2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiesti season

Petrolul Ploie?ti

2014–15 season
President	Daniel Capră
Manager	Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium	Stadionul Ilie Oană
Liga I	4th
Cupa României	Round of 32
Cupa Ligii	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2014–15 season is Petrolul Ploie?ti's 85th season in the Romanian football league system, and their fourth consecutive season in the Liga I. Petrolul came third in the 2013–14 Liga I, earning a place in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Month by month review

Petrolul versus Flamurtari Vlorë in a UEFA Europa League second qualifying round match, July 2014

June

Petrolul signed a one-year kit deal with American sportswear company Nike, after the association with Puma came to an end.^[1] Also, Acibadem Healthcare Group became the team's medical sponsor until the end of the season, with an extension option being available.^[2] Gevaro Nepomuceno, Patrick N'Koyi, George Mare?, Jean-Alain Fanchone, Alberto Cobrea, Mirel Bolboa?ă, Andrei Peteleu and Mourad Satli were transferred to Petrolul. Roberto Alecsandru and Alexandru Radu were also promoted from the academy.

July

On 7 July, Petrolul announced that they had signed winger Victora? Astafei on a free transfer. On 20 July, using many players that would normally be substitutes and having a player sent off in the second half, Petrolul was beaten by Universitatea Cluj in the Cupa Ligii (English: League Cup) round of 16, a competition which was reenacted after fourteen years of pause.^[3] In Europa League, "The Yellow Wolves" eliminated Flamurtari Vlorë 5–1 on aggregate. On 27 July, Petrolul confirmed on its official website that Opel will continue being the shirt sponsor until the end of the season.^[4]

Position at the end of July

August

Petrolul had bad luck at the Europa League third qualifying round draw, confronting Czech side Viktoria Plzeň, a club which in the previous season took part in the Champions League group stage. After a draw at Ploie?ti (1–1), "The Yellow Wolves" impressively beat Viktoria scoring four goals and conceding only one.^[5] The Romanian side's captain, 35-year-old Adrian Mutu, played a big role in his team's qualification, scoring both home and away.^[6] Petrolul will play against Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia in the play-off round.

Players

First team squad

As of 3 August 2014. ^[7]

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Peterson Peçanha		GK	2013	11 January 1980 (age 34)	Rapid Bucure?ti	35	0	Free	2015
12	Alberto Cobrea		GK	2014	1 November 1990 (age 23)	Concordia Chiajna	0	0	Free	2018
22	Iuliu Oprea		GK	2014	2 July 1995 (age 19)	Petrolul Academy	0	0	-/-	Undisclosed
33	Mirel Bolboa?ă		GK	2014	11 July 1992 (age 22)	Viitorul (on loan)	0	0	Undisclosed	2015
Defenders
2	Jean Sony Alcénat		RB	2012	23 January 1986 (age 28)	Rio Ave	45	1	Undisclosed	2015
3	Geraldo Alves		CB	2012	8 November 1980 (age 33)	Steaua Bucure?ti	46	2	Free	2015
5	Dean Be?a		RB / LB	2013	11 May 1991 (age 23)	Sportul Studen?esc	5	0	Free	2016
8	Mourad Satli		CB / LB / RB	2014	29 January 1990 (age 24)	Charleroi	1	0	Free	2017
14	Roberto Alecsandru		CB	2014	13 September 1996 (age 17)	Petrolul Academy	1	0	-/-	Undisclosed
15	Ovidiu Hoban		CB / DM	2012	27 December 1982 (age 31)	Universitatea Cluj	55	3	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
35	Gerson Guimaraes		CB	2014	7 January 1992 (age 22)	Kapfenberger	5	0	Undisclosed	2017
39	Jean-Alain Fanchone		LB	2014	22 September 1988 (age 25)	Udinese Calcio	2	0	Undisclosed	2017
77	Andrei Peteleu		RB	2014	20 August 1992 (age 21)	Săgeata Năvodari	0	0	Free	2017
Midfielders
5	Sony Mustivar		DM / CM / AM	2012	12 February 1990 (age 24)	Bastia	66	3	€65,000	2015
7	Gevaro Nepomuceno		LW / RW	2014	10 November 1992 (age 21)	Fortuna Sittard	1	0	Free	2017
11	Juan Albín		AM	2013	17 July 1986 (age 28)	Espanyol	25	11	Free	2015
20	Njongo Priso		RW / LW / CF	2013	24 December 1988 (age 25)	CSKA Sofia	28	4	Free	2015
21	Victora? Astafei		RW / LW / CF	2014	6 July 1987 (age 27)	O?elul Gala?i	1	0	Free	2017
30	Lauren?iu Marinescu		DM / AM	2012	25 August 1984 (age 29)	Universitatea Cluj	33	3	Undisclosed	2015
52	Romário Pires		DM / CB	2013	16 January 1989 (age 25)	Gloria Bistri?a	20	1	Free	2015
80	Filipe Teixeira		AM / CM	2013	2 October 1980 (age 33)	Al-Shaab	31	8	Free	2015
91	Pablo de Lucas		DM / CM / AM	2013	20 September 1986 (age 27)	Salamanca	30	1	Free	2016
Forwards
9	Patrick N'Koyi		CF	2014	1 January 1990 (age 24)	Fortuna Sittard	0	0	Free	2017
10	Adrian Mutu (C)		CF / AM	2014	8 January 1979 (age 35)	Ajaccio	10	3	Free	2015
17	Alexandru Radu		CF	2014	9 May 1997 (age 17)	Petrolul Academy	1	0	-/-	Undisclosed
18	George Mare?		CF	2014	16 May 1996 (age 18)	Sportul Studen?esc	0	0	Free	2018
93	Vlad Morar		CF / AM	2012	1 August 1993 (age 21)	Universitatea Cluj	16	2	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
99	Toto Tamuz		CF	2014	1 April 1988 (age 26)	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	16	5	Free	2016

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
—	FW		Mihai Roman	22	EU	Săgeata Năvodari	Loan return	Summer	2014	Free
7	FW		Gevaro Nepomuceno	21	EU	Fortuna Sittard	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	FC Petrolul Ploie?ti
9	FW		Patrick N'Koyi	24	EU	Fortuna Sittard	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free
18	FW		George Mare?	18	EU	Sportul Studen?esc	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed
39	DF		Jean-Alain Fanchone	25	EU	Udinese	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	FC Petrolul Ploie?ti
12	GK		Alberto Cobrea	23	EU	Concordia Chiajna	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	ProSport
33	GK		Mirel Bolboa?ă	25	EU	Viitorul	Loan transfer	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	FC Petrolul Ploie?ti
77	DF		Andrei Peteleu	21	EU	Săgeata Năvodari	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	FC Petrolul Ploie?ti
8	DF		Mourad Satli	24	EU	Charleroi	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	FC Petrolul Ploie?ti
21	MF		Victora? Astafei	27	EU	O?elul Gala?i	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	FC Petrolul Ploie?ti
14	DF		Roberto Alecsandru	17	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
17	DF		Alexandru Radu	17	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	Free

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
—	FW		Mihai Roman	22	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	End of contract	Summer	Free
32	DF		Sebastian Achim	28	EU	CS U Craiova	End of contract	Summer	Free
4	DF		Manassé Enza-Yamissi	24	EU	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free
23	GK		Mircea Bornescu	34	EU	Rapid Bucure?ti	End of contract	Summer	Free
21	DF		Guilherme Sityá	24	Non-EU	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	Free	FC Petrolul Ploie?ti
16	FW		Abel Camará	24	EU	Beira-Mar	End of loan	Summer	Free
7	MF		Walter Fernández	24	EU	Lokeren	End of loan	Summer	Free
22	GK		Povilas Valinčius	25	EU	Free agent	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
27	MF		Ianis Zicu	30	EU	ASA Târgu Mure?	Mutual termination	Summer	Free	FC Petrolul Ploie?ti

Competitions

Overall

Last updated: 8 August 2014
Source: Competitions

Liga I

League table

Updated to games played on 4 August 2014.
Source: Liga I
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Last updated: 3 August 2014.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Last updated: 3 August 2014.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Last updated: 3 August 2014

Cupa României

Round of 32

Last updated: 2 July 2014

Cupa Ligii

Round of 16

Last updated: 21 July 2014

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

First leg 17 July 2014	Petrolul Ploie?ti	2–0	Flamurtari Vlorë	Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploie?ti	[show]

Second leg 24 July 2014	Flamurtari Vlorë	1–3 (1–5 agg.)	Petrolul Ploie?ti	Stadiumi Flamurtari, Vlorë	[show]

Third qualifying round

First leg 31 July 2014	Petrolul Ploie?ti	1–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploie?ti	[show]

Second leg 7 August 2014	Viktoria Plzeň	1–4 (2–5 agg.)	Petrolul Ploie?ti	Doosan Arena, Plzeň	[show]

Play-off round

First leg 21 August 2014	Petrolul Ploie?ti	v	Dinamo Zagreb	Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploie?ti	[show]

Second leg 28 August 2014	Dinamo Zagreb	v	Petrolul Ploie?ti	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb	[show]

Last updated: 8 August 2014

Pre-season and friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss

Friendly 23 June 2014	Petrolul Ploie?ti	5–0	Volga Novgorod	Maribor, Slovenia	[show]

Friendly 26 June 2014	Petrolul Ploie?ti	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Murska Sobota, Slovenia	[show]

Friendly 29 June 2014	Petrolul Ploie?ti	2–0	Slaven Belupo	Maribor, Slovenia	[show]

Friendly 2 July 2014	Maribor	1–2	Petrolul Ploie?ti	Maribor, Slovenia	[show]

Friendly 4 July 2014	Petrolul Ploie?ti	1–0	Partizan Belgrade	Maribor, Slovenia	[show]