# 2011–12 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season

The 2011–12 season was FC Sheriff Tiraspol's 15th season, and their 14th in the Divizia Naţională, the top-flight of Moldovan football.

## Squad

    As of match played 23 May 2012
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Alexandru Zveaghințev | GK | (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 24) | Tiraspol | 2011 | | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | Dmitri Stajila | GK | (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2007 | | | |
| 25 | Vladislav Stoyanov | GK | (1987-06-08)8 June 1987 (aged 24) | Chernomorets Burgas | 2010 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | João Pereira | DF | (1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 22) | Beira-Mar | 2012 | | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Vadim Costandachi | DF | (1991-09-22)22 September 1991 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2009 | | | |
| 5 | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | DF | (1971-08-25)25 August 1971 (aged 40) | Locomotive Tbilisi | 1999 | | | |
| 15 | Marcel Metoua | DF | (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 23) | Banat Zrenjanin | 2011 | | 36 | 3 |
| 16 | Leonel Morales | DF | (1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 23) | loan from Universitario de Sucre | 2012 | | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | Artyom Khachaturov | DF | (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2009 | | | |
| 26 | Miral Samardžić | DF | (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 25) | Maribor | 2010 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Vitalie Bulat | MF | (1987-09-14)14 September 1987 (aged 24) | Trainee | 2003 | | | |
| 8 | Serghei Gheorghiev | MF | (1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 20) | Trainee | 2008 | | | |
| 14 | Wilfried Balima | MF | (1985-03-20)20 March 1985 (aged 27) | US Ouagadougou | 2005 | | | |
| 17 | Florent Rouamba | MF | (1986-12-31)31 December 1986 (aged 25) | ASFA Yennenga | 2006 | | | |
| 20 | José Coelho | MF | (1990-02-04)4 February 1990 (aged 22) | Benfica | 2012 | | 13 | 0 |
| 22 | Abu Tommy | MF | (1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 22) | Mighty Blackpool | 2011 | | 30 | 3 |
| 28 | Vadim Rață | MF | (1993-05-05)5 May 1993 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2010 | | 40 | 1 |
| 33 | Nail Zamaliyev | MF | (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 22) | Dynamo Moscow | 2010 | | 47 | 7 |
| 77 | Anatol Cheptine | MF | (1990-05-20)20 May 1990 (aged 22) | Tiraspol | 2011 | | 50 | 10 |
| | Alexandru Dedov | MF | (1989-07-26)26 July 1989 (aged 22) | Dacia Chișinău | 2011 | | 15 | 1 |
| | Veaceslav Lisa | MF | (1993-05-24)24 May 1993 (aged 18) | Trainee | 2011 | | 5 | 0 |
| | Alexandru Onica | MF | (1984-07-29)29 July 1984 (aged 27) | Vorskla Poltava | 2012 | | 15 | 0 |
| | Igor Poiarcov | MF | (1994-06-27)27 June 1994 (aged 17) | Trainee | 2011 | | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Darwin Ríos | FW | (1991-04-25)25 April 1991 (aged 21) | Guabirá | 2012 | | 13 | 3 |
| 10 | Aleksandar Pešić | FW | (1992-05-21)21 May 1992 (aged 20) | OFI Crete | 2010 | | 37 | 19 |
| 23 | Jhonatan | FW | (1989-01-31)31 January 1989 (aged 23) | Paranaense | 2011 | | 20 | 4 |
| 90 | Luvannor | FW | (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 22) | Morrinhos | 2011 | | 30 | 12 |
| | Igor Dima | FW | (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 19) | Trainee | 2010 | | 4 | 0 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 13 | Serghei Diulgher | DF | (1991-03-21)21 March 1991 (aged 21) | Trainee | 2008 | | | |
| 19 | Dalibor Volaš | FW | (1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 25) | Maribor | 2011 | | 12 | 4 |
| | Djibril Paye | DF | (1990-02-26)26 February 1990 (aged 22) | | 2008 | | | |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | Jymmy | FW | (1984-04-15)15 April 1984 (aged 28) | Spartak Trnava | 2009 | | | |
| 19 | David Cortés | FW | (1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 20) | loan from Jelgava | 2011 | 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | Ghandi Kassenu | DF | (1989-08-09)9 August 1989 (aged 22) | Liberty Professionals | 2011 | | 39 | 1 |
| 27 | Rafael Sosa | MF | (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 24) | Skënderbeu Korçë | 2011 | | 13 | 2 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | MDA | Serghei Diulgher (at Tiraspol) |
| 19 | FW | SVN | Dalibor Volaš (at Maribor) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GUI | Djibril Paye (at Tiraspol) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Summer 2011 | GK | Alexandru Zveaghințev | Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2011 | DF | Marcel Metoua | Banat Zrenjanin | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2011 | MF | Rafael Sosa | Skënderbeu Korçë | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2011 | MF | Alexandru Dedov | Dacia Chișinău | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2011 | FW | Jhonatan | Atlético Paranaense | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2011 | FW | Luvannor | Morrinhos | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2011 | FW | Fuseini Nuhu | New Edubiase United | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2012 | DF | João Pereira | Beira-Mar | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2012 | MF | José Coelho | Benfica | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| Summer 2011 | DF | Jasmin Mecinović | Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2011 | DF | Vladimir Branković | Vojvodina | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2011 | FW | Amath Diedhiou | JA Drancy | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2012 | DF | Ghandi Kassenu | Degerfors | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2012 | FW | Jymmy | Shimizu S-Pulse | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| Summer 2011 | FW | David Cortés | Jelgava | Winter 2012 |
| Winter 2012 | DF | Leonel Morales | Universitario de Sucre | Winter 2013 |
| Winter 2012 | FW | Darwin Ríos | Guabirá | Winter 2013 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Summer 2009 | DF | Djibril Paye | Tiraspol | End of Season |
| Summer 2011 | DF | Serghei Diulgher | Tiraspol | End of Season |
| Summer 2011 | FW | Jymmy | Chornomorets Odesa | Winter 2012 |
| Summer 2011 | FW | Fuseini Nuhu | Tiraspol | Winter 2012 |
| Summer 2011 | FW | Dalibor Volaš | Maribor | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 January 2012 | FW | Rafael Sosa | Flamurtari Vlorë | 1 July 2012 |
| 1 January 2012 | FW | Fuseini Nuhu | New Edubiase United | 1 July 2012 |
| 29 May 2012 | DF | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | Retired | 29 May 2012 |

## Competitions
### Divizia Națională
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 May 2012. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sheriff Tiraspol (C) | 33 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 18 | +57 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dacia Chișinău | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 17 | +46 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Zimbru Chișinău | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Milsami Orhei | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Olimpia Bălți | 33 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 45 | |
* ↑ Milsami Orhei won the 2011–12 Moldovan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 23 May 2012

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Divizia Națională | Divizia Națională | Moldovan Cup | Moldovan Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MDA | Alexandru Zveaghințev | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | João Pereira | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MDA | Vadim Costandachi | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GEO | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | 36 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MDA | Vitalie Bulat | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MDA | Serghei Gheorghiev | 23 | 3 | 11+10 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BOL | Darwin Ríos | 13 | 3 | 8+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Pešić | 25 | 14 | 13+10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MDA | Dmitri Stajila | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BFA | Wilfried Balima | 31 | 18 | 26+1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Marcel Metoua | 36 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | BOL | Leonel Morales | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BFA | Florent Rouamba | 29 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MDA | Artyom Khachaturov | 16 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | José Coelho | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SLE | Abu Tommy | 19 | 2 | 12+4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Jhonatan | 20 | 4 | 13+4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | BUL | Vladislav Stoyanov | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SVN | Miral Samardžić | 30 | 6 | 20+5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | MDA | Vadim Rață | 26 | 1 | 19+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | RUS | Nail Zamaliyev | 28 | 3 | 14+9 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | MDA | Anatol Cheptine | 21 | 7 | 3+15 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Luvannor | 30 | 12 | 24+2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | MDA | Alexandru Dedov | 15 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | MDA | Veaceslav Lisa | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | MDA | Alexandru Onica | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | MDA | Igor Poiarcov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | MDA | Igor Dima | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan : ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sheriff Tiraspol during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Jymmy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | COL | David Cortes | 3 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GHA | Ghandi Kassenu | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ARG | Rafael Sosa | 13 | 2 | 9+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Divizia Națională | Moldovan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 14 | Wilfried Balima | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Aleksandar Pešić | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | 90 | Luvannor | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | 77 | Anatol Cheptine | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | 26 | Miral Samardžić | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | FW | 23 | Jhonatan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Serghei Gheorghiev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 33 | Nail Zamaliyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Marcel Metoua | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Darwin Ríos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | FW | 27 | Rafael Sosa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | 22 | Abu Tommy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | 19 | David Cortes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | | Alexandru Dedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 28 | Vadim Rață | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 75 | 12 | 0 | 87 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Divizia Națională | Divizia Națională | Moldovan Cup | Moldovan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Alexandru Zveaghințev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vitalie Bulat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Serghei Gheorghiev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Aleksandar Pešić | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Wilfried Balima | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Marcel Metoua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Leonel Morales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Florent Rouamba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | José Coelho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Abu Tommy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Jhonatan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Vladislav Stoyanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Miral Samardžić | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | Vadim Rață | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Nail Zamaliyev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | Anatol Cheptine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Luvannor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | MF | Alexandru Dedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Alexandru Onica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | Igor Dima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from Sheriff Tiraspol on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Sheriff Tiraspol during the season: ||||||||||||
| 20 | DF | Ghandi Kassenu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Rafael Sosa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 3 |