# 2008–09 FC Oțelul Galați season
## Match results
### Liga I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Argeș Pitești (R) | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 44 | Relegation to Liga II |
| 11 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 43 | |
| 12 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 40 | |
| 13 | Gloria Bistrița | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 38 | |
| 14 | Politehnica Iași | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 37 | |
* ↑ Argeș Pitești were relegated to the Liga II due to allegations of referee bribery. Gaz Metan as best-placed relegated team were therefore spared from relegation.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Matches
### Cupa României
## Players
### Squad statistics

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| 0 | FW | | Anca | 2 | 4 | | 4 | | | |
| 10 | MF | | Avram | 1 | 3 | | 3 | | | |
| 5 | DM | | Bourceanu | 32 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | FB | | Cârjă | 16 | 22 | | 20 | | 2 | |
| 0 | FB | | Cojoc | 8 | 10 | | 9 | | 1 | |
| 18 | CB | | Costin | 32 | 33 | | 31 | | 2 | |
| 7 | FW | | Elek | 9 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | | |
| 11 | FB | | Gado | 2 | 15 | | 14 | | 1 | |
| 20 | RM | | Gârleanu | 3 | 3 | | 3 | | | |
| 29 | CM | | Giurgiu | 14 | 16 | | 16 | | | |
| 1 | GK | | Grybauskas | 3 | 4 | | 3 | | 1 | |
| 15 | LW | | Ibeh | 8 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | | |
| 14 | FW | | Ilie | 19 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | | |
| 6 | AM | | Iorga | 25 | 29 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | |
| 0 | MF | | Ioviţă | 1 | 4 | | 4 | | | |
| 12 | GK | | Kolev | 33 | 33 | | 32 | | 1 | |
| 0 | MF | | Neagu | | 2 | | 2 | | | |
| 0 | MF | | Nikolić | 3 | 9 | | 7 | | 2 | |
| 0 | CB | | Nogo | 2 | 2 | | 2 | | | |
| 30 | AM | | Paraschiv | 20 | 23 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 1 | |
| 27 | FW | | Pena | 26 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 1 | |
| 3 | DF | | Râpă | 9 | 9 | | 9 | | | |
| 23 | FB | | Sălăgeanu | 30 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | FB | | Sârghi | 20 | 21 | | 19 | | 2 | |
| 4 | CM | | Schwartz | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| 0 | MF | | Stancu | 1 | 10 | | 9 | | 1 | |
| 17 | FW | | Tănasă | 10 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | |
| 8 | MF | | Tişmănaru | | 6 | | 6 | | | |
| 37 | AM | | Viglianti | 23 | 23 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Vitaić | 12 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | |
| 31 | CB | | Zhelev | 32 | 32 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2 | |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| MF | Ioviţă | 24 | EU | Gloria Buzău | Transfer | Summer | 2010 | Free |
| FW | Pena | 23 | EU | Chiajna | Transfer | Summer | 2011 | €70,000 |
| FW | Anca | 32 | EU | CFR Cluj | Transfer | Summer | 2010 | Free |
| MF | Stancu | 30 | EU | Rapid București | Transfer | Summer | 2011 | Free |
| MF | Bourceanu | 23 | EU | Dunărea Galați | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | €60,000 + 50% |
| FW | Nikolić | 23 | Non-EU | Modriča | Transfer | Summer | 2011 | €150,000 |
| MF | Vitaić | 26 | Non-EU | Šibenik | Transfer | Summer | 2011 | €100,000 |
| FW | Tănasă | 23 | EU | Bacău | Transfer | Summer | 2011 | €80,000 |
| FW | Labukas | 24 | EU | Inter Baku | Loan return | Winter | | – |
| DF | Hodzurda | 18 | Non-EU | Željezničar | Transfer | Winter | 2012 | Undisclosed |
| DF | Šipović | 18 | Non-EU | Željezničar | Transfer | Winter | 2012 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Ibeh | 22 | EU | UTA Arad | Transfer | Winter | 2012 | Free |
| DM | Giurgiu | 26 | EU | Rubin Kazan | Transfer | Winter | | Free |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| – | MF | Deac | 22 | EU | CFR Cluj | Loan end | Summer | – |
| – | MF | Giurgiu | 25 | EU | Rubin Kazan | Loan end | Summer | – |
| – | MF | Székely | 24 | EU | Steaua București | Transfer | Summer | €1.50M + 15% |
| – | FW | Jula | 28 | EU | Energie Cottbus | Transfer | Summer | €0.7M + 20% |
| – | FW | Stan | 29 | EU | Unirea Urziceni | Transfer | Summer | €150,000 |
| – | MF | Ionescu | 22 | EU | | Mutual consent | Summer | – |
| – | MF | Brujan | 32 | EU | | Contract expired | Summer | – |
| – | FW | Anca | 32 | EU | | Mutual consent | Summer | – |
| – | FW | Labukas | 24 | EU | Inter Baku | Loan | Summer | n/a |
Last updated: 2009-03-09

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Petre Grigoraş |
| Assistant coach | Marian Dinu |
| Fitness coach | Ionel Tămăşanu |
| Goalkeepers coach | Dan Moţei |
Source: otelul-galati.ro