2003–04 FC Oțelul Galați season

FC Oțelul
2003–04 season
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)

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

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	FC U 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]

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:

TIM 0-0 PRO; PRO 0-0 TIM

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D
Position	12	14	6	13	14	8	5	8	7	7	5	6	6	5	6	8	5	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	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	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 Braşov	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 Braşov	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

3 June 2004 Matchday 30	Oțelul Galați	2–2	FCM Bacău	Galați
17:00	Gheară 30' Călin 31' Munteanu 51' Dragomir 73'	(Report)	Goian 23' Ciocoiu 56' (pen.) Răducan 65'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

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

21 April 2004 Semi-final 2nd leg	Oțelul Galați	4–0	Gloria Bistriţa	Galați
15:00	Mărginean 1', 54' Dobre 22' Danciu 73' Gheară 75' Călin 77'	(Report)	Nicolae Vlad 34' Miroslav Giuchic 45' Negrean 72'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

6 June 2004 Final	Oțelul Galați	0–2	Dinamo București	Bucharest
19:00	Aldea 54' Dobre 63' Călin 64'	(Report)	Bărcăuan 19' Alexa 40' Angelo Alistar 45' Munteanu 66' Niculescu 77' Semeghin 79'	Stadium: Cotroceni Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

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

Last updated: 11 March 2010
Source: RomanianSoccer and Viaţa Liberă
Ordered by player name
0 shown as blank

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	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.	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

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.

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[1] "Otelul este in Divizia A!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 25 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[2] "Zvonul a devenit realitate". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 13 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009.

[3] "Sorin Cartu a semnat pentru Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 30 December 2003. Retrieved 11 March 2009.

[5] some sources list Iacob as 89th-minute goal scorer

[6] "Otelul – prima zi de... Divizia B!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 1 July 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

[revenire-7] "Se pare ca Otelul a devenit echipa de Divizia A". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 2 August 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

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