2011–12 FC Dinamo București season explained

The 2011 - 12 season was FC Dinamo București's 63rd consecutive season in Liga I. In this season, Dinamo played in Liga I, Cupa României and UEFA Europa League, due to the 6th place occupied in the previous season of the Championship.

Dinamo started the season with a new coach, Liviu Ciobotariu, who took the place left by Ioan Andone. The team left again quickly the European scene, being eliminated in the play-off round by the Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava. In the Liga I, Dinamo had an unexpected start of the season, with five consecutive wins. After the first half of the competition, Dinamo was leading, with one point advantage over the second place, CFR Cluj.

The Spring started badly for Dinamo, with a couple of home defeats against teams that were fighting against relegation (Sportul Studențesc and Petrolul Ploiești). The club decided to sack Ciobotariu and replace him with Dario Bonetti, an Italian manager who led the team in 2008 for a couple of months. But the new management didn't change the fortune of the squad that continued to fall and ended the season only fifth, nine points behind the champions, CFR Cluj.

Instead, Dinamo won the Romanian Cup, their first trophy after five years, and the first trophy in this competition after seven seasons. By virtue of winning the League Cup, Dinamo qualified for the playoffs in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Players

Current squad

Updated last on 28 February 2012

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends
Goalkeepers<										--	-	1	George Curcă		GK	8 May 1981	Farul Constanţa	2010	Unknown -->
23	Kristijan Naumovski		GK	1988 9, df=yes	Rabotnički	2010	2015
34	Cristian Bălgrădean		GK	1988 3, df=yes	UTA Arad	2010	2014
Defenders
2	Constantin Nica		RB	1993 3, df=yes	Academy	2010	Unknown
3	Cristian Pulhac		LB	1984 8, df=yes	Academy	2002	Unknown
15	Adrian Scarlatache		RB	1986 12, df=yes	Academy	2004	Unknown
21	Dragoș Grigore		CB	1986 9, df=yes	CFR Timişoara	2008	Unknown
24	Srdjan Luchin		RB	1986 3, df=yes	Poli Timişoara	2011	2016
30	Cosmin Moți		CB	1984 12, df=yes	Universitatea Craiova	2005	Unknown
Midfielders
4	Cosmin Matei		AM	1991 9, df=yes	Astra Ploieşti	2012	2016
5	Djakaridja Koné		DM	1986 7, df=yes	Hapoel Petah Tikva	2009	2012
6	Dorel Stoica		DM	1978 12, df=yes	Universitatea Craiova	2011	2013
7	Cătălin Munteanu		CM	1979 1, df=yes	FC Brașov	2010	2014[1]
14	Dan Bucșă		CM	1988 6, df=yes	Universitatea Cluj	2010	Unknown
19	Iulian Tameș		CM	1978 12, df=yes	Poli Timişoara	2012	2012	-	20	Elis Bakaj		LM	25 June 1987	Dinamo Tirana	2011	2016 -->
20	Alexandru Curtean		LM	1987 3, df=yes	Poli Timişoara	2012	2016
22	Sorin Strătilă		RM	1986 10, df=yes	Astra Ploiești	2012	2015
26	Laurențiu Rus		RM	1985 5, df=yes	Liberty Salonta	2009	Unknown
32	Nicolae Mușat		LM	1986 12, df=yes	Academy	2005	Unknown
Forwards
8	Michel Platini		ST	1983 9, df=yes	CSKA Sofia	2012	2015
9	Marius Niculae		ST	1981 5, df=yes	Inverness	2008	2014
10	Marius Alexe		FW	1990 2, df=yes	Academy	2009	Unknown	-	14	Georgian Păun		FW	24 October 1985	Academy	2006	Unknown -->
25	Ionel Dănciulescu		ST	1976 12, df=yes	Hércules	2010	2013
29	George Ţucudean		ST	1991 4, df=yes	UTA Arad	2010	2015

Squad changes

Transfers in:

Transfers out:

Loans out:

Player statistics

Squad stats

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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated on 23 May 2012

		Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Europa League			Total
2	DF	Constantin Nica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF	Cristian Pulhac	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	MF	Cosmin Matei	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	MF	Djakaridja Koné	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
7	MF	Cătălin Munteanu	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
8	FW	Michel Platini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW	Marius Niculae	6	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	1
10	FW	Marius Alexe	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
15	DF	Adrian Scarlatache	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
20	MF	Alexandru Curtean	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	DF	Dragoș Grigore	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0
23	GK	Kristijan Naumovski	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	DF	Srdjan Luchin	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
25	FW	Ionel Dănciulescu	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
26	MF	Laurențiu Rus	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
29	FW	George Ţucudean	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
30	DF	Cosmin Moți	9	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	1	1
32	MF	Nicolae Mușat	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
34	GK	Cristian Bălgrădean	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Players sold or loaned out during the season
2	DF	Zie Diabaté	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
8	MF	Bogdan Pătrașcu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	FW	Georgian Păun	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
20	MF	Elis Bakaj	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
22	MF	Gabriel Torje	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0

Club

Technical staff

Competitions

Overall

FC Dinamo plays in three competitions: Liga I, UEFA Europa League and Cupa României.

width=110px	Competition	width=110px	Started round	width=110px	Current position / round	width=110px	Final position / round	width=110px	First match	width=110px	Last match
Liga I	Round 1	—	5	vs. FCM Târgu Mureş 22 July 2011	vs. Astra Ploieşti 20 May 2012
Cupa României	Round of 32	—	Winners	vs. Luceafărul Oradea 22 September 2011	vs. Rapid București 23 May 2012
Europa League	Third qualifying round	—	Play-off round	vs. Varaždin 28 July 2011	vs. Vorskla 25 August 2011

Liga I

See main article: 2011–12 Liga I.

Results by round

Competitive

Liga I

Kickoff times are in EET.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Cupa României

See main article: 2011–12 Cupa României.

Dinamo București won on aggregate due to away goal

Non competitive matches

Friendly

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eduard Apostol . Dinamo le-a prelungit contractele celor "3 muschetari": Niculae, Dănciulescu şi Munteanu . 2012-02-12 . Romanian.