FC Petrolul Ploiești

Petrolul Ploiești
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Full name	Fotbal Club Petrolul Ploiești
Nickname(s)	Lupii galbeni (Yellow Wolves); Galben-albaștrii (Yellow-blues); Petroliștii (Oilers);
Founded	1952
Ground	Ilie Oană
Capacity	15,500
Chairman	Daniel Capră
President	Alexandru Crângu
Manager	Mircea Rednic
League	Liga I
2011–12	Liga I, 14th
Website	http://www.fcpetrolul.ro/
Home colours	Away colours

Fotbal Club Petrolul Ploiești (Romanian pronunciation: [peˈtrolul ploˈjeʃtʲ]) is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County, currently playing in the Liga I.

History

They won the Romanian championship 4 times, in 1929–30, 1957-1958, 1958-1959 and 1965-1966 and the Romanian Cup 2 times, in 1962–63, 1994–95.

Their best European performance was reaching the quarter-finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in the 1962-63 edition after eliminating Spartak Brno from Czechoslovakia and Leipzig XI from the German Democratic Republic and being defeated by the Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC. In the 1995-1996 they also managed to defeat Welsh team Wrexham FC narrowly over two games.

Petrolul wins their 2010–11 Liga II series, promoting back to the Liga I after the relegation from 2004.

Club name

Period	Name
1952–1956	Flacăra Ploiești
1956–1957	Energia Ploiești
1957–1992	Petrolul Ploiești
1992–1993	FC Ploiești
1993–Present	Petrolul Ploiești

Honours

Liga I:

Winners (3): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1965–66
Runners-up (2): 1955, 1961–62

Liga II:

Winners (7): 1954, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2010–11
Runners-up (1): 1980–81

Cupa României:

Winners (2): 1962–63, 1994–95
Runners-up (1): 1952

Supercupa României:

Runners-up (1): 1995

European record

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	3	8	2	1	5	8	15	– 7
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	2	6	2	2	2	4	7	– 3
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	– 4
Total	6	16	4	3	9	12	26	– 14

Current squad

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
2	DF	HAI	Jean Sony
3	DF	POR	Geraldo Alves
4	DF	CTA	Manassé Enza-Yamissi
5	MF	FRA	Sony Mustivar
6	DF	ROU	George Galamaz
7	FW	ROU	Gheorghe Grozav
8	MF	FRA	Damien Boudjemaa
9	FW	TUN	Hamza Younés
10	MF	ROU	Adrian Cristea
11	FW	COD	Jeremy Bokila
15	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Hoban
16	DF	ROU	Ionuț Neag


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ROU	Marian Cristescu
19	FW	ROU	Daniel Oprița (Captain)
20	MF	ROU	Sebastian Cojocnean
21	DF	BRA	Guilherme Sitya
22	GK	LTU	Povilas Valinčius
23	GK	ROU	Mircea Bornescu
29	DF	ROU	Constantin Grecu
30	MF	ROU	Laurențiu Marinescu
32	DF	ROU	Sebastian Achim
33	GK	BLR	Vasil Khamutowski
93	MF	ROU	Vlad Morar