2011–12 Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division
Season	2011–12
Champions	Sheriff Tiraspol
Relegated	Sfîntul Gheorghe
Champions League	Sheriff Tiraspol
Europa League	Dacia Chișinău Zimbru Chișinău Milsami Orhei
Matches played	198
Goals scored	453 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Benjamin Balima (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Sheriff 6–0 Olimpia
Biggest away win	Sfîntul Gheorghe 0–6 Dacia
Highest scoring	Academia 2–5 Milsami
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Moldovan National Division (Moldovan: Divizia Națională) was the 21st season of top-tier football in Moldova. The competition began on 23 July 2011 and ended on 23 May 2012.^[1]

The league was competed by 12 teams and won by Sheriff Tiraspol. Dacia Chișinău, Zimbru Chișinău and, as winners of the 2011–12 Moldovan Cup, Milsami Orhei gained places in the qualification rounds of 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. CSCA–Rapid Chișinău and FC Costuleni were originally relegated on competitive grounds, but were both spared later after Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni did not obtain a National Division licence for 2012–13 and only one team could be promoted from the 2011–12 A Division on the same grounds.

Teams

The number of teams in the league was decreased from 14 to 12.^[2] Placed last in the previous season, Găgăuzia Comrat and Dinamo Bender had not completed their licensing to compete in the Moldovan National Division and were relegated.^[3] Neither could the first four placed teams in the 2010–11 Moldovan "A" Division: Locomotiv Bălți,^[3] Ursidos Chișinău, Dinamo-Auto and Intersport-Aroma,^[4] therefore no teams were promoted.^[5]

Stadia and locations

Chișinău

Chișinău teams:
Academia
Dacia
Zimbru

Location of teams in National Division 2011–12

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Academia UTM Chișinău	Chișinău	CST UTM	2,888
Costuleni	Costuleni	CSR Orhei	2,539
Csca !CSCA–Rapid Chișinău	Ghidighici	Ghidighici Stadium	1,500
Dacia Chișinău	Chișinău	Zimbru Stadium	10,600
Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	Rîbnița	Orășenesc Stadium	4,500
Milsami Orhei	Orhei	CSR Orhei	2,539
Nistru Otaci	Otaci	Călărășăuca Stadium	2,000
Olimpia Bălț	Bălți	Olimpia Bălți Stadium	5,953
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni	Suruceni	Suruceni Stadium	2,000
Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiraspol	Sheriff Stadium	13,460
Tiraspol !FC Tiraspol	Tiraspol	Sheriff Stadium	13,460
Zimbru Chișinău	Chișinău	Zimbru Stadium	10,600

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol !Sheriff Tiraspol (C)	33	25	6	2	75	18	+57	81	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Dacia Chișinău	33	24	5	4	63	17	+46	77	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Zimbru Chișinău	33	17	10	6	47	24	+23	61	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Milsami Orhei !Milsami Orhei	33	14	5	14	41	37	+4	47	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ¹
5	Olimpia Bălți	33	10	15	8	26	27	−1	45
6	Tiraspol !Tiraspol	33	10	12	11	36	32	+4	42
7	Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa !Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa	33	11	7	15	41	48	−7	40
8	Nistru Otaci !Nistru Otaci	33	10	9	14	30	41	−11	39
9	Academia UTM Chişinău !Academia UTM Chişinău	33	6	13	14	32	48	−16	31
10	Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni !Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni (R)	33	7	9	17	23	55	−32	30	Relegation to 2012–13 Moldovan "A" Division ²
11	CSCA – Rapid Chişinău !CSCA – Rapid Chişinău	33	6	8	19	20	52	−32	26
12	Costuleni !Costuleni	33	3	11	19	19	54	−35	20

Updated to games played on 23 May 2012.
Source: Moldovan Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair Play competition^[6]
¹Milsami Orhei won the 2011–12 Moldovan Cup and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
²CSCA–Rapid Chișinău and FC Costuleni were originally relegated on competitive grounds, but were both spared later after Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni did not obtain a National Division licence for 2012–13 and only one team could be promoted from the 2011–12 A Division on the same grounds.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Round by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Sheriff Tiraspol !Sheriff Tiraspol	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Dacia Chișinău	5	3	3	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Zimbru Chișinău	1	1	4	2	2	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Milsami Orhei !Milsami Orhei	3	7	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	5	4	5	5	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Olimpia Bălți	5	6	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Tiraspol !Tiraspol	9	11	10	11	7	5	4	3	3	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6
Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa !Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa	12	10	6	6	9	10	8	8	6	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	7
Nistru Otaci !Nistru Otaci	9	5	7	7	5	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Academia UTM Chişinău !Academia UTM Chişinău	7	8	9	10	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	10	8	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni !Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni	4	4	2	3	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	9	11	11	10	10	10
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău !CSCA – Rapid Chişinău	11	12	12	9	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	11	11	11
Costuleni !Costuleni	8	9	11	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader		2nd place		3rd place		Relegation

Last updated: 23 May 2012
Source: kicker (German)

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

First and second round

Home ╲ Away	Academia UTM Chişinău !ACA	CSCA – Rapid Chişinău !CRC	Costuleni !COS	Dacia Chişinău !DAC	Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa !ISK	Milsami Orhei !MIL	Nistru Otaci !NIS	Olimpia Bălţi !OLI	Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni !SFG	Sheriff Tiraspol !SHE	Tiraspol !TIR	Zimbru Chişinău !ZIM
Academia UTM Chişinău !Academia UTM Chişinău		1–1	1–0	0–3	1–3	2–5	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău !CSCA – Rapid Chişinău	3–2		0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–2
Costuleni !Costuleni	1–1	1–2		0–1	3–3	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–4	0–0
Dacia Chișinău	3–1	3–0	1–0		1–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa !Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–4		0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	0–3
Milsami Orhei !Milsami Orhei	3–2	3–1	5–1	0–1	0–1		1–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1
Nistru Otaci !Nistru Otaci	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	2–1		0–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–2
Olimpia Bălți	1–0	4–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–3		1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni !Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–6	2–2	0–1	2–2	0–1		2–2	1–0	0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol !Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	5–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	5–0		3–1	2–1
Tiraspol !Tiraspol	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–3		0–0
Zimbru Chișinău	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2

Updated to games played on 25 March 2012.
Source: Moldovan Football Federation
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 22 games):

23rd round 24th round 25th round 26th round 27th round 28th round
  1 – 12    12 – 7      2 – 12    12 – 8      3 – 12    12 – 9
  2 – 11     8 – 6      3 – 1      9 – 7      4 – 2     10 – 8
  3 – 10     9 – 5      4 – 11    10 – 6      5 – 1     11 – 7
  4 – 9     10 – 4      5 – 10    11 – 5      6 – 11     1 – 6
  5 – 8     11 – 3      6 – 9      1 – 4      7 – 10     2 – 5
  6 – 7      1 – 2      7 – 8      2 – 3      8 – 9      3 – 4

29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
  4 – 12    12 – 10     5 – 12    12 – 11     6 – 12
  5 – 3     11 – 9      6 – 4      1 – 10     7 – 5
  6 – 2      1 – 8      7 – 3      2 – 9      8 – 4
  7 – 1      2 – 7      8 – 2      3 – 8      9 – 3
  8 – 11     3 – 6      9 – 1      4 – 7     10 – 2
  9 – 10     4 – 5     10 – 11     5 – 6     11 – 1

Home ╲ Away	Academia UTM Chişinău !ACA	CSCA – Rapid Chişinău !CRC	Costuleni !COS	Dacia Chişinău !DAC	Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa !ISK	Milsami Orhei !MIL	Nistru Otaci !NIS	Olimpia Bălţi !OLI	Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni !SFG	Sheriff Tiraspol !SHE	Tiraspol !TIR	Zimbru Chişinău !ZIM
Academia UTM Chişinău !Academia UTM Chişinău		3–1				1–0				2–0	1–1	1–2
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău !CSCA – Rapid Chişinău						0–1			1–0	0–2	0–2	2–3
Costuleni !Costuleni	2–2	1–0					0–1		1–0		1–2
Dacia Chișinău	3–0	2–0	3–0			2–1					0–0	4–0
Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa !Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2		0–2					0–2
Milsami Orhei !Milsami Orhei			2–1				0–2	2–2	3–0	0–1		1–0
Nistru Otaci !Nistru Otaci	0–0	3–0		1–3	1–0			1–1
Olimpia Bălţi !Olimpia Bălţi	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0						0–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni !Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni	2–0			3–1	0–1		1–0	0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol !Sheriff Tiraspol			4–1	0–0	2–1		3–0	6–0	5–0
Tiraspol !Tiraspol						4–1	2–3		1–1	0–3		1–0
Zimbru Chișinău			1–0		1–0		3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0

Updated to games played on 23 May 2012.
Source: Moldovan Football Federation
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated to matches played on 21 April 2013.^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Benjamin Balima	Sheriff Tiraspol	18
2	Aleksandar Pešić	Sheriff Tiraspol	14
2	Oleg Molla	Zimbru Chișinău	14
4	Vasili Pavlov	FC Dacia Chișinău	12
5	Maxim Mihaliov	FC Dacia Chișinău	11
5	Ghenadie Orbu	FC Dacia Chișinău	11
7	Henrique Luvannor	Sheriff Tiraspol	9
	Konstantin Yavorskiy	FC Iskra-Stal	9
	Eric Sackey	Zimbru Chișinău	9
10	Miloš Krkotić	FC Dacia Chișinău	8
10	Radu Catan	Zimbru Chișinău	8

7 goals (5 players)

Eugen Gorodețchi (FC Iskra-Stal)
Ademar Xavier (FC Milsami)

Volodymyr Kilikevych (FC Iskra-Stal)

6 goals (2 players)

Radu Gînsari (FC Academia Chișinău)

Gheorghe Ovseannicov (FC Olimpia)

5 goals (4 players)

Adrian Grigoruță (FC Milsami)
Alexandru S. Grosu (FC Tiraspol)

Ousmane Traoré (FC Milsami)

Yevhen Zarichnyuk (FC Tiraspol)

4 goals (9 players)

Mihail Plătică (FC Academia Chișinău)
Alexandru Popovici (FC Tiraspol)
Claudiu Octavian Vâlcu (FC Nistru Otaci)

3 goals (25 players)

Adama Guira (FC Dacia Chișinău)
Serghei Epureanu (FC Nistru Otaci)
Marcel Metoua (Sheriff Tiraspol)
Aleksandr Nechayev (FC Dacia Chișinău)
Daniil Nikolaev (Zimbru Chișinău)
Andrei Novicov (FC Iskra-Stal)
Darwin Ríos (Sheriff Tiraspol)
Marius Robert Roman (FC Academia Chişinău)

Miral Samardžić (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)
Marian Stoleru (FC Milsami)
Vazha Tarkhnishvili (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)
Alexandru Tcaciuc (FC Nistru Otaci)
Victor Truhanov (FC Iskra-Stal)
Mihai Ţurcan (FC Tiraspol)
Sergiu Zacon (FC Nistru Otaci)
Nail Zamaliyev (Sheriff Tiraspol)

2 goals (40 players)

Denis Omerbegovic (Rapid Ghidighici)
Octavian Onofrei (FC Costuleni)
Serghei Pogreban (FC Nistru Otaci)
German Pyatnikov (FC Nistru Otaci)
Alexandru Răilean (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe)
Yakup Sertkaya (FC Costuleni)
Sandro Shugladze (FC Iskra-Stal)
Eugen Sidorenco (FC Zimbru Chișinău)
Oleg Șișchin (FC Zimbru Chișinău)
Alfredo Rafael Sosa (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)
Tudor Starciuc (Rapid Ghidighici)
Slaven Stjepanović (FC Dacia Chișinău)
Ion Ursu (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe)

1 goals (62 players)

Dumitru Gliga (FC Costuleni)
Eugen Gorceac (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe)
Eduard Grosu (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe)
Sergiu Gusacov (FC Olimpia)
Jean-Robens Jerome (FC Olimpia)
Kouadio Kouassi (FC Costuleni)
Thomas Kourouma (FC Olimpia)
Valentin Lungu (FC Costuleni)
Aleksey Lyubushkin (FC Academia Chișinău)
Vitalie Manaliu (Rapid Ghidighici)
Vitalie Mardari (FC Milsami)
Sergiu Matei (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe)
Alexandr Muzîciuc (FC Nistru Otaci)
Gheorghe Nicologlo (FC Tiraspol)
Yusif Nurudeen (FC Costuleni)
Nicolae Orlovschi (FC Olimpia)
Alexandr Pașcenco (Rapid Ghidighici)
Daniel Pîslă (FC Olimpia)
Vitalie Plămădeală (FC Zimbru Chișinău)
Veaceslav Posmac (FC Sfîntul Gheorghe)
Maxim Potîrniche (FC Academia Chișinău)

Hat-tricks

Key
⁴	Player scored four goals
⁵	Player scored five goals

Player	Home	Away	Result	Date
Balima, Wilfried BenjaminWilfried Benjamin Balima	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Costuleni	4–0	000000002014-09-10-000010 September 2014
Pešić, AleksandarAleksandar Pešić	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Olimpia	6–0	000000002012-04-07-00007 April 2012

Clean sheets

As of 5 May 2013

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Serghei Pașcenco	FC Olimpia	17
2	Georgi Georgiev	FC Tiraspol	12
2	Eugen Matiughin	FC Dacia Chișinău	12
4	Artiom Gaiduchevici	FC Dacia Chișinău	11
5	Alexandru Zveaghințev	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	10
5	Nicolae Calancea	FC Zimbru Chișinău	10
7	Vladislav Stoyanov	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	8
8	Maxim Copeliciuc	FC Academia Chișinău	7
	Mihail Păiuș	FC Zimbru Chișinău	7
	Ghenadie Moșneaga	FC Sfîntul Gheorghe	7
	Andrian Negai	FC Milsami Orhei	7

Disciplinary

Final classification.

Rank	Player	Club	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Points
1	Ibrahima Camara	FC Olimpia	11	2	17
2	Oleksandr Feshchenko	FC Tiraspol	7	2	13
2	Ștefan Caraulan	FC Sfîntul Gheorghe	7	2	13

References

↑ "Summary - Divizia Națională 2011/2012". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
↑ "A fost întocmit calendarul DN 2011/2012" (in Romanian). Moldfootball.com. 6 July 2011.
1 2 ""Gagauzia" va începe sezonul în Divizia A" (in Romanian). Moldfootball.com. 2011-06-15.
↑ "FC Ursidos, FC Dinamo-Auto, CF Intersport-Aroma nu au primit licența națională" (in Romanian). Moldfootball.com. 2011-06-22.
↑ "Astazi se decide calendarul" (in Romanian). DiviziaNationala.com. 6 July 2011.
↑ "Regulamentul Campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediţia 2011-2012" (PDF) (in Romanian). FMF.md. 18 July 2011.
↑ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

External links

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