2008–09 FC Oțelul Galați season

FC Oțelul
2008–09 season
Chairman	Marius Stan
Manager	Petre Grigoraş
Liga I	12th
Cupa României	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Paraschiv (9); All: ; Paraschiv (9); Pena (6); Viglianti (5); Iorga (3); Tănasă (3); Ibeh (2); Jelev (2)

Match results

Friendlies

22 June 2008	FC Ena Făgăraş	1–4	Oțelul Galați	Făgăraş
11:00	?		Gabriel Zamfir Paraschiv , ,

25 June 2008	Oțelul Galați	3–0	Gloria Buzău	Braşov
18:00	Paraschiv 11' Viglianti 77' Pena 84'			Stadium: Carpaţi

5 July 2008 Austria	Oțelul Galați	0–0	MŠK Žilina	Klagenfurt
19:00

8 July 2008 Austria	Oțelul Galați	0–2	MTK Hungária FC	Velden
19:00			Ádám 80' Gábornak 83'

13 July 2008 Austria	Oțelul Galați	5–0	SV Spittal an der Drau	Velden
19:00	Anca 13' Paraschiv 18', 39' (pen.) Pena 67' Popovic 73'

20 July 2008	Oțelul Galați	6–1	CF Brăila	Galați
10:30	Paraschiv 11', 31' Viglianti 49' (pen.) Nikolić 51' Pena 77' Iorga 82'		Neta 61'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marius Bocăneala

28 January 2009	Oțelul Galați	0–0	FCM Bacău	Moinești
15:00				Stadium: Petrolul

5 February 2009 Turkey	Oțelul Galați	3–1	FK Metalurg Skopje	Antalya
16:00	? 32' (o.g.) Paraschiv 50' Avram 80'		? 73'

7 February 2009 Turkey	Oțelul Galați	1–0	FC Lokomotiv Astana	Antalya
17:00	Pena 76'

9 February 2009 Turkey	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Illichivets	Antalya
17:00	Avram 76'		Byahanski 90'

11 February 2009 Turkey	Oțelul Galați	1–0	FK Rabotnički	Antalya
11:00	Paraschiv 65'

13 February 2009 Turkey	Oțelul Galați	0–0	FC Gomel	Antalya
14:00

15 February 2009 Turkey	Oțelul Galați	0–2	SC Tavriya Simferopol	Antalya
15:30			? 76', 90'

21 February 2009	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Rapid București	Galați
14:00	Bourceanu 42' Costin 58' Zhelev 84'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Bogdan Anghelinei

18 March 2009	Unirea Slobozia	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Slobozia
15:30	? 30'		Viglianti 24' Ibeh 90'	Stadium: 1 Mai

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	Argeș Pitești (R)	34	12	8	14	41	47	−6	44	Relegation to Liga II^[a]
11	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	34	11	10	13	27	36	−9	43
12	Oțelul Galați	34	11	7	16	37	48	−11	40
13	Gloria Bistrița	34	11	5	18	32	44	−12	38
14	Politehnica Iași	34	10	7	17	32	47	−15	37

Source: LPF (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:

^ Argeș Pitești were relegated to the Liga II due to allegations of referee bribery. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.^[1]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L
Position	7	4	3	1	5	6	9	9	8	8	6	9	9	11	10	11	10	9	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
34	11	7	16	37	48	−11	40	9	3	5	24	17	+7	2	4	11	13	31	−18

Matches

27 July 2008 Matchday 1	Gaz Metan	2–2	Oțelul Galați	Mediaş
18:00	Boaru 7' Zhelev 33' (o.g.) Marković 63' Eric 72' 89'		Paraschiv 17', 38', 81' Costin 61' Cojoc 88'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

2 August 2008 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	3–1	Otopeni	Galați
18:00	Paraschiv 15', 21' Cojoc 62' Gabriel Viglianti 73' (pen.) Nikolić 88'		Chiacu 64' (pen.) Negru 64' 90+2'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 0 (closed doors) Referee: Cristian Balaj

9 August 2008 Matchday 3	Gloria Buzău	0–2	Oțelul Galați	Buzău
19:00	Ninu 52' Dias 87'		Paraschiv 7', 45'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

17 August 2008 Matchday 4	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Rapid București	Galați
17:45	Iorga 28', 70' Paraschiv 50' Vitaić 83'		Đalović 78'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 0 (closed doors) Referee: Sebastian Colţescu

23 August 2008 Matchday 5	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Craiova
18:00	Găman 61' Bărboianu 81'		Sălăgeanu 54' Viglianti 72'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Tiberiu Lajos

31 August 2008 Matchday 6	Oțelul Galați	0–1	SC Vaslui	Galați
17:45	Cojoc 17' Sălăgeanu 33' Iorga 90+3'		Ljubinković 33' Temwanjera 68' Jovanović 79' Cânu 89'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

14 September 2008 Matchday 7	Politehnica Iaşi	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Iaşi
19:00	Bratu 44' (pen.) Bâlbă 70', 81' Gavatorta 89' Pleşca 90+1'		Nogo 44' Ilie 84'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Aurelian Bogaciu

20 September 2008 Matchday 8	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Gloria Bistriţa	Galați
17:00	Sălăgeanu 48' Pena 57' Zhelev 87'		Vagner 53' Petre 73' Ninu 79'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marius Avram

27 September 2008 Matchday 9	Farul Constanţa	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Constanţa
21:00	Chico 11' Farmache 39' Fatai 40' Şchiopu 51' Pârvu 81'		Vitaić 70' Bourceanu 77' Viglianti 83' Tişmănaru 89'	Stadium: Farul Attendance: 300 Referee: Sorin Corpodean

5 October 2008 Matchday 10	Oțelul Galați	1–1	CFR Cluj	Galați
15:00	Panin 21' (o.g.)		Mureşan 19' Tony 34' Galiassi 40'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tiberiu Jalos

17 October 2008 Matchday 11	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Steaua București	Galați
15:00	Pena 24' Tănasă 67', 83' Kolev 79'		Semedo 90+1'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

25 October 2008 Matchday 12	Dinamo București	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
20:45	Torje 60' Blay 81'			Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 500 Referee: Marius Martiş

2 November 2008 Matchday 13	Oțelul Galați	2–2	Timișoara	Galați
14:00	Brezinský 17' (o.g.) Viglianti 25' Bourceanu 53' Cârjă 80'		Art. Karamyan 5' Bucur 90+3'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

7 November 2008 Matchday 14	Unirea Urziceni	3–1	Oțelul Galați	Urziceni
20:30	Pădureţu 53' Bălan 55' Galamaz 59' Ricardo 72' Dănălache 83' Apostol 89' 90+4'		Pena 52' Bourceanu 81' Cojocf 90+1'	Stadium: Tineretului Attendance: 700 Referee: Robert Dumitru

16 November 2008 Matchday 15	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Braşov	Galați
14:00	Viglianti 31', 75' Cojoc 55' Ilie 59' Sălăgeanu 90+2'		Dedu 21' Cristescu 53' Abrudan 90+2'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

23 November 2008 Matchday 16	FC Argeş	3–2	Oțelul Galați	Piteşti
19:00	Kamara 42' Tameş 64' Tănase 86', 87'	(Report)	Tănasă 23', 31', 45' Sârghi 79' Iorga 80' Paraschiv 88'	Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marius Martiş

29 November 2008 Matchday 17	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Galați
14:00	Costin 7' Sălăgeanu 65' Pena 80' Viglianti 89'	(Report)	Popete 9' Vancea 45' Murgan 65' Ghindeanu 88'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Marius Avram

28 February 2009 Matchday 18	Oțelul Galați	3–1	Gaz Metan	Galați
15:00	Paraschiv 12', 44' Sălăgeanu 18' Iorga 38' Zhelev 50'		Todea 18' Semeghin 45'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

7 March 2009 Matchday 19	CS Otopeni	0–1	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
17:00	Lazić 26' Ivan 31'		Pena 41' Costin 85'	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

14 March 2009 Matchday 20	Oțelul Galați	1–2	Gloria Buzău	Galați
15:00	Cârjă 16' Viglianti 33'		Axente 36', 37' Cârjă 67' (o.g.) Ademar 76' Matei 89' Mincă 90+2'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marian Bordean

21 March 2009 Matchday 21	Rapid București	4–0	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
20:30	Herea 33', 34' Grigorie 51' Spadacio 82' Grigore 90+3'			Stadium: Giuleşti Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

5 April 2009 Matchday 22	Oțelul Galați	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Galați
17:00	Paraschiv 30' Bourceanu 36' Ilie 55' Zhivko Zhelev 67'		F. Costea 9' Găman 10' Wobay 40' M. Costea 49'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan

8 April 2009 Matchday 23	SC Vaslui	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Vaslui
17:00	Cânu 6' Pavlović 17' Farkas 59' Wesley 89'		Elek 54' Cârjă 87'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marian Bordean

12 April 2009 Matchday 24	Oțelul Galați	3–2	Politehnica Iaşi	Galați
17:00	Bourceanu 25' (pen.) Sălăgeanu 29' S. Ilie 31' Sârghi 32' Zhelev 65', 78' Elek 76' Kolev 88'	(Report)	Bâlbă 15' A. Ilie 24' Onuţ 28' Cristea 45+1', 88' Viveiros 71'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marius Avram

18 April 2009 Matchday 25	Gloria Bistriţa	3–0	Oțelul Galați	Bistriţa
15:00	Diogo 17' Coroian 25', 47' Zaharia 79'		Costin 50' 84' Sălăgeanu 72'	Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 500 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu

21 April 2009 Matchday 26	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Farul Constanţa	Galați
17:00	Iorga 56' Gado 58' Ibeh 72' Tănasă 84'			Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ionel Ivan

25 April 2009 Matchday 27	CFR Cluj	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Cluj-Napoca
20:30	Mureşan 41' Koné 64' Mara 82'		Zhelev 42' Râpă 45' Ibeh 74' Gado 86' Cârjă 90+2'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marian Bordean

1 May 2009 Matchday 28	Steaua București	5–0	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
20:45	P. Marin 15' Stancu 33' Goian 45+2' (pen.) Toja 55', 58' Dayro Moreno 67' Golański 78' Kapetanos 85'		Giurgiu 45+1' Iorga 78' Râpă 78'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

5 May 2009 Matchday 29	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Dinamo București	Galați
16:00	Ilie 45' Kolev 82'		Moţi 21' Dănciulescu 34' Bruno Simao 35' Goian 61' Matache 90+1'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Victor Berbecaru

9 May 2009 Matchday 30	FC Timișoara	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Timișoara
17:00	Bucur 23' Scutaru 74' Latovlevici 77'		Bourceanu 60'	Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Georgian Ionescu

17 May 2009 Matchday 31	Oțelul Galați	0–2	Unirea Urziceni	Galați
17:00	Ilie 36' Cârjă 74' 78'		Varga 66' Bilaşco 77' Onofraş 90' Apostol 90+3'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

22 May 2009 Matchday 32	FC Brașov	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Braşov
18:00	Abrudan 29' Oroş 86' Măldărăşanu 90'		Bourceanu 11' 83' Ibeh 53' Pena 75' Sârghi 86' Zhelev 89'	Stadium: Silviu Ploeşteanu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marius Avram

31 May 2009 Matchday 33	Oțelul Galați	2–0	FC Argeş	Galați
18:00	Ibeh 13', 76' Giurgiu 18' Pena 30' (pen.) Costin 51' Tănasă 60'		Bălaşa 29' Poenaru 69'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ciprian Danşa

10 June 2009 Matchday 34	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Târgu Jiu
20:00	Vasilache 4' (pen.), 74' Martinović 10'		Kolev 4' 72' Ilie 42' Zhelev 45'	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Cristian Balaj

Cupa României

14 October 2008 Round of 32	Tricolorul Breaza	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Breaza
14:30	Tudor 24' Vasilescu 61', 70'	(Report)	Viglianti 55', 66' Kolev 71' Tudor 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Parc Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Radu Petrescu

11 November 2008 Round of 16	Unirea Urziceni	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Buzău
14:45	Burns 22' Dănălache 82'		Bourceanu 26' Cârjă 61' Zhelev 76'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aurelian Bogaciu

Players

Squad statistics

				Total			Liga I		Cupa României
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
0	FW		Anca	2	4		4
10	MF		Avram	1	3		3
5	DM		Bourceanu	32	32	1	31	1	1
2	FB		Cârjă	16	22		20		2
0	FB		Cojoc	8	10		9		1
18	CB		Costin	32	33		31		2
7	FW		Elek	9	17	1	17	1
11	FB		Gado	2	15		14		1
20	RM		Gârleanu	3	3		3
29	CM		Giurgiu	14	16		16
1	GK		Grybauskas	3	4		3		1
15	LW		Ibeh	8	15	2	15	2
14	FW		Ilie	19	26	1	26	1
6	AM		Iorga	25	29	3	27	3	2
0	MF		Ioviţă	1	4		4
12	GK		Kolev	33	33		32		1
0	MF		Neagu		2		2
0	MF		Nikolić	3	9		7		2
0	CB		Nogo	2	2		2
30	AM		Paraschiv	20	23	9	22	9	1
27	FW		Pena	26	31	6	30	6	1
3	DF		Râpă	9	9		9
23	FB		Sălăgeanu	30	30	1	28	1	2
16	FB		Sârghi	20	21		19		2
4	CM		Schwartz		1		1
0	MF		Stancu	1	10		9		1
17	FW		Tănasă	10	17	3	15	3	2
8	MF		Tişmănaru		6		6
37	AM		Viglianti	23	23	6	21	5	2	1
19	MF		Vitaić	12	19	1	17	1	2
31	CB		Zhelev	32	32	2	30	2	2

Last updated: 2009-06-10
Source: official website and Viaţa Liberă
Ordered by player name
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Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
MF	Ioviţă	24	EU	Gloria Buzău	Transfer	Summer	2010	Free
FW	Pena	23	EU	Chiajna	Transfer	Summer	2011	€70,000
FW	Anca	32	EU	CFR Cluj	Transfer	Summer	2010	Free
MF	Stancu	30	EU	Rapid București	Transfer	Summer	2011	Free
MF	Bourceanu	23	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	2012	€60,000 + 50%
FW	Nikolić	23	Non-EU	Modriča	Transfer	Summer	2011	€150,000
MF	Vitaić	26	Non-EU	Šibenik	Transfer	Summer	2011	€100,000
FW	Tănasă	23	EU	Bacău	Transfer	Summer	2011	€80,000
FW	Labukas	24	EU	Inter Baku	Loan return	Winter		–
DF	Hodzurda	18	Non-EU	Željezničar	Transfer	Winter	2012	Undisclosed	^[2]
DF	Šipović	18	Non-EU	Željezničar	Transfer	Winter	2012	Undisclosed	^[2]
MF	Ibeh	22	EU	UTA Arad	Transfer	Winter	2012	Free
DM	Giurgiu	26	EU	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	Winter		Free	^[3]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
–	MF	Deac	22	EU	CFR Cluj	Loan end	Summer	–
–	MF	Giurgiu	25	EU	Rubin Kazan	Loan end	Summer	–
–	MF	Székely	24	EU	Steaua București	Transfer	Summer	€1.50M + 15%
–	FW	Jula	28	EU	Energie Cottbus	Transfer	Summer	€0.7M + 20%
–	FW	Stan	29	EU	Unirea Urziceni	Transfer	Summer	€150,000
–	MF	Ionescu	22	EU		Mutual consent	Summer	–
–	MF	Brujan	32	EU		Contract expired	Summer	–
–	FW	Anca	32	EU		Mutual consent	Summer	–
–	FW	Labukas	24	EU	Inter Baku	Loan	Summer	n/a

Last updated: 2009-03-09

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Petre Grigoraş
Assistant coach	Marian Dinu
Fitness coach	Ionel Tămăşanu
Goalkeepers coach	Dan Moţei

Source: otelul-galati.ro

References

^ "FC Argeș, retrogradată pentru corupție!". evz.ro. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Sipovici si Hodzurda au semnat pana in 2012". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
^ "Revine Giurgiu!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 5 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

[table_note_res_R10.2932680897849-2] Argeș Pitești were relegated to the Liga II due to allegations of referee bribery. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.^[1]

[1] "FC Argeș, retrogradată pentru corupție!". evz.ro. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

[hodzurda_sipovic-3] "Sipovici si Hodzurda au semnat pana in 2012". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

[4] "Revine Giurgiu!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 5 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

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