2011–12 FC Politehnica Timișoara season

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

Politehnica Timișoara

2011–12 season
Chairman	Marian Iancu
Manager	Valentin Velcea
Stadium	Dan Păltinişanu
Liga II	2nd
Romanian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Goga (5) All: Goga (7)
Highest home attendance	27,000 vs Steaua București (27 October 2011 )
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs Chindia Târgovişte (21 October 2011)
Average home league attendance	5,500
Home colours Away colours

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

Transfers

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

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

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost

Out

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

Loaned Out

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

Squad list

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  EST Sergei Lepmets 2 DF  ROU Andrei Dăruială 3 DF  ROU Florin Sandu 4 DF  ROU Claudiu Iordache 5 MF  ROU Adrian Poparadu 6 DF  ROU Florin Ilie 7 MF  ROU Alexandru Curtean 8 DF  ROU László Sepsi 9 FW  ROU Mircea Axente 10 MF  ROU Iulian Tameş (Capitan) 11 FW  ROU Andrei Zăgrean 12 GK  BUL Mario Kirev 13 DF  ROU Cristian Scutaru 14 DF  ROU Ioan Mera 15 MF  ROU Adrian Zaluschi 16 DF  ROU Samuel Jitaru

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ROU Alexandru Popovici 20 MF  MDA Artur Pătraş 21 FW  ROU Dorin Goga 22 DF  ROU Andrei Sava 23 MF  ARG Nicolás Gorobsov 24 MF  ROU Adrian Popa 25 MF  ROU Cătălin Chiş 30 DF  BRA Rafael Rocha 33 MF  ROU Marian Fuchs 34 MF  ROU Răzvan Dobricean 87 FW  CAN Tosaint Ricketts 99 GK  ROU Ciprian Ostafie — DF  ROU Ionut Cuciorvă — DF  ROU Răzvan Iovan — GK  ROU Paul Iordache — GK  ROU Andrei Cobliş

Long-term injury list

Date Injured Player Injury Return Date

Starting XI

Lepmets

Scutaru (C)

Ilie

Dăruială

Sandu

Poparadu

Fuchs

Gorobsov

Goga

Cârstea

Ricketts

4–3–3 Formation

Match results

Pre-season

21 June 2011 Matchday 1	Politehnica Timișoara	1–2	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	2–1	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	3–0	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	0–1	Neftchi Baku	Bischofshofen
17:00		Report	Mpenza  69'	Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Unknown

5 July 2011 Matchday 5	Politehnica Timișoara	2–3	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	9–0	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	3–1	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	1–0	Bihor Oradea	Timișoara
18:00	Goga  56'	Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Unknown

30 July 2011 Matchday 9	Politehnica Timișoara	3–1	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	1–3	Politehnica Timișoara	Gyula
16:00	Unknown  37'	Report	Popovici  8'  31' Rotariu  64'	Stadium: Gyula Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Unknown

Liga II

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

Romanian Cup

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
	Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown		Tameş Axente Sepsi Luchin Pătraş

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

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	L	RC	Total
1	GK	Estonia	Sergei Lepmets	12	4	16	0	0	0
2	DF	Romania	Andrei Dăruială	9	1	10	0	2	0
3	DF	Romania	Florin Sandu	3	1	4	1	0	0
5	MF	Romania	Adrian Poparadu	7	3	10	0	2	0
6	MF	Romania	Florin Ilie	10	3	13	0	1	0
7	MF	Romania	Alexandru Curtean	10	3	13	2	0	0
8	DF	Romania	László Sepsi	9	4	13	1	0	0
9	FW	Romania	Mircea Axente	10	3	13	3	4	1
10	MF	Romania	Iulian Tameş	9	3	12	4	0	0
11	FW	Romania	Andrei Zăgrean	8	3	11	2	0	0
13	DF	Romania	Cristian Scutaru	11	4	15	1	5	0
14	DF	Romania	Ioan Mera	6	3	9	1	3	0
15	MF	Romania	Adrian Zaluschi	1	1	2	1	1	0
16	MF	Romania	Samuel Jitaru	2	1	3	0	0	0
18	FW	Romania	Alex Popovici	9	3	12	1	1	0
19	MF	Argentina	Nicolás Gorobsov	7	1	8	0	3	0
20	MF	Moldova	Artur Pătraş	6	3	9	1	2	0
21	FW	Romania	Dorin Goga	10	3	13	7	2	1
22	DF	Romania	Andrei Sava	2	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF	Romania	Răzvan Dobricean	3	0	3	0	1	0
25	MF	Romania	Cătălin Chiş	5	1	6	0	0	0
27	MF	Romania	Dorinel Rotariu	0	1	1	0	0	0
30	MF	Brazil	Rafael Rocha	5	3	8	0	3	0
33	MF	Romania	Marian Fuchs	1	0	0	0	0	0
87	FW	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
• L – Liga II
• RC – Romanian 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

As of the 2011–12 Liga II Season

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

Most appearances

As of the 2011–12 Liga II Season

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

Most assists

As of the 2011–12 Liga II Season

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

Liga II results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

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. "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.

External links

• Official website
• Club news by GSP