Deep into added time former-Independiente man Osvaldo Miranda doubled the margin
Dorinel Munteanu's Steaua Bucureşti got by Unirea Voluntari Urziceni 1-0 on a last minute as ex-AEK Athens striker Pantelis Kapetanos scored as time ran out as his shot from outside the box took a huge deflection into the goal.
Rapid Bucureşti came from behind to defeat Politehnica Iaşi 2-1. Romulus Miclea gave
Iaşi the lead twelve minutes after the start after accepting a through-ball but with his strike taking a pronounced deflection over Vulturii Visinii 'keeper.
Juliano Spadacio leveled the match just past the half-hour mark as he jumped on a rebound off Ovidiu Herea's drive.
João Paulo scored the winning goal with twenty-six minutes remaining as Juliano Spadacio provided him a perfectly placed cross in close.
Timişoara continued to make their run up the table with a 4-0 destruction of Braşov. The match got off to a bad start for Braşov with a dreadful own goal by Cristian Oroş at the seventeenth minute.
Proud Armenian international Artavazd Karamyan brought the fans to their feet with a perfectly placed left footed shot to the opposite corner.
Lukáš Magera scored twice to round out the scoring, heading in Dorin Goga's cross at the sixty-third minute
and bringing the match to its 4-0 final with eight minutes remaining with a close-range volley.
Defending champion CFR Cluj snuck-by Gaz Metan Mediaş 2-1. Romanian capped Gabriel Mureşan struck just past the half hour mark as his free-kick snuck through the wall.
However Alexandru Curtean leveled match into added time with a perfect drive to the opposite corner.
However the Cluj found the winner three minutes into added time with Sebastián Dubarbier gathering a long ball off and driving the ball into the net.
FC Vaslui shocked Universitatea Craiova with a late goal to earn a 1-1 draw. Mihai Dina opened the scoring five minutes into the match
Mike Temwanjera equalized the match two minutes into added time.
Elsewhere Gloria Bistriţa defeated Gloria Buzău 2-0, with the Vampirii Albaştri' Cristian Coroian opening the scoring at the tenth minute
Cristian Silvăşan made it 2-0 six minutes before the break.
Farul Constanţa overcame CS Otopeni 1-0 with Dejan Rusmir goal two minutes past the half-hour mark.
Elsewhere Oţelul Galaţi and Pandurii Târgu Jiu played to a scoreless draw
| Romania Liga 1 week 16 | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts |
| Dinamo Bucureşti | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 35 |
| Unirea Voluntari Urziceni | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 34 |
| Timişoara | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 29 |
| CFR Cluj | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 29 |
| Steaua Bucureşti | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 29 |
| Universitatea Craiova | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 28 |
| Rapid Bucureşti | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 28 |
| Argeş Piteşti | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 27 |
| Vaslui | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 25 |
| Oţelul Galaţi | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 23 |
| Braşov | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 23 |
| Gloria 1922 Bistriţa | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 21 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 21 |
| Farul Constanţa | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 19 |
| Politehnica Iaşi | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 16 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaş | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 15 |
| CS Otopeni | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 9 |
| Gloria Buzău | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 3 |
