2021–22 AFC Chindia Târgoviște season

Chindia Târgoviște

2021–22 season
Chairman	Marcel Ghergu
Head coach	Emil Săndoi
Stadium	Stadionul Eugen Popescu
Liga I	13th
Cupa României	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Florea (6) All: Daniel Florea (6)

The 2021–22 season was the 12th season in the existence of AFC Chindia Târgoviște and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Chindia Târgoviște participating in this season's edition of the Cupa României.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Dinu Moldovan 2 DF  ROU Marius Martac (4th captain) 3 DF  GRE Nikos Baxevanos 4 MF  ARG Juan Pablo Passaglia 5 DF  ROU Daniel Celea 6 MF  ROU Paul Iacob (Vice-captain) 7 DF  ROU Laurențiu Corbu 8 MF  ROU Marco Dulca 10 FW  BUL Tsvetelin Chunchukov (on loan from Sepsi OSK) 11 FW  ROU Daniel Florea (3rd captain) 13 FW  ROU Cristian Cherchez 14 FW  FRA Richard Sila 15 DF  ROU Cornel Dinu (Captain) 16 DF  ROU Mihai Butean (on loan from CFR Cluj) 17 MF  ROU Marian Șerban

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ALB Simo Rrumbullaku 21 MF  ROU Cosmin Atanase 22 DF  ROU Andrei Pițian 23 DF  SVN Milan Kocić 33 GK  ROU Cătălin Căbuz 59 MF  ROU Doru Popadiuc 63 MF  ROU Vlăduț Stancu 69 MF  COM Nasser Chamed 77 MF  ROU Andrei Șerban 86 MF  ROU Denis Rusu (on loan from CFR Cluj) 88 DF  ROU Adrian Ioniță 91 MF  HAI Mikaël Cantave 97 MF  ROU Alexandru Jipa 98 DF  ROU Tiberiu Căpușă 99 GK  ROU Rareș Pop

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ROU Robert Călin (to Flacăra Moreni) — DF  ROU Radu Simion (to Pucioasa)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ROU Iulian Zamfir (to Filiași) — FW  ROU Cristian Neguț (to CFR Cluj)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Academica Clinceni v Chindia Târgoviște

23 June 2021 Friendly	Academica Clinceni	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Romania
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)

Farul Constanța v Chindia Târgoviște

30 June 2021 Friendly	Farul Constanța	1–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Ghimbav, Romania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Baza Sportivă Campo Verde

Chindia Târgoviște v FCSB

3 July 2021 Friendly	Chindia Târgoviște	1–3	FCSB	Bucharest, Romania
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Baza ARCOM

Chindia Târgoviște v Miercurea Ciuc

7 July 2021 Friendly	Chindia Târgoviște	0–0	Miercurea Ciuc	Romania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)

Petrolul Ploiești v Chindia Târgoviște

9 July 2021 Friendly	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Strejnicu, Romania
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Conpet

Brașov v Chindia Târgoviște

4 September 2021 Friendly	Brașov	1–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Brașov, Romania
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Tineretului

Petrolul Ploiești v Chindia Târgoviște

12 November 2021 Friendly	Petrolul Ploiești	1–4	Chindia Târgoviște	Strejnicu, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadionul Conpet

Paksi SE v Chindia Târgoviște

12 January 2022 Friendly	Paksi SE	3–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Antalya, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Sports Complex Ismail Gekček

Chindia Târgoviște v Slovan Liberec

14 January 2022 Friendly	Chindia Târgoviște	0–2	Slovan Liberec	Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Papillon Sports Centre

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	16 July 2021	13 May 2022	Matchday 1	13th	39	10	13	16	31	31	+0	025.64
Promotion/relegation play-offs	21 May 2022	29 May 2022	First leg	Second leg	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Cupa României	22 September 2021	30 November 2021	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
Total					44	13	13	18	36	35	+1	029.55

Source: Soccerway

Liga I

Main article: 2021–22 Liga I

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Rapid București	30	9	13	8	34	31	+3	40	Qualification for the Play-out round
10	Sepsi OSK	30	9	12	9	33	29	+4	39
11	Chindia Târgoviște	30	8	11	11	23	23	0	35
12	FC U Craiova 1948	30	8	9	13	31	35	−4	33
13	Mioveni	30	6	11	13	19	36	−17	29

Source: LPF (in Romanian) Soccerway
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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[1]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W
Position	13	12	15	11	12	10	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Rapid București v Chindia Târgoviște

18 July 2021 1	Rapid București	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Bucharest
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Rapid Arena

Chindia Târgoviște v Sepsi OSK

26 July 2021 2	Chindia Târgoviște	1–1	Sepsi OSK	Buzău
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Municipal

CFR Cluj v Chindia Târgoviște

31 July 2021 3	CFR Cluj	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Cluj-Napoca
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

Chindia Târgoviște v Dinamo București

8 August 2021 4	Chindia Târgoviște	1–0	Dinamo București	Buzău
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Municipal

FC U Craiova v Chindia Târgoviște

14 August 2021 5	FC U Craiova	0–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Craiova
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco

Chindia Târgoviște v Academica Clinceni

20 August 2021 6	Chindia Târgoviște	2–2	Academica Clinceni	Buzău
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Municipal

Voluntari v Chindia Târgoviște

27 August 2021 7	Voluntari	2–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Voluntari
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu

Mioveni v Chindia Târgoviște

10 September 2021 8	Mioveni	0–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Mioveni
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc

Chindia Târgoviște v Farul Constanța

18 September 2021 9	Chindia Târgoviște	2–0	Farul Constanța	Ploiești
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium

Argeș Pitești v Chindia Târgoviște

25 September 2021 10	Argeș Pitești	0–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Pitești
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin

Chindia Târgoviște v FCSB

1 October 2021 11	Chindia Târgoviște	0–1	FCSB	Ploiești
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium

Botoșani v Chindia Târgoviște

18 October 2021 12	Botoșani	0–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Botoșani
--:-- EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Municipal

Chindia Târgoviște v Universitatea Craiova

22 October 2021 13	Chindia Târgoviște	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Ploiești
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium

UTA Arad v Chindia Târgoviște

1 November 2021 14	UTA Arad	0–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Arad
--:-- EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadionul Francisc von Neuman

Chindia Târgoviște v Gaz Metan Mediaș

5 November 2021 15	Chindia Târgoviște	0–1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Ploiești
17:30 EET (UTC+2)			Matricardi 90+1'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: István Kovács

Chindia Târgoviște v Rapid București

19 November 2021 16	Chindia Târgoviște	2–2	Rapid București	Ploiești
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Neguț 53' Popa 62'		Ilie 60' Marzouk 89'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Sepsi OSK v Chindia Târgoviște

27 November 2021 17	Sepsi OSK	0–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Sfântu Gheorghe
--:-- EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadionul Sepsi Arena

Chindia Târgoviște v FCSB

4 December 2021 18	Chindia Târgoviște	0–1	FCSB	Ploiești
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Omrani 21'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Radu Petrescu

Dinamo București v Chindia Târgoviște

13 December 2021 19	Dinamo București	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadionul Dinamo

Chindia Târgoviște v FC U Craiova

16 December 2021 20	Chindia Târgoviște	0–3	FC U Craiova	Ploiești
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Bălan 45+6' (pen.) Baeten 59' Compagno 87'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

Academica Clinceni v Chindia Târgoviște

19 December 2021 21	Academica Clinceni	0–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Giurgiu
13:30 EET (UTC+2)			Neguț 83'	Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Referee: George Găman

Chindia Târgoviște v Voluntari

22 January 2022 22	Chindia Târgoviște	0–0	Voluntari	Ploiești
14:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Cătălin Popa

Chindia Târgoviște v Mioveni

30 January 2022 23	Chindia Târgoviște	0–0	Mioveni	Ploiești
14:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: István Kovács

Farul Constanța v Chindia Târgoviște

5 February 2022 24	Farul Constanța	0–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Ovidiu
16:00 EET (UTC+2)			Florea 82'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Referee: Horia Gabriel Mladinovici

Chindia Târgoviște v Argeș Pitești

9 February 2022 25	Chindia Târgoviște	1–1	Argeș Pitești	Ploiești
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dulca 20'		Ișfan 64'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Iulian Dima

FCSB v Chindia Târgoviște

13 February 2022 26	FCSB	3–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Bucharest
19:55 EET (UTC+2)	Olaru 47' Gheorghe 67', 77'		Popa 15' Butean 21'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Chindia Târgoviște v Botoșani

20 February 2022 27	Chindia Târgoviște	1–1	Botoșani	Ploiești
12:30 EET (UTC+2)	Sila 13'		Mateus 53'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Bogdan Dumitrache

Universitatea Craiova v Chindia Târgoviște

25 February 2022 28	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Craiova
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Gustavo Vagenin 28'			Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

Chindia Târgoviște v UTA Arad

1 March 2022 29	Chindia Târgoviște	1–0	UTA Arad	Ploiești
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Florea 87'			Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Chindia Târgoviște

6 March 2022 30	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–4	Chindia Târgoviște	Mediaș
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Șerban 5' Florea 34', 37' Doru Popadiuc 76'	Stadium: Stadionul Gaz Metan Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs

Play-out round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Sepsi OSK (Q)	9	7	1	1	21	4	+17	42	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
8	Botoșani	9	6	0	3	18	9	+9	41	Qualification to European competition play-offs
9	Rapid București	9	6	1	2	22	7	+15	39
10	FC U Craiova 1948	9	5	2	2	14	11	+3	34
11	UTA Arad	9	4	1	4	10	6	+4	33
12	Mioveni	9	5	1	3	12	10	+2	31
13	Chindia Târgoviște (O)	9	2	2	5	8	8	0	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	Dinamo București (R)	9	4	2	3	14	11	+3	23
15	Academica Clinceni[b] (D, R)	9	0	0	9	4	32	−28	−43	Clubs withdrew from the league
16	Gaz Metan Mediaș[c] (D, R)	9	1	0	8	6	31	−25	−46

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 4 and 5 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[2]
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Sepsi OSK qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League by winning the 2021–22 Cupa României.
2. Academica were deducted 44 points due to financial reasons. They later dissolved and restarted under a new name called HD Clinceni 2022.
3. Gaz Metan Mediaș were deducted 50 points due to financial reasons. They later withdrew and completed under the name of ACS Mediaș 2022.

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
9	2	2	5	8	8	0	8	1	2	2	4	4	0	1	0	3	4	4	0

Last updated: 1 April 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Chindia Târgoviște v FC U Craiova

12 March 2022 1	Chindia Târgoviște	0–0	FC U Craiova	Ploieşti
17:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană

Mioveni v Chindia Târgoviște

21 March 2022 2	Mioveni	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Mioveni
20:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Orăşenesc

Chindia Târgoviște v Dinamo București

1 April 2022 3	Chindia Târgoviște	0–2	Dinamo București	Ploiești
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium

Academica Clinceni v Chindia Târgoviște

8 April 2022 4	Academica Clinceni	0–3	Chindia Târgoviște	Clinceni
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Clinceni

Chindia Târgoviște v Botoșani

15 April 2022 5	Chindia Târgoviște	1–2	Botoșani	Ploiești
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium

UTA Arad v Chindia Târgoviște

23 April 2022 6	UTA Arad	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Arad
13:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Francisc von Neuman

Chindia Târgoviște v Rapid București

29 April 2022 7	Chindia Târgoviște	0–0	Rapid București	Ploiești
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium

Sepsi OSK v Chindia Târgoviște

8 May 2022 8	Sepsi OSK	2–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Sfântu Gheorghe
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Stadionul Sepsi Arena

Chindia Târgoviște v Gaz Metan Mediaș

13 May 2022 9	Chindia Târgoviște	3–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Ploiești
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium

Cupa României

Main article: 2021–22 Cupa României

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

1. "Liga I 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
2. "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.