2012–13 FC Oțelul Galați season

FC Oțelul Galați
2012–13 season
Chairman	Narcis Răducan; (from Oct 18, 2012)
Manager	Dorinel Munteanu; (until Aug 30, 2012); Viorel Tănase; (from Aug 30, 2012); Petre Grigoraș; (from Feb 1, 2013)
Liga I	6th
Cupa României	Round of 32

The 2012–13 season will be Oțelul Galați's 21st consecutive season in the Liga I, and their 24th overall season in the top-flight of Romanian football.

Players

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
15	CB	Mardare	24	EU	Debrecen	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	[1]
30	MF	Băjenaru	29	EU	Astra Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[2]
88	RM	Inkango	28	EU	Kastrioti Kruje	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	[1]
90	MF	Zaharia	22	EU	CS Turnu Severin	Transfer	Winter	2016	Undisclosed	[3]
23	FW	Vancea	28	EU	CS Turnu Severin	Transfer	Winter	2015	Undisclosed	[4]
21	MF	Astafei	25	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Transfer	Winter	2016	€ 200,000	[5]
9	FW	Gazale	28	Non-EU	Universidad Católica	Transfer	Winter	2015	Free	[6]
8	CM	Marquinhos	20	Non-EU	Paraná	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	[7]
3	RB	Antunes	20	Non-EU	Flamengo	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	[8]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	LM	Frunză	34	EU	Brăila	Contract expired	Summer	–	[9]
8	RM	Antal	23	EU	Vaslui	Transfer	Summer	€ 500,000	[10]
23	LB	Sălăgeanu	29	EU	Vaslui	Transfer	Summer	€ 200,000	[10]
17	LM	Buș	25	EU		Mutual consent	Winter	–	[11]
37	MF	Viglianti	33	EU		Retired	Winter	–	[12]
	MF	Enescu	25	EU		Mutual consent	Winter	–	[13]
	CF	Chipirliu	20	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
15	DF	Mardare	25	EU	Rapid București	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
19	CF	Punosevac	25	EU	FCM Târgu Mureș	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
3	DF	Râpă	23	EU	Steaua București	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
27	ST	Pena	27	EU	Baku	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[14]
55	CB	Perendija	27	Non-EU	Mordovia Saransk	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[15]
93	RM	Inkango	28	EU		Mutual consent	Winter	Undisclosed	[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.

Player statistics

Squad statistics

				Total			Liga I		Cupa României
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
30	AM		Băjenaru	2	5		5
6	CB		Benga	5	5		5
1	GK		Brăneţ	7	7		7
17	LM		Buş	4	4		4
18	CB		Costin	8	8		8
	LB		Cucu	1	1		1
4	DM		Filip	2	3		3
29	DM		Giurgiu	9	9		9
12	GK		Grahovac	2	2		2
14	LM		Ilie	1	1		1
88	RM		Inkango	4	8	3	8	3
7	RM		Iorga	6	8	2	8	2
5	LB		Ljubinković	6	7		7
23	CB		Murgoci		1		1
77	DM		Neagu	4	6		6
27	ST		Pena	6	8		8
55	CB		Perendija	8	8		8
19	FW		Punoševac	1	7	1	7	1
3	RB		Râpă	9	9		9
16	CB		Sârghi	1	2		2
11	FW		Štromajer	7	9	1	9	1
37	AM		Viglianti	6	8	4	8	4

Last updated: 11 August 2012
Source: official website and Viaţa Liberă
Ordered by player name
0 shown as blank

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Liga I	Cupa României
Qnt	Formation	Matches
22	4–2–3–1	All matches	All matches

Last updated: 26 September 2012
Source: Match reports in Competitions
Only competitive matches.

Disciplinary records

N	Pos.	Name
30	AM	Băjenaru	1
6	CB	Benga	3
17	LM	Buş	1
18	CB	Costin	3
29	DM	Giurgiu	3
7	RM	Iorga	1
5	LB	Ljubinković			1
77	DM	Neagu	2
55	CB	Perendija	3
27	ST	Pena	4	1
3	RB	Râpă	2
16	CB	Sârghi	1
37	AM	Viglianti	2

Last updated: 26 September 2012
Source: Matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions

No.	P	Name	Matches Banned	Reason for Suspension	Notes	Source
5	LB	Ljubinković	League #4	Sent off	Suspension received after a straight red card against Petrolul
27	FW	Pena	League #9	Sent off	Suspension received after two yellow cards against Viitorul

Competitions

Overall

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	9	4	5
Games won	1	–	1
Games drawn	4	3	1
Games lost	4	1	3
Biggest win	2–1 vs CSMS Iaşi	–	2–1 vs CSMS Iaşi
Biggest loss	1–2 vs Petrolul	1–2 vs CFR Cluj	1–2 vs Petrolul
Clean sheets	0	0	0
Goals scored	11	4	7
Goals conceded	14	5	9
Goal difference	-3	-1	-2
Average GF per game	1.22	1	1.4
Average GA per game	1.56	1.25	1.8
Yellow cards	26	9	17
Red cards	2	1	1
Most appearances	Giurgiu, Râpă, Štromajer (9)
Most minutes played	Giurgiu, Râpă (849)
Top scorer	Viglianti (4)
Top assister	Pena (3)
Points	7/27(25.93%)	3/12(25%)	4/15(26.67%)
Winning rate	11.11%	%	20%

Last updated: 26 September 2012
Source: Matches

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	CFR Cluj	34	12	13	9	56	39	+17	49[lower-alpha 1]
10	Gaz Metan Mediaș	34	12	10	12	42	46	−4	46
11	Oțelul Galați[lower-alpha 2]	34	11	10	13	38	42	−4	41
12	Universitatea Cluj	34	10	8	16	39	55	−16	38
13	Viitorul Constanța	34	8	12	14	45	57	−12	36

Source: Liga I (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:

CFR 0-0 RAP; RAP 3-2 CFR
Oțelul Galați were deducted two points because of debts owed to agent Codoban Tătar Ionel.

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
19	5	7	7	23	27	−4	22	3	4	2	10	9	+1	2	3	5	13	18	−5

Last updated: 20 December 2012.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	6	9	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	13

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2012. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Points by opponent

Team	Results		Points
Team	Home	Away	Points
Astra Ploieşti	2–1		3
FC Braşov	0–0		1
Ceahlăul		1–4	0
CFR Cluj	1–2		0
Concordia Chiajna		0–0	1
CSMS Iaşi	0–3	2–1	3
Dinamo București		1–2	0
Gaz Metan Mediaş	0–0		1
Gaz Metan Severin		1–1	1
Gloria Bistriţa	1–1		1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu		2–3	0
Petrolul Ploieşti		1–2	0
Rapid București	1–1	3–2	4
Steaua București		1–2	0
Universitatea Cluj		1–1	1
FC Vaslui	2–0		3
Viitorul Constanța	1–1		1

Source: FCO

Matches

Kickoff times are in EET.

22 July 2012 Matchday 1	CSMS Iaşi	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Iaşi
19:00	Jovanović 50' Ionescu 54', 59'	(Report)	Iorga 51' (pen.), 90' Râpă 56' Viglianti 80' Giurgiu 82'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Referee: Radu Petrescu

30 July 2012 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Rapid București	Galați
20:20	Viglianti 27' Buș 31' Pena 87'	(Report)	Constantin 40' Božović 69' Grigore 73'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

4 August 2012 Matchday 3	Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
21:30	Boudjemaa 20', 82' Guilherme Sitya 36' Bornescu 79'	(Report)	Ljubinković 1' Perendija 20' Sârghi 30' Benga 41' Costin 46' Inkango 89'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

13 August 2012 Matchday 4	Oțelul Galați	1–2	CFR Cluj	Galați
18:00	Inkango 38' Costin 42' Perendija 69'	(Report)	Mureșan 7' (pen.), 22' Vass 39' Ronny 53' Godemèche 79'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu

20 August 2012 Matchday 5	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	3–2	Oțelul Galați	Târgu Jiu
18:00	Matulevičius 6' Maxim 19' (pen.) Boutadjine 72', 85', 90+3'	(Report)	Viglianti 22' Pena 26' Iorga 62' (pen.) Giurgiu 70' Benga 86' Inkango 90'	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

25 August 2012 Matchday 6	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Gloria Bistriţa	Galați
18:00	Benga 15' Štromajer 65'	(Report)	Markisio 29' Curtuiuș 38' Ayza 59' Romário 71' Tudose 77'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan

2 September 2012 Matchday 7	Steaua București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	București
17:55	Adi Rocha 3' Pintilii 8' Szukała 64'	(Report)	Viglianti 13' Neagu 44' Giurgiu 58' Pena 66' Râpă 80'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,230 Referee: Cătălin Popa

16 September 2012 Matchday 8	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Viitorul Constanța	Galați
18:00	Viglianti 17' Costin 25' Pena 34' 90+2' Neagu 52' Perendija 74'	(Report)	Dică 25' (pen.) Alibec 43' Mladen 66' Vâtcă 90'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Iulian Dima

22 September 2012 Matchday 9	Gaz Metan Severin	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
19:00	Thomas 45+1' Golić 73'	(Report)	Viglianti 5' Punoševac 20' Băjenaru 29'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

30 September 2012 Matchday 10	Oțelul Galați	0–0	FC Brașov	Galați
17:00	Punoševac 90+3'	(Report)	Popa 86' Ionescu 90+3'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marian Balaci

8 October 2012 Matchday 11	Concordia Chiajna	0–0	Oțelul Galați	Chiajna
21:30	Bambara 53' Popovici 68' Purece 78' Wellington Carlos 86' Cretu 90'	(Report)	Neagu 5' Filip 33' Costin 69' Šipović 88'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dan Florin Dreve

20 October 2012 Matchday 12	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Astra Ploiești	Galați
19:00	Pena 57' (pen.) 70' Šipović 90+4' Inkango 90+5' Paraschiv 90+6'	(Report)	Fatai 4', 51' Tembo 43' Găman 56' Bukari 79'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

26 October 2012 Matchday 13	Universitatea Cluj	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Cluj-Napoca
19:00	Cleiton 2' Erico 12' Paulinho 24' Pătrașcu 30'	(Report)	Paraschiv 32' Šipović 45' Sârghi 75'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

4 November 2012 Matchday 14	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Galați
19:00	Giurgiu 14' Pena 60' Brăneț 90+2'	(Report)	Negru 59'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

10 November 2012 Matchday 15	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	4–1	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamț
16:00	Bădescu 18' Aloisio 48' Stana 80', 80', 87'	(Report)	Cârjă 24' Giurgiu 73' Šipović 86'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

17 November 2012 Matchday 16	Oțelul Galați	2–0	FC Vaslui	Galați
20:00	Iorga 3', 19' Neagu 53' Sîrghi 68' Pena 73' 78' Filip 76' Viglianti 90+3'	(Report)	Jumisse 31'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paul Unimatan

24 November 2012 Matchday 17	Dinamo București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	București
20:30	Alexe 17' (pen.) Matei 32' (pen.) Țucudean 42' Munteanu 61' Matei 79'	(Report)	Perendija 31' Murgoci 45+2' Rus 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lucian Rusandu

3 December 2012 Matchday 18	Oțelul Galați	0–3	CSMS Iaşi	Galați
18:00	Neagu 32' Băjenaru 43' Šipović 85'	(Report)	Onofraș 35', 74', 90+1' Nalați 68'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

8 December 2012 Matchday 19	Rapid București	2–3	Oțelul Galați	București
20:30	Herea 29' Roman 42' Ioniță 53' Wallace 58' Pancu 90'	(Report)	Pena 31', 39', 63' Sîrghi 60' Ljubinković 75' Brăneț 90+3'	Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

24 February 2013 Matchday 20	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
18:00	Ljubinković 19' Giurgiu 23'	(Report)	Bokila 21', 80' Hamza 63' Geraldo 89'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

2 March 2013 Matchday 21	Oțelul Galați	0–1	CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
21:30	Sepsi 23' Piccolo 54' Felgueiras 79' Camora 79' Godemèche 79' 90+1'	(Report)	Paraschiv 7' Sârghi 50' Iorga 61' Filip 66' Grahovac 89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu

Cupa României

26 September 2012 R32	Sportul Studențesc	0–1	Oțelul Galați	București
15:00	Șerban 36' Lung 72'	(Report)	Inkango 28'	Stadium: Juventus Attendance: 500 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

1 November 2012 R16	Oțelul Galați	3–0	CF Brăila	Galați
18:45	Băjenaru 24', 62' Perendija 75' Didi 88'	(Report)	Sânmărtean 71' Spiridon 82'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: George Găman

28 November 2012 QF	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	0–2	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamț
17:45	Vițelaru 83'	(Report)	Iorga 11' Perendija 19' Neagu 52' Băjenaru 65' Giurgiu 85'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

17 April 2013 SF	Oțelul Galați	v	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
		[(Report)]		Stadium: Oțelul

22 May 2013 sF	Petrolul Ploieşti	v	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
		[(Report)]		Stadium: Ilie Oană

Netherlands training camp

4 July 2012	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Viktoria Köln	Heelsum
19:00	Ogbuke 15' Enescu 18'	(Report)

5 July 2012	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Al-Faisaly	Heelsum
20:00	Šipović 81' Giurgiu 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Bilderberg Hotel Klein Zwitserland

7 July 2012	Waasland-Beveren	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Melsele
19:00	Snelders 70'	(Report)	Băjenaru 81' Štromajer 90+2'

10 July 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–0	P.A.O.K. F.C.	Heelsum
18:30	Pena 31'	(Report)

13 July 2012	Standard Liège	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Hasselt
20:30	Ignacio González 4' (pen.)	(Report)		Attendance: 1,000

Local friendlies

13 October 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Viitorul Constanța	Galați
16:00	Štromajer 32'	(Report)		Stadium: Stadionul Oțelul

Marbella Cup

4 February 2013 QF	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	San Pedro de Alcántara
17:00		(Report)	Tsurikov 62'	Stadium: San Pedro

7 February 2013 5-8 places	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Marbella
14:40	Iorga 44' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Municipal

10 February 2013 5th place match	Oțelul Galați	0–4	Rapid București	San Pedro de Alcántara
12:00		(Report)	Grigorie 14' Abrudan 18' Herea 70', 90+1'	Stadium: San Pedro

Other friendlies

12 February 2013	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Atlético Paranaense	Sotogrande
11:00	Curelea 26'	(Report)	Bruno Furlan 48'

13 February 2013	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Torpedo Kutaisi	Sotogrande
17:30	Vancea 67'	(Report)	Pantsulaia 69'

15 February 2013	Oțelul Galați	1–2	Spartak Moscow	Marbella
18:00	Iorga 74'	(Report)	Majeed 45', 55'	Stadium: Municipal

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