2010–11 in Romanian football

2010–2011 Romania football season and related events The 2010–11 season in Romanian football was held between the summer of 2010 and the summer of 2011. The first division consisted of 18 teams, with CFR Cluj as the defending champions. The men's national team started the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign in Group D, along with France, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Luxembourg. Domestic leagues In Liga I, Oţelul Galaţi won the title for the first time in their history and qualified into the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Runners-up came Timișoara, while the third placed were Vaslui. However, at the end of the season Timișoara were being relegated for accumulated debt and by this not allowed to play in the qualifying round of the Champions League, by the Romanian Football Federation. Top scorer of the league was Ianis Zicu of Timișoara with 18 goals. Steaua Bucharest gained the Romanian Cup again after eleven years, in a final over archrivals Dinamo Bucharest played in Braşov. In Liga II, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Petrolul Ploieşti won the two series, with Concordia Chiajna and Bihor Oradea as runners-up. Still, Bihor Oradea were not given a first division license for the following season and were ineligible for promotion.http://frf.ro/sectiune/comunicate-frf/articol/incheierea-procesului-licentiere-celor-10-cluburi-liga-2 Conclusion of the licensing process of the 10 Liga II clubs FRF Romanian 2009-06-29 2011-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20110625204817/http://frf.ro/sectiune/comunicate-frf/articol/incheierea-procesului-licentiere-celor-10-cluburi-liga-2 2011-06-25 dead The decision regarding the structure of next season's leagues was still in debate on 20 June.http://www.frf.ro/sectiune/stiri/articol/hotarari-ale-comitetului-executiv Decisions of the Executive Committee FRF Romanian 2011-06-02 2011-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20110625202830/http://frf.ro/sectiune/stiri/articol/hotarari-ale-comitetului-executiv 25 June 2011 live The champions of the six Liga III series were Bacău, Callatis Mangalia, Chindia Târgovişte, Slatina, Luceafărul Oradea and Maramureş Universitar Baia Mare. European competitions CFR Cluj The champions CFR Cluj were drawn directly into the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, thanks to a good coefficient of the Romanian association, where they were paired with Basel, Rome and Bayern München. Unluckily they would only achieve a victory over Basel in the first game and a draw with Rome in the last, finishing the group on last place. Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsGER Bayern Munich6501166+1015ITA Roma63121011−110SUI Basel6204811−36ROU CFR Cluj6114612−64 "CFR Cluj v Basel" 15 September 2010 20:45 Group stage CFR Cluj ROU 2–1 Report SUI Basel Rada 9Traoré 12 Stocker 45+2 Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca 9,593 Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland) "Roma v CFR Cluj" 28 September 2010 20:45 Group stage Roma ITA 2–1 Report ROU CFR Cluj Mexès 69Borriello 71 Rada 78 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 30,252 Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) "Bayern Munich v CFR Cluj" 19 October 2010 20:45 Group stage Bayern Munich GER 3–2 Report ROU CFR Cluj Cadú 32 o.g.Panin 37 o.g.Gómez 77 Cadú 28Culio 86 Allianz Arena, Munich 64,000 Martin Atkinson (England) "CFR Cluj v Bayern Munich" 3 November 2010 20:45 Group stage CFR Cluj ROU 0–4 Report GER Bayern Munich Gómez 12 24 71Müller 90 Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca 14,097 Serge Gumienny (Belgium) "Basel v CFR Cluj" 23 November 2010 20:45 Group stage Basel SUI 1–0 Report ROU CFR Cluj Almerares 15 St. Jakob-Park, Basel 34,239 Laurent Duhamel (France) "CFR Cluj v Roma" 8 December 2010 20:45 Group stage CFR Cluj ROU 1–1 Report ITA Roma Traoré 88 Borriello 21 Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca 12,800 William Collum (Scotland) Unirea Urziceni Runners up of previous season and champions of 2009, Unirea Urziceni, were defeated in the third qualifying round of the Champions League by Zenit St. Petersburg by 0–1 on aggregate. Moving into the play-off round of the Europa League, they were paired with Hajduk Split. They would get eliminated from Europe after a 5–2 defeat on aggregate. Their home games were played at the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest, because Unirea's stadium did not meet the UEFA criteria. Manager at Unirea in 2010 was Israeli Ronny Levy. The team relegated at the end of the season after their owner withdrew financial support and they had to sell most of their players to pay debts. "Unirea Urziceni v Zenit St. Petersburg" 27 July 2010 19:30 Third qualifying round Unirea Urziceni ROU 0–0 Report RUS Zenit St. Petersburg Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 12,000 Bruno Paixão (Portugal) "Zenit St. Petersburg v Unirea Urziceni" 4 August 2010 18:30 Third qualifying round Zenit St. Petersburg RUS 1–0 Report ROU Unirea Urziceni Danny 33 Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg 21,100 Mike Dean (England) "Hajduk Split v Unirea Urziceni" 19 August 2010 20:30 Play-off round Hajduk Split CRO 4–1 Report ROU Unirea Urziceni Ibričić 39 66Brkljača 78Čop 85 Frunză 34 Gradski stadion u Poljudu, Split 35,000 Antonio Damato (Italy) "Unirea Urziceni v Hajduk Split" 26 August 2010 19:30 Play-off round Unirea Urziceni ROU 1–1 Report CRO Hajduk Split Bilaşco 2 Vukušić 88 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 918 Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland) Vaslui Third placed team Vaslui were drawn against Lille in the Europa League play-off round and they were eliminated after losing 0–2 in the away leg. "Vaslui v Lille" 19 August 2010 19:00 Play-off round Vaslui ROU 0–0 Report FRA Lille Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui 3,821 Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey) "Lille v Vaslui" 26 August 2010 20:45 Play-off round Lille FRA 2–0 Report ROU Vaslui Cabaye 69 pen. Chedjou 80 Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq 16,876 Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) Steaua Bucharest Steaua Bucharest was the most successful Romanian team in the European competitions this season. They were drawn against Grasshopper in the Europa League play-off round and managed to qualify for the second time in the group stage, after passing the Swiss team on penalty shoot-out. There, they were drawn with Liverpool, Napoli and Utrecht. They managed to gain six points in the group, finishing third. Among the notable matches there was 3–1 home victory against Utrecht, a 1–1 draw at home against Liverpool, but also a slipped away victory after a 3–3 draw at home with Napoli, Cavani scoring the equaliser goal in the 98th minute, followed by a similar scenario in the away game, with Cavani scoring for 1–0 in 93rd minute. "Steaua București v Grasshopper" 19 August 2010 19:45 Play-off round Steaua București ROU 1–0 Report SUI Grasshopper Stancu 71 Stadionul Steaua, București 17,971 Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) "Grasshopper v Steaua București" 26 August 2010 19:30 Play-off round Grasshopper SUI 1–0 yes Report ROU Steaua București Salatić 77 Letzigrund, Zürich 5,200 Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Smiljanić Salatić Abrashi Hajrović Adili 3–4 Stancu Surdu Angelov Latovlevici Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsENG Liverpool624083+510ITA Napoli614189−17ROU Steaua București6132911−26NED Utrecht605157−25 "Liverpool v Steaua București" 16 September 2010 21:05 Group stage Liverpool ENG 4–1 Report ROU Steaua București Cole 1Ngog 55 pen. 90+1Lucas 81 Tănase 13 Anfield, Liverpool 25,605 César Muñiz Fernández (Spain) "Steaua București v Napoli" 30 September 2010 19:00 Group stage Steaua București ROU 3–3 Report ITA Napoli Cribari 2 o.g.Tănase 11Kapetanos 16 Vitale 44Hamšík 73Cavani 90+8 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 10,203 Marcin Borski (Poland) "Utrecht v Steaua București" 21 October 2010 19:00 Group stage Utrecht NED 1–1 Report ROU Steaua București Duplan 60 Schut 75 o.g. Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht 24,000 Said Ennjimi (France) "Steaua București v Utrecht" 4 November 2010 21:05 Group stage Steaua București ROU 3–1 Report NED Utrecht Gardoş 29Stancu 52 53 Mertens 33 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 16,210 Stanislav Sukhina (Russia) "Steaua București v Liverpool" 2 December 2010 19:00 Group stage Steaua București ROU 1–1 Report ENG Liverpool Bonfim 61 Jovanović 19 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 13,639 Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey) "Napoli v Steaua București" 15 December 2010 21:05 Group stage Napoli ITA 1–0 Report ROU Steaua București Cavani 90+3 Stadio San Paolo, Naples 40,631 Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic) Timișoara Fifth placed team Timișoara were drawn in the third qualifying round of the Europa League against MyPa from Finland, which they surpassed 5–4 on aggregate, after a spectacular comeback from three goals down in the second leg. However, in the play-off round they were drawn against Manchester City and were defeated twice in a row, 0–1 and 0–2. At the end of the season, although finishing second, the team is relegated for unpaid debts, putting an end to their nine-year spell in the top division. "MYPA v Timișoara" 29 July 2010 18:00 Third qualifying round MYPA FIN 1–2 Report ROU Timișoara Ricketts 50 Tameş 34Axente 74 Saviniemi, Anjalankoski David Mckeon (Ireland) "Timișoara v MYPA" 5 August 2010 19:30 Third qualifying round Timișoara ROU 3–3 Report FIN MYPA Axente 53Zicu 80Čišovský 90+2 Äijälä 18Ricketts 20 25 Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu, Timișoara 8,000 Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan) "Timișoara v Manchester City" 19 August 2010 21:00 Play-off round Timișoara ROU 0–1 Report ENG Manchester City Balotelli 72 Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu, Timișoara 28,000 Florian Meyer (Germany) "Manchester City v Timișoara" 26 August 2010 21:00 Play-off round Manchester City ENG 2–0 Report ROU Timișoara Wright-Phillips 43 Boyata 59 City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester 23,542 Manuel de Sousa (Portugal) Dinamo Bucharest Dinamo Bucharest benefited from the fact that 2010 Romanian Cup winners were placed first and third in the league, so that one more Europa League spot was awarded for the team on sixth place. They started in the second qualifying round with a tie against Moldovan side Olimpia Bălţi. After a 2–0 victory in the away game played in Chişinău, it followed a 5–1 win at home. Next team they were drawn against, in the third qualifying round, were the Croats from Hajduk Split. It was the tie prior to the encounter with Unirea Urziceni and Dinamo were eliminated by 3–4 on aggregate after they won 3–1 at home and lost 0–3 away. "Olimpia v Dinamo București" 15 July 2010 18:00 Second qualifying round Olimpia MDA 0–2 Report ROU Dinamo București Pulhac 41Ganea 83 Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău 6,300 Michael Koukoulakis (Greece) "Dinamo București v Olimpia" 22 July 2010 19:45 Second qualifying round Dinamo București ROU 5–1 Report MDA Olimpia Orlovski 4 o.g.Adrian Cristea 32N'Doye 45Munteanu 59Torje 63 pen. Adaramola 90 Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest 4,367 Antonio Damato (Italy) "Dinamo București v Hajduk Split" 29 July 2010 20:00 Third qualifying round Dinamo București ROU 3–1 Report CRO Hajduk Split Andrei Cristea 6 pen.Garat 40Koné 70 Tomasov 64 Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest Lee Probert (England) "Hajduk Split v Dinamo București" 5 August 2010 20:30 Third qualifying round Hajduk Split CRO 3–0 Report ROU Dinamo București Vukušić 12Brkljača 23Tomasov 38 Gradski Stadion, Split 25,000 Carlos Xistra (Portugal) Men's national team On June 4, 2011, Răzvan Lucescu resigned from the helm of the national team, following a two-year term, to take charge at Rapid Bucharest.http://www.antena3.ro/sport/fotbal-intern/razvan-lucescu-a-demisionat-de-la-echipa-nationala-copos-a-semnat-pe-patru-ani-cu-rapid-127204.html Răzvan Lucescu resigned from the national team Antena 3 Romanian 2011-06-04 2011-06-20 Victor Piţurcă, the manager before Lucescu, was hired again as the head coach, with a contract valid until November 30, 2015. The aim will be qualification to Euro 2016.http://frf.ro/sectiune/stiri/articol/hotarari-ale-comitetului-executiv-al-federatiei-romane-fotbal-data-20-iunie-2 Decisions of the Executive Committee of the Romanian Football Federation of June 20, 2011 FRF Romanian 2011-06-20 2011-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20110625201840/http://frf.ro/sectiune/stiri/articol/hotarari-ale-comitetului-executiv-al-federatiei-romane-fotbal-data-20-iunie-2 25 June 2011 dead dmy-all Friendly matches 11 August 2010 21:15 UTC+3 TUR 2–0 Report ROM Emre 82 penTuran 86 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Istanbul, Turkey 15,000 Milorad Mazić (Serbia) L 17 November 2010 21:30 UTC+1 ROM 1–1 Report ITA Marica 34 Marica 82 o.g. Hypo-Arena Klagenfurt, Austria 5,436 Thomas Einwaller (Austria) D 8 February 2011 20:30 UTC UKR 2–2 Report ROM Rakitskiy 24Milevskyi 31 Alexa 33 44 Paralimni Stadium Paralimni, Cyprus 1,000 Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) D 9 February 2011 20:30 UTC CYP 1–1 Report ROM Konstantinou 84 Torje 54 Paralimni Stadium Paralimni, Cyprus 2,500 Viktor Shvetov (Ukraine) D 7 June 2011 21:55 UTC-2 BRA 1–0 Report ROM Fred 22 Estádio do Pacaembu São Paulo, Brazil 30,050 Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina) L 11 June 2011 18:00 UTC-4 PAR 2–0 Report ROM Valdez 2Santa Cruz 28 Estadio Defensores del Chaco Asunción, Paraguay 10,000 Evandro Rogerio Román (Brazil) L #dfd Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Euro 2012 Qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D The Romania men's national team were drawn into UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D. Group D fixtures were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Luxembourg on 19 February 2010.http://www.frf.ro/sectiune/articol/programul-grupei-d-preliminariilor-euro-2012 Group D fixtures of the Euro 2012 qualifiers FRF Romanian 2010-02-19 2011-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20110626074003/http://frf.ro/sectiune/articol/programul-grupei-d-preliminariilor-euro-2012 26 June 2011 dead 3 September 2010 21:00 UTC+3 ROM 1–1 Report D ALB Stancu 80 Muzaka 87 Ceahlăul Stadium Piatra Neamţ, Romania 13,000 Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria) 7 September 2010 20:30 UTC+3 BLR 0–0 D Report ROM Dynama Stadium Minsk, Belarus 20,000 Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic) 9 October 2010 21:00 UTC+2 FRA 2–0 L Report ROM Rémy 83Gourcuff 90+3 Stade de France Saint-Denis, France 79,299 Pedro Proença (Portugal) 26 March 2011 19:15 UTC+1 BIH 2–1 L Report ROU Ibišević 63Džeko 83 Marica 29 Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,000 Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain) 3 June 2011 21:00 UTC+3 ROU 3–0 W Report BIH Mutu 37Marica 41 55 Bucharest, Romania 8,000 Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) The home teams are in the left column; the away teams are in the right column. #dfd Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA References Football Football Romanian Category:Football in Romania by season