2023–24 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

FC Petrolul Ploiești
2023–24 season
Owner	Marian Copilu
Chairman	Claudiu Tudor
Head coach	Florin Pârvu
Stadium	Ilie Oană Stadium
Liga I	8th
Cupa României	Pre-season
Average home league attendance	7,588
Biggest win	2-0 FC Rapid
Biggest defeat	0-2 FC Voluntari

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^[2]^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	POR	Marian Huja
3	DF	NED	Bart Meijers (Vice-captain)
4	DF	ROU	Paul Papp
5	DF	ROU	Valentin Țicu (Captain)
6	MF	FIN	Tommi Jyry
7	FW	ROU	Gheorghe Grozav (4th captain)
8	MF	BRA	Jair
9	FW	ROU	Mihai Roman
10	MF	ROU	Mario Bratu
11	MF	JPN	Takayuki Seto (3rd captain)
12	GK	ROU	Mihai Eșanu
13	FW	ROU	Iustin Răducan
17	MF	ROU	David Paraschiv
19	FW	NGA	Christian Irobiso (on loan from Al-Ula)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	ROU	Sergiu Hanca
22	DF	ROU	Denis Radu (on loan from Politehnica Timișoara)
24	FW	ROU	Raul Bucur
31	MF	ROU	Alexandru Ișfan (on loan from Universitatea Craiova)
34	DF	BRA	Guilherme Garutti
35	GK	ROU	Andrei Jercălău
38	GK	CZE	Lukáš Zima
44	MF	ROU	Lucian Dumitriu
71	DF	CIV	Seniko Doua
82	MF	CIV	Ismaël Diomandé
95	MF	ROU	Mihai Constantinescu
97	MF	ROU	Augustin Dumitrache
99	MF	ROU	Alexandru Musi (on loan from FCSB)
—	FW	KOS	Albin Berisha

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
MF	Alexandru Musi	FCSB	Loan	1 July 2023
FW	Ionuț Cojocaru	Farul Constanta	Loan
FW	Iustin Raducan	CSA Steaua Bucuresti	Free Transfer
GK	Mihai Eșanu	Chindia Târgoviște
GK	George Gavrilas	Metaloglobus București
FW	Zoran Petrović	Buducnost Podgorica
GK	Lukas Zima	VVV-Venlo
DF	Guilherme Garutti	CS Mioveni
FW	Sergiu Hanca	Universitatea Craiova
FW	Zoran Mitrov	FC Brașov	€10,000
DF	Pedro Justiniano	Radomiak Radom	Loan	2 July 2023
FW	Mihai Roman II	FC Botosani	Free Transfer	23 August 2023
DF	Denis Radu	Poli Timisoara	Loan	29 August 2023
FW	Giorgi Abuashvili	FC Porto B	€150,000	30 August 2023
MF	Tommi Jyry	Inter Turku	Free Transfer	6 February 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
GK	Octavian Vâlceanu	FC Voluntari	End of loan	30 June 2023
DF	Florin Borța	Universitatea Craiova
DF	Ricardo Grigore	FC Dinamo Bucuresti
MF	Vlad Prejmeran	Chindia Târgoviște	Free Transfer	1 July 2023
FW	Dragoș Gheorghe	CS Tunari
GK	Andreas Leitner	SV Ried
DF	Antoniu Manolache	Corvinul Hunedoara
DF	Alexandru Sabau	CSM Resita	Loan
MF	Mihai Nitescu	CSM Alexandria	Loan	3 July 2023
FW	Robert Moldoveanu	Chindia Târgoviște	Free Transfer	11 July 2023
DF	Mihai Velisar	Corvinul Hunedoara		13 July 2023
FW	Alexandru Saim Tudor	FC Brașov		26 July 2023
FW	Alin Botogan	Chindia Târgoviște	Loan	26 July 2023
GK	Andrei Jercălău	Cetatea Turris Turnu Magurele		27 July 2023
FW	Vlad Bogdan	Metaloglobus București		31 July 2023
MF	Cristian Lixandru	CS Tunari		1 August 2023
MF	Constantin Budescu	Farul Constanta	Free Transfer	4 August 2023
DF	Félix Mathaus	PAE Chania	Free Transfer	1 September 2023
FW	Christian Irobiso	Al-Ula	€125,000	5 September 2023
FW	Ionuț Cojocaru	Farul Constanta	End of loan	5 September 2023
DF	Georgi Pashov	FC Buzău	Free Transfer	6 September 2023
MF	Stefan Purtić	Free Agent		12 September 2023

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €160,000

Winter:

Total: €160,000

Income

Summer: €125,000

Winter:

Total: €125,000

Net Totals

Summer: €35,000

Winter:

Total: €35,000

Pre-season and friendlies

22 June 2023 Friendly	Petrolul Ploiești	2–3	Shkëndija	Rogla, Slovenia
17:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Štadion Rogla

26 June 2023 Friendly	Petrolul Ploiești	0–5	Sarajevo	Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Štadion Dobrava

30 June 2023 Friendly	Aluminij	0–0	Petrolul Ploiești	Kidričevo, Slovenia
17:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Športni Park Aluminij

4 July 2023 Friendly	Panathinaikos	2–0	Petrolul Ploiești	Mattersburg, Austria
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Pappelstadion

5 July 2023 Friendly	Petrolul Ploiești	1–1	Osijek	Križevci, Croatia
17:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Gradski Stadion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I Regular season	16 July 2023	8 March 2024	Matchday 1	10th	30	7	14	9	29	32	−3	023.33
Liga I Play-out round	18 March 2024	12 May 2024	Matchday 1	5th	9	3	2	4	8	14	−6	033.33
Cupa României	27 September 2023	7 December 2023	Group stage	Group stage	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	066.67
Total					42	12	17	13	43	49	−6	028.57

Source: Soccerway

Liga I

Regular season

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.^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)

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
30	7	14	9	29	32	−3	35	5	6	4	21	21	0	2	8	5	8	11	−3

Source: SuperLiga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D
Position	8	9	12	9	5	3	4	5

Source: SuperLiga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.^[5]

16 July 2023 1	Petrolul Ploiești	1–1	Universitatea Cluj	Ploiești
18:30 UTC+3	Musi 30' Budescu 59'		Chipciu 14' Pițian 58' Nistor 60'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Play-out round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	UTA	OTE	HER	UCJ	PET	IAS	DIN	BOT	VOL	FCU
7	UTA Arad^[a]	9	5	2	2	15	11	+4	37			3–1	1–3					1–0	4–3	3–1
8	Oțelul Galați	9	6	1	2	11	7	+4	36	Qualification to European competition play-offs			1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–0
9	Hermannstadt^[b]	9	4	2	3	13	7	+6	34					1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1
10	Universitatea Cluj	9	3	3	3	12	10	+2	33	Qualification to European competition play-offs	0–0				1–2	1–0	3–3	3–0
11	Petrolul Ploiești	9	3	2	4	8	14	−6	29		1–1	2–1						1–2	0–4	1–0
12	Politehnica Iași	9	3	1	5	7	8	−1	27		0–2				2–0				3–1	0–0
13	Dinamo București (O)	9	2	4	3	10	12	−2	25	Qualification to relegation play-offs	2–0				1–1	1–0			1–1
14	Botoșani (O)	9	4	2	3	11	11	0	25	Qualification to relegation play-offs						2–1	2–1		0–0	4–1
15	Voluntari (R)	9	2	4	3	11	10	+1	24	Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II		1–1	1–0	0–1						0–0
16	FC U Craiova (R)	9	1	3	5	8	16	−8	22	Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II		1–2	1–3	3–2			1–1

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.)^[6] 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
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Club was ineligible to advance to the European competition play-offs because it did not receive a UEFA license.
^ Club was ineligible to advance to the European competition play-offs because it did not receive a UEFA license.

Cupa României

27 September 2023 1	Progresul Pecica	1–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Pecica
14:00	Ewald Wild 17' Abdullahi Nasiru 43'		Roman 19', 54'	Stadium: Progresul Referee: Dan Buzarnescu

31 October 2023 2	Chindia Târgoviște	0–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Târgoviște
18:00			Abuashvili 20' Huja 88'	Stadium: Eugen Popescu Referee: George Cătălin Găman

7 December 2023 3	Petrolul Ploiești	2–2	Sepsi OSK	Ploiești
17:00	Musi 24' Marian Huja 63'		Ciobotariu 45' Gheorghe 48'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Referee: Claudiu Marcu

References

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

External links

Official website

[table_hth_UTA0.68698471257788-4] Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)

[table_note_UTA0.26254312054373-7] Club was ineligible to advance to the European competition play-offs because it did not receive a UEFA license.

[table_note_HER0.26254312054373-8] Club was ineligible to advance to the European competition play-offs because it did not receive a UEFA license.

[1] ttps://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/rou-liga-1-2023-2024/1/

[2] "Prima echipă" [First-team squad] (in Romanian). FC Petrolul Ploiești. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

[3] "FC PETROLUL jucatori - componenta echipa" [FC PETROLUL players - team squad] (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

[sw-5] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[6] "Program Liga 1 2023/2024. FCSB - Dinamo se joacă în etapa a doua". www.digisport.ro.

[9] "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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