FC Petrolul Ploiești

Petrolul Ploiești

Full name	Fotbal Club Petrolul Ploiești
Nickname(s)	Lupii galbeni (Yellow Wolves]) Galben-albaștrii (Yellow-blues) Petroliștii (Oilers)
Short name	Petrolul
Founded	1952
Ground	Ilie Oană (Capacity: 14,350)
Chairman	Dan Grigore Adamescu
Manager	Valeriu Răchită
League	Liga I
2010–11	Liga II, Seria II, 1st (Promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Fotbal Club Petrolul Ploiești (Romanian pronunciation: [peˈtrolul ploˈjeʃtʲ]) is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County, currently playing in the Liga I.

History

Petrolul Ploiești was founded in 1952 when the team Flacăra București (Juventus Bucureşti) was dissolved, and its players and staff moved to Ploiești.

They won the Romanian championship 3 times, in 1957-1958, 1958-1959 and 1965-1966 and the Romanian Cup 2 times, in 1962-1963 and 1994-1995.

Their best European performance was reaching the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1962-63 edition after eliminating Spartak Brno from Czechoslovakia and Leipzig XI from the German Democratic Republic and being defeated by the Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC. In the 1995-1996 they also managed to defeat Welsh team Wrexham FC narrowly over two games.

They are the most successful team from Ploiești, having played in the Liga 1 for 41 seasons.

Petrolul wins their 2010–11 Liga II series, promoting back to the Liga I after the relegation from 2004.

Honours

Liga I:

• Winners (3): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1965–66
• Runners-up (2): 1955, 1961–62

Liga II:

• Winners (7): 1954, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2010–11
• Runners-up (1): 1980–81

Cupa României

• Winners (2): 1962–63, 1994–95
• Runners-up (1): 1952

European record

Main article: FC Petrolul Ploiești in Europe

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	3	8	2	1	5	8	15	– 7
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	2	6	2	2	2	4	7	– 3
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	– 4
Total	6	16	4	3	9	12	26	– 14

Former names

Year(s)	Name
1952–56	Flacăra Ploiești
1956–57	Energia Ploiești
1957–92	FC Petrolul Ploiești
1992–93	FC Ploiești
1993–present	FC Petrolul Ploiești

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 2 MF Florentin Dumitru 4 DF Cristian Melinte 5 DF Alin Buleică 7 MF Aleksandar Stoimirović 8 DF Pompiliu Stoica 10 MF Alexandru Buhuși 12 GK Eduard Zimmermann 15 MF Valentin Bărbulescu 18 FW Adrian Borza 19 FW Daniel Oprița 20 MF Valentin Negru 21 DF Mihai Tudor 23 DF Bogdan Străuț 92 FW Mihai Roman

No. Position Player — MF Olivian Surugiu — GK Iulian Oprea — MF Damien Boudjemaa — MF Mihai Dina — DF Álvaro Silva — GK Matteo Gritti — GK Povilas Valinčius — DF Vincent Bikana — DF Selim Ben Djemia — MF Sony Mustivar — FW Hamza Younes

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 16 MF Cătălin Crosman (at FC Prahova Tomsani) DF Laurențiu Petean (at Săgeata Năvodari)

External links

• (Romanian) Official website