2003–04 FC Oțelul Galați season

Although at the end of the previous season they relegated, Oțelul managed to retain[1] their spot in Divizia A after the merger of FC Astra Ploieşti and newly promoted Petrolul Ploieşti. After 15 rounds played in Divizia A, Costel Orac was fired[2] in December and replaced with Sorin Cârţu.[3]

FC Oțelul
2003–04 season
ChairmanRomania Nicu Boghici
ManagerRomania Costel Orac
Romania Sorin Cârţu
(from 29 December 2003)
Divizia A5th
Cupa RomânieiRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Iacob (6)

All:
Iacob (8)
Guriță (3)
Aldea (2)
Apostol (2)
Călin (2)
Dobre (2)
Ilie (2)
Munteanu (2)
Oprea (2)

Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

23 July 2003 Juventus București 0–2 Oțelul Galați Sfântu Gheorghe
10:30 (Report) Vintilă  
Emeric Vascko  
26 July 2003 Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe 2–1 Oțelul Galați Sfântu Gheorghe
11:00 ?  ,   (Report) Emeric Vascko  
2 August 2003 Oțelul Galați 1–1 CF Brăila Galați
11:00 Oprea   58' (Report) Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 3,000
20 August 2003 Oțelul Galați 4–1 Dunărea Galați Galați
Danciu   3'
Iacob   6'
Guriţă   55'
Sandu Cernat   80'
(Report) Lungu   72' Stadium: Oțelul
6 February 2004 Turkey Borac Banja Luka   0–2   Oțelul Galați Antalya
15:00 (Report) Negru   42'
Nedelcev   51'
10 February 2004 Turkey Haladás   0–3   Oțelul Galați Antalya
14:00 ?  ,  ,  
12 February 2004 Turkey Žilina   1–0   Oțelul Galați Antalya
Barčík   38' (Report)
14 February 2004 Turkey Samsung Bluewings   1–2   Oțelul Galați Antalya
Marcel   11' (Report) Ilie   6'
Oprea   14'
17 February 2004 Turkey Daegu   0–2   Oțelul Galați Antalya
(Report) Oprea   21',   43'
4 March 2004 Junkers Galați 2–7 Oțelul Galați Galați
14:00 Mogoş   3' (pen.),   55'
Popa   77'
(Report) Călin   28',   44'
Ilie   40' (pen.)   52',   62',   87'
Izvoranu   84'
Stadium: Universitaţii

Liga 1 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Rapid București 30 16 7 7 51 32 +19 55
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 11 11 8 38 34 +4 44
5 Oțelul Galați 30 10 13 7 30 26 +4 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
6 Apulum Alba Iulia 30 11 8 11 32 47 −15 41
7 Național București 30 11 6 13 36 39 −3 39[a]
Source: LT (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ TIM 0-0 PRO; PRO 0-0 TIM

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultLDWLDWWLDDWLDWLDWWLLDDWDDDDWWD
Position1214613148587756656855688888887555
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 10 13 7 30 26  +4 43 6 7 2 20 12  +8 4 6 5 10 14  −4

Matches edit

9 August 2003 Matchday 1 Oțelul Galați 0–1 Universitatea Craiova Galați
18:00 Danciu   6'
Dragomir   25'
(Report) N'Jock   4'
Rada   35'
Bundea   45'
Moţi   82'
Gušo   90+1'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
16 August 2003 Matchday 2 Farul Constanţa 1–1 Oțelul Galați Constanţa
20:00 Lungu   15'
Bălaşa   48'
Onuţ   77'
(Report) Iacob   15'
Oprea   28'
Danciu   37'
Guriţă   43'
Mărginean   45'
Stadium: Farul
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
23 August 2003 Matchday 3 Oțelul Galați 2–1 FC Brașov Galați
18:00 Iacob   12',   45'
Mărginean   64',   73'
Oprea   67'
Sandu Cernat   82'
(Report) Csaba Balint   26'
Mozacu   30'
Buga   71'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
30 August 2003 Matchday 4 Rapid București 2–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
20:00 Bratu   42',   56'
Iencsi   50'
(Report) Rohat   15'
Iacob   54'
Apostol   73'
Stadium: Lia Manoliu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
13 September 2003 Matchday 5 Oțelul Galați 0–0 Dinamo București Galați
16:00 Danciu   1'
Guriţă   79'
Cernea   90+2'
(Report) Alexa   2'
Burcă   67'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Anton Heleşteanu
20 September 2003 Matchday 6 Petrolul Ploieşti 0–1 Oțelul Galați Ploieşti
19:30 Negoiţă   20'
Crăciun   52'
Georgel Ciprian Toporan   60'
Petroesc   73'
(Report) Ghionea   29'
Guriţă   45+1'
Pelin   62'
Mărginean   67'
Cernea   85'
Orac   90+1'
Stadium: Astra
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Iosif Biro
27 September 2003 Matchday 7 Oțelul Galați 4–1[4] Poli AEK Galați
17:00 Rohat   15'
Ghionea   25'
Guriţă   49',   89'
Gheară   72'
Iacob   76'
Iacob   89'
(Report) Marius Şuleap   33'
Mihai Dobre   64'
Stancu   88'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
4 October 2003 Matchday 8 Apulum Alba Iulia 2–1 Oțelul Galați Alba Iulia
15:00 Miclea   15'
Emeric Vascko   41'
Aurel Himcinschi   42'
Cristinel Nedelea   78'
Ovidiu Maier   81'
(Report) Iacob   2'
Gheară   21'   35'
Munteanu
Toma   90+1'
Stadium: Victoria-Cetate
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Anton Heleşteanu
18 October 2003 Matchday 9 Oțelul Galați 1–1 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Galați
14:30 Mărginean   37'
Pelin   65'   66'
Iacob   74'
Apostol   90'
(Report) Ştefan Domşa   12'
Florin Axinia   26'
Burdujan   33'   76'
Nohai   69'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
25 October 2003 Matchday 10 FC Argeş 0–0 Oțelul Galați Piteşti
15:00 Cosmin Năstăsie   57' (Report) Iacob   11'
Cernea   74'
Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş
1 November 2003 Matchday 11 Oțelul Galați 1–0 FC Bihor Galați
13:30 Mărginean   37'
Orac   38'
Danciu   40'
(Report) Mihai Marius Nicolae   43'
Mărginean   49'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Anton Heleşteanu
9 November 2003 Matchday 12 Steaua București 2–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
17:00 Răducanu   9'
Curt   38'
Răchita   90+3'
(Report) Oprea  
Rohat  
Eusebio Iulian Tudor  
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
22 November 2003 Matchday 13 Oțelul Galați 1–1 Naţional București Galați
13:30 Iacob   26'
Toma   48'
(Report) Cânu   21'
Moldovan   33'
Sylla   40'
Verdeş   46'
Coman   69'
Panc   77'
Caramarin   83' (pen.)
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Cristian Balaj
28 November 2003 Matchday 14 Oțelul Galați 1–0 Gloria Bistriţa Galați
13:00 Ghionea   35'
Iacob   38'
Cernea   45'
(Report) Negrean   48'
Cornea   66'   89'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sebastian Colţescu
6 December 2003 Matchday 15 FCM Bacău 1–0 Oțelul Galați Bacău
14:00 Apostol   66' (Report) Eusebio Iulian Tudor   41'
Rohat   53'
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Robert Dumitru
13 March 2004 Matchday 16 Universitatea Craiova 1–1 Oțelul Galați Craiova
15:30 Alin Vigariu   38'
Murgan   55'
Pleşan   70'
Bundea   81'
(Report) Oprea   44'
Cristian Eugen Negru   71'
Mărginean   78'
Danciu   81'
Ghionea   87'
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
21 March 2004 Matchday 17 Oțelul Galați 2–1 Farul Constanţa Galați
15:30 Danciu   50'
Apostol   53'
Mărginean  
(Report) Mihai   65' (pen.) Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
28 March 2004 Matchday 18 FC Brașov 0–1 Oțelul Galați Braşov
16:00 Constantin   48'
Baicu   64'
Stere   68'
(Report) Călin   39'
Apostol   49',   80'
Dragomir   64'
Stadium: Silviu Ploieşteanu
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş
3 April 2004 Matchday 19 Oțelul Galați 0–1 Rapid București Galați
16:00 Ghionea   29'
Danciu   38'
Călin   45'
(Report) Ilie   1'
Godfroid   33'
Negru   80'
Dolha   82'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
10 April 2004 Matchday 20 Dinamo București 2–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
13:00 Alexa   47'
Bărcăuan   58'
Dănciulescu   86'
(Report) Munteanu   13'
Toma   73'
Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Robert Dumitru
14 April 2004 Matchday 21 Oțelul Galați 0–0 Petrolul Ploieşti Galați
17:00 Danciu   16'   60'
Dobre   30'
Oprea   36'   64'
Cernea   90+2'
Toma   90+3'
(Report) Cătălin Liţă   36'
Ghindaru   50'
Pastor   69'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
17 April 2004 Matchday 22 Poli AEK 0–0 Oțelul Galați Timișoara
21:00 Dumitru   17'
Angheluţă   71'
(Report) Cernea   42'
Mărginean   77'
Aldea   90+1'
Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
25 April 2004 Matchday 23 Oțelul Galați 3–0 Apulum Alba Iulia Galați
16:30 Călin   8',   70'
Dobre   21'
Verdeş   34'
Ghionea   41'
(Report) Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos
1 May 2004 Matchday 24 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 1–1 Oțelul Galați Piatra Neamţ
16:30 Constantin Enache   16',   75'
Goian   28'
Brujan   29'
Cristian Răuţă   41'
Tiberiu Şerban   60'
Marian Purică   61'
Nohai   76'
(Report) Călin   8'
Rohat   14'
Nanu   71'
Apostol   76'
Dobre   79'
Stadium: Ceahlăul
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Anton Heleşteanu
9 May 2004 Matchday 25 Oțelul Galați 1–1 FC Argeş Galați
17:00 Oprea   33'
Apostol   43'
(Report) Prepeliţă   31'
Stan   57'
Baicu   89'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
12 May 2004 Matchday 26 FC Bihor 1–1 Oțelul Galați Oradea
18:00 Munteanu   38'
Lazăr   48'
Gado   75'
(Report) Aldea   22'
Danciu   77'
Gheară   80'
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
16 May 2004 Matchday 27 Oțelul Galați 2–2 Steaua București Galați
17:00 Danciu   56'
Aldea   62'
Oprea   65'
Cernea   83'
(Report) Ogăraru   30'
Dică   36' (pen.)
Neaga   87',   89'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
23 May 2004 Matchday 28 Naţional București 1–2 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
20:00 Chihaia   3'
Coman   7'
Moldovan   68'
Chihaia   75'
Olah   90+1'
(Report) Ilie   82',   90' Stadium: Cotroceni
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lucian Dan
30 May 2004 Matchday 29 Gloria Bistriţa 0–1 Oțelul Galați Bistriţa
17:00 Jula   67'   85'
Rus   77'
(Report) Oprea   19'
Danciu   73'
Munteanu   81',   90+2'
Stadium: Gloria
Attendance: 500
Referee: Cristian Sava
3 June 2004 Matchday 30 Oțelul Galați 2–2 FCM Bacău Galați
17:00 Gheară   30'
Călin   31'
Munteanu   51'
Dragomir   73'
(Report) Goian   23'
Ciocoiu   56' (pen.)
Răducan   65'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin

Cupa României edit

1 October 2003 Round of 32 Laminorul Roman 0–2 Oțelul Galați Roman
15:00 (Report) Apostol   77'
Iacob   90'
Stadium: Moldova
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Robert Rusu
22 October 2003 Round of 16 Naţional București 2–3 Oțelul Galați Buzău
14:00 Verdeş   19' (pen.),   33'
Buta   52'
Wisdom Chibuike Onyekewere   58'
Savu   72'
Popa   73'
(Report) Apostol   5',   93'
Iacob   40',   67' (pen.)
Munteanu   75'
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 600
Referee: Augustus Constantin
3 December 2003 Quarter-final 1st leg Oțelul Galați 2–0 Rapid București Galați
13:30 Mărginean   29',   37'
Apostol   19',   52'
Rohat   80'
(Report) Bădoi   59'
Ilie   73'
Constantin   90+2'
Maftei   90+3'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Marian Salomir
17 March 2004 Quarter-final 2nd leg Rapid București 1–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
20:00 Bădoi   74'
Ilie   84'
Ziyati   86'
(Report) Ilie   72'
Apostol   81'
Nanu   84'
Danciu   87'
Barbu   89'
Stadium: Giuleşti
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
7 April 2004 Semi-final 1st leg Gloria Bistriţa 0–1 Oțelul Galați Bistriţa
15:00 Rus   12'
Velcea   40'
(Report) Ilie   14' (pen.)
Dragomir   45'
Toma   67'
Orac   83'
Stadium: Gloria
Attendance: 800
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
21 April 2004 Semi-final 2nd leg Oțelul Galați 4–0 Gloria Bistriţa Galați
15:00 Mărginean   1',   54'
Dobre   22'
Danciu   73'
Gheară   75'
Călin   77'
(Report) Nicolae Vlad   34'
Miroslav Giuchic   45'
Negrean   72'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
6 June 2004 Final Oțelul Galați 0–2 Dinamo București Bucharest
19:00 Aldea   54'
Dobre   63'
Călin   64'
(Report) Bărcăuan   19'
Alexa   40'
Angelo Alistar   45'
Munteanu   66'
Niculescu   77'
Semeghin   79'
Stadium: Cotroceni
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

Players edit

Squad statistics edit

Total Divizia A Cupa României
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
FW   Aldea 8 14 2 12 2 2
  Apostol 19 26 5 20 2 6 3
  Baldovin 3 7 7
GK   Barbu 13 14 12 2
FW   Bucătaru 1 1
  Călin 9 14 4 10 3 4 1
  Cernat 3 4 4
  Cernea 24 25 19 6
  Danciu 27 27 2 22 1 5 1
  Dobre 27 28 2 23 1 5 1
  Dragomir 17 23 19 4
  Gheară 17 26 1 21 1 5
CB   Ghionea 33 33 26 7
FW   Guriţă 15 18 4 15 4 3
FW   Iacob 17 17 8 14 6 3 2
FW   Ilie 6 18 3 14 2 4 1
  Izvoranu 3 4 4
  Macare 1 1
  Mărginean 25 26 3 21 1 5 2
  Munteanu 22 27 3 20 2 7 1
  Nanu 14 15 11 4
  Negru 6 9 1 7 1 2
FW   Oprea 24 28 2 24 2 4
FW   Orac 3 12 1 10 1 2
  Pelin 14 15 15
  Rohat 35 35 1 28 1 7
FB   Toma 14 22 17 5
  Tudor 5 11 9 2
  Verdeş 3 6 5 1
Last updated: 11 March 2010
Source: RomanianSoccer and Viaţa Liberă
Ordered by player name
0 shown as blank

Transfers edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
DM   Izvoranu 20 EU Dunărea Galați Transfer Summer Undisclosed [5]
WI   Orac 18 EU Steaua București Loan Summer Undisclosed [6]
GK   Barbu 32 EU Inter Gaz Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
CB   Ghionea 24 EU Steaua București Loan Summer Undisclosed [6]
CB   Munteanu 25 EU Farul Constanța Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
ST   Aldea 22 EU Petrolul Ploiești Transfer Summer Free [6]
CB   Rohat 28 EU Petrolul Ploiești Transfer Summer Free [6]
RM   Apostol 22 EU Gloria Buzău Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
RM   Tudor 29 EU Petrolul Ploiești Transfer Summer Free [6]
CB   Gheară 24 EU Corvinul Transfer Summer Free [6]
LB   Dragomir 28 EU Universitatea Craiova Transfer Summer Free [6]
ST   Iacob 22 EU Progresul București Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
AM   Danciu 26 EU Astra Ploiești Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
RB   Baldovin 31 EU Universitatea Craiova Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
RM   Dobre 27 EU Astra Ploiești Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
GK   Cernea 27 EU Petrolul Ploiești Loaned Summer Undisclosed [7]
LB   Nanu 35 EU Steaua București Transfer Winter Undisclosed [8]
ST   Verdeş 23 EU Progresul București Transfer Winter Undisclosed [8]
ST   Ilie 26 EU FC Oneşti Transfer Winter Undisclosed [8]
ST   Negru 27 EU Farul Constanța Transfer Winter Undisclosed [9]
AM   Călin 30 EU Liaoning Whowin   Transfer Winter Free [10]
- AM   Vintilă 20 EU Politehnica Iași Transfer Winter Undisclosed
- DF   Pârvu 27 EU Al-Wahda   Transfer Winter Undisclosed

Out edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
LM   Tănase 32 EU Argeș Pitești Transfer Summer Undisclosed [11]
CB   Vieira Non-EU Released Summer [12]
CB   Tofan 33 EU Retired Summer [13]
  Maleş EU Retired Summer [13]
ST   Guriţă 30 EU Farul Constanța Transfer Winter Undisclosed [9]
ST   Iacob 23 EU Rapid București Transfer Winter Undisclosed [14]
RM   Cernat 22 EU Released Winter Undisclosed
ST   Bucătaru 21 EU Zimbru Chișinău   Transfer Winter Undisclosed
RM   Tudor 29 EU Vaslui Transfer Winter Undisclosed
RB   Baldovin 32 EU Progresul București Transfer Winter Undisclosed

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

External links edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Otelul este in Divizia A!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Zvonul a devenit realitate". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Sorin Cartu a semnat pentru Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009. [dead link]
  4. ^ some sources list Iacob as 89th-minute goal scorer
  5. ^ "Otelul – prima zi de... Divizia B!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 1 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Se pare ca Otelul a devenit echipa de Divizia A". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Cu doua zile inainte de startul in noul campionat, lotul Otelului s-a subtiat!?". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 8 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ a b c "Drum bun, Otelul!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ a b "In sfarsit Gurita a semnat pentru Farul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Startul returului Diviziei A a fost amanat". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 March 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Cand va reveni Otelul in "A"?". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 15 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Otelul cauta jucatori". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010. [dead link]
  13. ^ a b ""Otelarii" au revenit acasa". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Jucatorii de la Otelul pleaca astazi la Predeal". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]