2017–18 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

Petrolul Ploiești

2017–18 season

President

Cristian Vlad

Coach

Octavian Grigore

Stadium

Stadionul Ilie Oană

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Petrolul Ploiești's 88th season in the Romanian football league system. Petrolul came first in the 2016–17 Liga IV.
During early 2017, it was reported that the Romanian subsidiary of French company Veolia would takeover the club.^[1] On 16 June 2017, with financial support from the company, ACS Petrolul 52 Ploiești leased FC Petrolul brand from the Municipality of Ploiești for €30,000 and returned to the former name of FC Petrolul Ploiești,^[2] targeting a return to the first division in the 2019–20 season.^[3]

Players

First team squad

As of 9 August 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Mihai Velisar
6	MF	Paul Antoche
7	MF	Alexandru Ciocâlteu
9	FW	Adrian Vintilă
10	MF	Claudiu Tudor (Captain)
11	MF	Nini Popescu
12	GK	Mirel Bolboașă
14	FW	Georgian Păun
15	DF	Alberto Olaru
17	MF	Dragoș Gheorghe
19	FW	Cosmin Lambru
23	MF	Alexandru Puchea
25	DF	Daniel Chiriță

No.	Position	Player
28	FW	Sergiu Arnăutu
33	MF	Marius Chindriș
—	GK	Ionuț Marinică
—	GK	Raul Botezan
—	DF	Gabriel Frîncu
—	DF	Jean Prunescu
—	DF	Valentin Țicu
—	DF	Alexandru Vagner
—	DF	Răzvan Catană
—	MF	Tiberiu Nițescu
—	FW	Roland Stănescu
—	FW	George Dumitru
—	FW	Tudor Şaim

Technical staff

Role	Name
Coach	Octavian Grigore
Assistant coach	Ciprian Pura
Goalkeeping coach	Gheorghe Liliac
Fitness coach	Marius Haită

Pre-season and friendlies

1 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiesti	6–1	CS Colţea 1920	Brașov, Romania
17:00 UTC+2	Șaim Ciocâlteu Puchea Arnăutu Popescu Vintilă	Report	Lita	Stadium: Carpați Brașov

3 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiesti	5–0	AFC Steagu Roșu Brașov	Brașov, Romania
17:30 UTC+2	Tudor 34' (pen.) Antoche 37' Vintilă 49' Păun 63' Popescu 75'	Report		Stadium: Metrom Brașov Attendance: 100

4 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiesti	3–0	Oțelul Galați	Brașov, Romania
11:30 UTC+2	Tudor 4' (pen.) Gheorghe 9' Ciocâlteu 77'	Report		Stadium: Metrom Brașov Attendance: 100

4 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiesti	2–0	Progresul Spartac București	Strejnic, Romania
18:00 UTC+2	Velisar 12' Arnăutu 37'	Report		Stadium: Conpet Attendance: 400 Referee: Laurențiu Piciu

12 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiesti	v	FC Aninoasa	Aninoasa, Romania
11:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Comunal Aninoasa

18 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiesti	v	CSM Râmnicu Sărat	Râmnicu Sărat, Romania
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Municipal

19 August 2017	Petrolul Ploiesti	v	Astra II Ploiesti	Ploiești, Romania

Competitions

Liga III

League table

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Petrolul Ploiești	Promotion to Liga II
2
3
4

Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2017. Source: FRF

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: 1 August 2017.
Source: FRF
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

25 August 2017 1	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

2	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

3	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

4	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

5	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

6	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

7	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

8	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

9	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

10	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

11	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

12	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

13	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

14	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

15	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

16	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

17	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

18	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

19	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

20	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

21	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

22	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

23	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

24	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

25	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

26	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

27	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

28	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

29	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

30	Petrolul Ploiesti	v

Cupa Romaniei

9 August 2017 Round 1	FC Regal Sport	1–8	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
17:30 UTC+2	Blănuță 34'	Report	Lambru 7' 51' Arnăutu 33' 78' Puchea 45' Gheorghe 57' Păun 86' Ciocâlteu 90'	Stadium: Coresi Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Robert Avram (Piteşti)

23 August 2017 Round 2	Petrolul Ploiești	v
17:30 UTC+2

13 September 2017 Round 3	Petrolul Ploiești	v

Notes and references

↑ "BOMBĂ în fotbalul românesc! Un grup francez lider mondial preia o echipă cu 4 titluri! Obiectiv clar: bătaia cu granzii în Liga 1" [INCREDIBLE NEWS in Romanian football! A French transnational company takesover a team with 4 national titles!]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
↑ "După UTA şi FC Argeş, fotbalul românesc "recâştigă" şi Petrolul! ACS Petrolul 52 devine Petrolul cu 4 titluri şi 3 cupe după ce a câştigat licitaţia achiziţionării celor 6 mărci" [After UTA and FC Argeş, Romanian football "regains" Petrolul as well! ACS Petrolul 52 becomes Petroull with 4 national titles and 3 cups after winning the auction of the 6 brands] (in Romanian). ProSport. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
↑ "Ce uneşte şi ce desparte Petrolul, Oţelul, U Cluj şi Farul după ce au promovat în Liga 3. Buget, principii şi obiective similare pe termen scurt, strategii şi ţinte diferite pe termen lung" [What unites and separates Petrolul, Oţelul, U Cluj and Farul after they have promoted in League 3. Budget, similar short-term principles and objectives, different long-term strategies and targets] (in Romanian). ProSport. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

Fotbal Club Petrolul Ploiești
Players Managers Seasons Europe Current season
Home stadium	Ilie Oană Old Ilie Oană
Rivalries	Former Ploiești Derby

FC Petrolul Ploiești seasons
1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
001990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

2017–18 in Romanian football

« 2016–17

Club football
Domestic leagues	Liga I Liga II Liga III Liga IV
Domestic cups	Cupa României Cupa Ligii Supercupa României
European	Champions League (Men Women) Europa League Youth League
Other	Summer Transfers Winter Transfers Foreign Players

Club seasons
Liga I	Astra CFR Cluj CS Universitatea Craiova Dinamo Juventus Steaua Viitorul

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