# 2011–12 AC Cesena season

The 2011–12 season was Cesena's second consecutive season in the top division of Italian football, the Serie A. The club finished the season in 20th position, leading to its relegation to Serie B for 2012–13.

## Serie A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Palermo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 43 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 42 | |
| 18 | Lecce (R, D, R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 36 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Novara (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Cesena (R) | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.
* ↑ Lecce were originally relegated to Serie B, but further relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

### Matches
## Players
### Current squad

    As of 10 September 2011
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 | ITA | Francesco Antonioli |
| 2 | DF | URU | Guillermo Rodríguez |
| 3 | DF | LVA | Aleksejs Giļničs |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Luca Ricci |
| 5 | MF | ITA | Roberto Guana |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Maurizio Lauro |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Éder |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Antonio Candreva (on loan from Udinese) |
| 9 | MF | PAR | David Meza |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mutu |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Rennella (on loan from Genoa) |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Marco Rossi |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Colucci (captain) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Raphael Martinho (on loan from Catania) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ITA | Gianluca Comotto |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Dominique Malonga |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Marco Parolo |
| 22 | MF | SWE | Tibor Čiča |
| 25 | DF | SUI | Steve von Bergen |
| 28 | DF | TUN | Yohan Benalouane |
| 29 | FW | CRO | Marko Livaja |
| 32 | FW | ALG | Abdelkader Ghezzal (on loan from Bari) |
| 55 | MF | URU | Jorge Martínez (on loan from Juventus) |
| 70 | FW | ALB | Erjon Bogdani |
| 71 | DF | ROU | Ştefan Popescu |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Luca Ceccarelli |
| 86 | GK | SMR | Aldo Simoncini |
| 88 | GK | ITA | Nicola Ravaglia |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| FW | Rennella | 22 | EU | Genoa | Loan | Summer | Loan transfer |
| MF | Garritano | 17 | EU | Internazionale | Transfer | Summer | Co-ownership |
| DF | Caldirola | 20 | EU | Internazionale | Transfer | Summer | Co-ownership |
| FW | Mutu | 32 | EU | Fiorentina | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| DF | Rossi | 23 | EU | Parma | Transfer | Summer | Co-ownership |
| MF | Candreva | 24 | EU | Udinese | Loan | Summer | Loan transfer |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| DF | Nagatomo | 24 | Non-EU | Internazionale | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed plus Garritano and Caldirola (loaned) |
| GK | Teodorani | 19 | EU | SPAL | Loan | Summer | Loan transfer |
| DF | Casolla | 19 | EU | San Marino | Loan | Summer | Loan transfer |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.