Dinamo started the season with a new coach, Liviu Ciobotariu, who took the place left by Ioan Andone.

The team left again quickly the European scene, being eliminated in the play-off round by the Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava.

The Spring started badly for Dinamo, with a couple of home defeats against teams that were fighting against relegation (Sportul Studențesc and Petrolul Ploiești).

The club decided to sack Ciobotariu and replace him with Dario Bonetti, an Italian manager who led the team in 2008 for a couple of months.

But the new management didn't change the fortune of the squad that continued to fall and ended the season only fifth, nine points behind the champions, CFR Cluj.