2011–12 FC Oțelul Galați season

FC Oțelul Galați
2011–12 season
Chairman	Marius Stan
Manager	Dorinel Munteanu
Liga I	6th
Cupa României	Quarterfinals
Supercupa României	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Didi (8); All: ; Didi (8)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season will be Oțelul Galați's 20th consecutive season in the Liga I, and their 23rd overall season in the top-flight of Romanian football. This season will be the first in their history in which they take part of the UEFA Champions League.

Overview

The previous season of Liga I ended on May 21 and the players went on vacation. The players are set to return to training on June 10.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
8	MF		Antal	21	EU	2009	53	12	2014	Free

Last updated: 5 June 2011
Source: Otelul-Galati.ro

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
11	LM	Frunză	33	EU	Rapid București	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	^[1]
6	CM	Benga	21	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free	^[2]
5	CB	Ljubinković	28	Non-EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free	^[3]
21	FW	Daniel Chávez	23	Non-EU	Westerlo	Transfer	Summer	2012	Free	^[4]
	CM	Iacob	22	EU	Victoria Brănești	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	^[5]
	CM	Novac	23	EU	Victoria Brănești	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free	^[5]
2	RB	Skubič	22	EU	Interblock	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
	GK	Buchta	31	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Loan in	Summer	2012	Undisclosed	^[6]
2	FW	Didi	29	Non-EU	FCM Târgu Mureș	Transfer	Winter	2014	€ 50,000	^[7]
15	FW	Štromajer	28	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Transfer	Winter	2014	€ 200,000	^[8]
	GK	Simaitis	21	EU	Šiauliai	Transfer	Winter	2015	€ 60,000	^[9]
	MF	Enescu	24	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Winter	2012	Free	^[10]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
32	FW	Borbély	30	EU		Contract expired	Summer	–	^[11]
31	CB	Šipović	20	Non-EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Loan out	Summer	–	^[12]
9	CM	Milea	26	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Loan out	Summer	–	^[12]
5	RB	Petean	23	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Loan out	Summer	–	^[13]
	FW	Elek	23	EU		Released	Summer	–
31	CB	Šipović	21	Non-EU	Farul Constanța	Loan out	Winter	–	^[14]
15	MF	Ibeh	25	Non-EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Released	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.

Player statistics

Squad statistics

				Total			Liga I		Cupa României		UEFA Champions League		Others¹
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
8	RM		Antal	30	40	7	30	4	3	2	6	1	1
6	CB		Benga	3	3		1		1		1
1	GK		Brăneţ	10	10		9		1
17	LM		Buş	12	18	1	16				1		1	1
20	FW		Butoi		1				1
21	AM		Chávez	1	1				1
20	RB		Cojoc	1	2		2
18	CB		Costin	32	32	2	27	2			4		1
2	FW		Didi	13	15	8	14	8	1
4	DM		Filip	34	36	2	29	2	1		6
11	LM		Frunză	9	21		14		2		5
29	DM		Giurgiu	37	37	2	28	1	2		6	1	1
12	GK		Grahovac	34	34		25		2		6		1
15	AM		Ibeh	11	12		9				2		1
14	LM		Ilie	17	22		16		1		5
7	RM		Iorga	22	32	7	26	5	3	2	3
5	LB		Ljubinković	8	11		8		1		2
26	DM		Neagu	27	31		23		3		4		1
10	AM		Paraschiv	9	30	3	23	2	2	1	4		1
27	ST		Pena	25	39	5	30	4	2		6	1	1
55	CB		Perendija	34	34	1	26	1	2		5		1
19	FW		Punoševac	11	24	5	20	3	2	2	2
3	RB		Râpă	38	38		30		2		5		1
23	LB		Sălăgeanu	28	29		22		2		4		1
16	CB		Sârghi	17	19	2	13	2	3		2		1
2	RB		Skubič	4	4		2		1		1
15	FW		Štromajer	9	16		15		1
37	AM		Viglianti	8	24		17		2		4		1

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: official website and Viaţa Liberă
Ordered by player name
0 shown as blank

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Liga I	Cupa României	Champions League	Supercupa României
Qnt	Formation	Matches
26	4–2–3–1	All other matches	Round of 32	Weeks 1–2	All matches
18	4–3–3	Weeks 10–21	All other matches	All other matches	–

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Match reports in Competitions
Only competitive matches.

Disciplinary records

N	Pos.	Name
8	RM	Antal	8	1
17	LM	Buş	4
1	GK	Brăneţ	1
18	CB	Costin	6
4	DM	Filip	4
11	LM	Frunză	2
2	AM	Didi	4
29	DM	Giurgiu	8
12	GK	Grahovac	5
14	LM	Ilie	4		2
7	RM	Iorga	3	1
5	LB	Ljubinković	3
26	DM	Neagu	9	1
10	AM	Paraschiv	6
55	CB	Perendija	13	1
27	FW	Pena	4
19	FW	Punoševac	4	1
3	RB	Râpă	12
23	LB	Sălăgeanu	7		1
16	CB	Sârghi	9	1
2	RB	Skubič	1
37	AM	Viglianti	1

Last updated: 20 May 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
19	FW	Punoševac	League:#2	Sent off	Suspension received after two yellow cards against Petrolul Ploieşti	^[15]
8	RM	Antal	L:2	Sent off	Suspension received after two yellow cards against Petrolul Ploieşti	^[15]
30	CB	Perendija	L:6	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against Dinamo
14	LM	Ilie	L:7, C:1, L:8	Sent off	Suspension received after a straight red card against CFR Cluj
23	LB	Sălăgeanu	UCL:2	Sent off	Suspension received after a straight red card against FC Basel
30	CB	Perendija	L:11	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 7th yellow card of the season against Astra
26	DM	Neagu	L:12	Sent off	Suspension received after two yellow cards against FCM Târgu Mureș
30	CB	Perendija	UCL:4	Sent off	Suspension received after two yellow cards against Man United
18	CB	Costin	UCL:5	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 3rd yellow card of the season against Man Utd
16	CB	Sârghi	L:14	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against Pandurii
26	DM	Neagu	L:16	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against U. Cluj
23	LB	Sălăgeanu	L:19	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against Petrolul Ploieşti
29	DM	Giurgiu	L:20	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against Concordia
14	LM	Ilie	L:20, C:3, L:21	Sent off	Suspension received after a straight red card against Concordia	^[16]
30	CB	Perendija	L:21	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 9th yellow card of the season against Ceahlăul
3	RB	Râpă	L:23	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against Dinamo
2	MF	Didi	L:24	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against CFR Cluj
30	CB	Perendija	L:28	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 10th yellow card of the season against Astra Ploiești
4	DM	Filip	L:28	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against Astra Ploiești
7	RM	Iorga	L:29	Sent off	Suspension received after two yellow cards against FCM Târgu Mureș
16	CB	Sârghi	L:30	Sent off	Suspension received after two yellow cards against Gaz Metan
27	FW	Pena	L:33	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against U Cluj
17	LM	Buş	L:34	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 4th yellow card of the season against FC Vaslui
30	CB	Perendija	L:34	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 11th yellow card of the season against FC Vaslui
3	RB	Râpă	L:34	Cumulative yellows	Suspension received after collecting his 7th yellow card of the season against FC Vaslui

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Dorinel Munteanu
Assistant coach 1	Ion Balaur
Assistant coach 2	Catălin Ciorman
Fitness coach	Ionel Tămăşanu
Goalkeepers coach	Tudorel Călugăru

Last updated: 5 June 2011
Source: Otelul-Galati.ro

Kit

Supplier: Masita
Sponsor(s): ArcelorMittal

Home

Away

Source: "FOTO Echipamentul!". Otelul-Galati.ro. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

Competitions

Overall

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	44	23	20	1
Games won	18	10	7	1
Games drawn	7	6	1	–
Games lost	19	7	12	–
Biggest win	3–0 vs Voința Sibiu	3–0 vs Voința Sibiu	2–0 vs Ceahlăul	1–0 vs Steaua
Biggest loss	0–4 vs CFR Cluj	0–4 vs CFR Cluj	0–2 vs Man Utd	–
Clean sheets	17	11	5	1
Goals scored	45	26	18	1
Goals conceded	45	22	23	0
Goal difference	0	+4	-5	+1
Average GF per game	1.02	1.13	0.9	1
Average GA per game	1.02	0.96	1.15	0
Yellow cards	118	57	57	4
Red cards	9	4	5	–
Most appearances	Antal (40)
Most minutes played	Râpă (3,541)
Top scorer	Didi (8)
Top assister	Antal (6)
Points	62/132 (46.97%)	36/69(52.17%)	22/60(36.67%)	3/3(100%)
Winning rate	40.91%	43.48%	35%	100%

Last updated: 20 May 2012
Source: Matches

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Rapid București	34	18	10	6	54	29	+25	64	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5	Dinamo București	34	18	8	8	57	32	+25	62	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
6	Oțelul Galați	34	15	7	12	34	29	+5	52
7	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	34	12	11	11	47	40	+7	47^[b]
8	Universitatea Cluj	34	11	14	9	46	37	+9	47^[b]

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall goals difference; 3rd overall goals scored (until the end of the season)
Notes:

^ Dinamo București won the 2011–12 Cupa României so it qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
^ ^a ^b PAN 1–0 UCL; UCL 0–1 PAN

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
34	15	7	12	34	29	+5	52	8	6	3	17	11	+6	7	1	9	17	18	−1

Last updated: 20 May 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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L
Position	12	12	8	5	8	14	10	10	11	9	9	8	8	6	7	8	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	8	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 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	1–1	1–3	1
FC Brașov	1–0	2–0	6
Ceahlăul	0–0	2–0	4
CFR Cluj	0–4	0–2	0
Concordia Chiajna	0–0	0–1	1
Dinamo București	1–1	1–2	1
Gaz Metan Mediaş	1–0	0–1	3
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–1	1–0	6
Petrolul Ploieşti	1–0	1–2	3
Rapid București	2–0	0–1	3
CS Mioveni	0–0	2–1	4
Sportul Studenţesc	1–0	2–0	6
Steaua București	1–2	1–2	0
FCM Târgu Mureş	0–0	2–1	4
Universitatea Cluj	2–0	1–1	4
FC Vaslui	1–2	0–1	0
Voinţa Sibiu	3–0	1–0	6

Source: FCO

Matches

Kickoff times are in EET.

25 July 2011 Matchday 1	Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Buzău
21:30	Enescu 3' 90+1' Stoimirović 26' Đurović 45' Opriţa 72', 90' Buhuși 78'	(Report)	Punoševac 26', 15' 39' Antal 24' 67' Buş 48' Perendija	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

2 August 2011 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Concordia Chiajna	Galați
20:30	Perendija 82'	(Report)	Pană 37' Muzac 44' Niţă 66' Iordache 82'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

14 August 2011 Matchday 3	Ceahlăul	0–2	Oțelul Galați	Piatra Neamţ
18:30	Gafiţa 42'	(Report)	Neagu 51' Perendija 58' Filip 65' Pena 83' (pen.) Costin 90+1'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Florin Marcu

20 August 2011 Matchday 4	Oțelul Galați	1–0	FC Brașov	Galați
19:00	Pena 3' Filip 40'	(Report)	Ionescu 37' Domínguez 74' Moutinho 79' Hugo Sousa 84'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Marius Avram

28 August 2011 Matchday 5	Dinamo București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	București
20:00	Moţi 22' Grigore 39' Torje 62' Pătraşcu 71' Niculae 80'	(Report)	Perendija 45' Costin 73'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

9 September 2011 Matchday 6	Oțelul Galați	0–4	CFR Cluj	Galați
21:30	Filip 30' Ilie 33' Sârghi 34'	(Report)	Ronny 1' Mureşan 49' Bastos 56' Weldon 74' Hora 90+1'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Istvan Kovac

17 September 2011 Matchday 7	Voinţa Sibiu	0–1	Oțelul Galați	Sibiu
17:00	Popa 29' Matei 76'	(Report)	Râpă 27' Perendija 61' Ljubinković 66' Paraschiv 85' Giurgiu 87'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Dragoş Istrate

23 September 2011 Matchday 8	Oțelul Galați	0–0	CS Mioveni	Galați
21:30		(Report)	Gheorghe 42' Hăisan 49' Neaga 66' Baicu 82'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

2 October 2011 Matchday 9	Steaua București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Buzău
21:30	Nikolić 60' (pen.) Iliev 75' Fl. Costea 90+3', 90+3' Bourceanu 90+4'	(Report)	Punoševac 14' Sălăgeanu 53' Skubič 60' Perendija 90+1'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

14 October 2011 Matchday 10	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Astra Ploieşti	Galați
21:30	Iorga 16' Râpă 30' Perendija 33' Punoševac 40' Frunză 77' Neagu 86'	(Report)	Fatai 33', 45+1' Goian 85' Takayuki 87'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Emil Voicu

22 October 2011 Matchday 11	FCM Târgu Mureş	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Târgu Mureş
21:00	Nicu 38' Topić 43' Didi 45' Buş 55' Gugu 57' Celsinho 85' Ruiz 86'	(Report)	Sârghi 28', 54' Antal 41' Paraschiv 58' Sălăgeanu 61' Giurgiu 71' Neagu 73' Grahovac 90+3'	Stadium: Trans-Sil Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

28 October 2011 Matchday 12	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Gaz Metan Mediaş	Galați
21:30	Sârghi 47', 60' Ilie 64' Punoševac 90+2'	(Report)	Buzean 31' Marković 60'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dragoş Istrate

6 November 2011 Matchday 13	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–1	Oțelul Galați	Târgu Jiu
19:30	Nistor 37' Vranješ 45' Štromajer 80' Pintilii 84'	(Report)	Giurgiu 23' Sălăgeanu 32' Sârghi 42' Iorga 78', 90+4'	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Paul Unimatan

18 November 2011 Matchday 14	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Sportul Studenţesc	Galați
20:15	Iorga 49' Paraschiv 90+2'	(Report)	Lungu 72' Ferfelea 83'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

27 November 2011 Matchday 15	Universitatea Cluj	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Cluj-Napoca
18:00	Păcurar 15' Cristea 57' Tony 90+2'	(Report)	Iorga 15' (pen.) Neagu 45+3' Ilie 82' Punoševac 89'	Stadium: Ion Moina Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan

4 December 2011 Matchday 16	SC Vaslui	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Vaslui
18:00	Wesley 11' Papp 82' 89' Gerlem 90+4'	(Report)	Viglianti 61' Paraschiv 75' Punoševac 90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

11 December 2011 Matchday 17	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Rapid București	Galați
18:00	Antal 28' Perendija 49' Iorga 63' Grahovac 82'	(Report)	Burcă 30' Rui Duarte 62'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

18 December 2011 Matchday 18	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Petrolul Ploieşti	Galați
20:30	Perendija 22' Sălăgeanu 41'	(Report)	Stoimirović 41' Milea 84'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

5 March 2012 Matchday 19	Concordia Chiajna	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Chiajna
20:30	Muzac 23' Dinu 65'	(Report)	Giurgiu 19' Antal 48' Ilie 76' 90' Perendija 87'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: Augustus Constantin Referee: 2,000

10 March 2012 Matchday 20	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Ceahlăul	Galați
19:00	Râpă 26' Sălăgeanu 27' Sârghi 78'	(Report)	Drugă 75' Muscalu 90+3'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

18 March 2012 Matchday 21	FC Brașov	0–2	Oțelul Galați	Braşov
18:00	Munteanu 55' Davide Dias 86' Olariu 87'	(Report)	Didi 32' Antal 56', 70'	Stadium: Silviu Ploeşteanu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

21 March 2012 Matchday 22	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Dinamo București	Galați
21:30	Pena 17' Iorga 24' Sârghi 69' Paraschiv 79' Sălăgeanu 79' Râpă 80'	(Report)	Grigore 11' Pulhac 14' Niculae 28' (pen.), 41' Luchin 33' Curtean 88' Bălgrădean 90+4'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

26 March 2012 Matchday 23	CFR Cluj	2–0	Oțelul Galați	Cluj-Napoca
19:00	Kapetanos 17' Mureşan 74', 82'	(Report)	Didi 73' Ljubinković 85'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marius Avram

30 March 2012 Matchday 24	Oțelul Galați	3–0	Voinţa Sibiu	Galați
20:30	Giurgiu 3' Pena 54' Costin 62' Antal 85'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

9 April 2012 Matchday 25	CS Mioveni	1–2	Oțelul Galați	Mioveni
20:30	Olteanu 11' Naidin 41' Năstăsie 48' Ionescu 68' (pen.) Popescu 85'	(Report)	Didi 15', 32' Filip 72' Ilie 90+1'	Stadium: Dacia Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dorian Micloşină

14 April 2012 Matchday 26	Oțelul Galați	1–2	Steaua București	Galați
20:00	Didi 34' Antal 54'	(Report)	Pârvulescu 21' Iliev 45+1' Tatu 49' Chipciu 65' M. Costea 66', 67'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

23 April 2012 Matchday 27	Astra Ploieşti	3–1	Oțelul Galați	Ploieşti
21:30	Fatai 43' (pen.), 80' Budescu 58' Băjenaru 73' Spadacio 78'	(Report)	Filip 36' Perendija 43' Didi 64' Neagu 79' Pena 88'	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan

29 April 2012 Matchday 28	Oțelul Galați	0–0	FCM Târgu Mureş	Galați
18:30	Râpă 21' Iorga 69' 85' L. Buş 86' Pena 87'	(Report)	Dan 31' Albuț 74' Homei 86'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

3 May 2012 Matchday 29	Gaz Metan Mediaş	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Mediaş
21:30	Muth 30' Vitinho 73' Bawab 76' Ba 81' Gheorghe 90+2'	(Report)	Sârghi 71' 84'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Catalin Botaş

6 May 2012 Matchday 30	Oțelul Galați	2–1	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Galați
19:30	Didi 24', 41', 44' Grahovac 82'	(Report)	Maxim 12' Rada 59' Viera 68'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Eduard Ioniţă

9 May 2012 Matchday 31	Sportul Studenţesc	0–2	Oțelul Galați	București
18:00		(Report)	Didi 36', 45' Buş 48' Giurgiu 52' Filip 71'	Stadium: Regie Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

12 May 2012 Matchday 32	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Universitatea Cluj	Galați
19:00	Antal 24' Râpă 38' Pena 50', 66' (pen.) Neagu 88'	(Report)	Boştină 44' Cojocnean 65' Hoban 80' Cristea 89'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu

16 May 2012 Matchday 33	Oțelul Galați	1–2	SC Vaslui	Galați
21:30	Buş 13' Costin 20', 33' Milan Perendija 59' Râpă 64' Antal 65' Giurgiu 90+2'	(Report)	Wesley 14' (pen.) Yero Bello 23', 27' Constantin 70' Borjan 89'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nikolay Yordanov (Bulgaria)

20 May 2012 Matchday 34	Rapid București	1–0	Oțelul Galați	București
17:00	Rui Duarte 47' 57' Deac 81' (pen.)	(Report)	Neagu 66' Brăneţ 81' Paraschiv 82'	Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Benfica	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Basel	6	3	2	1	11	10	+1	11	Advance to knockout phase
3	Manchester United	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9	Transfer to Europa League
4	Oțelul Galați	6	0	0	6	3	11	−8	0

Source: Soccerway

14 September 2011 Matchday 1	Basel	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Basel
21:45	Streller 35' F. Frei 39' Huggel 52' 87' A. Frei 84' (pen.)	(Report)	Râpă 49' Pena 58' Sălăgeanu 82' Antal 90+1' Grahovac 90+3'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 30,126 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

27 September 2011 Matchday 2	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Benfica	Bucharest
21:45	Perendija 86' Costin 88'	(Report)	Bruno César 40'	Stadium: Național Attendance: 6,824 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

18 October 2011 Matchday 3	Oțelul Galați	0–2	Manchester United	Bucharest
21:45	Râpă 52' Perendija 56' 89' Neagu 62' Costin 64' Giurgiu 81'	(Report)	Carrick 54' Rooney 64' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) Vidić 66'	Stadium: Național Attendance: 28,047 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

2 November 2011 Matchday 4	Manchester United	2–0	Oțelul Galați	Manchester
21:45	Valencia 6' Evans 36' Sârghi 86' (o.g.)	(Report)	Costin 16'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,847 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

22 November 2011 Matchday 5	Oțelul Galați	2–3	Basel	Bucharest
21:45	Sălăgeanu 33' Giurgiu 75' Antal 81'	(Report)	F. Frei 10' A. Frei 14' Streller 37' Dragović 62' Cabral 72'	Stadium: Național Attendance: 5,787 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

7 December 2011 Matchday 6	Benfica	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Lisbon
21:45	Cardozo 7', 70'	(Report)	Ljubinković 83' Giurgiu 86'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 35,155 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)

Cupa României

20 September 2011 Round of 32	Oțelul Galați	3–1	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Galați
18:30	Punoševac 5', 38' Sârghi 28' Iorga 90'	(Report)	O. Marinescu 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dragoş Teodor

25 October 2011 Round of 16	Oțelul Galați	2–1	FCM Târgu Mureş	Galați
19:00	Frunză 44' Paraschiv 50' Râpă 53' Neagu 87' 90+2' Antal 87' Sârghi 90+2'	(Report)	Ilyeş 18' Dan 56' Subotić 81' Szilágyi 85' Didi 90' Celsinho 90+2'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru

15 March 2012 Round of 8	Oțelul Galați	2–3	FC Vaslui	Galați
21:30	Paraschiv 24' Râpă 29' Antal 65' Iorga 67' (pen.) Didi 88'	(Report)	Almeida 25' Wesley 45+2', 62', 69' Milanov 66' N'Doye 84', 85' Stanciu 86'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa

Supercupa României

17 July 2011	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Steaua București	Piatra Neamţ
20:45	Buş 14' Paraschiv 40' Antal 69' Râpă 89' Grahovac 90'	(Report)	Brandán 40' Bicfalvi 51' Nicoliţă 58' Martinović 59'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 13,253 Referee: Aurelian Dumitru

Friendlies

23 June 2011	Oțelul Galați	1–4	Astra Ploieşti	Braşov
18:30	Punoševac 45'	(Report)	Goian 13' Rusu 14' N'Doye 30' Matei 59'	Stadium: Carpaţi

Netherlands training camp

1 July 2011	Oțelul Galați	0–0	Litex Lovech	Doorwerth
19:30	Buş 49' Ilie 54' Râpă 89' Progni 90+4'	(Report)	Yanev 48' Jelenković 48'	Stadium: Sportpark de Waaijenberg

3 July 2011	Oțelul Galați	1–3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Mierlo
19:00	Viglianti 15'	(Report)	Colautti 4' Atar 10' Dahan 25' Micha 31'	Stadium: Sportpark de Ark Referee: Paul Coppens

5 July 2011	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Anderlecht	Tegelen
17:00	Punoševac 82'	(Report)	Samuel 30'	Stadium: Sportpark de Bakenbos Referee: Wim Bronsvoort

7 July 2011	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Trabzonspor	Wezep
20:00	Neagu 44'	(Report)	Altıntop 52'	Stadium: Sportpark de Mulderssingel Attendance: 500 Referee: Ruud Bossen

9 July 2011	Lokeren	1–1	Oțelul Galați	Lokeren, Belgium
19:00	Taravel 9'	(Report)	Pena 49'	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 2,000

Others

7 August 2011	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Beşiktaş	Netherlands
18:00	Iorga 38'	(Report)	Hugo Almeida 11'	Attendance: 0

3 September 2011	FC Tiraspol	0–1	Oțelul Galați	Tiraspol
18:00		(Report)	Antal 87'	Stadium: Sheriff

8 October 2011	Oțelul Galați	2–0	FC Tiraspol	Galați
19:30	Giurgiu 26' Buş 90+3'	(Report)		Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marius Bocăneală

12 November 2011	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Focşani
14:00		(Report)	Pavel 70'	Stadium: Milcovul Attendance: 200

Cyprus training camp

26 January 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–2	FC Mordovia Saransk	Larnaca
15:15	Perendija 39'	(Report)	? 57' ? 65'	Stadium: Alpha Sport Center

28 January 2012	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Volga Novgorod	Larnaca
17:00		(Report)	Maksimov 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Alpha Sport Center

31 January 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Larnaca
17:30	Giurgiu 64' (pen.)	(Report)	Řezník 51'	Stadium: Alpha Sport Center

3 February 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Śląsk Wrocław	Larnaca
15:15	Viglianti 58'	(Report)	Cetnarski 27'	Stadium: Alpha Sport Center

Spain training camp

8 February 2012	Oțelul Galați	0–0	CD Dénia	Oliva
17:00		(Report)		Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf Hotel

10 February 2012	Oțelul Galați	4–0	Dalian Aerbin	Polop
13:00	Antal 19', 34' Punoševac 45' Giurgiu 60'	(Report)

12 February 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Shandong Luneng	Oliva
14:00	Punoševac 4' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: OlivaNova.com

15 February 2012	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Orihuela CF	Benidorm
12:00	Štromajer 89'	(Report)

Turkey training camp

18 February 2012	Oțelul Galați	0–1	OFK Beograd	Antalya
15:30		(Report)	Popović 31'	Stadium: University Stadium

20 February 2012	Oțelul Galați	2–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Antalya
16:30	Pena 9' Giurgiu 35' Ilie 73'	(Report)	Dentinho 49' Teixeira 56'	Stadium: Mardan Palace

24 February 2012	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Lyngby BK	Antalya
16:00	Antal 64' Viglianti 82'	(Report)		Stadium: Titanic

References

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^ "Welcome, Zoran!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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^ "Oficial: Stromajer, "oţelar"!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ "Simaitis, până în 2015". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
^ "A semnat şi Enescu". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
^ "Succes, Borbely!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Sipovici şi Milea, la Petrolul". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 21 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.^{[dead link‍]}
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External links

2011–12 FC Oțelul Galați season at Soccerway

[table_note_res_ELPR0.5180095087355-17] Dinamo București won the 2011–12 Cupa României so it qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

[table_hth_PAN0.5180095087355-18] PAN 1–0 UCL; UCL 0–1 PAN

[1] "Frunză, "oţelar"!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Bun venit, Benga!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

[3] "Welcome, Zoran!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.

[4] "Bienvenido, Daniel!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 21 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[trans_one-5] "Iacob şi Novac, "oţelari"". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 9 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

[6] "Buchta este "oţelar"". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 31 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.

[7] "Didi este "oţelar"". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 18 January 2012.

[8] "Oficial: Stromajer, "oţelar"!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[9] "Simaitis, până în 2015". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.

[10] "A semnat şi Enescu". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 1 March 2012.

[11] "Succes, Borbely!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.

[enes_ciprian-12] "Sipovici şi Milea, la Petrolul". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 21 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.^{[dead link‍]}

[13] "Petean, la Petrolul". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 22 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[14] "Sipovic, 6 luni la Farul". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 24 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[susp_one-15] "Sancţiuni LPF". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 28 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

[susp_two-16] "Vreau atitudine!". otelul-galati.ro (in Romanian). 8 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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