# 2013–14 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

The 2013–14 season was Petrolul Ploiești's 84th season in the Romanian football league system, and their third consecutive season in the Liga I.
They finished third in the 2012–13 Liga I, as well as winning the Cupa României for the third time in their history. Petrolul competed in UEFA Europa League, following an 18-year absence in European competitions. After defeating Víkingur Gøta and Vitesse Arnhem, they were eliminated in the play-off round by Swansea City. During the winter transfer window, the team brought Adrian Mutu, a former Romanian international, which attracted media attention. In January 2014, German automobile manufacturer Opel became Petrolul's shirt sponsor. In April, Petrolul had the chance to qualify for their second consecutive Cupa României final, but lost the second leg of the semi-final against rivals Astra Giurgiu (2–1), after a 0–0 result at home. The fans blamed Petrolul's administration for selling two of their best players (Hamza Younés and Damien Boudjemaa), and bringing Adrian Mutu and Ianis Zicu, who did not live up to expectations. Some also considered that the new manager, Răzvan Lucescu, wasn't a suitable replacer for Cosmin Contra, who left the club for Getafe in March. Petrolul came third in the Liga I for a second successive season, thus again participating in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

## Players
### Jucatori de prima echipa

    At the end of the season.
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 | BRA | Peterson Peçanha |
| 2 | DF | HAI | Sony Alcénat |
| 3 | DF | POR | Geraldo Alves (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | CTA | Manassé Enza-Yamissi |
| 5 | MF | HAI | Sony Mustivar |
| 6 | FW | ROU | Andrei Bîcu |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Walter (on loan from Lokeren) |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Adrian Mutu (captain) |
| 11 | MF | URU | Juan Albín |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Iuliu Oprea |
| 15 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Hoban |
| 16 | FW | POR | Abel Camará (on loan from Beira-Mar) |
| 20 | MF | CMR | Njongo Priso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Sityá |
| 22 | GK | LTU | Povilas Valinčius |
| 23 | GK | ROU | Mircea Bornescu |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Ianis Zicu |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Laurențiu Marinescu |
| 32 | DF | ROU | Sebastian Achim |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Gerson Guimarães |
| 9 | MF | BRA | Romário Pires |
| 80 | MF | POR | Filipe Teixeira |
| 91 | MF | ESP | Pablo de Lucas |
| 93 | FW | ROU | Vlad Morar |
| 99 | FW | ISR | Toto Tamuz |

### Out on loan

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ROU | Mihai Roman (at Săgeata Năvodari) |

### Reserve players with first team appearances

Petrolul Ploiești's reserve team includes players from the club's academy.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ROU | Roberto Alecsandru |
| 17 | FW | ROU | Alexandru Radu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Marius Anghel |

### Jucatori cu aparente putine
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| — | RW | Mihai Roman | 35 | EU | Turnu Severin | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 42 | FW | Adrian Cristea | 29 | EU | Standard Liège | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 1 | GK | Peterson Peçanha | 33 | Non-EU | Rapid București | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | |
| 80 | MF | Filipe Teixeira | 32 | EU | Al-Shaab | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Free | |
| 91 | MF | Pablo de Lucas | 26 | EU | Salamanca | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | |
| 16 | DF | Alexandru Benga | 24 | EU | Oțelul Galați | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Undisclosed | |
| 20 | FW | Njongo Priso | 24 | EU | CSKA Sofia | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free | |
| 16 | FW | Abel Camará | 23 | EU | Belenenses | Loan transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | ProSport |
| 99 | FW | Férébory Doré | 24 | Non-EU | Angers | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Undisclosed | |
| 6 | DF | Dean Beța | 22 | EU | Free agent | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 7 | MF | Walter Fernández | 23 | EU | Lokeren | Loan transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed | |
| 11 | AM | Juan Albín | 26 | EU | Espanyol | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | FC Petrolul Ploiești |
| 10 | FW | Adrian Mutu | 35 | EU | Ajaccio | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Free | ProSport |
| 27 | MF | Ianis Zicu | 30 | EU | Gangwon | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 12 | GK | Iuliu Oprea | 18 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Winter | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 35 | DF | Gerson Guimarães | 22 | EU | Kapfenberger SV | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | Undisclosed | FC Petrolul Ploiești |
| 99 | FW | Toto Tamuz | 25 | Non-EU | Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free | FC Petrolul Ploiești |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 31 | FW | Florent Sauvadet | 24 | EU | Free agent | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | |
| — | FW | Mihai Roman | 21 | EU | Săgeata Năvodari | Loan transfer | Summer | Free | |
| 10 | AM | Renan Silva | 24 | Non-EU | Al Nahda | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | |
| 14 | MF | Gualberto Mojica | 28 | Non-EU | Chongqing Lifan | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 18 | MF | Marian Cristescu | 25 | EU | Astra Giurgiu | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | |
| 33 | GK | Vasil Khamutowski | 34 | Non-EU | Torpedo Zhodino | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | |
| 42 | FW | Adrian Cristea | 29 | EU | Steaua București | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | |
| 6 | DF | Ionuț Neag | 19 | EU | Universitatea Cluj | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 29 | DF | Constantin Grecu | 25 | EU | Dinamo București | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | FC Petrolul Ploiești |
| 14 | DF | Elhad Naziri | 20 | Non-EU | Ravan Baku | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | |
| 11 | FW | Jeremy Bokila | 24 | EU | Terek Grozny | Transfer | Summer | €1.5 million | Championat |
| 7 | FW | Gheorghe Grozav | 22 | EU | Terek Grozny | Transfer | Summer | €2.1 million | |
| 99 | FW | Férébory Doré | 24 | Non-EU | Botev Plovdiv | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | |
| 16 | DF | Alexandru Benga | 24 | EU | Botev Plovdiv | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | |
| 9 | FW | Hamza Younés | 27 | Non-EU | Botev Plovdiv | Transfer | Winter | €750,000 | FC Petrolul Ploiești |
| 8 | MF | Damien Boudjemaa | 28 | EU | Slavia Prague | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | FC Petrolul Ploiești |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Liga I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 71 | 20 | +51 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Astra Giurgiu | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 28 | +42 | 72 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 59 | |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
* ↑ Vaslui did not receive a license for financial reasons. Dinamo București filed for insolvency, thus didn't get an UEFA licence. CFR Cluj got their Europa League spot.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2014. Source: fcpetrolul.ro

#### Results by opponent

| Team | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | Home | Away | Points |
| Astra Giurgiu | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4 |
| Botoșani | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6 |
| Brașov | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2 |
| CFR Cluj | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4 |
| Corona Brașov | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6 |
| Dinamo București | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4 |
| Poli Timișoara | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4 |
| Săgeata Năvodari | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6 |
| Steaua București | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6 |
| Vaslui | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3 |

### Cupa României
#### Semi-finals

Last updated: 17 April 2014 Source: FRF

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
## Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 15 February 2014