2004–05 Divizia A Explained

Competition:Divizia A
Season:2004–05
Winners:Steaua București[1]
Relegated:Apulum Alba Iulia
Brașov
Universitatea Craiova
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Steaua București
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Dinamo București
Rapid București
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:CFR Cluj
Gloria Bistrița
League Topscorer:Gheorghe Bucur, Claudiu Niculescu (21)
Biggest Home Win:Național 6–0 Poli Iași
Biggest Away Win:FC U 0–6 Oțelul
Highest Scoring:Argeș 4–3 Gloria
Gloria 6–1 Apulum
Gloria 4–3 FC U
Matches:240
Total Goals:586
Longest Wins:Dinamo, Național (6)
Longest Unbeaten:Steaua (12)
Longest Losses:Brașov (6)
Longest Winless:CFR (11)
Prevseason:2003–04
Nextseason:2005–06

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.

Team changes

Relegated

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

Promoted

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

Venues

Politehnica TimișoaraSteaua BucureștiUniversitatea CraiovaRapid București
Dan PăltinișanuSteauaIon OblemencoGiulești-Valentin Stănescu
Capacity: 32,972Capacity: 28,365Capacity: 25,252Capacity: 19,100
Apulum Alba IuliaFCM BacăuFarul ConstanțaDinamo București
Victoria-CetateMunicipalGheorghe HagiDinamo
Capacity: 18,000Capacity: 17,500Capacity: 15,520Capacity: 15,032
Argeș PiteștiNațional București
Nicolae DobrinCotroceni
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: 14,542
Oțelul GalațiPolitehnica Iași
OțelulEmil Alexandrescu
Capacity: 13,500Capacity: 11,390
Sportul StudențescCFR ClujFC BrașovGloria Bistrița
RegieCFRTineretuluiGloria
Capacity: 10,020Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 7,800

Personnel and kits

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt Sponsor
Apulum Alba Iulia Vasile JercălăuLottoBergenbier
Argeș Pitești Marius RaduErreàPic
Brașov Cosmin BodeaJomaPrescon
CFR Cluj Vasile JulaErreàEnergoBit, Opel Ecomax
Dinamo București Florentin PetreLottoOmniasig
Farul Constanța George CurcăLottoSNC
Universitatea Craiova Corneliu PapurăErreàGolden Brau
FCM Bacău Ștefan ApostolLegeaLetea, Sonoma
Gloria Bistrița Cristian CoroianErreàDarimex
Național București Adrian OlahNikeFord
Oțelul Galați Viorel TănaseLottoIspat Sidex
Politehnica Iași Dorel BernardLotto / ErreàOmniasig
Politehnica Timișoara Cosmin ContraLottoBalkan Petroleum
Rapid București Vasile MafteiLottoLukoil
Sportul Studențesc Tiberiu BălanLotto
Steaua București Mirel RădoiNike

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Position[2] PlayerClubGoals
1Gheorghe BucurSportul Studențesc21
Claudiu NiculescuDinamo București
3Daniel NiculaeRapid București14
4Cristian CoroianGloria Bistrița13
Victoraș IacobOțelul Galați
6Gabriel CaramarinNațional București / Politehnica Timișoara12
7Adrian AncaCFR Cluj11
Ionel DănciulescuDinamo București
Nicolae DicăSteaua București

Notes and References

  1. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_a/tables/2004_05.shtml 2004–05 Divizia A
  2. Web site: Top Scorers . www.romaniansoccer.ro . 14 May 2021 . Romanian.
  3. Web site: Romania National Champions . RomanianSoccer. 14 May 2021.