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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Peterson Peçanha
2 DF Haiti HAI Sony Alcénat
3 DF Portugal POR Geraldo Alves (vice-captain)
4 DF Central African Republic CAF Manassé Enza-Yamissi
5 MF Haiti HAI Sony Mustivar
6 FW Romania ROU Andrei Bîcu
9 MF Spain ESP Walter (on loan from Lokeren)
10 FW Romania ROU Adrian Mutu (captain)
11 MF Uruguay URU Juan Albín
12 GK Romania ROU Iuliu Oprea
15 MF Romania ROU Ovidiu Hoban
16 FW Portugal POR Abel Camará (on loan from Beira-Mar)
20 MF Cameroon CMR Njongo Priso
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Brazil BRA Guilherme Sityá
22 GK Lithuania LTU Povilas Valinčius
23 GK Romania ROU Mircea Bornescu
27 MF Romania ROU Ianis Zicu
30 MF Romania ROU Laurențiu Marinescu
32 DF Romania ROU Sebastian Achim
35 DF Brazil BRA Gerson Guimarães
9 MF Brazil BRA Romário Pires
80 MF Portugal POR Filipe Teixeira
91 MF Spain ESP Pablo de Lucas
93 FW Romania ROU Vlad Morar
99 FW Israel ISR Toto Tamuz

Out on loan
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Romania 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 Romania ROU Roberto Alecsandru
17 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Radu
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Romania ROU Marius Anghel

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

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

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Supercupa României
Main article: 2013 Supercupa României
10 July 2013 Steaua București 3–0 Petrolul Ploiești Bucharest
Nikolić 21'
Bourceanu soccer ball with red X 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) 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. 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 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
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 leg Petrolul Ploiești Romania 3–0 Faroe Islands 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 Faroe Islands 0–4
(0–7 agg.)		 Romania 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 Romania 1–1 Netherlands 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 Netherlands 1–2
(2–3 agg.)		 Romania 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 England 5–1 Romania 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 Romania 2–1
(3-6 agg.)		 England 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 Romania 2–2 Croatia Lokomotiva Zagreb
25 June 2013 Friendly Petrolul Ploiești Romania 0–1 Croatia Hajduk Split
27 June 2013 Friendly Maribor Slovenia 1–1 Romania 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 Romania 0–1 Serbia Partizan Belgrad
2 July 2013 Friendly Petrolul Ploiești Romania 4–1 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
4 July 2013 Friendly Petrolul Ploiești Romania 0–0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
6 September 2013 Friendly Ludogorets Razgrad Bulgaria Match interrupted Romania Petrolul Ploiești Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad
11 October 2013 Friendly Getafe Spain 1–1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe
14 November 2013 Friendly Hellas Verona Italy 1–1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
23 January 2014 Friendly Sturm Graz Austria 1–1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Antalya Province, Turkey
Beichler 43' (pen.) Report Manassé 32'
26 January 2014 Friendly Anzhi Makhachkala Russia 2–1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Antalya Province, Turkey
Asildarov 85' (pen.)
Serderov 88'		 Report Zicu 10'
29 January 2014 Friendly FK Jagodina Serbia 0–1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Antalya Province, Turkey
Report Morar 10'
6 February 2014 Friendly Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine 1–0 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Antalya Province, Turkey
Antonov 59' (pen.) Report
9 February 2014 Friendly Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova 2–2 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Antalya Province, Turkey
Luvannor 30', 74' Report Mutu 3', 19'
11 February 2014 Friendly Kuban Krasnodar Russia 0–1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Antalya Province, Turkey
Report Mutu 81'
14 February 2014 Friendly Terek Grozny Russia 2–1 Romania Petrolul Ploiești Antalya 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. "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.
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