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FC Petrolul Ploiești
2023–24 season
OwnerMarian Copilu
Chairman Claudiu Tudor
Head coach Florin Pârvu
Stadium Ilie Oană Stadium
Liga I 8th
Cupa României Pre-season
Biggest win2-0 FC Rapid
Biggest defeat0-2 FC Voluntari
←  2022–23

The 2023–24 season is FC Petrolul Ploiești's 99th season in existence and second consecutive in the Liga I. They will also compete in the Cupa României.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 February 2024 [1] [2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Portugal  POR Marian Huja
3 DF Netherlands  NED Bart Meijers ( Vice-captain)
4 DF Romania  ROU Paul Papp
5 DF Romania  ROU Valentin Țicu ( Captain)
6 MF Finland  FIN Tommi Jyry
7 FW Romania  ROU Gheorghe Grozav ( 4th captain)
8 MF Brazil  BRA Jair
9 FW Romania  ROU Mihai Roman
10 MF Romania  ROU Mario Bratu
11 MF Japan  JPN Takayuki Seto ( 3rd captain)
12 GK Romania  ROU Mihai Eșanu
13 FW Romania  ROU Iustin Răducan
17 MF Romania  ROU David Paraschiv
19 FW Nigeria  NGA Christian Irobiso (on loan from Al-Ula)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Romania  ROU Sergiu Hanca
22 DF Romania  ROU Denis Radu (on loan from Politehnica Timișoara)
24 FW Romania  ROU Raul Bucur
31 MF Romania  ROU Alexandru Ișfan (on loan from Universitatea Craiova)
34 DF Brazil  BRA Guilherme Garutti
35 GK Romania  ROU Andrei Jercălău
38 GK Czech Republic  CZE Lukáš Zima
44 MF Romania  ROU Lucian Dumitriu
71 DF Ivory Coast  CIV Seniko Doua
82 MF Ivory Coast  CIV Ismaël Diomandé
95 MF Romania  ROU Mihai Constantinescu
97 MF Romania  ROU Augustin Dumitrache
99 MF Romania  ROU Alexandru Musi (on loan from FCSB)
FW Kosovo  KOS Albin Berisha

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
MF Romania Alexandru Musi Romania FCSB Loan 1 July 2023
FW Romania Ionuț Cojocaru Romania Farul Constanta
FW Romania Iustin Raducan Romania CSA Steaua Bucuresti Free Transfer
GK Romania Mihai Eșanu Romania Chindia Târgoviște
GK Romania George Gavrilas Romania Metaloglobus București
FW Montenegro Zoran Petrović Montenegro Buducnost Podgorica
GK Czech Republic Lukas Zima Netherlands VVV-Venlo
DF Brazil Guilherme Garutti Romania CS Mioveni
FW Romania Sergiu Hanca Romania Universitatea Craiova
FW Romania Zoran Mitrov Romania FC Brașov 10,000
DF Guinea-Bissau Pedro Justiniano Poland Radomiak Radom Loan 2 July 2023
FW Romania Mihai Roman II Romania FC Botosani Free Transfer 23 August 2023
DF Romania Denis Radu Romania Poli Timisoara Loan 29 August 2023
FW Georgia (country) Giorgi Abuashvili Portugal FC Porto B 150,000 30 August 2023

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
GK Romania Octavian Vâlceanu FC Voluntari End of loan 30 June 2023
DF Romania Florin Borța Universitatea Craiova
DF Romania Ricardo Grigore FC Dinamo Bucuresti
MF Romania Vlad Prejmeran Chindia Târgoviște Free Transfer 1 July 2023
FW Romania Dragoș Gheorghe CS Tunari
GK Austria Andreas Leitner SV Ried
DF Romania Antoniu Manolache Corvinul Hunedoara
DF Romania Alexandru Sabau CSM Resita Loan
MF Romania Mihai Nitescu CSM Alexandria 3 July 2023
FW Romania Robert Moldoveanu Chindia Târgoviște Free Transfer 11 July 2023
DF Romania Mihai Velisar Corvinul Hunedoara 13 July 2023
FW Romania Alexandru Saim Tudor FC Brașov 26 July 2023
FW Romania Alin Botogan Chindia Târgoviște Loan
GK Romania Andrei Jercălău Cetatea Turris Turnu Magurele 27 July 2023
FW Romania Vlad Bogdan Metaloglobus București 31 July 2023
MF Romania Cristian Lixandru CS Tunari 1 August 2023
MF Romania Constantin Budescu Farul Constanta Free Transfer 4 August 2023
DF Cape Verde Félix Mathaus PAE Chania 1 September 2023
FW Nigeria Christian Irobiso Al-Ula 125,000 5 September 2023
FW Romania Ionuț Cojocaru Farul Constanta End of loan
DF Bulgaria Georgi Pashov FC Buzău Free Transfer 6 September 2023
MF Serbia Stefan Purtić Free Agent 12 September 2023

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

22 June 2023 Friendly Petrolul Ploiești Romania 2–3 North Macedonia Shkëndija Rogla, Slovenia
17:30  UTC+2 Stadium: Štadion Rogla
26 June 2023 Friendly Petrolul Ploiești Romania 0–5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia
18:00  UTC+2 Stadium: Štadion Dobrava
30 June 2023 Friendly Aluminij Slovenia 0–0 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Kidričevo, Slovenia
17:30  UTC+2 Stadium: Športni Park Aluminij
4 July 2023 Friendly Panathinaikos Greece 2–0 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Mattersburg, Austria
18:00  UTC+2 Stadium: Pappelstadion
5 July 2023 Friendly Petrolul Ploiești Romania 1–1 Croatia Osijek Križevci, Croatia
17:30  UTC+2 Stadium: Gradski Stadion

Competitions

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 16 July 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 8 3 4 1 14 12 +2 037.50
Cupa României TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 8 3 4 1 14 12 +2 037.50

Last updated: 1 September 2023
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
8 UTA Arad 30 10 10 10 36 43 −7 40 [a] Qualification to play-out round
9 Hermannstadt 30 9 13 8 36 31 +5 40 [a]
10 Petrolul Ploiești 30 7 14 9 29 32 −3 35
11 Oțelul Galați 30 6 16 8 31 36 −5 34
12 Politehnica Iași 30 7 12 11 33 44 −11 33
Source: [1] , 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. [3]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCS FAR UCV CFR RAP SEP
1 FCSB (C, Q) 7 5 2 0 12 6 +6 49 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1
2 Farul Constanța 7 4 1 2 14 8 +6 35 Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round 0–1 5–1 3–1 3 May
3 Universitatea Craiova 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 34 Qualification to European competition play-offs 6 May 1–2 0–1 2–1
4 CFR Cluj 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 34 0–1 1–2 5 May 28 Apr
5 Rapid București 6 0 1 5 6 14 −8 29 1–2 29 Apr 1–4 0–1
6 Sepsi OSK 6 1 3 2 7 9 −2 28 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.) [4] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation [a] HER UTA OTE UCJ PET VOL FCU IAS BOT DIN
1 Hermannstadt 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 31 Qualification to European competition play-offs 1–1 2–0 6 May 1–1 3–0
2 UTA Arad 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 31 1–3 3–1 4–3 6 May 1–0
3 Oțelul Galați 6 4 1 1 7 5 +2 30 28 Apr 1–0 1–0 1–0
4 Universitatea Cluj 7 2 2 3 8 7 +1 29 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 4 May
5 Petrolul Ploiești 6 2 2 2 5 9 −4 26 1–1 5 May 0–4 1–0 29 Apr
6 Voluntari 7 2 3 2 11 9 +2 23 1–0 1–1 0–0
7 FC U Craiova 1948 7 1 3 3 6 10 −4 22 Qualification to relegation play-offs 1–2 3–2 1–1
8 Politehnica Iași 6 1 1 4 4 6 −2 21 28 Apr 3–1 0–0
9 Botoșani 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 21 Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II 4 May 4–1 2–1 2–1
10 Dinamo București 7 1 3 3 5 9 −4 21 1–1 1–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.) [5] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
Notes:

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
8 3 4 1 14 12  +2 13 2 2 1 10 10  0 1 2 0 4 2  +2

Last updated: 1 September 2023.
Source: SuperLiga

Results by round

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GroundHAHHAHAH
ResultDDLWWWDD
Position891295345
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2023. Source: SuperLiga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023. [6]

16 July 2023 1 Petrolul Ploiești 1–1 Universitatea Cluj Ploiești
18:30  UTC+3
  • Musi 30'
  • Budescu soccer ball with red X 59'
Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Cupa României

References

  1. ^ "Prima echipă" [First-team squad] (in Romanian). FC Petrolul Ploiești. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ "FC PETROLUL jucatori - componenta echipa" [FC PETROLUL players - team squad] (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Program Liga 1 2023/2024. FCSB - Dinamo se joacă în etapa a doua". www.digisport.ro.

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