# 2023–24 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

The 2023–24 season is FC Petrolul Ploiești's 99th season in existence and second consecutive in the Liga I. They will also compete in the Cupa României.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 6 February 2024
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 | POR | Marian Huja |
| 3 | DF | NED | Bart Meijers (Vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Paul Papp |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Valentin Țicu (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Tommi Jyry |
| 7 | FW | ROU | Gheorghe Grozav (4th captain) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Jair |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Mihai Roman |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Mario Bratu |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Takayuki Seto (3rd captain) |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Mihai Eșanu |
| 13 | FW | ROU | Iustin Răducan |
| 17 | MF | ROU | David Paraschiv |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Christian Irobiso (on loan from Al-Ula) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | ROU | Sergiu Hanca |
| 22 | DF | ROU | Denis Radu (on loan from Politehnica Timișoara) |
| 24 | FW | ROU | Raul Bucur |
| 31 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Ișfan (on loan from Universitatea Craiova) |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Garutti |
| 35 | GK | ROU | Andrei Jercălău |
| 38 | GK | CZE | Lukáš Zima |
| 44 | MF | ROU | Lucian Dumitriu |
| 71 | DF | CIV | Seniko Doua |
| 82 | MF | CIV | Ismaël Diomandé |
| 95 | MF | ROU | Mihai Constantinescu |
| 97 | MF | ROU | Augustin Dumitrache |
| 99 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Musi (on loan from FCSB) |
| — | FW | KOS | Albin Berisha |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Alexandru Musi | FCSB | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Ionuț Cojocaru | Farul Constanta | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Iustin Raducan | CSA Steaua Bucuresti | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Mihai Eșanu | Chindia Târgoviște | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | George Gavrilas | Metaloglobus București | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Zoran Petrović | Buducnost Podgorica | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Lukas Zima | VVV-Venlo | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Guilherme Garutti | CS Mioveni | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Sergiu Hanca | Universitatea Craiova | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Zoran Mitrov | FC Brașov | €10,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Pedro Justiniano | Radomiak Radom | Loan | 2 July 2023 |
| FW | Mihai Roman II | FC Botosani | Free Transfer | 23 August 2023 |
| DF | Denis Radu | Poli Timisoara | Loan | 29 August 2023 |
| FW | Giorgi Abuashvili | FC Porto B | €150,000 | 30 August 2023 |
| MF | Tommi Jyry | Inter Turku | Free Transfer | 6 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Octavian Vâlceanu | FC Voluntari | End of loan | 30 June 2023 |
| DF | Florin Borța | Universitatea Craiova | End of loan | 30 June 2023 |
| DF | Ricardo Grigore | FC Dinamo Bucuresti | End of loan | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Vlad Prejmeran | Chindia Târgoviște | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Dragoș Gheorghe | CS Tunari | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Andreas Leitner | SV Ried | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Antoniu Manolache | Corvinul Hunedoara | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Alexandru Sabau | CSM Resita | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Mihai Nitescu | CSM Alexandria | Loan | 3 July 2023 |
| FW | Robert Moldoveanu | Chindia Târgoviște | Free Transfer | 11 July 2023 |
| DF | Mihai Velisar | Corvinul Hunedoara | Free Transfer | 13 July 2023 |
| FW | Alexandru Saim Tudor | FC Brașov | Free Transfer | 26 July 2023 |
| FW | Alin Botogan | Chindia Târgoviște | Loan | 26 July 2023 |
| GK | Andrei Jercălău | Cetatea Turris Turnu Magurele | Loan | 27 July 2023 |
| FW | Vlad Bogdan | Metaloglobus București | Loan | 31 July 2023 |
| MF | Cristian Lixandru | CS Tunari | Loan | 1 August 2023 |
| MF | Constantin Budescu | Farul Constanta | Free Transfer | 4 August 2023 |
| DF | Félix Mathaus | PAE Chania | Free Transfer | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Christian Irobiso | Al-Ula | €125,000 | 5 September 2023 |
| FW | Ionuț Cojocaru | Farul Constanta | End of loan | 5 September 2023 |
| DF | Georgi Pashov | FC Buzău | Free Transfer | 6 September 2023 |
| MF | Stefan Purtić | Free Agent | | 12 September 2023 |

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga I Regular season | 16 July 2023 | 8 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 023.33 |
| Liga I Play-out round | 18 March 2024 | 12 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 033.33 |
| Cupa României | 27 September 2023 | 7 December 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 028.57 |
Source: Soccerway

### Liga I
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40 | Qualification to play-out round |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 40 | Qualification to play-out round |
| 10 | Petrolul Ploiești | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 35 | Qualification to play-out round |
| 11 | Oțelul Galați | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 34 | Qualification to play-out round |
| 12 | Politehnica Iași | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 33 | Qualification to play-out round |
* 1 2 Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: SuperLiga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 27 June 2023.

#### Play-out round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | UTA | OTE | HER | UCJ | PET | IAS | DIN | BOT | VOL | FCU |
| 1 | UTA Arad | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 37 | | | 3–1 | 1–3 | | | | | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Oțelul Galați | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 36 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 34 | | | | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 33 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 0–0 | | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | | |
| 5 | Petrolul Ploiești | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 29 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | | | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Politehnica Iași | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 27 | | 0–2 | | | | 2–0 | | | | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 7 | Dinamo București (O) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | 2–0 | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | |
| 8 | Botoșani (O) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | | | | | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| 9 | Voluntari (R) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 24 | Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | | | | 0–0 |
| 10 | FC U Craiova (R) | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 22 | Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | | 1–1 | | | |