1998–99 FC Oțelul Galați season

FC Oțelul
1998–99 season
Chairman	Mihai Stoica
Manager	Vasile Simionaş
Divizia A	6th
Cupa României	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Tănase (10); All: Tănase (10); Balint (3); Guriță (3); Ion (3); Ion (3); Mihalache (3); Nemțanu (3); Oprea (3); Spirea (3); Cernat (2); Maleş (2); Pelin (2); Ştefan (2); Tofan (2)

Competitions

Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Argeș Pitești	34	20	4	10	57	37	+20	64
5	Bacău	34	18	8	8	46	35	+11	62	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Oțelul Galați	34	17	4	13	47	33	+14	55^[a]
7	Național București	34	18	1	15	61	51	+10	55^[a]
8	Petrolul Ploiești	34	16	5	13	50	46	+4	53

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 3-2 PRO; PRO 0-1 OTE

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	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	L
Position	14	9	9	3	10	3	7	3	2	3	5	3	8	8	12	10	8	7	5	6	10	6	18	5	12	6	15	6	5	7	10	7	6	2

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	16	4	14	59	55	+4	52	8	2	7	39	20	+19	8	2	7	20	35	−15

Matches

1 August 1998 Matchday 1	Foresta Fălticeni	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Fălticeni
	Gheorghe 43' (pen.)		Guriță 23' Ștefan 45' (pen.)	Stadium: Foresta Referee: Florin Chivulete

7 August 1998 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	3–2	Progresul București	Galați
	Mihalache 43' Pelin 66' Ion 79'		Pigulea 20' Butoiu 60'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marcel Lică

15 August 1998 Matchday 3	Olimpia Satu Mare	0–1	Oțelul Galați	Satu Mare
			Guriță 67'	Stadium: Olimpia Referee: Gheorghe Moise

21 August 1998 Matchday 4	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Astra Ploiești	Galați
	Ion 85'		Beraru 68'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Iosif Biro

29 August 1998 Matchday 5	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Oțelul Galați	Craiova
			Nemțanu 90'	Stadium: Oblemenco Referee: Aron Huzu

12 September 1998 Matchday 6	Oțelul Galați	5–0	Universitatea Cluj	Galați
	Tănase 6' Tănase 40' Tănase 46' (pen.) Ion 54' Ion 67'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Adrian Stoica

19 September 1998 Matchday 7	FC Argeş Piteşti	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Piteşti
	Barbu 44' Barbu 45'		Pelin 70'	Stadium: FC Argeș Referee: Marian Salomir

26 September 1998 Matchday 8	Oțelul Galați	3–0	FC Oneşti	Galați
	Ştefan 39' (pen.) Nemțanu 63' Maleş 67'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Florin Chivulete

4 October 1998 Matchday 9	Rapid București	3–0	Oțelul Galați	București
	Niculescu 27' (pen.) Niculescu 38'		Tofan Own work by 65.	Stadium: Giulești Referee: Iosif Biro

17 October 1998 Matchday 10	Oțelul Galați	4–0	CSM Școlar Reșița	Galați
	Ion 24' Spirea 60' Spirea 76' Balint 85'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Aron Huzu

24 October 1998 Matchday 11	Steaua București	2–0	Oțelul Galați	București
	Dănciulescu 2' Lăcătuș 66'			Stadium: Ghencea Referee: Sorin Vădana

31 October 1998 Matchday 12	Oțelul Galați	0–1	FCM Bacău	Galați
			Petcu 79'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marian Salomir

7 November 1998 Matchday 13	Petrolul Ploieşti	2–0	Oțelul Galați	Ploiești
	Onuț 19' (pen.) Onuț 52' (pen.)			Stadium: Ilie Oană Referee: Constantin Zotta

14 November 1998 Matchday 14	Oțelul Galați	1–2	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Galați
	Balint 43'		Matei 55' Alistar 72'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Adrian Stoica

21 November 1998 Matchday 15	Farul Constanța	0–1	Oțelul Galați	Constanța
			Tănase 48'	Stadium: Farul Referee: Valeriu Ioniță

28 November 1998 Matchday 16	Gloria Bistrița	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Bistrița
	Ganea 65' (pen.) Ganea 84' (pen.)		Tănase 17'	Stadium: Gloria Referee: Marcel Savaniu

6 December 1998 Matchday 17	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Dinamo București	Galați
	Ion 72' Tănase 90'		Lupescu 55'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marcel Lică

6 March 1999 Matchday 18	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Foresta Fălticeni	Galați
	Balint 53'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Constantin Zotta

14 March 1999 Matchday 19	Progresul București	0–1	Oțelul Galați	București
			Maleş 89'	Stadium: Cotroceni Referee: Sorin Corpodean

17 March 1999 Matchday 20	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Olimpia Satu Mare	Galați
	Oprea 4' Oprea 19'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Florin Chivulete

20 March 1999 Matchday 21	Astra Ploieşti	3–1	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
	Dăscălescu 13' Dăscălescu 34'		Pelin Own work by 46. Tănase 61'	Stadium: Astra Referee: Sorin Altmayer

3 April 1999 Matchday 22	Oțelul Galați	4–0	Universitatea Craiova	Galați
	Mihalache 2' Spirea 38' Tănase 67' Baștină 69'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marcel Lică

10 April 1999 Matchday 23	Universitatea Cluj	0–2	Oțelul Galați	Cluj
			Tofan 25' Tofan 35'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: Constantin Ene

17 April 1999 Matchday 24	Oțelul Galați	1–1	FC Argeş Piteşti	Galați
	Nemțanu 7'		Bratu 85'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Valeriu Ioniță

21 April 1999 Matchday 25	FC Onești	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Oneşti
	Scânteie 89'			Stadium: Onești Referee: Cristian Marinescu

25 April 1999 Matchday 26	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Rapid București	Galați
			Mutică 75'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marcel Lică

1 May 1999 Matchday 27	CSM Școlar Reșița	2–3	Oțelul Galați	Reşița
	Szijj 11' (pen.) Pogăcean 27'		Cernat 26' Cernat 37' Tănase 58'	Stadium: Mircea Chivu Referee: Laszlo Sajtos

8 May 1999 Matchday 28	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Steaua București	Galați
	Mihalache 24' Oprea 61' (pen.)			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Sorin Altmayer

12 May 1999 Matchday 29	FCM Bacău	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Bacău
	Bolfă 45'			Stadium: Municipal Referee: Constantin Zotta

15 May 1999 Matchday 30	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
			Onuț 62'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Sorin Vădana

22 May 1999 Matchday 31	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamț
	Marc 13'		Tănase 45'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Referee: Valeriu Ioniță

26 May 1999 Matchday 32	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Farul Constanța	Galați
	Guriță 20' Niță 62' (pen.)			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Anton Heleşteanu

29 May 1999 Matchday 33	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Gloria Bistrița	Galați
				Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Sorin Corpodean

12 June 1999 Matchday 34	Dinamo București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	București
	Gane 38' Kiriță 88'		Silian 3'	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Marian Dorobanțu

Cupa României

21 October 1998 Round of 32	Crişul Aleşd	0–5	Oțelul Galați	Aleșd
			Tănase 40' Tănase 49' Maleş 64' Maleş 88' Pelin 68'	Stadium: Aleşd Referee: Marcel Savaniu

18 November 1998 Round of 16	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Sportul Studențesc	Buzău
	Niță 74'			Stadium: Gloria Referee: Sorin Altmayer

2 December 1998 Quarter-finals	FCM Bacău	2–0	Oțelul Galați	Bacău
	Ardeleanu 28' Pavel 74'			Stadium: Municipal Referee: Gheorghe Moise

9 December 1998 Semi-finals	Oțelul Galați	1–0	FCM Bacău	Galați
	Tofan 5'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Florin Chivulete

Players

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
-	DF	Mozacu	22	EU	Olimpia Satu Mare	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	FW	Oprea	26	EU	FC Onești	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	CM	Baştină	25	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	CF	Guriță	25	EU	Foresta Fălticeni	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Alexa	24	EU	Tiraspol	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Niță	21	EU	Corvinul	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CB	Ghionea	19	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Buteseacă	19	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Cernat	18	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Muha	19	EU	Dunărea Galați	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Bogdan	19	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-		Ghinea		EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Higlău		EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Ariton	19	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-		Van Caval	19	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Miloiu		EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Negraru	19	EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Silian		EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Gugoaşă		EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Oană	26	EU	Gloria Bistrița	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Basalâc	17	EU		Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Frunză	20	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
-	DF	Bosânceanu	31	EU	Rocar București	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Niță	21	EU	Cimentul Fieni	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed
-	DM	Arhire	22	EU	Pohang Steelers	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	CF	Ion	30	EU	VfL Bochum	Transfer	Autumn	Undisclosed
-	CF	State	30	EU	Farul Constanța	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Brătianu	30	EU	Farul Constanța	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Stanciu	23	EU	ASA Târgu Mureș	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Frunză	20	EU	Cimentul Fieni	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

[table_hth_OȚE0.8198903104383-1] OTE 3-2 PRO; PRO 0-1 OTE

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