2005–06 Divizia A

Divizia A
Season2005–06
ChampionsSteaua București[1]
RelegatedBacău
Sportul Studențesc București
Champions LeagueSteaua București
UEFA CupRapid București
Dinamo București
Intertoto CupFarul Constanța
Matches played240
Goals scored553 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerIonuț Mazilu (22)
Biggest home winDinamo 6–0 Bacău
Biggest away winArgeș 0–5 Oțelul
Highest scoringDinamo 4–5 Sportul
Longest winning runSportul (6)
Longest unbeaten runRapid (15)
Longest losing runBacău (13)

The 2005–06 Divizia A was the eighty-eighth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. The Season began in August 2005 and ended in June 2006. Steaua București became champions on 7 June, 2006.

Team changes

Relegated

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

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

Venues

Politehnica Timișoara Steaua București Rapid București FCM Bacău
Dan Păltinișanu Steaua Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Municipal
Capacity: 32,972 Capacity: 28,365 Capacity: 19,100 Capacity: 17,500
Farul Constanța Jiul Petroșani Dinamo București Argeș Pitești
Farul Jiul Dinamo Nicolae Dobrin
Capacity: 15,520 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 15,032 Capacity: 15,000
Național București
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Location of Bucharest teams.
 Oțelul Galați
Cotroceni Oțelul
Capacity: 14,542 Capacity: 13,500
Politehnica Iași Sportul Studențesc
Emil Alexandrescu Regie
Capacity: 11,390 Capacity: 10,020
CFR Cluj FC Vaslui Pandurii Târgu Jiu Gloria Bistrița
CFR Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu Gloria
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 9,240 Capacity: 9,200 Capacity: 7,800

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Argeș Pitești Romania Vasile Stan Romania Alin Chița Erreà Pic
CFR Cluj Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Vasile Jula Erreà EnergoBit, Opel Ecomax
Dinamo București Romania Florin Marin Romania Florentin Petre Lotto Omniasig
Farul Constanța Serbia Momčilo Vukotić Romania Ion Barbu Lotto SNC
FCM Bacău Romania Cristian Popovici Romania Daniel David Erreà Letea
Gloria Bistrița Romania Ioan Sabău Romania Sandu Negrean Erreà Rombat
Jiul Petroșani Romania Aurel Șunda Romania Cornel Mihart Nike Atomis
Național București Italy Cristiano Bergodi Romania Ovidiu Burcă Nike top birotic
Oțelul Galați Romania Petre Grigoraș Romania Viorel Tănase Lotto Mittal Steel
Pandurii Târgu Jiu Romania Nicolae Ungureanu Romania Cătălin Trofin Lotto USMO
Politehnica Iași Romania Ionuț Popa Romania Bogdan Onuț Umbro Iulius Mall
Politehnica Timișoara Romania Iosif Rotariu Romania Ovidiu Petre Converse Balkan Petroleum
Rapid București Romania Răzvan Lucescu Romania Vasile Maftei Lotto Lukoil
Sportul Studențesc Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu Romania Tiberiu Bălan Lotto —
Steaua București Romania Cosmin Olăroiu Romania Mirel Rădoi Nike RAFO
Vaslui Romania Mircea Rednic Romania Marius Croitoru Umbro Racova

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București (C) 30 19 7 4 49 16 +33 64 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Rapid București 30 17 8 5 47 23 +24 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Dinamo București 30 17 5 8 56 32 +24 56[a]
4 Sportul Studențesc București (R) 30 17 5 8 54 35 +19 55[a] Relegation to Liga II[b]
5 CFR Cluj 30 14 8 8 36 27 +9 50
6 Național București 30 13 7 10 32 37 −5 46
7 Farul Constanța 30 14 3 13 39 38 +1 45 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8 Politehnica Timișoara 30 10 10 10 34 31 +3 40
9 Oțelul Galați 30 10 9 11 35 37 −2 39[c]
10 Gloria Bistrița 30 11 6 13 27 34 −7 39[c]
11 Politehnica Iași 30 11 6 13 28 31 −3 39[c]
12 Argeș Pitești 30 8 8 14 27 37 −10 32
13 Jiul Petroșani 30 7 9 14 28 39 −11 30
14 Vaslui 30 6 11 13 23 37 −14 29
15 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 30 6 7 17 22 44 −22 25 Spared from relegation[b]
16 Bacău (R) 30 3 5 22 16 55 −39 14 Relegation to Liga II
Source: LPF (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 DIN 4-5 SPO; SPO 0-2 DIN
  2. ^ a b Sportul Studențesc was denied the right to participate for next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (15th place) was spared from relegation.
  3. ^ a b c OȚE: 8 pts; GLO: 5 pts; POL: 2 pts

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Argeș Pitești11128998687858646768899999101112121212
Bacău127116811111111131414141414141515151515161616161616161616
CFR Cluj8115744345633465575456655556755
Dinamo București113322222111121111111222444433
Farul Constanța4422334333710878899988768665567
Gloria Bistrița3391114131415141111111111111111111111111111109999910
Jiul Petroșani141414141314131212121213121213131213121212121213131314131413
Oțelul Galați1581212121212141314151515151515141213141313131212121110109
Pandurii Târgu Jiu101516161616151315151312131312121314141314141515151515151515
Politehnica Iași161613131191010101010991010101010101010101011111010111111
Național București594465558485753447774586877676
Rapid București651010107976747597654333333233222
Sportul Studențesc București91065567645961089986545444322344
Steaua București721111111222212222222111111111
Politehnica Timișoara2678710899964334333667877788888
Vaslui131315151515161616161616161616161616161616151414141413141314
Source: LT (in Romanian)

Results

Home \ Away ARG BAC CFR DIN FAR GBI JIU OȚE PAN PIA NAT RAP SPO STE TIM VAS
Argeș Pitești — 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–5 0–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0
Bacău 3–2 — 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–2
CFR Cluj 2–2 4–0 — 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Dinamo București 1–2 6–0 5–0 — 0–1 3–1 1–1 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 5–2 4–5 1–1 1–0 1–2
Farul Constanța 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 — 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 2–2 1–4 4–2 2–1
Gloria Bistrița 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 — 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Jiul Petroșani 0–1 2–0 5–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 — 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–0
Oțelul Galați 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–0 — 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–3 2–3 0–3 0–2 1–1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0
Politehnica Iași 3–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 — 2–3 1–4 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
Național București 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 — 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
Rapid București 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Sportul Studențesc București 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 — 1–2 3–1 3–0
Steaua București 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 4–1 — 2–1 2–2
Politehnica Timișoara 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 — 2–0
Vaslui 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–4 1–1 —
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Politehnica Timișoara 220,000 32,000 3,000 14,666 −18.5%†
2 Steaua București 130,000 25,000 0 8,666 −42.7%7,9
3 FC Vaslui 122,500 10,000 4,000 8,166 n/a1
4 Politehnica Iași 101,500 13,000 4,000 6,766 −22.5%†
5 Jiul Petroșani 97,500 17,000 3,500 6,500 n/a1
6 Rapid București 97,000 16,000 0 6,466 −18.5%11
7 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 95,500 15,000 1,500 6,366 n/a1
8 CFR Cluj 81,800 12,000 300 5,453 −19.8%5
9 Dinamo București 74,500 12,000 0 4,966 −2.6%6,10
10 Sportul Studențesc București 65,300 15,000 500 4,353 +40.7%†
11 Oțelul Galați 64,400 16,000 400 4,293 +12.2%3
12 Farul Constanța 50,500 13,000 200 3,366 −29.8%†
13 Argeș Pitești 47,200 7,000 0 3,146 −35.3%2,8
14 Gloria Bistrița 42,100 10,000 300 2,806 +40.3%4
15 Național București 33,550 10,000 200 2,236 −16.1%†
16 FCM Bacău 31,050 13,000 200 2,070 −18.6%†
League total 1,354,400 32,000 0 5,643 −14.0%†

Updated to games played on 27 August 2019
Source: League matches: Divizia A 2005/2006
Notes:
1: Played last season in Divizia B.
2: Argeș Pitești played 13 matches out of their stadium.
3: Oțelul Galați played 8 matches out of their stadium.
4: Gloria Bistrița played 2 matches out of their stadium.
5: CFR Cluj played 3 matches out of their stadium.
6: Dinamo București played 1 match out of their stadium.
7: Steaua București played 8 matches out of their stadium.
8: Argeș Pitești played 1 game behind closed doors.
9: Steaua București played 4 games behind closed doors.
10: Dinamo București played 2 games behind closed doors.
11: Rapid București played 3 games behind closed doors.

Top goalscorers

Rank[2][3] Player Club Goals
1 Romania Ionuț Mazilu Sportul Studențesc 22
2 Romania Nicolae Dică Steaua București 15
3 Romania Viorel Moldovan Politehnica Timișoara / Rapid București 14
4 Romania Claudiu Niculescu Dinamo București 12
Romania Tiberiu Bălan Sportul Studențesc
6 Romania Ciprian Tănasă Argeș Pitești 11
7 Romania Alexandru Bălțoi Dinamo București / Oțelul Galați 10
Romania Ștefan Grigorie Dinamo București
9 Romania Ionuț Bâlbă Politehnica Iași 9
Romania Ianis Zicu Dinamo București

Champion squad

Steaua București[4]

Goalkeepers: Carlos Fernandes Angola (13 / 0); Cornel Cernea (2 / 0); Vasil Khamutowski Belarus (15 / 0).
Defenders: Eugen Baciu (9 / 0); Daniel Bălan (6 / 0); Florentin Dumitru (7 / 0); Sorin Ghionea (26 / 0); Dorin Goian (23 / 2); Petre Marin (14 / 0); Mihai Neșu (19 / 0); George Ogăraru (28 / 1).
Midfielders: Gabriel Boștină (27 / 4); Florin Lovin (23 / 1); Bănel Nicoliță (29 / 7); Daniel Oprița (24 / 1); Sorin Paraschiv (26 / 3); Mirel Rădoi (24 / 4); Răzvan Ochiroșii (1 / 0).
Forwards: Andrei Cristea (24 / 3); Vasilică Cristocea (14 / 2); Nicolae Dică (29 / 15); Laurențiu Diniță (8 / 0); Victoraș Iacob (22 / 5).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Oleh Protasov Ukraine / Cosmin Olăroiu.

See also

References

  1. ^ 2005–06 Divizia A
  2. ^ "Top Scorers". www.romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Top Scorers". www.worldfootball.net (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.