Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division
Founded	1992
Country	Moldova
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	10 (from 2017)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Moldovan "A" Division
Domestic cup(s)	Moldovan Cup; Moldovan Super Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League; UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Sheriff Tiraspol (16th title) ; (2017)
Most championships	Sheriff Tiraspol (16)
Website	fmf.md
	2018 Moldovan National Division

The Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the top association football division of the Moldovan football league system. The competition was established in 1992, when the country became independent from the Soviet Union.

There are currently 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.

Sheriff Tiraspol is the most successful league club with 16 titles, followed by Zimbru Chișinău with 8 wins. Dacia Chișinău, FC Tiraspol and Milsami Orhei also conquered the title on one occasion each.

Clubs

2018 clubs

UEFA ranking

UEFA League Ranking for the 2015–16 European football season. (Previous season rank in italics)

31 (30) Slovak Super Liga
32 (38) Liechtenstein Football Cup
33 (31) Nemzeti Bajnokság I
34 (33) Moldovan National Division
35 (36) Úrvalsdeild
36 (34) Umaglesi Liga
37 (35) Veikkausliiga

UEFA Club Ranking for the 2015–16 European football season. (Previous season rank in italics)

159 (128) Sheriff Tiraspol
260 (313) Milsami Orhei
291 (286) Dacia Chișinău
310 (303) Zimbru Chișinău
368 (350) Iskra-Stal Rîbnița
368 (374) Tiraspol
383 (387) Veris Chișinău
383 (-) Saxan Gagauz Yeri

(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
1992	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Bugeac Comrat	Serghei Alexandrov (Bugeac Comrat), Oleg Flentea (Constructorul Chișinău)	13	Sergiu Sîrbu
1992–93	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Moldova Boroseni	Vladimir Kosse (Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol)	30	Sergiu Sîrbu (2)
1993–94	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Codru Călărași	Vladimir Kosse (Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol) (2)	24	Alexandru Spiridon
1994–95	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Olimpia Bălți	Vladislav Gavriliuc (Nistru Otaci / Zimbru Chișinău)	20	Alexandru Spiridon
1995–96	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Vladislav Gavriliuc (Zimbru Chișinău) (2)	34	Alexandru Spiridon (3)
1996–97	Constructorul Chișinău	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Serghei Rogaciov (Constructorul Chișinău / Olimpia Bălți)	35	Alexandru Mațiura
1997–98	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Serghei Clescenco (Zimbru Chișinău)	25	Semen Altman
1998–99	Zimbru Chișinău	Constructorul Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Serghei Rogaciov (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	21	Semen Altman (2)
1999–00	Zimbru Chișinău	Sheriff Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Serghei Rogaciov (Sheriff Tiraspol) (3)	20	Oleksandr Skrypnyk
2000–01	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Ruslan Barburoș (Haiduc-Sporting / Agro Chișinău / Sheriff Tiraspol), David Mujiri (Sheriff Tiraspol)	17	^[2] Vladimir Zemlianoi
2001–02	Sheriff Tiraspol	Nistru Otaci	Zimbru Chișinău	Ruslan Barburoș (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	17	Mihai Stoichiță
2002–03	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	Nistru Otaci	Serghei Dadu (FC Tiraspol / Sheriff Tiraspol)	19	Gavril Balint
2003–04	Sheriff Tiraspol	Nistru Otaci	Zimbru Chișinău	Vladimir Shishelov (Zimbru Chișinău)	15	Ihor Nakonechny
2004–05	Sheriff Tiraspol	Nistru Otaci	Dacia Chișinău	Catalin Lichioiu (Nistru Otaci)	16	Leonid Kuchuk
2005–06	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiraspol	Aliaksei Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol)	13	Leonid Kuchuk (2)
2006–07	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	Nistru Otaci	Aliaksei Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	17	Leonid Kuchuk (3)
2007–08	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Nistru Otaci	Igor Picușceac (FC Tiraspol / Sheriff Tiraspol)	14	Leonid Kuchuk (4)
2008–09	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	Oleg Andronic (Zimbru Chișinău)	16	Leonid Kuchuk (5)
2009–10	Sheriff Tiraspol	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	Olimpia Bălți	Alexandru Maximov (FC Viitorul), Jymmy França (Sheriff Tiraspol)	13	Andrei Sosnitskiy
2010–11	Dacia Chișinău	Sheriff Tiraspol	Milsami Orhei	Gheorghe Boghiu (Milsami Orhei)	26	Igor Dobrovolski
2011–12	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Zimbru Chișinău	Wilfried Balima (Sheriff Tiraspol)	18	Vitali Rashkevich
2012–13	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Tiraspol	Gheorghe Boghiu (Milsami Orhei) (2)	16	Vitali Rashkevich (2)
2013–14	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiraspol	Veris Chișinău	Henrique Luvannor (Sheriff Tiraspol)	26	Veaceslav Rusnac
2014–15	Milsami Orhei	Dacia Chișinău	Sheriff Tiraspol	Ricardinho (Sheriff Tiraspol)	19	Iurie Osipenco
2015–16	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Zimbru Chișinău	Danijel Subotić (Sheriff Tiraspol)	12	Zoran Vulić
2016–17	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Milsami Orhei	Ricardinho (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	15	Roberto Bordin
2017	Sheriff Tiraspol	Milsami Orhei	Petrocub-Hîncești	Vitalie Damașcan (Sheriff Tiraspol)	13	Roberto Bordin (2)

Performance by club

Team	Titles	Runner-up
Sheriff Tiraspol	16	2
Zimbru Chișinău	8	5
Dacia Chișinău	1	7
FC Tiraspol	1	2
Milsami Orhei	1	1
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	–	6
Nistru Otaci	–	3
Iskra-Stal	–	1

bold clubs playing in the first league
italic clubs are dissolved

Clean sheets

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Season	Name	Clean Sheet's	Club
2009–10	Artiom Gaiduchevici	16	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița
2010–11	Nicolae Calancea	20	Zimbru Chișinău
2011–12	Serghei Pașcenco	17	Olimpia Bălți
2012–13	Georgi Georgiev	17	Tiraspol
2013–14	Dumitru Stajila	17	Sheriff Tiraspol
2014–15	Dorian Railean, Serghei Pașcenco (2)	12	Dacia Chișinău, Sheriff Tiraspol
2015–16	Artiom Gaiduchevici (2), Alexei Coșelev	15	Dacia Chișinău (2), Sheriff Tiraspol (3)
2016–17	Radu Mîțu	17	Milsami Orhei
2017	Radu Mîțu (2)	8	Milsami Orhei (2)

Top assist

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Season	Name	Assist's	Club
2015–16	Eugeniu Cociuc, Radu Gînsari	7	Dacia Chișinău , Sheriff Tiraspol
2016–17	Ricardinho	14	Sheriff Tiraspol
2017	Cristiano da Silva	14	Sheriff Tiraspol (3)

Disciplinary

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Season	Name	Points	Club
2009–10	Dumitru Bogdan	15	Sfântul Gheorghe
2010–11	Andrei Tcaciuc, Oleksandr Feshchenko, Alexandru Cheltuială	16	Olimpia Bălți, Iskra-Stal Rîbnița, Olimpia Bălți (2)
2011–12	Ibrahima Camara	17	Olimpia Bălți (3)
2012–13	Dumitru Bogdan (2)	15	Academia Chișinău
2013–14	Vadim Cemirtan, Adil Rhaili	11	Costuleni, Milsami Orhei
2014–15	Eugen Celeadnic	9	Academia Chișinău (2)
2015–16	Andrei Cojocari	10	Milsami Orhei (2)
2016–17	Eugen Celeadnic (2)	12	Academia Chișinău (3)
2017	Georgi Bugulov	9	Speranța Nisporeni

All-time 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	Seasons²	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	¹Points³	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Zimbru Chișinău	27	786	458	177	151	1429-521	1487	8	5	4
2	Sheriff Tiraspol	20	593	439	102	52	1223-300	1419	16	2	1
3	Tiraspol	21	625	290	160	175	904-577	1024	1	2	5
4	Zaria Bălți	22	650	257	144	249	801-791	983	0	0	2
5	Dacia Chișinău	16	475	259	115	101	727-379	892	1	7	1
6	Nistru Otaci	21	619	242	144	233	802-746	858	0	3	3
7	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	17	492	225	126	141	763-502	743	0	6	3
8	Milsami Orhei	9	270	144	42	84	412-237	474	1	1	2
9	Tighina	13	390	107	85	198	417-697	378	0	0	0
10	Agro Chișinău	12	340	101	70	169	378-516	355	0	0	0
11	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	7	234	90	65	79	263-246	335	0	1	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	9	282	72	61	149	277-452	277	0	0	0
15	Speranța Nisporeni	9	243	59	61	123	225-354	216	0	0	0
16	Codru Călărași	5	146	61	28	57	209-210	181	0	0	1
17	Gagauzia	6	177	60	24	93	204-352	161	0	0	1
18	Costuleni	4	138	35	32	71	123-203	137	0	0	0
19	Politehnica Chișinău	6	174	29	48	97	126-266	135	0	0	0
20	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	5	132	34	22	76	138-265	124	0	0	0
21	Moldova-Gaz Chișinău	3	86	33	15	38	97-109	114	0	0	0
22	Torentul Chișinău	5	138	35	32	71	155-240	113	0	0	0
23	Petrocub Hîncești	4	103	28	29	46	107-147	113	0	0	1
24	MHM-93 Chișinău	3	86	29	19	38	103-109	106	0	0	0
25	Sfântul Gheorghe	4	123	24	27	72	97-232	99	0	0	0
26	Roma Bălți	3	86	24	18	44	85-125	90	0	0	0
27	Nistru Cioburciu	4	121	29	26	66	114-225	82	0	0	0
28	Moldova Boroseni	3	82	28	18	36	85-120	74	0	0	1
29	Veris Chișinău	1	33	21	8	4	74-25	71	0	0	1
30	Locomotiva Basarabeasca	2	56	18	12	26	65-101	66	0	0	0
31	Cristalul Fălești	4	108	21	18	69	99-227	62	0	0	0
32	Progresul Briceni	3	86	20	11	55	68-213	62	0	0	0
33	Spumante Cricova	2	60	16	12	32	77-75	60	0	0	0
34	Saxan	3	81	14	15	52	53-132	57	0	0	0
35	Speranța Crihana Veche	2	66	8	9	49	55-161	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	CF Ungheni	1	30	4	5	21	19-79	17	0	0	0
39	Tricon Cahul	1	30	4	9	17	25-53	17	0	0	0
40	Happy End Camenca	1	28	3	6	19	23-69	15	0	0	0
41	FC Spicul Chișcăreni	1	18	3	5	10	14-35	14	0	0	0
42	Stimold-MIF Chișinău	1	26	2	7	17	19-60	13	0	0	0
43	Universul Ciuciuleni	1	30	4	4	22	21-59	12	0	0	0
44	Energhetic Dubăsari	1	36	2	2	32	13-100	8	0	0	0
45	Constructurul Leova	1	22	2	3	17	11-63	8	0	0	0
46	Attila Ungheni	1	30	1	1	28	10-141	4	0	0	0

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.
Includes championship play-offs, don't includes relegation play-offs.
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 : Iskra-Stal
1986 : Avangard Lazovsk
1987 : Tekstilshchik Tiraspol
1988 : Tighina Bender
1989 : Tekstilshchik Tiraspol
1990 : Moldovgidromaș Chișinău
1991 : Speranța Nisporeni

Source RSSSF

Participating clubs

City	#	Clubs	Years
Chișinău (15)	28	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, 2016–17, 2017, 2018
	16	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, 2016–17, 2017
	12	Agro 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	Unisport Chişinău	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2004–05
	9	Academia Chișinău	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
	8	Rapid Ghidighici	2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
	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	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	Veris Chișinău	2013–14
Tiraspol (4)	21	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, 2016–17, 2017, 2018
	17	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	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
	6	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017, 2018
Hîncești (4)	4	Petrocub Hîncești	2015–16, 2016–17, 2017, 2018
	1	Universul Ciuciuleni	1992–93
	1	Haiducul Sporting Hîncești	2000–01
	1	Hîncesti	2001–02
Cahul (3)	2	Victoria Cahul	1996–97, 1997–98
	2	Speranța Crihana Veche	2012–13, 2013–14
	1	Tricon Cahul	1992–93
Ungheni (3)	4	Costuleni	2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
	1	Attila Ungheni	1996–97
	1	CF Ungheni	2016–17
Bălți (2)	23	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, 2016–17, 2017, 2018
Bălți (2)	3	Roma Bălți	1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00
Ocnița (2)	21	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
Ocnița (2)	1	Ciuhur Ocnița	1996–97
Gagauzia (2)	6	CF Găgăuzia	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2010–11
Gagauzia (2)	3	Saxan	2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
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
Nisporeni (1)	10	Speranța Nisporeni	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017, 2018
Orhei (1)	10	Milsami Orhei	2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017, 2018
Rîbnița (1)	7	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Strășeni (1)	5	Codru Călărași	1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
Ialoveni (1)	5	Sfântul Gheorghe	2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2017, 2018
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 Boroseni	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94
Briceni (1)	3	Progresul Briceni	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
Basarabeasca (1)	2	Locomotiva Basarabeasca	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
Sîngerei (1)	1	FC Spicul Chișcăreni	2017

District's who not participate in Divizia Nationala: Anenii Noi, Cantemir, Călărași, Cimișlia, Criuleni, Dondușeni, Drochia, Edineț, Florești, Glodeni, Rezina, Soroca, Șoldănești, Taraclia, Telenești
Transinstrian districts who not participate in Divizia Nationala: Grigoriopol

References

↑ "Divizia Națională - Moldova Winners". fmf.md. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
↑ Vladimir Zamlyanoi at footballfacts.ru
↑ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova - Cleansheets". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
↑ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova - Disciplinary". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
↑ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova - Disciplinary". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
↑ "All time divizia nationala table". divizianationala.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

External links

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[1] "Divizia Națională - Moldova Winners". fmf.md. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

[2] Vladimir Zamlyanoi at footballfacts.ru

[3] "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova - Cleansheets". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

[4] "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova - Disciplinary". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

[5] "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova - Disciplinary". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

[6] "All time divizia nationala table". divizianationala.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.