2003–04 Divizia B

The 2003–04 Divizia B was the 64th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

Divizia B

Season	2003–04
Promoted	Politehnica Iași Sportul Studențesc CFR Cluj
Relegated	Metalul Plopeni Medgidia Poiana Câmpina Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea CSM Reșița Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe Cimentul Fieni FC Baia Mare FC Onești ARO Câmpulung Minaur Zlatna
Top goalscorer	Ionuț Mazilu (20 goals)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The format has been changed from two series of 16 teams to three series, each of them consisting of 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last three places from all the series relegated to Divizia C.^[1][2]

Team changes

To Divizia B Promoted from Divizia C Petrolul Moinești Unirea Urziceni Juventus București Dacia Mioveni Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea Jiul Petroșani Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe Armătura Zalău FC Vaslui Poiana Câmpina Electrica Constanța Chindia Târgoviște Minerul Motru Certej Tricotaje Ineu Laminorul Roman Building Vânju Mare ACU Arad Precizia Săcele Oașul Negrești Callatis Mangalia Relegated from Divizia A Sportul Studențesc București UTA Arad

From Divizia B Relegated to Divizia C Bucovina Suceava Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești Foresta Fălticeni UM Timișoara Promoted to Divizia A Petrolul Ploiești Apulum Alba Iulia FC Oradea

Other

Divizia A clubs and bitter rivals, Petrolul Ploiești and Astra Ploiești merged. Astra was absorbed by Petrolul and Oțelul Galați, which initially relegated after the promotion/ relegation play-off against FC Oradea, remained in the top-flight.

Callatis Mangalia was promoted from Divizia C as the best next runner-up, in order to occupy the vacant place.

Renamed teams

Chindia Târgoviște was renamed as FCM Târgoviște.

CS Certej merged with Mureșul Deva, was moved from Certeju de Sus to Deva and renamed as CS Deva.

Extensiv Craiova was renamed as FC Craiova.

League tables

Seria I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Politehnica Iași (C, P)	30	21	7	2	61	20	+41	70	Promotion to Divizia A
2	FC Vaslui	30	18	4	8	52	21	+31	58
3	Dacia Unirea Brăila	30	15	6	9	47	34	+13	51
4	Petrolul Moinești	30	15	4	11	43	34	+9	49
5	Laminorul Roman	30	14	4	12	39	35	+4	46
6	Metalul Plopeni[a] (R)	30	13	6	11	35	36	−1	45	Relegation to Divizia C
7	Midia Năvodari	30	13	6	11	39	37	+2	45
8	Unirea Focșani	30	11	7	12	40	34	+6	40
9	Callatis Mangalia	30	11	6	13	30	33	−3	39
10	Electrica Constanța	30	10	9	11	25	30	−5	39
11	Precizia Săcele	30	10	7	13	21	28	−7	37
12	Medgidia[b] (R)	30	10	7	13	32	34	−2	37	Relegation to Divizia C
13	Gloria Buzău	30	10	5	15	33	44	−11	35
14	Poiana Câmpina (R)	30	9	5	16	35	44	−9	29[c]	Relegation to Divizia C
15	Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe (R)	30	8	4	18	26	49	−23	28
16	FC Onești[d] (R)	30	6	5	19	22	67	−45	23

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2004. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Metalul Plopeni sold its place to Dinamo II București, at the end of the season.
2. Medgidia sold its place to Liberty Salonta, at the end of the season.
3. Poiana Câmpina were deducted 3 points.
4. FC Onești withdrew during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.

Serie II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sportul Studențesc București (C, P)	30	23	5	2	92	15	+77	74	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	30	20	5	5	51	22	+29	65
3	Dacia Mioveni	30	16	7	7	43	22	+21	55
4	Inter Gaz București	30	13	9	8	42	31	+11	48
5	Juventus București	30	12	11	7	27	26	+1	47
6	Unirea Urziceni	30	12	8	10	30	23	+7	44
7	FCM Târgoviște	30	10	8	12	30	33	−3	38
8	Internațional Pitești	30	10	8	12	31	37	−6	38
9	FC Craiova	30	11	4	15	22	36	−14	37
10	Minerul Motru	30	9	9	12	38	41	−3	36
11	Rulmentul Alexandria	30	9	7	14	27	49	−22	34
12	Building Vânju Mare	30	7	13	10	37	33	+4	34
13	Electromagnetica București	30	9	5	16	29	48	−19	32	Ineligible for promotion
14	Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea (R)	30	8	7	15	25	60	−35	31	Relegation to Divizia C
15	Cimentul Fieni (R)	30	9	3	18	24	40	−16	30
16	ARO Câmpulung (R)	30	5	5	20	21	53	−32	20

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2004. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Seria III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj (C, P)	30	21	6	3	75	19	+56	69	Promotion to Divizia A
2	Jiul Petroșani	30	21	5	4	67	17	+50	68
3	Olimpia Satu Mare	30	21	4	5	50	12	+38	67
4	Gaz Metan Mediaș	30	15	8	7	42	23	+19	53
5	UTA Arad	30	16	5	9	44	35	+9	53
6	Universitatea Cluj	30	15	7	8	49	28	+21	52
7	Armătura Zalău	30	13	6	11	44	38	+6	45
8	Oașul Negrești	30	13	2	15	49	54	−5	41
9	Tricotaje Ineu	30	13	2	15	57	53	+4	41
10	Deva	30	12	3	15	46	41	+5	39
11	IS Câmpia Turzii	30	10	9	11	35	41	−6	39
12	Corvinul Hunedoara	30	11	3	16	41	59	−18	36
13	ACU Arad	30	9	7	14	28	38	−10	34
14	CSM Reșița (R)	30	8	3	19	27	59	−32	27	Relegation to Divizia C
15	Baia Mare (R)	30	4	3	23	30	86	−56	15
16	Minaur Zlatna[a] (R)	30	1	1	28	13	94	−81	4

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2004. Source: romaniansoccer.ro (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Minaur Zlatna was excluded after round 27 and lost all remained matches from the second part by forfeit.

Results

Home \ Away	ACU	ARM	BMA	CFR	COR	DEV	GAZ	ISCT	JIU	OAS	OLI	REȘ	TRI	UCJ	UTA	ZLA
ACU Arad		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–0
Armătura Zalău	0–0		7–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	2–0	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–0
Baia Mare	3–1	0–3		0–7	2–1	1–3	1–4	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–4	2–0	0–3	3–0
CFR Cluj	1–0	2–1	1–0		2–4	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	5–1	1–0	4–0	10–0
Corvinul Hunedoara	1–0	1–0	7–2	0–4		2–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–2
Deva	5–0	4–1	3–2	1–0	2–0		1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–4	6–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–0	0–0	4–2	2–2	5–1	1–0		3–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–0
IS Câmpia Turzii	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2
Jiul Petroșani	3–1	2–0	6–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–2		7–0	1–0	6–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Oașul Negrești	3–0	2–1	3–3	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–4	1–4		0–1	3–0	4–2	3–2	4–2	5–2
Olimpia Satu Mare	1–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0		3–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–0
CSM Reșița	0–2	4–2	3–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1		1–2	0–2	2–4	1–0
Tricotaje Ineu	4–1	1–2	4–1	2–4	5–1	4–1	2–1	5–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	5–2		0–0	3–4	3–2
Universitatea Cluj	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	5–0	2–0		3–0	3–0
UTA Arad	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–4	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1		2–0
Minaur Zlatna	0–2	0–5	1–0	0–3	0–2	1–4	0–1	1–6	1–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–1

Source: tribuna (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

29 goals

• Gheorghe Bucur (Sportul Studențesc)

20 goals

• Ionuț Mazilu (Sportul Studențesc)

17 goals

• Gabriel Apetri (Jiul Petroșani)

13 goals

• Viorel Gheorghe (Petrolul Moinești)
• Cristian Turcu (CFR Cluj)

12 goals

• Răzvan Cociș (Universitatea Cluj)
• Florin Anghel (FC Vaslui)
• Valentin Badea (FC Vaslui)

11 goals

• Robert Roszel (Olimpia Satu Mare)

9 goals

• Iulian Ștefan (Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
• Florin Maxim (Sportul Studențesc)

8 goals

• Constantin Barbu (Dacia Mioveni)
• Marius Păcurar (Politehnica Iași)

7 goals

• Constantin Borza (Midia Năvodari)
• Damian Militaru (Jiul Petroșani)
• Tiberiu Bălan (Sportul Studențesc)
• Gigel Ene (Rulmentul Alexandria)
• Dan Codreanu (Universitatea Cluj)

See also

• 2003–04 Divizia A