2002–03 FC Oțelul Galați season

Oțelul Galați 2002–03 football season

Oțelul Galați
2002–03 season
Chairman	Romania Igor Pîrvu
Manager	Romania Costel Orac
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)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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]

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Sportul Studențesc București (R)	30	9	4	17	44	55	−11	31	Relegation to Divizia B

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	D
Position	3	9	5	6	5	3	3	4	9	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	10	9	10	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Total			Divizia A		Cupa României		Relegation playoffs
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
–	Brazil	Vieira	1	7		7
–	Romania	Apostol		1				1
–	Romania	Apostu		3		3
–	Romania	Badea	26	29	1	27	1			2
–	Romania	Bar	22	27		25				2
–	GK	Romania	Borş	12	13		12		1
–	FW	Romania	Bucătaru	11	21	3	20	3			1
–	Romania	Bucur		3		2				1
–	Romania	Cernat	9	18		15		1		2
–	Romania	Chiriţă	1	3		2		1
–	Romania	Cornea	28	30	4	28	3			2	1
–	Romania	Costea		1				1
–	Romania	Dascălu	1	1				1
–	FW	Romania	Guriţă	30	31	9	29	8			2	1
–	GK	Romania	Iliuciuc	21	21		19				2
–	Romania	Iordache	28	28	2	26	2			2
–	Romania	Maleş		6		6
–	Romania	Mărginean	20	25		24				1
–	Romania	Minescu	14	22		21				1
–	Romania	Miron	1	1				1
–	Romania	Mogoş	1	1				1
–	Romania	Murgoci	1	1				1
–	Romania	Onuţa	1	1				1
–	FW	Romania	Oprea	22	25	4	23	4			2
–	CB	Romania	Pelin	28	28		26				2
–	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Piana	7	10		10
–	Romania	Popa	1	1				1
–	FB	Romania	Sârghi	1	1				1
–	Romania	Mihai.C		7		6		1
–	Romania	Tănase	28	28	2	26	1			2	1
–	Romania	Tofan	28	28	2	26	2			2
–	Romania	Toma	19	26		25				1
–	Romania	Velescu	1	1				1

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

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

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1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
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2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
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