1997–98 Divizia A

80th season of top-tier football league in Romania

Football league season

Divizia A
Season	1997–98
Champions	Steaua București^[1]
Relegated	Chindia Târgovişte Sportul Studenţesc Jiul Petroşani
Champions League	Steaua București
Cup Winners' Cup	Rapid București
UEFA Cup	Argeş Piteşti Oţelul Galaţi
Intertoto Cup	Naţional București
Matches played	306
Goals scored	891 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vasile Oană, Constantin Barbu (21)
Biggest home win	Oţelul 7–0 Jiul Craiova 7–0 Jiul
Biggest away win	Reşiţa 1–6 Rapid Jiul 0–5 Argeş Jiul 0–5 Gloria
Highest scoring	Bacău 5–3 Argeş Dinamo 6– 2 Bacău Dinamo 5–3 Farul Dinamo 7–1 Jiul Jiul 2–6 Rapid
Longest winning run	Argeş (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Rapid (13)
Longest losing run	Sportul (10)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Divizia A was the eightieth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.

Teams

Bucharest

Bucharest teams:
Steaua
Rapid
Național Dinamo
Sportul Studențesc

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Location of teams in 1997-98 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	25	5	4	83	36	+47	80	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid București	34	24	6	4	70	24	+46	78	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Argeș Pitești	34	20	5	9	56	38	+18	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Oțelul Galați	34	20	4	10	54	28	+26	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	Național București	34	18	6	10	57	40	+17	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Dinamo București	34	17	3	14	66	50	+16	54
7	Reșița	34	15	6	13	55	49	+6	51
8	Universitatea Craiova	34	15	4	15	65	46	+19	49^[a]
9	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	34	14	7	13	46	49	−3	49^[a]
10	Bacău	34	12	9	13	41	42	−1	45
11	Gloria Bistrița	34	13	5	16	56	63	−7	44
12	Farul Constanța	34	13	4	17	36	52	−16	43
13	Universitatea Cluj	34	11	7	16	42	40	+2	40^[b]
14	Petrolul Ploiești	34	11	7	16	41	45	−4	40^[b]
15	Foresta Suceava	34	10	9	15	32	41	−9	39
16	Chindia Târgoviște (R)	34	10	8	16	40	67	−27	38	Relegation to Divizia B
17	Sportul Studențesc București (R)	34	5	4	25	32	65	−33	19
18	Jiul Petroşani (R)	34	3	1	30	19	116	−97	10

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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b CRA 4-1 CEA; CEA 3-2 CRA
^ ^a ^b UCL 2-0 PET; PET 2-1 UCL

Positions by round

Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away	ARG	BAC	RES	CEA	UCR	DIN	FAR	FOR	GBI	JIU	OȚE	PET	NAT	RAP	SPO	STE	CHI	UCL
Argeș Pitești	—	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–2
Bacău	5–3	—	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
Reșița	2–1	1–1	—	5–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–6	2–1	0–2	6–1	2–0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2–0	1–0	1–0	—	3–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	6–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–0
Universitatea Craiova	1–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	—	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	7–0	0–2	2–1	5–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–0
Dinamo București	2–0	6–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	—	5–3	2–0	4–3	7–1	2–0	3–0	4–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	4–1	2–1
Farul Constanța	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	—	1–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–3
Foresta Fălticeni	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	—	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	2–0	0–0
Gloria Bistrița	3–2	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	0–0	—	3–0	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–2
Jiul Petroşani	0–5	3–2	1–1	1–4	2–5	2–5	1–0	0–3	0–5	—	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–6	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–4
Oțelul Galați	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	7–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–0	4–0	0–2	2–1	3–0
Petrolul Ploiești	2–3	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–1
Național București	0–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	—	1–2	2–1	1–4	5–1	1–0
Rapid București	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–0
Sportul Studențesc București	0–2	3–0	1–4	0–0	1–3	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–4	—	1–1	4–1	0–1
Steaua București	3–1	1–0	5–1	3–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	5–1	1–3	0–1	2–4	2–2	4–1	—	5–0	2–1
Chindia Târgoviște	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	—	2–0
Universitatea Cluj	0–2	0–0	3–1	3–3	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	—

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

Top goalscorers

Position^[2]	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vasile Oană	Gloria Bistriţa	21
1	Constantin Barbu	Argeş Piteşti	21
3	Cătălin Munteanu	Steaua București	17
4	Ionel Dănciulescu	Steaua București	14
	Valentin Ștefan	Oțelul Galați
	Ionuț Luțu	Universitatea Craiova
7	Lucian Marinescu	Rapid București	13

Champion squad

Steaua București^[3]
Goalkeepers: Zoltan Ritli (30 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (3 / 0); Eugen Nae (1 / 0). Defenders: Laurențiu Reghecampf (30 / 1); Valeriu Răchită (27 / 3); Marius Baciu (13 / 2); Tiberiu Csik (20 / 1); Erik Lincar (16 / 0); Adrian Matei (28 / 3); Iulian Miu (29 / 1); Roland Nagy (4 / 0). Midfielders: Marius Coporan (11 / 0); Mugurel Cornățeanu (6 / 0); Lavi Hrib (22 / 1); Marius Sebastian Luca (8 / 3); Damian Militaru (27 / 2); Cătălin Munteanu (33 / 17); Narcis Răducan (16 / 1); Laurențiu Roșu (14 / 3); Iosif Rotariu (26 / 7); Dennis Șerban (24 / 4). Forwards: Cristian Ciocoiu (28 / 10); Ionel Dănciulescu (25 / 14); Marius Lăcătuș (31 / 8). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Mihai Stoichiță.

Steaua București^[3]

Goalkeepers: Zoltan Ritli (30 / 0); Daniel Gherasim (3 / 0); Eugen Nae (1 / 0).
Defenders: Laurențiu Reghecampf (30 / 1); Valeriu Răchită (27 / 3); Marius Baciu (13 / 2); Tiberiu Csik (20 / 1); Erik Lincar (16 / 0); Adrian Matei (28 / 3); Iulian Miu (29 / 1); Roland Nagy (4 / 0).
Midfielders: Marius Coporan (11 / 0); Mugurel Cornățeanu (6 / 0); Lavi Hrib (22 / 1); Marius Sebastian Luca (8 / 3); Damian Militaru (27 / 2); Cătălin Munteanu (33 / 17); Narcis Răducan (16 / 1); Laurențiu Roșu (14 / 3); Iosif Rotariu (26 / 7); Dennis Șerban (24 / 4).
Forwards: Cristian Ciocoiu (28 / 10); Ionel Dănciulescu (25 / 14); Marius Lăcătuș (31 / 8).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Mihai Stoichiță.

References

^ 1997–98 Divizia A
^ "Top Scorers". romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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1997–98 in Romanian football

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

Club seasons
Divizia A	Argeș Bacău Ceahlăul Chindia Dinamo Farul Foresta Gloria Jiul Național Oțelul Petrolul Rapid Reșița Sportul Studențesc Steaua Universitatea Cluj Universitatea Craiova

v t e 1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 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 '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup