Andreas Ivan

Left Midfielder - Petrolul
10 Oct 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Andreas Ivan

6 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Petrolul refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 9 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Squad

Tempers go at Petrolul

Ciprian Mitrita 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 ratings

Heriberto Tavares runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Petrolul come up short against Dinamo Bucharest

Dinamo Bucharest left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Ciprian Mitrita

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

Player ratings

A masterclass from George Tanase

Marked 8.44 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

The month belongs to George Tanase

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Petrolul have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Squad

“I want to play”: Alexandru Iamandache speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

Player ratings

Ciprian Mitrita leaves them behind him

Shots: 9. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

In brief

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4 Edition

The Petrolul Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Dragos Keseru

There were 9 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.

Market

Petrolul turn down FCSB for Florin Cicaldau

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

Market

Bogdan Stanciu 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.

Squad

Ionut Deac 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ianis Balasa

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Petrolul come up short against Viitorul

Viitorul left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

In brief