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
ChairmanRomania Igor Pîrvu
ManagerRomania 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 edit

Friendlies edit

17 July 2002 Oltul Sfântu Gheorghe 0–3 Oțelul Galați Sfântu Gheorghe
(Report) Guriţă  
Tofan  
Murgoci  
24 July 2002 Oțelul Galați 1–0 Farul Constanţa Galați
18:00 Guriţă   76' (pen.) (Report) Stadium: Oțelul
Referee: Sorin Burloiu
6 February 2003 Cyprus FC Seoul   2–1   Oțelul Galați Larnaca
17:30 ?  ,   (Report) Piana  
12 February 2003 Cyprus Kuban Krasnodar   2–1   Oțelul Galați Larnaca
18:00 ?   40',   45' (Report) Pelin   3'

Divizia A edit

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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Argeș Pitești 30 11 5 14 37 41 −4 38[a]
12 Bacău 30 10 8 12 31 31 0 38[a]
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. ^ a b ARG 3-1 BAC; BAC 2-3 ARG

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWLWDWWDLLDLWLWLDDLWLDLDLDLLWWD
Position395653349887878881091012131314131313131313
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 9 9 12 25 37  −12 36 7 6 2 17 11  +6 2 3 10 8 26  −18

Matches edit

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 Brașov 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 Brașov 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 edit

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 edit

Squad statistics edit

Total Divizia A Cupa României Relegation 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 29 1 27 1 2
  Bar 22 27 25 2
GK   Borş 12 13 12 1
FW   Bucătaru 11 21 3 20 3 1
  Bucur 3 2 1
  Cernat 9 18 15 1 2
  Chiriţă 1 3 2 1
  Cornea 28 30 4 28 3 2 1
  Costea 1 1
  Dascălu 1 1 1
FW   Guriţă 30 31 9 29 8 2 1
GK   Iliuciuc 21 21 19 2
  Iordache 28 28 2 26 2 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 25 4 23 4 2
CB   Pelin 28 28 26 2
  Piana 7 10 10
  Popa 1 1 1
FB   Sârghi 1 1 1
  Mihai.C 7 6 1
  Tănase 28 28 2 26 1 2 1
  Tofan 28 28 2 26 2 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 edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
DF   Minescu 31 EU Foresta Fălticeni Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
GK   Iliuciuc EU Dinamo București Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
LM   Cornea 20 EU Baia Mare Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
CB   Iordache 21 EU Dinamo București Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
RB   Baldovin 30 EU Universitatea Craiova Transfer Summer Undisclosed [10]
  Bar EU Baia Mare Transfer Summer Undisclosed [11]
DM   Badea 26 EU Dinamo București Transfer Summer Undisclosed [11]
DF   Chiriță EU Radnički Kragujevac   Transfer Summer Undisclosed [11]
CB   Vieira 28 Non-EU Transfer Winter 2005 Undisclosed [12]
CB   Nițulescu EU Transfer [12]
CF   Piana 21 Non-EU Troyes   Transfer Winter 2005 Free [12]

Out edit

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

  1. ^ a b ""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. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Otelul va lua totul de la zero!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. [dead link]
  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. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Marinarul care va conduce Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. [dead link]
  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. ^ a b c d "Otelul a plecat la munte". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 9 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Adrian Baldovin – ultima noutate in "curtea" Otelului!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ a b c "Insemnari de la confeinta de presa". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. [dead link]
  12. ^ a b c "Marlin Piana si Andre Vieira au semnat pentru Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 5 March 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010. [dead link]
  13. ^ "Portarul Cristi Munteanu a semnat pentru Dinamo!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 15 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "A plecat si Sorin Ghionea!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "In pofida tuturor zvonurilor, Otelul Galati nu este pe marginea prapastiei..." Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ a b c d "Otelul are nevoie de intariri". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 4 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. [dead link]

External links edit