1983–84 FC Dinamo București season

The 1983–84 season was FC Dinamo București's 35th season in Divizia A. In this season, Dinamo made their best ever performance at the European level, reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup.

FC Dinamo București

1983–84 season
Manager	Dumitru Nicolae Nicuşor
Divizia A	1st
Romanian Cup	Winner
European Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Ionel Augustin (17 goals)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Dinamo's opponents in the first round were Finnish champions Kuusysi. Dinamo Bucharest won the first leg 1–0 away and the second leg 3–0 at home, thus winning the round 4–0 on aggregate.^[1] The Romanians' opponents in the second round were reigning European champions Hamburg. The first leg, which was played in Bucharest, was won by Dinamo 3–0. The second leg was played at Hamburg's home ground Volksparkstadion; Hamburg won the match 3–2, ("Dinamo ruined their [Hamburg's] evening with two goals in the last five minutes to send the holders crashing out at the first hurdle"^[2]) which meant that Dinamo took the tie 5–3 on aggregate.^[1] Dinamo Bucharest's opponents in the quarter-finals were Soviet champions Dinamo Minsk. The first leg, played in Minsk, ended in a 1–1 draw. The second leg, played in Bucharest, was a close contest, but Dinamo Bucharest won 1–0 to take the tie 2–1 on aggregate.^[1]

The semi-final between Liverpool and Dinamo Bucharest was held over two legs in Liverpool and Bucharest, on 11 April 1984 and 25 April 1984, respectively. It was the first meeting between the two clubs. Liverpool won the first leg by the narrow margin of 1–0 after midfielder Sammy Lee scored. Dinamo nearly scored a late equaliser when a shot by Ionel Augustin beat Bruce Grobbelaar only to hit the post. The physical and aggressive nature of the Anfield encounter reached a peak in the seventieth minute, when the Liverpool midfield player and captain Graeme Souness knocked out in an off the ball incident his Dinamo counterpart Lică Movilă, breaking the Romanian's jaw in two places.^[3]

Liverpool secured a great advantage early on in the return leg when striker Ian Rush scored an away goal in the eleventh minute, leaving the Romanian champions needing three goals to win the tie thanks to the away goals rule. Dinamo striker Costel Orac scored in the thirty-ninth minute, but the tie was effectively killed off in the eighty-fourth minute when Rush scored a second goal.^[4]

At the beginning of the season, Cornel Dinu retired from the footballer career after 17 years spent only with Dinamo Bucharest. At that time, Dinu had two records for the Romanian football, the most capped player in the Romania national football team, with 75 matches, and the most capped player in Divizia A, with 454 matches. In this season, Dinu was the assistant manager for Nicolae-Nicuşor.

Results

Divizia A
Round	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result
1	28 August 1983	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	H	2-0
2	3 September 1983	Poli Iași	A	0-0
3	10 September 1983	Petrolul Ploiești	H	4-0
4	18 September 1983	Rapid București	A	2-1
5	24 September 1983	Dunărea Galați	A	0-0
6	1 October 1983	FC Baia Mare	H	4-1
7	9 October 1983	FC Olt	A	0-1
8	7 December 1983	U Craiova	H	2-1
9	22 October 1983	Steaua București	H	0-3
10	20 December 1983	FC Argeş	A	1-1
11	23 December 1983	Corvinul Hunedoara	H	4-2
12	16 November 1983	CS Târgoviște	A	3-2
13	19 November 1983	ASA Târgu Mureș	H	3-0
14	4 December 1983	Sportul Studențesc	A	3-0
15	10 December 1983	Jiul Petroșani	A	1-1
16	14 December 1983	FC Bihor	H	3-1
17	17 December 1983	SC Bacău	A	1-1
18	18 February 1984	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	A	1-1
19	21 February 1984	Poli Iași	H	4-1
20	26 February 1984	Petrolul Ploiești	A	0-0
21	29 February 1984	Rapid București	H	1-0
22	11 March 1984	Dunărea Galați	H	3-1
23	14 March 1984	FC Baia Mare	A	2-2
24	8 May 1984	FC Olt	H	3-1
25	1 April 1984	U Craiova	A	0-3
26	16 May 1984	Steaua București	A	1-1
27	19 May 1984	FC Argeş	H	1-0
28	15 April 1984	Corvinul Hunedoara	A	2-2
29	22 April 1984	CS Târgoviște	H	3-0
30	27 May 1984	ASA Târgu Mureș	A	1-1
31	29 April 1984	Sportul Studențesc	H	3-1
32	2 May 1984	Jiul Petroșani	H	6-2
33	5 May 1984	FC Bihor	A	1-4
34	13 May 1984	SC Bacău	H	4-1

Divizia A 1983–84 Winners
Dinamo București 12th Title

Cupa României
Round	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result
Last 32	12 February 1984	Petrolul Moinești	A	4-1
Last 16	3 March 1984	FC Olt	Ploiești	2-0
Quarterfinals	18 April 1984	Petrolul Ploiești	Brașov	4-2
Semifinals	11 May 1984	Sportul Studențesc	București	2-0
Final	22 May 1984	Steaua București	București	2-1

Cupa României 1983–84 Winners
Dinamo București 5th Title

Romanian Cup final

22 May 1984

17:00

Dinamo București	2–1	Steaua București
Custov 45' Orac 53'		Lăcătuș 10'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Dan Petrescu (București)

DINAMO: GK Dumitru Moraru DF Mircea Rednic DF Alexandru Nicolae DF Ion Marin DF Nelu Stănescu  24' MF Marin Dragnea MF Ioan Andone MF Alexandru Custov FW Cornel Țălnar FW Ionel Augustin FW Costel Orac Substitutes: FW Ioan Mărginean  24' Manager: Dumitru Nicolae Nicuşor	STEAUA: GK Helmut Duckadam DF Nicolae Laurențiu DF Florin Marin DF Miodrag Belodedici DF Augustin Eduard MF Mihail Majearu MF Tudorel Stoica MF Ștefan Petcu  60' FW Marius Lăcătuș FW Victor Pițurcă  65' FW Gavril Pelé Balint Substitutes: MF Ioan Diaconescu  60' FW Septimiu Câmpeanu  65' Manager: Emeric Ienei

European Cup

First round

14 September 1983

18:00

Kuusysi Lahti	0–1	Dinamo București
		Dragnea 49'

Central Stadion, Lahti

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

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28 September 1983

15:00

Dinamo București	3–0	Kuusysi Lahti
Movilă 47' Augustin 70' Mulţescu 89'

Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sotos Afxentiou (Cyprus)

Dinamo București won 4-0 on aggregate

Second round

19 October 1983

18:00

Dinamo București	3–0	Hamburger SV
Augustin 29' Mulţescu 62' Orac 79'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Jan Kieser (Netherlands)

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2 November 1983

20:00

Hamburger SV	3–2	Dinamo București
Jakobs 45', 56' von Heesen 63'		Ţălnar 86' Mulţescu 89'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Kjell Johansson (Sweden)

Dinamo București won 5-3 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

7 March 1984

19:00

FC Dinamo Minsk	1–1	Dinamo București
Gurinovich 7'		Rednic 87'

V.I.Lenin Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

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21 March 1984

15:30

Dinamo București	1–0	FC Dinamo Minsk
Augustin 10'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Dinamo București won 2-1 on aggregate

Semifinals

11 April 1984

19:30

Liverpool F.C.	1–0	Dinamo București
Lee 26'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 36,941

Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

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25 April 1984

17:00

Dinamo București	1–2	Liverpool F.C.
Orac 39'		Rush 11', 85'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Dieter Pauli (West Germany)

Liverpool F.C. won 3-1 on aggregate

Squad

Goalkeepers: Dumitru Moraru (31 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (4 / 0); Ovidiu Barba (1 / 0).
Defenders: Mircea Rednic (31 / 0); Marin Ion (28 / 0); Alexandru Nicolae (30 / 0); Ioan Andone (24 / 1); Nelu Stănescu (26 / 2); Ioan Mărginean (19 / 1); Liviu Baicea (1 / 0).
Midfielders: Gheorghe Mulțescu (23 / 8); Ionel Augustin (31 / 17); Marin Dragnea (29 / 15); Alexandru Custov (28 / 2); Lică Movilă (19 / 1); Viorel Radu (9 / 1); Grațian Moldovan (8 / 0).
Forwards: Cornel Țălnar (30 / 1); Iulius Nemțeanu (7 / 5); Gheorghe Iamandi (19 / 5); Costel Orac (23 / 5); Răzvan Dima (2 / 1); Viorel Turcu (11 / 2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)^[5]

Manager: Nicolae Dumitru.

Transfers

Before the season, Dinamo brought defenders Mircea Rednic and Ioan Andone from Corvinul Hunedoara, giving in return Florea Văetuș, Nicușor Vlad, Teofil Stredie and Laurențiu Moldovan. Dudu Georgescu is transferred to SC Bacău.