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
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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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

Jucatori de prima echipa

At the end of the season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Jucatori cu aparente putine

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	RW		Mihai Roman	35	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

No.	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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Supercupa României

Main article: 2013 Supercupa României

Steaua București v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Main article: 2013–14 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:

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

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
	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

Main article: 2013–14 Cupa României

Universitatea Craiova v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Rapid București v Petrolul Ploiești

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'

Petrolul Ploiești v Vaslui

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

Petrolul Ploiești v Astra Giurgiu

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

Astra Giurgiu v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Petrolul Ploiești v Víkingur

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)

Víkingur v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Petrolul Ploiești v Vitesse Arnhem

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)

Vitesse Arnhem v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Swansea City v Petrolul Ploiești

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)

Petrolul Ploiești v Swansea City

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

Petrolul Ploiești v Lokomotiva Zagreb

22 June 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

2–2

Lokomotiva Zagreb

Petrolul Ploiești v Hajduk Split

25 June 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

0–1

Hajduk Split

Maribor v Petrolul Ploiești

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)

Petrolul Ploiești v Partizan Belgrad

30 June 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

0–1

Partizan Belgrad

Petrolul Ploiești v Ludogorets Razgrad

2 July 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

4–1

Ludogorets Razgrad

Petrolul Ploiești v Zorya Luhansk

4 July 2013 Friendly

Petrolul Ploiești

0–0

Zorya Luhansk

Ludogorets Razgrad v Petrolul Ploiești

6 September 2013 Friendly

Ludogorets Razgrad

Match interrupted

Petrolul Ploiești

Ludogorets Arena, Razgrad

Getafe v Petrolul Ploiești

11 October 2013 Friendly

Getafe

1–1

Petrolul Ploiești

Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Getafe

Hellas Verona v Petrolul Ploiești

14 November 2013 Friendly

Hellas Verona

1–1

Petrolul Ploiești

Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona

Sturm Graz v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Anzhi Makhachkala v Petrolul Ploiești

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

FK Jagodina v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Chornomorets Odesa v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Sheriff Tiraspol v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Kuban Krasnodar v Petrolul Ploiești

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

Terek Grozny v Petrolul Ploiești

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

See also

• 2013–14 Cupa României
• 2013–14 Liga I
• 2013–14 UEFA Europa League