The 2002âÂÂ03 Divizia A was the eighty-fifth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2002 and ended in May 2003. Rapid BucureÃÂti became champions on 24 May 2003.
The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season:
The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:
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The teams placed on the 13th and 14th place in the Divizia A faced the 2nd placed teams from both groups of the Divizia B. Politehnica AEK TimiÃÂoara and FC Oradea won the relegation play-offs.
Even though OÃÂelul GalaÃÂi lost the relegation play-off against FC Oradea, they kept their place in the Divizia A because Petrolul PloieÃÂti, the club that won the Divizia B, Seria I, sold its promotion place to OÃÂelul GalaÃÂi and merged with Astra PloieÃÂti, the other team from the city of PloieÃÂti, which finished on the 9th position this season.