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2003–04 FC Oțelul Galați season

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FC Oțelul
2003–04 season
ChairmanRomania Nicu Boghici
ManagerRomania Costel Orac
Romania 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)

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]

Competitions

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Friendlies

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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
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Romania Oțelul Galați Antalya
15:00 (Report) Negru 42'
Nedelcev 51'
8 February 2004 Turkey Taraz Kazakhstan 0–0 Romania Oțelul Galați Antalya
(Report)
10 February 2004 Turkey Haladás Hungary 0–3 Romania Oțelul Galați Antalya
14:00 ? , ,
17 February 2004 Turkey Daegu South Korea 0–2 Romania Oțelul Galați Antalya
(Report) Oprea 21', 43'
4 March 2004 Junkers Galați 2–7 Oțelul Galați Galați
14:00 Mogoş 3' (pen.), 55'
Popa Red card 77'
(Report) Călin 28', 44'
Ilie 40' (pen.) 52', 62', 87'
Izvoranu 84'
Stadium: Universitaţii

Liga 1

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League table

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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 Universitatea 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[a]
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

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

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 10 13 7 30 26  +4 43 6 7 2 20 12  +8 4 6 5 10 14  −4

Matches

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9 August 2003 Matchday 1 Oțelul Galați 0–1 Universitatea Craiova Galați
18:00 Danciu Yellow card 6'
Dragomir Yellow card 25'
(Report) N'Jock 4'
Rada Yellow card 35'
Bundea Yellow card 45'
Moţi Yellow card 82'
Gušo Yellow card 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 Yellow card 15'
Bălaşa 48'
Onuţ Yellow card 77'
(Report) Iacob Yellow card 15'
Oprea Yellow card 28'
Danciu Yellow card 37'
Guriţă 43'
Mărginean Yellow card 45'
Stadium: Farul
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
23 August 2003 Matchday 3 Oțelul Galați 2–1 FC Brașov Galați
18:00 Iacob 12', Yellow card 45'
Mărginean 64', Yellow card 73'
Oprea Yellow card 67'
Sandu Cernat Yellow card 82'
(Report) Csaba Balint Yellow card 26'
Mozacu Yellow card 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 Yellow card 50'
(Report) Rohat Yellow card 15'
Iacob Yellow card 54'
Apostol Yellow card 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 Yellow card 1'
Guriţă Yellow card 79'
Cernea Yellow card 90+2'
(Report) Alexa Yellow card 2'
Burcă Yellow card 67'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Anton Heleşteanu
20 September 2003 Matchday 6 Petrolul Ploieşti 0–1 Oțelul Galați Ploieşti
19:30 Negoiţă Yellow card 20'
Crăciun Yellow card 52'
Georgel Ciprian Toporan Yellow card 60'
Petroesc Yellow card 73'
(Report) Ghionea Yellow card 29'
Guriţă 45+1'
Pelin Yellow card 62'
Mărginean Yellow card 67'
Cernea Yellow card 85'
Orac Yellow card 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 Yellow card 15'
Ghionea Yellow card 25'
Guriţă 49', 89'
Gheară 72'
Iacob 76'
Iacob 89'
(Report) Marius Şuleap Yellow card 33'
Mihai Dobre Yellow card 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 Yellow card 42'
Cristinel Nedelea Yellow card 78'
Ovidiu Maier Yellow card 81'
(Report) Iacob 2'
Gheară Yellow card 21' Yellow-red card 35'
Munteanu Red card 90+3'
Toma Yellow card 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 Yellow card 37'
Pelin Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 66'
Iacob 74'
Apostol Yellow card 90'
(Report) Ştefan Domşa 12'
Florin Axinia Yellow card 26'
Burdujan Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 76'
Nohai Yellow card 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 Yellow card 57' (Report) Iacob Yellow card 11'
Cernea Yellow card 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 Yellow card 37'
Orac 38'
Danciu Yellow card 40'
(Report) Mihai Marius Nicolae Yellow card 43'
Mărginean Yellow card 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 Yellow card 38'
Răchita 90+3'
(Report) Oprea Yellow card
Rohat Yellow card
Eusebio Iulian Tudor Yellow card
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 Yellow card 48'
(Report) Cânu Yellow card 21'
Moldovan Yellow card 33'
Sylla Yellow card 40'
Verdeş Yellow card 46'
Coman Yellow card 69'
Panc Yellow card 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 Yellow card 35'
Iacob 38'
Cernea Yellow card 45'
(Report) Negrean Yellow card 48'
Cornea Yellow card 66' Yellow-red card 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 Yellow card 41'
Rohat Yellow card 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 Yellow card 38'
Murgan Yellow card 55'
Pleşan 70'
Bundea Yellow card 81'
(Report) Oprea Yellow card 44'
Cristian Eugen Negru 71'
Mărginean Yellow card 78'
Danciu Yellow card 81'
Ghionea Yellow card 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 Yellow card
(Report) Mihai 65' (pen.) Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
28 March 2004 Matchday 18 FC Brașov 0–1 Oțelul Galați Braşov
16:00 Constantin Yellow card 48'
Baicu Yellow card 64'
Stere Yellow card 68'
(Report) Călin Yellow card 39'
Apostol Yellow card 49', 80'
Dragomir Yellow card 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 Yellow card 29'
Danciu Yellow card 38'
Călin Yellow card 45'
(Report) Ilie 1'
Godfroid Yellow card 33'
Negru Yellow card 80'
Dolha Yellow card 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 Yellow card 58'
Dănciulescu 86'
(Report) Munteanu Yellow card 13'
Toma Yellow card 73'
Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Robert Dumitru
14 April 2004 Matchday 21 Oțelul Galați 0–0 Petrolul Ploieşti Galați
17:00 Danciu Yellow card 16' Yellow-red card 60'
Dobre Yellow card 30'
Oprea Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 64'
Cernea Yellow card 90+2'
Toma Yellow card 90+3'
(Report) Cătălin Liţă Yellow card 36'
Ghindaru Yellow card 50'
Pastor Yellow card 69'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
17 April 2004 Matchday 22 Poli AEK 0–0 Oțelul Galați Timișoara
21:00 Dumitru Yellow card 17'
Angheluţă Yellow card 71'
(Report) Cernea Yellow card 42'
Mărginean Yellow card 77'
Aldea Yellow card 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 Yellow card 34'
Ghionea Yellow card 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 Yellow card 16', 75'
Goian Yellow card 28'
Brujan Yellow card 29'
Cristian Răuţă Yellow card 41'
Tiberiu Şerban Yellow card 60'
Marian Purică Yellow card 61'
Nohai Yellow card 76'
(Report) Călin Yellow card 8'
Rohat 14'
Nanu Red card 71'
Apostol Yellow card 76'
Dobre Yellow card 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 Yellow card 43'
(Report) Prepeliţă 31'
Stan Yellow card 57'
Baicu Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
12 May 2004 Matchday 26 FC Bihor 1–1 Oțelul Galați Oradea
18:00 Munteanu Yellow card 38'
Lazăr 48'
Gado Yellow card 75'
(Report) Aldea 22'
Danciu Yellow card 77'
Gheară Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
16 May 2004 Matchday 27 Oțelul Galați 2–2 Steaua București Galați
17:00 Danciu Yellow card 56'
Aldea 62'
Oprea 65'
Cernea Yellow card 83'
(Report) Ogăraru Yellow card 30'
Dică 36' (pen.)
Neaga 87', Yellow card 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 Yellow card 7'
Moldovan Yellow card 68'
Chihaia Yellow card 75'
Olah Yellow card 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 Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card 85'
Rus Yellow card 77'
(Report) Oprea Yellow card 19'
Danciu Yellow card 73'
Munteanu Yellow card 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 Yellow card 30'
Călin 31'
Munteanu 51'
Dragomir Yellow card 73'
(Report) Goian Yellow card 23'
Ciocoiu 56' (pen.)
Răducan 65'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin

Cupa României

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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.), Yellow card 33'
Buta Yellow card 52'
Wisdom Chibuike Onyekewere Yellow card 58'
Savu 72'
Popa Yellow card 73'
(Report) Apostol Yellow card 5', gold-colored soccer ball 93'
Iacob Yellow card 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 Yellow card 29', 37'
Apostol 19', Yellow card 52'
Rohat Yellow card 80'
(Report) Bădoi Yellow card 59'
Ilie Yellow card 73'
Constantin Yellow card 90+2'
Maftei Yellow card 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 Red card 84'
Ziyati Yellow card 86'
(Report) Ilie Yellow card 72'
Apostol Yellow card 81'
Nanu Red card 84'
Danciu Yellow card 87'
Barbu Yellow card 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 Red card 12'
Velcea Yellow card 40'
(Report) Ilie 14' (pen.)
Dragomir Yellow card 45'
Toma Yellow card 67'
Orac Yellow card 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', Yellow card 54'
Dobre 22'
Danciu 73'
Gheară Yellow card 75'
Călin 77'
(Report) Nicolae Vlad Yellow card 34'
Miroslav Giuchic Yellow card 45'
Negrean Yellow card 72'
Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
6 June 2004 Final Oțelul Galați 0–2 Dinamo București Bucharest
19:00 Aldea Yellow card 54'
Dobre Yellow card 63'
Călin Yellow card 64'
(Report) Bărcăuan Yellow card 19'
Alexa Yellow card 40'
Angelo Alistar Yellow card 45'
Munteanu 66'
Niculescu 77'
Semeghin Yellow card 79'
Stadium: Cotroceni
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

Players

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Squad statistics

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Total Divizia A Cupa României
No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Sts
App
Gls
App
Gls
App
Gls
FW Romania Aldea 8 14 2 12 2 2
Romania Apostol 19 26 5 20 2 6 3
Romania Baldovin 3 7 7
GK Romania Barbu 13 14 12 2
FW Romania Bucătaru 1 1
Romania Călin 9 14 4 10 3 4 1
Romania Cernat 3 4 4
Romania Cernea 24 25 19 6
Romania Danciu 27 27 2 22 1 5 1
Romania Dobre 27 28 2 23 1 5 1
Romania Dragomir 17 23 19 4
Romania Gheară 17 26 1 21 1 5
CB Romania Ghionea 33 33 26 7
FW Romania Guriţă 15 18 4 15 4 3
FW Romania Iacob 17 17 8 14 6 3 2
FW Romania Ilie 6 18 3 14 2 4 1
Romania Izvoranu 3 4 4
Romania Macare 1 1
Romania Mărginean 25 26 3 21 1 5 2
Romania Munteanu 22 27 3 20 2 7 1
Romania Nanu 14 15 11 4
Romania Negru 6 9 1 7 1 2
FW Romania Oprea 24 28 2 24 2 4
FW Romania Orac 3 12 1 10 1 2
Romania Pelin 14 15 15
Romania Rohat 35 35 1 28 1 7
FB Romania Toma 14 22 17 5
Romania Tudor 5 11 9 2
Romania Verdeş 3 6 5 1
Last updated: 11 March 2010
Source: RomanianSoccer and Viaţa Liberă
Ordered by player name
0 shown as blank

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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

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See also

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References

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