Article by Mihai Șovei – Published Sunday, March 15, 2026, 4:55 p.m. / Updated Sunday, March 15, 2026, 4:56 p.m.
Farul Constanța defeated Petrolul Ploiești, score 2-0, in a match from the first stage of the Superleague play-out.
Following today's victory, the Constantinians are in 9th place, while the “wolves” are in 13th place, a position that guarantees their presence in the first echelon survival barrier.
Farul, victory at the start of the play-out
The game was announced to be an interesting one, considering that the two teams were neighbors in the standings. The “Yellow Wolves” started the game more courageously from the seaside, the first more important opportunities being at the gate of Rafael Munteanu, the young goalkeeper from Constanta.
Despite the fact that the visitors started the match better, the first goal came in their own goal. Alexandru Ișfan fought with the oil defenders, and the ball reached the goal Răzvan Tănasă who opened the scoring with a strong shot from the box. So in the 29th minute, the scoreboard showed 1-0 in favor of the hosts.
Shortly after this success, Ramalho left the injured field, Eduard Radaslavescu entering in his place.
Until the end of the half, the game was balanced, the biggest opportunity being Chică-Roşa's, who in the extra time of the first half tried a spectacular execution, but without result. The score with which he entered the locker room being 1-0 for Farul.
The start of the second half also found Farul in attack, Alexandru Ișfan beating Raul Bălbărău in the 57th minute, but the success was canceled for offside. The effort of the Farul striker finally paid off 7 minutes later when he lobbed the Petrol keeper, scoring a beautiful goal that helped Farul increase the gap on the table.
Until the end of the game, Petrolul was the more active team in attack, but to no avail. The final result of the game was 2-0 in favor of the “sailors”so Ianis Zicu's team started the play-out straight away.
For Farul, the duel on Csikszereda's ground follows, while Petrolul will play on Metaloglobus' ground.
FINAL » Farul – Petrolul 2-0
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Television: Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1
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2,784 spectators attended the match
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They scored: Răzvan Tănasă (29), Alexandru Ișfan (64)
Farul – Petrolul, starting teams:
The lighthouse (4-3-3): R. Munteanu – Maftei, Larie, Marins, Pellegrini – Ramalho, Dican, Cr. Ganea – Grigoryan, Işfan, Tanasă
reserves: Buzbuchi, Furtado, Ş. Dutu, Tîru, Sîrbu, Banu, Radaslavescu, Vîna, Goncear, Vojtus, Doicaru, Markovic
Coach: Ianis Zicu
Petrol (4-3-3): Bălbarău – Ricardinho, Papp, Roche, Dumitrescu – Boţogan, Dulca, Jyry – Hanca, Chică-Roşă, Hermann
Reserves: Krell, Prce, Araujo, Ignat, Rodrigues, Mateiu, Boateng, R. Pop, Grozav, V. Gheorghe, Aimbetov, Manolache
Coach: Eugene Neagoe
Referee: Horace Fesnic // Assistants: Valentin Avram, Alexandru Cerei
VAR Referee: Adrian Cojocaru // Assistant VAR: Cristina Rose
Superliga play-out standings:
