1995–96 Divizia A

78th season of top-tier football league in Romania

Football league season

Divizia A
Season	1995–96
Champions	Steaua București^[1]
Relegated	Inter Sibiu Politehnica Iaşi
Champions League	Steaua București
Cup Winners' Cup	Gloria Bistriţa
UEFA Cup	Naţional București Rapid București
Intertoto Cup	Universitatea Craiova Dinamo București
Matches played	306
Goals scored	805 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ion Vlădoiu (25)
Biggest home win	Timișoara 9–1 Iaşi
Biggest away win	Naţional 0–4 Rapid
Highest scoring	Timișoara 9–1 Iaşi
Longest winning run	Rapid, Steaua (5)
Longest unbeaten run	Steaua (11)
Longest losing run	Iaşi (5)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 Divizia A was the seventy-eighth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

FC Brașov

Politehnica

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Steaua
Național
Rapid
Dinamo
Sportul Studențesc

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Location of teams in 1995-96 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	21	8	5	79	30	+49	71	Qualification to Champions League qualifying round
2	Național București	34	18	6	10	60	44	+16	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Rapid București	34	18	5	11	59	33	+26	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Universitatea Craiova	34	17	6	11	45	30	+15	57	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
5	Dinamo București	34	15	7	12	40	37	+3	52	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
6	Petrolul Ploiești	34	16	3	15	44	38	+6	51
7	Politehnica Timișoara	34	14	7	13	58	47	+11	49^[a]
8	Farul Constanța	34	15	4	15	56	49	+7	49^[a]
9	Universitatea Cluj	34	14	6	14	41	40	+1	48
10	Brașov	34	13	7	14	38	60	−22	46
11	Bacău	34	15	0	19	40	58	−18	45^[b]
12	Gloria Bistrița	34	14	3	17	41	38	+3	45^[b]	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
13	Oțelul Galați	34	14	3	17	42	46	−4	45^[b]
14	Sportul Studențesc București	34	12	7	15	33	35	−2	43^[c]
15	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	13	4	17	34	46	−12	43^[c]
16	Argeș Pitești	34	12	6	16	39	52	−13	42
17	Inter Sibiu (R)	34	10	7	17	29	48	−19	37	Relegation to Divizia B
18	Politehnica Iași (R)	34	9	3	22	27	74	−47	30	Relegation to Divizia B

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. Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b TIM 3-1 FAR; FAR 1-4 TIM
^ ^a ^b ^c G 2-0 O; O 1-0 G; O 3-1 B; B 3-0 O; G 2-0 B; B 3-1 G
^ ^a ^b SPO 1-0 CEA; CEA 1-0 SPO

Positions by round

Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away	ARG	BAC	BRA	CEA	UCR	DIN	FAR	GBI	INT	OȚE	PET	PIA	NAT	RAP	SPO	STE	POL	UCL
Argeș Pitești	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	6–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–2
Bacău	3–1	—	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–0
Brașov	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–3	1–0	1–1	1–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1–0	3–1	2–1	—	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Universitatea Craiova	2–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	—	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0
Dinamo București	3–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Farul Constanța	3–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	—	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–3	7–0	0–2	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–4	1–0
Gloria Bistrița	4–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–2	—	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
Inter Sibiu	0–0	0–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	—	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
Oțelul Galați	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–0
Petrolul Ploiești	1–0	3–0	4–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	—	5–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0
Politehnica Iași	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	—	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0
Național București	4–1	4–1	5–1	3–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	5–0	3–1	3–0	2–3	—	0–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1
Rapid București	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–4	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	4–1	5–0
Sportul Studențesc București	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–2	1–0	2–3
Steaua București	4–0	5–0	5–0	6–2	1–0	4–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	5–1	3–0	1–1	—	5–1	4–0
Politehnica Timișoara	2–0	2–0	4–1	4–3	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	2–0	9–1	0–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	—	2–0
Universitatea Cluj	1–0	7–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	—

Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Position^[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ion Vlădoiu	Steaua București	25
2	Marin Dună	Naţional București	17
3	Marcel Băban	Politehnica Timișoara	15
4	Ionel Dănciulescu	Dinamo București	14
5	Adrian Ilie	Steaua București	13

Champion squad

Steaua București^[3]
Goalkeepers: Bogdan Stelea (25 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (12 / 0); Marius Mindileac (1 / 0). Defenders: Anton Doboș (31 / 2); Daniel Prodan (31 / 5); Tiberiu Csik (26 / 2); Bogdan Bucur (21 / 0); Aurel Panait (18 / 0). Midfielders: Iulian Filipescu (30 / 3); Ionel Pârvu (27 / 2); Constantin Gâlcă (29 / 4); Damian Militaru (26 / 3). Forwards: Sabin Ilie (23 / 2); Adrian Ilie (24 / 13); Marius Lăcătuș (27 / 9); Roland Nagy (23 / 0); Narcis Răducan (30 / 3); Ion Vlădoiu (33 / 25); Laurențiu Roșu (29 / 3); Marius Mitu (1 / 0); Alin Stoica (1 / 0); Edward Iordănescu (1 / 0); Marin Dună (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Dumitru Dumitriu.

Steaua București^[3]

Goalkeepers: Bogdan Stelea (25 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (12 / 0); Marius Mindileac (1 / 0).
Defenders: Anton Doboș (31 / 2); Daniel Prodan (31 / 5); Tiberiu Csik (26 / 2); Bogdan Bucur (21 / 0); Aurel Panait (18 / 0).
Midfielders: Iulian Filipescu (30 / 3); Ionel Pârvu (27 / 2); Constantin Gâlcă (29 / 4); Damian Militaru (26 / 3).
Forwards: Sabin Ilie (23 / 2); Adrian Ilie (24 / 13); Marius Lăcătuș (27 / 9); Roland Nagy (23 / 0); Narcis Răducan (30 / 3); Ion Vlădoiu (33 / 25); Laurențiu Roșu (29 / 3); Marius Mitu (1 / 0); Alin Stoica (1 / 0); Edward Iordănescu (1 / 0); Marin Dună (1 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Dumitru Dumitriu.

References

^ 1995–96 Divizia A
^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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1995–96 in Romanian football

Club football
Domestic leagues	Divizia A Divizia B Divizia C Divizia D
Domestic cups	Cupa României (Final) Supercupa României
European	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Club seasons
Divizia A	Argeș Bacău Brașov Ceahlăul Dinamo Farul Gloria Inter Sibiu Național Oțelul Petrolul Poli Iași Poli Timișoara Rapid Sportul Studențesc Steaua Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Craiova

v t e 1995–96 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '95 '96 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '95 '96 Latvia '95 '96 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '95 '96 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '95 '96 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '95 '96 Finland '95 '96 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '95 '96 Israel Italy Latvia '95 '96 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup