2021–22 FC UTA Arad season

FC UTA Arad
2021–22 season
Stadium	Francisc von Neuman Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: ; David Miculescu (8); All: ; David Miculescu (8)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 77th season for FC UTA Arad and the club's second consecutive season in the Romanian Premier League.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Juan Pablo Passaglia	ACSM Poli Iasi	Free	1 July 2021	^[1]
FW	Filip Dangubić	NK Celje	Free	14 July 2021
MF	Karolis Laukžemis	FC Kaisar	Free	3 January 2022
MF	Nicolao Dumitru	Suwon Bluewings	Free	17 January 2022

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
FW	Adrian Petre	FCV Farul	Free	1 July 2021
DF	Simo Rumbullaku	Chindia Târgoviște	Free	1 July 2021
FW	Ioan Hora	FC Hermannstadt	Free	11 January 2022
MF	Juan Pablo Passaglia	Chindia Târgoviște	Free	3 February 2022

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

25 June 2021 Friendly

UTA Arad

2–0

1599 Selimbar

30 June 2021 Friendly

HNK Gorica

1–1

UTA Arad

3 July 2021 Friendly

Aluminij

1–2

UTA Arad

8 July 2021 Friendly

Hajduk Split

1–0

UTA Arad

14 July 2021 Friendly

UTA Arad

3–2

Ripensia Timișoara

4 September 2021 Friendly

UTA Arad

0–0

FK Kolubara

9 January 2022 Friendly

UTA Arad

1–4

Sporting Charleroi

12 January 2022 Friendly

UTA Arad

2–1

AS Pélican

14 January 2022 Friendly

FC Aarau

2–1

UTA Arad

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Liga I[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Voluntari	30	13	8	9	31	27	+4	47	Qualification for the Play-off round
7	Botoșani	30	11	13	6	33	28	+5	46	Qualification for the Play-out round
8	UTA Arad	30	9	13	8	24	20	+4	40
9	Rapid București	30	9	13	8	34	31	+3	40
10	Sepsi OSK	30	9	12	9	33	29	+4	39

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.^[2]

Results summary[edit]


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[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	D
Position

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

Matches[edit]

18 July 2021 1	UTA Arad	0–0	Farul Constanţa	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

23 July 2021 2	Argeș Pitești	0–1	UTA Arad	Piteşti
				Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin

1 August 2021 3	UTA Arad	1–1	FCSB	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

6 August 2021 4

Botoșani

2–1

UTA Arad

14 August 2021 5	UTA Arad	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

22 August 2021 6	UTA Arad	2–0	Voluntari	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

30 August 2021 7

Gaz Metan Mediaş

0–1

UTA Arad

10 September 2021 8	UTA Arad	2–2	Rapid Bucureşti	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

19 September 2021 9

Sepsi

0–0

UTA Arad

26 September 2021 10	UTA Arad	0–1	CFR Cluj	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

2 October 2021 11

Dinamo Bucureşti

2–2

UTA Arad

17 October 2021 12	UTA Arad	1–0	FC U Craiova 1948	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

25 October 2021 13

Academica Clinceni

0–3

UTA Arad

1 November 2021 14	UTA Arad	0–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

6 November 2021 15

CS Mioveni

0–0

UTA Arad

6 November 2021 16

Farul Constanța

0–0

UTA Arad

27 November 2021 17	UTA Arad	0–1	Argeș Pitești	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

5 December 2021 18

FCSB

2–1

UTA Arad

Bucharest

11 December 2021 19	UTA Arad	0–0	Botoșani	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

14 December 2021 20	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	UTA Arad	Craiova
20:30

17 December 2021 21	Voluntari	2–1	UTA Arad	Voluntari
20:30				Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Stadium

23 January 2022 22	UTA Arad	0–1	Gaz Metan Mediaş	Arad
17:00				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium Referee: George Găman

29 January 2022 23	Rapid Bucureşti	1–1	UTA Arad	Bucharest
20:00				Stadium: Arena Naţională Referee: Radu Petrescu

5 February 2022 24	UTA Arad	1–0	Sepsi OSK	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

8 February 2022 25

CFR Cluj

0–0

UTA Arad

Cluj-Napoca

13 February 2022 26	UTA Arad	0–0	Dinamo Bucureşti	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

18 February 2022 27

FC U Craiova 1948

1–1

UTA Arad

Craiova

25 February 2022 28	UTA Arad	2–0	Academica Clinceni	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

1 March 2022 29

Chindia Târgoviște

1–0

UTA Arad

Târgoviște

5 March 2022 30	UTA Arad	2–1	Mioveni	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

Play-out round[edit]

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	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
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	Clubs withdrew from the league

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.)^[3]
(D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sepsi OSK qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League by winning the 2021–22 Cupa României.
^ Academica were deducted 44 points due to financial reasons. They later dissolved and restarted under a new name called HD Clinceni 2022.
^ 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[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	4	1	4	10	6	+4	13	4	0	1	9	2	+7	0	1	3	1	4	−3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches[edit]

11 March 2022 1	UTA Arad	3–0	Academica Clinceni	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

18 March 2022 2	Botoșani	1–0	UTA Arad	Botoșani
17:30				Stadium: Municipal Stadium

2 April 2022 3	UTA Arad	4–0	Gaz Metan Mediaş	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

9 April 2022 4	UTA Arad	0–2	Rapid Bucureşti	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

16 April 2022 5	Sepsi OSK	1–0	UTA Arad	Sfântu Gheorghe
15:00	Bălașa 90+3'			Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium

23 April 2022 6	UTA Arad	1–0	Chindia Târgovişte	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

1 May 2022 7	FC U Craiova 1948	1–0	UTA Arad	Craiova
19:00	Kovačić 50'			Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium

7 May 2022 8	UTA Arad	1–0	Mioveni	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium

13 May 2022 9	Dinamo Bucureşti	1–1	UTA Arad	Bucharest
20:30				Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

Cupa României[edit]

23 September 2021	Filiași	1–0	UTA Arad	Filiași
16:00	Vîlcică 38'			Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc Filiași Referee: Robert Avram

References[edit]

^ "Juan Pablo Passaglia es el nuevo volante de la UTA: "Estoy feliz de estar en un gran equipo del fútbol rumano" – Deportes Hoy".
^ "Liga I 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "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.

[table_note_res_ECL2Q0.37687275296863-3] Sepsi OSK qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League by winning the 2021–22 Cupa României.

[table_note_ACA0.37687275296863-4] Academica were deducted 44 points due to financial reasons. They later dissolved and restarted under a new name called HD Clinceni 2022.

[table_note_GAZ0.37687275296863-5] Gaz Metan Mediaș were deducted 50 points due to financial reasons. They later withdrew and completed under the name of ACS Mediaș 2022.

[1] "Juan Pablo Passaglia es el nuevo volante de la UTA: "Estoy feliz de estar en un gran equipo del fútbol rumano" – Deportes Hoy".

[sw-2] "Liga I 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[6] "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.

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