The 2006-07 season was FC Dinamo București's 58th season in Liga I. Dinamo qualified for the European Spring by beating Beşiktaş and Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 in Bucharest, drawing 1–1 at Club Brugge and losing 3–1 in London to Tottenham Hotspur. In the next round they faced Benfica, but were eliminated after a 0–1 loss at Da Luz and a 1–2 loss at home. Domestically, the team crushed most of its opponents in the first 19 rounds, ending up autumn champions, 13 points ahead of second place. After two spectacular away wins against the rivals, 4–2 with Steaua and 4–1 with Rapid, Dinamo relaxed and let some points slip in other matches. Nevertheless, they secured their 18th title with four rounds to spare.
Results
Liga IRoundDateOpponentStadiumResult130 July 2006FC NaţionalA2–126 August 2006Pandurii Târgu JiuH1–0313 August 2006Jiul PetroşaniA1–0420 August 2006Politehnica TimișoaraH3–1527 August 2006Universitatea CraiovaA4–0610 September 2006UT AradH2–0717 September 2006FC VasluiA2–1820 September 2006Steaua BucureștiH1–0924 September 2006FC ArgeşA3–2101 October 2006Rapid BucureștiH3–11114 October 2006Farul ConstanţaH2–11221 October 2006Gloria BistriţaA1–01328 October 2006Politehnica IaşiH5–0145 November 2006CFR ClujA1–21511 November 2006Oţelul GalaţiH3–01618 November 2006Unirea UrziceniA1–11726 November 2006Ceahlăul Piatra NeamţH2–0184 December 2006FC NaţionalH1–01910 December 2006Pandurii Târgu JiuA3–02026 February 2007Jiul PetroşaniH1–0214 March 2007Politehnica TimișoaraA1–12211 March 2007Universitatea CraiovaH0–02318 March 2007UT AradA1–12431 March 2007FC VasluiH0–0257 April 2007Steaua BucureștiA4–22615 April 2007FC ArgeşH2–12722 April 2007Rapid BucureștiA4–12825 April 2007Farul ConstanţaA1–12929 April 2007Gloria BistriţaH2–0305 May 2007Politehnica IaşiA1–1318 May 2007CFR ClujH1–03212 May 2007Oţelul GalaţiA1–23319 May 2007Unirea UrziceniH1–23423 May 2007Ceahlăul Piatra NeamţA2–2
Liga I 2006–07 WinnersDinamo București18th Title
Cupa RomânieiRoundDateOpponentStadiumResultLast 3224 October 2006Farul II ConstanţaBucurești3–1Last 168 November 2006Pandurii Târgu JiuBucurești0–1
UEFA Cup
First qualifying round
Dinamo won 9-1 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
1Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Beitar Jerusalem's home match was moved to Sofia, Bulgaria.
Dinamo won 2-1 on aggregate.
First round
Dinamo won 8-4 on aggregate.
Group phase
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Tottenham Hotspur440092+712 Dinamo București42116607 Bayer Leverkusen411245−14 Beşiktaş410347−33 Club Brugge402247−32
Round of 32
Benfica won 3-1 on aggregate.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Uladzimir Hayew (11 / 0); Bogdan Lobonț (14 / 0); Florin Matache (7 / 0); Glen Moss (1 / 0); Deniss Romanovs (1 / 0). Defenders: George Blay (31 / 0); Silviu Bălace (9 / 0); Eugen Crăciun (1 / 0); George Galamaz (1 / 0); Lucian Goian (7 / 0); Sergiu Homei (1 / 0); Dorin Mihuț (5 / 0); Cosmin Moți (29 / 1); Nicolae Mușat (2 / 0); Cosmin Pașcovici (4 / 0); Cristian Pulhac (32 / 0); Ștefan Radu (32 / 1); Adrian Scarlatache (6 / 0); Māris Smirnovs (1 / 0). Midfielders: Adrian Cristea (28 / 3); Fabrice Fernandes (5 / 0); Leo Lerinc (1 / 0); Andrei Mărgăritescu (31 / 1); Cătălin Munteanu (32 / 4); Andrei Nițu (2 / 0); Cornel Predescu (8 / 0); Adrian Ropotan (21 / 0); Sreten Stanić (1 / 0); Dennis Șerban (7 / 2); Iulian Tameș (15 / 0); Vojislav Vranjković (9 / 0); Zé Kalanga (21 / 2). Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (31 / 15); Ionel Ganea (18 / 14); Liviu Ganea (9 / 2); Valentin Lemnaru (1 / 0); Jean-Philippe Mendy (9 / 0); Claudiu Niculescu (31 / 18). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Mircea Rednic.
Transfers
New players: Summer break – Glen Moss -New Zealand (New Zealand Knights FC), George Blay -Ghana- (RAAL La Louviere), Cosmin Paşcovici (Farul Constanţa), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Iulian Tameş (FC Naţional), Zé Kalanga Nsimba Paulo Baptista -Angola- (Atlético Petróleos Luanda), Leo Lerinc -Serbia- (Ethnikos Achnas), Sreten Stanić -Serbia- (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Ionel Ganea (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Winter break – Bogdan Lobonţ (AC Fiorentina), Deniss Romanovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Maris Smirnovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Sergiu Homei (FC Sopron), Silviu Bălace (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Vojislav Vranjković -Serbia- (Pandurii Târgu-Jiu), Fabrice Fernandes -Franţa- (Beitar Jerusalem).
Left team: Summer break – Cosmin Bărcăuan (PAOK Thessaloniki), Szabolcs Perenyi (Farul Constanţa), Daniel Florea (APOEL Nicosia), Tiberiu Curt (retired), Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia), Dan Alexa (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Alin Ilin (FC Naţional București), Ştefan Grigorie (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Vlad Munteanu (FC Energie Cottbus), Ianis Zicu (Rapid București), Florin Bratu (FC Nantes-Atlantique), Claudiu Drăgan (FC Naţional București)
Winter break – Vladimir Gaev -Belarus (Chornomorets Odesa), Florin Matache (FC Vaslui), Mircea Oltean (Unirea Urziceni), George Galamaz (Unirea Urziceni), Cosmin Paşcovici (FCM UTA Arad), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Dorin Mihuţ (FCM UTA Arad), Cornel Predescu (Gloria Bistriţa), Iulian Tameş (FC Argeş Piteşti), Dennis Şerban (free player), Dan Codreanu (Gloria Bistriţa), Mihai Damaschin (Gloria Bistriţa), Ionel Ganea (Rapid București)
References
External links www.labtof.ro www.romaniansoccer.ro worldfootball.net