2011–12 FC Politehnica Timişoara season

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 Bucureşti. Also with Rapid signed the defender Ovidiu Burcă.

On 16 June 2011, defenders Nikola Ignjatijević and Helder returns to Red Star Belgrade and AS Nancy after their loan season expired. Also in 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 realased by the club, also on 18 June Lukáš Magera and Marián Čišovský was realased.

Friendlies

For the pre-season, Politehnica Timişoara 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 Bucureşti	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 Bucureşti	Free^[7]
19 July 2011	Sorin Ghionea	Free Agent	Released^[8]
25 July 2011	Alexandru Bourceanu	Steaua Bucureşti	€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 Bucureşti	€250,000	End of 2011–12 season^[11]

Squad list

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Sergei Lepmets
2	DF	Andrei Dăruială
3	DF	Florin Sandu
4	DF	Claudiu Iordache
5	MF	Adrian Poparadu
6	DF	Florin Ilie
7	MF	Alexandru Curtean
8	DF	László Sepsi
9	FW	Mircea Axente
10	MF	Iulian Tameş (Capitan)
11	FW	Andrei Zăgrean
12	GK	Mario Kirev
13	DF	Cristian Scutaru
14	DF	Ioan Mera
15	MF	Adrian Zaluschi
16	DF	Samuel Jitaru

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

Long-term injury list

Date Injured	Player	Injury	Return Date

Starting XI

Most used team of 2011–12.

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
1	GK	Lepmets, SergeiSergei Lepmets	4
2	RB	Dăruială, AndreiAndrei Dăruială	4
4	CB	Scutaru, CristianCristian Scutaru	3
6	CB	Ilie, FlorinFlorin Ilie	2
8	LB	Sepsi, LászlóLászló Sepsi	3
21	RW	Goga, DorinDorin Goga	3
19	MF	Gorobsov, NicolásNicolás Gorobsov	4
10	MF	Tameş, IulianIulian Tameş	4
7	LW	Curtean, AlexandruAlexandru Curtean	4
19	AM	Ricketts, TosaintTosaint Ricketts	3
9	FW	Axente, MirceaMircea Axente	3

Lepmets

Dăruială

Ilie

Match results

Pre-season

Matchday 1 21 June 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	1 – 2	Ferencváros	Tiszaújváros
17:00	Axente 78'	Report	Oláh 4' Alison 61'	Stadium: Városi Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 2 30 June 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	2 – 1	Tatran Prešov	Bischofshofen
19:00	Ricketts 27' Nikolić 80'	Report	Guba 70'	Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex Attendance: 120 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 3 1 July 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	3 – 0	Austria Salzburg	Bischofshofen
19:00	Goga 2' 40' Rocha 31'	Report		Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex Attendance: 300 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 4 2 July 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	0 – 1	Neftchi Baku	Bischofshofen
17:00		Report	Mpenza 69'	Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 5 5 July 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	2 – 3	FK Škendija	Bischofshofen
16:30	Nikolić 30' Curtean 88'	Report	Hasani 10' 45' 56'	Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 6 7 July 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	9 – 0	SV Bischofshofen	Bischofshofen
18:15	Ricketts 5' Axente 22' 39' 87' Goga 25' 50' 60' Popa 70' Popovici 84'	Report		Stadium: Bischofshofen Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 7 12 July 2011	Bihor Oradea	3 – 1	Politehnica Timişoara	Oradea
18:00	Sulea 36' Selagea 43' Achim 87'	Report	Axente 83'	Stadium: Iuliu Bodola Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 8 15 July 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	1 – 0	Bihor Oradea	Timişoara
18:00	Goga 56'	Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 9 30 July 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	3 – 1	Naţional Sebiş	Timişoara
11:00	Zăgrean 6' Axente 13' Popovici 64'	Report	Lung 75'	Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Sport Complexe Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Unknown

Matchday 10 3 August 2011	Gyula	1 – 3	Politehnica Timişoara	Gyula
16:00	Unknown 37'	Report	Popovici 8' 31' Rotariu 64'	Stadium: Gyula Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Unknown

Liga II

Round 1 19 August 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	2 – 0	Bihor Oradea	Timişoara
20:00	Scutaru 24' Axente 56'	Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mihai Prodan

Round 2 27 August 2011	Alro Slatina	2 – 3	Politehnica Timişoara	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

Round 3 3 September 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	1 – 0	FC Olt	Timişoara
11:00	Goga 60'	Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dan Monea

Round 4 11 September 2011	Gloria Bistriţa	2 – 2	Politehnica Timişoara	Bistriţa
20:00	Feher 21' Voinea 52'	Report	Curtean 34' Goga 47'	Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

Round 5 17 September 2011	Unirea Alba Iulia	1 – 1	Politehnica Timişoara	Alba Iulia
13:00	Bumbac 87'	Report	Tameş 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Cetate Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mihai Ene

Round 6 25 September 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	2 – 1	Gaz Metan Severin	Timisoara
13:00	Goga 26' Ricketts 43'	Report	Boroiban 68'	Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Teodor Craciunescu

Round 7 30 September 2011	UTA Arad	0 – 0	Politehnica Timişoara	Arad
19:00		Report		Stadium: Francisc von Neumann Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Florin Marcu

Round 8 8 October 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	3 – 2	FC Baia Mare	Timişoara
18:00	Zăgrean 4' 59' Tameş 18' (pen.)	Report	Bota 6' (pen.) Dragoş 75'	Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Marius Omut

Round 9 15 October 2011	Luceafărul Oradea	1 – 0	Politehnica Timişoara	Sânmartin
11:00	Lupuţ 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Luceafărul Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Florin Dreve

Round 10 21 October 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	1 – 0	Chindia Târgovişte	Timişoara
17:00	Sandu 56'	Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marian Balaci

Round 11 29 October 2011	Mureşul Deva	0 – 3	Politehnica Timişoara	Deva
11:00		Report	Sepsi 45' Axente 59' Goga 90+2'	Stadium: Cetate Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu

Round 12 5 November 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	3 – 0	Argeş Piteşti	Timişoara
12:00	Axente 9' Ricketts 23' Goga 65'	Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Adrian Comănescu

Romanian Cup

Round IV 23 August 2011	CSM Reşiţa	0 – 0 (3 – 4 pen)	Politehnica Timişoara	Reşiţa
17:00		Report		Stadium: Mircea Chivu Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Unknown
		Penalties
	Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown		Tameş Axente Sepsi Luchin Pătraş

Round V 6 September 2011	Naţional Sebiş	1 – 2	Politehnica Timişoara	Sebiş
17:00	Băd 10'	Report	Tameş 20' (pen.) Popovici 88'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Unknown

Round of 32 21 September 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	2 – 0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Timişoara
18:00	Goga 17' Curtean 75'	Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Florin Miron

Round of 16 27 October 2011	Politehnica Timişoara	2 – 0	Steaua Bucureşti	Timişoara
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	Lepmets, SergeiSergei Lepmets	12	4	16	0	0	0
2	DF	Romania	Dăruială, AndreiAndrei Dăruială	9	1	10	0	2	0
3	DF	Romania	Sandu, FlorinFlorin Sandu	3	1	4	1	0	0
5	MF	Romania	Poparadu, AdrianAdrian Poparadu	7	3	10	0	2	0
6	MF	Romania	Ilie, FlorinFlorin Ilie	10	3	13	0	1	0
7	MF	Romania	Curtean, AlexandruAlexandru Curtean	10	3	13	2	0	0
8	DF	Romania	Sepsi, LászlóLászló Sepsi	9	4	13	1	0	0
9	FW	Romania	Axente, MirceaMircea Axente	10	3	13	3	4	1
10	MF	Romania	Tameş, IulianIulian Tameş	9	3	12	4	0	0
11	FW	Romania	Zăgrean, AndreiAndrei Zăgrean	8	3	11	2	0	0
13	DF	Romania	Scutaru, CristianCristian Scutaru	11	4	15	1	5	0
14	DF	Romania	Mera, IoanIoan Mera	6	3	9	1	3	0
15	MF	Romania	Zaluschi, AdrianAdrian Zaluschi	1	1	2	1	1	0
16	MF	Romania	Jitaru, SamuelSamuel Jitaru	2	1	3	0	0	0
18	FW	Romania	Popovici, AlexAlex Popovici	9	3	12	1	1	0
19	MF	Argentina	Gorobsov, NicolásNicolás Gorobsov	7	1	8	0	3	0
20	MF	Moldova	Pătraş, ArturArtur Pătraş	6	3	9	1	2	0
21	FW	Romania	Goga, DorinDorin Goga	10	3	13	7	2	1
22	DF	Romania	Sava, AndreiAndrei Sava	2	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF	Romania	Dobricean, RăzvanRăzvan Dobricean	3	0	3	0	1	0
25	MF	Romania	Chiş, CătălinCătălin Chiş	5	1	6	0	0	0
27	MF	Romania	Rotariu, DorinelDorinel Rotariu	0	1	1	0	0	0
30	MF	Brazil	Rocha, RafaelRafael Rocha	5	3	8	0	3	0
33	MF	Romania	Fuchs, MarianMarian Fuchs	1	0	0	0	0	0
87	FW	Canada	Ricketts, TosaintTosaint 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 Timişoara 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
Position	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2

References

^ LICENȚIERE: 13 CLUBURI DIN LIGA I AU PRIMIT LICENȚA PENTRU SEZONUL 2011-2012 (Romanian)
^ "Alexa signed with Rapid". RomanianSoccer. 4 June 2011. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/24982/dan-alexa-am-facut-o-alegere-foarte-buna-venind-la-rapid.htm. Retrieved 4 June.
^ "Top scorer Zicu at CSKA Sofia". Onlinesport. 16 June 2011. http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/poli-timisoara/75955/bulgarii-il-anunta-pe-zicu-la-cska-sofia.htm. Retrieved 16 June.
^ "Taborda leave Poli". Onlinesport. 16 June 2011. http://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/liga-1/taborda-a-plecat-de-la-poli-imi-pare-rau-iubesc-timisoara-8346062. Retrieved 16 June.
^ ^a ^b "Magera and Čišovský Released". Click. 18 June 2011. http://www.click.ro/sport/fotbal_global/EXCLUSIV_-_Cisovsky_si_Magera_au_plecat_de_la_Timisoara_0_1196280390.html. Retrieved 18 June.
^ "Jiří Krejčí among the ousted on Liga I's released list". Sport365. 18 June 2011. http://www.sport365.ro/RoMercato___Sezonul_2011_2012__toate_transferurile_din_campionatul_Rom__niei_-n140644.html. Retrieved 18 June.
^ "Burcă signed with Rapid for money". Click. 19 June 2011. http://www.click.ro/sport/fotbal_global/burca-venit-rapid-grija-afaceri_0_1196880363.html. Retrieved 19 June.
^ "Ghionea left Poli". Liga 2. 19 July 2011. http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-2/bursa-transferurilor/ghionea-si-a-reziliat-contractul-cu-timisoara-vezi-cu-ce-echipa-va-semna-8506964. Retrieved 19 July.
^ "Bourceanu sold to Steaua". Politehnica Timişoara. 25 July 2011. http://www.poli.tm.ro/fcpt/stire.php?id=387. Retrieved 25 July.
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2011–12 FC Politehnica Timişoara season

Contents

Season 2011–2012

Pre-season

Transfers

Friendlies

Transfers

In

Out

Loaned Out

Squad list

Long-term injury list

Starting XI

Match results

Pre-season

Liga II

Romanian Cup

Player statistics

Top scorer

Most appearances

Most assists

Liga II results by round

References

External links