2012–13 FC Oțelul Galați season

FC Oțelul Galați
2012–13 season
Chairman	Narcis Răducan; (from Oct 18, 2012)
Manager	Dorinel Munteanu; (until Aug 30, 2012); Viorel Tănase; (from Aug 30, 2012); Petre Grigoraș; (from Feb 1, 2013)
Liga I	6th
Cupa României	Round of 32
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season will be Oțelul Galați's 21st consecutive season in the Liga I, and their 24th overall season in the top-flight of Romanian football.

Players

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
15	CB	Mardare	24	EU	Debrecen	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	^[1]
30	MF	Băjenaru	29	EU	Astra Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	^[2]
88	RM	Inkango	28	EU	Kastrioti Kruje	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	^[1]
90	MF	Zaharia	22	EU	CS Turnu Severin	Transfer	Winter	2016	Undisclosed	^[3]
23	FW	Vancea	28	EU	CS Turnu Severin	Transfer	Winter	2015	Undisclosed	^[4]
21	MF	Astafei	25	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Transfer	Winter	2016	€ 200,000	^[5]
9	FW	Gazale	28	Non-EU	Universidad Católica	Transfer	Winter	2015	Free	^[6]
8	CM	Marquinhos	20	Non-EU	Paraná	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	^[7]
3	RB	Antunes	20	Non-EU	Flamengo	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	^[8]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
11	LM	Frunză	34	EU	Brăila	Contract expired	Summer	–	^[9]
8	RM	Antal	23	EU	Vaslui	Transfer	Summer	€ 500,000	^[10]
23	LB	Sălăgeanu	29	EU	Vaslui	Transfer	Summer	€ 200,000	^[10]
17	LM	Buș	25	EU		Mutual consent	Winter	–	^[11]
37	MF	Viglianti	33	EU		Retired	Winter	–	^[12]
	MF	Enescu	25	EU		Mutual consent	Winter	–	^[13]
	CF	Chipirliu	20	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
15	DF	Mardare	25	EU	Rapid București	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
19	CF	Punosevac	25	EU	FCM Târgu Mureș	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
3	DF	Râpă	23	EU	Steaua București	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
27	ST	Pena	27	EU	Baku	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	^[14]
55	CB	Perendija	27	Non-EU	Mordovia Saransk	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	^[15]
93	RM	Inkango	28	EU		Mutual consent	Winter	Undisclosed	^[16]

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.

Player statistics

Squad statistics

				Total			Liga I		Cupa României
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
30	AM		Băjenaru	2	5		5
6	CB		Benga	5	5		5
1	GK		Brăneţ	7	7		7
17	LM		Buş	4	4		4
18	CB		Costin	8	8		8
	LB		Cucu	1	1		1
4	DM		Filip	2	3		3
29	DM		Giurgiu	9	9		9
12	GK		Grahovac	2	2		2
14	LM		Ilie	1	1		1
88	RM		Inkango	4	8	3	8	3
7	RM		Iorga	6	8	2	8	2
5	LB		Ljubinković	6	7		7
23	CB		Murgoci		1		1
77	DM		Neagu	4	6		6
27	ST		Pena	6	8		8
55	CB		Perendija	8	8		8
19	FW		Punoševac	1	7	1	7	1
3	RB		Râpă	9	9		9
16	CB		Sârghi	1	2		2
11	FW		Štromajer	7	9	1	9	1
37	AM		Viglianti	6	8	4	8	4

Last updated: 11 August 2012
Source: official website^[usurped] and Viaţa Liberă
Ordered by player name
0 shown as blank

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Liga I	Cupa României
Qnt	Formation	Matches
22	4–2–3–1	All matches	All matches

Last updated: 26 September 2012
Source: Match reports in Competitions
Only competitive matches.

Disciplinary records

N	Pos.	Name
30	AM	Băjenaru	1
6	CB	Benga	3
17	LM	Buş	1
18	CB	Costin	3
29	DM	Giurgiu	3
7	RM	Iorga	1
5	LB	Ljubinković			1
77	DM	Neagu	2
55	CB	Perendija	3
27	ST	Pena	4	1
3	RB	Râpă	2
16	CB	Sârghi	1
37	AM	Viglianti	2

Last updated: 26 September 2012
Source: Matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions

No.	P	Name	Matches Banned	Reason for Suspension	Notes	Source
5	LB	Ljubinković	League #4	Sent off	Suspension received after a straight red card against Petrolul
27	FW	Pena	League #9	Sent off	Suspension received after two yellow cards against Viitorul

Competitions

Overall

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	9	4	5
Games won	1	–	1
Games drawn	4	3	1
Games lost	4	1	3
Biggest win	2–1 vs CSMS Iaşi	–	2–1 vs CSMS Iaşi
Biggest loss	1–2 vs Petrolul	1–2 vs CFR Cluj	1–2 vs Petrolul
Clean sheets	0	0	0
Goals scored	11	4	7
Goals conceded	14	5	9
Goal difference	-3	-1	-2
Average GF per game	1.22	1	1.4
Average GA per game	1.56	1.25	1.8
Yellow cards	26	9	17
Red cards	2	1	1
Most appearances	Giurgiu, Râpă, Štromajer (9)
Most minutes played	Giurgiu, Râpă (849)
Top scorer	Viglianti (4)
Top assister	Pena (3)
Points	7/27(25.93%)	3/12(25%)	4/15(26.67%)
Winning rate	11.11%	0%	20%

Last updated: 26 September 2012
Source: Matches

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	CFR Cluj	34	12	13	9	56	39	+17	49^[a]
10	Gaz Metan Mediaș	34	12	10	12	42	46	−4	46
11	Oțelul Galați^[b]	34	11	10	13	38	42	−4	41
12	Universitatea Cluj	34	10	8	16	39	55	−16	38
13	Viitorul Constanța	34	8	12	14	45	57	−12	36

Source: Liga I (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:

^ CFR 0-0 RAP; RAP 3-2 CFR
^ Oțelul Galați were deducted two points because of debts owed to agent Codoban Tătar Ionel.

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
19	5	7	7	23	27	−4	22	3	4	2	10	9	+1	2	3	5	13	18	−5

Last updated: 20 December 2012.
Source: Matches

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	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	6	9	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	13

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2012. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Points by opponent

Team	Results		Points
Team	Home	Away	Points
Astra Ploieşti	2–1		3
FC Brașov	0–0		1
Ceahlăul		1–4	0
CFR Cluj	1–2		0
Concordia Chiajna		0–0	1
CSMS Iaşi	0–3	2–1	3
Dinamo București		1–2	0
Gaz Metan Mediaş	0–0		1
Gaz Metan Severin		1–1	1
Gloria Bistriţa	1–1		1
Pandurii Târgu Jiu		2–3	0
Petrolul Ploieşti		1–2	0
Rapid București	1–1	3–2	4
Steaua București		1–2	0
Universitatea Cluj		1–1	1
FC Vaslui	2–0		3
Viitorul Constanța	1–1		1

Source: FCO^[usurped]

Matches

Kickoff times are in EET.

22 July 2012 Matchday 1	CSMS Iaşi	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Iaşi
19:00	Jovanović 50' Ionescu 54', 59'	(Report)^[usurped]	Iorga 51' (pen.), 90' Râpă 56' Viglianti 80' Giurgiu 82'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Referee: Radu Petrescu

30 July 2012 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Rapid București	Galați
20:20	Viglianti 27' Buș 31' Pena 87'	(Report)^[usurped]	Constantin 40' Božović 69' Grigore 73'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

4 August 2012 Matchday 3	Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
21:30	Boudjemaa 20', 82' Guilherme Sitya 36' Bornescu 79'	(Report)^[usurped]	Ljubinković 1' Perendija 20' Sârghi 30' Benga 41' Costin 46' Inkango 89'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

13 August 2012 Matchday 4	Oțelul Galați	1–2	CFR Cluj	Galați
18:00	Inkango 38' Costin 42' Perendija 69'	(Report)^[usurped]	Mureșan 7' (pen.), 22' Vass 39' Ronny 53' Godemèche 79'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu

20 August 2012 Matchday 5	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	3–2	Oțelul Galați	Târgu Jiu
18:00	Matulevičius 6' Maxim 19' (pen.) Boutadjine 72', 85', 90+3'	(Report)^[usurped]	Viglianti 22' Pena 26' Iorga 62' (pen.) Giurgiu 70' Benga 86' Inkango 90'	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

25 August 2012 Matchday 6	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Gloria Bistriţa	Galați
18:00	Benga 15' Štromajer 65'	(Report)^[usurped]	Markisio 29' Curtuiuș 38' Ayza 59' Romário 71' Tudose 77'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan

2 September 2012 Matchday 7	Steaua București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	București
17:55	Adi Rocha 3' Pintilii 8' Szukała 64'	(Report)^[usurped]	Viglianti 13' Neagu 44' Giurgiu 58' Pena 66' Râpă 80'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,230 Referee: Cătălin Popa

16 September 2012 Matchday 8	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Viitorul Constanța	Galați
18:00	Viglianti 17' Costin 25' Pena 34' 90+2' Neagu 52' Perendija 74'	(Report)	Dică 25' (pen.) Alibec 43' Mladen 66' Vâtcă 90'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Iulian Dima

22 September 2012 Matchday 9	Gaz Metan Severin	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
19:00	Thomas 45+1' Golić 73'	(Report)	Viglianti 5' Punoševac 20' Băjenaru 29'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

30 September 2012 Matchday 10	Oțelul Galați	0–0	FC Brașov	Galați
17:00	Punoševac 90+3'	(Report)^[usurped]	Popa 86' Ionescu 90+3'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marian Balaci

8 October 2012 Matchday 11	Concordia Chiajna	0–0	Oțelul Galați	Chiajna
21:30	Bambara 53' Popovici 68' Purece 78' Wellington Carlos 86' Cretu 90'	(Report)	Neagu 5' Filip 33' Costin 69' Šipović 88'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dan Florin Dreve

20 October 2012 Matchday 12	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Astra Ploiești	Galați
19:00	Pena 57' (pen.) 70' Šipović 90+4' Inkango 90+5' Paraschiv 90+6'	(Report)	Fatai 4', 51' Tembo 43' Găman 56' Bukari 79'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

26 October 2012 Matchday 13	Universitatea Cluj	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Cluj-Napoca
19:00	Cleiton 2' Erico 12' Paulinho 24' Pătrașcu 30'	(Report)^[usurped]	Paraschiv 32' Šipović 45' Sârghi 75'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

4 November 2012 Matchday 14	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Galați
19:00	Giurgiu 14' Pena 60' Brăneț 90+2'	(Report)^[usurped]	Negru 59'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

10 November 2012 Matchday 15	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	4–1	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamț
16:00	Bădescu 18' Aloisio 48' Stana 80', 80', 87'	(Report)^[usurped]	Cârjă 24' Giurgiu 73' Šipović 86'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

17 November 2012 Matchday 16	Oțelul Galați	2–0	FC Vaslui	Galați
20:00	Iorga 3', 19' Neagu 53' Sîrghi 68' Pena 73' 78' Filip 76' Viglianti 90+3'	(Report)^[usurped]	Jumisse 31'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Paul Unimatan

24 November 2012 Matchday 17	Dinamo București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	București
20:30	Alexe 17' (pen.) Matei 32' (pen.) Țucudean 42' Munteanu 61' Matei 79'	(Report)^[usurped]	Perendija 31' Murgoci 45+2' Rus 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lucian Rusandu

3 December 2012 Matchday 18	Oțelul Galați	0–3	CSMS Iaşi	Galați
18:00	Neagu 32' Băjenaru 43' Šipović 85'	(Report)^[usurped]	Onofraș 35', 74', 90+1' Nalați 68'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

8 December 2012 Matchday 19	Rapid București	2–3	Oțelul Galați	București
20:30	Herea 29' Roman 42' Ioniță 53' Wallace 58' Pancu 90'	(Report)^[usurped]	Pena 31', 39', 63' Sîrghi 60' Ljubinković 75' Brăneț 90+3'	Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

24 February 2013 Matchday 20	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
18:00	Ljubinković 19' Giurgiu 23'	(Report)^[usurped]	Bokila 21', 80' Hamza 63' Geraldo 89'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

2 March 2013 Matchday 21	Oțelul Galați	0–1	CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
21:30	Sepsi 23' Piccolo 54' Felgueiras 79' Camora 79' Godemèche 79' 90+1'	(Report)^[usurped]	Paraschiv 7' Sârghi 50' Iorga 61' Filip 66' Grahovac 89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu

Cupa României

26 September 2012 R32	Sportul Studențesc	0–1	Oțelul Galați	București
15:00	Șerban 36' Lung 72'	(Report)^[usurped]	Inkango 28'	Stadium: Juventus Attendance: 500 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

1 November 2012 R16	Oțelul Galați	3–0	CF Brăila	Galați
18:45	Băjenaru 24', 62' Perendija 75' Didi 88'	(Report)^[usurped]	Sânmărtean 71' Spiridon 82'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: George Găman

28 November 2012 QF	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	0–2	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamț
17:45	Vițelaru 83'	(Report)^[usurped]	Iorga 11' Perendija 19' Neagu 52' Băjenaru 65' Giurgiu 85'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

17 April 2013 SF	Oțelul Galați	v	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
		[(Report)]		Stadium: Oțelul

22 May 2013 sF	Petrolul Ploieşti	v	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
		[(Report)]		Stadium: Ilie Oană

Friendlies

Netherlands training camp

4 July 2012	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Viktoria Köln	Heelsum
19:00	Ogbuke 15' Enescu 18'	(Report)^[usurped]

5 July 2012	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Al-Faisaly	Heelsum
20:00	Šipović 81' Giurgiu 85'	(Report)^[usurped]		Stadium: Bilderberg Hotel Klein Zwitserland

7 July 2012	Waasland-Beveren	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Melsele
19:00	Snelders 70'	(Report)^[usurped]	Băjenaru 81' Štromajer 90+2'

10 July 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–0	P.A.O.K. F.C.	Heelsum
18:30	Pena 31'	(Report)^[usurped]

13 July 2012	Standard Liège	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Hasselt
20:30	Ignacio González 4' (pen.)	(Report)^[usurped]		Attendance: 1,000

Local friendlies

13 October 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Viitorul Constanța	Galați
16:00	Štromajer 32'	(Report)^[usurped]		Stadium: Stadionul Oțelul

Spain training camp

Marbella Cup

4 February 2013 QF	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	San Pedro de Alcántara
17:00		(Report)^[usurped]	Tsurikov 62'	Stadium: San Pedro

7 February 2013 5-8 places	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	Marbella
14:40	Iorga 44' (pen.)	(Report)^[usurped]		Stadium: Municipal

10 February 2013 5th place match	Oțelul Galați	0–4	Rapid București	San Pedro de Alcántara
12:00		(Report)^[usurped]	Grigorie 14' Abrudan 18' Herea 70', 90+1'	Stadium: San Pedro

Other friendlies

12 February 2013	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Atlético Paranaense	Sotogrande
11:00	Curelea 26'	(Report)^[usurped]	Bruno Furlan 48'

13 February 2013	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Torpedo Kutaisi	Sotogrande
17:30	Vancea 67'	(Report)^[usurped]	Pantsulaia 69'

15 February 2013	Oțelul Galați	1–2	Spartak Moscow	Marbella
18:00	Iorga 74'	(Report)^[usurped]	Majeed 45', 55'	Stadium: Municipal

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