2011–12 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2011–12 season
President Duckadam
Head coach Levy
Stan
Ground Arena Națională
Liga I Ongoing
Supercupa României Runners-up
Cupa României Round of 16
Europa League Round of 32
Top goalscorer League: Rusescu (7)
All: Rusescu (9)

This page covers all relevant details regarding FC Steaua București for all official competitions inside the 2011–12 season.

Contents

Previous season positions

Competition Position
UEFA Europa League 3rd / Group Stage
Liga I 5th
Cupa României Winners

Players

Squad information

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1 GK ROM Stanca 32 EU 2011 1 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed
2 RB ROM G. Matei 22 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed €0.7M
3 LB NGR Emeghara 28 Non-EU 2011 34 0 Undisclosed Free
4 CB BUL Iliev 31 EU 2011 4 0 2012 Free
5 DM ARG Brandán 29 Non-EU 2010 26 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed Also plays as LB
6 CB ROM Gardoș 22 EU 2010 23 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed Also plays as DM
7 FW ROM F. Costea 27 EU 2011 0 0 2015 Free
8 AM ROM Răduț 22 EU 2010 20 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed
9 FW ROM M. Costea 24 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed €1.4M 40% of next sale will go to Universitatea Craiova
10 AM ROM Tănase 25 EU 2009[1] 48 2 2014[1] €1.8M Also plays as LW, RW and CM
50% of next sale will go to Argeș Pitești
11 CM ROM Prepeliță 26 EU 2011 0 0 2015 Free
12 GK ROM Tătărușanu 26 EU 2008 49 0 2013 €1.5M
14 LB ROM Latovlevici 26 EU 2010 27 0 2015 Undisclosed
18 CB SER Martinović 27 Non-EU 2010 9 1 2013 Undisclosed Also plays as RB
19 LB ROM Lupu 21 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Youth system
23 CB POR Geraldo 31 EU 2010 27 2 2012 Free
24 FW ROM Rusescu 23 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed
26 CM ROM Bicfalvi 24 EU 2007 41 1 2012 Undisclosed
27 RW ROM Năstăsie 20 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Youth system
28 RW ROM Roșu 18 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Youth system
30 RW ROM T. Bălan 31 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Free
47 DM ROM D. Popa 23 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed €0.1M
55 DM ROM Bourceanu 27 EU 2011 0 0 2014 €0.7M
77 FW BRA L. Tatu 30 Non-EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Free
90 FW MNE Nikolić 22 Non-EU 2011 0 0 2012 €0.2M
95 GK ROM Cojocaru 16 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Youth system
AM ROM Chipciu 23 EU 2011 0 0 2016 Undisclosed
CB ROM Chiricheș 22 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed
Players from YS
15 RB ROM Mustață 21 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed
Players sold or loaned out during the season
16 RW ROM Nicoliță 27 EU 2005 183 23 Undisclosed Undisclosed Also plays as LW and RB
30 CM ROM Băjenaru 29 EU 2011 0 0 Undisclosed Marinescu
22 CB ROM Galamaz 31 EU 2010 11 0 Undisclosed Undisclosed

Last updated: 13:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Source: Steaua News

Transfers

In

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
19 LB ROM Lupu 20 EU Steaua II București Promoted Summer Undisclosed Youth system
27 RW ROM Năstăsie 19 EU Steaua II București Promoted Summer Undisclosed Youth system
28 RW ROM Roșu 17 EU Steaua II București Promoted Summer Undisclosed Youth system
95 GK ROM Cojocaru 15 EU Steaua II București Promoted Summer Undisclosed Youth system
1 GK ROM Stanca 31 EU Pandurii Târgu Jiu Loan extended Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed
77 FW BRA L. Tatu 29 Non-EU Beira-Mar Free transfer Summer Undisclosed Free FCSB
2 RB ROM G. Matei 21 EU Pandurii Târgu Jiu Loan return Summer Undisclosed
DM ROM Onicaș 21 EU Unirea Urziceni Loan return Summer Undisclosed
24 FW ROM Rusescu 22 EU Unirea Urziceni Transfer Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed
47 DM ROM D. Popa 22 EU Victoria Brănești Transfer Summer Undisclosed €0.1M
9 FW ROM M. Costea 23 EU Universitatea Craiova Transfer Summer Undisclosed €1.4M
30 CM ROM Băjenaru 28 EU Universitatea Cluj Swap Summer Undisclosed Marinescu
55 DM ROM Bourceanu 26 EU Timișoara Transfer Summer 2014 €0.7M FCPT
90 FW MNE Nikolić 21 Non-EU Timișoara Loan Summer 2012 €0.2M FCPT
11 CM ROM Prepeliță 25 EU Universitatea Craiova Free transfer Summer 2015 Free FCSB
7 FW ROM F. Costea 26 EU Universitatea Craiova Free transfer Summer 2015 Free FCSB
3 LB NGR Emeghara 27 Non-EU Steaua București Free transfer Summer Undisclosed Free
30 RW ROM T. Bălan 30 EU Sportul Studențesc Free transfer Summer Undisclosed Free
AM ROM Chipciu 22 EU Brașov Transfer Winter 2016 Undisclosed FCSB
CB ROM Chiricheș 22 EU Pandurii Târgu Jiu Transfer Winter Undisclosed Undisclosed CSPTJ

Out

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
RB ROU Bălan 31 EU SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk Loan extended Summer Undisclosed
91 AM ROU Matei 19 EU Astra Ploiești Transfer Summer Undisclosed
33 GK ROU Cezar 23 EU Astra Ploiești Transfer Summer Undisclosed
7 RW ROU Székely 28 EU Volga Nizhny Novgorod Mutual termination Summer Free
11 RW ROU Onofraș 30 EU Khazar Contract termination Summer Free
27 AM ROU Marinescu 26 EU Universitatea Cluj Swap Summer Băjenaru
99 FW BRA Maicon 23 Non-EU Volyn Lutsk End of loan Summer
3 LB NGR Emeghara 27 Non-EU Steaua București End of contract Summer Free
9 FW ROU Burdujan 27 EU Chornomorets Odesa End of contract Summer Free
20 FW ROU Dică 31 EU CS Mioveni End of contract Summer Free
24 FW ROU Surdu 27 EU Rapid București End of contract Summer Free
25 CB ROU Baciu 31 EU FCM Bacău End of contract Summer Free
DM ROU Onicaș 21 EU Viitorul Constanța Transfer Summer Undisclosed
17 FW ROU Bilașco 29 EU Tianjin Teda Transfer Summer Free
30 CM ROU Băjenaru 28 EU Astra Ploiești Transfer Summer Undisclosed
16 RW ROU Nicoliță 26 EU Saint-Étienne Transfer Summer €0.7M
22 CB ROU Galamaz 30 EU Universitatea Cluj Free transfer Winter Free FCUC

Last updated: 14:47, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Squad stats

Total UEFA Europa League Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României
N
P
Name
Nat.
GS
App

Min
App

App

App

App

Notes
1 GK Stanca ROM 10 11 -11 3 -8 6 -1 2 -2
2 RB G. Matei ROM 2 3 3
3 LB Emeghara NGR 9 11 2 8 1 GS: 9 RB
4 CB Iliev BUL 19 19 1 6 11 1 2
5 DM Brandán ARG 24 25 7 17 1 GS: 18 CM, 4 LB, 2 CB
6 CB Gardoș ROM 6 6 3 2 1
7 FW F. Costea ROM 8 15 2 4 1 9 1 2 GS: 5 FW, 3 LW
8 AM Răduț ROM 1 4 3 1 GS: 1 CM
9 FW M. Costea1 ROM 21 25 6 7 1 17 5 1 GS: 19 FW, 2 RW
10 AM Tănase ROM 24 24 5 7 3 15 2 1 1 GS: 23 LW, 1 FW
11 CM Prepeliță ROM 13 15 1 5 9 1 1 GS: 9 RW, 4 CM
12 GK Tătărușanu ROM 19 20 -18 5 -4 14 -13 1 -1
14 LB Latovlevici ROM 24 26 8 16 1 1
18 CB Martinović SER 16 19 2 6 11 1 1 1 1 GS: 14 RB, 2 CB
19 LB Lupu ROM 1 2 1 1
23 CB Geraldo POR 17 20 1 6 13 1 1 GS: 16 CB, 1 RB
24 FW Rusescu ROM 12 25 9 7 2 15 7 2 1 GS: 10 FW, 2 RW
26 CM Bicfalvi1 ROM 12 17 5 10 1 1
27 RW Năstăsie ROM 5 1 3 1
28 RW Roșu ROM 4 2 1 1
30 RW T. Bălan ROM 5 7 6 1 GS: 4 RW, 1 AM
47 DM D. Popa ROM 1 2 1 1 1 1 GS: 1 RW
55 DM Bourceanu ROM 25 26 8 16 2 GS: 25 CM
77 FW L. Tatu BRA 20 21 4 7 2 13 2 1 GS: 16 FW, 3 RW, 1 AM
90 FW Nikolić MNE 7 24 4 8 2 14 1 2 1
95 GK Cojocaru ROM
AM Chipciu ROM
CB Chiricheș ROM
Players from YS
15 RB Mustață ROM 1 2 1 1
Players sold or loaned out during the season
30 CM Băjenaru ROM 1 2 1 1 GS: 1 LW
16 RW Nicoliță ROM 8 8 2 5 1 GS: 6 RW, 2 RB
22 CB Galamaz ROM 13 13 1 3 1 8 1 1

Last updated: 13:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, FCSB (Romanian)
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

^1 Petrolul–Steaua match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

Goalscorers

Player Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Europa League Fixture Total Friendlies Total
Raul Rusescu 7 0 0 2 9 5 14
Mihai Costea 51 0 0 1 6 2 8
Cristian Tănase 2 0 0 3 5 1 6
Leandro Tatu 2 0 0 2 4 3 7
Stefan Nikolić 1 1 0 2 4 2 6
Florin Costea 1 0 0 1 2 5 7
Novak Martinović 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Geraldo Alves 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Valentin Iliev 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Andrei Prepeliță 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Dorinel Popa 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
George Galamaz 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Eric Bicfalvi 01 0 0 0 0 4 4
Valeriu Lupu 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bănel Nicoliță 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Liviu Băjenaru 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tiberiu Bălan 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Iulian Roșu 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ionuț Năstăsie 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Players from youth system
Alex Stanciu 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Own goals
Burchelea 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Petruț 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

^1 Petrolul–Steaua match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

Goal minutes

1'–15' 16'–30' 31'–HT 46'–60' 61'–75' 76'–FT Extra time Forfeit
4 3 7 4 9 10 0 31

Last updated:19 December 2011 (UTC)
Source: FCSB (Romanian)

^1 Petrolul–Steaua match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
25 4-4-2 SR, 1, 2, 3, EL1, 4, EL2, 5, 6, EL3, 7, CR1, 8, EL4, 9, 11, CR2, 12, EL6, 13, 14, 16, 17, EL8, 18
2 4-2-3-1 10, EL5
2 4-3-3 15, EL7

Last updated: 19 December 2011 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
GS Notes
12 GK ROU Tătărușanu 19
14 LB ROU Latovlevici 24
23 CB POR Geraldo 16
4 CB BUL Iliev 19
18 RB SRB Martinović 14 +2 as CB
10 LW ROU Tănase 23 +1 as FW
55 CM ROU Bourceanu 25
5 CM ARG Brandán 18 +4 as LB, 2 CB
11 RW ROU Prepeliță 9 +4 as CM
9 FW ROU M. Costea 19 +2 as RW
77 FW BRA L. Tatu 16 +3 as RW, 1 AM

Last updated: 19 December 2011 (UTC)
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Overall

Total Home Away Neutral
Games played 29 15 13 1
Games won 13 11 2 0
Games drawn 8 3 5 0
Games lost 8 1 6 1
Biggest win 4–0 vs CS Mioveni
4–0 vs Sănătatea Cluj
4–0 vs CS Mioveni
4–0 vs Sănătatea Cluj
3–01 vs Petrolul Ploiești
Biggest lose 5–0 vs Maccabi Haifa 2–1 vs Pandurii Târgu Jiu 5–0 vs Maccabi Haifa 1–0 vs Oțelul Galați
Clean sheets 11 8 3 0
Goals scored 40 29 11 0
Goals conceded 29 9 19 1
Goal difference +11 +20 -8 -1
Top scorer Rusescu (9)
Winning rate 44.83% 73.33% 15.38% 0%

Last updated: 19 December 2011 (UTC)
Source: Competitive matches
^1 Match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

International appearances

Player Position Country Caps this season Goals this season
Valentin Iliev Centre back  Bulgaria vs.  Switzerland vs.
Ciprian Tătărușanu Goalkeeper  Romania vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Brazil,  San Marino,  Luxembourg,  France,  Belgium vs.
Iasmin Latovlevici Left back  Romania vs.  Brazil,  Paraguay,  Albania vs.
Florin Gardoș Centre back  Romania vs.  Brazil,  Paraguay,  San Marino vs.
George Galamaz Centre back  Romania vs.  Luxembourg vs.
Bănel Nicoliță Right back, Right winger  Romania vs.  San Marino,  Luxembourg,  France
Alexandru Bourceanu Defensive midfielder  Romania vs.  France,  Belarus,  Albania vs.
Cristian Tănase Attacking midfielder  Romania vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Brazil,  Paraguay,  San Marino,  Luxembourg,  France,  Belgium,  Greece vs.  Greece
Romeo Surdu Forward  Romania vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Brazil,  Paraguay vs.
Ionuț Năstăsie Right winger Romania U-19 vs. Czech Republic U-19, Greece U-19, Republic of Ireland U-19 vs.
Stefan Nikolić Forward Montenegro U-21 vs. Wales U-21, Wales U-21, Andorra U-21 vs. Wales U-21, Andorra U-21
Valeriu Lupu Left back Romania U-21 vs. Bulgaria U-21 vs.
Bogdan Mustață Right back Romania U-21 vs. France U-21 vs.
Gabriel Matei Right back Romania U-21 vs. Kazakhstan U-21 vs.
Mihai Răduț Attacking midfielder Romania U-21 vs. Kazakhstan U-21 vs.
Cosmin Matei Attacking midfielder Romania U-21 vs. Kazakhstan U-21 vs.
Ionuț Năstăsie Right winger Romania U-21 vs. Bulgaria U-21, Latvia U-21 vs.

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current position / round Final position / round First match Last match
Liga I Ongoing 23 July 2011
Cupa României Round of 32 Round of 16 22 September 2011 27 October 2011
Supercupa României Final Runners-up 17 July 2011
Europa League Play-off round Round of 32 18 August 2011

Liga I

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
4 Steaua București 18 9 5 4 24 14 +10 32

Updated to games played on pre-season
Source: LPF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th overall goal difference; 6th overall goals scored.
1The final team will be decided in a play-off round, on 2 and 6 July, between Voința Sibiu and Săgeata Năvodari
2The winners of the 2011–12 Cupa României will qualify for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 9 5 4 24 14 +10 32 7 2 1 16 6 +10 2 3 3 8 8 0

Last updated: 19 December 2011 (UTC)
Source: FCSB (Romanian)

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 A HR HR A HR A HR A HR A H A H A H A H H
Result D W W L W L L D W D D W W L W W D W
Position 8 4 2 4 3 6 7 9 8 8 8 7 5 8 6 4 6 4

Last updated: 19 December 2011 (UTC).
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Points by opponent

Team Results Points
Home Away
Astra Ploiești 1–2 0
FC Brașov 1–0 3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 0–1 0
CFR Cluj 1–1 1
Concordia Chiajna 2–1 3
Dinamo București 3–1 3
Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–3 0
CS Mioveni 4–0 3
Oțelul Galați 2–1 3
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–2 0
Petrolul Ploiești 3–01 3
Rapid București 0–0 1
Sportul Studențesc 0–0 1
FCM Târgu Mureș 2–0 3
Universitatea Cluj 2–1 3
FC Vaslui 0–0 1
Voința Sibiu 1–0 1–1 4

Source: FCSB

^1 Match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

Results

^1 Match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

Cupa României

Results

Supercupa României

Results

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Group stage

Group J standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 13 2 +11 14
Steaua București 6 2 2 2 9 11 −2 8
Maccabi Haifa 6 2 0 4 10 12 −2 6
AEK Larnaca 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5

Results

Round of 32

Non competitive matches

UEFA Club rankings

This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2010–11.[2]

Rank Team Points Mvmnt
62 Rubin Kazan 31.941 (+32)
63 Club Brugge 31.400 (–6)
64 AEK Athens 30.833 (+13)
65 Sparta Praha 30.170 (+9)
66 Blackburn Rovers 30.157 (+4)
67 Steaua București 29.164 (–27)
68 Bolton Wanderers 29.157 (–16)
69 Aston Villa 28.157 (+9)
70 Hertha BSC 27.887 (–11)
71 Celta de Vigo 27.465 (+4)
72 Sampdoria 27.110 (–3)

Notes and references