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2003–04 Divizia A
The 2003–04 Divizia A was the eighty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2003 and ended in June 2004. Dinamo București became champions on 3 June 2004. Team changes Relegated The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season (note that although Oțelul Galați lost the relegation play–off, they remained in Divizia A, after they bought the first division place from the promoted team Petrolul Ploiești, which merged with Astra Ploiești): * Sportul Studențesc * UTA Arad Promoted The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season: * Petrolul Ploiești * Apulum Alba Iulia * FC Oradea Venues Personnel and kits League table Positions by round Results Attendances Top goalscorers Champion squad References {{DEFAULTSORT:2003-04 Divizia A Liga I seasons Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 football competition, being contested by 16 clubs which take part in a promotion and relegation system with the Liga II. The teams play 30 matches each in the regular season, before entering the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs according to their position in the regular table. The Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909–10 campaign, being currently on the 29th place in UEFA's league coefficient ranking list. It is administered by the Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal, also known by the acronym LPF. Before the 2006–07 season, the competition was known as ''Divizia A'', but the name had to be changed following the finding that someone else had registered that trademark. The best performer to da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
Dan Păltinișanu Stadium ( ro, Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu) was a multi-purpose stadium in Timișoara, Romania. It was the second-largest stadium in Romania, with a seating capacity of 32,972. Until its closure in 2022, it was used mostly for Football (soccer), football matches by the local team, SSU Politehnica Timișoara. The stadium was named after footballer Dan Păltinișanu (1951–1995) who played 10 seasons at FC Politehnica Timișoara. The stadium will be demolished for the construction of a City of Timișoara Stadium, new arena with 30,000 seats. History The stadium was officially inaugurated on 1 May 1963, then named 1 May. The construction of the stadium was done with the workers from the city's factories. Its structure was similar to the one used to build most of the Romanian stadiums of that time, i.e. compacted earth. This constructive solution proved to be extremely problematic, as the compaction of the earth over time led to the deterioration of the stadium. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Rapid București
Fotbal Club Rapid 1923, commonly known as Rapid București () or simply as Rapid, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as ''Asociația Culturală și Sportivă CFR'' ("CFR Cultural and Sports Association"). Domestically, Rapid București is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won three national titles, 13 Cupa României and four Supercupa României. Internationally, its highest achievements are reaching the quarter-finals of the 1972–73 Cup Winners' Cup and of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup, and the final of the 1940 Mitropa Cup, the latter not being played because of the Second World War. Recently, the club was declared bankrupt in 2016, but was refounded and managed to return to the top flight in 2021. From 1939, Rapid played its home matches in burgundy and white kits at the Valentin Stănescu Stadium. The old arena was replaced with the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Universitatea Craiova
U Craiova 1948, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I. It is along with CS Universitatea Craiova one of the two entities asserting the history of the original Universitatea Craiova football team, which between 1948 and 1991 won four national titles and five national cups. During the latter year, when the sports club dissolved its football department, ''FC Universitatea Craiova'' took its place in the top flight. Generally considered the same entity with the old club, it continued its tradition for the next two decades, but was reorganised several times and retroactively deemed an unofficial successor. In 2012, FC U retired from every competition following their temporary banishment since 2011. After starting over from the lower leagues in 2017, FC U returned to the Liga I in the 2021–22 season. To the same degree with CS U, FC U claims all the trophies and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Politehnica Timișoara
Fotbal Club Politehnica Timișoara (), commonly known as Politehnica Timișoara or simply Poli Timișoara, was a Romanian football club from Timișoara, Timiș County, established in 1921 and dissolved in 2012. During its existence, the team won two Cupa României trophies and was twice runner-up in the Liga I. It amassed 49 seasons in the latter competition. Named after and initially run by the Polytechnic University of Timișoara, the club was founded in 1921 by mathematician Traian Lalescu. After two decades spent in the regional leagues, Politehnica promoted to the top flight in 1948. It claimed its first trophy in the 1957–58 season, when it defeated Progresul București in the national cup final. Internationally, "the White-Violets" made their European debut in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup, when they went past MTK Hungária in the first round. Politehnica obtained its highest result in the national championship after finishing second in the 2008–09 Liga I. It repeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apulum Alba Iulia
Clubul Sportiv Municipal Unirea Alba Iulia, commonly known as Unirea Alba Iulia (), is a Romanian professional football club based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, founded in 1924 and currently playing in the Liga III. Among the greatest achievements of the team is a sixth place in the first league at the end of the 2003–04 season and a Romanian Cup semi-final played in 1991. The team colours are black and white, and their stadium is called Cetate and has a capacity of 18,000 seats. History Unirea Alba Iulia club was founded in 1924. In the beginning the team was called ''Unirea Mihai Viteazul Alba Iulia''. After ten years, they managed to qualify and play in the second league where they managed to obtain the sixth place. They played in the second league until the year 1939 when they were relegated to the third league. In 1942, they returned to the second league where they played two seasons and then were relegated again. At the end of season 1946–1947 we find the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTA Arad
Uta or UTA may refer to: Universities *University of Texas at Arlington, in the United States * University of Tarapacá, in Chile *University of Tampere, in Finland Sports * FC UTA Arad, a Romanian football club based in the town of Arad * A common abbreviation in box scores and television on-screen graphics for the American basketball team Utah Jazz Organizations *Ulster Transport Authority *Union de Transports Aériens, a defunct French airline * Union des Transports Africains de Guinée, a Guinean and Lebanese joint venture *United Talent Agency, a Hollywood talent agency * Central UTA of Monsey, a Hasidic school in Airmont, New York * United Telekom Austria *Urban Transit Authority *Utah Transit Authority, a public transportation agency *The United Companies of the Train of Artillery of the Town of Providence Places *Uta, Sardinia, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cagliari, Italy *Uta, Indonesia, a coastal village in Papua *Ūta, a village in Lithuania People * Uta (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astra Ploiești
Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent the majority of its history in the lower leagues. On 19 October 2022, the club was officially shut down. Astra only began to achieve success in the late 1990s under the ownership of businessman Ioan Niculae, having reached the top flight for the first time in 1998. In 2012, after more than nine decades in Prahova County, it moved its home ground south to Giurgiu, a city at the border with Bulgaria. On short notice, Astra became a prominent figure in Romanian football and head coach Marius Șumudică won it the national title in the 2015–16 season. The club also holds one Cupa României and two Supercupa României trophies. Between 2017 and 2021, Astra lost three Cupa României finals, all on the home ground of its former local opponent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
