2013–14 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

Petrolul Ploiești
2013–14 season
President	Daniel Capră
Coach	Cosmin Contra (until March 10); Răzvan Lucescu (from March 11)
Stadium	Stadionul Ilie Oană
Liga I	3rd
Cupa României	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Juan Albín (10); All: ; Hamza Younés (12)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 season was Petrolul Ploiești's 84th season in the Romanian football league system, and their third consecutive season in the Liga I.

They finished third in the 2012–13 Liga I, as well as winning the Cupa României for the third time in their history. Petrolul competed in UEFA Europa League, following an 18-year absence in European competitions. After defeating Víkingur Gøta and Vitesse Arnhem, they were eliminated in the play-off round by Swansea City. During the winter transfer window, the team brought Adrian Mutu, a former Romanian international, which attracted media attention.^[1] In January 2014, German automobile manufacturer Opel became Petrolul's shirt sponsor.^[2] In April, Petrolul had the chance to qualify for their second consecutive Cupa României final, but lost the second leg of the semi-final against rivals Astra Giurgiu (2–1), after a 0–0 result at home.^[3] The fans blamed Petrolul's administration for selling two of their best players (Hamza Younés and Damien Boudjemaa), and bringing Adrian Mutu and Ianis Zicu, who did not live up to expectations. Some also considered that the new manager, Răzvan Lucescu, wasn't a suitable replacer for Cosmin Contra, who left the club for Getafe in March.^[4] Petrolul came third in the Liga I for a second successive season, thus again participating in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Players

First team squad

At the end of the season.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BRA	Peterson Peçanha
2	DF	HAI	Sony Alcénat
3	DF	POR	Geraldo Alves (vice-captain)
4	DF	CTA	Manassé Enza-Yamissi
5	MF	HAI	Sony Mustivar
6	FW	ROU	Andrei Bîcu
9	MF	ESP	Walter (on loan from Lokeren)
10	FW	ROU	Adrian Mutu (captain)
11	MF	URU	Juan Albín
12	GK	ROU	Iuliu Oprea
15	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Hoban
16	FW	POR	Abel Camará (on loan from Beira-Mar)
20	MF	CMR	Njongo Priso


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	BRA	Guilherme Sityá
22	GK	LTU	Povilas Valinčius
23	GK	ROU	Mircea Bornescu
27	MF	ROU	Ianis Zicu
30	MF	ROU	Laurențiu Marinescu
32	DF	ROU	Sebastian Achim
35	DF	BRA	Gerson Guimarães
9	MF	BRA	Romário Pires
80	MF	POR	Filipe Teixeira
91	MF	ESP	Pablo de Lucas
93	FW	ROU	Vlad Morar
99	FW	ISR	Toto Tamuz

Out on loan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ROU	Mihai Roman (at Săgeata Năvodari)

Reserve players with first team appearances

Petrolul Ploiești's reserve team includes players from the club's academy.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	ROU	Roberto Alecsandru
17	FW	ROU	Alexandru Radu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ROU	Marius Anghel

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	FW	Mihai Roman	21	EU	Turnu Severin	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
42	FW	Adrian Cristea	29	EU	Standard Liège	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
1	GK	Peterson Peçanha	33	Non-EU	Rapid București	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free
80	MF	Filipe Teixeira	32	EU	Al-Shaab	Transfer	Summer	2014	Free
91	MF	Pablo de Lucas	26	EU	Salamanca	Transfer	Summer	2016	Free
16	DF	Alexandru Benga	24	EU	Oțelul Galați	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed
20	FW	Njongo Priso	24	EU	CSKA Sofia	Transfer	Summer	2015	Free
16	FW	Abel Camará	23	EU	Belenenses	Loan transfer	Summer	2014	Undisclosed	ProSport
99	FW	Férébory Doré	24	Non-EU	Angers	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed
6	DF	Dean Beța	22	EU	Free agent	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
7	MF	Walter Fernández	23	EU	Lokeren	Loan transfer	Summer	2014	Undisclosed
11	AM	Juan Albín	26	EU	Espanyol	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free	FC Petrolul Ploiești
10	FW	Adrian Mutu	35	EU	Ajaccio	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Free	ProSport
27	MF	Ianis Zicu	30	EU	Gangwon	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Free
12	GK	Iuliu Oprea	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Winter	Undisclosed	Free
35	DF	Gerson Guimarães	22	EU	Kapfenberger SV	Transfer	Winter	2017	Undisclosed	FC Petrolul Ploiești
99	FW	Toto Tamuz	25	Non-EU	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	Transfer	Winter	2016	Free	FC Petrolul Ploiești

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
31	FW	Florent Sauvadet	24	EU	Free agent	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
—	FW	Mihai Roman	21	EU	Săgeata Năvodari	Loan transfer	Summer	Free
10	AM	Renan Silva	24	Non-EU	Al Nahda	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
14	MF	Gualberto Mojica	28	Non-EU	Chongqing Lifan	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
18	MF	Marian Cristescu	25	EU	Astra Giurgiu	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
33	GK	Vasil Khamutowski	34	Non-EU	Torpedo Zhodino	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
42	FW	Adrian Cristea	29	EU	Steaua București	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
6	DF	Ionuț Neag	19	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed
29	DF	Constantin Grecu	25	EU	Dinamo București	Mutual termination	Summer	Free	FC Petrolul Ploiești
14	DF	Elhad Naziri	20	Non-EU	Ravan Baku	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
11	FW	Jeremy Bokila	24	EU	Terek Grozny	Transfer	Summer	€1.5 million	Championat
7	FW	Gheorghe Grozav	22	EU	Terek Grozny	Transfer	Summer	€2.1 million
99	FW	Férébory Doré	24	Non-EU	Botev Plovdiv	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
16	DF	Alexandru Benga	24	EU	Botev Plovdiv	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
9	FW	Hamza Younés	27	Non-EU	Botev Plovdiv	Transfer	Winter	€750,000	FC Petrolul Ploiești
8	MF	Damien Boudjemaa	28	EU	Slavia Prague	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	FC Petrolul Ploiești

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Supercupa României

10 July 2013	Steaua București	3–0	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
	Nikolić 21' Bourceanu 29' Szukała 32' Pintilii 41'	Report		Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 29,459 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	22	11	1	71	20	+51	77	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Astra Giurgiu	34	22	6	6	70	28	+42	72	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
3	Petrolul Ploiești	34	18	14	2	53	20	+33	68	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Dinamo București	34	17	8	9	52	34	+18	59	^[a]
5	CFR Cluj	34	13	12	9	44	33	+11	51	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round

Source: Liga I (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Vaslui did not receive a license for financial reasons.^[5] Dinamo București filed for insolvency, thus didn't get an UEFA licence. CFR Cluj got their Europa League spot.^[6]

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
34	18	14	2	53	20	+33	68	10	7	0	31	7	+24	8	7	2	22	13	+9

Last updated: 20 May 2014.
Source: fcpetrolul.ro

Results by opponent

Team	Results		Points
Team	Home	Away	Points
Astra Giurgiu	1–1	2–1	4
Botoșani	3–0	2–1	6
Brașov	0–0	1–1	2
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1–1	0–0	2
CFR Cluj	3–2	1–1	4
Concordia Chiajna	2–0	0–0	4
Corona Brașov	3–0	3–0	6
Dinamo București	2–2	1–1	2
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–0	0–1	3
Oțelul Galați	2–0	2–1	6
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–1	1–0	4
Poli Timișoara	0–0	3–0	4
Săgeata Năvodari	3–0	3–2	6
Steaua București	0–0	1–1	2
Universitatea Cluj	2–0	1–0	6
Vaslui	3–0	1–1	4
Viitorul Constanța	3–0	0–2	3

Cupa României

25 September 2013 Round of 32	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Stadionul Municipal, Drobeta-Turnu Severin
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Mustivar 18'

31 October 2013 Round of 16	Rapid București	0–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Giulești-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+2)			Doré 66' Romário 72'

4 December 2013 Quarter-finals	Petrolul Ploiești	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Vaslui	Ilie Oană, Ploiești
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fernández 37' Hoban 90+3' Alves 99' Romário 103'		Celeban 27', 70'

Semi-finals

26 March 2014 First leg	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	Astra Giurgiu	Ilie Oană, Ploiești
20:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

16 April 2014 Second leg	Astra Giurgiu	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Petrolul Ploiești	Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Budescu 52' Papp 90+4'	Report	Tamuz 22'	Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Last updated: 17 April 2014
Source: FRF

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

18 July 2013 First leg	Petrolul Ploiești	3–0	Víkingur	Ilie Oană, Ploiești
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pablo 26' Grozav 49', 68'	Report		Attendance: 9,854^[7] Referee: Marios Panayi (Cyprus)

25 July 2013 Second leg	Víkingur	0–4 (0–7 agg.)	Petrolul Ploiești	Svangaskarð, Toftir
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	A. Gregersen 5' (o.g.) Younés 11', 63' Grozav 77'	Attendance: 288^[8] Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)

Third qualifying round

1 August 2013 First leg	Petrolul Ploiești	1–1	Vitesse Arnhem	Ilie Oană, Ploiești
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grozav 84'	Report	Reis 52' (pen.)	Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

8 August 2013 Second leg	Vitesse Arnhem	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Petrolul Ploiești	GelreDome, Arnhem
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	van der Heijden 72'	Report	Boudjemaa 21' Grozav 90+5'	Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (Croatia)

Play-off round

22 August 2013 First leg	Swansea City	5–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
20:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Routledge 14', 25' Michu 22' Bony 59' Pozuelo 70'	Report	Grozav 87'	Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

29 August 2013 Second leg	Petrolul Ploiești	2–1 (3-6 agg.)	Swansea City	Ilie Oană, Ploiești
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Priso 73' Younés 83'	Report	Lamah 74'	Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Pre-season and friendlies

22 June 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

2–2

Lokomotiva Zagreb

25 June 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

0–1

Hajduk Split

27 June 2013 Friendly	Maribor	1–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Ljudski vrt, Maribor
20:00 CET	Mezga 36' (pen.)		Bokila 62' (pen.)	Attendance: 600 Referee: Bojan Tkalčič (Slovenia)

30 June 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

0–1

Partizan Belgrad

2 July 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

4–1

Ludogorets Razgrad

4 July 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

0–0

Zorya Luhansk

6 September 2013 Friendly

Ludogorets Razgrad

Match interrupted

Petrolul Ploiești

Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad

11 October 2013 Friendly

Getafe

1–1

Petrolul Ploiești

Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe

14 November 2013 Friendly

Hellas Verona

1–1

Petrolul Ploiești

Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona

23 January 2014 Friendly	Sturm Graz	1–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Antalya Province, Turkey
	Beichler 43' (pen.)	Report	Manassé 32'

26 January 2014 Friendly	Anzhi Makhachkala	2–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Antalya Province, Turkey
	Asildarov 85' (pen.) Serderov 88'	Report	Zicu 10'

29 January 2014 Friendly	FK Jagodina	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Antalya Province, Turkey
		Report	Morar 10'

6 February 2014 Friendly	Chornomorets Odesa	1–0	Petrolul Ploiești	Antalya Province, Turkey
	Antonov 59' (pen.)	Report

9 February 2014 Friendly	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Antalya Province, Turkey
	Luvannor 30', 74'	Report	Mutu 3', 19'

11 February 2014 Friendly	Kuban Krasnodar	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Antalya Province, Turkey
		Report	Mutu 81'

14 February 2014 Friendly	Terek Grozny	2–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Antalya Province, Turkey
	Maurício 69' Komorowski 87'	Report	Albín 77'

Last updated: 15 February 2014

Notes and references

^ "Ambitious Mutu back in Romania with Petrolul". UEFA. 14 January 2014.
^ "FC Petrolul — Opel Partnership". FC Petrolul Ploiești (in Romanian). 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
^ "Am ratat dramatic finala Cupei României!" [We dramatically missed the Romanian Cup final!]. FC Petrolul Ploiești (in Romanian). 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014.
^ "Scandal la Ploiești! Suporterii au întrerupt antrenamentul și a fost nevoie de intervenția jandarmilor" [Scandal in Ploiesti! The fans have stopped the training and the policemen intervened]. DigiSport (in Romanian). 17 April 2014.
^ "Oficial! Cine nu a primit licența pentru sezonul viitor". Retrieved 4 May 2014.
^ "ADIO Europa League! Comisia de Apel a respins cererea clubului Dinamo pentru licenta europeana!".
^ "Petrolul Ploiești vs Víkingur". Soccerway. 18 July 2013.
^ "Víkingur vs. Petrolul Ploiești". Soccerway. 28 July 2013.

[table_note_res_NR0.40845485516286-7] Vaslui did not receive a license for financial reasons.^[5] Dinamo București filed for insolvency, thus didn't get an UEFA licence. CFR Cluj got their Europa League spot.^[6]

[1] "Ambitious Mutu back in Romania with Petrolul". UEFA. 14 January 2014.

[shirt_sponsor-2] "FC Petrolul — Opel Partnership". FC Petrolul Ploiești (in Romanian). 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.

[3] "Am ratat dramatic finala Cupei României!" [We dramatically missed the Romanian Cup final!]. FC Petrolul Ploiești (in Romanian). 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014.

[4] "Scandal la Ploiești! Suporterii au întrerupt antrenamentul și a fost nevoie de intervenția jandarmilor" [Scandal in Ploiesti! The fans have stopped the training and the policemen intervened]. DigiSport (in Romanian). 17 April 2014.

[5] "Oficial! Cine nu a primit licența pentru sezonul viitor". Retrieved 4 May 2014.

[6] "ADIO Europa League! Comisia de Apel a respins cererea clubului Dinamo pentru licenta europeana!".

[8] "Petrolul Ploiești vs Víkingur". Soccerway. 18 July 2013.

[9] "Víkingur vs. Petrolul Ploiești". Soccerway. 28 July 2013.

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Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Reserve players with first team appearances

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Supercupa României

Liga I

League table

Results summary

Results by opponent

Cupa României

Semi-finals

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Pre-season and friendlies

See also

Notes and references