FC Petrolul Ploiești in European football

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.

Statistics by competition
Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:


 * PR: Preliminary round
 * QR: Qualifying round
 * 1R: First round
 * 2R: Second round
 * QF: Quarter-finals
 * 2QR: Second qualifying round
 * 3QR: Third qualifying round
 * PO: Play-off round

UEFA Champions League / European Cup
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.

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the quarter-finals after winning a play-off match 1–0.