2023–24 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

FC Petrolul Ploiești
2023–24 season
OwnerMarian Copilu
ChairmanClaudiu Tudor
Head coachFlorin Pârvu
StadiumIlie Oană Stadium
Liga I8th
Cupa RomânieiPre-season
Biggest win2-0 FC Rapid
Biggest defeat0-2 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[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

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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

Main article: 2023–24 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.[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ 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

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.[4]

16 July 2023 1 Petrolul Ploiești 1–1 Universitatea Cluj Ploiești
18:30 UTC+3
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
1 UTA Arad 9 5 2 2 15 11 +4 37 3–1 1–3 1–0 4–3 3–1
2 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
3 Hermannstadt 9 4 2 3 13 7 +6 34 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1
4 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
5 Petrolul Ploiești 9 3 2 4 8 14 −6 29 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–4 1–0
6 Politehnica Iași 9 3 1 5 7 8 −1 27 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–0
7 Dinamo București (O) 9 2 4 3 10 12 −2 25 Qualification to relegation play-offs 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
8 Botoșani (O) 9 4 2 3 11 11 0 25 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–1
9 Voluntari (R) 9 2 4 3 11 10 +1 24 Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0
10 FC U Craiova (R) 9 1 3 5 8 16 −8 22 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.)[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
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Cupa României

Main article: 2023–24 Cupa României
27 September 2023 1 Progresul Pecica 1–2 Petrolul Ploiești Pecica
14:00
  • Ewald Wild Red card 17'
  • Abdullahi Nasiru 43'
Stadium: Progresul
Referee: Dan Buzarnescu
31 October 2023 2 Chindia Târgoviște 0–2 Petrolul Ploiești Târgoviște
18:00
Stadium: Eugen Popescu
Referee: George Cătălin Găman
7 December 2023 3 Petrolul Ploiești 2–2 Sepsi OSK Ploiești
17:00
Stadium: Ilie Oană
Referee: Claudiu Marcu

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