The 2025–26 season is Oțelul Galați's 30th season in Liga I. In addition to the Superliga, Oțelul will participate in this season's edition of Cupa României.
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Overview
Oțelul finished 8th in the 2024–25 Liga I and reached the group stage of the 2024–25 Cupa României.
Under László Balint, the team competed for a championship play off place but a poor run of results ended their chances after a 4–0 defeat to Universitatea Cluj on 27 February 2026. Oțelul finished the regular season 10th with 41 points and entered the play out.
Balint resigned on 14 March 2026 following a 2–3 defeat to Csíkszereda in the opening play out match. On 17 March, Stjepan Tomas was appointed head coach until the end of the season with an option to extend.
The club did not apply for a UEFA licence for the 2026–27 UEFA competitions due to unpaid wages.
In the 2025–26 Cupa României, Oțelul finished third in Group C and was eliminated in the group stage, with Universitatea Cluj and Metalul Buzău advancing.
Players
Transfers
In
Out
Player statistics
Squad statistics
Goals Rank Pos. No. Player Liga I Cupa României Total 1 AM 27 Pedro Nuno 7 1 8 2 ST 9 Patrick Fernandes 7 0 7 ST 77 Paulinho 7 0 7 LB 97 Conrado 7 0 7 5 RW 7 Andrezinho 4 1 5 CM 17 Andrei Ciobanu 4 1 5 7 DM 8 João Lameira 4 0 4 RW 11 Ștefan Bană 4 0 4 CM 24 Denis Bordun 3 1 4 10 CB 6 Paul Iacob 2 0 2 11 RB 2 Milen Zhelev 1 0 1 CB 4 Né Lopes 1 0 1 LB 88 Kazu 1 0 1 CM 18 João Paulo Fernandes 1 0 1 ST 15 Dan-Cristian Neicu 1 0 1 CM 23 Cristian Chira 0 1 1 LW 99 Luan Campos 1 0 1 Total 55 5 60
Clean sheets Rank No. Player Liga I Cupa României Total 1 1 Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă 13 0 13 Total 13 0 13
Disciplinary record
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | Total || 74 || 2 || 5 || 9 || || || 83 || 2 || 5 ||
Start formations
Club
Current technical staff RoleName Head coach Stjepan Tomas Assistant coach Vlado Šmit Goalkeeping coach Iulian Olteanu Fitness coach Lidio Melis Video analyst Nic Constandache Club doctor Ionuț Băneșanu Physiotherapist Marius Matei Masseurs Constantin Crăciun Petrișor Bălan Storemen Iulian Dogaru Cristian Bahnașu Nutritionist Alexandru Buză
Last updated: 17 March 2026 Source:
Competitions
Overall
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! !Total ! Home ! Away |- |align=left| Games played || 42 || 20 || 22 |- |align=left| Games won || 16 || 10 || 6 |- |align=left| Games drawn|| 11 || 5 || 6 |- |align=left| Games lost || 15 || 5 || 10 |- |align=left| Biggest win|| 4–0 vs. Metaloglobus || 4–0 vs. Metaloglobus || 4–0 vs. UTA |- |align=left| Biggest loss || 0–4 vs. U Cluj || 1–4 vs. FCSB || 0–4 vs. U Cluj |- |align=left| Clean sheets || 13 || 7 || 6 |- |align=left| Goals scored || 62 || 37 || 25 |- |align=left| Goals conceded || 53 || 24 || 29 |- |align=left| Goal difference || 9 || 13 || -4 |- |align=left| Average per game || || || |- |align=left| Average per game || || || |- |align=left| Yellow cards || 83 || 38 || 45 |- |align=left| Red cards || 7 || 5 || 2 |- |align=left| Most appearances || colspan=3| Andrezinho, Patrick (42) |- |align=left| Most minutes played ||colspan=3| Zhelev (3607) |- |align=left| Top scorer || colspan=3| Pedro Nuno (8) |- |align=left| Top assister || colspan=3| Andrezinho, João Paulo (4) |- |align=left| Points || 59/126 (%) || 35/60 (%) || 24/66 (%) |- |align=left| Winning rate || % || % || %
SuperLiga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Points by opponent TeamResultsPointsRegularPlay-outHomeAwayHomeAway 2–1 0–2 3 4–1 0–1 3 3–0 1–1 2–3 4 2–1 0–1 3 2–2 2–3 3–2 4 0–1 0–0 1–1 2 1–4 0–1 0–4 0 0–2 3–1 2–0 6 4–0 1–0 2–2 7 0–0 0–0 5–1 5 1–1 2–0 4 3–0 0–0 1–2 4 1–2 0–4 0 1–0 0–1 3 2–2 4–0 2–0 7 Source: SCOG
Matches
Cupa României
Group stage
Friendlies
See also ASC Oțelul Galați 2025–26 Liga I 2025–26 Cupa României
References