Due to the financial problems, the club had to terminate or not extend the contracts of seventeen players, including Pablo de Lucas, Victoraș Astafei and Jean Sony Alcénat.[2] On 3 June, Tibor Selymes became the head coach of "The Oilmen".[3] On the 11th, the club's reorganisation plan was voted, therefore bankruptcy was avoided for the time being.[4]Nike remained the kit manufacturer, while Superbet, a gambling company, replaced Alexandrion as the main sponsor of the team.[5] "The Yellow Wolves" settled their pre-season training stage at Zlatibor, in the neighbouring country Serbia. The stage started on June 21 and ended on July 4.[6] The club tested and signed new footballers during this period, generally ones who played in the French lower divisions, like Abdellah Zoubir, Ismail Hassan or Nicolas Farina. Ex-Dynamo Moscow midfielder Adrian Ropotan returned to Romania, six years after he left Dinamo București.[7] Petrolul also convinced Brazilian goalkeeper Peterson Peçanha to extend his contract.[8]
July
On 11 July, Petrolul played its first official game of the season against Steaua București, in the Liga I. The match ended goalless.[9]
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