1999–2000 FC Oțelul Galați season

FC Oțelul
1999–2000 season
Chairman	Mihai Stoica
Manager	Dumitru Dumitriu
Divizia A	8th
Cupa României	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Maleş (7); All: Maleş (7); Mihalache (7); Oprea (6); Ion (4); Tofan (4); Andone (3); Baştină (3); Cernat (3); Guriță (3); Mozacu (3); Niță (3); Tănase (3);
	← 1998–99 2000–01 ⊟

Oțelul have appointed^[1] Dumitru Dumitriu as their new manager after Vasile Simionaş left^[2] the team in early June.

Competitions

Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Gloria Bistrița	34	17	2	15	54	49	5	53
7	Bacău	34	15	6	13	40	39	1	51
8	Oțelul Galați	34	15	4	15	59	55	4	49^[a]
9	Național București	34	15	4	15	61	44	17	49^[a]
10	Astra Ploiești	34	13	8	13	43	41	2	47^[b]

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:

^ ^a ^b OTE 2–0 PRO; PRO 1–1 OTE
^ A 2–0 P; P 1-0 A; A 3–1 R; R 2–1 A; P 4-1 R; R 2–1 P

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W
Position	4	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	6	6	7	9	8	9	11	12	11	13	11	13	11	12	12	10	9	8	6	8	7	7	9	11	9

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	15	4	15	59	55	4	49	12	1	4	39	20	19	3	3	11	20	35	−15

Matches

24 July 1999 Matchday 1	Gloria Bistriţa	2–3	Oțelul Galați	Bistriţa
	Predatu 8' Matei 44'	(Report)	Tănase 40' Mihalache 43' Tofan 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Gloria Referee: Sorin Vădana

31 July 1999 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	8–2	Extensiv Craiova	Galați
18:00	Baştină 22', 44', 69' Tănase 24' Oprea 34' Ştirbulescu 46' (o.g.) Mihalache 51' Niţă 90'		Răducanu 14' Rotariu 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Constantin Ene

4 August 1999 Matchday 3	Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
	Irimescu 24' Vlad 84'	(Report)	Tănase 42'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Constantin Zotta

7 August 1999 Matchday 4	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Rocar București	Galați
18:00	Mihalache 60', 88'		Lică 89'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Anton Heleşteanu

13 August 1999 Matchday 5	FC Brașov	3–0	Oțelul Galați	Braşov
	Ivan 9' (pen.), 79' Manole 50'			Stadium: Silviu Ploieşteanu Referee: Gheorghe Moise

21 August 1999 Matchday 6	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Rapid București	Galați
	Maleş 57' Guriţă 89'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marian Salomir

28 August 1999 Matchday 7	Naţional București	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
	Niculescu 4'		Oprea 87'	Stadium: Cotroceni Referee: Sorin Corpodean

11 September 1999 Matchday 8	Oțelul Galați	2–1	FC Oneşti	Galați
17:00	Niţă 46' Cernat 52'		Bilaşco 37'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Laszlo Saitos

18 September 1999 Matchday 9	Farul Constanţa	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Constanţa
	Stere 38'		Haraga 84'	Stadium: Farul Referee: Alexandru Tudor

25 September 1999 Matchday 10	Oțelul Galați	1–2	FCM Reşiţa	Galați
	Stan 85'	(Report)	Nică 55' Stanciu 77'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean

1 October 1999 Matchday 11	Universitatea Craiova	4–0	Oțelul Galați	Craiova
	Cristescu 15', 32', 79' Niculescu 74'	(Report)		Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Constantin Frăţilă

16 October 1999 Matchday 12	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Astra Ploieşti	Galați
			Rohat 32'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Sorin Altmayer

23 October 1999 Matchday 13	FCM Bacău	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Bacău
	Trofin 56'	(Report)		Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Valeriu Ioniţă

26 October 1999 Matchday 14	Oțelul Galați	3–0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	Galați
	Mihalache 48' Tofan 62' Cernat 75'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gheorghe Farcaş

30 October 1999 Matchday 15	Steaua București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
	Ilie 18' Ciocoiu 60'		Mihalache 10'	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Marcel Lică

5 November 1999 Matchday 16	Oțelul Galați	1–2	FC Argeş	Galați
	Baştină 35'	(Report)	Ghindă 27', 60'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Constantin Zotta

14 November 1999 Matchday 17	Dinamo București	3–2	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
	Mihalcea 27' Mihali 44' Mutu 54'		Baştină 14' Ion 16'	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Marian Dorobanțu

20 November 1999 Matchday 18	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Gloria Bistriţa	Galați
13:30		(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Iulian Udrică

27 November 1999 Matchday 19	Extensiv Craiova	3–0	Oțelul Galați	Craiova
	Popescu 37', 47' Răducanu 65'			Stadium: Extensiv Referee: Alexandru Tudor

5 December 1999 Matchday 20	Oțelul Galați	3–2	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
	Maleş 35' (pen.) Cernat 66' Niţă 83'		Orlando 60' Pârvu 89'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Tiberiu Laios

4 March 2000 Matchday 21	Rocar București	3–2	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
15:30	Pitu 21' Călin 25' Iacob 83'		Ion 41' Oprea 82'	Stadium: Rocar Referee: Iosif Biro

10 March 2000 Matchday 22	Oțelul Galați	1–0	FC Brașov	Galați
	Maleş 44' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Constantin Zotta

18 March 2000 Matchday 23	Rapid București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
	Iencsi 43' (pen.) Dăscălescu 55'	(Report)	Oprea 84'	Stadium: Giuleşti – Valentin Stănescu Referee: Sorin Altmayer

22 March 2000 Matchday 24	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Naţional București	Galați
	Ion 23' Maleş 74'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Marian Salomir

25 March 2000 Matchday 25	FC Oneşti	0–3	Oțelul Galați	Oneşti
		(Report)	Guriţă 44', 86' Tofan 64'	Stadium: FC Oneşti Referee: Gheorghe Moise

31 March 2000 Matchday 26	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Farul Constanţa	Galați
	Balint 54'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Iosif Biro

5 April 2000 Matchday 27	FCM Reşiţa	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Reşiţa
	Ciucur 49'	(Report)	Andone 3' Ion 29'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Constantin Zotta

8 April 2000 Matchday 28	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Galați
	Nemţanu 87'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Alexandru Tudor

16 April 2000 Matchday 29	Astra Ploieşti	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
	Savu 35'		Mozacu 77'	Stadium: Astra Referee: Constantin Ene

21 April 2000 Matchday 30	Oțelul Galați	3–1	FCM Bacău	Galați
15:30	Andone 27' Oprea 43' Toma 81'	(Report)	Serea 5'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

28 April 2000 Matchday 31	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	3–2	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamţ
	Scânteie 22', 72' Nemţanu 51'	(Report)	Guriţă 31' Mozacu 39'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Referee: Marcel Lică

3 May 2000 Matchday 32	Oțelul Galați	4–5	Steaua București	Galați
15:00	Ghionea 27' Andone 58' Maleş 68' Boştină 80'		Răducanu 5', 31', 38', 55' Roşu 48'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Iosif Biro

6 May 2000 Matchday 33	FC Argeş	3–0	Oțelul Galați	Piteşti
	Ghindă 44' Neaga 58' Chiriţă 63'			Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Alexandru Tudor

10 May 2000 Matchday 34	Oțelul Galați	5–3	Dinamo București	Galați
	Maleş 11', 44' Spirea 73' Voicilă 76' Mozacu 89'	(Report)	Mara 8' Drăgan 59' Bălţoi 67'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Sorin Altmayer

Cupa României

22 September 1999 Round of 32	Cimentul Fieni	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Fieni
	Gânju 27' (pen.)		Maleş 6' Boştină 97'	Stadium: Cimentul Referee: Iulian Udrică

13 October 1999 Round of 16	Astra Ploieşti	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Buzău
	Ciorea 57'	(Report)	Tofan 43', 94'	Stadium: Crâng Referee: Florin Chivulete

10 November 1999 Quarter-finals	FCM Reşiţa	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Sibiu
	Ciocoi 39'	(Report)	Tofan 76' Ion 86'	Stadium: Arini Referee: Sorin Altmayer

15 March 2000 Semi-finals 1st leg	Oțelul Galați	0–2	Dinamo București	Galați
			Drăgan 28' Mihalcea 85'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Sorin Corpodean

12 April 2000 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Dinamo București	3–1	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
14:00	Petre 19' Petre 53' Niculae 63'		Guriță 44'	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Constantin Fraţilă

Players

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
-	CF	Andone	24	EU	Rapid București	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	GK	Munteanu	25	EU	Progresul București	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	CF	Niţă	22	EU	Cimentul Fieni	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Voicilă	20	EU	Rulmentul Alexandria	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Boştină	22	EU	Cimentul Fieni	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	RB	Toma	23	EU	CSM Focşani	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Baştină	25	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Humelnicu	21	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Știrbulescu		EU	Extensiv Craiova	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	GK	Bodea	20	EU	Youth club	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
-	CF	Niţă	22	EU	Steaua București	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	CM	Cernat	19	EU	Dinamo București	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Tănase	29	EU	Maccabi Netanya	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	GK	Arcanu	29	EU	Rocar București	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	DF	Alexa	25	EU	Zimbru Chișinău	Free	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Gigi	31	EU	SV Sandhausen	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Ştefan	32	EU	Anagennisi Deryneia	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Buteseacă	20	EU	Cimentul Fieni	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Muha	20	EU	Politehnica Iași	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Mihai.C	17	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Bogdan	20	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Ariton	20	EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Higlău		EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-		Van Caval	20	EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Miloiu		EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Silian		EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Basalâc		EU		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

^ "Pentru cel putin un an, Titi Dumitriu este (din nou) galatean!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 22 June 1999. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Dupa aproape cinci ani de colaborare excelenta, cu performante fara precedent, Vasile Simionas a spus adio echipei de fotbal Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 June 1999. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

External links

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation at rsssf.com

[table_hth_OȚE0.91061952193762-3] OTE 2–0 PRO; PRO 1–1 OTE

[table_hth_AST0.91061952193762-4] A 2–0 P; P 1-0 A; A 3–1 R; R 2–1 A; P 4-1 R; R 2–1 P

[1] "Pentru cel putin un an, Titi Dumitriu este (din nou) galatean!". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 22 June 1999. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

[2] "Dupa aproape cinci ani de colaborare excelenta, cu performante fara precedent, Vasile Simionas a spus adio echipei de fotbal Otelul". Viaţa Liberă (in Romanian). Galați. 3 June 1999. Retrieved 18 March 2010. ^{[dead link‍]}

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