2001–02 FC Oțelul Galați season

FC Oțelul
2001–02 season
Chairman	Ion Ionică
Manager	Victor Roşca; (until Feb 6, 2002); Marius Lăcătuş; (from Feb 11, 2002)
Divizia A	5th
Cupa României	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Guriță (11); All: ; Guriță (11); Mihalache (7); Maleş (7); Oprea (6); Ion (4); Tofan (4)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Victor Roşca who was appointed^[1] on July 4, 2001 left^[2] the team in February 2002. Few days later, Lăcătuş was appointed^[3] as the new manager.

Competitions

Friendlies

21 July 2001	Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
18:00	? ,	(Report)	Baştină	Stadium: Ilie Oană

6 February 2002	Oțelul Galați	3–1	Farul Constanţa	Galați
13:00	Tănase 3' Boştină 35' Maleş 70'	(Report)^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Mihai 40'	Stadium: Siderurgistul Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sorin Burloiu

16 February 2002	Petrolul Ploieşti	1–3	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
13:00	Todoran ?' (pen.)	(Report)	Baştină Tofan Andone	Stadium: Ilie Oană

20 February 2002	Laminorul Roman	0–0	Oțelul Galați	Roman
		(Report)		Stadium: Moldova

27 February 2002	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Laminorul Roman	Galați
15:00		(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul

1 March 2002	Oțelul Galați	4–2	FCM Bacău	Galați
14:00	Andone 31' Guriţă 53' Boştină 67', 79'	(Report)	Cursaru 57' Ilie 90'	Stadium: Oțelul

Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Rapid București^[a]	30	15	6	9	50	31	+19	50^[b]	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Steaua București	30	15	5	10	47	31	+16	50^[b]
5	Oțelul Galați	30	14	7	9	34	24	+10	49
6	Bacău	30	14	4	12	43	40	+3	46
7	Universitatea Craiova	30	12	8	10	40	35	+5	44

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:

^ Rapid București had 1 point deducted for walking off in round 13.
^ ^a ^b RAP 3-0 STE; STE 2-1 RAP

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

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
30	14	7	9	34	24	+10	49	11	4	0	23	7	+16	3	3	9	11	17	−6

Matches

4 August 2001 Matchday 1	Naţional București	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
	Radu 25'	(Report)	Guriţă 50'	Stadium: Cotroceni Referee: Augustus Constantin

11 August 2001 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	2–1	UM Timişoara	Galați
18:00	Guriţă 53', 84'	(Report)	Toma 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ştefan Erdei

18 August 2001 Matchday 3	Gloria Bistriţa	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Bistriţa
18:00	Cioloboc 78'	(Report)		Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Valeriu Ioniţă

26 August 2001 Matchday 4	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Dinamo București	Galați
17:00	Baştină 31' Andone 43' (pen.)	(Report)	Tameş 67'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Aurelian Simion

9 September 2001 Matchday 5	Steaua București	2–0	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
21:30	Stoica 2' Dănciulescu 60'	(Report)		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

15 September 2001 Matchday 6	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Farul Constanţa	Galați
17:00		(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dudu Georgescu Jr.

22 September 2001 Matchday 7	FC Argeş	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Piteşti
17:00	Iordache 67'			Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş

28 September 2001 Matchday 8	Oțelul Galați	4–2	Sportul Studenţesc	Galați
17:00	Ghionea 13' Guriţă 39' Boştină 55' Andone 88' (pen.)	(Report)	Diniţă 12' Ciubotariu 51'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marian Ezaru

13 October 2001 Matchday 9	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
15:00				Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Sorin Corpodean

20 October 2001 Matchday 10	Astra Ploieşti	0–0	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
				Stadium: Astra Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

27 October 2001 Matchday 11	Oțelul Galați	3–0	FC Brașov	Galați
15:00	Tofan 18' (pen.) Guriţă 38' Baştină 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

3 November 2001 Matchday 12	FCM Bacău	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Bacău
	Bădoi 30'			Stadium: Municipal Referee: Sorin Corpodean

17 November 2001 Matchday 13	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	Galați
		(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marian Dorobanţu

24 November 2001 Matchday 14	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Craiova
14:00	Grigorie 50'	(Report)		Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

1 December 2001 Matchday 15	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Rapid București	Galați
13:00	Guriţă 4' Dinu 39'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

9 March 2002 Matchday 16	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Naţional București	Galați
15:00	Guriţă 36' Andone 60' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marian Salomir

16 March 2002 Matchday 17	UM Timişoara	0–1	Oțelul Galați	Timișoara
15:30		(Report)	Guriţă 57'	Stadium: UMT Referee: Ştefan Erdei

23 March 2002 Matchday 18	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Gloria Bistriţa	Galați
16:00	Oprea 86'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Alexandru Tudor

31 March 2002 Matchday 19	Dinamo București	2–2	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
15:00	Niculescu 12' Ilie 40'		Tănase 24' Guriţă 49'	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Ionică Serea

6 April 2002 Matchday 20	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Steaua București	Galați
16:00	Tănase 80'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

13 April 2002 Matchday 21	Farul Constanţa	0–2	Oțelul Galați	Constanţa
20:00			Andone 1' Pelin 18'	Stadium: Farul Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

20 April 2002 Matchday 22	Oțelul Galați	2–1	FC Argeş	Galați
17:00	Guriţă 15' Oprea 77'	(Report)	Dică 45'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sorin Altmayer

28 April 2002 Matchday 23	Sportul Studenţesc	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
	Stancu 82' Diniţă 90'	(Report)	Oprea 66'	Stadium: Regie Referee: Iosif Biro

1 May 2002 Matchday 24	Petrolul Ploieşti	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
	Todoran 4' (pen.)	(Report)	Oprea 16' Andone 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Ilie Oană Referee: Sorin Corpodean

4 May 2002 Matchday 25	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Astra Ploieşti	Galați
11:00		(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Alexandru Tudor

15 May 2002 Matchday 26	FC Brașov	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Braşov
	Ogăraru 46' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Silviu Ploieşteanu Referee: Gheorghe Moise

18 May 2002 Matchday 27	Oțelul Galați	2–1	FCM Bacău	Galați
18:00	Tănase 77', 85'		Ciocoiu 45'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Anton Heleşteanu

22 May 2002 Matchday 28	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamţ
18:00	Brujan 21' Lupuţ 85'	(Report)	Andone 23'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

25 May 2002 Matchday 29	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Galați
18:00	Tofan 23' Guriţă 38'	(Report)	Rednic 21'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Alexandru Tudor

1 June 2002 Matchday 30	Rapid București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
18:00	Iencsi 41' (pen.) Bratu 81'		Ogăraru 14'	Stadium: Giuleşti Referee: Augustus Constantin

Cupa României

10 October 2001 Round of 32	FC Oradea	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Oradea
	Szabó 17' (pen.) Tofan 74' (o.g.)	(Report)	Maleş 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Referee: László Csősz

Players

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
–	MF	Mărginean	22	EU	SN Tulcea	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[4]
–	GK	Owu	26	Non-EU	King Faisal	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[4]
–	ST	Gideon	19	Non-EU	Max United	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[4]
–	RB	Ogăraru	21	EU	Steaua București	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	^[4]
–	LB	Mozacu	24	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[4]
–	DF	Dinu	35	EU	Corvinul	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[4]
–	ST	Apostu	19	EU	Corvinul	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	^[4]
–	ST	Oprea	29	EU	BFC Dynamo	Transfer	Winter	Free	^[5]
–	LM	Tănase	31	EU	Maccabi Netanya	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	^[5]
-	MF	Humelnicu	24	EU	Gloria Buzău	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	^[6]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
–	GK	Bordeianu	32	EU		Retired	Summer		^[7]
–	CB	Balint	32	EU		Contract expired	Summer		^[1]
–	AM	Pitu	25	EU	Bacău	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
–	ST	Bukvić	25	Non-EU	Argeș Pitești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	RM	Vlad	24	Non-EU	Argeș Pitești	Transfer	Summer	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.

References

^ ^a ^b "Antrenorul Victor Rosca a semnat pentru un an cu clubul galatean". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 5 July 2001. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Antrenorul Victor Rosca a parasit echipa!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 7 February 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Incepand de astazi Marius Lacatus devine galatean!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 11 February 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Otelul si-a prezentat lotul pentru noua editie de campionat". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 18 March 2010.^{[dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "Viorel Tanase si Danut Oprea sunt, si oficial, jucatorii Otelului". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Marius Humelnicu – succesorul Fiței". Viața Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
^ "Viorel Tanase si Danut Oprea sunt, si oficial, jucatorii Otelului". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

[table_note_RAP0.67043156766818-4] Rapid București had 1 point deducted for walking off in round 13.

[table_hth_STE0.67043156766818-5] RAP 3-0 STE; STE 2-1 RAP

[rosca-1] "Antrenorul Victor Rosca a semnat pentru un an cu clubul galatean". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 5 July 2001. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

[2] "Antrenorul Victor Rosca a parasit echipa!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 7 February 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

[3] "Incepand de astazi Marius Lacatus devine galatean!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 11 February 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

[lotul-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Otelul si-a prezentat lotul pentru noua editie de campionat". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 18 March 2010.^{[dead link‍]}

[tanase_oprea-7] "Viorel Tanase si Danut Oprea sunt, si oficial, jucatorii Otelului". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010.^{[dead link‍]}

[marius_humelnicu-8] "Marius Humelnicu – succesorul Fiței". Viața Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

[tanase_oprea2-9] "Viorel Tanase si Danut Oprea sunt, si oficial, jucatorii Otelului". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

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