| 2002–03 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | |
| Manager | |
| Divizia A | 13th |
| Cupa României | Round of 32 |
| Top goalscorer | League: Guriță (8) All: Guriță (9) Oprea (4) Bucătaru (3) Cornea (3) Iordache (2) Tofan (2) |
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]
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 |
(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 | | Larnaca |
| 17:30 | ? |
(Report) | Piana |
| 10 February 2003 Cyprus | Energiya Khabarovsk | 2–0 | | Larnaca |
| ? |
(Report) |
| 12 February 2003 Cyprus | Kuban Krasnodar | 2–1 | | Larnaca |
| 18:00 | ? |
(Report) | Pelin |
| 14 February 2003 Cyprus | Fakel Voronezh | 1–0 | | Larnaca |
| 11:00 | ? |
(Report) |
| 26 February 2003 | CF Brăila | 2–0 | Oțelul Galați | Lacu Sărat, Brăila |
| ? |
(Report) |
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 |
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:
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 | 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 Guriţă Cornea Toma Bucătaru Iordache |
(Report) | Radu Dică Chiriţă |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tiberiu Lajos |
| 25 August 2002 Matchday 2 | Rapid București | 5 – 2[5] | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 17:00 | Bădoi Măldărăşanu Ilyeş Bratu Godfroid |
(Report) | Pelin Tănase Bar Bucătaru |
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 Pelin Tofan |
(Report) | Ceauşu Negrean |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu |
| 13 September 2002 Matchday 4 | Naţional București | 0–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 20:00 | Iacob |
(Report) | Pelin |
Stadium: Cotroceni Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Iosif Biro |
| 21 September 2002 Matchday 5 | Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | UTA Arad | Galați |
| 17:00 | Tofan Iordache Guriţă Cornea Toma Pelin |
(Report) | Chiţescu Mărginean Baldovin Piţ Botiş |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
| 28 September 2002 Matchday 6 | Farul Constanţa | 0–1 | Oțelul Galați | Constanţa |
| 19:00 | (Report) | Bucătaru Bar Toma |
Stadium: Farul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu |
| 5 October 2002 Matchday 7 | Oțelul Galați | 0–0 | Sportul Studenţesc | Galați |
| 15:00 | (Report) | Chihaia Musteață |
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 Botez Botan Solomon Burdujan |
(Report) | Mărginean Tănase |
Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Iosif Biro |
| 26 October 2002 Matchday 9 | FC Brașov | 3 – 2[7] | Oțelul Galați | Braşov |
| 15:00 | Andraşi Stere Bodea Buga |
(Report) | Guriţă Toma Iordache Oprea Cornea Tănase Pelin Badea |
Stadium: Silviu Ploieşteanu Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mugurel Vădan |
| 2 November 2002 Matchday 10 | Oțelul Galați | 2–2 | Poli AEK | Galați |
| 14:00 | Tănase Oprea |
(Report) | Pelin Silvăşan |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş |
| 9 November 2002 Matchday 11 | Universitatea Craiova | 2–0 | Oțelul Galați | Craiova |
| 14:00 | Papură Dunăreanu Vochin Luţu Pleşan |
(Report) | Iordache |
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sorin Altmayer |
| 16 November 2002 Matchday 12 | Oțelul Galați | 2–0 | Dinamo București | Galați |
| 12:00 | Guriţă Tofan Mărginean |
(Report) | Kiriţă Grigorie Preda |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin |
| 23 November 2002 Matchday 13 | Astra Ploieşti | 2–0 | Oțelul Galați | Ploieşti |
| 17:00 | Mihart Todoran Irimescu Tofan |
(Report) | Oprea Tănase Borş Pelin |
Stadium: Astra Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aurelian Simion |
| 30 November 2002 Matchday 14 | Oțelul Galați | 1 – 0[8] | FCM Bacău | Galați |
| 14:00 | Cornea Tofan Tănase |
(Report) | Apostol Lovin Nivaldo |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu |
| 7 December 2002 Matchday 15 | Steaua București | 1–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 13:00 | Trică Mutică |
(Report) | Borş Iordache |
Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 250 Referee: Alexandru Băjan |
| 8 March 2003 Matchday 17 | Oțelul Galați | 0–0 | Rapid București | Galați |
| 15:00 | Cornea Badea Pelin Tofan |
(Report) | Maftei Bisconti Perjă |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tiberiu Lajos |
| 15 March 2003 Matchday 18 | Gloria Bistriţa | 1–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bistriţa |
| 15:30 | Rus Sânmărtean |
(Report) | Toma |
Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sorin Altmayer |
| 19 March 2003 Matchday 16 | FC Argeş | 2–2 | Oțelul Galați | Piteşti |
| 15:30 | Iordache Şomcherechi Bogoi Tofan Dică |
(Report) | Mărginean Cornea Oprea Guriţă |
Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Florin Chivulete |
| 22 March 2003 Matchday 19 | Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | Naţional București | Galați |
| 16:00 | Coman Mărginean Oprea Iliuciuc |
(Report) | Coman Buta Mitrović |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş |
| 5 April 2003 Matchday 20 | UTA Arad | 3–0 | Oțelul Galați | Arad |
| 17:00 | Popescu Manta Luca Varga |
(Report) | Guriţă Bar |
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 Mărginean Tănase Badea Pelin |
(Report) | Uşurelu Zicu Senin Chirea Bălan Bălţoi |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
| 16 April 2003 Matchday 22 | Sportul Studenţesc | 2–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 17:00 | Diniţă Farmache Chihaia |
(Report) | Guriţă Badea Mărginean |
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 Botez |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean |
| 25 April 2003 Matchday 24 | Oțelul Galați | 0–2 | FC Brașov | Galați |
| 17:00 | Pelin Tofan |
(Report) | Stere Sărmăşan Iorga Nicolae Constantin Buga Surdu Stan |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cristian Lucian Dan |
| 3 May 2003 Matchday 25 | Poli AEK | 0–0 | Oțelul Galați | Timișoara |
| 18:00 | Stancu Constantinovici Bătrânu |
(Report) | Guriţă Borş Tănase |
Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean |
| 7 May 2003 Matchday 26 | Oțelul Galați | 0–1 | Universitatea Craiova | Galați |
| 13:00 | Iordache Tănase Tofan Pelin Mărginean |
(Report) | Papură Miclea Gušo |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Sorin Altmayer |
| 10 May 2003 Matchday 27 | Dinamo București | 1–0 | Oțelul Galați | Bucharest |
| 20:00 | Frăsineanu Kiriţă Grigorie |
(Report) | Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Iosif Biro |
| 17 May 2003 Matchday 28 | Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | Astra Ploieşti | Galați |
| 18:00 | Cornea Crăciun Guriţă |
(Report) | Todoran |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
| 24 May 2003 Matchday 29 | FCM Bacău | 0–1 | Oțelul Galați | Bacău |
| 18:00 | (Report) | Oprea Tănase Mărginean Bar Iliuciuc |
Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marian Salomir |
| 28 May 2003 Matchday 30 | Oțelul Galați | 1–1 | Steaua București | Galați |
| 18:00 | Iordache Minescu Mărginean Guriţă Vieira |
(Report) | Lung Răducanu Paraschiv |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean |
| 14 June 2003 Playout 1st leg | Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | FC Oradea | Galați |
| 18:00 | Cornea Iordache Guriţă |
(Report) | Vrăjitoarea Lazăr Rotaru |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Marian Salomir |
| 18 June 2003 Playout 2nd leg | FC Oradea | 3–1 | Oțelul Galați | Oradea |
| 17:30 | Vrăjitoarea |
(Report) | Cornea Tănase Badea Iordache |
Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
Cupa României
| 6 November 2002 Round of 32 | Industria Sârmii Câmpia Turzii | 3–0 | Oțelul Galați | Câmpia Turzii |
| 13:00 | Anca Mitiu M. Bratu |
Stadium: Mechel Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Orlando Trandu |
Players
Squad statistics
| 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 | |||||||||
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 | 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
| 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
- 1 2 ""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.
- ↑ "Otelul va lua totul de la zero!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Marinarul care va conduce Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 17 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ↑ Badoi or Bratu for the 70th-minute goal
- ↑ Some sources list Solomon as the 76th minute scorer
- ↑ some sources say that Bundea was the 11th minute scorer
- ↑ Some sources list Cornea's goal 83rd minute
- 1 2 3 4 "Otelul a plecat la munte". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 9 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ↑ "Adrian Baldovin – ultima noutate in "curtea" Otelului!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Insemnari de la confeinta de presa". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Marlin Piana si Andre Vieira au semnat pentru Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 5 March 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ↑ "Portarul Cristi Munteanu a semnat pentru Dinamo!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 15 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ↑ "A plecat si Sorin Ghionea!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ↑ "In pofida tuturor zvonurilor, Otelul Galati nu este pe marginea prapastiei..." Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "Otelul are nevoie de intariri". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 4 July 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
External links
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation at rsssf.com
- Divizia A at romaniansoccer.ro