2004–05 FC Dinamo București season explained

Club:FC Dinamo București
Season:2004–05
Manager:Ioan Andone
Mgrtitle:Manager
League:Liga I
League Result:2nd
Cup1:Romanian Cup
Cup1 Result:Winner
Cup2:UEFA Champions League
Cup2 Result:3rd qual. rd.
Cup3:UEFA Cup
Cup3 Result:1st round
League Topscorer:Claudiu Niculescu (21 goals)
Prevseason:2003–04
Nextseason:2005–06

The 2004–05 season was FC Dinamo București's 56th season in Liga I. For the 2004–05 season Dinamo's ambitions grew, but still many players left the club. Dinamo played a thrilling game vs. Manchester United in Bucharest in the third qualification round of the UEFA Champions League, but lost 1–2. This game was significant because it showed considerable progress from the last attempts to qualify for the group phase of the Champions League. The second leg was lost at Old Trafford 3–0. In the UEFA Cup 2004–05 season Dinamo was eliminated by Partizan Belgrade.

This time Dinamo had a better evolution during the season after the title victory. However, Dinamo lost the title to Steaua Bucharest on a costly error by Lucian Goian in the last seconds of the game with Rapid Bucharest close to the end of the season.

Dinamo won the Romanian Cup for the 12th time in history.

Results

Divizia A
RoundDateOpponentStadiumResult
131 July 2004Farul ConstanţaA0–1
26 August 2004Sportul StudenţescH2–1
33 November 2004Poli IașiA3–2
422 August 2004Steaua BucureștiH0–1
529 August 2004CFR ClujA2–4
612 September 2004Naţional BucureștiH0–1
719 September 2004FCM BacăuA2–0
826 September 2004FC BrașovH3–1
93 October 2004Poli TimişoaraA3–2
1016 October 2004Gloria BistriţaH4–1
1124 October 2004Rapid BucureștiA1–2
1231 October 2004Apulum Alba IuliaH4–2
136 November 2004Oţelul GalaţiA0–2
1421 November 2004U CraiovaA1–0
1527 November 2004FC ArgeșH4–0
1613 March 2005Farul ConstanţaH2–0
1719 March 2005Sportul StudenţescA1–0
182 April 2005Poli IaşiH2–0
1910 April 2005Steaua BucureștiA0–1
2016 April 2005CFR ClujH4–0
2124 April 2005Naţional BucureștiA1–5
2227 April 2005FCM BacăuH3–0
2330 April 2005FC BrașovA1–1
244 May 2005Poli TimişoaraH1–0
257 May 2005Gloria BistriţaA1–0
2615 May 2005Rapid BucureștiH2–2
2718 May 2005Apulum Alba IuliaA3–1
2822 May 2005Oţelul GalaţiH4–0
2928 May 2005U CraiovaH5–0
307 June 2005FC ArgeșA1–0
Cupa României
RoundDateOpponentStadiumResult
Last 3213 October 2004Olimpia Satu MareSatu Mare1–1 (5-3p)
Last 1627 October 2004Gaz Metan MediaşBraşov1–0
QF-1st leg10 November 2004Dacia Unirea BrăilaBucurești1–0
QF-2nd leg1 December 2004Dacia Unirea BrăilaBrăila2–0
SF-1st leg16 March 2005Naţional BucureștiBucurești1–2
SF-2nd leg13 April 2005Naţional BucureștiBucurești4–0
Final11 May 2005Farul ConstanţaBucurești1–0

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

----Dinamo București won 2 - 0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

----Manchester United won 5-1 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup

First round

----Partizan won 3-1 on aggregate.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Vladimir Gaev (12/0), Cristian Munteanu (6/0), Bogdan Stelea (13/0).

Defenders: Angelo Alistar (18/0), Ionuţ Bălan (14/1), Ovidiu Burcă (14/0), Liviu Ciobotariu (8/0), George Galamaz (22/0), Lucian Goian (6/0), Alin Ilin (2/0), Adrian Iordache (14/1), Cristian Irimia (11/0), Cristian Pulhac (11/2), Ştefan Radu (2/0), Dorin Semeghin (16/0), Gabriel Tamaș (13/0).

Midfielders: Ionuț Badea (18/0), Adrian Cristea (10/0), Ştefan Grigorie (25/10), Andrei Mărgăritescu (29/2), Vlad Munteanu (4/0), Leonard Naidin (1/0), Alexandru Păcurar (14/1), Florentin Petre (24/2), Dennis Şerban (3/0), Iulian Tameş (11/0).

Forwards: Alexandru Bălţoi (18/3), Ionel Dănciulescu (15/11), Claudiu Drăgan (2/0), Adrian Mihalcea (17/1), Tibor Moldovan (5/1), Claudiu Niculescu (28/21), Ianis Zicu (13/3).

Transfers

New players: Summer break - Matache (Metalul Plopeni), Galamaz (Rapid București), Irimia (Rapid București), Ciobotariu (Royal Antwerp), Onuț, Bălan and Bălțoi (Farul Constanța), Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamț), Mărgăritescu (Unirea Focșani), Păcurar (Universitatea Cluj-Napoca), D.Șerban (Petrolul Ploiești)

Winter break - Tamaș (Spartak Moskva), Ad.Cristea (Politehnica Iași), T.Moldovan (Apulum Alba-Iulia), Zicu (AC Parma)

Left team: Summer break - Șt.Preda (FC Argeș Pitești), Alexa (Beijing Guan), Bărcăuan (Shakhtar Donetsk), Onuț (Politehnica Iași), Cr.Ciubotariu (Politehnica Iași), Perenyi (Politehnica Iași)

Winter break - Cr.Munteanu (FC Național București), Cr.Irimia (Dinamo Kyiv), Naidin (Poli Timișoara), D.Șerban (Larissa), Vl.Munteanu (FC Național București), Tameș (Alania Vladikavkaz), Cl.Drăgan (Universitatea Craiova), Dănciulescu (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Cigan (Liberty Salonta)

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