2003–04 Divizia B

Divizia B
Season2003–04
Country Romania
Teams48 (3x16)
PromotedPolitehnica Iași
Sportul Studențesc
CFR Cluj
RelegatedPoiana Câmpina
Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe
Onești
Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea
Cimentul Fieni
ARO Câmpulung
Reșița
Baia Mare
Minaur Zlatna
Top goalscorerViorel Gheorghe
(Series I, 13 goals)
Gigel Bucur
(Series II, 29 goals)
Gabriel Apetri
(Series III, 17 goals)

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

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][3]

Team changes

Other changes

League tables

Series 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 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 30 13 6 11 35 36 −1 45
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 30 10 7 13 32 34 −2 37
13 Gloria Buzău 30 10 5 15 33 44 −11 35
14 Poiana Câmpina (R) 30 9 5 16 35 44 −9 29[a] Relegation to Divizia C
15 Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe (R) 30 8 4 18 26 49 −23 28
16 Onești[b] (R) 30 6 5 19 22 67 −45 23
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. ↑ Poiana Câmpina were deducted 3 points.
  2. ↑ Onești withdrew during the winter break and lost all the matches from the second part of the season by forfeit.

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Romania Viorel Gheorghe Petrolul Moinești 13
2 Romania Florin Anghel Vaslui 12
Romania Valentin Badea Vaslui
4 Romania Marius Păcurar Politehnica Iași 8
5 Romania Constantin Borza Midia Năvodari 7

Series 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 Târgoviște 30 10 8 12 30 33 −3 38
8 Internațional Pitești 30 10 8 12 31 37 −6 38
9 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
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

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Romania Gheorghe Bucur Sportul Studențesc 29
2 Romania Ionuț Mazilu Sportul Studențesc 20
3 Romania Iulian Ștefan Pandurii Târgu Jiu 9
Romania Florin Maxim Sportul Studențesc
5 Romania Constantin Barbu Dacia Mioveni 8
5 Romania Tiberiu Bălan Sportul Studențesc 7
Romania Gigel Ene Rulmentul Alexandria

Series 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-Oaș 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 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
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 CFR JIU OLI GAZ UTA UCJ ARM OAS TRI DEV ISCT COR ACU REȘ BMA ZLA
CFR Cluj 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 4–0 1–0 10–0
Jiul Petroșani 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 7–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 4–0 3–1 6–0 6–0 3–0
Olimpia Satu Mare 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–0
UTA Arad 0–4 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0
Universitatea Cluj 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 3–0
Armătura Zalău 0–0 2–2 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 7–1 2–0
Oașul Negrești-Oaș 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 4–2 3–2 2–1 4–2 2–1 2–4 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–3 5–2
Tricotaje Ineu 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–4 0–0 1–2 2–1 4–1 5–0 5–1 4–1 5–2 4–1 3–2
Deva 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–4 2–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 0–1 3–2 6–0
IS Câmpia Turzii 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2
Corvinul Hunedoara 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 7–2 4–2
ACU Arad 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–3 3–0 2–0 3–0
Reșița 1–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–4 0–2 4–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 3–3 1–0
Baia Mare 0–7 0–2 0–2 1–4 0–3 2–0 0–3 0–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–0
Minaur Zlatna 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–5 0–3 1–3 1–4 1–6 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–0
Source: tribuna (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Romania Gabriel Apetri Jiul Petroșani 17
2 Romania Cristian Turcu CFR Cluj 13
2 Romania Răzvan Cociș Universitatea Cluj 12
3 Romania Robert Roszel Olimpia Satu Mare 11
5 Romania Damian Militaru Jiul Petroșani 7
Romania Dan Codreanu Universitatea Cluj

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Romania 2003/04". rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Divizia B - Season 2003-04 - Edition 64". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 25 April 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Clasament Divizia B etapa 30" [Divizia B standings stage 30] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 25 April 2026.