| Season | 2002–03 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Rapid București[1] |
| Relegated | Sportul Studențesc UTA Arad |
| Champions League | Rapid București |
| UEFA Cup | Steaua București Dinamo București |
| Intertoto Cup | Gloria Bistrița Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 627 (2.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Claudiu Răducanu (21) |
| Biggest home win | Ceahlăul 6–0UTA UTA 6–0Bistrița |
| Biggest away win | Farul 0–5Național |
| Highest scoring | Sportul 5–6Dinamo |
| Longest winning run | Rapid (6) |
| Longest unbeaten run | FC U,Steaua (9) |
| Longest losing run | Politehnica (9) |
2003–04 → | |
The2002–03 Divizia A was the eighty-fifth season ofDivizia A, the top-levelfootball league ofRomania. Season began in August 2002 and ended in May 2003.Rapid București became champions on 24 May 2003.
The teams that were relegated toDivizia B at the end of the previous season:
The teams that were promoted fromDivizia B at the start of the season:
| Poli AEK Timișoara | Steaua București | Universitatea Craiova | Rapid București |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Păltinișanu | Steaua | Ion Oblemenco | Giulești-Valentin Stănescu |
| Capacity:32,972 | Capacity:28,365 | Capacity:25,252 | Capacity:19,100 |
| FCM Bacău | Farul Constanța | Dinamo București | Argeș Pitești |
| Dumitru Sechelariu | Gheorghe Hagi | Dinamo | Nicolae Dobrin |
| Capacity:17,500 | Capacity:15,520 | Capacity:15,032 | Capacity:15,000 |
| Sportul Studențesc | Național București | ||
| Regie | Cotroceni | ||
| Capacity:15,000 | Capacity:14,542 | ||
| Oțelul Galați | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
| Oțelul | Ceahlăul | ||
| Capacity:13,500 | Capacity:12,500 | ||
| FC Brașov | UTA Arad | Gloria Bistrița | Astra Ploiești |
| Tineretului | UTA | Gloria | Astra |
| Capacity:10,000 | Capacity:10,000 | Capacity:7,800 | Capacity:7,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rapid București(C) | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 63 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 56 | Qualification toUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Gloria Bistrița | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 45[a] | Qualification toIntertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Brașov | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45[a] | |
| 5 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 44[b] | Qualification toIntertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Dinamo București | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 44[b] | Qualification toUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 7 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 44[b] | |
| 8 | Național București | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 43 | |
| 9 | Astra Ploiești | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 42 | |
| 10 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 40 | |
| 11 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 38[c] | |
| 12 | Bacău | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 38[c] | |
| 13 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 36 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 14 | Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 | |
| 15 | Sportul Studențesc București(R) | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 31 | Relegation toDivizia B |
| 16 | UTA Arad(R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 30 |
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Astra Ploiești | 13 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| Bacău | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Brașov | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 16 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Dinamo București | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Farul Constanța | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Oțelul Galați | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Național București | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Rapid București | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sportul Studențesc | 11 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Steaua București | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| UTA Arad | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | ARG | AST | BAC | BRA | CEA | FCU | DIN | FAR | GBI | OȚE | NAT | RAP | SPO | STE | TIM | UTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argeș Pitești | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Astra Ploiești | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Bacău | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Brașov | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo București | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Farul Constanța | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Național București | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Rapid București | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Sportul Studențesc | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–6 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Steaua București | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | 0–1 | 5–2 |
| Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–4 |
| UTA Arad | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |
The teams placed on the 13th and 14th place in theDivizia A faced the 2nd placed teams from both groups of theDivizia B.Politehnica AEK Timișoara andFC Oradea won the relegation play-offs.[2]
Even thoughOțelul Galați lost the relegation play-off againstFC Oradea, they kept their place in theDivizia A becausePetrolul Ploiești, the club that won theDivizia B, Seria I, sold its promotion place toOțelul Galați and merged withAstra Ploiești, the other team from the city ofPloiești, which finished on the 9th position this season.[3]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 8–4 | Gloria Buzău | 5–3 | 3–1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 3–4 | Oradea | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| 14 June 2003Leg 1 | Politehnica AEK Timișoara | 5–3 | Gloria Buzău | Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu |
| Zanc Silvășan Bătrânu Prodan Oprea | Gheorghe Petre Apostol |
| 14 June 2003Leg 1 | Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | Oradea | Stadionul Oțelul |
| Cornea Guriță | Vrăjitoarea |
| 18 June 2003Leg 2 | Gloria Buzău | 1–3 | Politehnica AEK Timișoara | Stadionul Municipal |
| Gheorghe | Constantinovici Buia Zanc |
| 18 June 2003Leg 2 | Oradea | 3–1 | Oțelul Galați | Stadionul Iuliu Bodola |
| Vrăjitoarea | Tănase |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Politehnica Timișoara | 324,000 | 40,000 | 6,000 | 21,600 | n/a1 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 280,000 | 40,000 | 4,000 | 18,666 | n/a† |
| 3 | Rapid București | 157,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 | 10,466 | n/a† |
| 4 | Steaua București | 142,250 | 24,000 | 250 | 9,483 | n/a† |
| 5 | UTA Arad | 124,000 | 12,000 | 4,000 | 8,266 | n/a1 |
| 6 | FCM Bacău | 120,000 | 18,000 | 2,000 | 8,000 | n/a† |
| 7 | Oțelul Galați | 94,000 | 12,000 | 3,000 | 6,266 | n/a† |
| 8 | Dinamo București | 87,000 | 15,000 | 2,000 | 5,800 | n/a† |
| 9 | Farul Constanța | 74,000 | 8,000 | 2,000 | 4,933 | n/a† |
| 10 | FC Brașov | 71,500 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 4,766 | n/a† |
| 11 | Argeș Pitești | 64,000 | 12,000 | 300 | 4,266 | n/a† |
| 12 | Național București | 60,100 | 12,000 | 900 | 4,006 | n/a2 |
| 13 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 52,750 | 10,000 | 250 | 3,516 | n/a† |
| 14 | Gloria Bistrița | 48,100 | 12,000 | 300 | 3,206 | n/a† |
| 15 | Astra Ploiești | 44,000 | 10,000 | 500 | 2,933 | n/a† |
| 16 | Sportul Studențesc București | 35,150 | 8,000 | 150 | 2,510 | n/a† |
| League total | 1,777,850 | 40,000 | 150 | 7,438 | n/a† |
Updated to games played on 2 June 2019
Source:League matches: Divizia A 2002/2003
Notes:
1: Played last season in Divizia B.
2: Național București played 1 match out of their stadium.
| Rapid București[5] |
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Goalkeepers:Emilian Dolha (22 / 0);Ionuț Curcă (4 / 0); Boban Savić Manager:Mircea Rednic. |