2017–18 FC Dinamo București season

Dinamo București
2017–18 season
ChairmanAlexandru David
Head coachCosmin Contra (until 17 September)
Vasile Miriuță (from 21 September - until 26 February)
Florin Bratu (from 26 February)
Liga I7th
Romanian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Diogo Salomão (9)
All: Diogo Salomão (9)

The 2017–18 season was FC Dinamo București's 69th season in Liga 1. Dinamo finished 7th in the league and reached the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup. In the UEFA Europa League, they played in third qualifying round.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Laurențiu Brănescu
2 DF Romania ROU Constantin Nica
3 DF Greece GRE Georgios Katsikas
4 MF Romania ROU Sergiu Hanca
5 DF Romania ROU Ionuț Nedelcearu
6 DF Romania ROU Mihai Popescu
7 MF Croatia CRO Antun Palić
8 MF Spain ESP Aitor Monroy
9 FW Croatia CRO Ivan Pešić
10 MF Romania ROU Dan Nistor
12 GK Romania ROU Vlad Muțiu
15 DF Romania ROU Vlad Olteanu
16 DF Argentina ARG Maximiliano Oliva
17 FW Slovakia SVK Adam Nemec
18 MF South Africa RSA May Mahlangu
19 FW Romania ROU Daniel Popa
20 FW Portugal POR Diogo Salomão
21 MF Romania ROU Liviu Gheorghe
22 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Torje
23 MF Romania ROU Ionuț Șerban
24 MF Romania ROU Alin Dudea
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK Panama PAN Jaime Penedo
27 DF Romania ROU Ricardo Grigore
28 DF Croatia CRO Luka Marić
29 DF Spain ESP José Romera
30 MF Romania ROU Ion Gheorghe
31 FW Romania ROU Robert Moldoveanu
32 FW Romania ROU Aleksandru Longher
33 DF Romania ROU Laurențiu Corbu
— DF Romania ROU Marco Ehmann
— DF Romania ROU Steliano Filip
— MF Uruguay URU Juan Albín
— MF Romania ROU Paul Anton
— MF Romania ROU Claudiu Bumba
— MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Azer Bušuladžić
— MF Romania ROU Valentin Costache
— MF Portugal POR Filipe Nascimento
— MF Romania ROU Cristi Vasile
— FW Jordan JOR Tha'er Bawab
— FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Jeremy Bokila
— FW Romania ROU Gabriel Răducan
— FW Brazil BRA Rivaldinho

Competitions

Liga I

Main article: 2017–18 Liga I

Regular season

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 CSM Politehnica Iași 26 11 6 9 34 31 +3 39[a] Qualification for the Championship round
7 Botoșani 26 11 6 9 28 26 +2 39[a] Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Dinamo București 26 11 6 9 39 31 +8 39[a]
9 Concordia Chiajna 26 8 4 14 36 37 −1 28[b]
10 Voluntari 26 7 7 12 25 35 −10 28[b]
Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Iași is ahead of Botoșani and Dinamo on head-to-head points: Iași 7 pts, Botoșani 5 pts, Dinamo 4 pts.
  2. ^ a b Concordia is ahead of Voluntari on head-to-head results: Voluntari–Concordia 0–1, Concordia–Voluntari 3–1.
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 11 6 9 39 31  +8 39 5 3 5 19 19  0 6 3 4 20 12  +8

Last updated: 24 February 2018.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultWLWWLLWWLDLLDWDLWLWWWDDWDL
Position15445655777776777777777668
Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 1 Juventus București 0–3 Dinamo București Ploiești
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Ilie Oană
23 July 2017 (2017-07-23) 2 Dinamo București 0–1 Botoșani Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Arena Națională
30 July 2017 (2017-07-30) 3 Viitorul Constanța 0–1 Dinamo București Ovidiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Viitorul
7 August 2017 (2017-08-07) 4 Dinamo București 3–1 Gaz Metan Mediaș Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) 5 CFR Cluj 1–0 Dinamo București Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) 6 Politehnica Iași 2–1 Dinamo București Iași
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
21 August 2017 (2017-08-21) 7 Dinamo București 1–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 8 FC Voluntari 1–3 Dinamo București Voluntari
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
11 September 2017 (2017-09-11) 9 Dinamo București 1–2 Poli Timișoara Bucharest
20:35 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 10 Universitatea Craiova 2–2 Dinamo București Drobeta-Turnu Severin
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Municipal
24 September 2017 (2017-09-24) 12 FCSB 1–0 Dinamo București Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Arena Națională
27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 11 Dinamo București 2–3 Concordia Chiajna Bucharest
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) 13 Dinamo București 1–1 Astra Giurgiu Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
16 October 2017 (2017-10-16) 14 Dinamo București 3–0 Juventus București Bucharest
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
23 October 2017 (2017-10-23) 15 Botoșani 0–0 Dinamo București Botoșani
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Municipal
30 October 2017 (2017-10-30) 16 Dinamo București 0–4 Viitorul Constanța Bucharest
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Dinamo
4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) 17 Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–3 Dinamo București Mediaș
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Gaz Metan
19 November 2017 (2017-11-19) 18 Dinamo București 0–2 CFR Cluj Bucharest
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Dinamo
25 November 2017 (2017-11-25) 19 Dinamo București 2–1 Politehnica Iași Bucharest
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Dinamo
4 December 2017 (2017-12-04) 20 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–3 Dinamo București Sfântu Gheorghe
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Municipal
11 December 2017 (2017-12-11) 21 Dinamo București 2–0 FC Voluntari Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Dinamo
18 December 2017 (2017-12-18) 22 Poli Timișoara 0–0 Dinamo București Timișoara
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 23 Dinamo București 2–2 Universitatea Craiova Bucharest
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Dinamo
12 February 2018 (2018-02-12) 24 Concordia Chiajna 3–4 Dinamo București Chiajna
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Concordia
18 February 2018 (2018-02-18) 25 Dinamo București 2–2 FCSB Bucharest
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Arena Națională
24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 26 Astra Giurgiu 2–0 Dinamo București Giurgiu
19:50 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Marin Anastasovici

Play-out round

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Dinamo București 14 11 1 2 29 10 +19 54
8 Botoșani 14 5 5 4 12 9 +3 40
9 Sepsi OSK 14 6 6 2 21 14 +7 34
10 Gaz Metan Mediaș 14 6 4 4 18 15 +3 30
11 Concordia Chiajna 14 4 4 6 13 17 −4 30
12 Voluntari (O) 14 3 4 7 16 22 −6 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 ACS Poli Timișoara (R) 14 3 4 7 10 16 −6 27 Relegation to Liga II
14 Juventus București (R) 14 3 2 9 9 25 −16 17
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
14 11 1 2 29 10  +19 34 5 1 1 12 3  +9 6 0 1 17 7  +10

Last updated: 1 June 2018.
Source: [citation needed]

Position by round
Round1234567891011121314
GroundHAHHAHAAHAAHAH
ResultWWLWWWLWWWWWWD
Position77777777777777
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2018. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 March 2018 (2018-03-12) 1 Dinamo București 3–0 Gaz Metan Mediaș Bucharest
20:50 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Dinamo
30 March 2018 (2018-03-30) 3 Dinamo București 1–2 Juventus București Bucharest
20:45 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Dinamo
3 April 2018 (2018-04-03) 2 Botoșani 0–1 Dinamo București Botoșani
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Municipal
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 4 Dinamo București 3–1 Concordia Chiajna Bucharest
20:50 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 5 FC Voluntari 2–4 Dinamo București Voluntari
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
20 April 2018 (2018-04-20) 6 Dinamo București 1–0 Poli Timișoara Bucharest
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
30 April 2018 (2018-04-30) 7 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 2–0 Dinamo București Sfântu Gheorghe
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Municipal
6 May 2018 (2018-05-06) 8 Gaz Metan Mediaș 2–3 Dinamo București Mediaș
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Gaz Metan
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 9 Dinamo București 2–0 Botoșani Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) 10 Juventus București 0–2 Dinamo București Voluntari
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) 11 Concordia Chiajna 0–4 Dinamo București Chiajna
21:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Concordia
23 May 2018 (2018-05-23) 12 Dinamo București 2–0 FC Voluntari Bucharest
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo
28 May 2018 (2018-05-28) 13 Poli Timișoara 1–3 Dinamo București Timișoara
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
1 June 2018 (2018-06-01) 14 Dinamo București 0–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Bucharest
20:45 EEST (UTC+3) Stadium: Dinamo

Cupa României

Main article: 2017–18 Cupa României
26 October 2017 Round of 32 Aerostar Bacău 0–1 Dinamo București Piatra Neamț
21:00 Report Nemec 85' Stadium: Ceahlăul
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Florin Mazilu (Satu Mare)
29 November 2017 Round of 16 Universitatea Cluj 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 Dinamo București Cluj-Napoca
20:30 Goga 34' Report Corbu 14' Stadium: Cluj Arena
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ionuț Coza (Cernica)
Penalties
Goga soccer ball with red X
Florescu soccer ball with red X
Ursu soccer ball with check mark
Chiș soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with red X Anton
soccer ball with check mark Filip
soccer ball with check mark Rivaldinho
soccer ball with check mark Salomão
6 March 2018 Quarter-finals Universitatea Craiova 1–0 Dinamo București Craiova
17:00 Bancu 56' Report Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj-Napoca)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League
27 July 2017 (2017-07-27) 3Q, 1L Dinamo București Romania 1–1 Spain Athletic Bilbao Bucharest, Romania
19:30 Rivaldinho 54' Report Laporte 21' Stadium: Arena Națională[note 1]
Attendance: 26,783
Referee: Tore Hansen (Norway)
3 August 2017 (2017-08-03) 3Q, 2L Athletic Bilbao Spain 3–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Romania Dinamo București Bilbao, Spain
20:45
Report Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 41,845
Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

Notes

  1. ^ Dinamo București played their home match at Arena Națională, Bucharest, instead of their regular stadium Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest.

References

  1. ^ "Liga I 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ^ "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. page 29-30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.