# 2011–12 FC Dinamo București season

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 | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 23 | Kristijan Naumovski | GK | (1988-09-17) 17 September 1988 (age 36) | Rabotnički | 2010 | 2015 |
| 34 | Cristian Bălgrădean | GK | (1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 36) | UTA Arad | 2010 | 2014 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Constantin Nica | RB | (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 31) | Academy | 2010 | Unknown |
| 3 | Cristian Pulhac | LB | (1984-08-17) 17 August 1984 (age 40) | Academy | 2002 | Unknown |
| 15 | Adrian Scarlatache | RB | (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 37) | Academy | 2004 | Unknown |
| 21 | Dragoș Grigore | CB | (1986-09-07) 7 September 1986 (age 38) | CFR Timişoara | 2008 | Unknown |
| 24 | Srdjan Luchin | RB | (1986-03-04) 4 March 1986 (age 38) | Poli Timişoara | 2011 | 2016 |
| 30 | Cosmin Moți | CB | (1984-12-03) 3 December 1984 (age 39) | Universitatea Craiova | 2005 | Unknown |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 4 | Cosmin Matei | AM | (1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 (age 33) | Astra Ploieşti | 2012 | 2016 |
| 5 | Djakaridja Koné | DM | (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 38) | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2009 | 2012 |
| 6 | Dorel Stoica | DM | (1978-12-15) 15 December 1978 (age 45) | Universitatea Craiova | 2011 | 2013 |
| 7 | Cătălin Munteanu | CM | (1979-01-26) 26 January 1979 (age 45) | FC Brașov | 2010 | 2014 |
| 14 | Dan Bucșă | CM | (1988-06-23) 23 June 1988 (age 36) | Universitatea Cluj | 2010 | Unknown |
| 19 | Iulian Tameș | CM | (1978-12-06) 6 December 1978 (age 45) | Poli Timişoara | 2012 | 2012 |
| 20 | Alexandru Curtean | LM | (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 (age 37) | Poli Timişoara | 2012 | 2016 |
| 22 | Sorin Strătilă | RM | (1986-10-20) 20 October 1986 (age 37) | Astra Ploiești | 2012 | 2015 |
| 26 | Laurențiu Rus | RM | (1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 39) | Liberty Salonta | 2009 | Unknown |
| 32 | Nicolae Mușat | LM | (1986-12-04) 4 December 1986 (age 37) | Academy | 2005 | Unknown |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 8 | Michel Platini | ST | (1983-09-08) 8 September 1983 (age 41) | CSKA Sofia | 2012 | 2015 |
| 9 | Marius Niculae | ST | (1981-05-16) 16 May 1981 (age 43) | Inverness | 2008 | 2014 |
| 10 | Marius Alexe | FW | (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 34) | Academy | 2009 | Unknown |
| 25 | Ionel Dănciulescu | ST | (1976-12-06) 6 December 1976 (age 47) | Hércules | 2010 | 2013 |
| 29 | George Ţucudean | ST | (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 33) | UTA Arad | 2010 | 2015 |

### Squad changes

Transfers in:
| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 | GK | George Curcă | 30 | EU | Unirea Urziceni | Return | Summer | | — | |
| 3 | LB | Cristian Pulhac | 26 | EU | Hercules | Return | Summer | | — | |
| 15 | CB | Adrian Scarlatache | 24 | EU | Khazar Lankaran | Return | Summer | | — | |
| 32 | LB | Nicolae Mușat | 24 | EU | Khazar Lankaran | Return | Summer | | — | |
| | CM | Hristu Chiacu | 25 | EU | Khazar Lankaran | Return | Summer | | — | |
| 9 | FW | Marius Niculae | 30 | EU | Kavala | Return | Summer | | — | |
| 26 | MF | Laurențiu Rus | 26 | EU | Târgu Mureș | Return | Summer | | — | |
| 6 | DF | Dorel Stoica | 32 | EU | Free agent | Transfer | Summer | 2013 | — | fcdinamo.ro |
| 24 | DF | Srdjan Luchin | 25 | EU | Politehnica Timișoara | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | — | fcdinamo.ro |
| 22 | MF | Sorin Strătilă | 25 | EU | Astra Ploiești | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | Undisclosed | fcdinamo.ro |
| 20 | MF | Alexandru Curtean | 24 | EU | Politehnica Timișoara | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Undisclosed | fcdinamo.ro |
| 4 | MF | Cosmin Matei | 20 | EU | Astra Ploiești | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Undisclosed | gsp.ro |
| 19 | MF | Iulian Tameș | 33 | EU | Politehnica Timișoara | Transfer | Winter | 2012 | Undisclosed | fcdinamo.ro |
| 8 | FW | Michel Platini | 28 | Non-EU | CSKA Sofia | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | Undisclosed | fcdinamo.ro |
Transfers out:
| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| GK | Emilian Dolha | 31 | EU | | Released | Summer | | |
| RB | Óscar Rubio | 27 | EU | | Released | Summer | | |
| LB | Valeriu Bordeanu | 34 | EU | | Released | Summer | | |
| CB | Ersin Mehmedović | 30 | | | Released | Summer | | |
| LM | Vlad Munteanu | 30 | EU | | Released | Summer | | |
| RB | Ștefan Bărboianu | 23 | EU | | Released | Summer | | |
| CB | Valerică Găman | 22 | EU | | Released | Summer | | |
| CM | Andrei Mărgăritescu | 31 | EU | Mioveni | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| RB | Eugen Crăciun | 25 | EU | Mioveni | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| RM | Gabriel Torje | 21 | EU | Udinese | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | udinese.it |
| LB | Zié Diabaté | 22 | Non-EU | Dijon | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | dfco.fr |
| FW | Liviu Ganea | 23 | EU | CFR Cluj | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | cfr1907.ro |
| DM | Bogdan Pătrașcu | 32 | EU | Astra Ploiești | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | fcastraploiesti.ro |
Last updated: 2012-2-28
Loans out:
| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Transfer window | Source |
| RM | Hristu Chiacu | 24 | EU | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Summer | |
| FW | Georgian Păun | 26 | EU | CSKA Sofia | Winter | sportal.bg |
| CM | Elis Bakaj | 24 | Non-EU | Chornomorets Odesa | Winter | fcdinamo.ro |
| DF | Sergiu Homei | 24 | EU | Târgu Mureș | Winter | |
| GK | George Curcă | 30 | EU | Farul Constanța | Winter | |
| RM | Hristu Chiacu | 25 | EU | Concordia Chiajna | Winter | |
Last updated: 2012-2-28

### Player statistics
#### Squad stats

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Total | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României | Europa League | Europa League | |
| N | Pos. | Name | Nat. | GS | App | Gls | Min | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 23 | GK | Naumovski | | 7 | 7 | -5 | 630 | 4 | -5 | 3 | | | | (−) means goals conceded |
| 34 | GK | Bălgrădean | | 37 | 37 | -38 | 3330 | 30 | -27 | 3 | -3 | 4 | -8 | (−) means goals conceded |
| 2 | DF | Nica | | 3 | 3 | | 241 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Pulhac | | 16 | 18 | | 1322 | 15 | | 3 | | | | |
| 4 | MF | Matei | | 4 | 8 | 2 | 305 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | MF | Koné | | 37 | 37 | 1 | 3330 | 28 | 1 | 5 | | 4 | | |
| 6 | DF | Stoica | | 10 | 14 | 2 | 865 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 7 | MF | Munteanu | | 31 | 34 | 3 | 2903 | 25 | 2 | 5 | | 4 | 1 | |
| 8 | FW | Platini | | 4 | 9 | | 406 | 8 | | 1 | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Niculae | | 36 | 37 | 20 | 3151 | 29 | 19 | 4 | | 4 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Alexe | | 28 | 34 | 5 | 2142 | 27 | 5 | 4 | | 3 | | |
| 14 | MF | Bucşă | | | 2 | | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 15 | DF | Scarlatache | | 27 | 30 | 1 | 2500 | 21 | | 5 | 1 | 4 | | |
| 17 | MF | Scărlătescu | | 1 | 1 | | 45 | | | 1 | | | | |
| 19 | MF | Tameş | | 5 | 9 | 1 | 512 | 8 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| 20 | MF | Curtean | | 10 | 14 | 2 | 907 | 12 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| 21 | DF | Grigore | | 36 | 36 | 1 | 3194 | 29 | 1 | 6 | | 1 | | |
| 22 | MF | Strătilă | | 3 | 11 | | 412 | 11 | | | | | | |
| 24 | DF | Luchin | | 29 | 30 | 2 | 2561 | 24 | | 6 | 2 | | | |
| 25 | FW | Dănciulescu | | 36 | 40 | 15 | 3047 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| 26 | MF | Rus | | 37 | 39 | 2 | 3169 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | | |
| 29 | FW | Ţucudean | | 5 | 30 | 4 | 829 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 30 | DF | Moţi | | 33 | 33 | 3 | 2883 | 25 | 2 | 4 | | 4 | 1 | |
| 32 | DF | Muşat | | 4 | 8 | | 405 | 7 | | 1 | | | | |
| 33 | MF | Stănescu | | | 2 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Players sold or loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Diabaté | | 23 | 24 | | 2081 | 17 | | 3 | | 4 | | |
| 8 | MF | Pătraşcu | | 5 | 12 | | 481 | 9 | | 2 | | 1 | | |
| 14 | FW | Păun | | 1 | 6 | 1 | 194 | 2 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 19 | FW | Ganea | | 3 | 13 | 4 | 497 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | |
| 20 | MF | Bakaj | | 3 | 14 | 1 | 374 | 11 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | | |
| 22 | MF | Torje | | 8 | 9 | 2 | 718 | 5 | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | |

#### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated on 23 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Name | Liga I | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României | Cupa României | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | 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

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach First Team | Dario Bonetti |
| Assistant Coach | Alessandro Birindelli |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Claudio Bozzini |
| Physical fitness coach | Constantin Niculae |
| Physical fitness coach | Umberto Ruggiero |
Last updated: 10 April Source: FC Dinamo Official Website

## Competitions
### Overall

FC Dinamo plays in three competitions: Liga I, UEFA Europa League and Cupa României.
| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | 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
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Steaua București | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 66 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rapid București | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Dinamo București | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 52 | |
| 7 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 47 | |
* ↑ Dinamo București won the 2011–12 Cupa României so it qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round.
* ↑ PAN 1–0 UCL; UCL 0–1 PAN

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May. Source: Competitive Matches

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

### Competitive
#### Liga I

Kickoff times are in EET.

#### Cupa României

Dinamo București won on aggregate due to away goal

### Non competitive matches
#### Friendly

Last updated: 23 February 2012. Source: www.fcdinamo.ro