1997–98 FC Oțelul Galați season

Competitions

Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Rapid București	34	24	6	4	70	24	+46	78	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Argeș Pitești	34	20	5	9	56	38	+18	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Oțelul Galați	34	20	4	10	54	28	+26	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	Național București	34	18	6	10	57	40	+17	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6	Dinamo București	34	17	3	14	66	50	+16	54

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.

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	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W
Position	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4

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
33	19	4	10	59	55	+4	61	13	2	2	39	20	+19	6	2	8	20	35	−15

Matches

2 August 1997 Matchday 1	Sportul Studenţesc	Galați
	Maleş 61' Tănase 82'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Adrian Porumboiu

6 August 1997 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	Bistrița
			Ștefan 27', 49' Tănase 39'	Stadium: Gloria Referee: Adrian Stoica

9 August 1997 Matchday 3	Universitatea Cluj	Galați
	Ştefan 25' (pen.) Tănase 81'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Alexandru Dobrin

23 August 1997 Matchday 4	București
	Rotariu 31'		Ştefan 27' Tofan 50' Maleş 79'	Stadium: Ghencea Referee: Aron Huzu

30 August 1997 Matchday 5	Jiul Petroșani	Galați
	Ştefan 30', 48' (pen.) State 38', 86' Bratianu 63' Tofan 75' Maleş 84'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Valeriu Ioniță

13 September 1997 Matchday 6	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamț
<! -- No info -->				Stadium: Ceahlăul Referee: Florin Chivulete

21 September 1997 Matchday 7	București
	Vâsc 36' (pen.) Petre 61'			Stadium: Cotroceni Referee: Sorin Vădana

24 September 1997 Matchday 8	Oțelul Galați	3–1	CSM Reșița	Galați
	Ştefan 17'		Doană 27'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Cristian Marinescu

Oțelul Galați v Foresta Fălticeni

4 October 1997 Matchday 9	Oțelul Galați	3–0	Foresta Fălticeni	Galați
	Maleş 30' State 36' Bosânceanu 73'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Alexandru Crișan

15 October 1997 Matchday 10	Oțelul Galați	Craiova
			Ştefan 6' Tănase 66'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Referee: Aron Huzu

Oțelul Galați v Rapid București

18 October 1997 Matchday 11	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Rapid București	Galați
	Pelin 90'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Gheorghe Constantin

26 October 1997 Matchday 12	București
	Rednic 6' Contra 65'			Stadium: Ştefan Cel Mare Referee: Sorin Corpodean

2 November 1997 Matchday 13	FC Argeş	Galați
	Ştefan 48'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Adrian Porumboiu

8 November 1997 Matchday 14	Oțelul Galați	Târgoviște
	Ceaușu 18' Stoica 53' Pelin (o.g.) Jilăveanu 81'		State 30', 47'	Stadium: Chindia Referee: Iosif Biro

15 November 1997 Matchday 15	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
	Tănase 12' State 26'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Aron Huzu

22 November 1997 Matchday 16	Oțelul Galați	Constanța
	Mohora 16' (pen.)			Stadium: Farul Referee: Alexandru Crișan

29 November 1997 Matchday 17	București
			Ştefan 33' (pen. )	Stadium: Sportul Referee: Stan Prodan

Oțelul Galați v Gloria Bistrița

6 December 1997 Matchday 18	Oțelul Galați	3–0	Gloria Bistrița	Galați
	Balint 13' Arhire 71' Arhire 78'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Valeriu Ioniță

13 December 1997 Matchday 19	Cluj
	Popescu 8', 44'			Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: Alexandru Dobrin

1 March 1998 Matchday 20	Steaua București	Galați
			Munteanu 37' (pen.), 79'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Aron Huzu

7 March 1998 Matchday 21	Petroşani
			Ştefan 74'	Stadium: Jiul Referee: Gheorghe Moise

11 March 1998 Matchday 22	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Galați
	Ion 42' Brătianu 52'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Constantin Ene

Oțelul Galați v Progresul București

15 March 1998 Matchday 23	Oțelul Galați	3–2	Progresul București	Galați
	Ion 6' Spirea 42' Tănase 90'		Sburlea 52', 71'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Sorin Corpodean

22 March 1998 Matchday 24	Reşița
	Mutică 21' Szijj 70', 87'			Stadium: Mircea Chivu Referee: Iosif Biro

Oțelul Galați v FCM Bacău

28 March 1998 Matchday 25	Oțelul Galați	1–2	FCM Bacău	Galați
	Ştefan 32' (pen. )		Ardeleanu 69' Pavel 78'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Adrian Stoica

1 April 1998 Matchday 26	FC Oțelul Galați	Fălticeni
	Minescu 62'			Stadium: Foresta Referee: Valeriu Ioniță

Oțelul Galați v Universitatea Craiova

4 April 1998 Matchday 27	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Galați
	Tofan 85'		Trică 31'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Florin Chivulete

11 April 1998 Matchday 28	București
	Marinescu 89'			Stadium: Giuleşti Referee: Marian Salomir

Oțelul Galați v Dinamo București

15 April 1998 Matchday 29	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Dinamo București	Galați
	Ştefan 24'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Sorin Vădana

18 April 1998 Matchday 30	Piteşti
	Mutu 29'		Mihalache 72'	Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Valeriu Ioniță

25 April 1998 Matchday 31	Chindia Târgovişte	Galați
	Mihalache 57', 59'		Negru 28'	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Marcel Lică

29 April 1998 Matchday 32	Ploieşti
	Măldărăşanu 60'		Mihalache 75'	Stadium: Petrolul Referee: Iosif Biro

Oțelul Galați v Farul Constanța

2 May 1998 Matchday 33	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Farul Constanța	Galați
	Ştefan 83'			Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Anton Heleşteanu

Cupa României

12 November 1997 Round of 32	Oțelul Galați	Roman
	Țigănuș 45' (pen.) Bărbușcă 66'		Brătianu 3', 17' State 25' Ion 47', 54'	Stadium: Laminorul Referee: Marcel Lică

3 December 1997 Round of 16	Oțelul Galați	6–0	Gloria Buzău	Brăila
	Ştefan 40' State 48', 90' Brătianu 81'			Stadium: Dacia Unirea Referee: Constantin Ene

25 February 1998 Quarter-finals	Oțelul Galați	Buzău
	Petre 55'			Stadium: Gloria Referee: Marcel Lică

Players

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
-	DF	Nemțanu	23	EU	Steaua București	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Brătianu	29	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Mihalache	22	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Shnayin	21	EU	Sportul Studențesc București	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Apostol	16	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Stanciu	22	EU	ASA Târgu Mureș	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
-	DF	Lupașcu	21	EU	Nistru Otaci	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Rednic	19	EU	Dinamo București	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Florea	21	EU	Dinamo București	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Alexa	22	EU	Tiraspol	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CM	Shnayin	22	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	CM	Pânzaru	21	EU	Dunărea Galați	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
-	DF	Mirea	26	EU	Midia Năvodari	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Cornea	29	EU	Gloria Bistrița	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	CF	Dobrea	28	EU	Foresta Suceava	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
-	DF	Urdaru		EU	Politehnica Iași	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed

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