2024–25 FC Petrolul Ploiești season

FC Petrolul Ploiești

2024–25 season
Manager	Mehmet Topal
Stadium	Ilie Oană Stadium
Liga I	8th
Cupa României	Pre-season
Top goalscorer	League: Albin Berisha Valentin Țicu (1 each) All: Albin Berisha Valentin Țicu (1 each)
Biggest defeat	Dinamo București 4–1 Petrolul Ploiești
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2024–25 season is the 100th season in the history of FC Petrolul Ploiești, and the club's third consecutive season in Liga I. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Ricardinho	Voluntari	Free	1 July 2024
FW	Alexandru Tudorie	UTA Arad	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Alexandru Mateiu	Universitatea Craiova	Free	1 July 2024	[1]
MF	Tidiane Keita	USL Dunkerque	Free	1 July 2024	[2]
FW	Nana Akosah-Bempah	Hapoel Acre	Free	19 July 2024	[3]
MF	Fabrício Baiano	SC Sagamihara	Free	19 July 2024	[4]
DF	Denis Radu	Voluntari	Undisclosed	22 July 2024	[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Takayuki Seto		Released	22 July 2024	[6]

Friendlies

Pre-season

FC Hermannstadt v Petrolul Ploiești

26 June 2024 Friendly	FC Hermannstadt	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Bolu, Turkey
16:30 UTC+3		Report	Tolea 21'

Fenerbahçe v Petrolul Ploiești

29 June 2024 Friendly	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Bolu, Turkey
10:30 UTC+3	Džeko 41' Zajc 57'		Bratu 24' Ilie  90'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	15 July 2024		Matchday 1	4	1	2	1	2	4	−2	025.00
Cupa României				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				4	1	2	1	2	4	−2	025.00

Last updated: 29 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

Main article: 2024–25 Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Universitatea Craiova	21	9	8	4	33	21	+12	35	Qualification for play-off round
5	CFR Cluj	21	9	8	4	36	26	+10	35
6	Petrolul Ploiești	21	7	10	4	23	21	+2	31
7	Sepsi OSK	21	8	6	7	28	23	+5	30	Qualification for play-out round
8	Rapid București	21	6	11	4	24	19	+5	29

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2024. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[7]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	1	2	1	2	4	−2	5	1	1	0	1	0	+1	0	1	1	1	4	−3

Last updated: 4 August 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D
Position	9	15	9

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.^[8]

Petrolul Ploiești v Gloria Buzău

15 July 2024 1	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	Gloria Buzău	Ploiești
21:30 UTC+3	Huja  39' Grozav 58' Hanca  63'		Călin  11' Sălceanu  48'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: István Kovács

Dinamo București v Petrolul Ploiești

21 July 2024 2	Dinamo București	4–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
22:00 UTC+3	Abdallah 12' Cîrjan 41' Selmani 61' Politic 86' (pen.)		Țicu 82'	Stadium: Arcul de Triumf Stadium Referee: Găman George Cătălin

Petrolul Ploiești v Rapid București

29 July 2024 3	Petrolul Ploiești	1–0	Rapid București	Ploiești
22:00 UTC+3	Berisha 31' Eșanu  90' Hanca  90+5'		Gojković  87'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Universitatea Craiova v Petrolul Ploiești

4 August 2024 4	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Petrolul Ploiești	Craiova
19:00				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Referee: Ionuţ Coza

Petrolul Ploiești v Universitatea Cluj

12 August 2024 5	Petrolul Ploiești	v	Universitatea Cluj	Ploiești
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium

Cupa României

Main article: 2024–25 Cupa României

References

1. "Alexandru Mateiu şi-a găsit echipă! Fotbalistul cu peste 300 de prezenţe în tricoul Universităţii Craiova semnează cu o echipă cu pretenţii". Orangesport. 10 June 2024.
2. "Un francez în SuperLigă! Al patrulea transfer al verii la Petrolul". www.digisport.ro.
3. "Transfer de ultim moment în Superligă! A semnat după ce clubul a scăpat de interdicție: „Bine ai venit!"". GSP.
4. "Transfer curios în Liga 1 » A venit o rezervă din liga a treia japoneză". GSP.
5. "Petrolul a mai anunțat un transfer înainte de meciul cu Dinamo: „Contract până în 2027"". GSP.
6. "Mulțumim, Takayuki Seto! – FC Petrolul". 22 July 2024.
7. "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
8. Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".