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Petrolul Ploiești

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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN CLUB FORMULA

Success Index

Progression against expectations, match performance, points and Goal Balance. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the three owner-confirmed European Spring third rounds also earn a bonus point.

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13th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

37.2/ 100

Competitions included in this score: European Cup · Europa League · UEFA Cup · Cup Winners’ Cup · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

25.8

Pv · Progression

54.9

P · Match performance

55.7

Pct · Points including bonuses

49.0

GB · Goal Balance

11 completed competition entries · 41 matches. No secondary competitions included.

Romanian club formula and competition-entry calculations

SI = 60% Pv + 20% P + 15% Pct + 5% GB. This differs from the country and opponent-team formula.

Pv is the average progression score across completed competition entries. Expectations depend on competition, season and entry point. Meeting the expectation earns 100; subsequent successful stages earn 10 each. When the expectation is already met at entry, the final is the target and PvE = 100 × Cal / TDis, with no bonuses. The European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup award 100 for a lost final and 110 for a win. Read expectations, entry rules and examples →

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches. Pct = 100 × (regular match points + round bonuses) / available regular match points in stages actually played. Qualifying wins/draws earn 1/0.5; main-stage wins/draws earn 2/1. Post-group play-offs are main stages. Bonuses: one per group phase and per eligible post-group round, quarter-final, semi-final or final played, regardless of its match count. Round of 32/16 bonuses apply only in group-based formats. Bonus points are excluded from the denominator and Pct is not capped.

GB = 100 × goals scored / (goals scored + goals conceded), using combined goals across included matches. A played record with no goals for either side receives 50. Shoot-out goals are excluded. Awarded match scores follow the archive’s recorded totals. The final weighted index is calculated without rounding its components or imposing a cap.

For the included entries: 33 regular points + 1 bonus points; 61 available regular points; 51 goals scored and 53 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competition	Expectation	Cal	TDis	TExp	PvE	Points / Pd	Bonus
1958/59 · European Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	5	2	0.0	1 / 3	0
1959/60 · European Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	5	2	0.0	0.5 / 2	0
1962/63 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Reach quarter-final	2	5	2	100.0	10 / 14	1
1963/64 · Cup Winners’ Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	5	2	0.0	1 / 2	0
1964/65 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Reach quarter-final	1	5	2	50.0	6 / 8	0
1966/67 · European Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	5	2	0.0	2 / 6	0
1967/68 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	6	3	0.0	2 / 4	0
1990/91 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	6	3	0.0	0 / 4	0
1995/96 · Cup Winners’ Cup	Reach quarter-final	1	6	3	33.3	2.5 / 6	0
2013/14 · Europa League	Pass group / unique group	2	9	4	50.0	4.5 / 6	0
2014/15 · Europa League	Pass group / unique group	2	9	4	50.0	3.5 / 6	0

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements

11Seasons

12Competition entries

21Opponent teams

13Present-day countries

16Opposition associations

PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

8qualifications to the next stage

8 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

1 competition entries in the spring

Spring rounds · January–June + final exception

1Quarter-finals

Competition entries11

Matches41

W20

L16

GF51

GA53

First appearance: 1958/59 · European Cup

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

0qualifications to the next stage

Competition entries1

Matches6

GF6

GA14

First appearance: 1990 · Intertoto Cup

How these figures are counted

Secondary competitions are the Mitropa Cup, Balkans Cup and all Intertoto Cup editions, including UEFA editions. UEFA / non-UEFA labels still describe the organising body.

A season is counted once by its starting year, even when the club switches competitions. Calendar-year editions use their entry year. Each club in one competition in one season is a separate competition entry.

Qualifications follow the recorded whole-round outcomes: knockout ties, groups and league phases count once when progression is recorded. Switching competitions creates another competition entry; it does not add an extra qualification to the recorded round outcome. Finals and group-format titles are recorded as achievements instead.

Group / unique group appearances combine traditional small groups with the single league table introduced in 2024/25. Both count once per campaign phase. In secondary competitions, a group may simply be the tournament format.

Spring appearances follow the owner-confirmed stage tables. A marked stage counts as played, whether the club advanced or was eliminated. The Principal Competitions tile combines Round of 32 / play-offs and Round of 16 appearances as “Other”; a campaign reaching both contributes two stage appearances. Detailed match records retain each round’s full name. Round of 32 includes knockout phase play-offs. For other campaigns, a whole round must fall in January–June of one calendar year; rounds carried over from the preceding year are excluded. Steaua’s December 1986 Intercontinental final is an explicit exception. Both the 1986 Super Cup and Intercontinental final are attributed to the 1985/86 qualifying season, with actual match dates preserved.

W/D/L and goals include awarded scores. Match records below exclude awards. All figures describe the supplied archive.

Club recordsBiggest victories, heaviest defeats and longest campaigns

PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

4–0 Spartak Brno1962/63 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

4–0 Víkingur2013/14 · Europa League

4–1 Viktoria Plzeň2014/15 · Europa League

3–0 Víkingur2013/14 · Europa League

3–1 Liverpool FC1966/67 · European Cup

3–1 Flamurtari Vlorë2014/15 · Europa League

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

0–5 Dinamo Zagreb1967/68 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1–5 Swansea City2013/14 · Europa League

0–4 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt1958/59 · European Cup

1–4 Fenerbahçe SK1963/64 · Cup Winners’ Cup

2–4 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt1958/59 · European Cup

1–3 Rapid Vienna1995/96 · Cup Winners’ Cup

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

7 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1962/63

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

3–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf1990 · Intertoto Cup

Top 1 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

1–6 Sturm Graz1990 · Intertoto Cup

1–3 Sturm Graz1990 · Intertoto Cup

0–1 Chemnitzer FC1990 · Intertoto Cup

Top 4 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

6 Intertoto Cup1990

Busiest season · 8 matches: 1990/91 (2 competition entries)

Records use scored, played matches; awarded results are excluded. A competition entry means one club in one competition in one season. A season can include more than one competition.

Deciding momentsAway goals, penalties, extra time and additional matches

All outcomes are from the Romanian club’s perspective: Won means the Romanian club progressed or won the final; Lost means its opponent did. Away goals, shoot-outs and replays count once per tie. The a.e.t. row counts individual matches requiring extra time, including those later decided on penalties. Its Won / Lost columns show the eventual tie or final outcome.

Principal competitions

Decision	Times	Won	Lost	Unconfirmed
Extra matches / replays	3	1	2	0

Only recorded decision methods are shown. An omitted method has no recorded instances in this archive; it does not prove that it never occurred.

Historical milestonesNotable moments in the club’s European history

Decade highlights

First appeared in Principal Competitions in the 1950s and finished second by points that decade.
Finished first by points in Principal Competitions in the 1960s.

Positions follow the decade tables: points, goal difference, goals scored, then club name.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Active · re-established 2016

Petrolul made its European Cup debut in 1958/59 and famously beat Liverpool FC at home in 1966.

Founded: 31 December 1924 · re-established 2016
City: Ploiești
Colours: Yellow · Dark blue
Home ground: Stadionul Ilie Oană

Founded in Bucharest as Juventus, the club moved to Ploiești in 1952 and later adopted the Petrolul name. After the operating company went bankrupt in 2016, supporters and former players established ACS Petrolul 52, which resumed the historic identity.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Reviewed October 2026

Former names & archive names

ACS Petrolul 52 Ploiești · Competrol București · Distribuția București · Energia Ploiești · Flacăra București · Flacăra Ploiești · Juventus București · Partizanul București · Petrolul București

Club crests · 6

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