2011–12 AC Cesena season

Cesena
2011–12 season
Chairman	Igor Campedelli
Manager	Mario Beretta
Serie A	20th (relegated)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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	Team v t e	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	Relegation to Serie B

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:

^ 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

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

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

Current squad

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

In

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	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

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.

References

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

[table_hth_CAG0.58763488968258-1] Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.

[table_note_res_R10.58763488968258-2] 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.

[3] "I numeri ufficiali di maglia per la stagione 2011-2012" (in Italian). AC Cesena.

[4] "Mutu joins Cesena". Sky Sports News.

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