# FC Petrolul Ploiești in European football

Fotbal Club Petrolul Ploiești, commonly known as Petrolul Ploiești, or simply as Petrolul, is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County. The club has participated in 8 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe, and in 12 editions of European competitions overall thus far.

## Total statistics

    As of 9 August 2015.
| Competition | S | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| UEFA Champions League / European Cup | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | –7 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 |
| UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | –8 |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| Total | 12 | 47 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 57 | 67 | –10 |

## Statistics by competition

Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:
* PR: Preliminary round
* QR: Qualifying round
* 1R: First round
* 2R: Second round
* QF: Quarter-finals
* 2QR: Second qualifying round
* 3QR: Third qualifying round
* PO: Play-off round

### UEFA Champions League / European Cup

| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1958–59 | PR | Wismut Karl Marx Stadt | 2–0 | 2–4 | 4–4$^1$ |
| 1959–60 | PR | Wiener Sportclub | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| 1966–67 | 1R | Liverpool | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3$^2$ |
$^1$ Wismut Karl Marx Stadt progressed to the first round after winning a play-off match 4–0.
$^2$ Liverpool progressed to the second round after winning a play-off match 2–0.

### UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup

| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1963–64 | PR | Fenerbahçe | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 |
| 1995–96 | QR | Wrexham | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| 1995–96 | 1R | Rapid Wien | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 |

### Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1962–63 | 1R | Spartak Brno | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 1962–63 | 2R | Leipzig XI | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1$^3$ |
| 1962–63 | QF | Ferencváros | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| 1964–65 | 1R | Göztepe A.Ş. | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 1964–65 | 2R | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| 1967–68 | 1R | Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | 0–5 | 2–5 |
$^3$ Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the quarter-finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.

### UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1990–91 | 1R | Anderlecht | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| 2013–14 | 2QR | Víkingur | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 |
| 2013–14 | 3QR | Vitesse Arnhem | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 2013–14 | PO | Swansea City | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–6 |
| 2014–15 | 2QR | Flamurtari | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 |
| 2014–15 | 3QR | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| 2014–15 | PO | Dinamo Zagreb | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 |

### UEFA Intertoto Cup
#### 1990 – Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CHE | STU | DÜS | PET |
| 1 | Chemnitz | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Petrolul Ploiești | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | — |
| Opponent | Home | Away |
| Chemnitz | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Sturm Graz | 1–3 | 1–6 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–2 | 1–1 |