FC Petrocub Hîncești

Petrocub Hîncești
Full nameFotbal Club Petrocub Hîncești
Nicknames
  • Alb-negrii (The White-Blacks)
  • Leii din Hîncești (The Hîncești Lions)
Founded27 November 1999; 26 years ago (1999-11-27)
GroundMunicipal Stadium
Capacity1,633
PresidentMihail Usatîi
Head coachShota Makharadze
LeagueLiga
2024–25Super Liga, 4th of 8
Current season

Fotbal Club Petrocub Hîncești, commonly known as Petrocub Hîncești (PET-roe-kub hin-CHESHT), or simply Petrocub, is a Moldovan professional football club from Hîncești. They play in the Liga, the top tier of Moldovan football.[1] Its home ground is the Municipal Stadium in Hîncești.

History

In January 2024, Petrocub Hîncești entered into a partnership with an unnamed investment company, which also saw former Asante Kotoko CEO, Nana Yaw Amponsah, being named as the new President of the club.[2] On 18 May 2024, after a 4–1 victory over Zimbru Chișinău, Petrocub Hîncești have been declared champions of the Super Liga for the first time in their history.

On 13 August 2024, after winning their UEFA Europa League third qualifying round tie against The New Saints, they advanced to the play-off round. However, they were ultimately defeated by Ludogorets Razgrad, which moved them down to the league phase of the UEFA Conference League, making them only the second Moldovan team to reach the group or league stage of a UEFA club competition.

Club names

1994 – founded as Petroclub-Condor Sărata-Galbenă
1995 – renamed Spicul Sărata-Galbenă
1998 – renamed Petrocub-Spicul Sărata-Galbenă
2000 – renamed Petrocub-Condor Sărata-Galbenă
2001 – renamed FC Hîncești
2005 – renamed Petrocub Sărata-Galbenă
2013 – renamed Rapid-2 Petrocub
2015 – renamed FC Petrocub Hîncești

Emblem

Since, their symbol used to always looks like the Black-White logo, as their 2nd emblem is Salty-Yellow (Noble Knight (Cool shade of blue), Red, and Green. Same as the Black and White logo).

Players

As of 5 January 2026[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MDA Silviu Șmalenea
3 DF  MDA Cătălin Cucoș
4 DF  MDA Victor Buruiană
8 MF  MDA Dumitru Demian
9 FW  MDA Vladimir Ambros (captain)
11 DF  MDA Sergiu Plătică
13 MF  MDA Maxim Cojocaru
15 FW  MDA Petru Popescu
19 FW  MDA Nicolae Rotaru
23 MF  MDA Mihai Lupan
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  MDA Ovidiu David
27 DF  MDA Vadim Dijinari
31 GK  MDA Victor Dodon
37 MF  MDA Dan Pușcaș
44 MF  CMR Jessie Guera Djou
66 DF  MDA Ion Borș
79 MF  MDA Victor Bogaciuc
90 DF  MDA Ion Jardan
— DF  MDA Vlad Pascari
— MF  MDA Bogdan Musteață

Honours

League history

Season League Cup Super Cup Europe Top scorer

(league)

Ref
Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts
2013–14 3rd ↑ 1st 16 13 0 3 45 12 39 — — [4]
2014–15 2nd ↑ 2nd 22 13 6 3 55 21 45 Round of 16 — — Moldova Vladimir Ambros (25) [5]
2015–16 1st 8th 27 6 3 18 21 53 21 Round of 16 — — Moldova Roman Șumchin (7) [6]
2016–17 6th 30 8 10 12 31 38 34 Semi-finals — — [7]
2017 3rd 18 7 5 6 25 16 26 Semi-finals — — Moldova Vladimir Ambros (9) [8]
2018 3rd 28 12 9 7 38 28 45 Quarter-finals — UEL 1Q Moldova Vladimir Ambros (12) [9]
2019 3rd 28 14 8 6 34 21 50 Winners — UEL 1Q Moldova Vadim Gulceac (6)
Moldova Dan Taras (6) 		[10]
2020–21 2nd 36 25 8 3 82 18 83 Semi-finals — UEL 1Q Moldova Sergiu Plătică (11) [11]
2021–22 2nd 28 20 4 4 62 20 64 Quarter-finals — UECL 2Q Moldova Vladimir Ambros (17) [12]
2022–23 2nd 24 14 6 4 36 17 48 Semi-finals — UECL 3Q Moldova Marius Iosipoi (7) [13]
2023–24 1st 24 15 7 2 59 12 52 Winners — UECL 2Q Moldova Vladimir Ambros (10)
Moldova Mihai Plătică (10)
2024–25 4th 24 10 7 7 40 26 37 Quarter-finals — UCL

UEL
UECL

2Q

PO
LP

Moldova Marin Căruntu (4)
Moldova Dan Pușcaș (4)

European record

As of match played on 31 July 2025
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Champions League 4 1 2 1 2 2 +0 025.00
UEFA Europa League 9 1 2 6 4 13 −9 011.11
UEFA Conference League 22 4 5 13 16 36 −20 018.18
Total 35 6 9 20 22 51 −29 017.14

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Croatia Osijek 1−1 1–2 2–3
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Cyprus AEK Larnaca 0–1 0–1 0–2
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1Q Serbia TSC 0–2 N/a N/a
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q North Macedonia Sileks 1−0 1−1 2–1
2Q Turkey Sivasspor 0–1 0–1 0–2
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Malta Floriana 1−0 0−0 1–0
2Q Albania Laçi 0−0 4−1 4−1
3Q Hungary Fehérvár 1–2 0–5 1–7
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–2 0–3 0−5
2024–25 UEFA Champions League 1Q Kazakhstan Ordabasy 1−0 0−0 1−0
2Q Cyprus APOEL 1−1 0–1 1−2
UEFA Europa League 3Q Wales The New Saints 1−0 0−0 1−0
PO Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 1–2 0–4 1−6
UEFA Conference League LP Cyprus Pafos 1–4 N/a 36th
Poland Jagiellonia Białystok N/a 0–2
Austria Rapid Wien 0–3 N/a
Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir N/a 1−1
Spain Real Betis 0–1 N/a
Scotland Heart of Midlothian N/a 2−2
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q Malta Birkirkara 3−0 0–1 3−1
2Q Azerbaijan Sabah 0–2 1–4 1–6

References

  1. ^ Groll, Daniel. "Club Profile, Club History, Club Badge, Results, Fixtures, Historical Logos, Statistics". www.weltfussballarchiv.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Ex-Asante Kotoko CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah named president of Moldova top side FC Petrocub". modernghana.com. Modern Ghana. 28 January 2024. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Liga Europa 2024/25. PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Petrocub Hîncești. LIVE 21:00 la WE SPORT TV". fmf.md (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Moldova 2013/14". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Moldova 2014/15". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Moldova 2015/16". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Moldova 2016/17". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Moldova 2017". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Moldova 2018". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Moldova 2019". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Moldova 2020/21". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Moldova 2021/22". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Moldova 2022/23". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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