2013–14 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

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.

Petrolul Ploiești
2013–14 season
PresidentDaniel Capră
CoachCosmin Contra (until March 10)
Răzvan Lucescu (from March 11)
StadiumStadionul Ilie Oană
Liga I3rd
Cupa RomânieiSemi-finals
UEFA Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Juan Albín (10)

All:
Hamza Younés (12)

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 edit

First team squad edit

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   CAF 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 edit

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

Reserve players with first team appearances edit

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 edit

In edit

No.
Pos.
Nat.
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 edit

N
Pos.
Nat.
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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Supercupa României edit

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 edit

League table edit

Pos Team 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:
  1. ^ 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 edit

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 edit

Team Results Points
Home Away
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 edit

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 edit

Last updated: 17 April 2014
Source: FRF

UEFA Europa League edit

Qualifying rounds edit

Second qualifying round edit
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 edit

Play-off round edit

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)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

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)

Last updated: 15 February 2014

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ "Ambitious Mutu back in Romania with Petrolul". UEFA. 14 January 2014.
  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!".
  7. ^ "Petrolul Ploiești vs Víkingur". Soccerway. 18 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Víkingur vs. Petrolul Ploiești". Soccerway. 28 July 2013.