The Petrolul Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Florin Iancu sold, and an era ends
$10.0M from Tottenham for Florin Iancu. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Petrolul sell a favourite for $10.0M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Florin Iancu was one of the reasons people came, and $10.0M does not replace that by itself.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Andrei Deac in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Petrolul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
6 goals as Petrolul and Astra go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Petrolul and Astra, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Dragos Chiriches again
The phone has started ringing about Dragos Chiriches again, and this time the name on the line is Botev Plovdiv. Petrolul are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Nicusor Maxim
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ovidiu Hagi in the eights
A performance of 8.57 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ovidiu Hagi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match15 Aug 2026
Petrolul share the spoils with Astra
A 3‑3 draw with Astra leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
- Squad Daniel Nita makes his debut at 18
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Adrian Mazilu
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Dragos Chiriches