2017 Moldovan National Division

The 2017 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the 27th season of top-tier football in Moldova. This season would be a transitional one and would be played as a double round-robin tournament. This transitional season is a result of the Moldovan Football Federation's decision to change the Divizia Națională season from an Autumn–Spring schedule to a Spring–Autumn one. Sheriff Tiraspol are the defending champions. The competition began on 8 July 2017.[1]

Moldovan National Division
Season2017
ChampionsSheriff
Champions LeagueSheriff
Europa LeagueMilsami
Petrocub Hîncești
Zaria Bălți
Matches played90
Goals scored230 (2.56 per match)
Biggest home winZaria 6–0 Dinamo-Auto
Biggest away win
Highest scoringSheriff 6–3 Dacia
2018 →

Stadia and locations
Chișinău
Tiraspol
Milsami
Chișinău teams:
Dacia
Zimbru
Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff
Location of teams in 2017 Moldovan National Division
Club Location Stadium Capacity
DaciaChișinău Stadionul Moldova (Speia) 8,550
Dinamo-AutoTiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300
MilsamiOrhei CSR Orhei 2,539
Petrocub-HînceștiSărata-Galbenă Stadionul Orășenesc Hîncești 1,500
Sfîntul GheorgheSuruceni Suruceni Stadium 1,500
SheriffTiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,746
SperanțaNisporeni Stadionul Orășenesc Hîncești[2] 1,500
SpiculChișcăreni CSR Orhei[3] 2,539
ZariaBălți Stadionul Orășenesc Bălți 5,953
ZimbruChișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dacia Viorel Frunză Alexandru Pașcenco Joma OM
Dinamo-Auto Iurie Groșev Dumitru Popovici Joma -
Milsami Veaceslav Rusnac Andrei Cojocari Kelme Dufremol
Petrocub-Hîncești Lilian Popescu Vladimir Ambros Joma MAIB
Sfîntul Gheorghe Serghei Secu n/a Macron -
Sheriff Roberto Bordin Mateo Sušić Adidas IDC
Speranța Cristian Efros Stefan Efros Nike Orom-Imexpo
Spicul Denis Calincov Petru Ojog Joma Salamander
Zaria Stefan Stoica Alexandru Onica Joma Bălți
Zimbru Iurie Osipenco Denis Rusu Joma -

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Vacancy Position Incoming manager Appointment
Milsami Adrian Sosnovschi Mutual consent 5 June 2016 preseason Veaceslav Rusnac[4] 5 June 2017
Petrocub-Hîncești Iurie Osipenco Mutual consent 6 June 2017 preseason Lilian Popescu[5] 6 June 2017
Zimbru Ștefan Stoica Sacked 11 July 2017 8th Iurie Osipenco [6] 16 July 2017
Sfîntul Gheorghe Vadim Boreț [7] Sacked 24 July 2017 10th Serghei Secu [8] 24 July 2017
Zaria Vlad Goian [9] Sacked 26 August 2017 9th Ștefan Stoica [10] 28 August 2017

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 18 14 3 1 50 14 +36 45 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Milsami Orhei 18 13 1 4 26 12 +14 40 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Petrocub-Hîncești 18 7 5 6 25 16 +9 26[lower-alpha 2]
4 Dacia Chișinău 18 7 5 6 23 26 −3 26[lower-alpha 2] withdrew[lower-alpha 3]
5 Zaria Bălți 18 7 3 8 28 20 +8 24 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Speranța Nisporeni 18 5 6 7 18 21 −3 21
7 Sfîntul Gheorghe 18 5 5 8 15 27 −12 20
8 Zimbru Chișinău 18 5 4 9 17 21 −4 19
9 Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 18 4 3 11 14 38 −24 15
10 Spicul Chișcăreni 18 3 5 10 14 35 −21 14 withdrew[lower-alpha 4]
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Less yellow cards; 11) Less red cards.[13]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since the winner of the 2017–18 Moldovan Cup (Milsami) qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (in this case to the fifth-placed team).
  2. Petrocub ahead of Dacia on head-to-head points: Petrocub–Dacia 3–0, Dacia–Petrocub 0–2
  3. Dacia Chișinău completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.[11]
  4. As per regulations, the tenth placed team Spicul Chișcăreni was to be relegated to Divizia A, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.[12]

Results

The schedule consists of two rounds, each team plays each other once home-and-away for a total of 18 matches per team.

Home \ Away DAC DIN MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE SPI ZAR ZIM
Dacia Chișinău — 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 3–2 — 1–4 1–0 2–2 0–4 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–0
Milsami Orhei 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Petrocub-Hîncești 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–1
Sfîntul Gheorghe 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 — 0–3 2–1 4–3 2–1 0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 6–3 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 — 0–1 5–0 5–0 2–2
Speranța Nisporeni 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–0 2–4 1–0
Spicul Chișcăreni 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–1 0–4 1–1 — 0–2 1–0
Zaria Bălți 0–1 6–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–0 — 3–0
Zimbru Chișinău 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 —
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[14]
1 Vitalie Damașcan Sheriff 13
2 Vladimir Ambros Petrocub-Hîncești 9
3 Stefan Mugoša Sheriff 7
4 Josip Brezovec Sheriff 5
Serhiy Zahynaylov Zaria
Jairo Sheriff
Vadim Paireli Petrocub-Hîncești
Viorel Primac Speranța
Jean Theodoro Zimbru
10 Marius Obekop Zaria 4
Douglas Zimbru
Evgheni Oancea Sheriff
Maxim Mihaliov Zaria
Veaceslav Sofroni Spicul
Bratislav Punoševac Dacia
Sergiu Plătică Speranța
Alexandru Dedov Milsami
Alexandru Pașcenco Dacia
Constantin Bogdan Milsami

Hat-tricks


PlayerHomeAwayResultDate
Victor StînăZimbruSfîntul Gheorghe4–015 July 2017
Vitalie DamașcanSheriffDinamo-Auto3–15 August 2017
Stefan MugošaSheriffSpicul5–020 August 2017
JairoSheriffDacia6–323 September 2017
Josip BrezovecSheriffDacia6–323 September 2017

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists[15]
1 Cristiano da Silva Sheriff 9
2 Josip Brezovec Sheriff 6
Artur Pătraș Sfîntul Gheorghe
4 Jairo Sheriff 5
Alexandru Pașcenco Dacia
Vladimir Ambros Petrocub-Hîncești
Alexandru Antoniuc Milsami
8 Cyrille Bayala Sheriff 4
David Mbala Zaria
Stefan Mugoša Sheriff
Sergiu Matei Spicul
Dan Pîslă Speranța
Maxim Mihaliov Zaria
Romeo Surdu Milsami

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[16]
1 Radu Mîțu Milsami 8
2 Dumitru Celeadnic Petrocub-Hîncești 7
3 Zvonimir Mikulić Sheriff 6
Serghei Pașcenco Zaria
5 Nicolae Țurcan Speranța 5
6 Dorian Railean Sf. Gheorghe (3) & Dacia (1) 4
7 Georgi Georgiev Dacia 3
Ilie Cebanu Zimbru
Ion Rîmbu Spicul
10 Ghenadie Moșneaga Dinamo-Auto 2

Attendance
Pos Team[17] Played Total High Low Average
1 Zaria Bălți 9 13,900 3,000 500 1,544
2 Sheriff Tiraspol 9 12,100 2,000 700 1,344
3 Milsami Orhei 9 9,100 1,500 700 1,011
4 Zimbru Chișinău 9 8,100 2,000 300 900
5 Petrocub-Hîncești 9 6,400 1,000 300 711
6 Speranța Nisporeni 9 4,000 800 200 444
7 Spicul Chișcăreni 9 2,950 500 200 328
8 Sfîntul Gheorghe 9 2,900 700 100 322
9 Dacia Chișinău 9 1,930 800 50 214
10 Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 9 1,250 200 100 139
League total 90 62,630 3,000 50 696


References
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