2020–21 Moldovan National Division

The 2020–21 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the 30th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season was scheduled to begin on 14 March 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova the opening games of the season were delayed till 3 July 2020.[1] Sheriff Tiraspol are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs will earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.[2]

Divizia Națională
Season2020–21
← 2019
2021–22 →

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league. These include 8 teams from the 2019 season and two promoted teams from the "A" Division: Florești and Dacia Buiucani, both making their debut in the top flight.

Milsami
Tiraspol
Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff
Chișinău
Chișinău teams:
Dacia Buiucani
Zimbru
Team Place Ground Capacity Coach
Codru Lozova Nicolae Simatoc 1,100 Denis Calincov
Dacia Buiucani Chișinău Zimbru-2 Stadium 2,000 Andrei Martin
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Igor Dobrovolski
Florești Florești Bender Stadium 5,000 Serghei Truhanov
Milsami Orhei CSR Orhei 3,000 Serghei Dubrovin
Petrocub-Hîncești Sărata-Galbenă Hîncești Stadium 1,200 Lilian Popescu
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 1,500 Serghei Cebotari
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Zoran Zekić
Speranța Nisporeni CSR Orhei 3,000 Iurie Osipenco
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Vlad Goian

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of appointment
Zimbru Veaceslav Sofroni End of caretaker spell 11 December 2019 Pre-season Sandro Pochesci 11 December 2019[3]
Codru Valeriu Andronic Signed by Moldova U15/U16 24 December 2019[4] Simeon Bulgaru 23 January 2020[5]
Milsami Veaceslav Rusnac Signed by Kyzylzhar 9 January 2020[6] Serghei Dubrovin 11 March 2020[7]
Speranța Cristian Efros Resigned 1 February 2020[8] Iurie Osipenco 4 February 2020[9]
Florești Oleg Șișchin Demoted to assistant coach 6 February 2020 Iurie Groșev 6 February 2020[10]
Zimbru Sandro Pochesci Resigned 7 February 2020 Giovanni Scanu 7 February 2020[11]
Zimbru Giovanni Scanu Released 4 March 2020[12] Vlad Goian 10 June 2020[13]
Codru Simeon Bulgaru Resigned 2 June 2020[14] Denis Calincov 4 June 2020[15]
Florești Iurie Groșev Demoted to assistant coach 4 June 2020 Serghei Truhanov 4 June 2020[16]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Codru Lozova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dacia Buiucani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Dinamo-Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Florești 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Milsami Orhei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Petrocub-Hîncești 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sfîntul Gheorghe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sheriff Tiraspol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Speranța Nisporeni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Relegation play-off
10 Zimbru Chișinău 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Division "A"
First match(es) will be played on 3 July 2020. Source: FMF, UEFA, 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 red cards; 11) Less yellow cards.[17]

Results
Matches 1−18

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away COD DAC DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZIM
Codru Lozova —
Dacia Buiucani —
Dinamo-Auto —
Florești —
Milsami Orhei —
Petrocub-Hîncești —
Sfîntul Gheorghe —
Sheriff Tiraspol —
Speranța Nisporeni —
Zimbru Chișinău —
First match(es) will be played on 3 July 2020. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 19−36

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away COD DAC DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZIM
Codru Lozova —
Dacia Buiucani —
Dinamo-Auto —
Florești —
Milsami Orhei —
Petrocub-Hîncești —
Sfîntul Gheorghe —
Sheriff Tiraspol —
Speranța Nisporeni —
Zimbru Chișinău —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Reluarea campionatului național" (in Romanian).fmf.md
  2. "Country ranking". Bert Kassies.
  3. "Schimbări la Zimbru" (in Romanian).publika.md
  4. "Andronic U15/U16" (in Romanian).fmf.md
  5. "Булгару-новый главный тренер Кодру" (in Russian).sports.md
  6. "Главным тренером Кызыл-Жар назначен Руснак" (in Russian).petropavltv.kz
  7. "Dubrovin este noul antrenor al clubului Milsami" (in Romanian).moldfootball.com
  8. "Efros s-a retras" (in Romanian).publika.md
  9. "Osipenco este noul antrenor al Speranței" (in Romanian).publika.md
  10. "Groșev este noul antrenor al echipei Florești" (in Romanian).ipn.md
  11. "Zimbru are un nou antrenor" (in Romanian).protv.md
  12. "Retragerea echipei de seniori" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
  13. "Relansarea clubului" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
  14. "Bulgaru a plecat de la Codru" (in Romanian).publika.md
  15. "Calincov este noul antrenor principal al clubului Codru" (in Romanian).moldfootball.md
  16. "Florești a reluat antrenamentele" (in Romanian).fmf.md
  17. "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2020-21" [Rules Football Championship Edition 2020-21 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
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