2011–12 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2011–12 season
Owner	George Becali
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Head coach	Ronny Levy; Ilie Stan; Mihai Stoichiță
Stadium	Arena Națională; Stadionul Steaua
Liga I	3rd
Cupa României	Round of 16
Supercupa României	Runners-up
Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Raul Rusescu (13); All: ; Raul Rusescu (15)
Highest home attendance	50,051 vs AEK Larnaca ; (14 December 2011)
Average home league attendance	16,192
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the 64th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României, the Supercupa României and the UEFA Europa League.^[1]

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Europa League	3rd / Group stage
	Liga I	5th
	Cupa României	Winners

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Stanca	32	EU	2011	1	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
2	RB	G. Matei	22	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	€0.7M
4	CB	Iliev	31	EU	2011	4	0	2012	Free
6	CB	Gardoș	22	EU	2010	23	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Also plays as DM
7	AM	Chipciu	23	EU	2012	0	0	2017	Undisclosed
8	AM	Răduț	22	EU	2010	20	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
9	FW	M. Costea	24	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	€1.4M	40% of next sale will go to Universitatea Craiova
10	AM	Tănase	25	EU	2009^[2]	48	2	2014^[2]	€1.8M	Also plays as LW, RW and CM 50% of next sale will go to Argeș Pitești
11	CM	Prepeliță	26	EU	2011	0	0	2015	Free
12	GK	Tătărușanu	26	EU	2008	49	0	2013	€1.5M
14	LB	Latovlevici	26	EU	2010	27	0	2015	Undisclosed
18	CB	Martinović	27	Non-EU	2010	9	1	2013	Undisclosed	Also plays as RB
19	LB	Lupu	21	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
20	RB	Dănănae	26	EU	2012	0	0	2016	Free
21	CB	Chiricheș	22	EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
22	LW	Pârvulescu	23	EU	2012	0	0	2017	Undisclosed
23	CB	Geraldo	31	EU	2010	27	2	2012	Free
24	FW	Rusescu	23	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
26	CM	Bicfalvi	24	EU	2007	41	1	2012	Undisclosed
27	RW	Năstăsie	20	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
28	RW	Roșu	18	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
29	FW	F. Costea	27	EU	2011	0	0	2015	Free
30	RW	T. Bălan	31	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Free
31	FW	Machado	22	Non-EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	€0.2M + D. Popa
55	DM	Bourceanu	27	EU	2011	0	0	2014	€0.7M
77	FW	L. Tatu	30	Non-EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Free
90	FW	Nikolić	22	Non-EU	2011	0	0	2012	€0.2M
95	GK	Cojocaru	16	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
Players from YS
15	RB	Mustață	21	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
Players sold or loaned out during the season
16	RW	Nicoliță	27	EU	2005	183	23	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Also plays as LW and RB
30	CM	Băjenaru	29	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Marinescu
22	CB	Galamaz	31	EU	2010	11	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
3	LB	Emeghara	28	Non-EU	2011	34	0	Undisclosed	Free
47	DM	D. Popa	23	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	€0.1M
5	DM	Brandán	29	Non-EU	2010	26	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Also plays as LB

Last updated: 13:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
Source: Steaua News

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
19	LB	Lupu	20	EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system
27	RW	Năstăsie	19	EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system
28	RW	Roșu	17	EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system
95	GK	Cojocaru	15	EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system
77	FW	L. Tatu	29	Non-EU	Beira-Mar	Free transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free	FCSB
2	RB	G. Matei	21	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
—	DM	Onicaș	21	EU	Unirea Urziceni	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
24	FW	Rusescu	22	EU	Unirea Urziceni	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
47	DM	D. Popa	22	EU	Victoria Brănești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	€0.1M
9	FW	M. Costea	23	EU	Universitatea Craiova	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	€1.4M
30	CM	Băjenaru	28	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Swap	Summer	Undisclosed	Marinescu
55	DM	Bourceanu	26	EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Transfer	Summer	2014	€0.7M	FCPT
90	FW	Nikolić	21	Non-EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Loan	Summer	2012	€0.2M	FCPT
11	CM	Prepeliță	25	EU	Universitatea Craiova	Free transfer	Summer	2015	Free	FCSB
7	FW	F. Costea	26	EU	Universitatea Craiova	Free transfer	Summer	2015	Free	FCSB
3	LB	Emeghara	27	Non-EU	Steaua București	Free transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
30	RW	T. Bălan	30	EU	Sportul Studențesc București	Free transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
7	AM	Chipciu	22	EU	Brașov	Transfer	Winter	2017	Undisclosed	FCSB
21	CB	Chiricheș	22	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	CSPTJ
22	LW	Pârvulescu	23	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Transfer	Winter	2017	Undisclosed	FCSB
20	RB	Dănănae	26	EU	Tom Tomsk	Free transfer	Winter	2016	Free	FCSB
31	FW	Machado	22	Non-EU	Universitatea Cluj	Swap	Winter	Undisclosed	€0.2M + D. Popa

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
91	AM	Matei	19	EU	Astra Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
33	GK	Cezar	23	EU	Astra Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
7	RW	Székely	28	EU	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
11	RW	Onofraș	30	EU	Khazar Lankaran	Contract termination	Summer	Free
27	AM	Marinescu	26	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Swap	Summer	Băjenaru
99	FW	Maicon	23	Non-EU	Volyn Lutsk	End of loan	Summer	—
3	LB	Emeghara	27	Non-EU	Steaua București	End of contract	Summer	Free
9	FW	Burdujan	27	EU	Chornomorets Odesa	End of contract	Summer	Free
20	FW	Dică	31	EU	Dacia Mioveni	End of contract	Summer	Free
24	FW	Surdu	27	EU	Rapid București	End of contract	Summer	Free
25	CB	Baciu	31	EU	FCM Bacău	End of contract	Summer	Free
—	DM	Onicaș	21	EU	Viitorul Constanța	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
17	FW	Bilașco	29	EU	Tianjin TEDA	Transfer	Summer	Free
30	CM	Băjenaru	28	EU	Astra Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
16	RW	Nicoliță	26	EU	Saint-Étienne	Transfer	Summer	€0.7M
22	CB	Galamaz	30	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Free transfer	Winter	Free	FCUC
3	LB	Emeghara	27	Non-EU	Gabala	End of contract	Winter	Free
47	DM	D. Popa	23	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Swap	Winter	Machado
5	DM	Brandán	28	Non-EU	Liaoning Whowin	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed

Statistics

Player stats

				Total				UEFA Europa League		Liga I		Cupa României		Supercupa României
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	Stanca		12	13	-13	—	3	-8	8	-3	2	-2
2	RB	G. Matei		2	4		—			4
4	CB	Iliev		29	30	4	—	6		22	4	2
6	CB	Gardoș		9	12		—	3		8				1		GS: 8 CB, 1 DM
7	AM	Chipciu		14	14	2	—			14	2					GS: 14 RW
8	AM	Răduț		5	16		—			15		1				GS: 3 CM, 1 AM, 1 SS
9	FW	M. Costea^¹		22	32	7	—	9	1	22	6	1				GS: 20 FW, 2 RW
10	AM	Tănase		40	41	7	—	9	3	30	4	1		1		GS: 37 LW, 2 AM, 1 FW
11	CM	Prepeliță		16	19	1	—	7		11		1	1			GS: 10 RW, 6 CM
12	GK	Tătărușanu		35	36	-30	—	7	-6	28	-23			1	-1
14	LB	Latovlevici		31	33	1	—	9		22	1	1		1
18	CB	Martinović		24	28	5	—	8		18	4	1	1	1		GS: 22 RB, 2 CB
19	LB	Lupu		2	3		—			2		1				GS: 1 LB, 1 RB
20	RB	Dănănae		2	2		—	1		1
21	CB	Chiricheș		16	16		—	2		14						GS: 12 CB, 3 DM, 1 RB
22	LW	Pârvulescu		11	13	1	—			13	1					GS: 10 LB, 1 LW
23	CB	Geraldo		32	36	1	—	8		27	1	1				GS: 28 CB, 4 RB
24	FW	Rusescu		26	43	15	—	9	2	31	13	2		1		GS: 22 FW, 4 RW
26	CM	Bicfalvi^¹		22	29		—	6		21		1		1		GS: 16 CM, 3 RB, 3 DM
27	RW	Năstăsie			6		—	1		4		1
28	RW	Roșu			4		—	2		1		1
29	FW	F. Costea		11	26	2	—	6	1	18	1	2				GS: 6 LW, 5 FW
30	RW	T. Bălan		10	17	2	—			16	2	1				GS: 6 AM, 4 RW
31	FW	Machado		1	3		—			3
55	DM	Bourceanu		41	42		—	9		31		2				GS: 32 CM, 9 DM
77	FW	L. Tatu		34	38	5	—	9	2	28	3			1		GS: 23 FW, 4 RW, 4 AM, 3 SS
90	FW	Nikolić		11	32	5	—	10	2	20	2	2	1
95	GK	Cojocaru					—
Players from YS
15	RB	Mustață		1	2		—	1				1
Players sold or loaned out during the season
30	CM	Băjenaru		1	2		—			1				1		GS: 1 LW
16	RW	Nicoliță		8	8		—	2		5				1		GS: 6 RW, 2 RB
22	CB	Galamaz		13	13	1	—	3	1	8		1		1
3	LB	Emeghara		9	11		—	2		8		1				GS: 9 RB
47	DM	D. Popa		1	2	1	—			1		1	1			GS: 1 RW
5	DM	Brandán		26	27		—	9		17				1		GS: 19 CM, 5 LB, 2 CB

Last updated: 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, FCSB (in Romanian)
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank

^{^1} Petrolul–Steaua match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

**Shirt numbers changed during the season**
Player	New number	Old number
F. Costea	29	7

Goalscorers

Player	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	Europa League	Fixture Total	Friendlies	Total
Raul Rusescu	13	0	0	2	15	8	23
Mihai Costea	6^¹	0	0	1	7	3	10
Cristian Tănase	4	0	0	3	7	2	9
Leandro Tatu	3	0	0	2	5	5	10
Stefan Nikolić	2	1	0	2	5	4	9
Novak Martinović	4	1	0	0	5	2	7
Valentin Iliev	4	0	0	0	4	0	4
Florin Costea	1	0	0	1	2	6	8
Tiberiu Bălan	2	0	0	0	2	2	4
Alexandru Chipciu	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
Geraldo Alves	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Paul Pârvulescu	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Iasmin Latovlevici	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Andrei Prepeliță	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Dorinel Popa	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
George Galamaz	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Eric Bicfalvi	0^¹	0	0	0	0	5	5
Gabriel Machado	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Valeriu Lupu	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Bănel Nicoliță	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Liviu Băjenaru	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Iulian Roșu	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ionuț Năstăsie	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Mihai Răduț	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Players from youth system
Alex Stanciu	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals
Burchelea	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Petruț	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

^{^1} Petrolul–Steaua match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

Goal minutes

1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	Forfeit
9	6	13	6	14	12	0	3^¹

Last updated:20 May 2012 (UTC)
Source: FCSB (in Romanian)

^{^1} Petrolul–Steaua match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

Starting XI

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
12	GK	Tătărușanu	35
14	LB	Latovlevici	31
23	CB	Geraldo	28	+4 as RB
4	CB	Iliev	29
18	RB	Martinović	22	+2 as CB
10	LW	Tănase	37	+2 as AM, 1 FW
55	CM	Bourceanu	32	+9 as DM
5	CM	Brandán	19	+5 as LB, 2 CB
7	RW	Chipciu	14
24	FW	Rusescu	22	+4 as RW
77	FW	L. Tatu	23	+4 as RW, 4 AM, 3 SS

Last updated: 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Tătărușanu

Latovlevici

Geraldo

Iliev

Martinović

Tănase

Bourceanu

Brandán

Chipciu

Rusescu

L. Tatu

Squad stats

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	47	23	23	1
Games won	23	16	7	0
Games drawn	12	4	8	0
Games lost	12	3	8	1
Biggest win	4–0 vs CS Mioveni 4–0 vs Sănătatea Cluj	4–0 vs CS Mioveni 4–0 vs Sănătatea Cluj	3–0¹ vs Petrolul Ploiești	—
Biggest lose	5–0 vs Maccabi Haifa	2–1 vs Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1–0 vs Twente 1–0 vs FC Vaslui	5–0 vs Maccabi Haifa	1–0 vs Oțelul Galați
Clean sheets	16	10	6	0
Goals scored	63	41	22	0
Goals conceded	43	16	26	1
Goal difference	+20	+25	-4	-1
Top scorer	Rusescu (15)	9	6	0
Winning rate	48.94%	69.57%	30.43%	0%

Last updated: 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Source: Competitive matches

^{^1} Match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

International appearances

Player	Country	Appearances	Goals
Valentin Iliev	Bulgaria	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Netherlands v. Turkey
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Romania	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Brazil v. San Marino v. Luxembourg v. France v. Belgium v. Turkmenistan v. Uruguay v. Austria
Iasmin Latovlevici	Romania	v. Brazil v. Paraguay v. Albania v. Uruguay
Florin Gardoș	Romania	v. Brazil v. Paraguay v. San Marino v. Turkmenistan v. Austria
Vlad Chiricheș	Romania	v. Turkmenistan v. Uruguay v. Switzerland v. Austria
George Galamaz	Romania	v. Luxembourg
Bănel Nicoliță	Romania	v. San Marino v. Luxembourg v. France
Alexandru Bourceanu	Romania	v. France v. Belarus v. Albania v. Turkmenistan v. Uruguay v. Switzerland v. Austria
Cristian Tănase	Romania	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Brazil v. Paraguay v. San Marino v. Luxembourg v. France v. Belgium v. Greece v. Turkmenistan v. Uruguay v. Switzerland v. Austria	v. Greece v. Turkmenistan v. Turkmenistan
Alexandru Chipciu	Romania	v. Turkmenistan v. Switzerland v. Austria
Romeo Surdu	Romania	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Brazil v. Paraguay
Stefan Nikolić	Montenegro U-21	v. Wales U-21 v. Wales U-21 v. Andorra U-21	v. Wales U-21 v. Andorra U-21
Valeriu Lupu	Romania U-21	v. Bulgaria U-21
Bogdan Mustață	Romania U-21	v. France U-21
Gabriel Matei	Romania U-21	v. Kazakhstan U-21
Cosmin Matei	Romania U-21	v. Kazakhstan U-21
Mihai Răduț	Romania U-21	v. Kazakhstan U-21 v. Slovakia U-21 v. Slovakia U-21	v. Slovakia U-21
Ionuț Năstăsie	Romania U-21	v. Bulgaria U-21 v. Latvia U-21
Ionuț Năstăsie	Romania U-19	v. Czech Republic U-19 v. Greece U-19 v. Republic of Ireland U-19

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga I	—	3rd	23 July 2011	20 May 2012
Cupa României	Round of 32	Round of 16	22 September 2011	27 October 2011
Supercupa României	Final	Runners-up	17 July 2011
Europa League	Play-off round	Round of 32	18 August 2011	23 February 2012

Supercupa României

Results

17 July 2011 Final	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Steaua București	Piatra Neamț
20:45	Buș 14' Paraschiv 40' Antal 69' Perendija 79' Râpă 89'		52' Bicfalvi 58' Nicoliță 59' Martinović 66' Rusescu	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 13,253 Referee: Robert Dumitru

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CFR Cluj (C)	34	21	8	5	63	31	+32	71	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Vaslui	34	22	4	8	58	29	+29	70	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
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^[a]

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall goals difference; 3rd overall goals scored (until the end of the season)
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Dinamo București won the 2011–12 Cupa României so it qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	9	6	47	26	+21	66	12	3	2	28	12	+16	7	6	4	19	14	+5

Source: LT

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	A	HR	HR	A	HR	A	HR	A	HR	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	8	4	2	4	3	6	7	9	8	8	8	7	5	8	6	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Points by opponent

Team	Results		Points
Team	Home	Away	Points
Astra Ploiești	2–1	1–2	3
Brașov	1–0	2–1	6
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1–0	0–1	3
CFR Cluj	1–1	1–1	2
Concordia Chiajna	2–1	2–0	6
Dinamo București	3–2	3–1	6
Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–0	0–3	1
Mioveni	4–0	1–0	6
Oțelul Galați	2–1	2–1	6
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–2	1–1	1
Petrolul Ploiești	2–1	3–0^¹	6
Rapid București	0–0	1–1	2
Sportul Studențesc București	4–1	0–0	4
Târgu Mureș	2–0	0–1	3
Universitatea Cluj	2–1	1–0	6
Vaslui	0–1	0–0	1
Voința Sibiu	1–0	1–1	4

Source: FCSB Archived 2010-11-17 at the Wayback Machine

^{^1} Match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals was annulated.

Matches

23 July 2011 Round 1	Voința Sibiu	1–1	Steaua București	Sibiu
17:00	Tătar 24' I. Popa 63' Neguț 86' Dănălache 90' Dîlbea 90+1'	Report	4' Rusescu 12' Bicfalvi 36' L. Tatu 66' Latovlevici 77' Gardoș	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

31 July 2011 Round 2	Steaua București	4–0	Mioveni	Constanța
20:15	Tănase 6' (pen.), 73', 78' Bourceanu 37' Iliev 38' L. Tatu 44' M. Costea 63' Rusescu 87' Răduț 89'	Report	6' Hăisan 39' Dina 49' Margaritescu 69' Tănasă 72' Miulescu	Stadium: Farul Attendance: 14,000 Referee: István Kovács

14 August 2011 Round 3	Steaua București	2–1	Universitatea Cluj	Ploiești
20:30	M. Costea 15' Iliev 71' Rusescu 75', 81' Nikolić 88' Latovlevici 90+2'	Report	25' Cojocnean 29' Niculescu 69' Cristea 76' Pelé 85' Boștină	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

21 August 2011 Round 4	Astra Ploiești	2–1	Steaua București	Ploiești
22:00	N'Doye 38' (pen.) Fatai 53', 67' Miranda 71' Lung 90'	Report	37' Geraldo 59' Iliev 69' Tănase 90+2' M. Costea	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

28 August 2011 Round 5	Steaua București	2–0	Târgu Mureș	Ploiești
22:00	Rusescu 11' Bicfalvi 24' Nicoliță 38' Bourceanu 43' Geraldo 45', 50' Brandán 69' (pen.) Martinović 87'	Report	13' Celsinho 34' 88' Vagner 72' Issa Ba 83' Iencsi 84' Szilagyi	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

10 September 2011 Round 6	Gaz Metan Mediaș	3–0	Steaua București	Mediaș
21:30	Bawab 14' (pen.) Bud 61', 70'	Report	36' Geraldo 49' Bourceanu 63' Latovlevici 66' F. Costea	Stadium: Stadionul Gaz Metan Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

18 September 2011 Round 7	Steaua București	1–2	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Ploiești
19:00	Rusescu 3' Latovlevici 18' Tănase 20' Prepeliță 40' Gardoș 87' M. Costea 69' Bourceanu 77'	Report	9' Voiculeț 19' (pen.), 38' 90+13' Pintilii 39' Băcilă 62' Vranješ 66' Cardoso	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 3,000 Referee: István Kovács

25 September 2011 Round 8	Sportul Studențesc București	0–0	Steaua București	București
17:00	Lungu 19' Chețan 53'	Report		Stadium: Regie Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

2 October 2011 Round 9	Steaua București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Buzău
21:30	Nikolić 61' (pen.) Iliev 77' F. Costea 90+2', 90+3' Bourceanu 90+3'	Report	15' Punoševac 53' Sălăgeanu 61' Skubic 90+3' Perendija	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

16 October 2011 Round 10	Vaslui	0–0	Steaua București	Vaslui
21:30	Costin 87'	Report	8' (pen.) F. Costea 33' Martinović 74' Bicfalvi	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

24 October 2011 Round 11	Steaua București	0–0	Rapid București	București
20:00	Prepeliță 61' Martinović 84'	Report	59' Burcă 61' Alexa 75' Ezequias 89' Surdu 90+2' Rui Duarte 90+5' Straton	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 41,432 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

30 October 2011 Round 12	Petrolul Ploiești	0–3 (Awarded)	Steaua București	Ploiești
21:30		Report	35' Bicfalvi 41' L. Tatu 45+1' Martinović 45+1' Stanca 45+2' F. Costea 45+7' (pen.) M. Costea	Stadium: Ilie Oană Referee: Robert Dumitru
Note: Match awarded to Steaua 0–3 after it was suspended in the 45+10 minute at the score of 0–2 for incidents with Petrolul supporters, the two goals scored of Bicfalvi and Mihai Costea goals were erased.

6 November 2011 Round 13	Steaua București	2–1	Concordia Chiajna	București
21:30	Tănase 48' Rusescu 73'	Report	33' Munteanu 38' Mamele 40' Bozga	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Marius Bocăneală

20 November 2011 Round 14	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1–0	Steaua București	Piatra Neamț
20:30	Monroy 47' Stana 51' Gafiţa 71'	Report	12' Brandán 65' Galamaz	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Marius Avram

26 November 2011 Round 15	Steaua București	1–0	Brașov	București
20:00	Bicfalvi 35' Rusescu 44' (pen.)	Report	26' Machado 71' Distéfano	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 10,230 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

5 December 2011 Round 16	Dinamo București	1–3	Steaua București	București
20:30	Niculae 20' (pen.) Moți 87'	Report	22', 59' Rusescu 32' Brandán 90+2' M. Costea	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Cristian Balaj

10 December 2011 Round 17	Steaua București	1–1	CFR Cluj	București
20:00	Nikolić 27' Geraldo 33' M. Costea 75', 75' Bicfalvi 89' Rusescu 90+1'	Report	10' 85' Mureșan 15' Kapetanos 18' Peralta 54' Panin 60' Piccolo 62' Beto 85' Weldon 90+4' Cadú	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

19 December 2011 Round 18	Steaua București	1–0	Voința Sibiu	București
20:30	M. Costea 26' Iliev 37'	Report	23' I. Popa	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

4 March 2012 Round 19	Mioveni	0–1	Steaua București	Mioveni
21:30	Crăciun 35' Ionescu 70' Enache 76'		12' Rusescu 32' Tănase 49' Chiricheș 87' Machado	Stadium: Dacia Referee: Robert Dumitru

12 March 2012 Round 20	Universitatea Cluj	0–1	Steaua București	Cluj
19:00	Niculescu 49' Cristescu 59' Păcurar 63'		37' Rusescu 67' Bicfalvi 90+1' Pârvulescu	Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: Alexandru Tudor

18 March 2012 Round 21	Steaua București	2–1	Astra Ploiești	București
20:30	Rusescu 21' Pârvulescu 35' Dănănae 50'		12' Laionel 16' Țigănașu	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Paul Unimatan

22 March 2012 Round 22	Târgu Mureș	1–0	Steaua București	Târgu Mureș
21:30	Ilyéș 14', 61' Firțulescu 14' Astafei 41' Nicu 75' G. Kiriță 86' Subotić 90+2'		31' Geraldo 87' Chipciu	Stadium: Trans-Sil Referee: Cristian Balaj

26 March 2012 Round 23	Steaua București	0–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	București
21:30	Iliev 28' Bicfalvi 32' Geraldo 90+3'		17' Vitinho 44' Issa Ba 60' Marković 76' Tahar 86' Pleșca	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Dragoș Istrate

31 March 2012 Round 24	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–1	Steaua București	Târgu Jiu
21:30	Cristea 8' Voiculeț 11' Pintilii 43' Maxim 81', 81' Nistor 89'		36' L. Tatu 75' Chipciu 76' Bourceanu	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Referee: Marius Avram

8 April 2012 Round 25	Steaua București	4–1	Sportul Studențesc București	București
21:30	T. Bălan 6' Rusescu 8' Tănase 35' Pârvulescu 46' Geraldo 67' Chipciu 76'		66' S. Stancu	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Cătălin Popa

14 April 2012 Round 26	Oțelul Galați	1–2	Steaua București	Galați
20:00	Didi 34' Antal 54'		21' Pârvulescu 45' Iliev 49' L. Tatu 65' Chipciu 67', 68' M. Costea 90' Tătărușanu	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Alexandru Tudor

20 April 2012 Round 27	Steaua București	0–1	Vaslui	București
20:20	Latovlevici 28'		16' Anderson 29' Costin 47' Papp 59' Wesley 72' Sânmărtean	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

29 April 2012 Round 28	Rapid București	1–1	Steaua București	București
21:30	Alexa 27' Grigore 33' F. Teixeira 77'		10' Bicfalvi 29' Tănase 75' Geraldo 80' Latovlevici 88' Tătărușanu	Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)

3 May 2012 Round 29	Steaua București	2–1	Petrolul Ploiești	București
19:30	T. Bălan 39' Chiricheș 42' Nikolić 47', 82' Rusescu 79'		8' Maxim 33' Hamza 58' Khamutowski	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Robert Dumitru

7 May 2012 Round 30	Concordia Chiajna	0–2	Steaua București	Chiajna
19:00	Krumov 9' Iancu 88'		7' Iliev 24' Latovlevici 33', 73' Martinović 36' Chipciu 41' T. Bălan 61' Rusescu 68' Bourceanu	Stadium: Concordia Referee: Augustus Constantin

10 May 2012 Round 31	Steaua București	1–0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	București
21:30	Tănase 36' Martinović 61'		28' Cazan	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Paul Unimatan

13 May 2012 Round 32	Brașov	1–2	Steaua București	Brașov
21:30	Ionescu 45' Moutinho 47' Hadnagy 79'		14' Martinović 18' (pen.) Rusescu 31' T. Bălan 69' Gardoș 77' L. Tatu	Stadium: Silviu Ploeșteanu Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

17 May 2012 Round 33	Steaua București	3–2	Dinamo București	București
21:45	Rusescu 43' (pen.) Iliev 48', 64' Latovlevici 73'		21', 34' Curtean 86', 90+3' Țucudean	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 47,698 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

20 May 2012 Round 34	CFR Cluj	1–1	Steaua București	Cluj-Napoca
20:00	Nuno Diogo 9' Lionn 41' Mureșan 65' Nicoară 71' De Zerbi 90'		33' Gardoș 36' Tănase 44' (pen.) Latovlevici 69' Martinović	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Cupa României

Results

22 September 2011 Round of 32	Steaua București	4–0	Sănătatea Cluj	Buzău
20:30	Nikolić 3', 45' Prepeliță 31' Martinović 50' D. Popa 87'		65' Șoș	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Florin Ghimbășan

27 October 2011 Round of 16	Timișoara	2–0	Steaua București	Timișoara
20:45	Ricketts 27' Scutaru 30' Goga 51'		30' F. Costea 60' Bourceanu 90+2' Rusescu 90+2' Nikolić	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Referee: Cristian Balaj

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

18 August 2011 First leg	Steaua București	2–0	CSKA Sofia	Cluj, Romania
20:30	Galamaz 16' Tănase 41' Bourceanu 55' L. Tatu 77' Nicoliță 90+1'		34' Platini 38' Ademar 72' Yanchev	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

25 August 2011 Second leg	CSKA Sofia	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Steaua București	Sofia, Bulgaria
20:30	Platini 67', 83'		39' Galamaz 67' Nicoliță 69', 73' Tănase	Stadium: Vasil Levski Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Schalke 04	6	4	2	0	13	2	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase
2	Steaua București	6	2	2	2	9	11	−2	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Maccabi Haifa	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6
4	AEK Larnaca	6	1	2	3	4	11	−7	5

Source: Soccerway

Results

15 September 2011 Matchday 1	Steaua București	0–0	Schalke 04	Cluj, Romania
22:05	Bourceanu 42' Brandán 49'	Report	39' Papadopoulos 49' Farfán	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

29 September 2011 Matchday 2	AEK Larnaca	1–1	Steaua București	Nicosia, Cyprus
20:00	Skopelitis 56' Miljan 59' Pintado 84' Demetriou 88'	Report	65' M. Costea 79' 82' Brandán 83' Prepeliță	Stadium: GSP Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

20 October 2011 Matchday 3	Maccabi Haifa	5–0	Steaua București	Ramat Gan, Israel
20:00	Amashe 10', 20' Yahaya 23' Katan 38' (pen.), 65' (pen.) Twatiha 72' Vered 79'	Report	24' Latovlevici 37' Bicfalvi 56' L. Tatu 64' Iliev	Stadium: Ramat Gan Referee: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden)

3 November 2011 Matchday 4	Steaua București	4–2	Maccabi Haifa	București, Romania
22:05	L. Tatu 13' Rusescu 26' F. Costea 28', 60' Bourceanu 32' Tănase 64', 84', 84' Nikolić 89'	Report	36' Meshumar 40' Katan 69' Golasa 90' Amashe	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 31,233 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

1 December 2011 Matchday 5	Schalke 04	2–1	Steaua București	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
20:00	Papadopoulos 25' Jones 48' Raúl 57'	Report	33' Rusescu 77' Martinović	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 53,123 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

14 December 2011 Matchday 6	Steaua București	3–1	AEK Larnaca	București, Romania
22:05	Iliev 45+1' Bourceanu 56' Rusescu 55' (pen.) Nikolić 70', 85', 71'	Report	36', 61' Pintado 72' Priso 86' de Cler	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 50,051 Referee: Said Ennjimi (France)

Round of 32

16 February 2012 First leg	Steaua București	0–1	Twente	București, Romania
22:05	Dănănae 16' Martinović 55' Bicfalvi 90+3'		53' John	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

23 February 2012 Second leg	Twente	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Steaua București	Enschede, Netherlands
20:00	Chadli 29', 32' Fer 33'		45' Geraldo 56' Bourceanu 56' L. Tatu	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Non competitive matches

23 June 2011 Matchday 1	Steaua București	1–0	Zestafoni	Bischofshofen, Austria
18:30	L. Tatu 41'

28 June 2011 Matchday 2	Steaua București	1–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bischofshofen, Austria
18:30	Tănase 10' (pen.)		81' (pen.) Langeneke

4 July 2011 Matchday 3	Steaua București	2–2	Comercial	Austria
19:30	Bicfalvi 14' M. Costea 48'		81', 86' (pen.) Costa

6 July 2011 Matchday 4	Steaua București	0–0	Krasnodar	Austria
20:45

8 July 2011 Matchday 5	Steaua București	2–0	Rapid Chișinău	Austria
20:00	Rusescu 14' Nicoliță 84' (pen.)

10 July 2011 Matchday 6	Steaua București	1–0	Bursaspor	Austria
	Nicoliță 26' (pen.) Bicfalvi 40'

13 July 2011 Matchday 7	Steaua București	1–1	Zagreb	Austria
	Băjenaru 85'		55' Šovšić

4 August 2011 Matchday 8	Steaua București	4–0	Tunari	Buftea, Romania
	Nikolić 4', 52' Burchelea 48' (o.g.) Rusescu 54'

10 August 2011 Matchday 9

Steaua București

0–0

Lindab Ștefănești

Buftea, Romania

31 August 2011 Matchday 10	Steaua București	7–0	Tunari	Romania
	F. Costea 6', 19' Martinović 10' Rusescu 29', 36' L. Tatu 66' Lupu 73'

7 September 2011 Matchday 11	Steaua București	3–0	Buftea	Romania
	F. Costea 16', 50' M. Costea 42'

8 October 2011 Matchday 12	Steaua București	4–1	Sportul Studențesc București	Ploiești, Romania
	L. Tatu 17' Bicfalvi 47' T. Bălan 58' Roșu 70'		90' Nistor	Stadium: Conpet

12 November 2011 Matchday 13	Steaua București	6–0	Argeșul Mihăilești	Buftea, Romania
	Petruț 20' (o.g.) Rusescu 23' Bicfalvi 29' Năstăsie 34' F. Costea 41' Stanciu 88'

29 January 2012 Matchday 14	Steaua București	2–1	Levski Sofia	Turkey
18:00	Tănase 40' (pen.) Rusescu 74' (pen.)		39' Tsvetkov

31 January 2012 Matchday 15	Steaua București	2–1	Legia Warsaw	Turkey
17:30	F. Costea 21' L. Tatu 35'		47' Rybus

2 February 2012 Matchday 16	Steaua București	2–3	Mladá Boleslav	Turkey
19:15	Nikolić 45+1' Machado 86'		34' Zahustel 58', 79' Štohanzl

4 February 2012 Matchday 17	Steaua București	1–4	Concordia Chiajna	Turkey
17:00	Martinović 35'		12' Munteanu 28' Alex 52' (pen.) Dinu 56', 57' Rocha

5 February 2012 Matchday 18	Steaua București	3–0	Kuban Krasnodar	Aksu, Turkey
20:00	L. Tatu 25' Nikolić 45+2' Rusescu 58' (pen.), 66'		84' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Davydov	Stadium: Mardan

8 February 2012 Matchday 19	Steaua București	1–0	Debrecen	Aksu, Turkey
19:30	Bicfalvi 40'			Stadium: Mardan
Note: The match was played only with the first half due to rain.

18 February 2012 Matchday 20	Steaua București	2–0	Juventus București	Buftea, Romania
	Răduț 28' Machado 29'

29 February 2012 Matchday 21	Farul Constanța	1–2	Steaua București	Constanța, Romania
	Pătulea 36' (pen.)		18' Rusescu 73' T. Bălan

7 March 2012 Matchday 22	Steaua București	1–1	Astra II Giurgiu	Mogoșoaia, Romania
	M. Costea 23'		42' Hoprich

UEFA Club rankings

This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2010–11.^[3]

Rank	Team	Points	Mvmnt
62	Rubin Kazan	31.941	(+32)
63	Club Brugge	31.400	(–6)
64	AEK Athens	30.833	(+13)
65	Sparta Prague	30.170	(+9)
66	Blackburn Rovers	30.157	(+4)
67	Steaua București	29.164	(–27)
68	Bolton Wanderers	29.157	(–16)
69	Aston Villa	28.157	(+9)
70	Hertha	27.887	(–11)
71	Celta de Vigo	27.465	(+4)
72	Sampdoria	27.110	(–3)

Notes and references

^ "Steaua Bucuresti 2011/2012". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Cristian Tanase a semnat cu Steaua". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
^ "UEFA Team Ranking 2011". www.xs4all.nl. 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.3748784779454-3] Dinamo București won the 2011–12 Cupa României so it qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

[FCSB12-1] "Steaua Bucuresti 2011/2012". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[Tănase-2] "Cristian Tanase a semnat cu Steaua". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-05-27.

[4] "UEFA Team Ranking 2011". www.xs4all.nl. 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2011-05-30.

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