Claudiu Mitrita

Central Midfielder - Petrolul
26 Nov 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Claudiu Mitrita

13 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Stefan Marin 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.

Match

Cosmin Tanase the difference as Petrolul beat Viitorul

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Cosmin Tanase. 1‑0 against Viitorul, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Stefan Marin takes the honours

Marked 7.80 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Petrolul had the best player on the pitch.

Player ratings

Claudiu Mitrita runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Petrolul pick somebody else ahead of Stefan Burca

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Squad

Cristian Dragusin left out for tactical reasons at Petrolul

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

Back issues
9 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Claudiu Mitrita

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Ianis Tanase 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.

Squad

Stefan Marin 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Petrolul against Botosani

1‑2 to Botosani, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Cosmin Puscas 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.

Squad

Marius Keseru is still paying for one afternoon at Petrolul

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

In brief

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The Petrolul Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

A brace, and Daniel Puscas takes the afternoon — 9.49

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Daniel Puscas provided it, and the 9.49 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

Petrolul turn down Kawasaki Frontale for Adrian Nedelcearu

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

A day Adrian Nedelcearu will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Claudiu Mitrita at 20 — 7.92

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Claudiu Mitrita did not need any: 7.92, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market

Nicusor Mitrita 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.

Match

Petrolul find a way past Pandurii

Pandurii made Petrolul work for it, but the scoreboard read 6‑4 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Tempers go at Petrolul

Adrian Nedelcearu 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.

Match

10 goals as Petrolul and Pandurii go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 10 goals between Petrolul and Pandurii, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Squad

Words at Petrolul training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Marin 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.

In brief