2000–01 Divizia A

83rd season of top-tier football league in Romania
Football league season
Divizia A
Season2000–01
ChampionsSteaua București[1]
RelegatedRocar București
Gaz Metan Mediaș
Champions LeagueSteaua București
UEFA CupDinamo București
Brașov
Rapid București
Intertoto CupGloria Bistrița
Universitatea Craiova
Matches played240
Goals scored626 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerMarius Niculae (20)
Biggest home winNațional 5–0 Foresta
Steaua 5–0 Oțelul
Biggest away winCeahlăul 0–3 Steaua
Ceahlăul 1–4 Craiova
Național 0–3 Bistrița
Oțelul 1–4 Rapid
Rocar 1–4 Ceahlăul
Highest scoringDinamo 4–5 Foresta
Rocar 4–5 Steaua
Longest winning runBrașov, Rapid, Gloria (4)
Longest unbeaten runSteaua (8)
Longest losing runGaz Metan (5)

The 2000–01 Divizia A was the eighty-third season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2000 and ended in May 2001. Steaua București was crowned as champion for the 21st time.

Team changes

Relegated

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

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

Venues

Steaua București Universitatea Craiova Rapid București FCM Bacău
Steaua Ion Oblemenco Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Municipal
Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 25,252 Capacity: 19,100 Capacity: 17,500
Dinamo București Argeș Pitești Național București Petrolul Ploiești
Dinamo Municipal Cotroceni Ilie Oană
Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 14,542 Capacity: 14,000
Oțelul Galați
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Location of Bucharest teams.
 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Oțelul Ceahlăul
Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 12,500
Foresta Fălticeni FC Brașov
Areni Tineretului
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 10,000
Gloria Bistrița Astra Ploiești Gaz Metan Mediaș Rocar București
Gloria Astra Gaz Metan Rocar
Capacity: 7,800 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,000

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Argeș Pitești Romania Marian Bondrea Romania Cristian Bălașa Erreà Dacia
Astra Ploiești Romania Marin Ion Romania Bogdan Nicolae Joma Astra Română, Asirom
Brașov Romania Gabriel Stan Romania Cosmin Bodea Valsport Prescon
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Florin Marin Romania Radu Lefter Ancada Rifil
Dinamo București Romania Cornel Dinu Romania Cătălin Hâldan / Adrian Mihalcea Lotto Cosmorom
Universitatea Craiova Romania Nicolae Ungureanu Romania Claudiu Niculescu Erreà Vincon
FCM Bacău Romania Gheorghe Poenaru Romania Marius Gireadă Legea Sonoma
Foresta Suceava Romania Marin Barbu Romania Ovidiu Ciobanu Ancada —
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Silviu Dumitrescu Romania Flavius Șomfălean Joma Transgaz
Gloria Bistrița Romania Constantin Cârstea Romania Vasile Popa Ancada Darimex
Național București Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Romania Cătălin Liță Kappa —
Oțelul Galați Romania Ilie Dumitrescu Romania Cătălin Tofan Adidas Sidex
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Victor Roșca Romania Dinu Todoran Adidas Petrom
Rapid București Romania Mircea Rednic Romania Nicolae Stanciu Erreà Connex
Rocar București Romania Dumitru Dumitriu Romania Cornel Cristescu Erreà Fulbier
Steaua București Romania Victor Pițurcă Romania Miodrag Belodedici Adidas BCR

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București (C) 30 17 9 4 56 32 +24 60 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo București 30 15 6 9 56 44 +12 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Brașov 30 15 5 10 33 25 +8 50
4 Rapid București 30 13 10 7 38 25 +13 49
5 Argeș Pitești 30 12 10 8 42 42 0 46
6 Gloria Bistrița 30 13 4 13 44 42 +2 43[a] Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 Național București 30 13 4 13 40 40 0 43[a]
8 Universitatea Craiova 30 11 8 11 34 38 −4 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
9 Petrolul Ploiești 30 12 4 14 34 36 −2 40[b]
10 Astra Ploiești 30 11 7 12 41 36 +5 40[b]
11 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 30 9 11 10 36 41 −5 38[c]
12 Oțelul Galați 30 10 8 12 33 39 −6 38[c]
13 Foresta Fălticeni (R) 30 8 12 10 39 43 −4 36 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Bacău 30 9 7 14 38 45 −7 34[d]
15 Rocar București (R) 30 10 4 16 41 56 −15 34[d] Relegation to Divizia B
16 Gaz Metan Mediaș (R) 30 3 9 18 21 42 −21 18
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:
  1. ^ a b GLO 3-0 PRO; PRO 0-3 GLO
  2. ^ a b AST 0-0 PET; PET 3-1 AST
  3. ^ a b OTE 1-1 CEA; CEA 0-0 OTE
  4. ^ a b BAC 3-0 ROC; ROC 2-0 BAC

Promotion / relegation play-off

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Farul Constanța 3–3 (4–3 p) FCM Bacău 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
FC Baia Mare 2–2 (a) Foresta Fălticeni 1–0 1–2

Note: FC Baia Mare sold their 2001–02 Divizia A place to FCM Bacău.

Positions by round

Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away ARG AST BAC BRA CEA UCR DIN FOR GAZ GBI OȚE PET NAT RAP ROC STE
Argeș Pitești — 4–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–1
Astra Ploiești 2–0 — 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–3 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–0
Bacău 3–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 4–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 3–0 0–2
Brașov 0–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–2
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 — 1–4 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–3
Universitatea Craiova 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–4 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0
Dinamo București 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 — 4–5 4–2 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
Foresta Fălticeni 2–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 — 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–1
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 — 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–3
Gloria Bistrița 2–2 4–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 — 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Oțelul Galați 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 — 0–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 0–1
Petrolul Ploiești 2–3 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 — 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1
Național București 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 5–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 — 2–1 2–1 1–2
Rapid București 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 — 2–3 1–1
Rocar București 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–4 2–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 4–3 1–3 4–1 2–2 0–2 — 4–5
Steaua București 3–3 1–3 4–3 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 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 Marius Niculae Dinamo București 20
2 Cătălin Cursaru Bacău 15
3 Claudiu Niculescu Universitatea Craiova 14
Robert Niță Foresta Fălticeni / Rapid București
5 Constantin Bârsan Gloria Bistrița 13
Daniel Pancu Rapid București
7 Claudiu Răducanu Steaua București 12

Champion squad

Steaua București[3]

Goalkeepers: Martin Tudor (30 / 0); Tiberiu Lung (1 / 0); Eugen Nae (1 / 0).
Defenders: Marius Baciu (23 / 1); Daniel Bălan (9 / 0); Miodrag Belodedici (14 / 1); Valeriu Bordeanu (5 / 0); Florentin Dumitru (28 / 1); Albert Duro Albania (3 / 0); Dumitru Mitriță (14 / 0); Iulian Miu (16 / 0); Mirel Rădoi (25 / 1); Pompiliu Stoica (29 / 1); Marius Vintilă (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Sorin Paraschiv (23 / 2); Eugen Trică (26 / 7); Stelian Carabaș (11 / 0); Nana Falemi Cameroon (25 / 3); Ovidiu Iacov (2 / 1); Erik Lincar (21 / 1); Cătălin Liță (14 / 1).
Forwards: Cristian Ciocoiu (24 / 3); Ionel Dănciulescu (27 / 6); Radu Niculescu (10 / 3); Claudiu Răducanu (24 / 12); Ion Vlădoiu (13 / 10); Alexandru Pițurcă (1 / 1); Daniel Oprița (1 / 0).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Victor Pițurcă.

References

  1. ^ 2000–01 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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