2011–12 FC Politehnica Timișoara season
# 2011–12 FC Politehnica Timișoara season

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.

## 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 |
| 16 June 2011 | Ianis Zicu | CSKA Sofia | €500,000 |
| 16 June 2011 | Pedro Taborda | Free Agent | Released |
| 18 June 2011 | Lukáš Magera | Free Agent | Released |
| 18 June 2011 | Marián Čišovský | Free Agent | Released |
| 18 June 2011 | Jiří Krejčí | Free Agent | Released |
| 19 June 2011 | Ovidiu Burcă | Rapid București | Free |
| 19 July 2011 | Sorin Ghionea | Free Agent | Released |
| 25 July 2011 | Alexandru Bourceanu | Steaua București | €700,000 |
| 5 August 2011 | Costel Pantilimon | Manchester City | Undisclosed |

### Loaned Out

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

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |

## 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 |
