2017–18 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

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 take over 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]

Petrolul Ploiești
2017–18 season
PresidentCristian Vlad
CoachRomulus Ciobanu
StadiumStadionul Ilie Oană
Liga III1st
Cupa RomânieiRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Sergiu Arnăutu (20)
All: Sergiu Arnăutu (22)
Highest home attendance10,000 vs SC Popeşti-Leordeni
(26 May 2018 (2018-05-26), Liga III)
Lowest home attendance2,000 vs Flacăra Moreni
(22 September 2017 (2017-09-22), Liga III)
Average home league attendance4,136

Players

First team squad
As of 10 March 2018

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK  ROU Mirel Bolboașă
22 GK  ROU Raul Avram
86 GK  ROU Raul Botezan
3 DF  ROU Jean Prunescu (3rd captain)
4 DF  ROU Mihai Velisar
5 DF  ROU Alexandru Ichim
6 DF  ROU Paul Antoche
15 DF  ROU Alberto Olaru
16 DF  ROU Valentin Țicu
30 DF  ROU Gabriel Frîncu
7 MF  ROU Alexandru Ciocâlteu
8 MF  ROU Tiberiu Nițescu
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  ROU Claudiu Tudor (vice-captain)
11 MF  ROU Nini Popescu
18 MF  ROU Cristian Andor
19 MF  ROU Mario Bratu
20 MF  ROU Răzvan Catană
29 MF  ROU Tudor Şaim
33 MF  ROU Marius Chindriș
14 FW  ROU Georgian Păun (captain)
17 FW  ROU Daniel Cârjan
26 FW  ROU Cosmin Lambru
28 FW  ROU Sergiu Arnăutu

Current technical staff
Role Name
Coach Romulus Ciobanu
Assistant coach Ciprian Pura
Goalkeeping coach Cătălin Grigore
Fitness coach Marius Haită
Medic Răduță Gheoca
Kinetotherapist Dan Gheoca
Youth goalkeeping coach Gheorghe Liliac

Pre-season and friendlies
1 August 2017 Petrolul Ploiești 6–1 Colțea Brașov Brașov, Romania
17:00 UTC+2 Șaim
Ciocâlteu
Puchea
Arnăutu
Popescu
Vintilă		 Report Lita Stadium: Carpați
3 August 2017 Petrolul Ploiești 5–0 Steagu Roșu Brașov Brașov, Romania
17:30 UTC+2 Tudor  34' (pen.)
Antoche 37'
Vintilă 49'
Păun 63'
Popescu 75'		 Report Stadium: Metrom
Attendance: 100
4 August 2017 Petrolul Ploiești 3–0 Oțelul Galați Brașov, Romania
11:30 UTC+2 Tudor  4' (pen.)
Gheorghe 9'
Ciocâlteu 77'		 Report Stadium: Metrom
Attendance: 100
4 August 2017 Petrolul Ploiești 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 Ploiești 2–2 Aninoasa Aninoasa, Romania
11:00 UTC+2 Vintilă  84'  85' Călinescu  7'
Dinu  43'		 Stadium: Comunal
18 August 2017 Petrolul Ploiești 0–0 Râmnicu Sărat Râmnicu Sărat, Romania
17:30 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Municipal
25 November 2017 Petrolul Ploiești 2–0 Universitatea II Craiova Ploiești, Romania
15:00 UTC+2 Velisar  13'
Stănescu  61'		 Report Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 600
Referee: Mihai Safta
2 December 2017 Petrolul Ploiești 3–0 CS Blejoi Câmpina, Romania
11:00 UTC+2 Șaim  44'
Păun  57'
Catană  73'		 Report Stadium: Poiana
Referee: Andrei Moroiţă (Ploiești)
20 January 2018 Petrolul Ploiești 12–1 Brașov Ploiești, Romania
12:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Ilie Oană
28 January 2018 Petrolul Ploiești 2–1 Olimpic Cetate Râșnov Cheile Grădiștei, Romania
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31 January 2018 Petrolul Ploiești 5–0 Brașov Cheile Grădiștei, Romania
Report
7 February 2018 Petrolul Ploiești 3–2 Unirea Slobozia Buftea, Romania
Report Stadium: CNAF
10 February 2018 Petrolul Ploiești 0–0 Argeș Pitești Buftea, Romania
Report Stadium: CNAF
14 February 2018 Petrolul Ploiești 1–2 Chindia Târgoviște Buftea, Romania
Report Stadium: CNAF
21 February 2018 Petrolul Ploiești 6–0 Progresul Spartac București Ploiești, Romania
Report Stadium: Ilie Oană

Competitions

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Petrolul Ploiești 24 19 3 2 57 18 +39 60 Promotion to Liga II
2 FCM Alexandria 24 17 5 2 59 16 +43 56
3 Voința Turnu Măgurele 24 17 5 2 50 15 +35 56
4 Astra II Ploiești 24 12 6 6 33 18 +15 42
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2018. Source: FRF

Result round by round
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ResultWWWWWWDWWWDWWWWWWWWWLWDL
Position431122232111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2018. Source: FRF
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results
25 August 2017 1 Petrolul Ploiești 3–1 Viitorul Domneşti Ploiești
20:00 UTC+3 Arnăutu  50'
Ciocâlteu  75'
Lambru  79'		 Report Andronache  23' Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 4,133
Referee: Alin Constantin Olaru (Olanu)
2 September 2017 2 Sporting Roșiori 0–1 Petrolul Ploiești Roșiorii de Vede
17:00 UTC+3 Report Arnăutu  8' (pen) Stadium: Rova
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Adrian Comănescu (Râmnicu Vâlcea)
7 September 2017 3 Petrolul Ploiești 4–0 Aninoasa Ploiești
19:00 UTC+3 Arnăutu  16' (pen)
Puchea  37'
Prunescu  58'
Lambru  90'		 Report Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Marius Naidin (Pitești)
15 September 2017 4 CS Tunari 0–1 Petrolul Ploiești Buftea
17:00 UTC+3 Report Arnăutu  45' (pen) Stadium: CNAF
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)
22 September 2017 5 Petrolul Ploiești 3–2 Flacăra Moreni Ploiești
18:00 UTC+3 Velisar  78'
Saim  86'
Arnăutu  90+2'		 Report Plăcintă  33'
Timofte  90+4'		 Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Valentin Porumbel (Oltenița)
29 September 2017 6 Concordia II Chiajna 0–2 Petrolul Ploiești Chiajna
17:00 UTC+3 Report Arnăutu  pen' (45)
Gheorghe  85'		 Stadium: Concordia
Attendance: 300
Referee: Bogdan Ionuţ Anghelinei (Galați)
13 October 2017 7 Petrolul Ploiești 1–1 FCM Alexandria Ploiești
18:15 UTC+3 Prunescu  41' Report Căpățână  31' Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Florin Andrei (Târgu Mureș)
21 October 2017 8 Voința Turnu Măgurele 0–1 Petrolul Ploiești Saelele
15:00 UTC+3 Report Arnăutu  13' Stadium: Comunal
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cătălin Buși (Rm. Vâlcea)
27 October 2017 9 Petrolul Ploiești 4–2 Atletic Bradu Ploiești
18:45 UTC+3 Arnăutu  1'  29'
Ciocâlteu  18'
Tudor  pen' (23)		 Report Preda  24'
Golban  83'		 Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Cristian Moldoveanu (Sfântu Gheorghe)
3 November 2017 10 Mioveni II 0–3 Petrolul Ploiești Mioveni
14:00 UTC+2 Report Arnăutu  27'
Popescu  55'  60'		 Stadium: Orășenesc
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ionuţ Constantinescu (Galați)
11 November 2017 11 Petrolul Ploiești 0–0 Astra II Ploiești Ploiești
19:15 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Eduard Dumitrescu (Piteşti)
18 November 2017 12 SC Popeşti-Leordeni 1–2 Petrolul Ploiești Popești-Leordeni
14:00 UTC+2 Anghelini  61' Report Antoche  15'
Ciocâlteu  79'		 Stadium: Inter Gaz
Attendance: 400
Referee: Camelia Nicolae (Bucharest)
3 March 2018 13 Viitorul Domneşti 0–3 Petrolul Ploiești Domnești
Stadium: Stadionul Voinţa
11 March 2018 14 Petrolul Ploiești 1–0 Sporting Roșiori Ploiești
14:00 UTC+2 Prunescu  50' Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Szabolcs Kovács (Carei)
17 March 2018 15 Aninoasa 1–7 Petrolul Ploiești Aninoasa
15:00 UTC+2 Codroiu  57' Report Velisar  2'
Ciocâlteu  32'
Arnăutu  36', 51', 71' (pen.)
Lambru  75', 88'		 Stadium: Comunal
Attendance: 800
Referee: Bogdan Anghelinei (Galați)
30 March 2018 17 Flacăra Moreni 0–2 Petrolul Ploiești Moreni
15:00 UTC+2 Report Arnăutu  18'
Păun  20'		 Stadium: Stadionul Flacăra
Referee: Dragoş Istrate (Bucharest)
3 April 2018 16 Petrolul Ploiești 1–0 CS Tunari Ploiești
19:00 UTC+2 Păun  65' (pen.) Report Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dorin Burloiu (Galaţi)
Note: Round postponed from 24 March due to snowing conditions in Romania.
6 April 2018 18 Petrolul Ploiești 4–0 Concordia II Chiajna Ploiești
16:00 UTC+2 Popescu  13' (41), pen'
Ciocâlteu  53'
Arnăutu  77'		 Report Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Adrian Sorin Costreie (Buftea)
20 April 2018 19 FCM Alexandria 1–4 Petrolul Ploiești Alexandria
17:00 UTC+2 Ichim  69' (og) Report Arnăutu  18' (23), 40'
Şaim  34'		 Stadium: Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Paul Unimatan (Zalău)
27 April 20 Petrolul Ploiești 1–3 Voința Turnu Măgurele Ploiești
18:00 UTC+2 Păun  2' Report Fotescu  44'
Antoche  53' (og)
Niculae  90'		 Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Teodor Grozea (Brăila)
4 May 2018 21 Atletic Bradu 1–4 Petrolul Ploiești Bradu
18:00 UTC+2 Preda  38' Report Păun  22' (72)
Arnăutu  36'
Popescu  88'		 Stadium: Stadionul Central
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lucian Ţiţii (Sibiu)
12 May 2018 22 Petrolul Ploiești 3–1 Mioveni II Ploiești
14:00 UTC+2 Chindriș  40'
Popescu  71'
Velisar  82'		 Report Comănescu  21' Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Andreea Ene (Bucharest)
18 May 2018 23 Astra II Ploiești 2–2 Petrolul Ploiești Ploiești
18:00 UTC+2 Chipirliu  48'
Gheorghe  89'		 Report Pahonțu  55' (og)
Arnăutu  61'		 Stadium: Astra
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alin Gheorghe (Ploieşti)
26 May 2018 24 Petrolul Ploiești 0–2 SC Popeşti-Leordeni Ploiești
19:30 UTC+2 Report Anghilini  22'
Luca  74'		 Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alexandru Dan Gornic (Arad)

Cupa Romaniei
9 August 2017 Round 1 FC Regal Sport 1–8 Petrolul Ploiești Bucharest
17:30 UTC+3 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)
22 August 2017 Round 2 Petrolul Ploiești 2–0 Urban Titu Ploiești
19:00 UTC+3 Lambru  61'
Popescu  64'		 Report Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană
Attendance: 3,214
Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Berceni)
12 September 2017 Round 3 Petrolul Ploiești 3–0 Flacăra Moreni Ploiești
19:00 UTC+3 Ciocâlteu  43' 69' (pen) 88' Report Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Vlad Băban (Iași)
3 October 2017 Round 4 Agricola Borcea 1–4 Petrolul Ploiești Borcea
14:30 UTC+3 Şerban  64' Report Şaim  17'
Ciocâlteu  26'
Popescu  30'
Stănescu  81'		 Stadium: Comunal
Referee: Cristian Georgescu (Bucharest)
24 October 2017 Round of 32 Petrolul Ploiești 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Mioveni Ploiești
18:00 UTC+3 Vintilă  90' Report Năstăsie  36' Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Lucian Rusandu (Sfântu Gheorghe)
Penalties
Tudor
Ciocâlteu
Popescu
Stănescu
Velisar 		Năstăsie
Gugu
Negoiță
Stoica
Neacșu

See also

Notes and references
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
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