 0); Cosmin Moți (29 / 1); Nicolae Mușat (2 / 0); Cosmin Pașcovici (4 / 0); Cristian Pulhac (32 / 0); Ștefan Radu (32 / 1); Adrian Scarlatache (6 / 0); Māris Smirnovs (1 / 0). Midfielders: Adrian Cristea (28 / 3); Fabrice Fernandes (5 / 0); Leo Lerinc (1 / 0); Andrei Mărgăritescu (31 / 1); Cătălin Munteanu (32 / 4); Andrei Nițu (2 / 0); Cornel Predescu (8 / 0); Adrian Ropotan (21 / 0); Sreten Stanić (1 / 0); Dennis Șerban (7 / 2); Iulian Tameș (15 / 0); Vojislav Vranjković (9 / 0); Zé Kalanga (21 / 2). Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (31 / 15); Ionel Ganea (18 / 14); Liviu Ganea (9 / 2); Valentin Lemnaru (1 / 0); Jean-Philippe Mendy (9 / 0); Claudiu Niculescu (31 / 18). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Mircea Rednic.

## Transfers

New players: Summer break – Glen Moss -New Zealand (New Zealand Knights FC), George Blay -Ghana- (RAAL La Louviere), Cosmin Paşcovici (Farul Constanţa), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Iulian Tameş (FC Naţional), Zé Kalanga Nsimba Paulo Baptista -Angola- (Atlético Petróleos Luanda), Leo Lerinc -Serbia- (Ethnikos Achnas), Sreten Stanić -Serbia- (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Ionel Ganea (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Winter break – Bogdan Lobonţ (AC Fiorentina), Deniss Romanovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Maris Smirnovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Sergiu Homei (FC Sopron), Silviu Bălace (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Vojislav Vranjković -Serbia- (Pandurii Târgu-Jiu), Fabrice Fernandes -Franţa- (Beitar Jerusalem).

Left team: Summer break – Cosmin Bărcăuan (PAOK Thessaloniki), Szabolcs Perenyi (Farul Constanţa), Daniel Florea (APOEL Nicosia), Tiberiu Curt (retired), Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia), Dan Alexa (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Alin Ilin (FC Naţional București), Ştefan Grigorie (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Vlad Munteanu (FC Energie Cottbus), Ianis Zicu (Rapid București), Florin Bratu (FC Nantes-Atlantique), Claudiu Drăgan (FC Naţional București)

Winter break – Vladimir Gaev -Belarus (Chornomorets Odesa), Florin Matache (FC Vaslui), Mircea Oltean (Unirea Urziceni), George Galamaz (Unirea Urziceni), Cosmin Paşcovici (FCM UTA Arad), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Dorin Mihuţ (FCM UTA Arad), Cornel Predescu (Gloria Bistriţa), Iulian Tameş (FC Argeş Piteşti), Dennis Şerban (free player), Dan Codreanu (Gloria Bistriţa), Mihai Damaschin (Gloria Bistriţa), Ionel Ganea (Rapid București)

