2008–09 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București
2008–09 season
ChairmanNicolae Badea
Head coachMircea Rednic
Liga I3rd
Cupa RomânieiSemifinals
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerIonel Dănciulescu, Marius Niculae (12)

The 2008–09 season was Dinamo București's 60th consecutive season in Liga I. In this season, Dinamo competed in Liga I, Cupa României and UEFA Cup.

In the summer of 2008, Mircea Rednic returned as coach having the mission to win the title and qualify Dinamo to the UEFA Champions League group stage. The first half of the season found Dinamo playing some modest games against the other title contenders like Rapid Bucharest, CFR Cluj or Unirea Urziceni but in the same time they managed to beat direct rivals for the title, FC Timişoara 3–0 away. Dinamo ended the first half of the season in first place after Unirea Urziceni lost the last game against Steaua Bucharest.

The second half of the season started in a promising way for the Red Dogs. Dinamo managed to beat Rapid with 3–0 at home even though Rapid was considered to be in top form and later eliminated them from the Cup with a similar 4–2 victory in Piteşti. The last three games of the season were against Unirea Urziceni away, FC Brașov home and FC Argeş away and were 3 defeats in a row, sending the club in third position.

Transfers

In

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
GK Romania Dolha 28 EU Lech Poznań Poland Transfer Summer ? ?
GK Romania Matache 25 EU Otopeni Loan return Summer ? —
CB Brazil Júlio César 29 Non-EU Olympiacos Greece Transfer Summer ? ?
CB Romania Tamaş 24 EU Auxerre France Transfer Summer ? ?
RB Romania Homei 20 EU Politehnica Iași Loan return Summer ? Free
LM Venezuela Campos 27 Non-EU Caracas Venezuela Transfer Summer ? —
DM Mali Diakité 27 Non-EU Boavista Portugal Transfer Summer ? —
RM Angola Zé Kalanga 24 Non-EU Boavista Portugal Loan return Summer ? —
FW Romania Cristea 24 EU Politehnica Timișoara Transfer Summer ? ?
LM Brazil Thiago 23 Non-EU Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova Transfer Summer ? ?
FW Romania Niculae 27 EU Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland Transfer Summer ? ?
LM Romania Mitea 23 EU Ajax Netherlands Transfer Summer ? ?
LB Brazil Bruno Simão 23 Non-EU UTA Arad Transfer Winter ? ?
CB Romania Moţi 24 EU Siena Italy Loan return Winter ? ?
DM Senegal Papa Malick Ba 28 Non-EU Basel Switzerland Transfer Winter ? ?
FW Romania Niculescu 32 EU Omonia Nicosia Cyprus Transfer Winter ? ?
DM Senegal N'Doye 30 Non-EU Vaslui Transfer Winter ? ?

Out

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
CB Romania Moţi EU Siena Italy Loan Summer —
CB Serbia Pekarić Non-EU Red Star Serbia Loan Summer —
RB Romania Stoican EU End of contract Summer —
RB Romania Scarlatache EU Otopeni Loan Summer —
CB Romania Todorovski EU Gloria Bistriţa Loan Summer ?
LM Romania Munteanu EU Braşov Transfer Summer —
FW Romania Ganea EU Otopeni Loan Summer —
GK Latvia Romanovs EU Slavia Prague Czech Republic Transfer Winter ?
CB Brazil Júlio César Non-EU Gaziantepspor Turkey Transfer Winter ?
LB Peru Galliquio Non-EU Universitario Peru Transfer Winter ?
DM Romania Ropotan EU Dynamo Moscow Russia Transfer Winter ?
CM Mali Diakité Non-EU Belenenses Portugal Transfer Winter ?
FW Romania Cristea EU Politehnica Iași Loaned Winter ?

Last updated: October 2011

Results

Liga 1
Round Date/Time Opponent Stadium Score Scorers (minute)
I 27.07/21:15 Pandurii Târgu Jiu A 1–1 Torje (55)
II 03.08/20:30 Gaz Metan Mediaş H 1–0 Bratu (27)
III 10.08/20:00 CS Otopeni A 3–2 Nyema (o.g. 9), Bratu (45), Niculae (85)
IV 16.08/21:45 Gloria Buzău H 4–1 Dănciulescu (8, 44), Diogo da Silva (o.g. 48), Bratu (74)
V 24.08/20:45 Rapid București A 1–2 Bratu (70)
VI 30.08/20:45 Univ. Craiova H 1–0 Niculae (52)
VII 13.09/19:00 FC Vaslui A 2–1 Dănciulescu (61), Bratu (90)
VIII 22.09/21:00 Poli Iaşi H 2–0 Bratu (46, 61)
IX 26.09/16:30 Gloria Bistriţa A 2–1 Dănciulescu (12, 33)
X 05.10/19:00 FC Farul Constanţa H 1–0 An.Cristea (48)
XI 17.10/20:45 CFR Cluj A 0–1
XII 25.10/20:45 Oţelul Galaţi H 1–0 Torje (60)
XIII 01.11/21:00 Steaua București H 1–1 Ad. Cristea (84)
XIV 08.11/20:30 FC Timişoara A 3–0 Brezinsky (o.g. 12), Dănciulescu (52), An. Cristea (67)
XV 16.11/21:00 Unirea Urziceni H 0–1
XVI 22.11/14:00 FC Brașov A 0–2
XVII 29.11/20:00 FC Argeş H 2–0 Ad. Cristea (65), Miranda (90)
XVIII 01.03/20:30 Pandurii Târgu Jiu H 3–0 Niculae (2), Niculescu (29), Zicu (90)
XIX 07.03/15:00 Gaz Metan Mediaş A 1–1 N'Doye (18)
XX 15.03/18:00 CS Otopeni H 0–0
XXI 22.03/17:00 Gloria Buzău A 3–1 Niculescu (12), Niculae (30), Dănciulescu (57)
XXII 04.04/21:00 Rapid București H 3–0 Dănciulescu (29), Niculae (56), Ad.Cristea (89)
XXIII 08.04/21:00 Univ. Craiova A 0–2
XXIV 11.04/20:30 FC Vaslui H 4–1 Niculae (24, 78, 90) Zicu (87)
XXV 18.04/16:00 Poli Iaşi A 0–1
XXVI 21.04/17:00 Gloria Bistriţa H 5–0 Niculae (20, 56, 73), Miranda (84), Dănciulescu (90)
XXVII 24.04/18:00 Farul Constanţa A 4–1 Ad.Cristea (38), Dănciulescu (40), Torje (53), Niculescu (80)
XXVIII 02.05/21:00 CFR Cluj H 1–0 Dănciulescu (44)
XXIX 05.05/16:00 Oţelul Galaţi A 1–0 Dănciulescu (34)
XXX 08.05/21:00 Steaua București A 1–1 Niculescu (88)
XXXI 17.05/20:30 FC Timişoara H 3–1 N'Doye (39, 49), Niculae (45)
XXXII 24.05/20:30 Unirea Urziceni A 0–1
XXXIII 31.05/20:30 FC Brașov H 0–2
XXXIV 10.06/20:00 FC Argeş A 2–5 Zicu (31), Niculescu (90)
Cupa României
Round Hour Opponent Stadium Score Scorers
Round of 32 14.10/14:45 FCM Târgu Mureş A 2–1 Dănciulescu (69), Boştină (90)
Round of 16 12.11/14:00 FC Botoşani N 3–1 An.Cristea (51, 83), Dănciulescu (66)
Quarterfinals 15.04/20:45 Rapid București H 4–2 Perjă (o.g.19), Boştină (37), Niculae (67, 80)
Semifinals 28.04/20:45 FC Timişoara N 1–4 Ad.Cristea (72)

Europe

UEFA Cup first round

Nijmegen Netherlands1–0Dinamo București
Jhon van Beukering 58' Report
Attendance: 11,500
Dinamo București0–0Netherlands Nijmegen
Report
Attendance: 13,000

Nijmegen won 1–0 on aggregate.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Emilian Dolha (5/0), Bogdan Lobonţ (25/0), Florin Matache (4/0)

Defenders: George Blay (17/0), Zie Diabaté (8/0), Lucian Goian (20/0), Dragoş Grigore (2/0), Sergiu Homei (10/0), Silviu Izvoranu (17/0), Júlio César (10/0), Cosmin Moţi (21/0), Nicolae Muşat (1/0), Cristian Pulhac (10/0), Adrian Scarlatache (12/0), Bruno Simão (10/0), Gabriel Tamaş (22/0)

Midfielders: Anoh Attoukora (1/0), Papa Malick Ba (9/0), Gabriel Boştină (26/0), Gualberto Campos (2/0), Adrian Cristea (32/4), Mourtala Diakité (6/0), Nicolae Mitea (12/0), Ousmane N'Doye (12/3), Adrian Ropotan (15/0), Thiago (6/0), Gabriel Torje (30/3), Vojislav Vranjković (4/0), Zé Kalanga (10/0)

Forwards: Florin Bratu (10/7), Andrei Cristea (8/2), Ionel Dănciulescu (34/12), Jean-Philippe Mendy (1/0), Osvaldo Miranda (16/2), Marius Niculae (24/12), Claudiu Niculescu (14/5), Ianis Zicu (9/3)

References