2006–07 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București
2006–07 season
ManagerMircea Rednic
Liga I1st
Romanian CupLast 16
UEFA CupLast 32
Top goalscorerClaudiu Niculescu (18 goals)

The 2006-07 season was FC Dinamo București's 58th season in Liga I. Dinamo qualified for the European Spring by beating Beşiktaş and Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 in Bucharest, drawing 1–1 at Club Brugge and losing 3–1 in London to Tottenham Hotspur. In the next round they faced Benfica, but were eliminated after a 0–1 loss at Da Luz and a 1–2 loss at home. Domestically, the team crushed most of its opponents in the first 19 rounds, ending up autumn champions, 13 points ahead of second place. After two spectacular away wins against the rivals, 4–2 with Steaua and 4–1 with Rapid, Dinamo relaxed and let some points slip in other matches. Nevertheless, they secured their 18th title with four rounds to spare.

Results

Liga I
Round Date Opponent Stadium Result
1 30 July 2006 FC Naţional A 2–1
2 6 August 2006 Pandurii Târgu Jiu H 1–0
3 13 August 2006 Jiul Petroşani A 1–0
4 20 August 2006 Politehnica Timișoara H 3–1
5 27 August 2006 Universitatea Craiova A 4–0
6 10 September 2006 UT Arad H 2–0
7 17 September 2006 FC Vaslui A 2–1
8 20 September 2006 Steaua București H 1–0
9 24 September 2006 FC Argeş A 3–2
10 1 October 2006 Rapid București H 3–1
11 14 October 2006 Farul Constanţa H 2–1
12 21 October 2006 Gloria Bistriţa A 1–0
13 28 October 2006 Politehnica Iaşi H 5–0
14 5 November 2006 CFR Cluj A 1–2
15 11 November 2006 Oţelul Galaţi H 3–0
16 18 November 2006 Unirea Urziceni A 1–1
17 26 November 2006 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ H 2–0
18 4 December 2006 FC Naţional H 1–0
19 10 December 2006 Pandurii Târgu Jiu A 3–0
20 26 February 2007 Jiul Petroşani H 1–0
21 4 March 2007 Politehnica Timișoara A 1–1
22 11 March 2007 Universitatea Craiova H 0–0
23 18 March 2007 UT Arad A 1–1
24 31 March 2007 FC Vaslui H 0–0
25 7 April 2007 Steaua București A 4–2
26 15 April 2007 FC Argeş H 2–1
27 22 April 2007 Rapid București A 4–1
28 25 April 2007 Farul Constanţa A 1–1
29 29 April 2007 Gloria Bistriţa H 2–0
30 5 May 2007 Politehnica Iaşi A 1–1
31 8 May 2007 CFR Cluj H 1–0
32 12 May 2007 Oţelul Galaţi A 1–2
33 19 May 2007 Unirea Urziceni H 1–2
34 23 May 2007 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ A 2–2
Liga I 2006–07 Winners
Dinamo București
18th Title
Cupa României
Round Date Opponent Stadium Result
Last 32 24 October 2006 Farul II Constanţa București 3–1
Last 16 8 November 2006 Pandurii Târgu Jiu București 0–1

UEFA Cup

First qualifying round

Hibernians F.C. Malta0–4Dinamo București
Dănciulescu 4'
Niculescu 57', 59'
Şt.Radu 85'
Attendance: 300
Dinamo București5–1Malta Hibernians F.C.
Cristea 55'
Dănciulescu 61', 85'
Munteanu 90+1'
Buzurović 90+3' (o.g.)		 Buzurović 86'
Attendance: 5,000

Dinamo won 9-1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Dinamo București1–0Israel Beitar Jerusalem
Munteanu 76'
Attendance: 8,500
Beitar Jerusalem Israel1–1Dinamo București
Yitzhaki 4' Gershon 23' (o.g.)
Attendance: 500

1Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Beitar Jerusalem's home match was moved to Sofia, Bulgaria.

Dinamo won 2-1 on aggregate.

First round

Skoda Xanthi Greece3–4Dinamo București
Quintana 8', 45'
Kazakis 66'		 Niculescu 18', 34'
Dănciulescu 25'
Pulhac 84'
Attendance: 6,000
Dinamo București4–1Greece Skoda Xanthi
Niculescu 12', 82'
Cristea 47'
Dănciulescu 79'		 Paviot 52'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Igor Egorov (Russia)

Dinamo won 8-4 on aggregate.

Group phase

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Tottenham Hotspur 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 12
Romania Dinamo București 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
Turkey Beşiktaş 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3
Belgium Club Brugge 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2
Dinamo București2–1Turkey Beşiktaş
Cristea 21'
Niculescu 87' (pen.)		 Bobô 58'
Attendance: 11,000
Club Brugge Belgium1–1Dinamo București
Vermant 62' (pen.) Niculescu 33'
Attendance: 24,000
Dinamo București2–1Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Niculescu 37', 74' Barbarez 22'
Attendance: 12,000
Tottenham Hotspur England3–1Dinamo București
Berbatov 16'
Defoe 39', 50'		 Mendy 90+1'
Attendance: 34,000

Round of 32

Benfica Portugal1–0Dinamo București
Miccoli 90' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Dinamo București1–2Portugal Benfica
Munteanu 24' Report Anderson 50'
Katsouranis 64'
Attendance: 15,000

Benfica won 3-1 on aggregate.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Uladzimir Hayew Belarus (11 / 0); Bogdan Lobonț (14 / 0); Florin Matache (7 / 0); Glen Moss New Zealand (1 / 0); Deniss Romanovs Latvia (1 / 0).
Defenders: George Blay Ghana (31 / 0); Silviu Bălace (9 / 0); Eugen Crăciun (1 / 0); George Galamaz (1 / 0); Lucian Goian (7 / 0); Sergiu Homei (1 / 0); Dorin Mihuț (5 / 0); Cosmin Moți (29 / 1); Nicolae Mușat (2 / 0); Cosmin Pașcovici (4 / 0); Cristian Pulhac (32 / 0); Ștefan Radu (32 / 1); Adrian Scarlatache (6 / 0); Māris Smirnovs Latvia (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Adrian Cristea (28 / 3); Fabrice Fernandes France (5 / 0); Leo Lerinc Serbia (1 / 0); Andrei Mărgăritescu (31 / 1); Cătălin Munteanu (32 / 4); Andrei Nițu (2 / 0); Cornel Predescu (8 / 0); Adrian Ropotan (21 / 0); Sreten Stanić Serbia (1 / 0); Dennis Șerban (7 / 2); Iulian Tameș (15 / 0); Vojislav Vranjković Bosnia and Herzegovina (9 / 0); Zé Kalanga Angola (21 / 2).
Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (31 / 15); Ionel Ganea (18 / 14); Liviu Ganea (9 / 2); Valentin Lemnaru (1 / 0); Jean-Philippe Mendy France (9 / 0); Claudiu Niculescu (31 / 18).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)[1]

Manager: Mircea Rednic.

Transfers

New players: Summer break – Glen Moss -New Zealand (New Zealand Knights FC), George Blay -Ghana- (RAAL La Louviere), Cosmin Paşcovici (Farul Constanţa), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Iulian Tameş (FC Naţional), Zé Kalanga Nsimba Paulo Baptista -Angola- (Atlético Petróleos Luanda), Leo Lerinc -Serbia- (Ethnikos Achnas), Sreten Stanić -Serbia- (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Ionel Ganea (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Winter break – Bogdan Lobonţ (AC Fiorentina), Deniss Romanovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Maris Smirnovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Sergiu Homei (FC Sopron), Silviu Bălace (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Vojislav Vranjković -Serbia- (Pandurii Târgu-Jiu), Fabrice Fernandes -Franţa- (Beitar Jerusalem).

Left team: Summer break – Cosmin Bărcăuan (PAOK Thessaloniki), Szabolcs Perenyi (Farul Constanţa), Daniel Florea (APOEL Nicosia), Tiberiu Curt (retired), Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia), Dan Alexa (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Alin Ilin (FC Naţional București), Ştefan Grigorie (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Vlad Munteanu (FC Energie Cottbus), Ianis Zicu (Rapid București), Florin Bratu (FC Nantes-Atlantique), Claudiu Drăgan (FC Naţional București)

Winter break – Vladimir Gaev -Belarus (Chornomorets Odesa), Florin Matache (FC Vaslui), Mircea Oltean (Unirea Urziceni), George Galamaz (Unirea Urziceni), Cosmin Paşcovici (FCM UTA Arad), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Dorin Mihuţ (FCM UTA Arad), Cornel Predescu (Gloria Bistriţa), Iulian Tameş (FC Argeş Piteşti), Dennis Şerban (free player), Dan Codreanu (Gloria Bistriţa), Mihai Damaschin (Gloria Bistriţa), Ionel Ganea (Rapid București)

References

  1. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 May 2021.