Ciprian Mitrita

Striker - Petrolul
20 Aug 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for Ciprian Mitrita

4 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets

Fee done, terms next for Bogdan Burca

Petrolul and Pandurii have settled on $220.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Player ratings

Natanaël Thio runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Transfer targets

Petrolul make their move for Zoran Mitrov

$870.0K on the table at Botosani. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Match

No end in sight to Petrolul's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Petrolul has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Petrolul get their man

The chase for Dorin Ratiu ended with $360.0K changing hands and Pandurii out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Match

Petrolul cannot find the net

4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad

Tempers go at Petrolul

Valentin Creţu 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.

Squad

Natanaël Thio 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.

Transfer targets

Ujpest tell Petrolul: Vladyslav Ostrovskyi is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Words exchanged at Petrolul

Valentin Creţu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings

Benjamin Kanurić beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets

Botosani tell Petrolul: Narcis Ilaş is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

One of our own: Ciprian Mitrita joins the Petrolul first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ciprian Mitrita is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Nicusor Marin joins the Petrolul first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicusor Marin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Petrolul promote Sergiu Nita from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergiu Nita has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Petrolul promote Dorin Nita from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dorin Nita has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Match

A bad afternoon for Petrolul against FCSB

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

Squad

David Virgili signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Virgili commits to Petrolul for another 4 years.

In brief

  • Squad No place for Natanaël Thio in the new shape
  • Squad Too much change too quickly at Petrolul
  • The dugout The view from the dugout