2011–12 A.C. Cesena season

The 2011–12 season is 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
Chairman Igor Campedelli
Manager Mario Beretta
Serie A20th (relegated)

Serie A
Pos Team 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 Prima Divisione[lower-alpha 1]
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. 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
21 December 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 Lecce 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 Lecce 0–0 Cesena Lecce
15:00 Tomović  76'
Di Michele  84'
Cuadrado  90'		 Report Mutu  72'
Pudil  73'
Đoković  88'		 Stadium: Stadio Via del Mare
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
2 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
6 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
13 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
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
FW Rennella 22EU Genoa Loan Summer Loan transfer
MF Garritano 17EU Internazionale Transfer Summer Co-ownership
DF Caldirola 20EU Internazionale Transfer Summer Co-ownership
FW Mutu 32EU Fiorentina Transfer Summer Free [2]
DF Rossi 23EU Parma Transfer Summer Co-ownership
MF Candreva 24EU Udinese Loan Summer Loan transfer

Out
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
DF Nagatomo 24Non-EU Internazionale Transfer Summer Undisclosed plus Garritano and Caldirola (loaned)
GK Teodorani 19EU SPAL Loan Summer Loan transfer
DF Casolla 19EU 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
  1. "I numeri ufficiali di maglia per la stagione 2011-2012" (in Italian). AC Cesena.
  2. "Mutu joins Cesena". Sky Sports News.
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