2002–03 FC Oțelul Galați season

In the summer of 2002, coach Marius Lăcătuş refused to extend his contract saying that he is unhappy with the current financial situation at Oțelul and left the team.[1] Soon after, many players whose contracts were expiring also left the team. They were joined by vice-president Mihai Stoica, who signed for Steaua.[2] President Ion Ionică appointed[3] Costel Orac as the new manager. Later in that summer, Igor Pîrvu is named as the new president of the club.[4]

Oțelul Galați
2002–03 season
Chairman Igor Pîrvu
Manager Costel Orac
Divizia A13th
Cupa RomânieiRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Guriță (8)
All:
Guriță (9)
Oprea (4)
Bucătaru (3)
Cornea (3)
Iordache (2)
Tofan (2)

Competitions

Friendlies
17 July 2002 Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe 0–3 Oțelul Galați Sfântu Gheorghe
(Report) Guriţă
Tofan
Murgoci
18 July 2002 Gloria Buzău 1–4 Oțelul Galați Sfântu Gheorghe
10:00 ? (Report) Toma , ,
Guriţă
24 July 2002 Oțelul Galați 1–0 Farul Constanţa Galați
18:00 Guriţă  76' (pen.) (Report) Stadium: Oțelul
Referee: Sorin Burloiu
27 July 2002 Farul Constanţa 2–0 Oțelul Galați Constanţa
11:00 ? , (Report) Stadium: Farul
6 February 2003 Cyprus FC Seoul 2–1 Oțelul Galați Larnaca
17:30 ? , (Report) Piana
10 February 2003 Cyprus Energiya Khabarovsk 2–0 Oțelul Galați Larnaca
? , (Report)
12 February 2003 Cyprus Kuban Krasnodar 2–1 Oțelul Galați Larnaca
18:00 ?  40',  45' (Report) Pelin  3'
14 February 2003 Cyprus Fakel Voronezh 1–0 Oțelul Galați Larnaca
11:00 ? (Report)
26 February 2003 CF Brăila 2–0 Oțelul Galați Lacu Sărat, Brăila
? , (Report)

Divizia A
Main article: 2002–03 Divizia A

Although at the end of the season they had to compete in a playout match in order to remain in Divizia A, which they lost, Oțelul still managed to keep their place in the first league due to the merger of Divizia A team Astra Ploieşti and the newly promoted Petrolul Ploieşti, which resulted in the creation of FC Petrolul Ploieşti, thus freeing a spot.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Argeș Pitești 30 11 5 14 37 41 −4 38[lower-alpha 1]
12 Bacău 30 10 8 12 31 31 0 38[lower-alpha 1]
13 Oțelul Galați 30 9 9 12 25 37 −12 36 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 Politehnica AEK Timișoara 30 11 2 17 37 52 −15 35
15 Sportul Studențesc București (R) 30 9 4 17 44 55 −11 31 Relegation to Divizia B
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.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ARG 3-1 BAC; BAC 2-3 ARG

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWLWDWWDLLDLWLWLDDLWLDLDLDLLWWD
Position395653349887878881091012131314131313131313
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 9 9 12 25 37  −12 36 7 6 2 17 11  +6 2 3 10 8 26  −18

Matches
17 August 2002 Matchday 1 Oțelul Galați 2–0 FC Argeş Galați
18:00 Oprea  16'
Guriţă  25'
Cornea  33',  41'
Toma  37'
Bucătaru  85'
Iordache  87'		 (Report) Radu  12'
Dică  29'
Chiriţă  43'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos
25 August 2002 Matchday 2 Rapid București 5 – 2[5] Oțelul Galați Bucharest
17:00 Bădoi  46'
Măldărăşanu  48'
Ilyeş  62'
Bratu  67',  68'
Godfroid  74'		 (Report) Pelin  27'
Tănase  33'
Bar  40'
Bucătaru  78',  82'		 Stadium: Giuleşti – Valentin Stănescu
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sorin Altmayer
31 August 2002 Matchday 3 Oțelul Galați 1–0 Gloria Bistriţa Galați
18:00 Badea  26'
Pelin  47'
Tofan  59'		 (Report) Ceauşu  48'  68'
Negrean  74'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
13 September 2002 Matchday 4 Naţional București 0–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
20:00 Iacob  88' (Report) Pelin  51' Stadium: Cotroceni
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Iosif Biro
21 September 2002 Matchday 5 Oțelul Galați 2–1 UTA Arad Galați
17:00 Tofan  50'
Iordache  78'
Guriţă  79'
Cornea  83'
Toma  89'
Pelin  90+2'		 (Report) Chiţescu  29'  55'
Mărginean  48'
Baldovin  52',  80'
Piţ  68'
Botiş  80'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
28 September 2002 Matchday 6 Farul Constanţa 0–1 Oțelul Galați Constanţa
19:00 (Report) Bucătaru  28',  64'
Bar  55'
Toma  84'		 Stadium: Farul
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
5 October 2002 Matchday 7 Oțelul Galați 0–0 Sportul Studenţesc Galați
15:00 (Report) Chihaia  45'
Musteață  56'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Anton Heleşteanu
19 October 2002 Matchday 8 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 4 – 0[6] Oțelul Galați Piatra Neamţ
15:00 Purică  8'
Botez  35'
Botan  57' (pen.)
Solomon  73',  76'
Burdujan  89'		 (Report) Mărginean  37'
Tănase  57'		 Stadium: Ceahlăul
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Iosif Biro
26 October 2002 Matchday 9 FC Braşov 3 – 2[7] Oțelul Galați Braşov
15:00 Andraşi  27'
Stere  35',  36'
Bodea  67'
Buga  70'		 (Report) Guriţă  9'
Toma  15'
Iordache  29'
Oprea  39'
Cornea  46'
Tănase  64'
Pelin  84'
Badea  84'		 Stadium: Silviu Ploieşteanu
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Mugurel Vădan
2 November 2002 Matchday 10 Oțelul Galați 2–2 Poli AEK Galați
14:00 Tănase  33',  66'
Oprea  53'		 (Report) Pelin  45' (o.g.)
Silvăşan  85'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş
9 November 2002 Matchday 11 Universitatea Craiova 2–0 Oțelul Galați Craiova
14:00 Papură  35'
Dunăreanu  36'
Vochin  43'
Luţu  51'
Pleşan  79'		 (Report) Iordache  3' Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sorin Altmayer
16 November 2002 Matchday 12 Oțelul Galați 2–0 Dinamo București Galați
12:00 Guriţă  18',  80'
Tofan  25'
Mărginean  62'		 (Report) Kiriţă  64'
Grigorie  72'
Preda  80'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
23 November 2002 Matchday 13 Astra Ploieşti 2–0 Oțelul Galați Ploieşti
17:00 Mihart  28'
Todoran  30'
Irimescu  83'
Tofan  88' (o.g.)		 (Report) Oprea  14'
Tănase  53'
Borş  76'
Pelin  88'		 Stadium: Astra
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Aurelian Simion
30 November 2002 Matchday 14 Oțelul Galați 1 – 0[8] FCM Bacău Galați
14:00 Cornea  83'
Tofan  80'
Tănase  90+3'		 (Report) Apostol  40'
Lovin  64'
Nivaldo  75'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
7 December 2002 Matchday 15 Steaua București 1–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
13:00 Trică  30'
Mutică  40'		 (Report) Borş  8'
Iordache  66'  67'		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 250
Referee: Alexandru Băjan
8 March 2003 Matchday 17 Oțelul Galați 0–0 Rapid București Galați
15:00 Cornea  44'
Badea  45'
Pelin  50'
Tofan  75'		 (Report) Maftei  3'
Bisconti  36'
Perjă  90'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos
15 March 2003 Matchday 18 Gloria Bistriţa 1–0 Oțelul Galați Bistriţa
15:30 Rus  45'
Sânmărtean  75'		 (Report) Toma  12' Stadium: Gloria
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Sorin Altmayer
19 March 2003 Matchday 16 FC Argeş 2–2 Oțelul Galați Piteşti
15:30 Iordache  5'  32'
Şomcherechi  6'
Bogoi  35'
Tofan  38' (o.g.)
Dică  82' (pen.)		 (Report) Mărginean  8'
Cornea  15'
Oprea  16' (pen.),  63'
Guriţă  76'		 Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Florin Chivulete
22 March 2003 Matchday 19 Oțelul Galați 2–1 Naţional București Galați
16:00 Coman  1' (o.g.)
Mărginean  37'
Oprea  58' (pen.),  59'
Iliuciuc  90+4'		 (Report) Coman  19'
Buta  38'
Mitrović  84'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş
5 April 2003 Matchday 20 UTA Arad 3–0 Oțelul Galați Arad
17:00 Popescu  33'
Manta  54',  82'
Luca  70'
Varga  75'		 (Report) Guriţă  68'
Bar  78'		 Stadium: Francisc von Neumann
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
12 April 2003 Matchday 21 Oțelul Galați 2–2 Farul Constanţa Galați
17:00 Guriţă  14'
Mărginean  44'
Tănase  63'
Badea  72'
Pelin  89'		 (Report) Uşurelu  34'
Zicu  44' (pen.)
Senin  56'
Chirea  74'
Bălan  82'
Bălţoi  90+2'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
16 April 2003 Matchday 22 Sportul Studenţesc 2–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
17:00 Diniţă  58'
Farmache  68'
Chihaia  72'		 (Report) Guriţă  44'
Badea  48'
Mărginean  87'		 Stadium: Regie
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Iosif Biro
19 April 2003 Matchday 23 Oțelul Galați 0–0 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Galați
17:00 (Report) Ilie  28'
Botez  37'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
25 April 2003 Matchday 24 Oțelul Galați 0–2 FC Braşov Galați
17:00 Pelin  44'
Tofan  49'		 (Report) Stere  14'
Sărmăşan  37'
Iorga  43'
Nicolae  50'
Constantin  55'
Buga  60'
Surdu  77'
Stan  82'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cristian Lucian Dan
3 May 2003 Matchday 25 Poli AEK 0–0 Oțelul Galați Timișoara
18:00 Stancu  71'
Constantinovici  78'
Bătrânu  82'		 (Report) Guriţă  35'
Borş  38'
Tănase  45'		 Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
7 May 2003 Matchday 26 Oțelul Galați 0–1 Universitatea Craiova Galați
13:00 Iordache  29'
Tănase  30'
Tofan  44'
Pelin  52'
Mărginean  78'		 (Report) Papură  7'
Miclea  72'
Gušo  83'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Sorin Altmayer
10 May 2003 Matchday 27 Dinamo București 1–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
20:00 Frăsineanu  18'
Kiriţă  58'
Grigorie  63'		 (Report) Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Iosif Biro
17 May 2003 Matchday 28 Oțelul Galați 2–1 Astra Ploieşti Galați
18:00 Cornea  22'
Crăciun  59'
Guriţă  90+2'		 (Report) Todoran  90+1' Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
24 May 2003 Matchday 29 FCM Bacău 0–1 Oțelul Galați Bacău
18:00 (Report) Oprea  40'
Tănase  59'
Mărginean  76'
Bar  90+1'
Iliuciuc  90+2'		 Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
28 May 2003 Matchday 30 Oțelul Galați 1–1 Steaua București Galați
18:00 Iordache  43'
Minescu  61'
Mărginean  69'
Guriţă  80'
Vieira  90+4'		 (Report) Lung  39'
Răducanu  61'
Paraschiv  76'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
14 June 2003 Playout 1st leg Oțelul Galați 2–1 FC Oradea Galați
18:00 Cornea  28'
Iordache  36'
Guriţă  67'		 (Report) Vrăjitoarea  34',  45+1' (pen.)
Lazăr  37'
Rotaru  44'		 Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
18 June 2003 Playout 2nd leg FC Oradea 3–1 Oțelul Galați Oradea
17:30 Vrăjitoarea  70',  81',  91' (Report) Cornea  19'
Tănase  28'
Badea  68'
Iordache  80'		 Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

Cupa României
Main article: 2002–03 Cupa României
6 November 2002 Round of 32 Industria Sârmii Câmpia Turzii 3–0 Oțelul Galați Câmpia Turzii
13:00 Anca  23'
Mitiu  71'
M. Bratu  72'		 Stadium: Mechel
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Orlando Trandu

Players

Squad statistics
Total Divizia A Cupa RomânieiRelegation playoffs
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
App
Gls
– Vieira 1 7 7
– Apostol 1 1
– Apostu 3 3
– Badea 26 291 271 2
– Bar 22 27 25 2
– GK Borş 12 13 12 1
– FW Bucătaru 11 213 203 1
– Bucur 3 2 1
– Cernat 9 18 15 1 2
– Chiriţă 1 3 2 1
– Cornea 28 304 283 21
– Costea 1 1
– Dascălu 1 1 1
– FW Guriţă 30 319 298 21
– GK Iliuciuc 21 21 19 2
– Iordache 28 282 262 2
– Maleş 6 6
– Mărginean 20 25 24 1
– Minescu 14 22 21 1
– Miron 1 1 1
– Mogoş 1 1 1
– Murgoci 1 1 1
– Onuţa 1 1 1
– FW Oprea 22 254 234 2
– CB Pelin 28 28 26 2
– Piana 7 10 10
– Popa 1 1 1
– FB Sârghi 1 1 1
– Stan 1 1
– Tănase 28 282 261 21
– Tofan 28 282 262 2
– Toma 19 26 25 1
– Velescu 1 1 1
Last updated: 11 March 2010
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
– DF Minescu 31EU Foresta Fălticeni Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
– GK Iliuciuc EU Dinamo București Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
– LM Cornea 20EU Baia Mare Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
– CB Iordache 21EU Dinamo București Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
– RB Baldovin 30EU Universitatea Craiova Transfer Summer Undisclosed [10]
– Bar EU Baia Mare Transfer Summer Undisclosed [11]
– DM Badea 26EU Dinamo București Transfer Summer Undisclosed [11]
– DF Chiriță EU Radnički Kragujevac Transfer Summer Undisclosed [11]
– CB Vieira 28Non-EU Transfer Winter 2005 Undisclosed [12]
– CB Nițulescu EU Transfer [12]
– CF Piana 21Non-EU Troyes Transfer Winter 2005 Free [12]

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
– LM Boştină 25EU Steaua București Transfer Summer Free [1]
– GK Munteanu 27EU Dinamo București Transfer Summer $ 100,000 [13]
– CB Ghionea 23EU Steaua București Transfer Summer $ 150,000 [14]
– RB Ogăraru 22EU Steaua București Loan end Summer – [15]
– DF Dinu EU Zimbru Chișinău Transfer Summer Undisclosed [16]
– CM Baştină 29EU Zimbru Chișinău Transfer Summer Undisclosed [16]
– LB Mozacu 25EU Brașov Contract expired Summer – [16]
– CF Andone 27EU Ferencváros Contract expired Summer – [16]

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.

References
  1. ""Nu cred ca noi am fi putut sa-i oferim ceva asemanator", considera Mihai Stoica". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 13 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. "Otelul va lua totul de la zero!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  3. "Costel Orac va fi noul antrenor al Otelului. Problema bugetului ramane, in continuare, nerezolvata". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  4. "Marinarul care va conduce Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  5. Badoi or Bratu for the 70th-minute goal
  6. Some sources list Solomon as the 76th minute scorer
  7. some sources say that Bundea was the 11th minute scorer
  8. Some sources list Cornea's goal 83rd minute
  9. "Otelul a plecat la munte". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 9 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  10. "Adrian Baldovin – ultima noutate in "curtea" Otelului!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  11. "Insemnari de la confeinta de presa". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  12. "Marlin Piana si Andre Vieira au semnat pentru Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 5 March 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  13. "Portarul Cristi Munteanu a semnat pentru Dinamo!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 15 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  14. "A plecat si Sorin Ghionea!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  15. "In pofida tuturor zvonurilor, Otelul Galati nu este pe marginea prapastiei..." Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  16. "Otelul are nevoie de intariri". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 4 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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