Universitatea Craiova - Otelul Galati 3-0

On "Municipal" Stadium in Drobeta Turnu Severin it held the ninth game of the of the 34th stage (last) of Liga 1, edition 2009-2010. Universitatea Craiova met Otelul Galati. A team which was motivated to escape from relegation (Craiova) and a demotivated team, which fought for honor (Galati) and with a lot of problems due to injuries and suspensions.

Craiova played great, getting a nice victory against Otelul Galati 3-0 (1-0), thanks to goals scored by Iliev (14 '), Prepelita (50') and Barboianu (90 '), a result which maintain Craiova in the first Romanian football league. For Craiova was sufficient a draw in this game, but 3 points helped our team to finish this championship on the 13th place in the table from 18 teams in Liga I.

You can see the goals of this game in the video below:

Our team: Lung – Dănănae, V. Găman, Iliev, Bălace, Prepeliţă, Bărboianu, Dilevski, Gângioveanu ('83 Firtulescu), Dina ('65 Craciun, '71 Badoi), Piţurcă

The final table 2009-2010
1 CFR Cluj 34 20 9 5 46-23 69
2 Urziceni 34 18 12 4 53-26 66
3 FC Vaslui34 18 8 8 44-28 62
4 Steaua 34 18 8 8 49-36 62
5 Timisoara34 15 14 5 55-27 59
6 Dinamo 34 13 14 7 48-37 53
7 Rapid 34 14 10 10 53-38 52
8 Otelul 34 14 8 12 38-38 50
9 FC Brasov34 12 10 12 40-30 46
10Gaz Metan34 9 15 10 33-37 42
11Bistrita 34 10 11 13 35-46 41
12 Craiova 34 11 3 20 44-52 36
13 Astra 34 8 12 14 33-45 36
14Int.Arges34 10 6 18 32-49 36
15Pandurii 34 7 13 14 19-30 34
16Poli Iasi34 7 10 17 28-50 31
17Ceahlaul 34 6 10 18 28-57 28
18Alba Iulia34 7 5 22 33-62 26

Otelul Galati - Universitatea Craiova 1-0

It was a winter game. On 12th of December, Craiova went in Moldavia to face Otelul (eng. The Steel) from Galati. There are not so much to say about this game. Only we lost another game and now will be a 3 months break. Maybe in springtime we will have a better team.

This was the last game for Eugen Neagoe as a trainer of Universitatea Craiova. Starting with 2010 Universitatea Craiova has a new trainer called Mark Wotte.

Our team: Lung - Bădoi, Stoica, Mitchell, Rose - Bărboianu ('82 M. Roman), Trică, Şoavă ('64 R. Barbu), Firţulescu ('58 V. Badea) - M. Costea, Dina

Otelul Galati - Universitatea Craiova 0-2

A new victory for Universitatea Craiova today. It was 2-0 in the 40th minute of the game. After this score, our team get back in defense thinking at the next game. Our goals were scored by Fl. Costea 9' and Julius Wobay 40' .

Our team: Bornescu – Dănănae, V. Găman, D. Stoica, Rose – Wobay (’71 R. Barbu), Prepeliţă, Dilevski (’58 Bărboianu), Şoavă – Fl. Costea, M. Costea (’65 Gângioveanu)