2013–14 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu season

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

2013–14 season
Chairman	Marin Condescu
Head coach	Cristian Pustai
Stadium	Tudor Vladimirescu
Liga I	4th
Cupa României	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2013–14 season will be Pandurii Târgu Jiu's 50th season in the Romanian football league system, and their eighth consecutive season in Liga I.

They finished second in the 2012–13 Liga I. Pandurii competed in UEFA Europa League, their first European participation ever, playing in the Group Stage.

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK David Lazar 3 DF Sipo 4 DF Marko Momčilović 5 DF Paraskevas Christou (captain) 6 DF Iulian Mamele 7 MF Alin Buleică 8 MF Călin Cristea 9 FW Alex dos Santos 10 MF Eric 11 FW Admir Adrović 18 DF Bogdan Ungurușan 19 MF Paul Anton 20 MF Cornel Predescu

No. Position Player 21 DF Erico 22 MF David Distéfano 23 DF Ionuț Rada 25 DF Marian Pleașcă 26 MF Viorel Nicoară 28 MF Nicandro Breeveld 32 FW Diego Rubio 33 GK Răzvan Stanca 77 MF Paulinho 80 GK Pedro Mingote 90 MF Alexandru Ciucur 99 FW Deivydas Matulevičius — FW Feiz Shamsin

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	7	4	1	2	14	4	+10	13

Updated to games played on 21 September 2013.
Source: Liga I
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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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
7	4	3	0	9	4	+5	15	1	3	0	4	2	+2	3	0	0	5	2	+3

Last updated: 25 August 2013.
Source: www.pandurii-tg-jiu.ro

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Levadia Tallinn v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

16 July 2013 First leg	Levadia Tallinn	0–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn
18:00		Report		Attendance: 2,848[1] Referee: Marco Borg (Malta)

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Levadia Tallinn

25 July 2013 Second leg	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	4–0	Levadia Tallinn	Tudor Vladimirescu, Târgu Jiu
19:00	Matulevičius  7' Erico  35', 57' Breeveld  39'	Report		Attendance: 4,270[2] Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Third qualifying round

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Hapoel Tel Aviv

1 August 2013 First leg	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–1	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca
20:00	Nistor  4'	Report	Sasha  29'	Attendance: 4,996[3] Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

8 August 2013 Second leg	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–2	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
19:00	Damari  21' (pen.)	Report	Eric  34' Ciucur  50'	Attendance: 6,700[4] Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Play-off round

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Braga

22 August 2013 First leg	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–1	Braga	Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca
20:00		Report	Yazalde  51'	Attendance: 11,500[5] Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Braga v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

29 August 2013 Second leg	Braga	0–2 (aet)	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Estádio Municipal, Braga
21:30		Report	Buleică  15' Ciucur  117'	Attendance: 11,312[6] Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Group stage

Group E

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

19 September 2013 Second leg	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca^[C]
19:00		Report	Rotan  38'	Attendance: 8,000[7] Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

Paços de Ferreira v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

3 October 2013	Paços de Ferreira	1–1	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães^[E]
21:05	Rui Miguel  49'	Report	Momčilović  5'	Attendance: 1,314[8] Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)

Fiorentina v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

24 October 2013	Fiorentina	v	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
21:05		Report

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Fiorentina

7 November 2013	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	v	Fiorentina	Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca^[C]
19:00		Report

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

28 November 2013	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	v	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Dnipro-Arena, Dnipropetrovsk
21:05		Report

Notes and references

1. "Levadia vs Pandurii Târgu Jiu". Soccerway. 16 July 2013.
2. "Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Levadia". Soccerway. 25 July 2013.
3. "Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv". Soccerway. 1 August 2013.
4. "Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu". Soccerway. 8 August 2013.
5. "Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Sporting Braga". Soccerway. 22 August 2013.
6. "Sporting Braga vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu". Soccerway. 29 August 2013.
7. "Pandurii Târgu Jiu vs. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk". Soccerway. 19 September 2013.
8. "Paços de Ferreira vs. Pandurii Târgu Jiu". Soccerway. 3 October 2013.