The 2002–03 Divizia D was the 61st season of the
Liga IV
Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 counties and in the Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – County Phase and Divizia D. Its ...
, the fourth tier of the
Romanian football league system
The Romanian football league system, also known as the football pyramid, refers to the system in Romanian club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The first three leagues ar ...
. The champions of each county association promoted to
Divizia C
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
without promotion play-off.
County leagues
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Alba (AB)
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Arad (AR)
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Argeș (AG)
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Bacău (BC)
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Bihor (BH)
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Bistrița-Năsăud (BN)
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Botoșani (BT)
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Brașov (BV)
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Brăila (BR)
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Bucharest (B)
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Buzău (BZ)
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Caraș-Severin (CS)
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Călărași (CL)
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Cluj (CJ)
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Constanța (CT)
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Covasna (CV)
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Dâmbovița (DB)
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Dolj (DJ)
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Galați (GL)
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Giurgiu (GR)
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Gorj (GJ)
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Harghita (HR)
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Hunedoara (HD)
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Ialomița (IL)
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Iași (IS)
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Ilfov (IF)
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Maramureș (MM)
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Mehedinți (MH)
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Mureș (MS)
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Neamț (NT)
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Olt (OT)
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Prahova (PH)
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Satu Mare (SM)
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Sălaj (SJ)
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Sibiu (SB)
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Suceava (SV)
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Teleorman (TR)
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Timiș (TM)
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Tulcea (TL)
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Vaslui (VS)
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Vâlcea (VL)
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Vrancea (VN)
Arad County
Bacău County
Bihor County
;Championship tie-breaker
Minerul Ștei and Olimpia Salonta played a play-off match in order to determine the winner of Divizia D Bihor. The match tie-breaker was played on 19 June 2003 at
Municipal Stadium in
Oradea
Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...
.
Caraș-Severin County
Covasna County
;Series I
;Series II
;Championship play-off
;Table
;Results
Dolj County
Team changes from
previous season.
;Promoted to
Divizia C
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
:
* None
;Relegated from
Divizia C
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
:
* None
;Promoted from
Dolj Elite Category:
* Progresul Ciupercenii Vechi (Seria I winners)
* Tricolor Sadova (Seria II winners)
* Unirea Podari (Seria III winners)
* Progresul Segarcea (Play-off winners)
;Relegated to
Dolj Elite Category:
* Recolta Măceșu de Jos
* MAT Segarcea (Dissolved)
;Other changes
* Aquaterm Filiași was spared from relegation and was renamed as ASO Filiași.
* CFR Marfă Craiova was renamed as Știința CFR Craiova.
* Spicul Unirea and ȘF "Gică Popescu" Craiova admitted in the place of Autobuzul Leamna and Victoria Plenița.
;Table
;Relegation play-out
The 14th, 15th and 16th-placed teams of the Divizia D faces the 2nd placed teams from the three series of
Dolj Elite Category. The matches was played on 21 June 2003, at
Craiova
Craiova (, also , ) is the largest city in southwestern Romania, List of Romanian cities, the seventh largest city in the country and the capital of Dolj County, situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia.
It i ...
on Constructorul, Combinat and Armata Grounds.
Galați County
Maramureș County
;North Series
; South Series
;Championship final
The championship final was played at
Dealul Florilor Stadium in
Baia Mare
Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...
.
''Gloria Renel Baia Mare won the Liga IV Maramureș County and promoted to
Divizia C
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
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Mureș County
;Championship play-off
Neamț County
;Seria I
;Series II
;Championship final
''Laminorul Roman II won Divizia D Neamț and promoted to
Divizia C
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
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Timiș County
See also
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2002–03 Divizia A
The 2002–03 Divizia A was the eighty-fifth season of Liga I, Divizia A, the top-level association football, football league of Romania. Season began in August 2002 and ended in May 2003. FC Rapid București, Rapid București became champions o ...
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2002–03 Divizia B
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 Di ...
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2002–03 Divizia C
The 2002–03 Divizia C season was the 47th season of Divizia C, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.
Starting next season, Divizia B will consist of three groups of sixteen teams, while Divizia C will feature nine groups of fo ...
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2002–03 Cupa României
The 2002–03 Cupa României was the 65th edition of Romania's most prestigious football tournament.
Dinamo București won the title by defeating Naţional București, 1–0.
Format
Cupa României is an annual knockout tournament. The first r ...
References
External links
FRF
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Romania
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