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.

Cesena
2011–12 season
ChairmanItaly Igor Campedelli
ManagerItaly Mario Beretta
Serie A20th (relegated)
← 2010–11
2012–13 →

Serie A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Palermo 38 11 10 17 52 62 −10 43[a]
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[b]
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
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.
  2. ^ 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

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28 August 2011 1 Atalanta 4–1 Cesena Bergamo
20:45 Denis   17' (pen.)
Marilungo   18' (44)
Carmona   24'
Peluso   71'
Summary Candreva   12'
Guana   18'
Ghezzal   41'
Mutu   78'
Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Attendance: 6,423
Referee: Carmine Russo
10 September 2011 2 Cesena 1–3 Napoli Cesena
20:45 Guana   24'
Candreva   44'
Benalouane   52'   56'
Lauro   62'
Summary Lavezzi   3',   57'
Santana   35'
Cannavaro   59'
Campagnaro   67'
Hamšík   87'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 20,942
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
18 September 2011 3 Catania 1–0 Cesena Catania
14:00 Potenza   19'
López   45+1' (pen.)
Álvarez   75'
Delvecchio   77'
Biagianti   90+3'
Summary Candreva   74'
Lauro   75'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 12,270
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
21 September 2011 4 Cesena 1–2 Lazio Cesena
20:45 Mutu   15'
Rossi   47'
Parolo   51'
Comotto   79'
Summary Hernanes   35',   48' (pen.)
Klose   54'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Domenico Celi
24 September 2011 5 Milan 1–0 Cesena Milan
20:45 Seedorf   5',   66'
Taiwo   34'
Yepes   50'
Summary Guana   20' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
2 October 2011 6 Cesena 0–0 Chievo Cesena
15:00 Guana   26'
Lauro   36'
Bogdani   52'
Ceccarelli   67'
Éder   88'
Summary Hetemaj   22'
Cesar   61'
Sardo   66'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Luca Banti
16 October 2011 7 Cesena 0–0 Fiorentina Cesena
12:30 Ghezzal   68'
Mutu   74'
Ceccarelli   85'
Summary Montolivo   70'
Cassani   74'
Ljajić   78'
Munari   80'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Carmine Russo
23 October 2011 8 Siena 2–0 Cesena Siena
14:00 González   9'
Rossettini   41'
Calaiò   53'
Summary Candreva   74' Stadium: Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
26 October 2011 9 Cesena 1–1 Cagliari Cesena
20:45 Guana   12'
Candreva   45+1' (pen.)
Comotto   80'
Summary Nenê   20' (pen.)
Nainggolan   21'
Canini   45'
Conti   80'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Daniele Doveri
30 October 2011 10 Parma 2–0 Cesena Parma
14:00 Morrone   9'
Paletta   41'
Galloppa   60'
Lucarelli   71'
Summary Guana   14'
Rodríguez   35'
Comotto   68'
Éder   70'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 12,480
Referee: Marco Guida
6 November 2011 11 Cesena 0–1 Torino Cesena
14:00 Parolo   71' Summary Carrozzieri   15'
Cuadrado   56'
Muriel   58'   58'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Paolo Valeri
20 November 2011 12 Bologna 0–1 Cesena Bologna
12:30 Pérez   19'
Mudingayi   62'
Raggi   67'
Summary Lauro   25'
Von Bergen   28'
Parolo   84'
Ceccarelli   90+1'
Rossi   90+3'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 20,397
Referee: Domenico Celi
27 November 2011 13 Cesena 2–0 Genoa Cesena
15:00 Mutu   70' (pen.), 80'
Ravaglia   72'
Ceccarelli   83'
Bogdani   84'
Summary Palacio   60'
Moretti   70'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 15,977
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
4 December 2011 14 Juventus 2–0 Cesena Torino
15:00 Marchisio   72'
Vidal   83' (pen.)
Summary Ghezzal   15'
Rossi   28'
Antonioli   81'
Stadium: Juventus Arena
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Daniele Doveri
10 December 2011 15 Palermo 0–1 Cesena Palermo
20:45 Acquah   53'
Muñoz   61'   64'
Summary Ghezzal   45'
Rodríguez   59'
Mutu   64'
Éder   73'
Rossi   75'
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Giampaolo Calvarese
18 December 2011 16 Cesena 0–1 Internazionale Cesena
15:00 Comotto   13'
Lauro   62'
Summary Ranocchia   63' Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 20,138
Referee: Andrea Romeo
8 January 2012 17 Udinese 4–1 Cesena Udine
12:30 Di Natale   1', 82'
Benatia   31'
Asamoah   54'
Basta   75'
Summary Lauro   27'   61'
Éder   39'
Parolo   48'
Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Gabriele Gava
15 January 2012 18 Cesena 3–1 Novara Cesena
15:00 Mutu   20', 39' (pen.)
Guana   42'
Rinaudo   45' (o.g.)
Von Bergen   78'
Summary Dellafiore   5'
Rigoni   37'
Rinaudo   61'
Paci   69'
Morimoto   89'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 22,413
Referee: Paolo Valeri
21 January 2012 19 Roma 5–1 Cesena Roma
18:00 Totti   1', 8'
Borini   9'
Juan   62'
Pjanić   70'
Summary Éder   58'
Benalouane   77'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
29 January 2012 20 Cesena 0–1 Atalanta Cesena
15:00 Rennella   41'
Guana   85'
Summary Padoin   21'
Denis   25'   79'
Rossi   76' (o.g.)
Raimondi   77'
Schelotto   83'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 15,315
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
1 February 2012 21 Napoli 0–0 Cesena Naples
20:45 Inler   35'
Hamšík   48'
Gargano   50'
Britos   54'
Džemaili   87'
Summary Raphael Martinho   49'
Von Bergen   55'
Pudil   62'
Rodríguez   90'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Luca Banti
9 February 2012 22 Lazio 3–2 Cesena Rome
20:45 Konko   33'
Matuzalém   34'
Hernanes   53'
Lulić   61'
Kozák   63',   84'
Summary Mutu   14',   73'
Iaquinta   35' (pen.)
Comotto   62'
Del Nero   71'
Rennella   90'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 2,472
Referee: Andrea Romeo
19 February 2012 23 Cesena 1–3 Milan Cesena
15:00 Benalouane   18'
Mutu   60'
Pudil   65'
Colucci   67'
Summary Muntari   21',   29'
Emanuelson   31'
Robinho   55'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 20,021
Referee: Paolo Valeri
26 February 2012 24 Chievo 1–0 Cesena Verona
15:00 Rigoni   11'
Vacek   18'
Pellissier   52'
Moscardelli   78'
Summary Lauro   8'   56'
Iaquinta   36'
Pudil   66'
Guana   90+2'
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Andrea De Marco
4 March 2012 26 Fiorentina 2–0 Cesena Florence
15:00 Amauri   18'
Moras   61' (o.g.)
Lazzari   66'
Nastasić   74'
Report Moras   59'
Comotto   90+2'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 26,834
Referee: Marco Guida
11 March 2012 27 Cesena 0–2 Siena Cesena
15:00 Ceccarelli   73'
Moras   89'
Report Brienza   75'
Del Grosso   79'
Bogdani   81'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Antonio Damato
18 March 2012 28 Cagliari 3–0 Cesena Cagliari
12:30 Pinilla   14', 45+1' (pen.), 57' (pen.)
Canini   33'
Ribeiro   54'
Report Colucci   42'   60'
Rossi   56'   78'
Stadium: Stadio Sant'Elia
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Carmine Russo
25 March 2012 29 Cesena 2–2 Parma Cesena
15:00 Santana   46'
Del Nero   53'
Moras   58'
Đoković   68'
Report Paletta   24',   61'
Floccari   40'
Santacroce   83'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 14,919
Referee: Domenico Celi
1 April 2012 30 Torino 0–0 Cesena Turin
15:00 Tomović   76'
Di Michele   84'
Cuadrado   90'
Report Mutu   72'
Pudil   73'
Đoković   88'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Attendance: 6,950
Referee: Luca Banti
7 April 2012 31 Cesena 0–0 Bologna Cesena
15:00 Rennella   27'
Del Nero   34'
Comotto   90'
Colucci   90+4'
Report Cherubin   69'
Mudingayi   81'
Acquafresca   90+4'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 16,497
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
11 April 2012 32 Genoa 1–1 Cesena Genoa
20:45 Rossi   41'
Mesto   75'
Moretti   90+1'
Report Ceccarelli   65'
Mutu   76'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
22 April 2012 33 Cesena 2–2 Palermo Cesena
15:00 Lauro   5'
Colucci   24'
Santana   26'
Rennella   28'
Mutu   90+4'
Report Bertolo   15',   20'
Silvestre   45+2'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 13,932
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
25 April 2012 34 Cesena 0–1 Juventus Cesena
18:00 Colucci   8'
Rennella   43'
Guana   64'
Moras   90+1'
Report Vidal   33'
Pirlo   57'
Marti   62'
Borriello   80'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Marco Guida
29 April 2012 35 Internazionale 2–1 Cesena Milan
15:00 Von Bergen   59' (o.g.)
Zárate   72'
Report Benalouane   42'
Ceccarelli   57'
Santana   62'
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 45,802
Referee: Andrea Romeo
6 May 2012 36 Cesena 0–1 Udinese Cesena
20:45 Von Bergen   39'
Guana   63'
Report Fabbrini   4'
Domizzi   20'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Antonio Damato
12 May 2012 37 Novara 3–0 Cesena Novara
15:00 Rigoni   28' (pen.), 68' (pen.), 86'
Mascara   41'
Morganella   90'
Report Guana   58'
Antonioli   90'
Stadium: Stadio Silvio Piola
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Filippo Merchiori
18 May 2012 38 Cesena 2–3 Roma Cesena
15:00 Del Nero   9',   20'
Santana   90'
Report Bojan   27'
Lamela   32'
De Rossi   49'
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 14,883
Referee: Carmine Russo

Coppa Italia

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21 August 2011 3 Cesena 1–0 (a.e.t.) Ascoli Cesena
20:30 Bogdani   119' Report Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 1,439
Referee: Andrea Romeo
30 November 2011 4 Cesena 3–0 Gubbio Cesena
15:00 Bogdani   11' (pen.)
Ricci   21'
Benalouane   68'
Candreva   90'
Report Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 1,704
Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro
12 January 2012 Last 16 Napoli 2–1 Cesena Naples
21:00 Cavani   45+2',   65'
Pandev   86'
Report Popescu   20' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 28,082
Referee: Daniele Doveri

Players

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Current squad

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As of 10 September 2011[1]

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

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
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 [2]
DF   Rossi 23 EU Parma Transfer Summer Co-ownership
MF   Candreva 24 EU Udinese Loan Summer Loan transfer

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
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.

References

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  1. ^ "I numeri ufficiali di maglia per la stagione 2011-2012" (in Italian). AC Cesena.
  2. ^ "Mutu joins Cesena". Sky Sports News.