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]
| 2003–04 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | |
| Manager | (from 29 December 2003) |
| Divizia A | 5th |
| Cupa României | Runners-up |
| Top goalscorer | League: Iacob (6) All: Iacob (8) Guriță (3) Aldea (2) Apostol (2) Călin (2) Dobre (2) Ilie (2) Munteanu (2) Oprea (2) |
Competitions
Friendlies
| 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 |
| 30 July 2003 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | | Braşov |
| 11:00 | (Report) | Stadium: ICIM |
| 2 August 2003 | Oțelul Galați | 1–1 | CF Brăila | Galați |
| 11:00 | Oprea |
(Report) | Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,000 |
| 20 August 2003 | Oțelul Galați | 4–1 | Dunărea Galați | Galați |
| Danciu Iacob Guriţă Sandu Cernat |
(Report) | Lungu |
Stadium: Oțelul |
| 6 February 2004 Turkey | Borac Banja Luka | 0–2 | | Antalya |
| 15:00 | (Report) | Negru Nedelcev |
| 8 February 2004 Turkey | Taraz | 0–0 | | Antalya |
| (Report) |
| 10 February 2004 Turkey | Haladás | 0–3 | | Antalya |
| 14:00 | ? |
| 12 February 2004 Turkey | Žilina | 1–0 | | Antalya |
| Barčík |
(Report) |
| 14 February 2004 Turkey | Samsung Bluewings | 1–2 | | Antalya |
| Marcel |
(Report) | Ilie Oprea |
| 17 February 2004 Turkey | Daegu | 0–2 | | Antalya |
| (Report) | Oprea |
| 27 February 2004 | Dunărea Galați | 0–1 | Oțelul Galați | Galați |
| 14:00 | (Report) | Ilie |
Stadium: Dunărea |
| 4 March 2004 | Junkers Galați | 2–7 | Oțelul Galați | Galați |
| 14:00 | Mogoş Popa |
(Report) | Călin Ilie Izvoranu |
Stadium: Universitaţii |
Liga 1
League table
| 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[lower-alpha 1] |
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:
- TIM 0-0 PRO; PRO 0-0 TIM
Results by round
Results summary
| 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
| 9 August 2003 Matchday 1 | Oțelul Galați | 0–1 | Universitatea Craiova | Galați |
| 18:00 | Danciu Dragomir |
(Report) | N'Jock Rada Bundea Moţi Gušo |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
| 16 August 2003 Matchday 2 | Farul Constanţa | 1–1 | Oțelul Galați | Constanţa |
| 20:00 | Lungu Bălaşa Onuţ |
(Report) | Iacob Oprea Danciu Guriţă Mărginean |
Stadium: Farul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ionică Serea |
| 23 August 2003 Matchday 3 | Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | FC Brașov | Galați |
| 18:00 | Iacob Mărginean Oprea Sandu Cernat |
(Report) | Csaba Balint Mozacu Buga |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
| 30 August 2003 Matchday 4 | Rapid București | 2–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 20:00 | Bratu Iencsi |
(Report) | Rohat Iacob Apostol |
Stadium: Lia Manoliu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marian Salomir |
| 13 September 2003 Matchday 5 | Oțelul Galați | 0–0 | Dinamo București | Galați |
| 16:00 | Danciu Guriţă Cernea |
(Report) | Alexa Burcă |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Anton Heleşteanu |
| 20 September 2003 Matchday 6 | Petrolul Ploieşti | 0–1 | Oțelul Galați | Ploieşti |
| 19:30 | Negoiţă Crăciun Georgel Ciprian Toporan Petroesc |
(Report) | Ghionea Guriţă Pelin Mărginean Cernea Orac |
Stadium: Astra Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Iosif Biro |
| 27 September 2003 Matchday 7 | Oțelul Galați | 4–1[4] | Poli AEK | Galați |
| 17:00 | Rohat Ghionea Guriţă Gheară Iacob Iacob |
(Report) | Marius Şuleap Mihai Dobre Stancu |
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 Emeric Vascko Aurel Himcinschi Cristinel Nedelea Ovidiu Maier |
(Report) | Iacob Gheară Munteanu Toma |
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 Pelin Iacob Apostol |
(Report) | Ştefan Domşa Florin Axinia Burdujan Nohai |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ionică Serea |
| 25 October 2003 Matchday 10 | FC Argeş | 0–0 | Oțelul Galați | Piteşti |
| 15:00 | Cosmin Năstăsie |
(Report) | Iacob Cernea |
Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş |
| 1 November 2003 Matchday 11 | Oțelul Galați | 1–0 | FC Bihor | Galați |
| 13:30 | Mărginean Orac Danciu |
(Report) | Mihai Marius Nicolae Mărginean |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Anton Heleşteanu |
| 9 November 2003 Matchday 12 | Steaua București | 2–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 17:00 | Răducanu Curt Răchita |
(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 Toma |
(Report) | Cânu Moldovan Sylla Verdeş Coman Panc Caramarin |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
| 28 November 2003 Matchday 14 | Oțelul Galați | 1–0 | Gloria Bistriţa | Galați |
| 13:00 | Ghionea Iacob Cernea |
(Report) | Negrean Cornea |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu |
| 6 December 2003 Matchday 15 | FCM Bacău | 1–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bacău |
| 14:00 | Apostol |
(Report) | Eusebio Iulian Tudor Rohat |
Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru |
| 13 March 2004 Matchday 16 | Universitatea Craiova | 1–1 | Oțelul Galați | Craiova |
| 15:30 | Alin Vigariu Murgan Pleşan Bundea |
(Report) | Oprea Cristian Eugen Negru Mărginean Danciu Ghionea |
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marian Salomir |
| 21 March 2004 Matchday 17 | Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | Farul Constanţa | Galați |
| 15:30 | Danciu Apostol Mărginean |
(Report) | Mihai |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean |
| 28 March 2004 Matchday 18 | FC Brașov | 0–1 | Oțelul Galați | Braşov |
| 16:00 | Constantin Baicu Stere |
(Report) | Călin Apostol Dragomir |
Stadium: Silviu Ploieşteanu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş |
| 3 April 2004 Matchday 19 | Oțelul Galați | 0–1 | Rapid București | Galați |
| 16:00 | Ghionea Danciu Călin |
(Report) | Ilie Godfroid Negru Dolha |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ionică Serea |
| 10 April 2004 Matchday 20 | Dinamo București | 2–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 13:00 | Alexa Bărcăuan Dănciulescu |
(Report) | Munteanu Toma |
Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru |
| 14 April 2004 Matchday 21 | Oțelul Galați | 0–0 | Petrolul Ploieşti | Galați |
| 17:00 | Danciu Dobre Oprea Cernea Toma |
(Report) | Cătălin Liţă Ghindaru Pastor |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
| 17 April 2004 Matchday 22 | Poli AEK | 0–0 | Oțelul Galați | Timișoara |
| 21:00 | Dumitru Angheluţă |
(Report) | Cernea Mărginean Aldea |
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 Dobre Verdeş Ghionea |
(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 Goian Brujan Cristian Răuţă Tiberiu Şerban Marian Purică Nohai |
(Report) | Călin Rohat Nanu Apostol Dobre |
Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Anton Heleşteanu |
| 9 May 2004 Matchday 25 | Oțelul Galați | 1–1 | FC Argeş | Galați |
| 17:00 | Oprea Apostol |
(Report) | Prepeliţă Stan Baicu |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
| 12 May 2004 Matchday 26 | FC Bihor | 1–1 | Oțelul Galați | Oradea |
| 18:00 | Munteanu Lazăr Gado |
(Report) | Aldea Danciu Gheară |
Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Marian Salomir |
| 16 May 2004 Matchday 27 | Oțelul Galați | 2–2 | Steaua București | Galați |
| 17:00 | Danciu Aldea Oprea Cernea |
(Report) | Ogăraru Dică Neaga |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Ionică Serea |
| 23 May 2004 Matchday 28 | Naţional București | 1–2 | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 20:00 | Chihaia Coman Moldovan Chihaia Olah |
(Report) | Ilie |
Stadium: Cotroceni Attendance: 300 Referee: Lucian Dan |
| 30 May 2004 Matchday 29 | Gloria Bistriţa | 0–1 | Oțelul Galați | Bistriţa |
| 17:00 | Jula Rus |
(Report) | Oprea Danciu Munteanu |
Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 500 Referee: Cristian Sava |
Cupa României
| 1 October 2003 Round of 32 | Laminorul Roman | 0–2 | Oțelul Galați | Roman |
| 15:00 | (Report) | Apostol Iacob |
Stadium: Moldova Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Rusu |
| 22 October 2003 Round of 16 | Naţional București | 2–3 | Oțelul Galați | Buzău |
| 14:00 | Verdeş Buta Wisdom Chibuike Onyekewere Savu Popa |
(Report) | Apostol Iacob Munteanu |
Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 600 Referee: Augustus Constantin |
| 3 December 2003 Quarter-final 1st leg | Oțelul Galați | 2–0 | Rapid București | Galați |
| 13:30 | Mărginean Apostol Rohat |
(Report) | Bădoi Ilie Constantin Maftei |
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 Ilie Ziyati |
(Report) | Ilie Apostol Nanu Danciu Barbu |
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 Velcea |
(Report) | Ilie Dragomir Toma Orac |
Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 800 Referee: Sorin Corpodean |
Players
Squad statistics
| 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 | ||||||
Source: RomanianSoccer and Viaţa Liberă
Ordered by player name
0 shown as blank
Transfers
In
| 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
| 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
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation at rsssf.com
- Divizia A at romaniansoccer.ro
See also
References
- "Otelul este in Divizia A!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Zvonul a devenit realitate". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- "Sorin Cartu a semnat pentru Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- some sources list Iacob as 89th-minute goal scorer
- "Otelul – prima zi de... Divizia B!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 1 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Se pare ca Otelul a devenit echipa de Divizia A". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "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.
- "Drum bun, Otelul!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "In sfarsit Gurita a semnat pentru Farul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Startul returului Diviziei A a fost amanat". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 March 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Cand va reveni Otelul in "A"?". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 15 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Otelul cauta jucatori". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ""Otelarii" au revenit acasa". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Jucatorii de la Otelul pleaca astazi la Predeal". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.