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
Chairman Nicu Boghici
Manager Costel Orac
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

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 Oțelul Galați Braşov
11:00 (Report) Stadium: ICIM
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'
8 February 2004 Turkey Taraz 0–0 Oțelul Galați Antalya
(Report)
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'
27 February 2004 Dunărea Galați 0–1 Oțelul Galați Galați
14:00 (Report) Ilie  80' Stadium: Dunărea
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
Main article: 2003–04 Divizia A

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

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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  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 Braşov 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 Braşov 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
Main article: 2003–04 Cupa României
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

Squad statistics
Total Divizia A Cupa României
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Sts
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
 App
 Gls
– FW Aldea 8 142 122 2
– Apostol 19 265 202 63
– Baldovin 3 7 7
– GK Barbu 13 14 12 2
– FW Bucătaru 1 1
– Călin 9 144 103 41
– Cernat 3 4 4
– Cernea 24 25 19 6
– Danciu 27 272 221 51
– Dobre 27 282 231 51
– Dragomir 17 23 19 4
– Gheară 17 261 211 5
– CB Ghionea 33 33 26 7
– FW Guriţă 15 184 154 3
– FW Iacob 17 178 146 32
– FW Ilie 6 183 142 41
– Izvoranu 3 4 4
– Macare 1 1
– Mărginean 25 263 211 52
– Munteanu 22 273 202 71
– Nanu 14 15 11 4
– Negru 6 91 71 2
– FW Oprea 24 282 242 4
– FW Orac 3 121 101 2
– Pelin 14 15 15
– Rohat 35 351 281 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

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

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

See also

References
  1. "Otelul este in Divizia A!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. "Zvonul a devenit realitate". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  3. "Sorin Cartu a semnat pentru Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  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.
  6. "Se pare ca Otelul a devenit echipa de Divizia A". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  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.
  8. "Drum bun, Otelul!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  9. "In sfarsit Gurita a semnat pentru Farul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  10. "Startul returului Diviziei A a fost amanat". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 March 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  11. "Cand va reveni Otelul in "A"?". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 15 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  12. "Otelul cauta jucatori". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  13. ""Otelarii" au revenit acasa". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  14. "Jucatorii de la Otelul pleaca astazi la Predeal". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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