2010–11 FC Brașov season

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FC Brașov
2010–11 season
ChairmanIosif Kovacs
ManagerDaniel Isăilă (Day 1 to Day 18)
António Conceição (Rest of the season)
StadiumSilviu Ploeşteanu
Liga I12th
Cupa RomânieiSemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Robert Ilyes (9)
All: Robert Ilyes (10)
Highest home attendance8,000 (vs Steaua București, August 7, 2010)
8,000 (vs Steaua București, May 11, 2011)
Lowest home attendance1,000 (vs Gaz Metan Mediaş, September 27, 2010)
1,000 (vs Timişoara, October 31, 2010)
1,000 (vs Pandurii Târgu Jiu, May 15, 2011)
Average home league attendance3,275
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The 2010–11 season was FC Brașov's third season in Liga I since their return to top-flight football in 2008.

Overview[]

On June 16 the players returned from holiday to training. Only 9 from the 27 players squad in the previous season were present[1] and few others from the reserve/junior teams, after many of the key players had left the club, having finished their contracts with Braşov.[2] Few days later 2 other players joined the training, Cristian Ionescu and Mihai Roman,[3] the first extending his contract for another year.[4] Later on Mincă also returned to training. Previous season' main coach Viorel Moldovan finished his contrant with Braşov,[5] while Robert Ilyes was named player/assistant manager,[2] alongside Daniel Isăilă, the other assistant manager. The executive director Dinu Gheorghe left Braşov for Rapid București.

The club reached this season for the second consecutive time into the semifinals of the Romanian Cup. They missed by little the chance to play the final on their home ground, being eliminated on away goals by Steaua București after an 86-minute equaliser by Nicolae Dică, in the second leg match.[6]

Manager[]

Although it was almost certain that the Bosnian Blaž Slišković would be the new manager, on June 27 it was announced that the Italian Giuseppe Materazzi would take onto the team in the next season, with the goal of qualifying for the Europa League. He was sacked only three days later without any official reason.[7] In the evening of July 8 the club announced that Rapid assistant manager Marian Rada would take charge at Braşov. That started unrest among the fans, publicly stated on the Internet,[8] causing him to give up on taking the job. Next day the club finally announced that players' and fans' favorite Daniel Isăilă would be the main coach.[9] Isăilă had been the assistant manager of Braşov in the last two seasons, under Răzvan Lucescu and Viorel Moldovan, and a former Braşov player from the UEFA Cup period of 2001. He has been at the club all years since then, as a player or assistant manager, except for one half of a season in 2007 when he managed local neighbor club FC Săcele, spectacularly succeeding to avoid relegation and even achieving a 3–2 victory against Braşov in a season ending match.[10][11]

On December 18, unexpectedly, António Conceição was presented as the new manager of the team, while Daniel Isăilă remained however in the technical staff as the assistant manager. The Portuguese manager had been in the previous season the manager of CFR Cluj for an eight-month period, achieving to win the Liga I and the Romanian Cup. The deal was signed for the remaining half of the season, with an extension clause included.[12] Iosif Kovacs was also returning to the club after six years to take the chairman job.

Players[]

The squad was filled with several players from the reserves team or from the under 21 team who had been loaned to regional lower division clubs the previous season. That included: Alexandru Târziu (previous season at Unirea Tărlungeni), Alexandru David (previous season at Snagov), Ciprian Pricop (previous season Arieşul Turda) and the junior players Florin Iacob, Vlad Potecu, Darius Drăgan, Manuel Creţulescu, Bogdan Liţă.

On June 27 it has been announced that other two key players of the previous season, Mihai Roman and Sabrin Sburlea had been transferred to Rapid București for an unofficial fee of €800,000[13] or €1.5 million by other sources.[14]

On 2 July two foreign players signed with Braşov: the Brazilian aged 26, José Williams da Silva Mendonça (referred to as Williams), who had played the previous season for Portuguese Second League side Trofense, and the Slovak aged 31, Peter Majerník, last time at Slovak Superliga team MFK Ružomberok. Both of them came as free agents.[15] A total of eight players were registered at the PFL ahead of the first game of the season.[16] The only player to join the squad few days before the first league game was Cosmin Năstăsie, who came on a one-year loan from Argeş Piteşti.[17]

Dănuţ Coman, once the goalkeeper of the Romanian national football team, and the club mutually agreed to end their contract on August 7,[18] so that he was released on free transfer. Only eleven days later he returned at Rapid București, his previous team before playing for Braşov.[19] At this time he had been injured since early April and was lacking training, so that he was not the first choice for goalkeeper at Rapid after being signed. Still it has been stated that his salary was far too high for the club's budget.[20][21] He was the sixteenth player to leave the club this season.

Nuno Viveiros was signed by Braşov on August 25, after he ended his contract with Politehnica Iaşi by mutual agreement.[22] His former club was relegated from Liga I the last season, but was neither able to meet conditions for playing in Liga II in the 2010–11 season.

Transfers continued at Braşov during the season break in the start of September, consisting in two other signings: Daniel Bălaşa[23] (previously at Argeş Piteşti), and the Ivorian striker Lamine Diarrassouba (previously at Politehnica Iaşi).

The middle of the season saw somehow important changes in the squad, the new manager bringing four fresh new South American players: Diego Gaúcho, David Distéfano, Josías Paulo Cardoso and Juan Toloza.[24] At the same time, the first option for the goalkeeper position until the winter break, Mihai Mincă was leaving to CFR Cluj, and three other players, Daniel Bălaşa, Laurenţiu Dumitru and Valentin Bădoi were terminating their contracts. Also during January, strikers Lamine Diarrassouba and Valentin Badea ended their contracts with the club by mutual agreement. With 9 foreign players, this season's squad was most probably the one with the most in club's history.

The last transfer of the mid-season completed under the new coach was French-born Portuguese Filipe Teixeira, landed on loan until the end of the season from Ukrainian side Metalurh Donetsk on February 21, 2011.[1] Also junior player Darius Drăgan was being loaned out to fellow local club .[1]

It was announced near the end of the season, on May 14, that Braşov had reached an agreement with Chilean club Unión San Felipe for the transfer of Argentine midfielder Miguel Ángel González, known as El Mágico. Also the loans of the other two players from the Chilean club, Juan Toloza and David Distéfano, were extended for one more season.[25] Wearing the number 10 in San Felipe's squad, the Argentine is supposed to be the replacement of 37 years old captain player Robert Ilyes, after rumors regarding his eventual departure to the Liga I club Târgu Mureş were finally confirmed on May 15.[26]

Cristian Oroş settled a transfer to Rapid București for the next season, while coach António Conceição stated he would continue at Braşov only if the club aimed at being one of the strongest in the country. The objective set for the next season would be a top five finish.[27]

Squad[]

As of February 25, 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 Romania ROU Alexandru Marc
4 DF Brazil BRA Diego Gaúcho
5 MF Romania ROU Florin Stângă
6 DF Slovakia SVK Peter Majerník
7 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Chipciu
8 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Mateiu
9 FW Romania ROU Attila Hadnagy
10 MF Romania ROU Robert Ilyes (captain)
11 MF Croatia CRO Dejan Martinović
12 DF Romania ROU Cristian Ionescu
13 GK Romania ROU Gabriel Kajcsa
14 MF Argentina ARG David Distéfano
15 DF Romania ROU Cristian Oroş
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Portugal POR Nuno Viveiros
17 FW Romania ROU Cătălin Dedu
18 MF Romania ROU Marian Cristescu
20 DF Romania ROU Ionuţ Voicu
21 DF Romania ROU Adrian Rusu
23 FW Brazil BRA Josías
25 MF Chile CHI Juan Toloza
26 MF Brazil BRA Williams
27 FW Romania ROU Cosmin Năstăsie
28 DF Romania ROU Emanuel Creţulescu
30 GK Romania ROU Florin Iacob
49 GK Romania ROU Cristian Hăisan
80 MF Portugal POR Filipe Teixeira

Transfers[]

Pre-season[]

Mid-season[]

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Match Type Date / Time H / A Opponents Result Attendance
Friendly July 7 16:00  Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ  2 – 0[permanent dead link]
Friendly July 11 11:00 N Forex Braşov 5 – 1[permanent dead link]
Friendly July 14 11:00 H Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 1 – 0[permanent dead link] 150
Friendly July 16 11:00 N Israel Bnei Sakhnin 4 – 1[permanent dead link] 150

H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral

Mid-season[]

Match Type Date / Time H / A Opponents Result Attendance
Friendly January 26 15:00  N  South Korea Yonsei University  1–3
Friendly January 29 15:30 N Austria Mattersburg 2–0
Friendly February 2 15:00 N Bosnia and Herzegovina Čelik Zenica 2–0
Friendly February 5 15:00 N  Montenegro Zeta Golubovci  0–0
Friendly February 8 11:00 N South Korea Gyeongnam 5–2

H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral

Competitions[]

Liga I[]

Main article: 2010–11 Liga I
Round Date / Time H / A Opponents Result Attendance Position Points Goal Diff
1 July 26 18:00 A Târgu Mureş 1–0 7,000 5 3 +1
2 August 1 19:00 H Universitatea Cluj 3–1 1,500 2 6 +3
3 August 7 21:00 H Steaua București 1–1 8,000 3 7 +3
4 August 14 20:30 A Vaslui 1–2 5,000 4 7 +2
5 August 23 20:30 H Unirea Urziceni 1–1 3,000 7 8 +2
6 August 29 18:00 A Oţelul Galaţi 0–1 4,000 9 8 +1
7 September 12 21:00  H Dinamo București 2–2 5,000 8 9 +1
8 September 20 18:00 A Gloria Bistriţa 0–0 3,000 9 10 +1
9 September 27 18:00 H Gaz Metan Mediaş 0–0 1,000 10 11 +1
10 October 3 18:00 A CFR Cluj 0–4 5,000 13 11 -3
11 October 18 20:30 H  Universitatea Craiova  0–3 3,000 14 11 -6
12 October 22 16:30 N Victoria Brăneşti 1–1 1,000 14 12 -6
13 October 31 21:30 H Timişoara 0–0 1,000 14 13 -6
14 November 6 18:30 A Astra Ploieşti 0–3 2,500 16 13 -9
15 November 13 19:00 H Sportul Studenţesc 2–0 1,500 14 16 -7
16 November 19 14:00 N Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–2 1,000 16 16 -8
17 November 27 19:30 H Rapid București 2–0 4,500 13 19 -6
18 December 3 18:45 H Târgu Mureş 1–1 1,500 12 20 -6
Winter break
19 February 27 14:00 N Universitatea Cluj 1–1 1,500 10 21 -6
20 March 6 20:00 A Steaua București 3–0 5,000 10 24 -3
21 March 14 20:30 H Vaslui 1–1 6,000 11 25 -3
22 March 21 20:30 A Unirea Urziceni 1–1 300 11 26 -3
23 April 1 18:45 H Oţelul Galaţi 1–0 7,000 10 29 -2
24 April 6 20:00 A Dinamo București 1–2 2,000 12 29 -3
25 April 9 19:00 H Gloria Bistriţa 0–1 2,000 13 29 -4
26 April 13 17:30 A Gaz Metan Mediaş 0–0 2,500 13 30 -4
27 April 17 19:00 H CFR Cluj 2–2 3,500 13 31 -4
28 April 24 20:30 A  Universitatea Craiova  2–1 4,000 12 34 -3
29 April 27 17:00 H Victoria Brăneşti 1–0 2,000 12 37 -2
30 April 30 21:30 A Timişoara 0–2 3,000 12 37 -4
31 May 4 18:30 H Astra Ploieşti 0–3 2,000 12 37 -7
32 May 8 18:00 A Sportul Studenţesc 2–1 100 12 40 -6
33 May 15 16:00 H Pandurii Târgu Jiu 3–2 1,000 12 43 -5
34 May 21 17:00 A Rapid București 0–1 6,000 12 43 -6

H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 7 17 10 15 16  −1 38 4 8 5 8 7  +1 3 9 5 7 9  −2

Source: Soccerway

Cupa României[]

Main article: 2010–11 Cupa României
Round Date / Time H / A Opponents Result Attendance
Round of 32 September 23 16:00  Chimia Brazi 1–0 800
Round of 16 October 26 16:00 H  Universitatea Cluj  2–1 1,500
Quarterfinals November 10 17:00 H  Timişoara  1–0 2,500
Semifinals, first leg April 21 20:45 A  Steaua București  0–0 7,000
Semifinals, second leg May 11 20:45 H  Steaua București  1–1 8,000

H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral

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