| Club: | Petrolul Ploiești |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Stadium: | Stadionul Ilie Oană |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Daniel Capră |
| Mgrtitle: | Coach |
| Manager: | Tibor Selymes (until Aug. 25) Eusebiu Tudor (from Aug. 25) |
| League: | Liga I |
| League Result: | 14th |
| Cup1: | Cupa României |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup2: | Cupa Ligii |
| League Topscorer: | Abdellah Zoubir |
| Season Topscorer: | Abedellah Zoubir |
| Pattern B1: | _petrolul1516h |
| Leftarm1: | FFDF00 |
| Body1: | FFDF00 |
| Rightarm1: | FFDF00 |
| Shorts1: | 152CCA |
| Socks1: | FFDF00 |
| Pattern B2: | _petrolul1516a |
| Pattern Sh2: | _petrolul1516a |
| Leftarm2: | 311c77 |
| Body2: | 311c77 |
| Rightarm2: | 311c77 |
| Shorts2: | 311c77 |
| Socks2: | 5e0d75 |
| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 season is Petrolul Ploiești's 86th season in the Romanian football league system, and their fifth consecutive season in the Liga I. Petrolul came sixth in the 2014–15 Liga I. At the beginning of February 2015, due to president Capră still being under detention, the club faced financial problems and entered insolvency, meaning that the participation in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League is denied.[1]
Due to the financial problems, the club had to terminate or not extend the contracts of seventeen players, including Pablo de Lucas, Victoraș Astafei and Jean Sony Alcénat.[2] On 3 June, Tibor Selymes became the head coach of "The Oilmen".[3] On the 11th, the club's reorganisation plan was voted, therefore bankruptcy was avoided for the time being.[4] Nike remained the kit manufacturer, while Superbet, a gambling company, replaced Alexandrion as the main sponsor of the team.[5] "The Yellow Wolves" settled their pre-season training stage at Zlatibor, in the neighbouring country Serbia. The stage started on June 21 and ended on July 4.[6] The club tested and signed new footballers during this period, generally ones who played in the French lower divisions, like Abdellah Zoubir, Ismail Hassan or Nicolas Farina. Ex-Dynamo Moscow midfielder Adrian Ropotan returned to Romania, six years after he left Dinamo București.[7] Petrolul also convinced Brazilian goalkeeper Peterson Peçanha to extend his contract.[8]
On 11 July, Petrolul played its first official game of the season against Steaua București, in the Liga I. The match ended goalless.[9]
| Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 | Alberto Cobrea | GK | 1990 11, df=y | Concordia Chiajna | |||
| 12 | Iustin Popescu | GK | 1993 9, df=y | Dinamo București | |||
| Defenders | |||||||
| 13 | Fabrice Begeorgi | LB | 1987 4, df=y | Free agent | |||
| 16 | Alexandru Benga | CB | 1989 6, df=y | Gabala | |||
| 22 | Dean Beța | LB / RB | 1991 5, df=y | Sportul Studențesc | |||
| 25 | Constantin Mișelăricu | CB | 1989 9, df=y | ||||
| 37 | Alexandru David | RB | 1991 6, df=y | Brașov | |||
| 40 | Roberto Alecsandru | CB | 1996 9, df=y | Petrolul Academy | |||
| 87 | Constantin Costache | CB | 1997 6, df=y | Petrolul Academy | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 5 | Dan Bucșa | DM | 1988 6, df=y | ASA Târgu Mureș | |||
| 8 | Karim Ziani | AM | 1982 8, df=y | Free agent | |||
| 17 | Abdellah Zoubir | AM / LW / RW | 1991 12, df=y | Istres | |||
| 21 | Ludovic Guerriero | DM | 1985 1, df=y | Free agent | |||
| 23 | Daniel Stana | LW | 1982 12, df=y | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | |||
| 77 | Bogdan Gavrilă | RW | 1992 2, df=y | Dinamo București | |||
| Forwards | |||||||
| 9 | Michele Paolucci | CF | 1986 2, df=y | Free agent | |||
| 11 | Marcos Michael | CF | 1991 6, df=y | Nea Salamina | |||
| 14 | Cosmin Daniel Lambru | CF | 1998 11, df=y | Petrolul Academy | |||
| 15 | Janko Pacar | CF | 1990 8, df=y | ||||
| 42 | Victoraș Astafei | LW | 1987 7, df=y | Adana Demirspor | |||
| 90 | George Mareș | CF | 1996 5, df=y | Sportul Studențesc | |||
See main article: 2015–16 Liga I.
| Team | Results | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=40 | Home | width=40 | Away | |
| 1–1 | 0–1 | 1 | ||
| 0–1 | 1–1 | 1 | ||
| 0–1 | 1–3 | 0 | ||
| 2–1 | 1–2 | 3 | ||
| 1–0 | 0–1 | 3 | ||
| 1–1 | 2–2 | 2 | ||
| 1–2 | 0–1 | 0 | ||
| 0–1 | 0–2 | 0 | ||
| 1–2 | 0–2 | 0 | ||
| 1–1 | 2–3 | 1 | ||
| 0–0 | 0–0 | 2 | ||
| 1–2 | 0–1 | 0 | ||
| 1–1 | 0–1 | 1 | ||
| Team | Results | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=40 | Home | width=40 | Away | |
| 3–2 | 1–0 | 6 | ||
| 0–4 | 0–1 | 0 | ||
| 1–0 | 0–0 | 4 | ||
| 0–1 | 1–1 | 1 | ||
| 1–2 | 0–1 | 0 | ||
| 1–0 | 0-2 | 3 | ||
| 1–2 | 0–2 | 0 | ||
See main article: 2015–16 Cupa României.
Last updated: 1 December 2015
See main article: 2015–16 Cupa Ligii.
Last updated: 9 September 2015
Updated as of 20 May 2016
| Rank | Player | Position | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa Ligii | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=1 | 1 |  Abdellah Zoubir | 5 | 0 | 0 | align=center rowspan=1 | 5 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2 |  Victoraș Astafei | 4 | 0 | 0 | align=center rowspan=1 | 4 | |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 3 |  Sofien Moussa | 3 | 0 | 0 | align=center rowspan=1 | 3 | |
| align=center rowspan=6 | 4 | Adrian Ropotan | 2 | 0 | 0 | align=center rowspan=6 | 2 | |
| L. Marinescu | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dacian Varga | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Fernando Velasco | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Alexandru Benga | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
 Toto Tamuz | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=7 | 5 | Vlad Rusu | 1 | 0 | 0 | align=center rowspan=7 | 1 | |
 Michele Paolucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Fabrice Begeorgi | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Janko Pacar | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bogdan Gavrilă | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
 Nicolae Milinceanu | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Valentin Lemnaru | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| align=center colspan=3 | Total | 24 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Last updated: 3 July 2015