2000–01 Divizia A

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.

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)

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
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 Italy Erreà Dacia
Astra Ploiești Romania Marin Ion Romania Bogdan Nicolae Spain Joma Astra Română, Asirom
Brașov Romania Gabriel Stan Romania Cosmin Bodea Italy Valsport Prescon
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Romania Florin Marin Romania Radu Lefter Romania Ancada Rifil
Dinamo București Romania Cornel Dinu Romania Cătălin Hâldan / Adrian Mihalcea Italy Lotto Cosmorom
Universitatea Craiova Romania Nicolae Ungureanu Romania Claudiu Niculescu Italy Erreà Vincon
FCM Bacău Romania Gheorghe Poenaru Romania Marius Gireadă Italy Legea Sonoma
Foresta Suceava Romania Marin Barbu Romania Ovidiu Ciobanu Romania Ancada —
Gaz Metan Mediaș Romania Silviu Dumitrescu Romania Flavius Șomfălean Spain Joma Transgaz
Gloria Bistrița Romania Constantin Cârstea Romania Vasile Popa Romania Ancada Darimex
Național București Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Romania Cătălin Liță Italy Kappa —
Oțelul Galați Romania Ilie Dumitrescu Romania Cătălin Tofan Germany Adidas Sidex
Petrolul Ploiești Romania Victor Roșca Romania Dinu Todoran Germany Adidas Petrom
Rapid București Romania Mircea Rednic Romania Nicolae Stanciu Italy Erreà Connex
Rocar București Romania Dumitru Dumitriu Romania Cornel Cristescu Italy Erreà Fulbier
Steaua București Romania Victor Pițurcă Romania Miodrag Belodedici Germany 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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 Național București 30 13 4 13 40 40 0 43[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
10 Astra Ploiești 30 11 7 12 41 36 +5 40[lower-alpha 2]
11 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 30 9 11 10 36 41 −5 38[lower-alpha 3]
12 Oțelul Galați 30 10 8 12 33 39 −6 38[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 4]
15 Rocar București (R) 30 10 4 16 41 56 −15 34[lower-alpha 4] 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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. GLO 3-0 PRO; PRO 0-3 GLO
  2. AST 0-0 PET; PET 3-1 AST
  3. OTE 1-1 CEA; CEA 0-0 OTE
  4. BAC 3-0 ROC; ROC 2-0 BAC

Promotion / relegation play-off
Team 1 Agg. 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
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Argeș Pitești151159610677756533223632322344455
Astra Ploiești1316131412121314121010899101111121091010109107991110
Bacău9874247910121214111415151515141515151515151515141314
Brașov10104358555363475788556564422333
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț1615151616161615151515151515141214131312121112141181011911
Universitatea Craiova863232221122246555789898910118108
Dinamo București321113978109545864432223233233222
Foresta Fălticeni53951191011111111965786691111121113121313131513
Gaz Metan Mediaș276101414151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Gloria Bistrița1414161215131412131313111310111099478777766666
Oțelul Galați1912846344671012131213121011107981081112121212
Petrolul Ploiești11131071054334343223473656566971079
Național București12121415131512131414141214111314131415141414131113128787
Rapid București448118111188987788674844445555544
Rocar București61267396689131012991011121313131412141414151415
Steaua București751111112211111111111111111111
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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