The Petrolul Courier
Match12 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Petrolul
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Benoît Costil keeps Petrolul in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market14 Sep 2026
Florin Coman asks to leave Petrolul
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Petrolul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nicolò Martinelli is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
Ianis Bancu wants to come home
“I did not go to OFI to sit and watch. I want to come back to Petrolul and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nothing got past Roman Mamaev
14 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Nicolò Martinelli
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match12 Sep 2026
Petrolul draw a blank against Universitatea Craiova
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Universitatea Craiova defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Dorin Keseru makes his debut at 17
At 17 years old, Dorin Keseru became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
In brief
- Squad Benoît Costil still has not settled
- Market Dorin Marin linked with a move away
- Market The window shut and Claudiu Cicaldau is still in the building