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Oțelul Galați

The club, the milestones and every European campaign.

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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN CLUB FORMULA

Success Index

Progression against expectations, match performance, points and Goal Balance. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the three owner-confirmed European Spring third rounds also earn a bonus point.

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31st position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

17.5/ 100

Competitions included in this score: Champions League · UEFA Cup.

7.5

Pv · Progression

32.5

P · Match performance

30.4

Pct · Points including bonuses

39.6

GB · Goal Balance

6 completed competition entries · 20 matches. No secondary competitions included.

Romanian club formula and competition-entry calculations

SI = 60% Pv + 20% P + 15% Pct + 5% GB. This differs from the country and opponent-team formula.

Pv is the average progression score across completed competition entries. Expectations depend on competition, season and entry point. Meeting the expectation earns 100; subsequent successful stages earn 10 each. When the expectation is already met at entry, the final is the target and PvE = 100 × Cal / TDis, with no bonuses. The European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup award 100 for a lost final and 110 for a win. Read expectations, entry rules and examples →

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches. Pct = 100 × (regular match points + round bonuses) / available regular match points in stages actually played. Qualifying wins/draws earn 1/0.5; main-stage wins/draws earn 2/1. Post-group play-offs are main stages. Bonuses: one per group phase and per eligible post-group round, quarter-final, semi-final or final played, regardless of its match count. Round of 32/16 bonuses apply only in group-based formats. Bonus points are excluded from the denominator and Pct is not capped.

GB = 100 × goals scored / (goals scored + goals conceded), using combined goals across included matches. A played record with no goals for either side receives 50. Shoot-out goals are excluded. Awarded match scores follow the archive’s recorded totals. The final weighted index is calculated without rounding its components or imposing a cap.

For the included entries: 7.5 regular points + 1 bonus points; 28 available regular points; 21 goals scored and 32 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competitionExpectationCalTDisTExpPvEPoints / PdBonus
1988/89 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final0630.02 / 40
1997/98 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final0850.01 / 20
1998/99 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final18520.01.5 / 40
2004/05 · UEFA CupPass group / unique group19425.02.5 / 40
2007/08 · UEFA CupPass group / unique group0830.00.5 / 20
2011/12 · Champions LeaguePass group / unique group0510.00 / 121

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements
8Seasons
9Competition entries
18Opponent teams
14Present-day countries
14Opposition associations
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS
2qualifications to the next stage

2 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

1 group / unique group appearances
Competition entries6
Matches20
W5
D3
L12
GF21
GA32

First appearance: 1988/89 · UEFA Cup

How these figures are counted

Secondary competitions are the Mitropa Cup, Balkans Cup and all Intertoto Cup editions, including UEFA editions. UEFA / non-UEFA labels still describe the organising body.

A season is counted once by its starting year, even when the club switches competitions. Calendar-year editions use their entry year. Each club in one competition in one season is a separate competition entry.

Qualifications follow the recorded whole-round outcomes: knockout ties, groups and league phases count once when progression is recorded. Switching competitions creates another competition entry; it does not add an extra qualification to the recorded round outcome. Finals and group-format titles are recorded as achievements instead.

Group / unique group appearances combine traditional small groups with the single league table introduced in 2024/25. Both count once per campaign phase. In secondary competitions, a group may simply be the tournament format.

Spring appearances follow the owner-confirmed stage tables. A marked stage counts as played, whether the club advanced or was eliminated. The Principal Competitions tile combines Round of 32 / play-offs and Round of 16 appearances as “Other”; a campaign reaching both contributes two stage appearances. Detailed match records retain each round’s full name. Round of 32 includes knockout phase play-offs. For other campaigns, a whole round must fall in January–June of one calendar year; rounds carried over from the preceding year are excluded. Steaua’s December 1986 Intercontinental final is an explicit exception. Both the 1986 Super Cup and Intercontinental final are attributed to the 1985/86 qualifying season, with actual match dates preserved.

W/D/L and goals include awarded scores. Match records below exclude awards. All figures describe the supplied archive.

Club recordsBiggest victories, heaviest defeats and longest campaigns
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

4–0 Dinamo Tirana2004/05 · UEFA Cup

4–1 Dinamo Tirana2004/05 · UEFA Cup

3–0 Sloga Skopje1998/99 · UEFA Cup

4–2 Nova Gorica1997/98 · UEFA Cup

1–0 Juventus FC1988/89 · UEFA Cup

Top 5 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

0–5 Juventus FC1988/89 · UEFA Cup

0–3 Vejle BK1998/99 · UEFA Cup

0–3 Vejle BK1998/99 · UEFA Cup

1–3 Lokomotiv Sofia2007/08 · UEFA Cup

0–2 Nova Gorica1997/98 · UEFA Cup

0–2 Manchester United FC2011/12 · Champions League

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

6 Champions League2011/12

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

4–0 Tomori Berat1991/92 · Balkans Cup

3–0 Slavija Istočno Sarajevo2007 · Intertoto Cup

2–1 Trabzonspor2007 · Intertoto Cup

2–1 Trabzonspor2007 · Intertoto Cup

Top 4 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

0–4 AGF Aarhus1993 · Intertoto Cup

0–2 Tomori Berat1991/92 · Balkans Cup

1–2 Austria Salzburg1993 · Intertoto Cup

0–1 Sarıyer1991/92 · Balkans Cup

0–1 Sigma Olomouc1993 · Intertoto Cup

Top 5 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

4 Balkans Cup1991/92

4 Intertoto Cup1993

4 Intertoto Cup2007

Busiest season · 6 matches: 2007/08 (2 competition entries) · 2011/12 (1 competition entry)

Records use scored, played matches; awarded results are excluded. A competition entry means one club in one competition in one season. A season can include more than one competition.

Deciding momentsAway goals, penalties, extra time and additional matches

All outcomes are from the Romanian club’s perspective: Won means the Romanian club progressed or won the final; Lost means its opponent did. Away goals, shoot-outs and replays count once per tie. The a.e.t. row counts individual matches requiring extra time, including those later decided on penalties. Its Won / Lost columns show the eventual tie or final outcome.

Principal competitions

DecisionTimesWonLostUnconfirmed
Away goals1010

Only recorded decision methods are shown. An omitted method has no recorded instances in this archive; it does not prove that it never occurred.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Active

Galați’s steelworkers’ club, Romanian champions in 2011 and participants in the following season’s UEFA Champions League group stage.

Founded
1964
City
Galați
Colours
Red · White · Blue
Home ground
Stadionul Oțelul

Founded in 1964; refounded by supporters on 19 July 2016. The archive retains the club’s historical European record.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Reviewed October 2026

Former names & archive names

ASC Oțelul Galați

Club crests · 2
Match archive32 matches with recorded scores · filters and season order

Principal competitions

20 matches with recorded scores

2011/12

Oțelul Galați

Romania6 match records
Group stage⌄

Group standings

Eliminated
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1SL BenficaPortugal633084412
2FC BaselSwitzerland63211110111
3Manchester United FCEngland623111839
4Oțelul GalațiRomania6006311-80

Standings reference · RSSSF ↗

Romanian club’s matches · 6
Away14 September 2011BaselOțelul GalațiRomania1–2FC BaselSwitzerland
Home27 September 2011BucureștiOțelul GalațiRomania0–1SL BenficaPortugal
Home18 October 2011BucureștiOțelul GalațiRomania0–2Manchester United FCEngland
Away2 November 2011ManchesterOțelul GalațiRomania0–2Manchester United FCEngland
Home22 November 2011BucureștiOțelul GalațiRomania2–3FC BaselSwitzerland
Away7 December 2011LisbonOțelul GalațiRomania0–1SL BenficaPortugal

2007/08

2004/05

Oțelul Galați

Romania4 match records
First qualifying roundDinamo Tirana (Albania)Aggregate 8–1Qualified⌄
Home15 July 2004ConstanțaOțelul Galați
QualifiedRomania
4–0Dinamo TiranaAlbania
Away29 July 2004TiranaOțelul Galați
QualifiedRomania
4–1Dinamo TiranaAlbania
Second qualifying roundPartizan Belgrade (Serbia)Aggregate 0–1Eliminated⌄

1998/99

Oțelul Galați

Romania4 match records
First qualifying roundSloga Skopje (North Macedonia)Aggregate 4–1Qualified⌄
Second qualifying roundVejle BK (Denmark)Aggregate 0–6Eliminated⌄
Away11 August 1998OdenseOțelul GalațiRomania0–3Vejle BKDenmark
Home25 August 1998GalațiOțelul GalațiRomania0–3Vejle BKDenmark

1997/98

1988/89

Secondary competitions

12 matches with recorded scores

2007

Oțelul Galați

Romania4 match records
First roundSlavija Istočno Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina)Aggregate 3–0Qualified⌄
FinalTrabzonspor (Turkey)Aggregate 4–2Winner⌄

1993

Oțelul Galați

Romania4 match records
Group stage⌄

Grupa 7

Group phase completed
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1Young BoysSwitzerland43109547
2Sigma OlomoucCzechoslovakia43015236
3AGF AarhusDenmark420212664
4Austria SalzburgAustria4103310-72
5Oțelul GalațiRomania4013410-61

2 points per win · 1 point per draw.

Owner-supplied Intertoto workbook · Clasamente, checked against Raw data

Romanian club’s matches · 4

1991/92

Balkans CupNon-UEFA
Opposition associations14 associations recorded in the archive
Opponent teams18 opponents · explore the profiles