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2011–12 FC Politehnica Timișoara season

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Politehnica Timișoara
2011–12 season
ChairmanRomania Marian Iancu
ManagerValentin Velcea
StadiumDan Păltinişanu
Liga II2nd
Romanian CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Goga (5)
All: Goga (7)
Highest home attendance27,000 vs Steaua București
(27 October 2011 )
Lowest home attendance1,000 vs Chindia Târgovişte
(21 October 2011)
Average home league attendance5,500

The 2011–12 season will be Politehnica Timișoara's 5th season in Liga II.

Poli finished 2nd in the table at the end of the 2010–11 Liga I season and was supposed to play in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, but were relegated to the Liga II because of accumulated debt.[1]

Season 2011–2012

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Pre-season

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Transfers

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On 4 June 2011, the capitan Dan Alexa signed with Bucharest rival Rapid București. Also with Rapid signed the defender Ovidiu Burcă.

On 16 June 2011, defenders Nikola Ignjatijević and Hélder returns to Red Star Belgrade and AS Nancy after their loan season expired. Also on 16 June, the last season Liga I top scorer Ianis Zicu signed with CSKA Sofia for €500,000 and goalkeeper Pedro Taborda terminate his contract.

On 18 June, it was confirmed that defender Jiří Krejčí was released by the club, also on 18 June Lukáš Magera and Marián Čišovský was released.

Friendlies

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For the pre-season, Politehnica Timișoara will visit Hungary and Austria. It will be Poli's tenth trip to the Austria, where they will face Tatran Prešov on 30 June, Austria Salzburg on 1 July, Neftchi Baku on 3 July and SV Bischofshofen on 7 July. Also confirmed are 2 pre-season friendlies with Bihor Oradea.

Transfers

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In

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Date Player Previous Club Cost

Out

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Date Player New Club Cost
4 June 2011 Romania Dan Alexa Rapid București Free[2]
16 June 2011 Romania Ianis Zicu CSKA Sofia €500,000[3]
16 June 2011 Portugal Pedro Taborda Free Agent Released[4]
18 June 2011 Czech Republic Lukáš Magera Free Agent Released[5]
18 June 2011 Slovakia Marián Čišovský Free Agent Released[5]
18 June 2011 Czech Republic Jiří Krejčí Free Agent Released[6]
19 June 2011 Romania Ovidiu Burcă Rapid București Free[7]
19 July 2011 Romania Sorin Ghionea Free Agent Released[8]
25 July 2011 Romania Alexandru Bourceanu Steaua București €700,000[9]
5 August 2011 Romania Costel Pantilimon EnglandManchester City Undisclosed[10]

Loaned out

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Date Player Club Cost Return date
25 July 2011 Montenegro Stefan Nikolić Steaua București €250,000 End of 2011–12 season[11]

Squad list

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Estonia EST Sergei Lepmets
2 DF Romania ROU Andrei Dăruială
3 DF Romania ROU Florin Sandu
4 DF Romania ROU Claudiu Iordache
5 MF Romania ROU Adrian Poparadu
6 DF Romania ROU Florin Ilie
7 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Curtean
8 DF Romania ROU László Sepsi
9 FW Romania ROU Mircea Axente
10 MF Romania ROU Iulian Tameş (Capitan)
11 FW Romania ROU Andrei Zăgrean
12 GK Bulgaria BUL Mario Kirev
13 DF Romania ROU Cristian Scutaru
14 DF Romania ROU Ioan Mera
15 MF Romania ROU Adrian Zaluschi
16 DF Romania ROU Samuel Jitaru
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Popovici
20 MF Moldova MDA Artur Pătraş
21 FW Romania ROU Dorin Goga
22 DF Romania ROU Andrei Sava
23 MF Argentina ARG Nicolás Gorobsov
24 MF Romania ROU Adrian Popa
25 MF Romania ROU Cătălin Chiş
30 DF Brazil BRA Rafael Rocha
33 MF Romania ROU Marian Fuchs
34 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Dobricean
87 FW Canada CAN Tosaint Ricketts
99 GK Romania ROU Ciprian Ostafie
DF Romania ROU Ionut Cuciorvă
DF Romania ROU Răzvan Iovan
GK Romania ROU Paul Iordache
GK Romania ROU Andrei Cobliş

Long-term injury list

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Date Injured Player Injury Return Date

Starting XI

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4–3–3 Formation

Match results

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21 June 2011 Matchday 1 Politehnica Timișoara Romania 1–2 Hungary Ferencváros Tiszaújváros
17:00 Axente 78' Report Oláh 4'
Alison 61'
Stadium: Városi Stadion
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Unknown
30 June 2011 Matchday 2 Politehnica Timișoara Romania 2–1 Slovakia Tatran Prešov Bischofshofen
19:00 Ricketts 27'
Nikolić 80'
Report Guba 70' Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex
Attendance: 120
Referee: Unknown
1 July 2011 Matchday 3 Politehnica Timișoara Romania 3–0 Austria Austria Salzburg Bischofshofen
19:00 Goga 2' 40'
Rocha 31'
Report Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex
Attendance: 300
Referee: Unknown
2 July 2011 Matchday 4 Politehnica Timișoara Romania 0–1 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku Bischofshofen
17:00 Report Mpenza 69' Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex
Attendance: 100
Referee: Unknown
5 July 2011 Matchday 5 Politehnica Timișoara Romania 2–3 North Macedonia FK Škendija Bischofshofen
16:30 Nikolić 30'
Curtean 88'
Report Hasani 10' 45' 56' Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex
Attendance: 250
Referee: Unknown
7 July 2011 Matchday 6 Politehnica Timișoara Romania 9–0 Austria SV Bischofshofen Bischofshofen
18:15 Ricketts 5'
Axente 22' 39' 87'
Goga 25' 50' 60'
Adrian Popa 70'
Popovici 84'
Report Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex
Attendance: 250
Referee: Unknown
12 July 2011 Matchday 7 Bihor Oradea Romania 3–1 Romania Politehnica Timișoara Oradea
18:00 Sulea 36'
Selagea 43'
Achim 87'
Report Axente 83' Stadium: Iuliu Bodola
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Unknown
15 July 2011 Matchday 8 Politehnica Timișoara Romania 1–0 Romania Bihor Oradea Timișoara
18:00 Goga 56' Report Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Unknown
30 July 2011 Matchday 9 Politehnica Timișoara Romania 3–1 Romania Naţional Sebiş Timișoara
11:00 Zăgrean 6'
Axente 13'
Popovici 64'
Report Lung 75' Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Sport Complexe
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Unknown
3 August 2011 Matchday 10 Gyula Hungary 1–3 Romania Politehnica Timișoara Gyula
16:00 Unknown 37' Report Popovici 8' 31'
Rotariu 64'
Stadium: Gyula Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Unknown
19 August 2011 Round 1 Politehnica Timișoara 2–0 Bihor Oradea Timișoara
20:00 Scutaru 24'
Axente 56'
Report Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mihai Prodan
27 August 2011 Round 2 Alro Slatina 2–3 Politehnica Timișoara Slatina
11:00 Creţu 38'
Precup 62' (pen.)
Report Ricketts 31'
Pătraş 66'
Tameş 89' (pen.)
Stadium: 1 Mai
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu
3 September 2011 Round 3 Politehnica Timișoara 1–0 FC Olt Timișoara
11:00 Goga 60' Report Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dan Monea
11 September 2011 Round 4 Gloria Bistriţa 2–2 Politehnica Timișoara Bistriţa
20:00 Feher 21'
Voinea 52'
Report Curtean 34'
Goga 47'
Stadium: Gloria
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
17 September 2011 Round 5 Unirea Alba Iulia 1–1 Politehnica Timișoara Alba Iulia
13:00 Bumbac 87' Report Tameş 81' (pen.) Stadium: Cetate
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mihai Ene
25 September 2011 Round 6 Politehnica Timișoara 2–1 Gaz Metan Severin Timișoara
13:00 Goga 26'
Ricketts 43'
Report Boroiban 68' Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Teodor Craciunescu
30 September 2011 Round 7 UTA Arad 0–0 Politehnica Timișoara Arad
19:00 Report Stadium: Francisc von Neumann
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Florin Marcu
8 October 2011 Round 8 Politehnica Timișoara 3–2 FC Baia Mare Timișoara
18:00 Zăgrean 4' 59'
Tameş 18' (pen.)
Report Bota 6' (pen.)
Dragoş 75'
Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Marius Omut
15 October 2011 Round 9 Luceafărul Oradea 1–0 Politehnica Timișoara Sânmartin
11:00 Lupuţ 90+3' Report Stadium: Luceafărul
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Florin Dreve
21 October 2011 Round 10 Politehnica Timișoara 1–0 Chindia Târgovişte Timișoara
17:00 Sandu 56' Report Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marian Balaci
29 October 2011 Round 11 Mureşul Deva 0–3 Politehnica Timișoara Deva
11:00 Report Sepsi 45'
Axente 59'
Goga 90+2'
Stadium: Cetate
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sebastian Colţescu
5 November 2011 Round 12 Politehnica Timișoara 3–0 Argeş Piteşti Timișoara
12:00 Axente 9'
Ricketts 23'
Goga 65'
Report Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Adrian Comănescu
23 August 2011 Round IV CSM Reșița 0–0
(3–4 p)
Politehnica Timișoara Reșița
17:00 Report Stadium: Mircea Chivu
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Unknown
Penalties
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Tameş soccer ball with red X
Axente soccer ball with check mark
Sepsi soccer ball with check mark
Luchin soccer ball with check mark
Pătraş soccer ball with check mark
6 September 2011 Round V Național Sebiș 1–2 Politehnica Timișoara Sebiş
17:00 Băd 10' Report Tameş 20' (pen.)
Popovici 88'
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Unknown
21 September 2011 Round of 32 Politehnica Timișoara 2–0 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Timișoara
18:00 Goga 17'
Curtean 75'
Report Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Florin Miron
27 October 2011 Round of 16 Politehnica Timișoara 2–0 Steaua București Timișoara
20:30 Ricketts 29'
Goga 50'
Report Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

Player statistics

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No. Pos. Nationality Player L RC Total
1 GK Estonia Estonia Sergei Lepmets 12 4 16 0 0 0
2 DF Romania Romania Andrei Dăruială 9 1 10 0 2 0
3 DF Romania Romania Florin Sandu 3 1 4 1 0 0
5 MF Romania Romania Adrian Poparadu 7 3 10 0 2 0
6 MF Romania Romania Florin Ilie 10 3 13 0 1 0
7 MF Romania Romania Alexandru Curtean 10 3 13 2 0 0
8 DF Romania Romania László Sepsi 9 4 13 1 0 0
9 FW Romania Romania Mircea Axente 10 3 13 3 4 1
10 MF Romania Romania Iulian Tameş 9 3 12 4 0 0
11 FW Romania Romania Andrei Zăgrean 8 3 11 2 0 0
13 DF Romania Romania Cristian Scutaru 11 4 15 1 5 0
14 DF Romania Romania Ioan Mera 6 3 9 1 3 0
15 MF Romania Romania Adrian Zaluschi 1 1 2 1 1 0
16 MF Romania Romania Samuel Jitaru 2 1 3 0 0 0
18 FW Romania Romania Alex Popovici 9 3 12 1 1 0
19 MF Argentina Argentina Nicolás Gorobsov 7 1 8 0 3 0
20 MF Romania Moldova Artur Pătraş 6 3 9 1 2 0
21 FW Romania Romania Dorin Goga 10 3 13 7 2 1
22 DF Romania Romania Andrei Sava 2 0 2 0 0 0
23 MF Romania Romania Răzvan Dobricean 3 0 3 0 1 0
25 MF Romania Romania Cătălin Chiş 5 1 6 0 0 0
27 MF Romania Romania Dorinel Rotariu 0 1 1 0 0 0
30 MF Brazil Brazil Rafael Rocha 5 3 8 0 3 0
33 MF Romania Romania Marian Fuchs 1 0 0 0 0 0
87 FW Canada Canada Tosaint Ricketts 8 3 11 4 1 0
No. Pos. Nationality Player L RC Total
  • Last Update: 9 July 2011
  • Data includes all competitions
  • Substitution appearances included as full
  • LLiga II
  • RCRomanian Cup
  • Ast – Assists
  • N/A – Refers to a player who began the season a Politehnica Timișoara player but left the club over the course of the campaign

Top scorer

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As of the 2011–12 Liga II Season

P. Player Position Liga II Romanian Cup Total
1 Romania Dorin Goga Forward 5 2 7
2 Romania Iulian Tameş Midfielder 3 1 4
3 Romania Mircea Axente Forward 4 0 4
4 Canada Tosaint Ricketts Forward 3 1 4
5 Romania Alexandru Curtean Midfielder 1 1 2

Most appearances

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As of the 2011–12 Liga II Season

P. Player Position Liga II Romanian Cup Total
1 Estonia Sergei Lepmets Goalkeeper 12 4 16
2 Romania Cristian Scutaru Defender 11 4 15
3 Romania László Sepsi Defender 9 4 13
4 Romania Florin Ilie Midfielder 10 3 13
5 Romania Alexandru Curtean Midfielder 10 3 13

Most assists

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As of the 2011–12 Liga II Season

P. Player Position Liga II Romanian Cup Total
1 Romania Alexandru Curtean Midfielder 3 0 3
2 Romania László Sepsi Left back 2 1 3
3 Romania Mircea Axente Forward 2 0 2
4 Romania Dorin Goga Forward 1 1 2
5 Romania Andrei Zăgrean Forward 1 1 2

Liga II results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWDDWDWLWWW
Position111332212222
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

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  1. ^ LICENȚIERE: 13 CLUBURI DIN LIGA I AU PRIMIT LICENȚA PENTRU SEZONUL 2011-2012 Archived 2011-06-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "Alexa signed with Rapid". RomanianSoccer. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Top scorer Zicu at CSKA Sofia". Onlinesport. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Taborda leave Poli". Onlinesport. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Magera and Čišovský Released". Click. 18 June 2011. Archived from the original on June 21, 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Jiří Krejčí among the ousted on Liga I's released list". Sport365. 18 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Burcă signed with Rapid for money". Click. 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Ghionea left Poli". Liga 2. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Bourceanu sold to Steaua". Politehnica Timișoara. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Man City sign keeper Pantilimon". BBC News.
  11. ^ "Nikolić loaned out at Steaua". Politehnica Timișoara. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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