# 2003–04 FC Oțelul Galați season

Although at the end of the previous season they relegated, Oțelul managed to retain their spot in Divizia A after the merger of FC Astra Ploieşti and newly promoted Petrolul Ploieşti. After 15 rounds played in Divizia A, Costel Orac was fired in December and replaced with Sorin Cârţu.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Rapid București | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 55 | |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 44 | |
| 5 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | Apulum Alba Iulia | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 41 | |
| 7 | Național București | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 39 | |
* ↑ TIM 0-0 PRO; PRO 0-0 TIM

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Sts | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| – | FW | | Aldea | 8 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |
| – | | | Apostol | 19 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| – | | | Baldovin | 3 | 7 | | 7 | | | |
| – | GK | | Barbu | 13 | 14 | | 12 | | 2 | |
| – | FW | | Bucătaru | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| – | | | Călin | 9 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| – | | | Cernat | 3 | 4 | | 4 | | | |
| – | | | Cernea | 24 | 25 | | 19 | | 6 | |
| – | | | Danciu | 27 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| – | | | Dobre | 27 | 28 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| – | | | Dragomir | 17 | 23 | | 19 | | 4 | |
| – | | | Gheară | 17 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5 | |
| – | CB | | Ghionea | 33 | 33 | | 26 | | 7 | |
| – | FW | | Guriţă | 15 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | |
| – | FW | | Iacob | 17 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| – | FW | | Ilie | 6 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| – | | | Izvoranu | 3 | 4 | | 4 | | | |
| – | | | Macare | | 1 | | 1 | | | |
| – | | | Mărginean | 25 | 26 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| – | | | Munteanu | 22 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| – | | | Nanu | 14 | 15 | | 11 | | 4 | |
| – | | | Negru | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| – | FW | | Oprea | 24 | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 4 | |
| – | FW | | Orac | 3 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| – | | | Pelin | 14 | 15 | | 15 | | | |
| – | | | Rohat | 35 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 7 | |
| – | FB | | Toma | 14 | 22 | | 17 | | 5 | |
| – | | | Tudor | 5 | 11 | | 9 | | 2 | |
| – | | | Verdeş | 3 | 6 | | 5 | | 1 | |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| – | DM | Izvoranu | 20 | EU | Dunărea Galați | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | WI | Orac | 18 | EU | Steaua București | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | GK | Barbu | 32 | EU | Inter Gaz | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | CB | Ghionea | 24 | EU | Steaua București | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | CB | Munteanu | 25 | EU | Farul Constanța | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | ST | Aldea | 22 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| – | CB | Rohat | 28 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| – | RM | Apostol | 22 | EU | Gloria Buzău | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | RM | Tudor | 29 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| – | CB | Gheară | 24 | EU | Corvinul | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| – | LB | Dragomir | 28 | EU | Universitatea Craiova | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| – | ST | Iacob | 22 | EU | Progresul București | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | AM | Danciu | 26 | EU | Astra Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | RB | Baldovin | 31 | EU | Universitatea Craiova | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | RM | Dobre | 27 | EU | Astra Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | GK | Cernea | 27 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Loaned | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | LB | Nanu | 35 | EU | Steaua București | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | ST | Verdeş | 23 | EU | Progresul București | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | ST | Ilie | 26 | EU | FC Oneşti | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | ST | Negru | 27 | EU | Farul Constanța | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | AM | Călin | 30 | EU | Liaoning Whowin | Transfer | Winter | Free |
| - | AM | Vintilă | 20 | EU | Politehnica Iași | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| - | DF | Pârvu | 27 | EU | Al-Wahda | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| – | LM | Tănase | 32 | EU | Argeș Pitești | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| – | CB | Vieira | | Non-EU | | Released | Summer | |
| – | CB | Tofan | 33 | EU | | Retired | Summer | |
| – | | Maleş | | EU | | Retired | Summer | |
| – | ST | Guriţă | 30 | EU | Farul Constanța | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | ST | Iacob | 23 | EU | Rapid București | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | RM | Cernat | 22 | EU | | Released | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | ST | Bucătaru | 21 | EU | Zimbru Chișinău | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | RM | Tudor | 29 | EU | Vaslui | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| – | RB | Baldovin | 32 | EU | Progresul București | Transfer | Winter | 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.