FC Petrocub Hîncești

Fotbal Club Petrocub Hîncești, commonly known as Petrocub Hîncești (PET-roe-kub hin-CHESHT), or simply Petrocub, is a Moldovan professional football club from Hîncești. They play in the Liga, the top tier of Moldovan football.^[1] Its home ground is the Municipal Stadium in Hîncești.

Petrocub Hîncești

Full name	Fotbal Club Petrocub Hîncești
Nickname(s)	Alb-negrii (The White-Blacks) Leii din Hîncești (The Hîncești Lions)
Founded	27 November 1999; 25 years ago (1999-11-27)
Ground	Municipal Stadium
Capacity	1,100
President	Mihail Usatîi
Head coach	Shota Makharadze
League	Liga
2024–25	Super Liga, 4th of 8
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

In January 2024, Petrocub Hîncești entered into a partnership with an unnamed investment company, which also saw former Asante Kotoko CEO, Nana Yaw Amponsah, being named as the new President of the club.^[2] On 18 May 2024, after a 4–1 victory over Zimbru Chișinău, Petrocub Hîncești have been declared champions of the Super Liga for the first time in their history.

On 13 August 2024, after winning their UEFA Europa League third qualifying round tie against The New Saints, they advanced to the play-off round. However, they were ultimately defeated by Ludogorets Razgrad, which moved them down to the league phase of the UEFA Conference League, making them only the second Moldovan team to reach the group or league stage of a UEFA club competition.

Club names

1994 – founded as Petroclub-Condor Sărata-Galbenă
1995 – renamed Spicul Sărata-Galbenă
1998 – renamed Petrocub-Spicul Sărata-Galbenă
2000 – renamed Petrocub-Condor Sărata-Galbenă
2001 – renamed FC Hîncești
2005 – renamed Petrocub Sărata-Galbenă
2013 – renamed Rapid-2 Petrocub
2015 – renamed FC Petrocub Hîncești

Emblem

Since, their symbol used to always looks like the Black-White logo, as their 2nd emblem is Salty-Yellow (Noble Knight (Cool shade of blue), Red, and Green. Same as the Black and White logo).

Players

As of 23 June 2025^[3]

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  MDA Silviu Șmalenea 6 MF  SEN Boubacar Diallo 7 FW  MDA Dan Spătaru 8 MF  MDA Dumitru Demian 9 FW  MDA Vladimir Ambros (captain) 11 MF  MDA Sergiu Plătică 15 FW  MDA Petru Popescu 17 MF  MDA Cristian Păscăluță 19 FW  MDA Nicolae Rotaru 20 MF  CMR Donalio Melachio Douanla 21 DF  MDA Maxim Potîrniche 23 MF  MDA Mihai Lupan

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  CMR Cedric Ngah 29 DF  MDA Alexandru Gutium 31 GK  MDA Victor Dodon 32 GK  MDA Dumitru Coval 37 MF  MDA Dan Pușcaș 39 MF  MDA Teodor Lungu 44 MF  CMR Jessie Guera Djou 55 DF  GHA Manuel Nana Agyemang 66 DF  MDA Ion Borș 77 FW  MDA Serghei Decev 79 MF  MDA Victor Bogaciuc 90 DF  MDA Ion Jardan

Honours

• Super Liga
  • Winners: 2023–24
• Divizia „B”
  • Winners: 2004–05, 2013–14
• Moldovan Cup
  • Winners: 2019–20, 2023–24

League history

Season	League									Cup	Super Cup	Europe		Top scorer (league)	Ref
	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2013–14	3rd	↑ 1st	16	13	0	3	45	12	39	—		—			[4]
2014–15	2nd	↑ 2nd	22	13	6	3	55	21	45	Round of 16	—	—		Vladimir Ambros (25)	[5]
2015–16	1st	8th	27	6	3	18	21	53	21	Round of 16	—	—		Roman Șumchin (7)	[6]
2016–17		6th	30	8	10	12	31	38	34	Semi-finals	—	—			[7]
2017		3rd	18	7	5	6	25	16	26	Semi-finals	—	—		Vladimir Ambros (9)	[8]
2018		3rd	28	12	9	7	38	28	45	Quarter-finals	—	UEL	1Q	Vladimir Ambros (12)	[9]
2019		3rd	28	14	8	6	34	21	50	Winners	—	UEL	1Q	Vadim Gulceac (6) Dan Taras (6)	[10]
2020–21		2nd	36	25	8	3	82	18	83	Semi-finals	—	UEL	1Q	Sergiu Plătică (11)	[11]
2021–22		2nd	28	20	4	4	62	20	64	Quarter-finals	—	UECL	2Q	Vladimir Ambros (17)	[12]
2022–23		2nd	24	14	6	4	36	17	48	Semi-finals	—	UECL	3Q	Marius Iosipoi (7)	[13]
2023–24		1st	24	15	7	2	59	12	52	Winners	—	UECL	2Q	Vladimir Ambros (10) Mihai Plătică (10)
2024–25		4th	24	10	7	7	40	26	37	Quarter-finals	—	UCL UEL UECL	2Q PO LP	Marin Căruntu (4) Dan Pușcaș (4)

European record

As of match played on 31 July 2025

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	4	1	2	1	2	2	+0	025.00
UEFA Europa League	9	1	2	6	4	13	−9	011.11
UEFA Conference League	22	4	5	13	16	36	−20	018.18
Total	35	6	9	20	22	51	−29	017.14

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Osijek	1−1	1–2	2–3
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	AEK Larnaca	0–1	0–1	0–2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1Q	TSC	0–2	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Sileks	1−0	1−1	2–1
		2Q	Sivasspor	0–1	0–1	0–2
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Floriana	1−0	0−0	1–0
		2Q	Laçi	0−0	4−1	4−1
		3Q	Fehérvár	1–2	0–5	1–7
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–2	0–3	0−5
2024–25	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Ordabasy	1−0	0−0	1−0
		2Q	APOEL	1−1	0–1	1−2
	UEFA Europa League	3Q	The New Saints	1−0	0−0	1−0
		PO	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	0–4	1−6
	UEFA Conference League	LP	Pafos	1–4	—	36th
			Jagiellonia Białystok	—	0–2
			Rapid Wien	0–3	—
			İstanbul Başakşehir	—	1−1
			Real Betis	0–1	—
			Heart of Midlothian	—	2−2
2025–26	UEFA Conference League	1Q	Birkirkara	3−0	0–1	3−1
		2Q	Sabah	0–2	1–4	1–6

UEFA rankings

As of 7 August 2025, Petrocub Hîncești is ranked 151st in the UEFA club coefficient rankings.

Rank	Team	Points
149	Servette	10.000
150	Víkingur Reykjavík	9.750
151	Petrocub Hîncești	9.000
152	The New Saints	9.000
153	Rijeka	9.000

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