F.C. Oţelul Galaţi

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Oţelul


fullname = FC Oţelul Galaţi | nickname =
founded = 1964
ground = Oţelul,
Galaţi, Romania
capacity = 13,932
chairman = flagicon|Romania Marius Stan
manager = flagicon|Romania Petre Grigoraş
league = Liga I
season = 2007-08
position = Liga I, 8th
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FC Oţelul Galaţi is a Romanian football club, playing in Galaţi. Oţelul has yet to win a Romanian league or cup title, but it can boast of having reached the cup final as recently as 2004. The club is currently playing in the top Romanian division Liga I, and finished 5th in the 2006-2007 season.

The club first promoted in Divizia A in 1986 and in 1988 made its debut in the UEFA Cup with a 1-0 victory against the Italian side Juventus. The best performance so far obtained in the Romanian first division has been the fourth place, in 1988, 1997 and 1998.

Achievements

• Liga I (0) Best: 4th"' (3) (1987/1988), (1996/1997), (1997/1998).

• Romanian Cup (0) Runner-up"': (1) (2004/2005).

UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2007.

Current squad

"As of 25 July, 2008" Fs player|no=3|nat=Burkina Faso|name=Salif Nogo|pos=DFFs player|no=12|nat=Bulgaria|name=Stoyan Kolev|pos=GKFs player|no=28|nat=Bosnia and Herzegovina|name=Stevo Nikolić|pos=FWFs player|no=30|nat=Romania|name=Gabriel Paraschiv|pos=FWFs player|no=31|nat=Bulgaria|name=Zhivko Zhelev|pos=DF

Notable former players

*flagicon|Romania Mihai Guriţă
*flagicon|Romania Viorel Ion
*flagicon|Romania Florin Cernat
*flagicon|Romania Sorin Ghionea
*flagicon|Romania Cornel Cernea
*flagicon|Romania Gabriel Boştină
*flagicon|Romania Cătălin Tofan
*flagicon|Romania Marius Stan
*flagicon|Romania Ion Profir

External links

* [http://www.otelul-galati.ro/ Official Website]
* [http://www.steelboys.ro/ Steel Boys - Fans' website]
* [http://www.liga1.ro/teaminfo.php/8/ Oţelul Galaţi - Liga 1]