2002–03 Divizia B

Divizia B
Season	2002–03
Promoted	Petrolul Ploiești; Apulum Alba Iulia; FC Oradea
Relegated	Bucovina Suceava; Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești; Foresta Fălticeni; UM Timișoara
Top goalscorer	Dan Codreanu (14 goals)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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

To Divizia B

Promoted from Divizia C

Relegated from Divizia A

From Divizia B

Relegated to Divizia C

Promoted to Divizia A

AEK București**
UTA Arad

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^[a] (R)	30	9	7	14	25	38	−13	34	Relegation to Divizia C
15	Rulmentul Alexandria^[b]	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:

^ Bucovina Suceava wasn't programmed twice in this championship due to financial reasons and was excluded.
^ 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^[a] (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^[b]	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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești withdrew during the winter break and lost 0–3 all the matches from the second part of the season.
^ 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	5–3	Gloria Buzău	Timișoara
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	2–1	FC Oradea	Galați
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 Buzău	1–3	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 Galați	Oradea
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vrăjitoarea 70', 81' 91'	Report	V.Tănase 28'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

Top scorers

14 goals

Dan Codreanu (Universitatea Cluj)

12 goals

10 goals

Zoltán Csehi (FC Oradea)

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

References

[table_note_BUC0.23082344989796-3] Bucovina Suceava wasn't programmed twice in this championship due to financial reasons and was excluded.

[table_note_RUL0.23082344989796-4] Rulmentul Alexandria was spared from relegation due to Bucovina Suceava's exclusion.

[table_note_GIL0.74254360922731-5] Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești withdrew during the winter break and lost 0–3 all the matches from the second part of the season.

[table_hth_UMT0.74254360922731-6] 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.

[1] rsssf.org

[2] romaniansoccer.ro

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