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

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. Position Player
1 GK Peterson Peçanha
2 DF Sony Alcénat
3 DF Geraldo Alves (vice-captain)
4 DF Manassé Enza-Yamissi
5 MF Sony Mustivar
6 DF Dean Beța
7 MF Walter (on loan from Lokeren)
10 FW Adrian Mutu (captain)
11 MF Juan Albín
12 GK Iuliu Oprea
15 MF Ovidiu Hoban
16 FW Abel Camará (on loan from Beira-Mar)
20 MF Njongo Priso
No. Position Player
21 DF Guilherme Sityá
22 GK Povilas Valinčius
23 GK Mircea Bornescu
27 MF Ianis Zicu
30 MF Laurențiu Marinescu
32 DF Sebastian Achim
35 DF Gerson Guimarães
52 MF Romário Pires
80 MF Filipe Teixeira
91 MF Pablo de Lucas
93 FW Vlad Morar
99 FW Toto Tamuz

Out on loan
No. Position Player
— FW Mihai Roman (at Săgeata Năvodari)

Reserve players with first team appearances

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

No. Position Player
14 DF Roberto Alecsandru
17 FW Alexandru Radu
No. Position Player
18 MF Marius Anghel

Transfers

In
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
— FW Mihai Roman 21EU Turnu Severin Loan return Summer Undisclosed Free
42 FW Adrian Cristea 29EU Standard Liège Loan return Summer Undisclosed Free
1 GK Peterson Peçanha 33Non-EU Rapid București Transfer Summer 2015 Free
80 MF Filipe Teixeira 32EU Al-Shaab Transfer Summer 2014 Free
91 MF Pablo de Lucas 26EU Salamanca Transfer Summer 2016 Free
16 DF Alexandru Benga 24EU Oțelul Galați Transfer Summer 2016 Undisclosed
20 FW Njongo Priso 24EU CSKA Sofia Transfer Summer 2015 Free
16 FW Abel Camará 23EU Belenenses Loan transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed ProSport
99 FW Férébory Doré 24Non-EU Angers Transfer Summer 2016 Undisclosed
6 DF Dean Beța 22EU Free agent Transfer Summer Undisclosed Free
7 MF Walter Fernández 23EU Lokeren Loan transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed
11 AM Juan Albín 26EU Espanyol Transfer Summer Undisclosed Free FC Petrolul Ploiești
10 FW Adrian Mutu 35EU Ajaccio Transfer Winter Undisclosed Free ProSport
27 MF Ianis Zicu 30EU Gangwon Transfer Winter Undisclosed Free
12 GK Iuliu Oprea 18EU Youth system Promoted Winter Undisclosed Free
35 DF Gerson Guimarães 22EU Kapfenberger SV Transfer Winter 2017 Undisclosed FC Petrolul Ploiești
99 FW Toto Tamuz 25Non-EU Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Transfer Winter 2016 Free FC Petrolul Ploiești

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

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Supercupa României
Main article: 2013 Supercupa României
10 July 2013 Steaua București3–0Petrolul PloieștiBucharest
Nikolić  21'
Bourceanu 29'
Szukała  32'
Pintilii  41'		 Report Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 29,459
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania)

Liga I
Main article: 2013–14 Liga I

League table
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 [lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Vaslui did not receive a license for financial reasons.[5] Dinamo București filed for insolvency, thus didn't get an UEFA licence. Cluj got their Europa League spot.[6]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Home Away
Astra Giurgiu1–12–14
Botoșani3–02–16
Brașov0–01–12
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț1–10–02
CFR Cluj3–21–14
Concordia Chiajna2–00–04
Corona Brașov3–03–06
Dinamo București2–21–12
Gaz Metan Mediaș2–00–13
Oțelul Galați2–02–16
Pandurii Târgu Jiu1–11–04
Poli Timișoara0–03–04
Săgeata Năvodari3–03–26
Steaua București0–01–12
Universitatea Cluj2–01–06
Vaslui3–01–14
Viitorul Constanța3–00–23

Cupa României
Main article: 2013–14 Cupa României
25 September
2013 Round of 32		Universitatea Craiova0–1Petrolul PloieștiStadionul Municipal, Drobeta-Turnu Severin
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Mustivar  18'
31 October
2013 Round of 16		Rapid București0–2Petrolul PloieștiGiulești-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+2) Doré  66'
Romário  72'
4 December
2013 Quarter-finals		Petrolul Ploiești4–2 (a.e.t.)VasluiIlie 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 Ploiești0–0Astra GiurgiuIlie Oană, Ploiești
20:30 EET (UTC+2) Report Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
16 April
2014 Second leg		Astra Giurgiu2–1
(2–1 agg.)		Petrolul PloieștiMarin 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
Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
Second qualifying round
18 July 2013 First legPetrolul Ploiești 3–0 VíkingurIlie 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 legVíkingur 0–4
(0–7 agg.)		 Petrolul PloieștiSvangaskarð, 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 legPetrolul Ploiești 1–1 Vitesse ArnhemIlie Oană, Ploiești
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Grozav  84' Report Reis  52' (pen.) Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
8 August 2013 Second legVitesse Arnhem 1–2
(2–3 agg.)		 Petrolul PloieștiGelreDome, 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 legSwansea City 5–1 Petrolul PloieștiLiberty 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 legPetrolul Ploiești 2–1
(3-6 agg.)		 Swansea CityIlie 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 FriendlyPetrolul Ploiești 2–2 Lokomotiva Zagreb
25 June 2013 FriendlyPetrolul Ploiești 0–1 Hajduk Split
27 June 2013 FriendlyMaribor 1–1 Petrolul PloieștiLjudski vrt, Maribor
20:00 CET Mezga  36' (pen.) Bokila  62' (pen.) Attendance: 600
Referee: Bojan Tkalčič (Slovenia)
30 June 2013 FriendlyPetrolul Ploiești 0–1 Partizan Belgrad
2 July 2013 FriendlyPetrolul Ploiești 4–1 Ludogorets Razgrad
4 July 2013 FriendlyPetrolul Ploiești 0–0 Zorya Luhansk
6 September 2013 FriendlyLudogorets Razgrad Match interrupted Petrolul PloieștiLudogorets Arena, Razgrad
11 October 2013 FriendlyGetafe 1–1 Petrolul PloieștiColiseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
14 November 2013 FriendlyHellas Verona 1–1 Petrolul PloieștiStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
23 January 2014 FriendlySturm Graz 1–1 Petrolul PloieștiAntalya Province, Turkey
Beichler  43' (pen.) Report Manassé  32'
26 January 2014 FriendlyAnzhi Makhachkala 2–1 Petrolul PloieștiAntalya Province, Turkey
Asildarov  85' (pen.)
Serderov  88'		 Report Zicu  10'
29 January 2014 FriendlyFK Jagodina 0–1 Petrolul PloieștiAntalya Province, Turkey
Report Morar  10'
6 February 2014 FriendlyChornomorets Odesa 1–0 Petrolul PloieștiAntalya Province, Turkey
Antonov  59' (pen.) Report
9 February 2014 FriendlySheriff Tiraspol 2–2 Petrolul PloieștiAntalya Province, Turkey
Luvannor  30', 74' Report Mutu  3', 19'
11 February 2014 FriendlyKuban Krasnodar 0–1 Petrolul PloieștiAntalya Province, Turkey
Report Mutu  81'
14 February 2014 FriendlyTerek Grozny 2–1 Petrolul PloieștiAntalya Province, Turkey
Maurício  69'
Komorowski  87'		 Report Albín  77'

Last updated: 15 February 2014

See also

Notes and references
  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. http://www.sport.ro/liga-1/adio-europa-comisia-de-apel-a-respins-cererea-clubului-pentru-licenta-dinamo-nu-joaca-in-europa-league.html
  7. "Petrolul Ploiești vs Víkingur". Soccerway. 18 July 2013.
  8. "Víkingur vs. Petrolul Ploiești". Soccerway. 28 July 2013.
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