FC Oțelul Galați

Oțelul Galați
Full name Fotbal Club Oțelul Galați
Nickname(s) Oțelarii (Steelworkers)
Short name Oţelul
Founded 1964 (1964)
Ground Oțelul
(Capacity: 13,500[1])
Chairman Marius Stan
Manager Dorinel Munteanu
League Liga I
2010–11 Liga I, 1st
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Fotbal Club Oțelul Galați (Romanian pronunciation: [ot͡selul ɡaˈlat͡sʲ], approximately "OATS-el-ool ge-LETS"; meaning "Galați Steel") is a Romanian football club based in Galați . They have spent the majority of the last few decades in the top division, securing several seasons of European football and enjoying success in the Romanian Cup. They won their first league title in the 2010–2011 season and consequently qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time. On August 25 they were drawn in Group C of the Group Stage and will meet Manchester United, Benfica and FC Basel.

Oţelul plays in red, white and blue, and are currently managed by former Romania international Dorinel Munteanu.

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History

The club was formed in 1964.[2] After a brief period in which their town rivals Dunărea were the prominent club, Oţelul emerged as the main footballing force of the region. The club was first promoted to the Divizia A in 1986[2] and in 1988 made its debut in the UEFA Cup with a 1–0 victory against Italian side Juventus. The club reached the 2004 final of the Romanian Cup but lost against Dinamo Bucureşti.

Oţelul has 23 seasons of Liga I football to date and ranks 16th in the Liga I All-time table. It also is the 2nd best Moldovan team in this ranking, being surpassed only by FCM Bacău.

They clinched their first Liga I title on 15 May 2011 following a 2–1 victory over Politehnica Timişoara, qualifying for the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, their debut in this competition.[3] They will play Manchester United, Benfica and Basel in the group stage.

Honours

Domestic

Liga I:

Liga II:

Liga III:

  • Winners (2): 1967–68, 1980–81
  • Runners-up (1): 1972–73

Cupa României:

Supercupa României:

Continental

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

  • Group Winners (1): 2007

Balkans Cup:

  • Runners-up (1): 1991–92

European record

Main article: FC Oţelul Galaţi in Europe
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League / European Cup 1 6 0 0 6 3 11 – 8
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 5 14 5 3 6 18 21 – 3
UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 4 3 1 0 7 2 + 5
Total 7 24 8 4 12 28 34 – 6

Players

First team

As of 31 August 2011

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Cristian Brăneţ
2 DF Nejc Skubic
3 DF Cornel Râpă
4 MF Ioan Filip
5 DF Zoran Ljubinković
6 DF Alexandru Benga
7 MF Laurenţiu Iorga
8 MF Liviu Antal
10 FW Gabriel Paraschiv
11 MF Sorin Frunză
12 GK Branko Grahovac
14 MF Silviu Ilie
15 MF John Ibeh
16 DF Cristian Sârghi
No. Position Player
17 MF Laurenţiu Buş
18 DF Sergiu Costin (Captain)
19 FW Bratislav Punoševac
20 DF Samoel Cojoc
21 FW Daniel Chávez
22 GK Miloš Buchta
23 DF Adrian Sălăgeanu
26 MF Ionuţ Neagu
27 FW Marius Pena
29 MF Gabriel Giurgiu (Vice captain)
37 MF Gabriel Viglianti
55 DF Milan Perendija
– MF Alexandru Iacob
– MF Daniel Novac

On loan

No. Position Player
MF Cosmin Garleanu (at Dunarea Galati)
MF Alexandru Avram (at Dunarea Galati)
GK William Arias (at Hunedoara)
DF Sorin Cucu (at Delta Tulcea)
DF Constantin Mişelăricu (at Săgeata Năvodari)
MF Răzvan Ochiroşii (at Săgeata Năvodari)
No. Position Player
DF Laurenţiu Petean (at Petrolul Ploieşti)
MF Ciprian Milea (at Petrolul Ploieşti)
DF Enes Šipović (at Petrolul Ploieşti)
DF Sebastian Agache (at FC Prahova Tomsani)
GK Gabriel Abraham (at FC Prahova Tomsani)
 

Players with dual nationality

Reserves and youth team

Main article: FC Oţelul II Galaţi

Notable former players

References

  1. ^ http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/78/1676378_DOWNLOAD.pdf
  2. ^ a b Hafez, Shamoon (17 October 2011). "Man Utd's trip into the unknown". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15305878.stm. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 
  3. ^ "Otelul confirmed as Romanian champions after CAS verdict". Yahoo Eurosport. Reuters. 18 May 2011. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/18052011/2/otelul-confirmed-romanian-champions-cas-verdict.html. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 

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Champions: Copenhagen · Maccabi Haifa · Malmö FF · Sturm Graz · Wisła Kraków
Non-champions: Odense · Rubin Kazan · Twente · Udinese · Zürich
Eliminated in the
third qualifying round
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