Divizia B
Season2002–03
PromotedPetrolul Ploiești
Apulum Alba Iulia
FC Oradea
RelegatedBucovina Suceava
Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești
Foresta Fălticeni
UM Timișoara
Top goalscorerDan Codreanu (14 goals)

The 2002–03 Divizia B was the 63rd season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.

The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from both series relegated to Divizia C. A promotion play-off was played between the 13th and 14th-placed in the Divizia A and the runners-up of the Divizia B series.[1][2]

Team changes

Other

AEK București merged with Politehnica Timișoara and was absorbed. Politehnica played directly in the first tier, instead of third and also was renamed as Politehnica AEK Timișoara.

Bucovina Suceava break the alliance with Foresta Fălticeni, bought the place from Tractorul Brașov and was enrolled directly in the second tier.

Olimpia Satu Mare bought the place of Metrom Brașov, which chose to sell it again, instead of playing at the second level.

Renamed teams

Diplomatic Focșani was renamed as Unirea Focșani.

Foresta Suceava was moved back from Suceava to Fălticeni and renamed as Foresta Fălticeni.

Politehnica Unirea Iași was renamed as Politehnica Iași.

FC Bihor Oradea was renamed as FC Oradea.

League tables

Seria I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Petrolul Ploiești (C, P) 30 18 7 5 42 19 +23 61 Promotion to Divizia A
2 Gloria Buzău 30 16 7 7 44 31 +13 55 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 FC Onești 30 15 4 11 55 35 +20 49
4 Midia Năvodari 30 15 4 11 45 43 +2 49
5 Politehnica Iași 30 13 7 10 41 32 +9 46
6 Electromagnetica București 30 14 4 12 41 46 −5 46 Ineligible for promotion
7 Inter Gaz București 30 11 9 10 37 31 +6 42
8 Dacia Unirea Brăila 30 12 6 12 32 31 +1 42
9 Metalul Plopeni 30 12 5 13 33 40 −7 41
10 Unirea Focșani 30 12 5 13 34 35 −1 41
11 Internațional Pitești 30 12 5 13 41 32 +9 41
12 Medgidia 30 11 5 14 36 41 −5 38
13 Cimentul Fieni 30 10 5 15 31 45 −14 35
14 Bucovina Suceava[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 9 7 14 25 38 −13 34 Relegation to Divizia C
15 Rulmentul Alexandria[lower-alpha 2] 30 8 3 19 29 48 −19 27 Spared from relegation
16 Foresta Fălticeni (R) 30 7 5 18 26 51 −25 26 Relegation to Divizia C
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2003. 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. ↑ Bucovina Suceava wasn't programmed twice in this championship due to financial reasons and was excluded.
  2. ↑ Rulmentul Alexandria was spared from relegation due to Bucovina Suceava's exclusion.

Seria II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Apulum Alba Iulia (C, P) 28 21 3 4 69 23 +46 66 Promotion to Divizia A
2 FC Oradea (O, P) 28 18 4 6 51 22 +29 58 Qualification to promotion play-off
3 Gaz Metan Mediaș 28 16 4 8 44 21 +23 52
4 IS Câmpia Turzii 28 12 12 4 39 20 +19 48
5 Olimpia Satu Mare 28 14 5 9 44 33 +11 47
6 CFR Cluj 28 12 10 6 52 26 +26 46
7 Corvinul Hunedoara 28 13 7 8 47 40 +7 46
8 Extensiv Craiova 28 12 7 9 37 34 +3 43
9 Universitatea Cluj 28 8 10 10 48 44 +4 34
10 ARO Câmpulung 28 8 8 12 23 36 −13 32
11 CSM Reșița 28 8 5 15 30 63 −33 29
12 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 28 7 7 14 23 37 −14 28
13 Minaur Zlatna 28 7 6 15 25 44 −19 27
14 Baia Mare 28 7 5 16 26 42 −16 26
15 Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești[lower-alpha 1] (R) 28 0 1 27 3 76 −73 1 Relegation to Divizia C
16 UM Timișoara (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2003. 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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești withdrew during the winter break and lost 0–3 all the matches from the second part of the season.
  2. ↑ UMT Timișoara were deducted 7 points due to not achieving the 25 points limit in the Divizia A, last season. UMT was subsequently excluded due to financial problems and all their results were cancelled.

Divizia A play-off

The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia A faced the 2nd-placed teams of the Divizia B.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Poli AEK Timișoara 8–4 Gloria Buzău 5–3 3–1
Oțelul Galați 3–4 FC Oradea 2–1 1–3 (a.e.t.)
14 June 2003 Poli AEK Timișoara 5–3Gloria BuzăuTimișoara
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Zanc 28'
Silvășan 54'
Bătrânu 59'
C.Prodan 71'
Oprea 90+3'		 Report D.Gheorghe 13'
C.Petre 26'
Apostol 68'		 Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Viorel Anghelinei (Galați)
14 June 2003 Oțelul Galați 2–1FC OradeaGalați
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Cornea 28'
Guriță 67'		 Report Vrăjitoarea 45' (pen.) Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Marian Salomir (Cluj-Napoca)
18 June 2003 Gloria Buzău1–3 Poli AEK Timișoara Buzău
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) D.Gheorghe 90+3' Report Constantinovici 13'
Buia 48'
Zanc 69'		 Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Alba Iulia)
18 June 2003 FC Oradea 3–1 (a.e.t.)Oțelul GalațiOradea
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) Vrăjitoarea 70', 81' gold-colored soccer ball 91' Report V.Tănase 28' Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

Top scorers

14 goals
12 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

See also

References

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