title: 2021–22 AFC Chindia Târgoviște season
text: # 2021–22 AFC Chindia Târgoviște season
  
  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. 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. 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) |
  
  ## Pre-season and friendlies
  
  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall record
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 029.55 |
  
  Source: Soccerway
  
  ### Liga I
  
  **Regular season**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
  | 11 | Chindia Târgoviște | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 35 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
  | 12 | FC U Craiova 1948 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 33 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
  | 13 | Mioveni | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 29 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Source:
  
  **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 |
  
  **Play-out round**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Sepsi OSK | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 42 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
  | 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 | 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 (R) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 32 | −28 | −43 | Relegation to 2022–23 Liga II |
  | 16 | Gaz Metan Mediaș (R) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | −25 | −46 | Relegation to 2022–23 Liga II |
  
  * ↑ 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.
  * ↑ Gaz Metan Mediaș were deducted 50 points due to financial reasons.
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 1 April 2022. Source:
  
  **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 | | | | | | | | | |
  