2010–11 in Romanian football

2010–2011 Romania football season and related events

The 2010–11 season in Romanian football was held between the summer of 2010 and the summer of 2011. The first division consisted of 18 teams, with CFR Cluj as the defending champions. The men's national team started the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign in Group D, along with France, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Luxembourg.

## Domestic leagues

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In Liga I, Oţelul Galaţi won the title for the first time in their history and qualified into the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. Runners-up came Timișoara, while the third placed were Vaslui. However, at the end of the season Timișoara were being relegated for accumulated debt and by this not allowed to play in the qualifying round of the Champions League, by the Romanian Football Federation. Top scorer of the league was Ianis Zicu of Timișoara with 18 goals.

Steaua Bucharest gained the Romanian Cup again after eleven years, in a final over archrivals Dinamo Bucharest played in Braşov.

In Liga II, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Petrolul Ploieşti won the two series, with Concordia Chiajna and Bihor Oradea as runners-up. Still, Bihor Oradea were not given a first division license for the following season and were ineligible for promotion.[1] The decision regarding the structure of next season's leagues was still in debate on 20 June.[2]

The champions of the six Liga III series were Bacău, Callatis Mangalia, Chindia Târgovişte, Slatina, Luceafărul Oradea and Maramureş Universitar Baia Mare.

## European competitions

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### CFR Cluj

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The champions CFR Cluj were drawn directly into the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, thanks to a good coefficient of the Romanian association, where they were paired with Basel, Rome and Bayern München. Unluckily they would only achieve a victory over Basel in the first game and a draw with Rome in the last, finishing the group on last place.

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Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 15
Roma | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10
Basel | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6
CFR Cluj | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4

CFR Cluj v  Basel 15 September 2010 Group stage|  CFR Cluj | 2–1|  Basel | Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

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20:45 | Rada 9'
Traoré 12' | Report | Stocker 45+2' | Attendance: 9,593
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Roma v  CFR Cluj 28 September 2010 Group stage|  Roma | 2–1|  CFR Cluj | Stadio Olimpico, Rome

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20:45 | Mexès 69'
Borriello 71' | Report | Rada 78' | Attendance: 30,252
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Bayern Munich v  CFR Cluj 19 October 2010 Group stage|  Bayern Munich | 3–2|  CFR Cluj | Allianz Arena, Munich

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20:45 | Cadú 32' (o.g.)
Panin 37' (o.g.)
Gómez 77' | Report | Cadú 28'
Culio 86' | Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

CFR Cluj v  Bayern Munich 3 November 2010 Group stage|  CFR Cluj | 0–4|  Bayern Munich | Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

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20:45 |  | Report | Gómez 12', 24', 71'
Müller 90' | Attendance: 14,097
Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Basel v  CFR Cluj 23 November 2010 Group stage|  Basel | 1–0|  CFR Cluj | St. Jakob-Park, Basel

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20:45 | Almerares 15' | Report |  | Attendance: 34,239
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

CFR Cluj v  Roma 8 December 2010 Group stage|  CFR Cluj | 1–1|  Roma | Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca

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20:45 | Traoré 88' | Report | Borriello 21' | Attendance: 12,800
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

### Unirea Urziceni

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Runners up of previous season and champions of 2009, Unirea Urziceni, were defeated in the third qualifying round of the Champions League by Zenit St. Petersburg by 0–1 on aggregate. Moving into the play-off round of the Europa League, they were paired with Hajduk Split. They would get eliminated from Europe after a 5–2 defeat on aggregate. Their home games were played at the Steaua Stadium in Bucharest, because Unirea's stadium did not meet the UEFA criteria. Manager at Unirea in 2010 was Israeli Ronny Levy. The team relegated at the end of the season after their owner withdrew financial support and they had to sell most of their players to pay debts.

Unirea Urziceni v  Zenit St. Petersburg 27 July 2010 Third qualifying round|  Unirea Urziceni | 0–0|  Zenit St. Petersburg | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

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19:30 |  | Report |  | Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)

Zenit St. Petersburg v  Unirea Urziceni 4 August 2010 Third qualifying round|  Zenit St. Petersburg | 1–0|  Unirea Urziceni | Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

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18:30 | Danny 33' | Report |  | Attendance: 21,100
Referee: Mike Dean (England)

Hajduk Split v  Unirea Urziceni 19 August 2010 Play-off round|  Hajduk Split | 4–1|  Unirea Urziceni | Gradski stadion u Poljudu, Split

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20:30 | Ibričić 39', 66'
Brkljača 78'
Čop 85' | Report | Frunză 34' | Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

Unirea Urziceni v  Hajduk Split 26 August 2010 Play-off round|  Unirea Urziceni | 1–1|  Hajduk Split | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

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19:30 | Bilaşco 2' | Report | Vukušić 88' | Attendance: 918
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland)

### Vaslui

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Third placed team Vaslui were drawn against Lille in the Europa League play-off round and they were eliminated after losing 0–2 in the away leg.

Vaslui v  Lille 19 August 2010 Play-off round|  Vaslui | 0–0|  Lille | Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui

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19:00 |  | Report |  | Attendance: 3,821
Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

Lille v  Vaslui 26 August 2010 Play-off round|  Lille | 2–0|  Vaslui | Stadium Nord Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

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20:45 | Cabaye 69' (pen.)
Chedjou 80' | Report |  | Attendance: 16,876
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

### Steaua Bucharest

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Steaua Bucharest was the most successful Romanian team in the European competitions this season. They were drawn against Grasshopper in the Europa League play-off round and managed to qualify for the second time in the group stage, after passing the Swiss team on penalty shoot-out. There, they were drawn with Liverpool, Napoli and Utrecht. They managed to gain six points in the group, finishing third. Among the notable matches there was 3–1 home victory against Utrecht, a 1–1 draw at home against Liverpool, but also a slipped away victory after a 3–3 draw at home with Napoli, Cavani scoring the equaliser goal in the 98th minute, followed by a similar scenario in the away game, with Cavani scoring for 1–0 in 93rd minute.

Steaua București v  Grasshopper 19 August 2010 Play-off round|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Grasshopper | Stadionul Steaua, București

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19:45 | Stancu 71' | Report |  | Attendance: 17,971
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Grasshopper v  Steaua București 26 August 2010 Play-off round|  Grasshopper | 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)|  Steaua București | Letzigrund, Zürich

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19:30 | Salatić 77' | Report |  | Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
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Smiljanić
Salatić
Abrashi
Hajrović
Adili |  | Stancu
Surdu
Angelov
Latovlevici

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Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10
Napoli | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7
Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6
Utrecht | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5

Liverpool v  Steaua București 16 September 2010 Group stage|  Liverpool | 4–1|  Steaua București | Anfield, Liverpool

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21:05 | Cole 1'
Ngog 55' (pen.), 90+1'
Lucas 81' | Report | Tănase 13' | Attendance: 25,605
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

Steaua București v  Napoli 30 September 2010 Group stage|  Steaua București | 3–3|  Napoli | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

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19:00 | Cribari 2' (o.g.)
Tănase 11'
Kapetanos 16' | Report | Vitale 44'
Hamšík 73'
Cavani 90+8' | Attendance: 10,203
Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland)

Utrecht v  Steaua București 21 October 2010 Group stage|  Utrecht | 1–1|  Steaua București | Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht

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19:00 | Duplan 60' | Report | Schut 75' (o.g.) | Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Said Ennjimi (France)

Steaua București v  Utrecht 4 November 2010 Group stage|  Steaua București | 3–1|  Utrecht | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

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21:05 | Gardoş 29'
Stancu 52', 53' | Report | Mertens 33' | Attendance: 16,210
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

Steaua București v  Liverpool 2 December 2010 Group stage|  Steaua București | 1–1|  Liverpool | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest

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19:00 | Bonfim 61' | Report | Jovanović 19' | Attendance: 13,639
Referee: Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)

Napoli v  Steaua București 15 December 2010 Group stage|  Napoli | 1–0|  Steaua București | Stadio San Paolo, Naples

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21:05 | Cavani 90+3' | Report |  | Attendance: 40,631
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

### Timișoara

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Fifth placed team Timișoara were drawn in the third qualifying round of the Europa League against MyPa from Finland, which they surpassed 5–4 on aggregate, after a spectacular comeback from three goals down in the second leg. However, in the play-off round they were drawn against Manchester City and were defeated twice in a row, 0–1 and 0–2. At the end of the season, although finishing second, the team is relegated for unpaid debts, putting an end to their nine-year spell in the top division.

MYPA v  Timișoara 29 July 2010 Third qualifying round|  MYPA | 1–2|  Timișoara | Saviniemi, Anjalankoski

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18:00 | Ricketts 50' | Report | Tameş 34'
Axente 74' | Referee: David Mckeon (Ireland)

Timișoara v  MYPA 5 August 2010 Third qualifying round|  Timișoara | 3–3|  MYPA | Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu, Timișoara

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19:30 | Axente 53'
Zicu 80'
Čišovský 90+2' | Report | Äijälä 18'
Ricketts 20', 25' | Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

Timișoara v  Manchester City 19 August 2010 Play-off round|  Timișoara | 0–1|  Manchester City | Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu, Timișoara

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21:00 |  | Report | Balotelli 72' | Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Manchester City v  Timișoara 26 August 2010 Play-off round|  Manchester City | 2–0|  Timișoara | City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

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21:00 | Wright-Phillips 43'
Boyata 59' | Report |  | Attendance: 23,542
Referee: Manuel de Sousa (Portugal)

### Dinamo Bucharest

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Dinamo Bucharest benefited from the fact that 2010 Romanian Cup winners were placed first and third in the league, so that one more Europa League spot was awarded for the team on sixth place. They started in the second qualifying round with a tie against Moldovan side Olimpia Bălţi. After a 2–0 victory in the away game played in Chişinău, it followed a 5–1 win at home. Next team they were drawn against, in the third qualifying round, were the Croats from Hajduk Split. It was the tie prior to the encounter with Unirea Urziceni and Dinamo were eliminated by 3–4 on aggregate after they won 3–1 at home and lost 0–3 away.

Olimpia v  Dinamo București 15 July 2010 Second qualifying round|  Olimpia | 0–2|  Dinamo București | Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău

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18:00 |  | Report | Pulhac 41'
Ganea 83' | Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Dinamo București v  Olimpia 22 July 2010 Second qualifying round|  Dinamo București | 5–1|  Olimpia | Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

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19:45 | Orlovski 4' (o.g.)
Adrian Cristea 32'
N'Doye 45'
Munteanu 59'
Torje 63' (pen.) | Report | Adaramola 90' | Attendance: 4,367
Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

Dinamo București v  Hajduk Split 29 July 2010 Third qualifying round|  Dinamo București | 3–1|  Hajduk Split | Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest

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20:00 | Andrei Cristea 6' (pen.)
Garat 40'
Koné 70' | Report | Tomasov 64' | Referee: Lee Probert (England)

Hajduk Split v  Dinamo București 5 August 2010 Third qualifying round|  Hajduk Split | 3–0|  Dinamo București | Gradski Stadion, Split

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20:30 | Vukušić 12'
Brkljača 23'
Tomasov 38' | Report |  | Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Carlos Xistra (Portugal)

## Men's national team

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On June 4, 2011, Răzvan Lucescu resigned from the helm of the national team, following a two-year term, to take charge at Rapid Bucharest.[3] Victor Piţurcă, the manager before Lucescu, was hired again as the head coach, with a contract valid until November 30, 2015. The aim will be qualification to Euro 2016.[4]

### Friendly matches

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Turkey v  Romania 11 August 2010 |  Turkey | 2–0|  Romania | Istanbul, Turkey

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21:15 UTC+3 | Emre 82' (pen.)
Turan 86' | Report |  | Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Milorad Mazić (Serbia)

Romania v  Italy 17 November 2010 |  Romania | 1–1|  Italy | Klagenfurt, Austria

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21:30 UTC+1 | Marica 34' | Report | Marica 82' (o.g.) | Stadium: Hypo-Arena
Attendance: 5,436
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

Ukraine v  Romania 8 February 2011 |  Ukraine | 2–2|  Romania | Paralimni, Cyprus

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20:30 UTC | Rakitskiy 24'
Milevskyi 31' | Report | Alexa 33' 44' | Stadium: Paralimni Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Cyprus v  Romania 9 February 2011 |  Cyprus | 1–1|  Romania | Paralimni, Cyprus

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20:30 UTC | Konstantinou 84' | Report | Torje 54' | Stadium: Paralimni Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Viktor Shvetov (Ukraine)

Brazil v  Romania 7 June 2011 |  Brazil | 1–0|  Romania | São Paulo, Brazil

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21:55 UTC-2 | Fred 22' | Report |  | Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu
Attendance: 30,050
Referee: Sergio Pezzotta (Argentina)

Paraguay v  Romania 11 June 2011 |  Paraguay | 2–0|  Romania | Asunción, Paraguay

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18:00 UTC-4 | Valdez 2'
Santa Cruz 28' | Report |  | Stadium: Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Evandro Rogerio Román (Brazil)

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### Euro 2012 Qualifying

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Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D

The Romania men's national team were drawn into UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D. Group D fixtures were negotiated between the participants at a meeting in Luxembourg on 19 February 2010.[5]

Romania v  Albania 3 September 2010 |  Romania | 1–1|  Albania | Piatra Neamţ, Romania

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21:00 UTC+3 | Stancu 80' | Report | Muzaka 87' | Stadium: Ceahlăul Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Belarus v  Romania 7 September 2010 |  Belarus | 0–0|  Romania | Minsk, Belarus

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20:30 UTC+3 |  | Report |  | Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

France v  Romania 9 October 2010 |  France | 2–0|  Romania | Saint-Denis, France

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21:00 UTC+2 | Rémy 83'
Gourcuff 90+3' | Report |  | Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 79,299
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Bosnia and Herzegovina v  Romania 26 March 2011 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–1|  Romania | Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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19:15 UTC+1 | Ibišević 63'
Džeko 83' | Report | Marica 29' | Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

Romania v  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 June 2011 |  Romania | 3–0|  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bucharest, Romania

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21:00 UTC+3 | Mutu 37'
Marica 41', 55' | Report |  | Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

The home teams are in the left column; the away teams are in the right column.  Win Draw Loss

## References

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1. ^ "Conclusion of the licensing process of the 10 Liga II clubs" (in Romanian). FRF. 2009-06-29. Archived from the original on 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
2. ^ "Decisions of the Executive Committee" (in Romanian). FRF. 2011-06-02. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
3. ^ "Răzvan Lucescu resigned from the national team" (in Romanian). Antena 3. 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
4. ^ "Decisions of the Executive Committee of the Romanian Football Federation of June 20, 2011" (in Romanian). FRF. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
5. ^ "Group D fixtures of the Euro 2012 qualifiers" (in Romanian). FRF. 2010-02-19. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-20.

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2010–11 in Romanian football

Club football

Domestic leagues|

* Liga I
* Liga II
* Liga III
* Liga IV
* Women's Liga I

Domestic cups|

* Cupa României (Final)
* Supercupa României

European|

* Champions League (Men
* Women)
* Europa League

Other|

* Transfers
* Foreign players

Club seasons

Liga I|

* Astra
* Brașov
* CFR Cluj
* Dinamo
* Gaz Metan
* Gloria
* Oţelul
* Pandurii
* Rapid
* Sportul Studenţesc
* Steaua
* Târgu Mureş
* Timişoara
* Universitatea Cluj
* Universitatea Craiova
* Unirea
* Vaslui
* Victoria

International competitions

Men|

* UEFA Euro 2012 (Qual. GD)
* 2011 UEFA European U-21 Championship qualification (Qual. G1)
* 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
* European U-17 Championship (Qual. G6)
* 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Qual.)

Women|

* 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup (Qual. G4)

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