The Petrolul Courier
Market12 Oct 2026
Steven Fortes 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Petrolul
Mohammed Kamara 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Ilann Petrisot arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ilann Petrisot has, at Petrolul, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Match10 Oct 2026
Still nobody has beaten Petrolul
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Rareş Bălan out for 33 days
The medical room confirms 33 days on the sidelines for Rareş Bălan, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Enzo López
“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.
Market12 Oct 2026
Petrolul promote Dorin Cicaldau from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dorin Cicaldau 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Andreiaş Calcan 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Petrolul caught on 85 minutes
The board was up, the win was priced in, and then FCSB scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.
In brief
- Player ratings Natanaël Thio runs at them all day
- Match Petrolul and FCSB take a point apiece
- The dugout Cristian Costin is still paying for one afternoon at Petrolul