FC Petrolul Ploiești

Common card · No. 263207

Asociația Clubul Sportiv Petrolul 52, commonly known as FC Petrolul Ploiești (Romanian pronunciation: [peˈtrolul ploˈjeʃtʲ]), Petrolul Ploiești, or simply Petrolul, is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County. It competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian league system. The team was founded in 1924 in Bucharest as Juventus, following the merger of Triumf and Romcomit, and won its first national championship in the 1929–30 season. In 1952, it relocated to the industrial city of Ploiești, and adopted the name Petrolul five years later. During this period, the club enjoyed its most successful era, securing three further league titles in 1957–58, 1958–59, and 1965–66. Petrolul Ploiești has also won the Cupa României on three occasions, most recently in the 2012–13 season. The team made its European debut in the 1958–59 season, facing East German side Wismut Karl Marx Stadt in the preliminary round of the European Cup. Overall, it has participated in...

Read on Wikipedia