Claudiu Coman

Central Midfielder - Petrolul
16 Jan 2027
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Marked for Claudiu Coman

13 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market26 Oct 2026

Dragos Puscas 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.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Luca Bianco keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Petrolul may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Match24 Oct 2026

The wait goes on for Petrolul

4 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.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Ciprian Mihaila 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.

Squad26 Oct 2026

No hiding place for Bogdan Vătăjelu

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bogdan Vătăjelu, and the manager let it.

Match24 Oct 2026

A bad afternoon for Petrolul against Viitorul

0‑1 to Viitorul, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Ciprian Mihaila

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The terraces26 Oct 2026

The spotlight tightens on Bogdan Vătăjelu

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Market26 Oct 2026

The Mihai Burca talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Petrolul know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

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The Petrolul Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match5 Oct 2026

Every point is an argument now for Petrolul

Position 8 and 8 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad5 Oct 2026

A one-man rearguard from Sergiu Deac

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Petrolul

Ciprian Mihaila was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match3 Oct 2026

Pandurii take the points off Petrolul

Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Mihai Burca in the eights

A performance of 8.56 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Cristian Hagi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad5 Oct 2026

Marius Dragusin signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marius Dragusin commits to Petrolul for another 1 years.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Nobody could get near Braian Aquino

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings5 Oct 2026

Claudiu Coman never got going

5.56 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

In brief

1 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market3 Aug 2026

Dragos Puscas hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Petrolul can pretend not to have heard.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Sergiu Deac

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market3 Aug 2026

Gornik Zabrze come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Petrolul did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Petrolul

Daniel Moldovan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

One of those days for Mihai Burca

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.05, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match1 Aug 2026

Petrolul find a way past Pandurii

Pandurii made Petrolul work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

One of those days for Ciprian Mihaila

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.18, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Achille Pasquali in the eights

A performance of 8.11 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Luca Bianco signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Luca Bianco and Petrolul agree another 2 years.

In brief