2017–18 FC Dinamo București season

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.

FC Dinamo București
2017–18 season
Head coachRomania Cosmin Contra (until 17 September)
Hungary Vasile Miriuță (from 21 September - until 26 February)
Romania Florin Bratu (from 26 February)
Liga I7th
Romanian CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerPortugal Diogo Salomão (9 goals)

Players edit

Squad information edit

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

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

Competitions edit

League I edit

Regular season edit

League table edit

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.

Play-out round edit

Play-out table edit

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

Cupa României edit

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Goalscorers
R of 32 26 October 2017 Aerostar Bacău A 1–0
R of 16 29 November 2017 Universitatea Cluj A 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)
QF 6 March 2018 Universitatea Craiova A 0–1

UEFA Europa League edit

Dinamo București  1–1  Athletic Bilbao
Rivaldinho   54' Report Laporte   21'
Athletic Bilbao  3–0  Dinamo București
Report
Attendance: 41,845

Athletic Bilbao won 4–1 on aggregate.

Notes edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Liga I 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference frf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links edit