Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division

Country	Moldova
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Moldovan "A" Division
Domestic cup(s)	Moldovan Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	FC Milsami Orhei (2014–15)
Most championships	Sheriff Tiraspol (13)
Website	FMF.md
2015–16 Moldovan National Division

The Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the top division of association football in Moldova. There are 10 teams in the competition. At the end of the season, the bottom club is relegated to the "A" Division and replaced by the lower league's champion.

The competition was established in 1992, when the country became independent from the Soviet Union.

2015–16 Clubs

• Academia Chișinău
• Dacia Chișinău
• Speranța Nisporeni
• FC Petrocub Sǎrata Galbenǎ
• Milsami Orhei
• Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol
• Olimpia Bălți
• Sheriff Tiraspol
• FC Saxan
• Zimbru Chișinău

UEFA Ranking

UEFA League Ranking for the 2014–15 European football season. (Previous season rank in italics)

• 30 (30) Slovak Super Liga
• 31 (28) Nemzeti Bajnokság I
• 32 (34) Kazakhstan Premier League
• 33 (31) Moldovan National Division
• 34 (33) Umaglesi Liga
• 35 (36) Veikkausliiga
• 36 (37) Úrvalsdeild

UEFA Club Ranking for the 2014–15 European football season. (Previous season rank in italics)

• 128 (107) Sheriff Tiraspol
• 286 (254) Dacia Chișinău
• 303 (342) Zimbru Chișinău
• 313 (306) Milsami Orhei
• 350 (323) Iskra-Stal Rîbnița
• 374 (378) FC Tiraspol
• 374 (364) Olimpia Bălți
• 387 (-) Veris

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

Winners

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Season	Champions	Runner-Up	Third Place	League Leading Goalscorer	Goals	Winning Coach
2015–16			Zimbru Chișinău
2014–15	Milsami Orhei	Dacia Chișinău	Sheriff Tiraspol	Ricardinho (Sheriff Tiraspol)	19	Iurie Osipenco
2013–14	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiraspol	FC Veris	Henrique Luvannor (Sheriff Tiraspol)	26	Veaceslav Rusnac
2012–13	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	FC Tiraspol	Gheorghe Boghiu (Milsami Orhei) (2)	16	Vitali Rashkevich (2)
2011–12	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Zimbru Chișinău	Wilfried Balima (Sheriff Tiraspol)	18	Vitali Rashkevich
2010–11	Dacia Chișinău	Sheriff Tiraspol	Milsami Orhei	Gheorghe Boghiu (Milsami Orhei)	26	Igor Dobrovolski
2009–10	Sheriff Tiraspol	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	Olimpia Bălți	Alexandr Maximov (FC Viitorul), Jymmy França (Sheriff Tiraspol)	13	Andrei Sosnitskiy
2008–09	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	Oleg Andronic (Zimbru Chișinău)	16	Leonid Kuchuk (5)
2007–08	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	FC Nistru Otaci	Igor Picușceac (FC Tiraspol / Sheriff Tiraspol)	14	Leonid Kuchuk (4)
2006–07	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	FC Nistru Otaci	Aliaksei Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	17	Leonid Kuchuk (3)
2005–06	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	FC Tiraspol	Aliaksei Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol)	13	Leonid Kuchuk (2)
2004–05	Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Nistru Otaci	Dacia Chișinău	Catalin Lichioiu (Nistru Otaci)	16	Leonid Kuchuk
2003–04	Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Nistru Otaci	Zimbru Chișinău	Vladimir Shishelov (Zimbru Chișinău)	15	Ihor Nakonechny
2002–03	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	FC Nistru Otaci	Serghei Dadu (FC Tiraspol / Sheriff Tiraspol)	19	Gavril Balint
2001–02	Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Nistru Otaci	Zimbru Chișinău	Ruslan Barburoș (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	17	Mihai Stoichiță
2000–01	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Ruslan Barburoș (Haiducul Sporting / Agro Chișinău / Sheriff Tiraspol), David Mujiri (Sheriff Tiraspol)	17	Vladimir Zemlianoi
1999–00	Zimbru Chișinău	Sheriff Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Serghei Rogaciov (Sheriff Tiraspol) (3)	20	Oleksandr Skrypnyk
1998–99	Zimbru Chișinău	Constructorul Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Serghei Rogaciov (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	21	Semen Altman (2)
1997–98	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Serghei Clescenco (Zimbru Chișinău)	25	Semen Altman
1996–97	Constructorul Chișinău	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Serghei Rogaciov (Constructorul Chișinău / Olimpia Bălți)	35	Alexandru Mațiura
1995–96	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Vladislav Gavriliuc (Zimbru Chișinău) (2)	34	Alexandru Spiridon (3)
1994–95	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Olimpia Bălți	Vladislav Gavriliuc (Nistru Otaci / Zimbru Chișinău)	20	Alexandru Spiridon
1993–94	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Codru Călărași	Vladimir Kosse (Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol) (2)	24	Alexandru Spiridon
1992–93	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Moldova Boroșeni	Vladimir Kosse (Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol)	30	Sergiu Sîrbu (2)
1992	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Bugeac Comrat	Serghei Alexandrov (Bugeac Comrat), Oleg Flentea (Constructorul Chișinău)	13	Sergiu Sîrbu

Performance by club

Team	Titles	Last title
FC Sheriff Tiraspol	13	2013–14
FC Zimbru Chișinău	8	1999–2000
Milsami Orhei	1	2014–15
FC Dacia Chișinău	1	2010–11
FC Constructorul Chișinău	1	1996–97

• bold clubs playing in the first league
• italic clubs are dissolved

Clean sheets

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Season	Name	Clean Sheet's	Club
2015–16
2014–15	Dorian Railean , Serghei Pașcenco (2)	12	Dacia Chișinău , Sheriff Tiraspol (2)
2013–14	Dumitru Stajila	17	Sheriff Tiraspol
2012–13	Georgi Georgiev	17	FC Tiraspol
2011–12	Serghei Pașcenco	17	Olimpia Bălți
2010–11	Nicolae Calancea	20	Zimbru Chișinău
2009–10	Artiom Gaiduchevici	16	Iskra-Stal Râbnița

Disciplinary

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Season	Name	Point's	Club
2015–16
2014–15	Eugen Celeadnic	9	Academia Chișinău (2)
2013–14	Vadim Cemirtan, Adil Rhaili	11	Costuleni, Milsami Orhei
2012–13	Dumitru Bogdan (2)	15	Academia Chișinău
2011–12	Ibrahima Camara	17	Olimpia Bălți (3)
2010–11	Andrei Tcaciuc, Oleksandr Feshchenko, Alexandru Cheltuială	16	Olimpia Bălți, Iskra-Stal Rîbnița, Olimpia Bălți (2)
2009–10	Dumitru Bogdan	15	Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni

Fair Play Award

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Season	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2015–16
2014–15	FC Sheriff Tiraspol (34 pts.)	FC Zaria Bălți (36 pts.)	FC Milsami Orhei (41 pts.)
2013–14	FC Tiraspol (37 pts.)	FC Sheriff Tiraspol (49 pts.)	FC Veris (62 pts.)

Attendances

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Season	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Total
2015–16				119,085
2014–15	FC Saxan (23,600 people)	Sheriff Tiraspol (14,980 people)	FC Milsami Orhei (13,650 people)	82,600
2013–14	Zimbru Chișinău (16,350 people)	Olimpia Bălți (13,500 people)	Sheriff Tiraspol (11,561 people)	84,851

Instat MVP Award

Updated to matches played on 27 April 2016.^[6]

Best Instat Index ever Serhiy Zahynaylov - 313

Rank	Player	Best
1	Danijel Subotić	4
2	Gheorghe Boghiu	2
	Serhiy Zahynaylov	2

1 time best (15 players) 

Kadú Ricardinho Calú Cristian Bud Joálisson

Rui Miguel Andrei Bugneac Radu Gînsari Andrei Novicov Eugeniu Cociuc

Antony Golec Talles Cunha Mateo Sušić Radu Rogac Veaceslav Posmac

Moldfootball Goal of the Week Award

Updated to matches played on 27 April 2016.^[7]

Rank	Player	Best
1	Sergiu Istrati	2
	Alexandru Dulghier	2
	Artur Pătraș	2
	Vladislav Ivanov	2

1 time best (15 players) 

Edivândio Gheorghe Andronic Danijel Subotić Eugeniu Slivca Roman Șumchin

Vadim Rață Ciprian Vasilache Yevhen Pisotskyi Andriy Yakovlyev Ion Drăgan

Calú Vasile Jardan Rui Miguel Igor Banović Alex Bruno

All Time Divizia Nationala Table

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The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons. Teams in bold are currently playing in Moldovan National Division.

Rank	Club	Seasons^2	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	^1Points^3	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Zimbru Chișinău	24	711	425	162	124	1370-474	1373	8	5	3
2	Sheriff Tiraspol	17	517	383	90	44	1051-259	1239	13	2	1
3	FC Tiraspol	21	625	290	160	175	904-577	1024	1	2	5
4	Nistru Otaci	21	619	242	144	233	802-746	858	0	3	3
5	Zaria Bălți	19	575	218	130	227	681-721	852	0	0	2
6	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	17	492	225	126	141	763-502	743	0	6	3
7	Dacia Chișinău	13	399	210	101	88	605-325	731	1	5	1
8	Tighina	13	390	107	85	198	417-697	378	0	0	0
9	FC Agro-Goliador Chișinău	12	340	101	70	169	378-516	355	0	0	0
10	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	7	234	90	65	79	263-246	335	0	1	1
11	Milsami Orhei	6	195	99	33	63	296-182	330	1	0	1
12	Rapid Ghidighici	10	315	79	64	172	272-529	299	0	0	0
13	Unisport-Auto Chișinău	10	274	87	53	134	304-406	280	0	0	0
14	Academia Chișinău	7	225	59	52	114	238-358	229	0	0	0
15	Codru Călărași	5	146	61	28	57	209-210	181	0	0	1
16	Gagauziya	6	177	60	24	93	204-352	161	0	0	1
17	FC Costuleni	4	138	35	32	71	123-203	137	0	0	0
18	Speranța Nisporeni	6	168	39	40	89	159-262	135	0	0	0
18	Politehnica Chișinău	6	174	29	48	97	126-266	135	0	0	0
20	Moldova Gaz Chișinău	3	86	33	15	38	97-109	114	0	0	0
21	Torentul Chișinău	5	138	35	32	71	155-240	113	0	0	0
22	MHM 93 Chișinău	3	86	29	19	38	103-109	106	0	0	0
23	Roma Bălți	3	86	24	18	44	85-125	90	0	0	0
24	Nistru Cioburciu	4	121	29	26	66	114-225	82	0	0	0
25	Sf. Gheorghe Suruceni	3	105	19	22	64	82-205	79	0	0	0
26	Moldova Boroșeni	3	82	28	18	36	85-120	74	0	0	1
27	Veris Chișinău	1	33	21	8	4	74-25	71	0	0	1
28	Locomotiva Basarabească	2	56	18	12	26	65-101	66	0	0	0
29	Cristalul Fălești	4	108	21	18	69	99-227	62	0	0	0
30	Progresul Briceni	3	86	20	11	55	68-213	62	0	0	0
31	Spumante Cricova	2	60	16	12	32	77-75	60	0	0	0
32	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	2	57	13	6	38	60-135	45	0	0	0
33	FC Petrocub Sǎrata Galbenǎ	1	28	7	11	10	30-40	32	0	0	0
34	FC Speranța Crihana Veche	2	66	8	9	49	55-161	30	0	0	0
34	Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga	1	24	8	6	10	20-30	30	0	0	0
36	Ciuhur Ocnița	1	30	6	6	18	20-97	24	0	0	0
37	Sinteza Căușeni	1	30	7	9	14	22-51	23	0	0	0
38	Tricon Cahul	1	30	4	9	17	25-53	17	0	0	0
39	Happy End Camenca	1	28	3	6	19	23-69	15	0	0	0
40	Stimold MIF Chișinău	1	26	2	7	17	19-60	13	0	0	0
41	Universul Ciuciuleni	1	30	4	4	22	21-59	12	0	0	0
42	Energhetic Dubăsari	1	36	2	2	32	13-100	8	0	0	0
43	Constructurul Leova	1	22	2	3	17	11-63	8	0	0	0
44	Attila Ungheni	1	30	1	1	28	10-141	4	0	0	0

1. For clubs that have been renamed, their name at the time of their most recent season in the Divizia Nationala is given. The current members are listed in bold.
2. Includes championship play-offs, don't includes relegation play-offs.
3. For the purposes of this table, each win is worth 3 points. The three-point system was adopted in 1995.

Soviet time winners 1945 : Dinamo Chișinău 1946 : Dinamo Chișinău 1947 : Dinamo Chișinău 1948 : Dinamo Chișinău 1949 : Burevestnik Bender 1950 : Krasnoe Znamia Chișinău 1951 : Krasnoe Znamia Chișinău 1952 : Dinamo Chișinău 1953 : Dinamo Chișinău 1954 : KSKhI Chișinău 1955 : Burevestnik Bender 1956 : Spartak Tiraspol 1957 : KSKhI Chișinău 1958 : Moldavkabel' Bender 1959 : NIISVIV Chișinău 1960 : Tiraspol 1961 : KSKhI Chișinău 1962 : Universitet Chișinău 1963 : Temp Tiraspol 1964 : Temp Tiraspol' 1965 : Energhia Tiraspol 1966 : Stroindustria Bălți 1967 : Nistrul Bender 1968 : Temp Tiraspol 1969 : Politehnik Chișinău 1970 : Politehnik Chișinău 1971 : Pișcevik Bender 1972 : Kolhoz im. Lenina Edineț 1973 : Pișcevik Bender 1974 : Dinamo Chișinău 1975 : Dinamo Chișinău 1976 : Stroitel Tiraspol 1977 : Stroitel Tiraspol 1978 : Nistru Tiraspol 1979 : Nistru Ciobruciu 1980 : Nistru Ciobruciu 1981 : Grănicerul Glodeni 1982 : Grănicerul Glodeni 1983 : Grănicerul Glodeni 1984 : Grănicerul Glodeni 1985 : FC Iskra-Stal 1986 : Avangard Lazovsk 1987 : Tekstilshchik Tiraspol 1988 : Tighina Bender 1989 : Tekstilshchik Tiraspol 1990 : Moldovgidromaș Chișinău 1991 : Speranța Nisporeni Source RSSSF Number of participating clubs of the Divizia Nationala era City # Clubs Years Chișinău (15) 25 FC Zimbru Chișinău 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 14 FC Dacia Chișinău 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 12 FC Agro-Goliador Chișinău 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 10 FC Unisport-Auto Chișinău 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2004–05 8 FC Rapid Ghidighici 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 8 FC Academia Chișinău 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 7 Constructorul Chișinău 1992, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01 5 Torentul Chișinău 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 4 FC Politehnica Chișinău 2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 3 MHM-93 Chișinău 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 3 Moldova Gaz Chișinău 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00 2 Spumante Cricova 1995–96, 1996–97 1 Stimold MIF Chișinău 1997–98 1 FC Veris 2013–14 Tiraspol (4) 18 FC Sheriff Tiraspol 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 17 CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10 13 FC Tiraspol 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 3 FC Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 Hîncești (4) 1 Universul Ciuciuleni 1992–93 1 FC Haiducul Sporting Hîncești 2000–01 1 FC Hîncesti 2001–02 1 FC Petrocub Sărata-Galbenă 2015–16 Cahul (3) 2 Victoria Cahul 1996–97, 1997–98 2 FC Speranța Crihana Veche 2012–13, 2013–14 1 Tricon Cahul 1992–93 Bălți (2) 20 FC Zaria Bălți 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 3 Roma Bălți 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00 Ocnița (2) 21 FC Nistru Otaci 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 1 Ciuhur Ocnița 1996–97 Ungheni (2) 4 FC Costuleni 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 1 Attila Ungheni 1996–97 Gagauzia (2) 6 CF Găgăuzia 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2010–11 2 Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga 2014–15, 2015–16 Tighina (1) 13 FC Tighina 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98,2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 Rîbnița (1) 7 FC Iskra-Stal 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 Nisporeni (1) 7 Speranța Nisporeni 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2015–16 Orhei (1) 7 FC Milsami 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 Strășeni (1) 5 Codru Călărași 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 Ștefan Vodă (1) 4 Nistru Cioburciu 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 Fălești (1) 4 Cristalul Fălești 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 Râșcani (1) 3 Moldova Boroșeni 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94 Briceni (1) 3 Progresul Briceni 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 Ialoveni (1) 3 FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 Basarabeasca (1) 2 Locomotiva Basarabească 1996–97, 1997–98 Leova (1) 1 Constructorul Leova 1992 Căușeni (1) 1 Sinteza Căușeni 1993–94 Dubăsari (1) 1 Energhetic Dubăsari 1999–00 Slobozia (1) 1 Constructorul Cioburciu 2001–02 Camenca (1) 1 Happy End Camenca 2001–02 District's who not participate in Divizia Nationala: Anenii Noi, Cantemir, Călărași, Cimișlia, Criuleni, Dondușeni, Drochia, Edineț, Florești, Glodeni, Rezina, Sîngerei, Soroca, Șoldănești, Taraclia, Telenești Transinstrian districts who not participate in Divizia Nationala: Grigoriopol External links Official website

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