Tibor Selymes is a Romanian football manager and former player.
Mihai Cristian Stoichiță is a Romanian football manager who last coached Liga I side Petrolul Ploiești.
Félix Dja Ettien Yohou, known as Ettien, is an Ivorian retired professional footballer.
Pompiliu Sorin Stoica is a Romanian former footballer and currently assistant manager for Liga III club CSO Plopeni.
Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu, commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română, it spent most of its history in the lower leagues.
Daniel Ștefan Costescu is a Romanian former professional footballer who usually played as a striker. He scored 46 goals in 235 matches in the Romanian First Division, 47 goals in 141 matches in the Romanian Second Division and 8 goals in 19 matches in the Swiss Third Division. His first match in Divizia A was Olimpia Satu Mare – Petrolul Ploiești 3–0 on 1 August 1998, while playing for Petrolul Ploiești. He was selected once in the Romanian Divisionary National Team.
Vitali Gussev is an Estonian professional footballer, he currently plays for Maardu Linnameeskond.
Valeriu "Vivi" Răchită is a Romanian former footballer and current manager.
Takayuki Seto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga II club Argeș Pitești.
Constantin Valentin Budescu is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Liga I club Gloria Buzău.
Damien Boudjemaa is a French footballer of Algerian descent who plays as a midfielder and for Montreuil FC.
Serge Wilfried Kanon is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays mainly as a centre-back for Kuwait Premier League club Al-Jahra and the Ivory Coast national team.
Tiémoko Ismaël Diomandé is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Valentin Sinescu is a Romanian football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, Sinescu played for Astra Ploiești in the lower leagues, during the 1980s and 1990s. In parallel with his football career, Sinescu studied petrochemical engineering and then worked as an engineer at the Ploiești Refinery, hence his nickname, "the engineer".
The Former Ploiești derby was the name given in football to any match between Romanian clubs Petrolul Ploiești and Astra Giurgiu. The two sides won a combined eleven domestic titles, and as of 2024 Petrolul competes in the Liga I, while Astra last played in the Liga III and is dissolved.
Asociația Clubul Sportiv Petrolul 52, commonly referred to as FC Petrolul Ploiești, Petrolul Ploiești or simply Petrolul, is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County, that competes in the Liga I.
The 2019 Cupa României Final is the final match of the 2018–19 Cupa României and the 81st final of the Cupa României, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 25 May 2019 between Astra Giurgiu and Viitorul Constanța.
Costel Lazăr is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder. After ending his playing career, he worked as a sports director at Astra Giurgiu and Petrolul Ploiești, also coaching the latter for a few Divizia A rounds in 2001.
Vasile Cosarek is a Romanian former footballer who played as a central midfielder. After he ended his playing career, he worked as a manager at teams from the Romanian lower leagues.
