2011–12 FC Politehnica Timișoara season

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
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

Pre-season

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

Scutaru (C)

Dăruială

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
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: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

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

External links

[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.

[Magera_and_Čišovský_Released-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.

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