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 have participated in 8 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe, and 12 editions of European competitions overall.^[1][2]

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[2]	1	6	1	1	4	6	14	–8
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[1]	3	13	9	0	4	14	11	+3
Total	12	47	21	6	20	57	67	–10

Statistics by competition

UEFA Champions League / European Cup

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1958–59	Preliminary round	Wismut Karl Marx Stadt	2–0	2–4	4–4[3]
1959–60	Preliminary round	Wiener Sportclub	1–2	0–0	1–2
1966–67	First round	Liverpool	3–1	0–2	3–3[4]

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1963–64	Preliminary round	Fenerbahçe	1–0	1–4	2–4
1995–96	Qualifying round	Wrexham	1–0	0–0	1–0
	First round	Rapid Wien	0–0	1–3	1–3

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1990–91	First round	Anderlecht	0–2	0–2	0–4
2013–14	Second qualifying round	Víkingur	3–0	4–0	7–0
	Third qualifying round	Vitesse Arnhem	1–1	2–1	3–2
	Play-off round	Swansea City	2–1	1–5	3–6
2014–15	Second qualifying round	Flamurtari	2–0	3–1	5–1
	Third qualifying round	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	4–1	5–2
	Play-off round	Dinamo Zagreb	1–3	1–2	2–5

UEFA Intertoto Cup

1990 – Group 9

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Chemnitz 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 8 2 Sturm Graz 6 2 3 1 9 3 +6 7 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 6 4 Petrolul Ploiești 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 3

Opponent Home Away Chemnitz 0–1 0–1 Sturm Graz 1–3 1–6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 - 2 1 - 1

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Season	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1962–63	First round	Spartak Brno	4–0	1–0	5–0
	Second round	Leipzig XI	1–0	0–1	1–1[5]
	Quarter-finals	Ferencváros	1–0	0–2	1–2
1964–65	First round	Göztepe A.Ş.	2–1	1–0	3–1
	Second round	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	0–2	1–2
1967–68	First round	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	0–5	2–5

References

1. There is a controversy concerning the value of Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. While it is viewed as the predecessor to the UEFA Cup, it was not organised by UEFA. Consequently, UEFA do not recognise the competition as a major honour. Petrolul have participated in 3 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup editions.
2. The Intertoto Cup was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995. Petrolul have participated in the 1990 edition.
3. Wismut Karl Marx Stadt progressed to the first round after winning a play-off match 4–0.
4. Liverpool progressed to the second round after winning a play-off match 2–0.
5. Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the quarter-finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.

External links

• (Romanian) Official site