Liga I 1st UEFA Cup 1st round | Romanian Cup Finalist | |
Manager Ion Marin (rounds 1-23)
Cornel Dinu (rounds 24-30) Top goalscorer Claudiu Niculescu (15 goals) | ||
The 2001-02 season was FC Dinamo București's 53rd season in Divizia A. In this season, Dinamo became Romanian champions for the 16th time in history. Dinamo was eliminated quickly from the UEFA Cup, and concentrated only on the internal competition. Thus, after the first half of the season, Dinamo was leader with two points over the revelation FC Național. In March 2002, Dinamo defeated Rapid 3-2, and distanced itself to five points at the front of the standings, and Cristian Borcea, Dinamo's president, launched after the game the famous sentence: "Let us prepare for the Champions League"
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Finally, Dinamo won the title in the last round of games, with a win against FC Braşov, and at the same time a defeat for FC Naţional, leader before that round, at Universitatea Craiova.
In the Romanian Cup, Dinamo was defeated in the final by Rapid.
UEFA Cup
Qualifying round
FC Dinamo won 4-1 on aggregate
First round
Grasshoppers won 6-2 on aggregate
Squad
Goalkeepers: Ioan Alexandru Iliuciuc (2/0), Bogdan Lobonţ (22/0), Florin Prunea (6/0).
Defenders: Mugur Bolohan (26/5), Adrian Iordache (1/0), Sorin Iodi (11/0), Giani Kiriţă (28/2), Valentin Năstase (13/2), Bogdan Onuț (27/2), Cristian Pulhac (1/0), Cătălin Raţă (1/0), Ovidiu Tâlvan (26/0), Marian Vătavu (11/0).
Midfielders: Romulus Buia (9/0), Ionuţ Ilie (10/0), Ionuţ Lupescu (7/0), Vlad Munteanu (19/5), Răzvan Pădureţu (1/0), Florin Pârvu (20/1), Florentin Petre (10/1), Dorin Semeghin (13/1), Ovidiu Stângă (18/0), Iulian Tameş (29/6), Ianis Zicu (16/2).
Forwards: Bogdan Aldea (1/0), Alexandru Bălţoi (4/0), Ionel Dănciulescu (13/3), Claudiu Drăgan (23/4), Sabin Ilie (7/3), Ciprian Marica (2/0), Adrian Mihalcea (14/11), Claudiu Niculescu (28/15).
Transfers
New players: Claudiu Niculescu(U.Craiova), Ovidiu Stângă (PSV Eindhoven), Bogdan Lobonţ (Ajax Amsterdam), Ionel Dănciulescu (Steaua), Ionuţ Ilie (Ceahlăul)
Left team: Vali Năstase, Mihalcea (Genoa), Buia (Gloria Bistriţa), Lupescu (Al Hilal Riyadh), Semeghin (Petrolul), Sabin Ilie (FC Naţional).