2016–17 FC Dinamo București season

FC Dinamo București
2016–17 season
Head coach	Ioan Andone (until 14 February); Cosmin Contra (from 17 February)
Liga I	3rd
Cupa României	QF
Cupa Ligii	Winners
Top goalscorer	Adam Nemec 11
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 FC Dinamo București season is the 68th consecutive edition of competitive football by FC Dinamo București's in Liga I. Dinamo won Cupa Ligii for the first time in history.

Players

Squad changes

Transfers in:

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
MF	Maximiliano Oliva	26		ACS Poli Timișoara	Transfer	Summer	Free
GK	Jaime Penedo	34		Deportivo Saprissa	Transfer	Summer	Free
DF	José Romera	28	EU	FK Jablonec	Transfer	Summer	Free
FW	Daniel Popa	20	EU	Chindia Târgoviște	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
DF	Luka Marić	29		Persepolis	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Dan Nistor	28	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Transfer	Summer	Free
FW	Adam Nemec	30	EU	Willem II	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	May Mahlangu	27	EU	Sint Truiden	Transfer	Summer	Free
DF	Luca Ceccarelli	33	EU	Bologna FC	Transfer	Summer	Free
FW	Tha'er Bawab	31		Umm Salal	Transfer	Winter	Free
MF	Claudiu Bumba	23	EU	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Transfer	Winter	Free
GK	Vytautas Černiauskas	27	EU	Ermis FC	Transfer	Winter	Free
FW	Danu Spătaru	22		Zimbru Chișinău	Transfer	Winter	Free

Transfers out:

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
MF	Paul Batin	28	EU	Miedź Legnica	Released	Summer	Free
MF	Eric Bicfalvi	28	EU	Tom Tomsk	Released	Summer	Free
DF	Andrei Marc	23	EU	Şanlıurfaspor	Sold	Summer	200,000 €
DF	Miha Mevlja	26	EU	FK Rostov	Sold	Summer	700,000 €
FW	Harlem Gnohéré	28	EU	FCSB	Sold	Winter	250,000 €
MF	Dorin Rotariu	21	EU	Club Brugge	Sold	Winter	2.2 M €

Last updated: 2017-2-1

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	Player	From club	Fee
6 February 2017	End of season	DF	Claude Dielna	Sheffield Wednesday	None

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	Player	To club	Fee
28 July 2016	End of season	MF	Paul Anton	Getafe CF	None
19 January 2017	End of season	MF	Valentin Lazăr	Al-Sailiya SC	None

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Player	League
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Brănescu	17	0
2	DF	Popescu	11	0
4	MF	Hanca	33	9
5	DF	Nedelcearu	33	3
6	DF	Bušuladžić	33	0
7	DF	Filip	31	2
8	MF	Bawab	12	0
9	MF	Rivaldinho	11	2
10	MF	Nistor	29	3
13	FW	Popa	11	0
15	DF	Dielna	10	0
16	DF	Oliva	11	0
17	DF	Nemec	28	11
18	MF	Mahlangu	22	0
19	MF	Petre	14	0
20	MF	Palić	31	1
21	FW	Spătaru	2	0
22	DF	Dudea	4	0
23	MF	Șerban	5	0
24	DF	Ceccarelli	7	0
26	GW	Penedo	14	0
28	MF	Marić	17	2
29	DF	Romera	32	1
30	MF	Tîrcoveanu	1	0
31	MF	Bumba	9	2
94	DF	Corbu	1	0
99	GK	Černiauskas	5	0
Players retired, sold or loaned out during the season
8	MF	Lazăr	19	7
9	MF	Rotariu	21	6
10	FW	Gnohéré	14	5
17	DF	Mevlja	6	0
21	DF	Olteanu	4	0
28	MF	Anton	1	0

Statistics accurate as of match played 20 March 2016

Competitions

Liga I

Regular season


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	12	5	9	40	33	+7	41	8	2	3	23	13	+10	4	3	6	17	20	−3

Last updated: 28 February 2017.
Source: Competitive Matches

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	CFR Cluj^[a]	26	14	7	5	42	23	+19	43	Qualification for the Championship round
5	Universitatea Craiova	26	13	4	9	36	26	+10	43
6	Dinamo București	26	12	5	9	40	33	+7	41
7	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26	10	9	7	36	27	+9	39	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Botoșani	26	9	5	12	30	31	−1	32	Qualification for the Relegation round

Source: Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
Notes:

^ CFR Cluj were deducted six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.^[1]

Championship round


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	5	4	1	15	8	+7	19	3	2	0	7	3	+4	2	2	1	8	5	+3

Last updated: 20 June 2017.
Source: Competitive Matches

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viitorul Constanța (C)	10	5	3	2	12	8	+4	44	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Steaua București	10	6	2	2	15	7	+8	44
3	Dinamo București	10	5	4	1	15	8	+7	40	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	CFR Cluj^[a]	10	3	2	5	8	14	−6	33
5	Universitatea Craiova	10	2	3	5	8	14	−6	31	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
6	Astra Giurgiu	10	1	2	7	10	17	−7	27	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[b]

Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Play-off.^[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ CFR Cluj failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2015.^[3]^[4]
^ ^a ^b Since the winners of 2016–17 Cupa României, Voluntari, failed to obtain a UEFA licence, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team with a UEFA licence (in this case to the fifth-placed team) and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.

Competitive

Liga I

Results

Liga I
Round	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result	Goals for Dinamo
1	23 July 2016	Astra Giurgiu	A	4–1	Gnohéré 23p, 70p, 76, Lazăr 43
2	30 July 2016	ACS Poli Timișoara	H	2–1	Rotariu 27, 38
3	8 August 2016	CFR Cluj	A	0–0
4	15 August 2016	FC Voluntari	H	3–1	Gnohéré 12, Filip 16, Lazăr 27
5	20 August 2016	FCSB	A	1–1	Rotariu 11
6	26 August 2016	Gaz Metan Mediaș	H	1–1	Lazăr 14
7	12 September 2016	FCM Târgu Mureș	A	1–2	Rotariu 60
8	17 September 2016	Politehnica Iași	H	3–1	Marić 14, Lazăr 18, Nemec 55
9	20 September 2016	Viitorul Constanța	A	1–1	Lazăr 17
10	24 September 2016	Concordia Chiajna	H	0–1
11	1 October 2016	FC Botoșani	A	1–2	Rotariu 51
12	17 October 2016	U.Craiova	A	1–2	Hanca 62
13	22 October 2016	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	H	4–0	D.Lazăr 5 OG, V.Lazăr 37, 89, Palić 39
14	29 October 2016	Astra Giurgiu	H	2–2	Nemec 34, Hanca 51
15	5 November 2016	Poli Timișoara	A	2–1	Nedelcearu 25, Marić 57
16	21 November 2016	CFR Cluj	H	0–2
17	26 November 2016	FC Voluntari	A	2–1	Gnohéré 64p, Rotariu 87
18	30 November 2016	FCSB	H	3–1	Hanca 37p, Nedelcearu 45, Nemec 58
19	5 December 2016	CS Gaz Metan Mediaș	A	0–4
20	10 December 2016	Târgu Mureș	H	1–0	Nemec 21
21	18 December 2016	Poli Iași	A	1–3	Nedelcearu 7
22	4 February 2017	Viitorul Constanța	H	1–2	Nistor 26
23	13 February 2017	Concordia Chiajna	A	1–2	Nemec 51
24	20 February 2017	FC Botoșani	H	1–0	Hanca 70
25	25 February 2017	Universitatea Craiova	H	2–1	Nemec 5, 14
26	5 March 2017	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	A	2–0	Nemec 34, Nistor 85
POff 1	13 March 2017	Viitorul Constanța	A	0–0
POff 2	19 March 2017	Universitatea Craiova	H	0–0
POff 3	2 April 2017	FCSB	A	1–2	Nemec 57
POff 4	5 April 2017	CFR Cluj	H	2–0	Nemec 21, Rivaldinho 42
POff 5	10 April 2017	Astra Giurgiu	A	2–1	Rivaldinho 83, Bumba 85
POff 6	16 April 2017	Viitorul Constanța	H	2–1	Hanca 68, 74
POff 7	22 April 2017	Universitatea Craiova	A	2–2	Romera 57, Nistor 81
POff 8	1 May 2017	FCSB	H	2–1	Hanca 34p, 90p
POff 9	6 May 2017	CFR Cluj	A	3–0	Filip 50, Hanca 87, Bumba 90p
POff 10	13 May 2017	Astra Giurgiu	H	1–1	Nemec 40

Cupa României
Round	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result	Goals for Dinamo
Last 32	26 October 2016	Dinamo II	București	2–1	Groza 55 OG, Petre 79
Last 16	15 December 2016	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Mediaș	3–1	Romera 60, Buzean 78 OG, Nistor 90
Quarter-finals	29 March 2017	Universitatea Craiova	Craiova	0-0p

Cupa Ligii
Round	Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result	Goals for Dinamo
Qualifying Round	11 August 2016	FC Voluntari	București	2–1	Popa 13, 25
Quarter-finals	17 November 2016	Astra Giurgiu	Giurgiu	5–2	Gnohéré 13, Palić 52p, Popa 91, Hanca 104p, 115
Semifinals 1st Leg	22 December 2016	FCSB	Home	4–1	Mahlangu 19, Nistor 65, Lazăr 79, Rotariu 90
Semifinals 2nd Leg	1 March 2017	FCSB	Away	3–1	Nistor 37, Petre 74, Hanca 82p
Final	20 May 2017	ACS Poli Timișoara	București	2–0	Nemec 6, 26

Cupa Ligii 2016–17 Winners
Dinamo București 1st Title

Cupa Ligii final

20 May 2017

20:00

Dinamo București	2–0	Poli Timișoara
Nemec 6', 26'

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)


DINAMO:
GK	26. Jaime Penedo
DF	29. José Romera
DF	5. Ionuț Nedelcearu
DF	15. Claude Dielna
DF	7. Steliano Filip
MF	20. Antun Palić
MF	18. May Mahlangu
MF	10. Dan Nistor
MF	4. Sergiu Hanca	73'
FW	9. Rivaldinho	63'\|
FW	17. Adam Nemec	83'
Substitutes:
FW	8. Tha'er Bawab	63'
DF	6. Azer Bušuladžić	73'
DF	30. Andrei Tîrcoveanu	83'
Manager:
Cosmin Contra


POLI TIMIȘOARA:
GK	33. Vasile Curileac
DF	94. Denis Haruț
DF	30. Alin Șeroni
DF	15. Cristian Bocșan
DF	22. Leopold Novak	90+1'
MF	9. Alexandru Popovici
MF	19. Alin Ignea
MF	18. Andrei Artean	57'
MF	11. Josip Fuček	57'
FW	26. Cosmin Bîrnoi
FW	85. Octavian Drăghici
Substitutes:
MF	10. Cătălin Doman	57'
MF	16. Josip Šoljić	57'
MF	4. Ionuț Murariu	90+1'
Manager:
Ionuț Popa

References

^ "ACS Poli ar intra în Liga 1, pe locul Rapidului, cu 14 puncte penalizare și 1,5 milioane de euro datorii. Ce calcule face președintele Ioan Miculaș". 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ "Liga I 2016/2017 - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "Se amână ieșirea din insolvență a CFR-ului" (in Romanian). DigiSport. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ "Șanse mici la cupele europene! CFR Cluj nu a ieșit din insolvență" (in Romanian). gsp. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. page 29-30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

External links

[table_note_CFR0.68936891839344-2] CFR Cluj were deducted six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.^[1]

[table_note_CFR0.79110294663864-6] CFR Cluj failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2015.^[3]^[4]

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.79110294663864-7] Since the winners of 2016–17 Cupa României, Voluntari, failed to obtain a UEFA licence, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team with a UEFA licence (in this case to the fifth-placed team) and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.

[1] "ACS Poli ar intra în Liga 1, pe locul Rapidului, cu 14 puncte penalizare și 1,5 milioane de euro datorii. Ce calcule face președintele Ioan Miculaș". 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[3] "Liga I 2016/2017 - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[4] "Se amână ieșirea din insolvență a CFR-ului" (in Romanian). DigiSport. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[5] "Șanse mici la cupele europene! CFR Cluj nu a ieșit din insolvență" (in Romanian). gsp. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[8] "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. page 29-30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

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