2004–05 Divizia A

The 2004–05 Divizia A was the eighty-seventh season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in July 2004 and ended in June 2005. Steaua București became champions on 11 June 2005.

Divizia A
Season2004–05
ChampionsSteaua București[1]
RelegatedApulum Alba Iulia
Brașov
FC U Craiova
Champions LeagueSteaua București
UEFA CupDinamo București
Rapid București
Intertoto CupCFR Cluj
Gloria Bistrița
Matches played240
Goals scored586 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerGheorghe Bucur, Claudiu Niculescu (21)
Biggest home winNațional 6–0 Poli Iași
Biggest away winFC U 0–6 Oțelul
Highest scoringArgeș 4–3 Gloria
Gloria 6–1 Apulum
Gloria 4–3 FC U
Longest winning runDinamo, Național (6)
Longest unbeaten runSteaua (12)
Longest winless runCFR (11)
Longest losing runBrașov (6)

Team changes

Relegated

The teams that were relegated to the Divizia B at the end of the previous season:

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

Venues

Politehnica Timișoara Steaua București FC U Craiova Rapid București
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Ion Oblemenco Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 19,100
Apulum Alba Iulia FCM Bacău Farul Constanța Dinamo București
Victoria-Cetate Municipal Gheorghe Hagi Dinamo
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,032
Argeș Pitești
Location of Bucharest teams.
Național București
Nicolae Dobrin Cotroceni
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 14,542
Oțelul Galați Politehnica Iași
Oțelul Emil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 11,390
Sportul Studențesc CFR Cluj FC Brașov Gloria Bistrița
Regie CFR Tineretului Gloria
Capacity: 10,020 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,800

    Personnel and kits

    Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
    Apulum Alba Iulia Marcel Rusu Vasile Jercălău Lotto Bergenbier
    Argeș Pitești Sorin Cârțu Marius Radu Erreà Pic
    Brașov Ferenc Bajkó Cosmin Bodea Joma Prescon
    CFR Cluj Aurel Șunda Vasile Jula Erreà EnergoBit, Opel Ecomax
    Dinamo București Ioan Andone Florentin Petre Lotto Omniasig
    Farul Constanța Petre Grigoraș George Curcă Lotto SNC
    FC U Craiova Eugen Neagoe Corneliu Papură Erreà Golden Brau
    FCM Bacău Cristian Popovici Ștefan Apostol Legea Letea, Sonoma
    Gloria Bistrița Constantin Cârstea Cristian Coroian Erreà Darimex
    Național București Roberto Landi Adrian Olah Nike Ford
    Oțelul Galați Mihai Stoichiță Viorel Tănase Lotto Ispat Sidex
    Politehnica Iași Ionuț Popa Dorel Bernard Lotto / Erreà Omniasig
    Politehnica Timișoara Cosmin Olăroiu Cosmin Contra Lotto Balkan Petroleum
    Rapid București Răzvan Lucescu Vasile Maftei Lotto Lukoil
    Sportul Studențesc Dan Petrescu Tiberiu Bălan Lotto
    Steaua București Dumitru Dumitriu Mirel Rădoi Nike

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Steaua București (C) 30 19 6 5 47 18 +29 63 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
    2 Dinamo București 30 20 2 8 60 30 +30 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
    3 Rapid București 30 16 9 5 51 27 +24 57[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
    4 Național București 30 17 6 7 50 33 +17 57[lower-alpha 1]
    5 Farul Constanța 30 15 7 8 42 28 +14 52
    6 Politehnica Timișoara 30 13 6 11 37 34 +3 45[lower-alpha 2]
    7 Sportul Studențesc București 30 12 9 9 37 27 +10 45[lower-alpha 2]
    8 Oțelul Galați 30 12 4 14 33 44 11 40
    9 Politehnica Iași 30 10 8 12 28 41 13 38
    10 Argeș Pitești 30 8 12 10 32 37 5 36[lower-alpha 3]
    11 CFR Cluj 30 9 9 12 31 32 1 36[lower-alpha 3] Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
    12 FCM Bacău 30 8 9 13 20 28 8 33
    13 Gloria Bistrița 30 9 5 16 38 46 8 32 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
    14 Apulum Alba Iulia (R) 30 6 8 16 28 62 34 26 Relegation to Divizia B
    15 Brașov (R) 30 5 6 19 28 45 17 21
    16 FC U Craiova (R) 30 4 8 18 24 54 30 20
    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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
    Notes:
    1. RAP 3–0 PRO; PRO 3–3 RAP
    2. TIM 2–0 SPO; SPO 0–0 TIM
    3. ARG 2–0 CFR; CFR 1–1 ARG

    Positions by round

    Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
    Apulum Alba Iulia227681013911121415131314151515151515141414141414141414
    Argeș Pitești84109128101213151211111112111212131112111111991110910
    Bacău6544557778799109101011111211121313101013131112
    Brașov10128121415121415131113141515141414141414161615151515151515
    CFR Cluj31091166545666666669610999911119111211
    FC U Craiova9111381013151510141512151616161616161616151516161616161616
    Dinamo București14867912866453542222223233222222
    Farul Constanța762244688787434544445444445555
    Gloria Bistrița16912107745454577798810810101010131210121313
    Oțelul Galați1515151411111410910910898777968888888888
    Politehnica Iași1113141616161616161616161612111313131213131312121213129109
    Național București411121111222223455554555554444
    Rapid București533313333334355333332322333333
    Sportul Studențesc București12141113131491112910810810896876776777777
    Steaua București175532222111111111111111111111
    Politehnica Timișoara13161615159111314111314121413121110797667666666
    Source: LT (in Romanian)

    Results

    Home \ Away AAI ARG BAC BRA CFR FCU DIN FAR GBI OȚE PIA NAT RAP SPO STE TIM
    Apulum Alba Iulia 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 2–1
    Argeș Pitești 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–0
    Bacău 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1
    Brașov 4–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
    CFR Cluj 2–1 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 6–1 3–2 2–1
    FC U Craiova 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–6 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1
    Dinamo București 4–2 4–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 5–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0
    Farul Constanța 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0
    Gloria Bistrița 6–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–5 0–2 0–0
    Oțelul Galați 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
    Politehnica Iași 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 3–2
    Național București 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 5–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 6–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–2
    Rapid București 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–3
    Sportul Studențesc București 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0
    Steaua București 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
    Politehnica Timișoara 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1
    Source: LT (in Romanian)
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top goalscorers

    Pos Player Club Goals
    1 Gheorghe Bucur Sportul Studențesc 21
    Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo București
    3 Daniel Niculae Rapid București 14
    4 Cristian Coroian Gloria Bistrița 13
    Victoraș Iacob Oțelul Galați
    6 Gabriel Caramarin Național București / Politehnica Timișoara 12
    7 Adrian Anca CFR Cluj 11
    Ionel Dănciulescu Dinamo București
    Nicolae Dică Steaua București

    Attendances

    Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
    1 Politehnica Timișoara 270,000 40,000 5,000 18,000 −22.6%
    2 Steaua București 227,000 25,000 0 15,133 +26.1%2,5
    3 Universitatea Craiova 163,650 30,000 150 10,910 −8.7%4
    4 Politehnica Iași 131,000 15,000 4,000 8,733 n/a1
    5 Rapid București 119,000 15,000 0 7,933 −6.7%6
    6 CFR Cluj 102,000 12,000 1,000 6,800 n/a1
    7 Apulum Alba Iulia 80,500 14,000 1,500 5,366 −34.0%
    8 Dinamo București 76,500 15,000 1,000 5,100 −33.5%
    9 Argeș Pitești 73,000 17,000 500 4,866 +23.3%
    10 Farul Constanța 71,950 20,000 150 4,796 +24.2%
    11 Oțelul Galați 57,400 14,000 400 3,826 −40.5%3
    12 FC Brașov 48,800 15,000 300 3,253 −30.3%
    13 Sportul Studențesc București 46,400 15,000 400 3,093 n/a1
    14 Național București 40,000 12,000 200 2,666 +18.0%
    15 FCM Bacău 38,150 7,000 150 2,543 −58.8%
    16 Gloria Bistrița 30,000 10,000 300 2,000 −25.7%
    League total 1,575,350 40,000 0 6,563 −9.7%

    Updated to games played on 16 August 2019
    Source: League matches: Divizia A 2004/2005
    Notes:
    1: Played last season in Divizia B.
    2: Steaua București played 1 match out of their stadium.
    3: Oțelul Galați played 1 match out of their stadium.
    4: Universitatea Craiova played 1 match out of their stadium.
    5: Steaua București played 1 game behind closed doors.
    6: Rapid București played 1 game behind closed doors.

    References

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