# 2004–05 FC Oțelul Galați season

In December 2004, with 2 months left on his contract, Sorin Cârţu and president Nicu Boghici agreed for a departure. January 2005 came with rumors which said that Mittal Steel would take over the team, for which they already were shirt sponsors. Soon after, Viorel Anghelinei, former player of Oțelul and referee, was appointed as the new president of the club. The new manager of Oțelul, Mihai Stoichiţă was announced on 23 January.

## Competitions
### Liga 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Politehnica Timișoara | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 45 |
| 7 | Sportul Studențesc București | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 45 |
| 8 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 40 |
| 9 | Politehnica Iași | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 38 |
| 10 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 36 |
* 1 2 TIM 2–0 SPO; SPO 0–0 TIM
* ↑ ARG 2–0 CFR; CFR 1–1 ARG

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### 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 | Divizia A | Divizia A | Cupa României | Cupa României | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| – | FW | | Aldea | 9 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | | 4 | 1 |
| – | | | Alexandru | | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| – | | | Apostol | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| – | | | Balauru | 5 | 11 | | 11 | | | | | |
| – | GK | | Barbu | 16 | 17 | | 14 | | 3 | | | |
| – | | | Bădescu | 13 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 3 | | | | |
| – | | | Călin | 4 | 12 | | 10 | | 2 | | | |
| – | | | Cernea | 22 | 22 | | 17 | | 1 | | 4 | |
| – | | | Crăciun | 22 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | |
| – | | | Danciu | 17 | 17 | 2 | 11 | | 2 | | 4 | 2 |
| – | | | Dobre | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | |
| – | | | Dragomir | 23 | 29 | | 26 | | 2 | | 1 | |
| – | | | Gheară | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | | | 3 | |
| – | | | Ghidarcea | 6 | 6 | | 6 | | | | | |
| – | FW | | Iacob | 35 | 35 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| – | | | Izvoranu | 22 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 4 | | 2 | |
| – | | | Macare | 1 | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | | | |
| – | | | Mărginean | 26 | 32 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | | 4 | |
| – | | | Mozacu | 12 | 27 | | 21 | | 4 | | 2 | |
| – | | | Munteanu | 35 | 35 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| – | | | Nanu | 28 | 29 | 1 | 22 | | 3 | | 4 | 1 |
| – | | | Negru | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | 1 |
| – | | | Nemţanu | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | |
| – | | | Oprea | 19 | 31 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | | 4 | |
| – | | | Rohat | 37 | 37 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 4 | | 4 | 1 |
| – | | | Tănase | 34 | 36 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4 | | 4 | |
| – | | | Toporan | 5 | 7 | | 5 | | 2 | | | |
| – | | | Tudose | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| – | | | Zeciu | 14 | 14 | | 14 | | | | | |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| – | LM | Tănase | 33 | EU | Argeș Pitești | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| – | RM | Crăciun | 31 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| – | [[|S]] | Iacob | 23 | EU | Rapid București | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| – | CB | Nemţanu | 30 | EU | Progresul București | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| – | LB | Mozacu | 27 | EU | Brașov | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| – | CB | Toporan | 25 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Loan | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| – | AM | Bădescu | 26 | EU | Naftex Burgas | Transfer | Winter | | Undisclosed |
| – | CB | Zeciu | 27 | EU | Pyunik | Transfer | Winter | | Undisclosed |
| – | RB | Ghidarcea | 26 | EU | Laminorul | Transfer | Winter | | Undisclosed |
| – | RM | Balauru | 24 | EU | Unirea Alba Iulia | Transfer | Winter | | Undisclosed |
| – | [[|S]] | Alexandru | 27 | EU | Gloria Bistrița | Transfer | Winter | | Undisclosed |
| – | MF | Scarlat | 21 | EU | Mechel | Transfer | Winter | 2005 | Undisclosed |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| – | [[|S]] | Ilie | 27 | EU | Universitatea Craiova | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | CB | Ghionea | 25 | EU | Steaua București | Loan end | Summer | – |
| – | WI | Orac | 19 | EU | Steaua București | Loan end | Summer | – |
| – | RB | Toma | 28 | EU | | Released | Summer | – |
| – | CB | Pelin | 35 | EU | | Released | Summer | – |
| – | RM | Apostol | 23 | EU | Farul Constanța | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | AM | Danciu | 27 | EU | Argeș Pitești | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | [[|S]] | Negru | 28 | EU | Oltul Slatina | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | AM | Călin | 31 | EU | | Released | Winter | – |
| – | CB | Nemţanu | 31 | EU | | Released | Winter | – |
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.