2012–13 Moldovan National Division

The 2012–13 Moldovan National Division (Moldovan: Divizia Naţională) is the 22nd season of top-tier football in Moldova. The competition began on 13 July 2012 and will end in May 2013.

Moldovan National Division
Season2012–13
ChampionsSheriff Tiraspol
RelegatedIskra-Stal Rîbniţa
Nistru Otaci
Champions LeagueSheriff Tiraspol
Europa LeagueFC Dacia Chișinău
FC Tiraspol
Milsami Orhei
Matches played191
Goals scored500 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerGheorghe Boghiu
(16 goals)
Biggest home winAcademia 6–0 Nistru
Biggest away winFC Speranţa Crihana Veche 9–8 Zimbru Chişinău
Highest scoringFC Speranţa Crihana Veche 9–8 Zimbru Chişinău
Highest attendance6,000
Zimbru 0–2 Sheriff (16 May 2013)

The league comprises 12 teams, 11 from the 2011–12 season and one promoted site from 2011–12 A Division.[1] Sheriff Tiraspol are the defending champions.

Teams

CSCA–Rapid Chişinău and FC Costuleni were originally relegated on competitive grounds at the end of the 2011–12 season as they finished in the bottom two places of the league table. However, both clubs were eventually spared after Sfintul Gheorghe Suruceni did not obtain a National Division licence for 2012–13 and only one team, runners-up Speranţa Crihana Veche, could be promoted from the top four 2011–12 A Division sides on the same grounds.

In further changes, FC Academia UTM Chişinău were renamed FC Academia Chişinău.[2]

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in National Division 2011–12

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Academia Chişinău Volodymyr Knysh Radu Gînsari Macron -
Costuleni Costuleni Marcel Reşitca Andrei Solodchi Joma Cavio
Rapid Ghidighici Sergiu Secu Andrei Bugneac Legea -
Dacia Chişinău Igor Dobrovolski Eugen Matiughin Puma -
Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa Iurie Blonari Andrei Porfireanu Puma AOMMZ
Milsami Orhei Ştefan Stoica Valentin Furdui Joma Dufremol
Nistru Otaci Oleksandr Holokolosov Alphonse Sopho Legea -
Olimpia Bălţi Albert Solomonov Nicolae Orlovschi Acerbis Simtravel
Sheriff Tiraspol Mihai Stoichiță Miral Samardžić Adidas IDC
Speranţa Crihana Veche Igor Ursachi Ghenadie Ochincă Jako -
Tiraspol Tiraspol Vlad Goian Vitalie Bulat Adidas Tirotex
Zimbru Chişinău Oleg Fistican Oleg Şişchin Puma CFM

Promoted sides Speranţa Crihana Veche play their home matches in the nearby town of Cahul.

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Academia ChişinăuChişinău Dinamo Stadium 2,888
FC CostuleniCostuleni CSR Orhei 2,539
CSCA–Rapid ChişinăuGhidighici Ghidighici Stadium 1,500
Dacia ChişinăuChişinău Zimbru Stadium 10,600
Iskra-Stal RîbniţaRîbniţa Stadionul CPSM, Vadul lui Vodă 1,000
Milsami OrheiOrhei CSR Orhei 2,539
Nistru OtaciOtaci Călărăşăuca Stadium 2,000
Olimpia BălţiBălţi Olimpia Bălţi Stadium 5,953
Speranţa Crihana VecheCrihana Veche Stadionul CPSM 1,000
Sheriff TiraspolTiraspol Sheriff Stadium 13,460
FC TiraspolTiraspol Sheriff Stadium 13,460
Zimbru ChişinăuChişinău Zimbru Stadium 10,600

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 33 25 5 3 66 16 +50 80 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dacia Chişinău 33 18 12 3 47 19 +28 66 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 FC Tiraspol 33 18 10 5 54 20 +34 64
4 Milsami Orhei 33 18 4 11 48 30 +18 58
5 Rapid Ghidighici 33 15 4 14 36 38 −2 49
6 Zimbru Chişinău 33 12 10 11 53 38 +15 46
7 Academia Chişinău 33 12 8 13 55 52 +3 44
8 Costuleni 33 9 11 13 38 48 −10 38
9 Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa (D) 33 10 8 15 37 55 −18 38 Relegation to Division "B"[lower-alpha 2]
10 Olimpia Bălţi 33 10 5 18 31 50 −19 35
11 Speranţa Crihana Veche 33 4 7 22 35 70 −35 19
12 Nistru Otaci (R) 33 2 6 25 21 83 −62 12 Relegation to Division "A"
Source: Football Association of Moldova
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[4]
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since Tiraspol won the 2012–13 Moldovan Cup, 4th-placed team, Milsami Orhei, also qualified for UEFA Europa League.
  2. Iskra-Stal was withdrawn on May 7, 2013 for not being present at 2 matches . According to decision of the FMF Competitions Committee in all remaining matches team will be given technical defeat (0-3).[3]

Positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.

Leader
2nd place
3rd place
Relegation
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
Sheriff Tiraspol111111111111111111111111111111111
Dacia Chișinău543222222222222222222222222222222
Tiraspol456634333545643333333333333333333
Milsami Orhei324443447436856545544444444444444
Rapid Ghidighici1067576676657378898686556555555655
Zimbru Chișinău8888107754363484777867998888766766
Academia Chișinău9111212910885774535454455677776677577
Costuleni121091189101010101010111010101010101010101010101010101010998
Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa675768999989999989978765667888889
Olimpia Bălți232355568898767666799889999999101010
Speranța Crihana Veche791091112111112111111121212121212121112121212121111111111111111
Nistru Otaci111211101211121211121212101111111111111211111111111212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2013. Source: kicker.de

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 ACA RAP COS DAC ISK MIL NIS OLI SHE SCV TIR ZIM
Academia Chișinău 5–0 1–1 0–4 3–2 3–1 6–0 1–2 1–4 3–5 1–0 2–2
Rapid Ghidighici 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–1
Costuleni 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–0
Dacia Chișinău 1–1 1–0 4–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–2
Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–3 5–2 1–0 2–2 4–3 0–0 2–3
Milsami Orhei 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–0
Nistru Otaci 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–7 1–1 0–0 2–0
Olimpia Bălți 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 3–0 0–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0
Speranța Crihana Veche 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–2
Tiraspol 1–0 2–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–1
Zimbru Chișinău 4–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 4–3 0–1 1–1 0–1
Source: Football Association of Moldova
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

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

23rd round24th round25th round26th round27th round28th round
1 – 1212 – 72 – 1212 – 83 – 1212 – 9
2 – 118 – 63 – 19 – 74 – 210 – 8
3 – 109 – 54 – 1110 – 65 – 111 – 7
4 – 910 – 45 – 1011 – 56 – 111 – 6
5 – 811 – 36 – 91 – 47 – 102 – 5
6 – 71 – 27 – 82 – 38 – 93 – 4
29th round30th round31st round32nd round33rd round
4 – 1212 – 105 – 1212 – 116 – 12
5 – 311 – 96 – 41 – 107 – 5
6 – 21 – 87 – 32 – 98 – 4
7 – 12 – 78 – 23 – 89 – 3
8 – 113 – 69 – 14 – 710 – 2
9 – 104 – 510 – 115 – 611 – 1
Home \ Away ACA RAP COS DAC ISK MIL NIS OLI SHE SCV TIR ZIM
Academia Chișinău 1–2 0–2 2–1 5–1 2–2 0–1
Rapid Ghidighici 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–1
Costuleni 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 4–0
Dacia Chișinău 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–0
Iskra - Stal Rîbniţa 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–3 0–3
Milsami Orhei 1–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–1
Nistru Otaci 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–3 0–3
Olimpia Bălți 0–3 1–3 0–1 3–1 2–2
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–1
Speranța Crihana Veche 1–4 0–1 4–2 3–1 1–8
Tiraspol 1–1 3–1 2–0 7–1 2–1 5–0
Zimbru Chișinău 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0
Source: Football Association of Moldova
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Updated to matches played on 1 June 2013.[5]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gheorghe Boghiu Milsami 16
2 Vadim Crîcimari FC Speranţa Crihana Veche 14
3 Radu Gînsari FC Academia Chişinău 12
Vadim Cemîrtan FC Nistru Otaci (5) & FC Costuleni (7) 12
5 Anatolie Doroş Rapid Ghidighici 10
Guilherme de Paula FC Milsami 10
7 Alexandru Pașcenco Sheriff Tiraspol 9
Ghenadie Orbu FC Dacia Chişinău 9
Volodymyr Kilikevych FC Iskra-Stal 9
Oleg Molla Zimbru Chișinău (8) & FC Dacia Chișinău (1) 9
Alexandru Sergiu Grosu FC Tiraspol 9
8 goals (1 players)
7 goals (4 players)
6 goals (6 players)
5 goals (9 players)
4 goals (12 players)
3 goals (22 players)
2 goals (37 players)
1 goals (69 players)

Hat-tricks
Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
PlayerHomeAwayResultDate
Radu Gînsari4FC Academia ChişinăuRapid Ghidighici5–011 November 2012
Vitalie ZlatanFC Iskra-Stal RîbniţaFC Speranța Crihana Veche4–39 March 2013
Georgi KaraneychevFC TiraspolFC Speranța Crihana Veche5–021 April 2013
Sergey TsyganovFC Speranța Crihana VecheFC Zimbru Chişinău1–826 April 2013

Clean sheets
As of 1 June 2013
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Georgi Georgiev FC Tiraspol 17
2 Andrian Negai FC Milsami 15
3 Eugen Matiughin FC Dacia Chișinău 10
Artiom Gaiduchevici FC Dacia Chișinău 10
Nicolae Calancea FC Zimbru Chișinău 10
6 Alexandru Zveaghințev FC Sheriff Tiraspol 9
7 Vladislav Stoyanov FC Sheriff Tiraspol 8
8 Denis Cristofovici FC Olimpia 7
9 Serghei Juric FC Iskra-Stal 6
Vladimir Livşiţ CSCA–Rapid Chișinău 6
Gheorghe Tonu FC Costuleni 6

Disciplinary

Final classification.

Rank Player Club Yellow Card's Red Card's Point's
1 Dumitru Bogdan FC Academia Chișinău 12 1 15
2 Alexandru Vremea FC Academia Chișinău 8 2 14
2 Valerian Gârlă FC Milsami 8 2 14

References
  1. "Comitetul Executiv" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. "Academia se debaraseaza de sigla "UTM"". DiviziaNationala.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. "Comitetul de Competiţii al FMF examinând în şedinţa din 7 mai 2013" (in Romanian). 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. "Regulamentul Campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediţia 2011-2012" (PDF) (in Romanian). FMF.md. 18 July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  5. "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
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