100-446: (Redirected from Romanian National Championships ) Romanian Championships or Romanian Championship may refer to: Liga I (football) Romanian Chess Championship Romanian Figure Skating Championships Romanian Gymnastics National Championships Romanian Rally Championship National American Football Championship of Romania SuperLiga (rugby) Topics referred to by
200-531: A Divizia A match against Dinamo Bacău . One week later after his death Petrolul won the 1962–63 Cupa României with 6–1 against Siderurgistul Galați and before the game, at the team photo, the place from the down row in front of goalkeeper Mihai Ionescu was left free in the memory of Tabarcea. In 1965, head coach Ilie Oană left Petrolul for the Romania national team , and assistant Constantin Cernăianu took over
300-405: A "resuscitation" ( 1972–73 , 15th place occupied after five rounds, the 4th place at the beginning of the winter break), 1973 was quite weak year. In 1974, the people from Ploiești suspected a match fixed between Argeş Pitești and CFR Cluj , in favor of the team from Cluj-Napoca , it was supposed that Petrolul officials have tried to financially stimulate the host, but the authorities discovered
400-580: A 3–1 on the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium and a 0–0 draw in Ploiești . In the league Petrolul ended again in the top half of the table, on the 6th place and in the cup, was eliminated in the quarter-finals, by Național București , at the penalty shootout . In the following years Petrolul occupied the following positions at the end of the championship: 1996–97 – 9th, 1997–98 – 14th, 1998–99 – 8th and 1999–2000 – 11th. The late 1990s have been marked by
500-420: A Romanian team in this competition were achieved by Steaua București which won the trophy in the 1985–86 season , and reached the semi-finals in the 1987–88 season and another final in the 1988–89 season . Other important achievements include Universitatea Craiova which reached the quarter-finals in the 1981–82 season and Dinamo București which reached the semi-finals in the 1983–84 season . However, after
600-408: A fixture against the other two clubs, totalizing a number of three matches disputed, with Olympia București being crowned as champions of the first Romanian Football Championship. In the following years, the tournament was structured into regional groups with the winners of each group participating in a playoff with the eventual winners being declared champions. From 1909 until 1921, the championship
700-454: A group with Manchester United , Braga , and Galatasaray . The 2010s also brought new league winners in Liga I, with Astra Giurgiu and Viitorul Constanța clinching the titles in 2015–16 and 2016–17 respectively. Since 2017 onwards, CFR Cluj won five consecutive Liga I titles, amassing a total number of eight national titles as of 2022. CFR Cluj obtained the best result of a Romanian team in
800-439: A league consisting of seven teams was formed. The championship, which had been confined to several regional leagues, became a national competition in 1921 with the foundation of Divizia A and Divizia B . The inaugural Divizia A season was won by Chinezul Timișoara . Before the 1931–32 season , the competition was dominated by Chinezul and Venus București , with Chinezul winning six championships and Venus two championships during
900-449: A mediocre league result (10th place), coached by the same Marin Ion , Petrolul won the 1994–95 Cupa României after defeating their rivals, Rapid București , at the penalty shootout and qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup . The team included the following players: Preda – D.Chiriță , Grigore , Răchită (C), Bălăceanu – Leahu , Grama, Pârlog, Abăluţă – Zmoleanu, Zafiris. 1995–96 season
1000-674: A merger between Petrolul Ploieşti and Astra Ploieşti . Astra Ploieşti changed its name to Petrolul Ploieşti and in July 2003 Petrolul Ploiești was unaffiliated from the Romanian Football Federation , leaving a vacant place in the first league, which was finally occupied by Oțelul Galați , team that lost in that summer a relegation play-out against the second league team FC Oradea . On 28 July 2003, Astra Ploieşti changed its name to FC Petrolul Ploieşti, with Florin Bercea and Ioan Niculae as
1100-411: A period of decline and although the club remained in the first division for many years later, only the 1995 Romanian Cup final reminded their supporters about the years of glory. In 1970, the oilmen finished the first part of the championship on the 2nd place, but it lost that place until the end of the season. 1969–70 , 1971–72 were seasons in which Petrolul was at only one step from relegation. After
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#17330847363961200-465: A proof of the dissolution of Petrolul, but such an interpretation is wrong because this club took over, according to FRF , Petrolul brand and record. At the end of the 2003–04 Divizia A season, Petrolul relegated to Divizia B , and due to some differences in the ownership, Ioan Niculae gives up the 50% that he held within the club, these were split between Liviu Luca, Florin Bercea and Eduard Alexandru. Subsequently, Ioan Niculae refounded Astra and
1300-450: A sponsor from the 2021–22 season , a position from which it also withdrew at the start of 2022. In spite of the economic issues that arose from Veolia's departure, the squad led by head coach Nicolae Constantin managed to end the Liga II campaign as champions. Petrolul finished on the eighth place in the regular season of the 2022–23 Liga I , and thus started the relegation play-outs from
1400-652: A team in the National Senior Championship. In order to ensure obtaining the necessary license to participate in the 2022-2023 season, Petrolul Ploiești has signed a partnership with ACS Student Sport Alba Iulia, which will play in Women's 3rd League under the name of Petrolul Ploiești in Ighiu. Meanwhile, in Ploiești, coach Cristian Iordache made the selection for the senior and junior teams that played only friendly matches in
1500-482: A two-legged tie against 3rd placed team from second league's table. Also, the 1st and 2nd teams from the play-out phase will play a one-legged game between each other and the winner will face the last team that completed the play-off phase in a European spot. The winner of that one-legged match will play next season in the UEFA Europa Conference League . The first official national football tournament
1600-524: A very good season and finished in the top 5, more exactly on the 5th place, one point over Farul Constanța , at the same number of points with 4th place ( Rapid București ), two points behind 3rd place ( Dinamo București ) and three points behind 2nd place ( FC U Craiova ). In the Romanian Cup, "the Yellow Wolves" were eliminated in the second round proper by Inter Sibiu . In the 1994–95 season, despite
1700-485: A very weak season, finishing only 10th in the top flight and in the Romanian Cup, the squad was eliminated again in the second round proper, this time by FC U Craiova . At the end of the season FC Ploiești changed its name back to Petrolul Ploiești. "The Oilmen" saved from relegation in the last moment at the end of the 1992–93 season, finishing 16th out of 18, with two points over Selena Bacău and four over CSM Reșița . Next season, coach Marin Ion and his players made
1800-478: Is administered by the Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal , also known by the acronym LPF. Before the 2006–07 season , the competition was known as Divizia A , but the name had to be changed following the finding that someone else had registered that trademark. The best performer to date is Steaua București with 27 titles, followed by longtime cross-town rival Dinamo București with 18 trophies. Furthermore, of
1900-452: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Liga I The Liga I ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈliɡa ɨnˈtɨj] ; First League ), also spelled as Liga 1 , is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga . It
2000-572: Is the country's top football competition , being contested by 16 clubs which take part in a promotion and relegation system with the Liga II . The teams play 30 matches each in the regular season, before entering the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs according to their position in the regular table. The Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909–10 campaign , being currently 25th in UEFA 's league coefficient ranking list. It
2100-471: The 1930 World Cup , Constantin Rădulescu to be the first coach that brought modern training sessions on the fields of Bucharest . Their first national title came six years after their establishment, being led in the first half of the season by coach Gyula Feldmann and in the second by Hlavay , as the team won another Bucharest regional championship, qualifying for the 1929–30 Divizia A where they won
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#17330847363962200-524: The 1958–59 Divizia A saw Petrolul on the fourth place in the table, but with several good results which followed the team clinched its second consecutive league championship. They were once again unable to go further than the preliminary round of the European Cup, Austrian side Wiener Sport-Club defeating them 1–2 on aggregate. On 14 July 1963 Petrolul's player Constantin Tabarcea collapsed and died during
2300-400: The 2004–05 season the club finished on the 4th place at 7 points from the promotion place, occupied at that time by Pandurii Târgu Jiu . 2005–06 season brought an extra chance, as a result of the restructuring of the first league from 16 to 18 teams, from the second league could also promote the 2nd place via a play-off tournament, but Petrolul finished only on the 3rd place at 3 points from
2400-512: The 2008–09 group stage of the UEFA Champions League , and the first team other than Steaua to qualify to this stage since the beginning of the new Champions League format in 1992–93 . The 2009–10 champions as well as 2010–11 ones were guaranteed a direct qualification spot into the group stage as well. The best results in the group stage was obtained by CFR Cluj in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League with ten points and third place in
2500-468: The 2010–11 season with important changes, the young squad has been completed with some experienced players as Pompiliu Stoica , Florentin Dumitru or Daniel Oprița and moved for its home matches on Conpet Stadium from Strejnicu , near Ploiești, facilitating easier access for the supporters, new Ilie Oană Stadium , being still in construction, also the team was moved from the first to the second series of
2600-579: The 2012–13 campaign . Petrolul recorded its European debut in the 1958–59 season , when it was drawn against Wismut Karl Marx Stadt in the preliminary round of the European Cup . The club has participated in 12 editions of European competitions overall, of which eight governed by UEFA . In recent history, Petrolul became insolvent in February 2015 and dissolution followed the next year, however supporters and club legends promptly refounded and enrolled it in
2700-471: The Bucharest regional championship, the team finished on the 1st place, qualifying for the 1925–26 Divizia A where they lost the final in front of Chinezul Timișoara , being led in the first half of the season by coach Motoroi and in the second by György Hlavay who according to journalist Ioan Chirilă 's book, "Zile și nopți pe stadion" (Days and nights at the stadium) is considered by Romania 's coach at
2800-454: The Divizia A , from 1933 to 1940. Following World War II , they were promoted once again to the top tier, having finished first in the final Divizia B season prior to the outbreak of war. The club played its last campaign as Juventus in 1946–47, after which the name was changed numerous times to Distribuția , Petrolul , Competrol , Partizanul and Flacăra respectively. Flacăra București
2900-649: The Europa League third qualifying round . After a draw in Ploiești, Petrolul impressively beat Viktoria scoring four goals and conceding only one. However, Petrolul yet again missed the chance of advancing to the group stage after losing the play-off against Dinamo Zagreb . In September 2014, head coach Lucescu was sacked and Mutu left the club as a free agent . On 25 November, president Daniel Capră, general director Marius Bucuroiu and five other persons faced preventive detention for 24 hours, being suspected of tax evasion and money laundering. The criminal offences made by
3000-519: The UEFA Cup along with Universitatea Craiova and Politehnica Timișoara . "The Yellow Wolves" played against Belgian club Anderlecht , which won both legs. At the end of the 1990–91 season, Petrolul finished 7th and in the Romanian Cup they were eliminated in the second round proper by their bitter rivals Steaua București . In the summer of 1991 the club changed its name to FC Ploiești , but made
3100-499: The fourth division . The team colours are yellow and dark blue, hence the nickname of the players and fans being "the Yellow Wolves". Petrolul plays its home games at the 15,073-seater Ilie Oană Stadium , and its most notable rivalry is the one against Rapid București . Petrolul also had a local rivalry with Astra Giurgiu , which had been based in Ploiești until 2012. The team was founded in Bucharest in late 1924, when Romcomit and Triumf merged into what would become one of
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3200-537: The 1986–87 season in the name of Rodion Cămătaru and in the 1988–89 season in the name of Dorin Mateuţ , with the latter being the last Romanian winner of the trophy. From the 1959–60 season all the way to the 1999–2000 season all the league championships were won by only seven teams: Steaua (16 titles), Dinamo (14 titles), Universitatea Craiova (4 titles), Rapid București , FC Argeș and UTA Arad (2 titles each), and Petrolul Ploiești (one title). Dinamo București
3300-480: The 1st League championship must meet the requirement to register a minimum of 20 players to play in the U15 Women's National Championship. This is a mandatory condition for receiving a license to play in the 1st League. Teams have the opportunity to sign a collaboration protocol with a women's football club in 1st League 1, 2nd League or 3rd League, in which case the team will participate in the competitions of juniors with
3400-462: The 1st place, and "the referee" was Metalul Plopeni, who won in Bucharest against Rapid and lost against Progresul. In 1980, Petrolul brought a new coach in the person of Traian Ionescu , a very experienced coach with teams like Dinamo București or Fenerbahçe in his CV, but another thing would ruin the promotion dreams, CS Târgoviște succeeded in that year a sensational transfer, nicknamed as The Gander or The Prince of Trivale and being one of
3500-476: The 1st place, far away from the 2nd place occupied by Metalul Plopeni, another team from Prahova County . Unfortunately, the players born in the Prahova County did not have enough experience and at the end of the 1977–78 Divizia A season it was ranked only 17th and relegated back. The immediate promotion was forbidden by Viitorul Scorniceşti , the football club from the native town of Nicolae Ceaușescu , which
3600-474: The 2009–10 season, the online betting firm Gamebookers purchased the league naming rights and renamed the division "Liga 1 Gamebookers.com". In July 2010, Bergenbier, a StarBev Group company, bought the naming rights for four seasons and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Bergenbier", to promote their Bergenbier beer. From the 2015–16 season, the French telecommunications corporation Orange became
3700-461: The 2nd place, occupied by Unirea Urziceni , team that would promote and write history in the Romanian football. In 2006, Petrolul ownership decided that the home games should be played on Flacăra Stadium from Moreni or Mogoșoaia Stadium , motivating the move by the fact that the old Ilie Oană Stadium required repair and modernization work. On 12 October 2006, the supporters organized a protest in
3800-460: The 4th place in its first season, helped also by the dissolution (in the winter of 1990) of Victoria București , club sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (the "Miliția", Police), institution under the former Communist regime. Petrolul finished the 1989–90 Divizia A on the fourth place, after having just returned from the second division in 1989. Therefore, it qualified for
3900-449: The Liga I during the 2023–24 season. On 19 December 1998, SABMiller bought the naming rights for four and a half seasons, becoming the first sponsor in the history of the competition. SABMiller changed the name of the competition to "Divizia A Ursus", to promote their Ursus beer. Starting with the 2004–05 season, European Drinks & Foods , a Romanian $ 1.3 billion USD revenue company, took over as main sponsor and changed
4000-708: The Liga I in 1998 and played in Ploiești until September 2012, when it was moved to Giurgiu . Even after relocation, the rivalry continued between the governances of the clubs. Petrolul fans also hold grudges against the other historically prosperous Bucharest teams, namely FCSB and Dinamo . They sometimes chant against them even outside of direct matches. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Petrolul Ploiești has participated in eight editions of
4100-481: The Second Stand of the stadium. Before and during matches, they sing the club's chant , whose lyrics were written by George Nicolescu . Petrolul Ploiești fans have recently established close friendships with the supporters of fellow league club Oțelul Galați , as well as with the ones of foreign clubs Vitesse , Salernitana , and Genk . Petrolul Ploiești's traditional rival is Rapid București . They faced for
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4200-723: The TV stations that would broadcast the games from Liga I and Cupa Ligii between 2014 and 2019. On 27 August 2019, Liga I signed a contract with EA Sports for the rights of the league for FIFA 20 . It was the first time that the Liga I had been featured in a sports video game. Liga I has been featured in every FIFA installment since then. From the quarter-finals onwards. 2 cups and 2 finals UEFA Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Super Cup (1) : UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League : Intercontinental Cup (1) : UEFA Cup Winners' Cup : UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League : UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League : Mitropa Cup : (1) UEFA League Ranking for
4300-566: The chance to qualify for their second consecutive Cupa României final , but lost the semi-final against rivals Astra Giurgiu 2–1 on aggregate. Petrolul came third in the Liga I once more, while the fans challenged Răzvan Lucescu , considering that he wasn't a suitable replacement for Contra, who left Petrolul in March to join Spanish side Getafe . In the next season's European participation, "the Yellow Wolves" confronted Czech club Viktoria Plzeň in
4400-405: The change of the format in 1992–93 to the current Champions League format, Romanian champions have achieved limited successes, with Steaua only reaching the group stage three times before the 21st century. The beginning of the 2000s were dominated by teams from the capital, with Steaua, Dinamo and Rapid winning all the league titles between 2000 and 2007. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season
4500-508: The city center of Ploiești , asking for the team to be transferred from the private ownership to the Ploiești Municipality and to return on its own home ground. Despite these internal problems Petrolul made a good season, but ended again just below the promotion line, on the 3rd place. The end of the 2007–08 season found the yellow and blues on the 3rd place again, increasing the frustration among supporters and players, 5 points split
4600-418: The club competitions governed by UEFA , the chief authority for football across Europe, and 12 editions of European competitions overall. The footballers enlisted below have had international caps for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for FC Petrolul Ploiești. Starting with the 2024-2025 season, Petrolul Ploiesti will once again have a second team. This
4700-558: The club playing its first European match since 1995. After defeating Víkingur Gøta and Vitesse Arnhem , they were eliminated in the play-off round by Swansea City . The team received consistent media attention after signing former Romanian internationals Adrian Mutu and Ianis Zicu in January 2014, a move which would later be considered a "failure". During the same month, it was announced that German automobile manufacturer Opel would become Petrolul's shirt sponsor. Petroliștii had
4800-407: The club's officials caused Petrolul to lose important players and face a period of instability. In February 2015, the club went into administration and eventually finished the season on the sixth place in Liga I. More players left the club in the summer of 2015 and coach changes became frequent. Petrolul quickly landed on the last place in the league table, where it stayed until the last game of
4900-421: The competition was forced to change its name from Divizia A to Liga I due to a trademark dispute over the name. The change was made on 15 May 2006, and the Romanian Football Federation decided to also rename the lower leagues; thus Divizia B became Liga II , Divizia C became Liga III , and so on. The 2006–07 season marked the 16th straight time a team from Bucharest won the championship, with Dinamo winning
5000-408: The eleven seasons. The 1932–33 season saw the rise of another successful team, Ripensia Timișoara , which alongside rivals Venus, won eight of the following nine championships, before the competition was suspended in 1940 due to World War II . The post-war years were dominated by UTA Arad , CCA București and Petrolul Ploiești . The 1960s saw the gradual emergence of Dinamo București , with
5100-535: The fierce rivalry with Astra Ploiești , a team that promoted in the first league in 1998. In the early 2000s, Petrolul entered under the ownership of Petrom 's trade union president, Liviu Luca, and ploieștenii have a peak at the end of the 2000–01 Divizia A , when the team finished on the 2nd place. But the collapse followed. In 2002, the yellow and blues relegated to Divizia B and the city of Ploiești , which had 2 teams in Divizia A between 1998 and 2002, remained in
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#17330847363965200-482: The final with a 3–0 victory against Gloria Arad with goals scored by László Raffinsky , Ion Maior and Carlo Melchior, the team used being: Dumitru Bacinschi – Constantin Deleanu, Sile Georgescu – Ștefan Wetzer, Emerich Vogl , Tibor Remeny – Gyula Dobo, Carlo Melchior, Rudolf Wetzer , László Raffinsky , Ion Maior. After the reorganization of the Romanian division structure, the club played seven consecutive campaigns in
5300-556: The financial partner of the club by joining the association. In June 2017, ACS Petrolul 52 leased the club brand identity from the Municipality of Ploiești for €30,000 and began using the former name of FC Petrolul Ploiești . The team managed back-to-back promotions and reached the second division in the summer of 2018. After three failed attempts to return to the Liga I and with worsening competitive results each year, Veolia stopped fully financing Petrolul and only offered to become
5400-400: The first league only with Astra , a club which had no presence in the top-flight of the Romanian football until 1998. The oilmen promoted back to Divizia A in 2003, after only one season in the second league, but only at one month after promotion, the club's management announced that the funding of the club is under question. In less than 30 days supporters have been announced that there will be
5500-469: The first time on 11 November 1931, when Juventus București tied CFR București 3–3 at home, on the Stadionul Romcomit , and have maintained a strong rivalry despite long periods of not meeting when one or the other were playing in the second division. In the 1965–66 season , Petrolul won the Liga I while Rapid finished second. The following year, Rapid won its first national title after a match played on
5600-549: The group stage in the 2019–2020 season of Europa League - 12 points. Also, CFR Cluj became the first Romanian team to qualify to UEFA Conference League group stage, when they obtained 4 points in the inaugural season (i.e. 2021–2022 ). In June 2022, Liga I officially changed its name into "SuperLiga" for sponsorship reasons, due to Romanian sporting bets agency Superbet sponsoring the competition. Bold indicates clubs currently playing in 2024–25 Liga I . Teams in italics no longer exist. The following 16 clubs are competing in
5700-574: The help from strikers Gheorghe Ene and Florea Dumitrache —both of whom became some of Divizia A's top all-time scorers. The 1970s saw the rise of Dudu Georgescu , from Dinamo București, who was Divizia A's leading scorer for four seasons between 1974 and 1978. He scored an impressive 156 goals and won the European Golden Shoe award for the top scorer in Europe twice, in 1975 and 1977. Dinamo București also had two more European Golden Shoe winners in
5800-412: The league's name to "Divizia A Bürger", to promote their Bürger beer. On 11 May 2008, Realitatea Media bought the naming rights and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Realitatea", to promote their Realitatea TV station. In late 2008, European Drinks & Foods again bought the rights and the league was renamed as the "Liga I Frutti Fresh", after one of their soft drinks brand. For
5900-450: The main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, for two years, and renamed the league in Liga 1 Orange . From the 2017–18 season, the international online gaming operator Betano became the main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, for two years, and renamed the league in 'Liga 1 Betano'. For the 2019–20 season,
6000-402: The merger of Triumf and Romcomit , it won its first league championship in the 1929–30 season . In 1952, the team was relocated north to the industrial city of Ploiești, and five years later settled on the name of Petrolul. Shortly after, it achieved three more national titles—in 1957–58 , 1958–59 and 1965–66 . Domestically, its honours also include three national cups , the latest in
6100-512: The most important names ever given by the Romanian football, Nicolae Dobrin came in Târgoviște after 19 years spent in Pitești , making a decisive contribution for the promotion of his team and ruining the plans of the yellow wolves. In 1982, after 4 years in the second league and 7 out of 8 last years, Petrolul exceeded his great rival, Rapid and returned to Divizia A . 1982–83 Divizia A season
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#17330847363966200-486: The most notable clubs of the capital during the interwar period , Juventus București . Its Latin identity was illustrated by the crest, which was based on the legend of the founding of Rome , where a she-wolf nursed Romulus and Remus . Juventus inherited the stadium and the red and blue colors of Romcomit . An article relating the event was published on 4 January 1925 in the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper, under
6300-503: The name of the men's 1st League club. Also, starting from the 2021-2022 season, 1st League clubs must enter a women's football team in the senior championship (1st League, 2nd League, 3rd League) and still have a minimum of 20 players registered in the U15 National Championship. And from the 2022-2023 season, clubs must register a minimum of 20 players to play in the U15 National Championship, a minimum of 15 U13 players and enter
6400-523: The national online gaming operator Casa Pariurilor became the main sponsor of the Romanian first league, after purchasing the league naming rights, and renamed the league in 'Casa Liga 1'. For the 2022-23 season the operator of games in Romania Superbet is the sponsor of the leagues and the name changes to Superliga României. In 2004, Telesport , a small TV network, bought the broadcasting rights for $ 28 million. The four seasons contract ended in
6500-400: The new club is considered by LPF as the legal successor of the club before the 2003 merger, strengthening the idea that the 2003 merger result is the successor of the old Petrolul, not Astra. Petrolul also moved back to its old ground, Ilie Oană Stadium , in the summer of 2004. The 2004 relegation was followed by a black period for the yellow wolves, with seven consecutive Liga II season. In
6600-518: The new stadium, all of these brought a great enthusiasm among the Petrolul supporters, players and staff. Under the management of Cosmin Contra , their second season since return saw them finishing third in the league table, as well as claiming the national cup for the third time in their history. Consequently, Petrolul earned a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League , with
6700-467: The nine matches from each stage of the championship. The other two matches were broadcast by Antena 1 (an Intact Media Group channel) and Dolce Sport (a channel owned by Telekom Romania ). In March 2014, LPF announced that the rights were sold for a five-year period to a company from the European Union, without specifying the company's name. A month later, Look TV and Look Plus were revealed as
6800-459: The old Ilie Oană Stadium; these events are believed to have ignited the rivalry further. Due to the fact that this rivalry is the oldest for Romanian teams still active, it entered into the collective consciousness as the Primvs derby ( Latin for "first" or "foremost"). Petrolul maintained a milder rivalry with the defunct Astra Giurgiu , its former local enemy. Astra promoted for the first time to
6900-400: The others twice for 30 fixtures, they are ranked by total points and then divided according to their position to enter either the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs. At this stage, the points are halved and criteria such as goal difference , goals scored etc. are erased completely. The six clubs which enter the championship play-offs play ten games, while the remaining ten in
7000-469: The owners of the newly formed entity and also the new home becoming Astra Stadium . This alternative was chosen because at that time Petrolul Ploieşti was a nonprofit association and according to the Law of Sport it should have been transformed into SA and a merger with Astra Ploieşti in order to create a new company would have lasted at least seven months. These legal formalities have sometimes been interpreted as
7100-437: The period of 2018–2023: FC Petrolul Ploie%C8%99ti Asociația Clubul Sportiv Petrolul 52 , commonly referred to as FC Petrolul Ploiești ( Romanian pronunciation: [peˈtrolul ploˈjeʃtʲ] ), Petrolul Ploiești or simply Petrolul , is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești , Prahova County , that competes in the Liga I . Founded in 1924 in capital Bucharest as Juventus , following
7200-404: The plan and the team has discreetly relegated to Divizia B , this happened in the conditions in which in 1963 Prahova Ploiești and Carpați Sinaia, other two teams from Prahova County were relegated by the Romanian Football Federation to Divizia B due to match-fixing. Arrived in the second league, the most valuable footballers of the club, Crângaşu and Rămureanu left and after 3 rounds the team
7300-422: The relegation play-outs will only play each other once, resulting in nine fixtures. The championship play-offs winners are also crowned winners of the season's Liga I. The 9th and 10th positions in the play-out are relegated directly to the Liga II , while the 7th- and 8th-placed teams will play a two-legged tie against the 3rd and 4th teams from the second league's table. From 2023/24, only 8th placed team will play
7400-422: The remaining 21 clubs which came victorious in the competition, eight have won it on at least three occasions— CFR Cluj (eight trophies), Venus București (seven), Chinezul Timișoara and UTA Arad (six each), Ripensia Timișoara , Universitatea Craiova and Petrolul Ploiești (four each), and Rapid București (three). Starting with 2020, the Liga I has been expanded to a 16-team format. After each team plays
7500-544: The same season. In the 2023-2024 season, the partnership with ACS Student Sport Alba Iulia ended, and Petrolul Ploiești enrolled in the Women's 3rd League the first official women's football team in the club's history, which will play at the Vega stadiums in Ploiești, Soceram in Pleașa and Chimia in Brazi. In the 2024-2025 season, following the restructuring of the women's football leagues by
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7700-521: The season. Finally, in the summer of 2016 the team was declared bankrupt. After the team was dissolved in 2016 as a result of the SC FC Petrolul SA joint-stock company bankruptcy, club legends and supporter groups associated to promptly reestablish it under the name of ACS Petrolul 52 Ploiești and enroll it in the Liga A Prahova ( Liga IV ), the fourth tier of the Romanian league system. During early 2017, French transnational company Veolia became
7800-407: The second league and after a heavy fight in 3 teams, against FC Bihor Oradea and CS Mioveni , Petrolul promoted from the 1st place, 1 point ahead FC Bihor, team that also occupied a promotable place after 7 consecutive Liga II seasons and 2 points ahead CS Mioveni, which subsequently promoted by taking advantage of the financial problems of FC Bihor. The promotion coincided with the inauguration of
7900-550: The second place. In March 2023, the association of former players which controlled the club stepped down and former CFR Cluj and Universitatea Craiova president Marian Copilu was announced as the new owner. Petrolul also finished the 2022–23 season on the eighth place overall. Petrolul Ploiești plays its home matches at the Ilie Oană Stadium . Ranked as a UEFA Category 4 stadium, it can host UEFA Europa League semi-finals and UEFA Champions League group stage matches. It
8000-416: The squad the players who won against Steaua București or Liverpool in the glory times and Petrolul relegated back to the second league. September 1988 brought Ion Radu as the new chairman, helped by Mihai Cristache. The two were often criticized of the post- revolutionary press, but they did some performances like in the times of Mircea Dridea and Mihai Ionescu . Petrolul promoted in 1989 and finished on
8100-467: The stands. FCM Galaţi then strengthened his nickname as an "ABBA" team (a nickname used in Romania for clubs that used to alternate the presences between the first and the second league), promoting in front of Petrolul that year and relegating after only a season in the top-flight of the Romanian football. Instead, Petrolul had an exceptional 1976–77 season with 15 wins and 2 draws in 17 matches and finished on
8200-536: The summer of 2008. Telesport sold some of the broadcasting rights for matches to other Romanian networks, including, TVR1 , Antena 1 , Național TV , and Kanal D . On 31 March 2008, Antena 1 with RCS & RDS outbid Realitatea Media and Kanal D in the broadcasting rights auction with a bid of €102 million for a three seasons contract. In 2011, the broadcasting rights were bought by RCS & RDS for their channels Digi Sport 1 , Digi Sport 2 and Digi Sport 3 . This channels aired broadcasting of seven of
8300-472: The team from the 2nd place, a promotable one. Next season, 2008–09 was a disastrous one, Petrolul finished on 4th place, but at great distance from the 2nd ( Astra , named FC Ploiești at that time) and 1st place ( Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț ), 22 points respectively 23 points, also with a tense situation at the administrative level and with not many options on the horizon. In 2009 the team was taken over by Ploiești Municipality and Valeriu Răchită , former player of
8400-505: The team used being: Căpșuneanu – Constantin Vețianu, Sile Georgescu – Schaller, Ion Motoroi, Grigore Grigoriu , Sergiu Petrovici, Victor Block, Bebe Rollea, Török, Aurel Schei. Before the start of the new season, president Brunelli wanted to test the value of his squad, organizing the club's first matches at international level, friendlies which ended with victories against Slavia Prague (2–1), Slavia Sofia (3–0) and Vasas Budapest (5–2). In
8500-430: The team, was reconfirmed as the head coach, the squad being also restructured with many young players and after a great campaign in which the hope of promotion was alive until the last second, Petrolul finished 3rd, at only 1 point from the promotion spot, occupied by Sportul Studențesc , which led to a terrible disappointment, making the Ploiești people to wonder whether the team was followed by bad luck. Petrolul started
8600-410: The title "Juventus – A sensational merger" ( Juventus – O fuziune senzațională ). In their first season of existence being led by president Ettore Brunelli and player-coach Ion Motoroi, the team finished on the 4th place in the Bucharest championship, the first game taking place on 8 March 1925 in a 3–0 victory against Colțea București with goals scored by Bebe Rollea, Antofiloiu ( o.g. ) and Török,
8700-438: The title. Both 2007–08 and 2008–09 saw new title winners as CFR Cluj and Unirea Urziceni were crowned champions for the first time. CFR Cluj won their second championship in 2009–10 , while the 2010–11 saw another new winner, Oțelul Galați . Oțelul is the first and only club from the region of Moldavia to win a national title so far. CFR Cluj, the 2007–08 winner became the first Romanian team to qualify directly into
8800-643: The ups and downs. The biggest ultras group is called Lupii Galbeni ("the Yellow Wolves") since 1996, and there are two stands with groups like Peluza Latină ("The Latin Stand"), with subgroups like Knot04, United or Maniacs, and the Peluza 1 Ilie Oană ("Peluza 1 Ilie Oană stand") with subgroups like Hooligans, Young Hooligans, Contrasens, Lethalgang or Zona Vest. Other supporter associations, such as Liga Suporterilor Constantin Tabarcea (LSCT) , Asociația Diaspora Galben Albastră (ADGA) , T2 or Young Wolves are located in
8900-560: The vacant place. At his first season , Cernăianu achieved the club's fourth Divizia A trophy after finishing six points ahead of Rapid București . 12 October 1966 has remained an important date in the history of the team; after a 0–2 away defeat, Petrolul won 3–1 at home against the champions of England, Liverpool . The third match in Brussels was difficult, and "the Reds" went ahead in the European Cup. After that period of great form, Petrolul began
9000-542: Was a one full of emotions, avoiding the relegation was the target in the mind of everyone at each of the games played by the team. 1983–84 season send Petrolul back to Divizia B again, but promotion came after a victory at Galați against Dunărea , former FCM, the team which forbidding the promotion of the oilmen, ten years earlier. In 1987, the yellow and blues signed another coach, a former team player from years of glory, Constantin Moldoveanu . But Moldoveanu did not have in
9100-527: Was also the season when the present-day name of Petrolul Ploiești was adopted. In the autumn of 1958 , Petrolul made its debut in the European Cup and faced Wismut Karl Marx Stadt of East Germany in the preliminary round. After a 4–2 away loss in Aue , the club managed to level on aggregate with a 2–0 victory in Romania. Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified further after winning the play-off 4–0 in Kyiv . The first part of
9200-581: Was established as a partnership between Petrolul Ploiesti and Daniel Chirita who owns the 4th league team Petrolul 95 Ploiesti. The team was enrolled in the 3rd League and will play at the Conpet stadium in Strejnic. Starting with the 2020-2021 season, in order to receive the license from the Romanian Football Federation, 1st League clubs must establish women's football teams. All teams that will play in
9300-456: Was inaugurated in September 2011 and has a current capacity of 15,073 spectators. The construction was raised on the site of the former Ilie Oană Stadium , which was completed in 1937, and is named after Ilie Oană , the most important coach in Petrolul's history. Petrolul Ploiești has a large and steady fan base in Prahova County and its attachment to the team is renowned in Romania, in spite of
9400-441: Was moved to Ploiești in 1952, and renamed accordingly. Coach Ilie Oană took charge of the team at the half of the 1952 season , but he couldn't manage to spare his team from relegation. He would, however, reach the cup final , lost against CCA București 0–2. In 1957–58 , the team became champion of Romania for the second time in its history, despite having the same number of points as CCA București and Știința Timișoara . That
9500-413: Was organized as a cup with the winner being crowned as Champions of Romania, except for between 1916 and 1919, when the competition was suspended due to World War I . The champions of this period were Olympia and Colentina , each with two titles, and United , Prahova , Venus , Unirea Tricolor București and Româno-Americana , with one title each. The 1921–22 season marked the first time when
9600-559: Was organized in 1909 by the recently founded Romanian Football Federation , then called the Association of Athletic Societies in Romania ( Romanian : Asociațiunea Societăților Atletice din România ). The final matches of the first Romanian Football Championship were held between December 1909 and January 1910 in Bucharest . The three pioneer clubs were Olympia and Colentina from Bucharest and United from Ploiești . Each team played
9700-581: Was started by "the Yellow and Blues" on 3 fronts, League, Cup and UEFA Cup. In the European competition they eliminated Welsh side Wrexham , in the first round, after a 0–0 on the Racecourse Ground and 1–0 victory on the Ilie Oană Stadium , goal scored by Pârlog in the 60th minute. The slow start would announce the early elimination, in the second round, when Austrian side Rapid Wien won 3–1 on aggregate after
9800-430: Was strongly pushed forward to Divizia A by the communist authorities, in power at the time, a concrete proof being that FC Olt promoted from Divizia C after an 18–0 victory against the team ranked 15th, while Flacăra Moreni won only 2–1, in a match played at the same hour, against Rova Roşiori. 1979–80 season was also not a very good one for the yellow and blues, Rapid București and Progresul București fought for
9900-778: Was the first Romanian team to qualify into the European Champions Cup in the 1956–57 season of the competition and Universitatea Craiova was the last team from Romania to qualify in the 1991–92 season , before the competition changed its name to the UEFA Champions League. Romanian teams qualified to 35 of the 37 seasons of the European Champions Cup, with Dinamo București having thirteen appearances, Steaua București having ten appearances, Universitatea Craiova having four appearances, Petrolul having three appearances, UTA Arad and FC Argeş having two appearances and Rapid București having one appearance. The most important results for
10000-549: Was the last. The yellow wolves recovered later, but the local coaches did not have the value of Ilie Oană , who also went to Politehnica Iași , then to Universitatea Craiova , Petrolul remaining in some kind of mediocrity. At the end of 1975, the club brought Valentin Stănescu to be the coach and the team tried to promote, but lost a home game against FC Brăila , after the game the supporters showed their dissatisfaction about Dinulescu's refereeing, throwing with various objects from
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