The 2002–03 Divizia B was the 63rd season of the second tier of the

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. The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

and the last two places from both series relegated to

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. A promotion play-off was played between the 13th and 14th-placed in the

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Team changes

To Divizia B

Promoted from

* Politehnica Unirea Iași * Gloria Buzău *

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Rulmentul Alexandria Club Sportiv Municipal Alexandria, commonly known as CSM Alexandria or simply as Alexandria, is a Romanian football club from Alexandria, Romania, founded in 1948. It plays in the Romanian Liga III and is one of the most important football clubs ...

* Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești *

Corvinul Hunedoara Clubul Sportiv Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara, commonly known as Corvinul Hunedoara or simply as Corvinul, is a Romanian football club based in Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, currently playing in the Liga III. Founded in 1921 under the name of ''Fero Spo ...

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vas ...

* Bucovina Suceava** Relegated from

* Petrolul Ploiești *

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From Divizia B

Relegated to

Tractorul Brașov Tractorul Brașov was a football team from Brașov, Brașov County, Romania. History Tractorul Brașov was founded in 1927 under the name of IAR Brașov (Industria Aeronautică Română Brașov) (English: Romanian Aeronautic Industry Brașov). Th ...

* Dinamo Poiana Câmpina * Petrolul Moinești * ASA Târgu Mureș * Laminorul Roman *

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* Politehnica Timișoara** Promoted to

* AEK București** *

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Other

''AEK București'' merged with ''Politehnica Timișoara'' and was absorbed. Politehnica played directly in the first tier, instead of third and also was renamed as Politehnica AEK Timișoara. Bucovina Suceava break the alliance with

Foresta Fălticeni Foresta Fălticeni (also known as ''Foresta Suceava'') was a Romanian professional football club from Fălticeni, Suceava County, Romania, founded in 1954 as ''Avântul Fălticeni'' and subsequently dissolved in 2003. History The club was fou ...

, bought the place from

and was enrolled directly in the second tier.

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bought the place of Metrom Brașov, which chose to sell it again, instead of playing at the second level.

Renamed teams

''Diplomatic Focșani'' was renamed as Unirea Focșani. ''Foresta Suceava'' was moved back from

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Fălticeni Fălticeni (; ''german: Foltischeni; hu, Falticsén;'' he, פלטיצ'ן yi, פאלטישאן) is a town in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Western Moldavia. Fălticeni is the second largest urba ...

and renamed as

. ''Politehnica Unirea Iași'' was renamed as Politehnica Iași. ''FC Bihor Oradea'' was renamed as FC Oradea.

League tables

Seria I

Seria II

Divizia A play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the

faced the 2nd-placed teams of the Divizia B.

Top scorers

;14 goals * Dan Codreanu (

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) ;12 goals *

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( Apulum Alba Iulia) *

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(

) ;10 goals *

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( FC Oradea) ;9 goals * George Florescu (

) *

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(

) ;8 goals * Tudorel Stanciu ( Unirea Focșani) * Bogdan Vrăjitoarea ( FC Oradea) * Daniel Stan ( Internațional Pitești) ;7 goals *

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(

) *

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References

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