2003–04 FC Oțelul Galați season
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]
2003–04 season | |
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Chairman | Nicu Boghici |
Manager | Costel Orac Sorin Cârţu (from 29 December 2003) |
Divizia A | 5th |
Cupa României | Runners-up |
Top goalscorer | League: Iacob (6) All: Iacob (8) Guriță (3) Aldea (2) Apostol (2) Călin (2) Dobre (2) Ilie (2) Munteanu (2) Oprea (2) |
Competitions
Friendlies
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 |
30 July 2003 | Bnei Sakhnin | 0–0 | Oțelul Galați | Braşov |
11:00 | (Report) | Stadium: ICIM |
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 | 0–2 | Oțelul Galați | Antalya |
15:00 | (Report) | Negru 42' Nedelcev 51' |
8 February 2004 Turkey | Taraz | 0–0 | Oțelul Galați | Antalya |
(Report) |
10 February 2004 Turkey | Haladás | 0–3 | Oțelul Galați | Antalya |
14:00 | ? , , |
12 February 2004 Turkey | Žilina | 1–0 | Oțelul Galați | Antalya |
Barčík 38' | (Report) |
14 February 2004 Turkey | Samsung Bluewings | 1–2 | Oțelul Galați | Antalya |
Marcel 11' | (Report) | Ilie 6' Oprea 14' |
17 February 2004 Turkey | Daegu | 0–2 | Oțelul Galați | Antalya |
(Report) | Oprea 21', 43' |
27 February 2004 | Dunărea Galați | 0–1 | Oțelul Galați | Galați |
14:00 | (Report) | Ilie 80' | Stadium: Dunărea |
4 March 2004 | Junkers Galați | 2–7 | Oțelul Galați | Galați |
14:00 | Mogoş 3' (pen.), 55' Popa 77' |
(Report) | Călin 28', 44' Ilie 40' (pen.) 52', 62', 87' Izvoranu 84' |
Stadium: Universitaţii |
Liga 1
League table
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[lower-alpha 1] |
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:
- TIM 0-0 PRO; PRO 0-0 TIM
Results by round
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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
9 August 2003 Matchday 1 | Oțelul Galați | 0–1 | Universitatea Craiova | Galați |
18:00 | Danciu 6' Dragomir 25' |
(Report) | N'Jock 4' Rada 35' Bundea 45' Moţi 82' Gušo 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 15' Bălaşa 48' Onuţ 77' |
(Report) | Iacob 15' Oprea 28' Danciu 37' Guriţă 43' Mărginean 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', 45' Mărginean 64', 73' Oprea 67' Sandu Cernat 82' |
(Report) | Csaba Balint 26' Mozacu 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 50' |
(Report) | Rohat 15' Iacob 54' Apostol 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 1' Guriţă 79' Cernea 90+2' |
(Report) | Alexa 2' Burcă 67' |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Anton Heleşteanu |
20 September 2003 Matchday 6 | Petrolul Ploieşti | 0–1 | Oțelul Galați | Ploieşti |
19:30 | Negoiţă 20' Crăciun 52' Georgel Ciprian Toporan 60' Petroesc 73' |
(Report) | Ghionea 29' Guriţă 45+1' Pelin 62' Mărginean 67' Cernea 85' Orac 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 15' Ghionea 25' Guriţă 49', 89' Gheară 72' Iacob 76' Iacob 89' |
(Report) | Marius Şuleap 33' Mihai Dobre 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 42' Cristinel Nedelea 78' Ovidiu Maier 81' |
(Report) | Iacob 2' Gheară 21' 35' Munteanu Toma 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 37' Pelin 65' 66' Iacob 74' Apostol 90' |
(Report) | Ştefan Domşa 12' Florin Axinia 26' Burdujan 33' 76' Nohai 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 57' | (Report) | Iacob 11' Cernea 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 37' Orac 38' Danciu 40' |
(Report) | Mihai Marius Nicolae 43' Mărginean 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 38' Răchita 90+3' |
(Report) | Oprea Rohat Eusebio Iulian Tudor |
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 48' |
(Report) | Cânu 21' Moldovan 33' Sylla 40' Verdeş 46' Coman 69' Panc 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 35' Iacob 38' Cernea 45' |
(Report) | Negrean 48' Cornea 66' 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 41' Rohat 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 38' Murgan 55' Pleşan 70' Bundea 81' |
(Report) | Oprea 44' Cristian Eugen Negru 71' Mărginean 78' Danciu 81' Ghionea 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 |
(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 48' Baicu 64' Stere 68' |
(Report) | Călin 39' Apostol 49', 80' Dragomir 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 29' Danciu 38' Călin 45' |
(Report) | Ilie 1' Godfroid 33' Negru 80' Dolha 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 58' Dănciulescu 86' |
(Report) | Munteanu 13' Toma 73' |
Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru |
14 April 2004 Matchday 21 | Oțelul Galați | 0–0 | Petrolul Ploieşti | Galați |
17:00 | Danciu 16' 60' Dobre 30' Oprea 36' 64' Cernea 90+2' Toma 90+3' |
(Report) | Cătălin Liţă 36' Ghindaru 50' Pastor 69' |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
17 April 2004 Matchday 22 | Poli AEK | 0–0 | Oțelul Galați | Timișoara |
21:00 | Dumitru 17' Angheluţă 71' |
(Report) | Cernea 42' Mărginean 77' Aldea 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 34' Ghionea 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 16', 75' Goian 28' Brujan 29' Cristian Răuţă 41' Tiberiu Şerban 60' Marian Purică 61' Nohai 76' |
(Report) | Călin 8' Rohat 14' Nanu 71' Apostol 76' Dobre 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 43' |
(Report) | Prepeliţă 31' Stan 57' Baicu 89' |
Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
12 May 2004 Matchday 26 | FC Bihor | 1–1 | Oțelul Galați | Oradea |
18:00 | Munteanu 38' Lazăr 48' Gado 75' |
(Report) | Aldea 22' Danciu 77' Gheară 80' |
Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Marian Salomir |
16 May 2004 Matchday 27 | Oțelul Galați | 2–2 | Steaua București | Galați |
17:00 | Danciu 56' Aldea 62' Oprea 65' Cernea 83' |
(Report) | Ogăraru 30' Dică 36' (pen.) Neaga 87', 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 7' Moldovan 68' Chihaia 75' Olah 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 67' 85' Rus 77' |
(Report) | Oprea 19' Danciu 73' Munteanu 81', 90+2' |
Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 500 Referee: Cristian Sava |
Cupa României
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.), 33' Buta 52' Wisdom Chibuike Onyekewere 58' Savu 72' Popa 73' |
(Report) | Apostol 5', 93' Iacob 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 29', 37' Apostol 19', 52' Rohat 80' |
(Report) | Bădoi 59' Ilie 73' Constantin 90+2' Maftei 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 84' Ziyati 86' |
(Report) | Ilie 72' Apostol 81' Nanu 84' Danciu 87' Barbu 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 12' Velcea 40' |
(Report) | Ilie 14' (pen.) Dragomir 45' Toma 67' Orac 83' |
Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 800 Referee: Sorin Corpodean |
Players
Squad statistics
Total | Divizia A | Cupa României | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Sts |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls | |
– | FW | Aldea | 8 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |||
– | Apostol | 19 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||
– | Baldovin | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||||||
– | GK | Barbu | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | |||||
– | FW | Bucătaru | 1 | 1 | |||||||
– | Călin | 9 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
– | Cernat | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
– | Cernea | 24 | 25 | 19 | 6 | ||||||
– | Danciu | 27 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
– | Dobre | 27 | 28 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
– | Dragomir | 17 | 23 | 19 | 4 | ||||||
– | Gheară | 17 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5 | ||||
– | CB | Ghionea | 33 | 33 | 26 | 7 | |||||
– | FW | Guriţă | 15 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | |||
– | FW | Iacob | 17 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
– | FW | Ilie | 6 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
– | Izvoranu | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
– | Macare | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
– | Mărginean | 25 | 26 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
– | Munteanu | 22 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||
– | Nanu | 14 | 15 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
– | Negru | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||
– | FW | Oprea | 24 | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 4 | |||
– | FW | Orac | 3 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||
– | Pelin | 14 | 15 | 15 | |||||||
– | Rohat | 35 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 7 | ||||
– | FB | Toma | 14 | 22 | 17 | 5 | |||||
– | Tudor | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
– | Verdeş | 3 | 6 | 5 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | DM | Izvoranu | 20 | EU | Dunărea Galați | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [5] | ||
– | WI | Orac | 18 | EU | Steaua București | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | GK | Barbu | 32 | EU | Inter Gaz | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | CB | Ghionea | 24 | EU | Steaua București | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | CB | Munteanu | 25 | EU | Farul Constanța | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | ST | Aldea | 22 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Free | [6] | ||
– | CB | Rohat | 28 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Free | [6] | ||
– | RM | Apostol | 22 | EU | Gloria Buzău | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | RM | Tudor | 29 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Free | [6] | ||
– | CB | Gheară | 24 | EU | Corvinul | Transfer | Summer | Free | [6] | ||
– | LB | Dragomir | 28 | EU | Universitatea Craiova | Transfer | Summer | Free | [6] | ||
– | ST | Iacob | 22 | EU | Progresul București | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | AM | Danciu | 26 | EU | Astra Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | RB | Baldovin | 31 | EU | Universitatea Craiova | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | RM | Dobre | 27 | EU | Astra Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [6] | ||
– | GK | Cernea | 27 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Loaned | Summer | Undisclosed | [7] | ||
– | LB | Nanu | 35 | EU | Steaua București | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | [8] | ||
– | ST | Verdeş | 23 | EU | Progresul București | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | [8] | ||
– | ST | Ilie | 26 | EU | FC Oneşti | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | [8] | ||
– | ST | Negru | 27 | EU | Farul Constanța | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | [9] | ||
– | AM | Călin | 30 | EU | Liaoning Whowin | Transfer | Winter | Free | [10] | ||
- | AM | Vintilă | 20 | EU | Politehnica Iași | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | |||
- | DF | Pârvu | 27 | EU | Al-Wahda | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
Out
N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age | EU |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | LM | Tănase | 32 | EU | Argeș Pitești | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | [11] | |
– | CB | Vieira | Non-EU | Released | Summer | [12] | ||||
– | CB | Tofan | 33 | EU | Retired | Summer | [13] | |||
– | Maleş | EU | Retired | Summer | [13] | |||||
– | ST | Guriţă | 30 | EU | Farul Constanța | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | [9] | |
– | ST | Iacob | 23 | EU | Rapid București | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | [14] | |
– | RM | Cernat | 22 | EU | Released | Winter | Undisclosed | |||
– | ST | Bucătaru | 21 | EU | Zimbru Chișinău | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | ||
– | RM | Tudor | 29 | EU | Vaslui | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | ||
– | RB | 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.
External links
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation at rsssf.com
- Divizia A at romaniansoccer.ro
See also
References
- "Otelul este in Divizia A!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Zvonul a devenit realitate". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- "Sorin Cartu a semnat pentru Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- some sources list Iacob as 89th-minute goal scorer
- "Otelul – prima zi de... Divizia B!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 1 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Se pare ca Otelul a devenit echipa de Divizia A". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "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.
- "Drum bun, Otelul!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "In sfarsit Gurita a semnat pentru Farul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Startul returului Diviziei A a fost amanat". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 March 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Cand va reveni Otelul in "A"?". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 15 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Otelul cauta jucatori". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 17 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ""Otelarii" au revenit acasa". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Jucatorii de la Otelul pleaca astazi la Predeal". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 18 March 2010.