The 1988–89 season was FC Dinamo București's 40th season in Divizia A. After a couple of seasons in the European competitions without remarkable results, Dinamo qualified in the quarterfinals of the Cup Winners' Cup. Their opponents were Sampdoria Genoa, an Italian squad. The two games ended with draws, but Sampdoria moved forward due to an away goal. In the internal competitions, Dinamo could not interrupt Steaua's dominance, ending the championship in second place and losing the Romanian Cup final. Dorin Mateuţ won the European Golden Boot with 43 goals that were scored in the championship game.
Results Divizia ARoundDateOpponentStadiumResult121 August 1988SC BacăuA3–1228 August 1988Victoria BucureștiH3–1331 August 1988FC BihorA2–1411 September 1988Inter SibiuH8–1514 September 1988FC ArgeșA2–1617 September 1988Rapid BucureștiH6–0725 September 1988Sportul StudențescA4–1828 September 1988U ClujH4–199 October 1988 U CraiovaA6–31012 October 1988FC OltH6–0115 November 1988Flacăra MoreniH3–11213 November 1988Corvinul HunedoaraA2–11319 November 1988ASA Târgu MureșH7–01427 November 1988FCM BrașovA3–1153 December 1988Steaua BucureștiH0–0167 December 1988Farul ConstanțaA7–01711 December 1988Oțelul GalațiH6–3185 March 1989Oțelul GalațiA2–0198 March 1989Farul ConstanțaH6–02022 March 1989Steaua BucureștiA1–2212 April 1989FCM BrașovH3–0229 April 1989ASA Târgu MureșA7–22316 April 1989Corvinul HunedoaraH3–12430 April 1989Flacăra MoreniA5–1253 May 1989FC OltA0–1266 May 1989U CraiovaH2–02710 May 1989U ClujA3–02828 May 1989Sportul StudențescH6–1293 June 1989Rapid BucureștiA6–2306 June 1989FC ArgeșH1–03111 June 1989Inter SibiuA4–23214 June 1989FC BihorH5–13317 June 1989Victoria BucureștiA4–13420 June 1989SC BacăuH0–0
Cupa RomânieiRoundDateOpponentStadiumResultLast 3222 February 1989Progresul MedgidiaA2–1Last 168 June 1989Inter SibiuAlba Iulia1–0Quarterfinals22 June 1989SC BacăuBuzău5–1Semifinals25 June 1989Victoria BucureștiBrăila2–0Final29 June 1989Steaua BucureștiBrașov0–1
Romanian Cup final
DINAMO:GK Bogdan SteleaDF Ioan VargaDF Mircea RednicDF Ioan AndoneDF Michael KleinMF Dorin MateuțMF Ionuț Lupescu MF Dănuț LupuMF Iulian MihăescuFW Rodion Cămătaru FW Claudiu VaișcoviciSubstitutes:MF Costel Orac FW Florin Răducioiu Manager:Mircea LucescuSTEAUA:GK Silviu LungDF Dan PetrescuDF Ștefan IovanDF Adrian BumbescuDF Iosif RotariuMF Tudorel StoicaMF Daniel Minea MF Ilie DumitrescuMF Gheorghe HagiFW Victor PițurcăFW Marius Lăcătuș Substitutes:MF Ilie Stan FW Gavril Balint Manager:Anghel Iordănescu
Cup Winners' Cup First round
Dinamo București won 6–0 on aggregate
Second round
Dinamo București won 2–1 on aggregate
Quarterfinals
Sampdoria won 1–1 on aggregate due to away goal
Squad Goalkeepers: Dumitru Moraru, Bogdan Stelea, Sorin Colceag.
Defenders: Iulian Mihăescu, Ioan Andone, Mircea Rednic, Michael Klein, Adrian Matei, Alexandru Nicolae, Ioan Varga, Bogdan Bucur, Adrian Nicoară.
Midfielders: Ionuț Lupescu, Dănuț Lupu, Dorin Mateuț, Costel Orac, Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, Marcel Sabou, Gheorghe Viscreanu, Daniel Sava, Mihai Stoica.
Forwards: Rodion Cămătaru, Claudiu Vaișcovici, Florin Răducioiu, Romeo Dochia, George Timiș.
Transfers Dinamo brought Gheorghe Viscreanu from Flacăra Moreni and Ioan Ovidiu Sabău from ASA Târgu Mureș. In the winter break Dinamo brought Michael Klein from Corvinul Hunedoara and Adrian Matei from Rapid. Florin Prunea is loaned to U.Cluj.
References www.labtof.ro www.romaniansoccer.ro