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2000–01 FC Dinamo București season

The 2000–01 season was FC Dinamo București's 52th season in Divizia A. Dinamo finished 2nd in the league and he won the Romanian Cup. In the UEFA Champions League, they played in second qualifying round.

FC Dinamo București
2000–01 season
Head coachCornel Dinu
Divizia A2nd
Romanian CupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerMarius Nicolae (20 goals)

Cătălin Hîldan died on 5 October 2000, while playing in a friendly match between Dinamo and Șantierul Naval Oltenița, having a stroke in the 74th minute of the game and fell to the ground.[1][2][3] Before his death he was nicknamed "The only captain" by Dinamo's fans, a nickname that became more popular after his death and his number, 11, was retired by Dinamo in his honor.[1][4][5][6][7][8] The north stand of the Dinamo Stadium is named "Peluza Cătălin Hîldan" (Cătălin Hîldan Stand), in his honor, also the Stadionul Cătălin Hîldan from his native Brănești is named after him.[4][5]

Players edit

Squad information edit

Squad at end of season[9]

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 Ștefan Preda
2 DF   ROU Tinel Petre
3 DF   ROU Iosif Tâlvan
4 DF   ROU Valentin Năstase
5 DF   ROU Daniel Florea
6 DF   ROU Gheorghe Mihali
7 DF   ROU Mugur Bolohan
8 MF   ROU Florentin Petre
9 FW   ROU Adrian Mihalcea
10 FW   ROU Marius Niculae
11 MF   ROU Cătălin Hîldan
12 GK   ROU Florin Tene
14 MF   ROU Florin Cernat
15 MF   ROU Ianis Zicu
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   ROU Bogdan Onuț
17 MF   ROU Giani Kiriţă
18 MF   ROU Vlad Munteanu
19 FW   ROU Claudiu Drăgan
20 MF   ROU Dănuț Lupu
21 DF   ROU Sorin Iodi
22 FW   ROU Bogdan Mara
23 GK   ROU Florin Prunea
24 MF   ROU Ionuț Lupescu
25 MF   ROU Iulian Tameș
26 MF   ROU Ionuț Badea
29 MF   ROU Alin Ilin
— DF   ROU Bogdan Hriscu
— MF   ROU Iulian Arhire

Competitions edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București (C) 30 17 9 4 56 32 +24 60 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo București 30 15 6 9 56 44 +12 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Brașov 30 15 5 10 33 25 +8 50
4 Rapid București 30 13 10 7 38 25 +13 49
5 Argeș Pitești 30 12 10 8 42 42 0 46
6 Gloria Bistrița 30 13 4 13 44 42 +2 43[a] Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7 Național București 30 13 4 13 40 40 0 43[a]
8 Universitatea Craiova 30 11 8 11 34 38 −4 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
9 Petrolul Ploiești 30 12 4 14 34 36 −2 40[b]
10 Astra Ploiești 30 11 7 12 41 36 +5 40[b]
11 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 30 9 11 10 36 41 −5 38[c]
12 Oțelul Galați 30 10 8 12 33 39 −6 38[c]
13 Foresta Fălticeni (R) 30 8 12 10 39 43 −4 36 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Bacău 30 9 7 14 38 45 −7 34[d]
15 Rocar București (R) 30 10 4 16 41 56 −15 34[d] Relegation to Divizia B
16 Gaz Metan Mediaș (R) 30 3 9 18 21 42 −21 18
Source: LT (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 GLO 3-0 PRO; PRO 0-3 GLO
  2. ^ a b AST 0-0 PET; PET 3-1 AST
  3. ^ a b OTE 1-1 CEA; CEA 0-0 OTE
  4. ^ a b BAC 3-0 ROC; ROC 2-0 BAC

Results edit

Dinamo's score comes first

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Divizia A edit

Cupa României edit

Main article: 2000–01 Cupa României
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Goalscorers
R of 32 6 September 2000 Extensiv Craiova A 3–0
R of 16 8 November 2000 FCU Craiova H 3–2
QF 30 November 2000 Rapid București H 2–1
SF - 1st leg 4 April 2001 Sportul Studențesc București A 2–2
SF - 2nd leg 2 May 2001 Sportul Studențesc București H 3–1

Final edit

Main article: 2001 Cupa României final
Dinamo București4–2Rocar București
Mihalcea   6', 72'
Niculae   55', 68' (pen.)		 Report Ursu   9'
Nicolae   30'
Attendance: 26,000


 Cupa României 2000–01 winners 
Dinamo București
9th title

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 2000-01 UEFA Champions League
Dinamo București  3–4  Polonia Warsaw
Lupu   7'
Mihalcea   45'
Niculae   63'		 Report Wieszczycki   23', 58'
Olisadebe   35'
Gołaszewski   88'
Attendance: 18,500
Polonia Warsaw  3–1  Dinamo București
Olisadebe   59', 61'
Gołaszewski   65'		 Report Tameș   43'
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Polonia Warsaw won 7–4 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "19 ani de la dispariția lui Cătălin Hîldan, "Unicul Căpitan". Zi tristă pentru întreaga suflare dinamovistă" [19 years since the disappearance of Cătălin Hîldan, "The Only Captain". Sad day for the whole Dinamo breath] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Povestea morții simbolului lui Dinamo. A simțit Hîldan că i se apropie sfârșitul? "Nu știu ce e cu mine, mă simt obosit, greoi. Nu știu ce bagă ăștia în noi"" [The story of Dinamo's symbol death. Did Hildan feel that his end was near? "I don't know what's wrong with me, I feel tired, heavy. I don't know what they give us"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "10 ani de la moartea lui Catalin Hildan! Toata echipa merge la Branesti!" [10 years since the death of Catalin Hildan! The whole team goes to Branesti!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Cătălin Hîldan, o legendă încă vie pentru Dinamo" [Cătălin Hîldan, a legend still alive for Dinamo] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Brănești, comuna blestemată. De la Cătălin Hîldan, de la a cărui moarte se împlinesc 17 ani, la defuncta echipă de fotbal Victoria!" [Branesti, the cursed commune. From Cătălin Hîldan, whose death is 17 years old, to the late Victoria football team!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Cătălin Hîldan, unicul căpitan" [Cătălin Hîldan, the only captain] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Locul lui Cătălin Hîldan, neatins de 21 de ani. Imagine emoționantă din vestiarul lui Dinamo" [Cătălin Hîldan's place, untouched for 21 years. Emotional image from Dinamo's locker room] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Povestea mai puțin știută a scandării "Unicul Căpitan este Cătălin Hîldan": a apărut cu 4 zile înainte de tragedie, într-un context zbuciumat" [The lesser-known story of the chant "The only Captain is Cătălin Hîldan": it appeared 4 days before the tragedy, in a turbulent context] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Dinamo Bucureşti » Squad 2000/2001". worldfootball.net. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

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