The Petrolul Ploiești Chronicle
Match5 Nov 2026
Petrolul Ploiești come up short in Europe
0‑1 away to the standard of Lausanne-Sport. Nobody will pretend this was a scandal; the gap is real, it is measurable, and closing it is a project rather than a team talk.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Stefan Krell says Petrolul Ploiești went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Petrolul Ploiești
Nana Boateng and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Nov 2026
Petrolul Ploiești see off Botosani
Three points for Petrolul Ploiești, 2‑0 the final word against Botosani in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Marco Dulca in the eights
A performance of 8.31 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Petrolul Ploiești
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andres Dumitrescu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tommi Jyry signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tommi Jyry and Petrolul Ploiești agree another 3 years.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Konstantinos Doumtsios was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.07. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Mamoudou Karamoko
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- The dugout Franjo Prce left out for the big one
- The dugout Abat Aiymbetov gets it from the manager
- The dugout Ionut Balasa has his say