2008–09 FC Vaslui season

FC Vaslui
Season 2008–09
Manager Viorel Hizo
(Resigned on Nov 01, 2008)
Viorel Moldovan
(Resigned from Nov 01, 2008 to May 26, 2009)
Cristian Dulca
(from May 26, 2009)
Assistant Manager Leo Grozavu
Cristian Dulca
Captain Bogdan Buhuş
Gabriel Cânu
Owner Adrian Porumboiu
President Ciprian Damian
Final league position 5th,
Cupa României Semifinals, eliminated
UEFA Cup First Round, eliminated
UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round, winner
League Top Goalscorer Mike Temwanjera (9)
Season Top Goalscorer Mike Temwanjera (11)
Lucian Burdujan (11)
Highest Home Attendance 8,000 vs FC Steaua Bucureşti
(30 July 2008)
8,000 vs FC Timişoara
(18 April 2009)
Lowest Home Attendance 2,000 vs Gaz Metan Mediaş
(31 October 2008)
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The 2008–09 season is FC Vaslui's 7th season of its existence, and its 4th in a row, in Liga I. Because it finished 7th, FC Vaslui played on UEFA Intertoto Cup in the third round. FC Vaslui passed by Neftchi Baku, and it qualified for the 3rd preliminary round of UEFA Cup. In the play-off, it was eliminated by Slavia Prague, because of the away goal rule, being the only Romanian team, who was eliminated, without losing in UEFA Cup that season. In the championship, they started perfectly, after a 1-0 win against FC Steaua Bucureşti and a 3-1 win against arch rivals Poli Iaşi. But because of the injuries, the team results began to be poor. After a 1-1 draw with Gaz Metan Mediaş, Viorel Hizo was dismissed, and Viorel Moldovan was named the new coach. The team entered in the winter break, on the 9th place. In the winter break, Adrian Porumboiu spent over 3 million €, for new signings, being the only Romanian team, who weren't affected by the Global Economical Crisis. With Moldovan, the team reached the semi-finals of Romanian Cup, but after a 1-4 loss against Gloria Buzău, Moldovan was also sacked, and as a manager, was named the assistant Dulca. With Dulca as a coach, FC Vaslui resurrected, and saved its season, in the last 2 games, after a 1-0 win against FC Rapid Bucureşti, and also a 1-0 win against Universitatea Craiova in front of 25.000 fans on Ion Oblemencu. The team finished 5th, and qualified in the 3rd round of UEFA Europa League.

Contents

First-team squad

No. Name Age Nat. Since T. Apps. L. Apps. C. Apps. I. Apps. T. Goals L. Goals C. Goals I. Goals Transfer fee Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Dušan Kuciak 23 2008 44 34 4 6 0 0 0 0 € 0.8M
12 Alessio Chiaverini 24 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Free
22 Claudiu Puia 21 2006 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Free
Defenders
2 Paul Papp 18 2009 (W) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 € 0.05M
3 Dorian Andronic 18 2007 (W) 28 26 1 1 1 1 0 0 Undisclosed
14 Serge Akakpo 20 2009 (W) 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 € 0.5M
15 Bogdan Buhuş 28 2005 122 109 7 6 0 0 0 0 Free
16 Stéphane Zubar 21 2009 (W) 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 € 0.4M
17 Silviu Bălace 29 2007 46 42 2 2 1 1 0 0 € 0.35M
26 Pavol Farkaš 23 2009 (W) 18 16 2 0 2 2 0 0 € 0.2M
27 Hugo Luz 26 2008 (W) 41 36 2 4 1 1 0 0 € 0.05M
28 Gabriel Cânu 27 2008 28 21 3 4 3 2 0 1 € 0.36M
29 Daniel Munteanu 30 2008 17 11 1 5 0 0 0 0 € 0.25M
Midfielders
4 Stanislav Genchev 27 2008 43 34 3 6 6 3 1 2 Free
5 Marius Ştefoi 18 2009 (W) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 € 0.05M
8 Denis Zmeu 23 2007 (W) 58 50 5 3 2 2 0 0 € 0.2M
10 Nemanja Milisavljević 23 2009 (W) 18 16 2 0 1 1 0 0 € 0.5M
11 Adrian Gheorghiu 26 2006 81 73 4 4 10 9 1 0 Undisclosed
20 Marko Ljubinković 26 2006 93 86 1 6 24 24 0 0 € 0.05M
23 Miloš Pavlović 24 2009 (W) 18 16 2 0 1 1 0 0 € 0.25M
80 Wesley 27 2009 (W) 18 16 2 0 8 7 1 0 € 1.5M
Forwards
9 Lucian Burdujan 24 2008 36 28 3 5 11 6 2 3 Swap
18 Vasile Buhăescu 20 2005 74 67 5 2 3 3 0 0 Youth
19 Mike Temwanjera 26 2007 (W) 83 74 3 6 19 17 1 1 Undisclosed
21 Nemanja Jovanović 23 2008 23 17 2 4 2 1 1 0 € 0.28M
30 Hristijan Kirovski 22 2009 (W) 12 10 2 0 2 2 0 0 € 0.35M

Transfers

In

Summer

# Pos Player From Fee Date
1 GK Dušan Kuciak MŠK Žilina €0.8 million June 2008
4 MF Stanislav Genchev PFC Litex Lovech €0.1 million 13-06-2008
5 DF Rosen Kirilov APOP Kinyras free October 2008
6 DF Neven Marković FK Rad €0.25 million 20-06-2008
7 FW Nemanja Jovanović U Cluj €0.28 million 26-06-2008
9 FW Lucian Burdujan FC Rapid Bucureşti swap deal 04-07-2008
10 MF Marian Aliuţă FC Timişoara €0.2 million June 2008
28 DF Gabriel Cânu FC Timişoara €0.35 million June 2008
29 DF Daniel Munteanu Unirea Urziceni €0.25 million 05-06-2008

Winter

# Pos Player From Fee Date
2 DF Paul Papp FC Botoşani €0.05 million 23-02-2009
5 MF Marius Ştefoi FC Botoşani €0.05 million 23-02-2009
10 MF Nemanja Milisavljević FK Rabotnički €0.5 million 28-12-2008
14 DF Serge Akakpo AJ Auxerre €0.5 million 28-12-2008
16 DF Stéphane Zubar SM Caen €0.4 million 09-02-2009
23 MF Miloš Pavlović Académica de Coimbra €0.5 million 22-01-2009
26 DF Pavol Farkas FC Artmedia Petržalka €0.35 million 09-02-2009
30 FW Hristijan Kirovski FK Rabotnički €0.35 million 13-03-2009
80 FW Wesley Lopes Leixões S.C. €1 million 21-01-2009

Out

Summer

# Pos Player To Fee Date
5 DF Ştefan Mardare FC Rapid Bucureşti €0.5 million 04-07-2008
6 DF Laurenţiu Ivan CS Otopeni €0.15 million Summer
10 MF Sorin Frunză Unirea Urziceni €0.3 million 04-06-2008
14 MF Ionuţ Pavel Cetatea Suceava free 05-07-2008
16 MF Daniel Sabou Gloria Bistriţa €0.15 million June 2008
24 DF Ştefan Apostol Aerostar Bacău free June 2008
26 ST Milorad Bukvić Cetatea Suceava free 08-07-2008
TBD DF Bogdan Cotolan Cetatea Suceava €0.1 million 05-07-2008

Winter

# Pos Player To Fee Date
5 DF Rosen Kirilov Unknown Finished contract 31-12-2008
10 MF Marian Aliuţă Neftchi Baku PFC Undisclosed 05-02-2009
21 MF Ousmane N'Doye FC Dinamo Bucureşti €0.45 million 14-01-2009
23 FW Marius Matei FC Botoşani Released Winter

Loaned out

# Pos Player To Start End
1 GK Mihai Luca Cetatea Suceava 01-07-2008 End of season
2 MF Marius Doboş FCM Bacău Summer End of season
16 DF Bogdan Panait CS Otopeni Winter End of season
25 FW Răzvan Neagu FCM Bacău Winter End of season
30 MF Petar Jovanović FC Politehnica Iaşi 20-02-2009 End of season
81 GK Cristian Hăisan FCM Bacău 22-02-2009 End of season

Overall

Spending

Summer: 2,230,000 €

Winter: 3,700,000 €

Total: 5,930,000 €

Income

Summer: 1,200,000 €

Winter: 0,450,000 €

Total: 1,650,000 €

Outcome

Summer: 1,030,000 €

Winter: 3,250,000 €

Total: 4,280,000 €

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 10 June 2009.
No. Nat Pos Player Total Liga I UEFA Cup Cupa României UEFA Intertoto Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Dušan Kuciak 44 -43 34 -36 4 -2 4 -3 2 -2
2 DF Paul Papp 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Dorian Andronic 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF Stanislav Genchev 43 6 34 3 4 1 3 1 2 1
5 MF Marius Ştefoi 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Neven Marković 14 0 10 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
8 MF Denis Zmeu 23 1 17 1 1 0 4 0 1 0
9 FW Lucian Burdujan 36 11 28 6 3 2 3 2 2 1
10 MF Nemanja Milisavljević 18 1 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
11 MF Adrian Gheorghiu 24 1 17 0 2 0 3 1 2 0
14 DF Serge Akakpo 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF Bogdan Buhuş 37 0 27 0 4 0 4 0 2 0
16 MF Stéphane Zubar 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Silviu Bălace 18 0 14 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
18 MF Vasile Buhăescu 15 0 11 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
19 FW Mike Temwanjera 42 11 33 9 4 0 3 1 2 1
20 MF Marko Ljubinković 35 6 28 6 4 0 1 0 2 0
21 FW Nemanja Jovanović 23 2 16 1 4 0 2 1 1 0
22 GK Claudiu Puia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Miloš Pavlović 18 1 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
26 DF Pavol Farkas 18 2 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
27 DF Hugo Luz 33 1 26 1 3 0 3 0 1 0
28 DF Gabriel Cânu 28 3 21 2 2 1 3 0 2 0
29 DF Daniel Munteanu 17 0 11 0 3 0 1 0 2 0
30 FW Hristijan Kirovski 12 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
80 FW Wesley Lopes 18 8 16 7 0 0 2 1 0 0
Players sold or loaned out during the season
5 DF Rosen Kirilov 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Marian Aliuţă 16 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
16 DF Bogdan Panait 9 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
21 MF Ousmane N'Doye 22 2 15 0 4 2 1 0 2 0
23 FW Marius Matei 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Răzvan Neagu 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 MF Petar Jovanović 16 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
81 GK Cristian Hăisan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Top Scorers

Position Nation Number Name Liga I UEFA Cup Intertoto UEFA Cup Romanian Cup Total
1 19 Mike Temwanjera 9 0 1 1 11
= 9 Lucian Burdujan 6 2 1 2 11
3 80 Wesley 7 0 0 1 8
4 20 Marko Ljubinković 6 0 0 0 6
= 4 Stanislav Genchev 3 1 1 1 6
6 28 Gabriel Cânu 2 1 0 0 3
7 26 Pavol Farkas 2 0 0 0 2
= 30 Hristijan Kirovski 2 0 0 0 2
= 21 Ousmane N'Doye 0 2 0 0 2
= 7/21 Nemanja Jovanović 1 0 0 1 2
11 27 Hugo Luz 1 0 0 0 1
= 10 Nemanja Milisavljević 1 0 0 0 1
= 23 Miloš Pavlović 1 0 0 0 1
= 8 Denis Zmeu 1 0 0 0 1
= 11 Adrian Gheorghiu 0 0 0 1 1
/ / / Own Goals 2 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 44 6 3 7 60

Top Assisters

Position Nation Number Name Liga I UEFA Cup Intertoto UEFA Cup Romanian Cup Total
1 11 Adrian Gheorghiu 5 0 0 0 5
2 10 Marian Aliuţă 4 1 0 0 5
3 10 Nemanja Milisavljević 3 0 0 1 4
4 19 Mike Temwanjera 3 0 0 0 3
= 27 Hugo Luz 2 1 0 0 3
= 9 Lucian Burdujan 2 0 0 1 3
7 18 Vasile Buhăescu 2 0 0 0 2
= 15 Bogdan Buhuş 2 0 0 0 2
= 4 Stanislav Genchev 1 1 0 0 2
10 26 Pavol Farkas 1 0 0 0 1
= 30 Petar Jovanović 1 0 0 0 1
= 20 Marko Ljubinković 1 0 0 0 1
= 23 Miloš Pavlović 1 0 0 0 1
= 80 Wesley 1 0 0 0 1
= 16 Stéphane Zubar 1 0 0 0 1
= 21 Ousmane N'Doye 0 0 1 0 1
= 8 Denis Zmeu 0 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 26 3 1 3 33

Disciplinary record

Position Nation Number Name Liga I UEFA Cup Intertoto UEFA Cup Romanian Cup Total
GK 1 Dušan Kuciak 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF 3 Dorian Andronic 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF 4 Stanislav Genchev 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
DF 6 Neven Marković 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
MF 8 Denis Zmeu 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
FW 9 Lucian Burdujan 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MF 10 Nemanja Milisavljević 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 10 Marian Aliuţă 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
MF 11 Adrian Gheorghiu 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
DF 14 Serge Akakpo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 15 Bogdan Buhuş 11 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14 0
DF 16 Bogdan Panait 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF 17 Silviu Bălace 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
FW 19 Mike Temwanjera 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
MF 20 Marko Ljubinković 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
MF 21 Ousmane N'Doye 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 1
MF 23 Miloš Pavlović 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
FW 25 Răzvan Neagu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
DF 26 Pavol Farkas 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
DF 27 Hugo Luz 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
DF 28 Gabriel Cânu 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1
DF 29 Daniel Munteanu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW 30 Hristijan Kirovski 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF 30 Petar Jovanović 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
FW 80 Wesley 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
TOTALS 78 3 7 0 4 1 9 0 98 4

Starting 11

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
GS Notes
1 GK SVK Kuciak 44
15 DF ROM Buhuş 37
28 DF ROM Cânu 27
26 DF SVK Farkas 18
27 DF POR H. Luz 33
20 MF SER Ljubinković 33
4 MF BUL Genchev 41
21 MF SEN N'Doye 21 Pavlović on 17
10 MF ROM Aliuţă 16 Milisavljević on 15
9 FW ROM Burdujan 31 Wesley on 17
19 FW ROM Temwanjera 36

Last updated: 2009-06-10
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).

Liga I

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Unirea Urziceni (C) 34 21 7 6 51 20 +31 70 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Timișoara 34 20 7 7 58 38 +20 67 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Dinamo București 34 20 5 9 56 30 +26 65 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
4 CFR Cluj 34 16 11 7 44 26 +18 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
5 Vaslui 34 17 6 11 44 37 +7 57 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Steaua București 34 14 14 6 44 27 +17 56 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round STE 2–1 CRA
CRA 0–0 STE
7 Universitatea Craiova 34 15 11 8 44 25 +19 56
8 Rapid București 34 16 7 11 44 34 +10 55 RAP 3–1 BRA
BRA 0–0 RAP
9 Brașov 34 14 13 7 35 25 +10 55
10 Argeş Piteşti 34 12 8 14 41 47 −6 44
11 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 34 11 10 13 27 36 −9 43
12 Oțelul Galați 34 11 7 16 37 48 −11 40
13 Gloria Bistrița 34 11 5 18 32 44 −12 38
14 Politehnica Iași 34 10 7 17 32 47 −15 37
15 Gaz Metan Mediaș (R) 34 10 6 18 36 51 −15 36 Relegation to the Liga II
16 Farul Constanţa (R) 34 8 6 20 27 56 −29 30
17 Otopeni (R) 34 5 7 22 32 54 −22 22
18 Gloria Buzău (R) 34 4 5 25 23 62 −39 17

Source: LPF (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
FC Timişoara were deducted 6 points after not respecting a ruling from CAS.[1] However, this decision has been revoken by the CAS on 11 June 2009.[2]
1Since Cupa României 2008-09 finalists Timişoara have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, CFR Cluj are qualified for the UEFA Europa League as losing finalists at least. Due to their fourth-place finish, they will enter the competition in the play-off round. As a consequence, Steaua as sixth-placed team also qualified for the 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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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
34 17 6 11 44 37 +7 57 11 2 4 26 15 +11 6 4 7 18 22 −4

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 H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A
Result W W W L W W L L L D L L D W W D D D W W W L W L W L L D W W W L W W
Position 4 3 2 6 3 2 4 4 7 7 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 10 9 8 7 8 6 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 5

Last updated: 10 June 2009 (UTC).
Source: LPF
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Liga I

Cupa României

UEFA Cup

2nd Qualifying Round

First round

UEFA Intertoto Cup

References