| Continent: | Europe |
| FC Petrolul Ploiești in European football | |
| Club: | Petrolul Ploiești |
| First Entry: | 1958–59 European Cup |
| Last Entry: | 2014–15 UEFA Europa League |
Fotbal Club Petrolul Ploiești, commonly known as Petrolul Ploiești, or simply as Petrolul, is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County. The club has participated in 8 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe, and in 12 editions of European competitions overall thus far.
| Competition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League / European Cup | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | –7 | |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | |
| UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | –8 | |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 | |
| Total | 12 | 47 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 57 | 67 | –10 |
Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:
| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958–59 | PR | Wismut Karl Marx Stadt | 2–0 | 2–4 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 4–41 |
| 1959–60 | PR |  Wiener Sportclub | 1–2 | 0–0 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 1–2 |
| 1966–67 | 1R | Liverpool | 3–1 | 0–2 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 3–32 |
1 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt progressed to the first round after winning a play-off match 4–0.
2 Liverpool progressed to the second round after winning a play-off match 2–0.
| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963–64 | PR |  Fenerbahçe | 1–0 | 1–4 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 2–4 |
| 1995–96 | QR | Wrexham | 1–0 | 0–0 | bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;" | 1–0 |
| 1R | Rapid Wien | 0–0 | 1–3 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 1–3 | |
| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962–63 | 1R |  Spartak Brno | 4–0 | 1–0 | bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;" | 5–0 |
| 2R | Leipzig XI | 1–0 | 0–1 | bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;" | 1–13 | |
| QF |  Ferencváros | 1–0 | 0–2 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 1–2 | |
| 1964–65 | 1R | Göztepe A.Ş. | 2–1 | 1–0 | bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;" | 3–1 |
| 2R |  Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 1–0 | 0–2 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 1–2 | |
| 1967–68 | 1R | Dinamo Zagreb | 2–0 | 0–5 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 2–5 |
3 Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the quarter-finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.
| Season | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | 1R |  Anderlecht | 0–2 | 0–2 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 0–4 |
| 2013–14 | 2QR |  Víkingur | 3–0 | 4–0 | bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;" | 7–0 |
| 3QR |  Vitesse Arnhem | 1–1 | 2–1 | bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;" | 3–2 | |
| PO | Swansea City | 2–1 | 1–5 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 3–6 | |
| 2014–15 | 2QR |  Flamurtari | 2–0 | 3–1 | bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;" | 5–1 |
| 3QR | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–1 | 4–1 | bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;" | 5–2 | |
| PO |  Dinamo Zagreb | 1–3 | 1–2 | bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" | 2–5 | |
| Opponent | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Chemnitz | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Sturm Graz | 1–3 | 1–6 |
 Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–2 | 1–1 |