The 2004–05 season was FC Dinamo București's 56th season in Liga I. For the 2004–05 season Dinamo's ambitions grew, but still many players left the club. Dinamo played a thrilling game vs. Manchester United in Bucharest in the third qualification round of the UEFA Champions League, but lost 1–2. This game was significant because it showed considerable progress from the last attempts to qualify for the group phase of the Champions League. The second leg was lost at Old Trafford 3–0. In the UEFA Cup 2004–05 season Dinamo was eliminated by Partizan Belgrade.
This time Dinamo had a better evolution during the season after the title victory. However, Dinamo lost the title to Steaua Bucharest on a costly error by Lucian Goian in the last seconds of the game with Rapid Bucharest close to the end of the season.
Dinamo won the Romanian Cup for the 12th time in history.
Results
Divizia ARoundDateOpponentStadiumResult131 July 2004Farul ConstanţaA0–126 August 2004Sportul StudenţescH2–133 November 2004Poli IașiA3–2422 August 2004Steaua BucureștiH0–1529 August 2004CFR ClujA2–4612 September 2004Naţional BucureștiH0–1719 September 2004FCM BacăuA2–0826 September 2004FC BrașovH3–193 October 2004Poli TimişoaraA3–21016 October 2004Gloria BistriţaH4–11124 October 2004Rapid BucureștiA1–21231 October 2004Apulum Alba IuliaH4–2136 November 2004Oţelul GalaţiA0–21421 November 2004U CraiovaA1–01527 November 2004FC ArgeșH4–01613 March 2005Farul ConstanţaH2–01719 March 2005Sportul StudenţescA1–0182 April 2005Poli IaşiH2–01910 April 2005Steaua BucureștiA0–12016 April 2005CFR ClujH4–02124 April 2005Naţional BucureștiA1–52227 April 2005FCM BacăuH3–02330 April 2005FC BrașovA1–1244 May 2005Poli TimişoaraH1–0257 May 2005Gloria BistriţaA1–02615 May 2005Rapid BucureștiH2–22718 May 2005Apulum Alba IuliaA3–12822 May 2005Oţelul GalaţiH4–02928 May 2005U CraiovaH5–0307 June 2005FC ArgeșA1–0
Cupa RomânieiRoundDateOpponentStadiumResultLast 3213 October 2004Olimpia Satu MareSatu Mare1–1 (5-3p)Last 1627 October 2004Gaz Metan MediaşBraşov1–0QF-1st leg10 November 2004Dacia Unirea BrăilaBucurești1–0QF-2nd leg1 December 2004Dacia Unirea BrăilaBrăila2–0SF-1st leg16 March 2005Naţional BucureștiBucurești1–2SF-2nd leg13 April 2005Naţional BucureștiBucurești4–0Final11 May 2005Farul ConstanţaBucurești1–0
Cupa României 2004–05 WinnersDinamo București12th Title
UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round
Dinamo București won 2–0 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
Manchester United won 5-1 on aggregate.
UEFA Cup
First round
Partizan won 3-1 on aggregate.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Vladimir Gaev (12/0), Cristian Munteanu (6/0), Bogdan Stelea (13/0).
Defenders: Angelo Alistar (18/0), Ionuţ Bălan (14/1), Ovidiu Burcă (14/0), Liviu Ciobotariu (8/0), George Galamaz (22/0), Lucian Goian (6/0), Alin Ilin (2/0), Adrian Iordache (14/1), Cristian Irimia (11/0), Cristian Pulhac (11/2), Ştefan Radu (2/0), Dorin Semeghin (16/0), Gabriel Tamaș (13/0).
Midfielders: Ionuț Badea (18/0), Adrian Cristea (10/0), Ştefan Grigorie (25/10), Andrei Mărgăritescu (29/2), Vlad Munteanu (4/0), Leonard Naidin (1/0), Alexandru Păcurar (14/1), Florentin Petre (24/2), Dennis Şerban (3/0), Iulian Tameş (11/0).
Forwards: Alexandru Bălţoi (18/3), Ionel Dănciulescu (15/11), Claudiu Drăgan (2/0), Adrian Mihalcea (17/1), Tibor Moldovan (5/1), Claudiu Niculescu (28/21), Ianis Zicu (13/3).
Transfers
New players: Summer break - Matache (Metalul Plopeni), Galamaz (Rapid București), Irimia (Rapid București), Ciobotariu (Royal Antwerp), Onuț, Bălan and Bălțoi (Farul Constanța), Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamț), Mărgăritescu (Unirea Focșani), Păcurar (Universitatea Cluj-Napoca), D.Șerban (Petrolul Ploiești)
Winter break - Tamaș (Spartak Moskva), Ad.Cristea (Politehnica Iași), T.Moldovan (Apulum Alba-Iulia), Zicu (AC Parma)
Left team: Summer break - Șt.Preda (FC Argeș Pitești), Alexa (Beijing Guan), Bărcăuan (Shakhtar Donetsk), Onuț (Politehnica Iași), Cr.Ciubotariu (Politehnica Iași), Perenyi (Politehnica Iași)
Winter break - Cr.Munteanu (FC Național București), Cr.Irimia (Dinamo Kyiv), Naidin (Poli Timișoara), D.Șerban (Larissa), Vl.Munteanu (FC Național București), Tameș (Alania Vladikavkaz), Cl.Drăgan (Universitatea Craiova), Dănciulescu (Shandong Luneng Taishan), Cigan (Liberty Salonta)
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