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.

Moldovan National Division
Founded1992
CountryMoldova
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toMoldovan "A" Division
Domestic cup(s)Moldovan Cup
Moldovan Super Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
Current championsSheriff Tiraspol (18th title)
(2019)
Most championshipsSheriff Tiraspol (18)
Websitefmf.md
Current: 2020–21 Moldovan National Division

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 18 titles, followed by Zimbru Chișinău with 8 wins. Dacia Chișinău, FC Tiraspol and Milsami Orhei also conquered the title on one occasion each.

Clubs

2020 clubs

UEFA ranking

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

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

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

Winners

[1]

Season Champions Runner-Up Third Place League Leading Goalscorer Goals Winning Coach
1992 Zimbru Chișinău (1) Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Bugeac Comrat Serghei Alexandrov (Bugeac Comrat),
Oleg Flentea (Constructorul Chișinău)
13 Sergiu Sîrbu
1992–93 Zimbru Chișinău (2) Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Moldova Boroseni Vladimir Kosse (Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol) 30 Sergiu Sîrbu (2)
1993–94 Zimbru Chișinău (3) Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Codru Călărași Vladimir Kosse (Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol) (2) 24 Alexandru Spiridon
1994–95 Zimbru Chișinău (4) Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Olimpia Bălți Vladislav Gavriliuc (Nistru Otaci / Zimbru Chișinău) 20 Alexandru Spiridon
1995–96 Zimbru Chișinău (5) Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Constructorul Chișinău Vladislav Gavriliuc (Zimbru Chișinău) (2) 34 Alexandru Spiridon (3)
1996–97 Constructorul Chișinău (1) Zimbru Chișinău Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Serghei Rogaciov (Constructorul Chișinău / Olimpia Bălți) 35 Alexandru Mațiura
1997–98 Zimbru Chișinău (6) Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Constructorul Chișinău Serghei Clescenco (Zimbru Chișinău) 25 Semen Altman
1998–99 Zimbru Chișinău (7) Constructorul Chișinău Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Serghei Rogaciov (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2) 21 Semen Altman (2)
1999–00 Zimbru Chișinău (8) Sheriff Tiraspol Constructorul Chișinău Serghei Rogaciov (Sheriff Tiraspol) (3) 20 Oleksandr Skrypnyk
2000–01 Sheriff Tiraspol (1) 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 (2) Nistru Otaci Zimbru Chișinău Ruslan Barburoș (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2) 17 Mihai Stoichiță
2002–03 Sheriff Tiraspol (3) Zimbru Chișinău Nistru Otaci Serghei Dadu (FC Tiraspol / Sheriff Tiraspol) 19 Gavril Balint
2003–04 Sheriff Tiraspol (4) Nistru Otaci Zimbru Chișinău Vladimir Shishelov (Zimbru Chișinău) 15 Ihor Nakonechny
2004–05 Sheriff Tiraspol (5) Nistru Otaci Dacia Chișinău Catalin Lichioiu (Nistru Otaci) 16 Leonid Kuchuk
2005–06 Sheriff Tiraspol (6) Zimbru Chișinău Tiraspol Aliaksei Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol) 13 Leonid Kuchuk (2)
2006–07 Sheriff Tiraspol (7) Zimbru Chișinău Nistru Otaci Aliaksei Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2) 17 Leonid Kuchuk (3)
2007–08 Sheriff Tiraspol (8) Dacia Chișinău Nistru Otaci Igor Picușceac (FC Tiraspol / Sheriff Tiraspol) 14 Leonid Kuchuk (4)
2008–09 Sheriff Tiraspol (9) Dacia Chișinău Iskra-Stal Rîbnița Oleg Andronic (Zimbru Chișinău) 16 Leonid Kuchuk (5)
2009–10 Sheriff Tiraspol (10) Iskra-Stal Rîbnița Olimpia Bălți Alexandru Maximov (FC Viitorul),
Jymmy França (Sheriff Tiraspol)
13 Andrei Sosnitskiy
2010–11 Dacia Chișinău (1) Sheriff Tiraspol Milsami Orhei Gheorghe Boghiu (Milsami Orhei) 26 Igor Dobrovolski
2011–12 Sheriff Tiraspol (11) Dacia Chișinău Zimbru Chișinău Wilfried Balima (Sheriff Tiraspol) 18 Vitali Rashkevich
2012–13 Sheriff Tiraspol (12) Dacia Chișinău Tiraspol Gheorghe Boghiu (Milsami Orhei) (2) 16 Vitali Rashkevich (2)
2013–14 Sheriff Tiraspol (13) Tiraspol Veris Chișinău Henrique Luvannor (Sheriff Tiraspol) 26 Veaceslav Rusnac
2014–15 Milsami Orhei (1) Dacia Chișinău Sheriff Tiraspol Ricardinho (Sheriff Tiraspol) 19 Iurie Osipenco
2015–16 Sheriff Tiraspol (14) Dacia Chișinău Zimbru Chișinău Danijel Subotić (Sheriff Tiraspol) 12 Zoran Vulić
2016–17 Sheriff Tiraspol (15) Dacia Chișinău Milsami Orhei Ricardinho (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2) 15 Roberto Bordin
2017 Sheriff Tiraspol (16) Milsami Orhei Petrocub-Hîncești Vitalie Damașcan (Sheriff Tiraspol) 13 Roberto Bordin (2)
2018 Sheriff Tiraspol (17) Milsami Orhei Petrocub Hîncești Vladimir Ambros (Petrocub Hîncești) 12 Goran Sablić
2019 Sheriff Tiraspol (18) Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni Petrocub Hîncești Yury Kendysh (Sheriff Tiraspol) 12 Zoran Zekić

Performance by club

Team Titles Runner-up
Sheriff Tiraspol 18 2
Zimbru Chișinău 8 5
Dacia Chișinău 1 7
FC Tiraspol 1 2
Milsami Orhei 1 2
Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol 6
Nistru Otaci 3
Iskra-Stal 1
Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni 1
  • bold clubs playing in the first league
  • italic clubs are dissolved

Clean sheets

[3]

Season Name Clean Sheets 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
2016–17 Radu Mîțu 17 Milsami Orhei
2017 Radu Mîțu (2) 8 Milsami Orhei (2)
2018 Serghei Pașcenco (3) 11 Sheriff Tiraspol
2019 Dumitru Celeadnic 15 Sheriff Tiraspol (5)

Top assist

[4]

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
2018 Ziguy Badibanga 8 Sheriff Tiraspol (4)
2019 Maxim Mihaliov 10 Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol

Disciplinary

[5]

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
2016–17 Eugen Celeadnic (2) 12 Academia Chișinău (3)
2017 Georgi Bugulov 9 Speranța Nisporeni
2018 Alexandru Onica 17 Zimbru Chișinău
2019 Vasile Jardan 12 Milsami Orhei (3)

All-time table

[6]

The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons. Teams in bold are currently playing in Moldovan National Division.

RankClubSeasons2PlayedWonDrawnLostGoals1Points3GoldSilverBronze
1Sheriff Tiraspol22649480112571341-32315521821
2Zimbru Chișinău298424701931791473-6011539854
3Tiraspol21625290160175904-5771024125
4Zaria Bălți23678261154263827-837983002
5Dacia Buiucani / Dacia Chișinău16475259115101727-379892171
6Nistru Otaci21619242144233802-746858033
7Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol17492225126141763-502743063
8Milsami Orhei1132616757102478-289558122
9Tighina1339010785198417-697378000
10Agro Chișinău1234010170169378-516355000
11Iskra-Stal Rîbnița7234906579263-246335011
12Rapid Ghidighici103157964172272-529299000
13Speranța Nisporeni112997683140281-414289000
14Unisport-Auto Chișinău102748753134304-406280000
15Academia Chișinău92827261149277-452277000
16Petrocub Hîncești6159544659179-196208003
17Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol71885334101201-345193000
18Codru Călărași5146612857209-210181001
19Sfântul Gheorghe6179464093167-310178010
20Gagauzia6177602493204-352161001
21Costuleni4138353271123-203137000
22Politehnica Chișinău6174294897126-266135000
23Moldova-Gaz Chișinău38633153897-109114000
24Torentul Chișinău5138353271155-240113000
25MHM-93 Chișinău386291938103-109106000
26Roma Bălți38624184485-12590000
27Nistru Cioburciu4121292666114-22582000
28Moldova Boroseni38228183685-12074001
29Veris Chișinău133218474-2571001
30Locomotiva Basarabeasca25618122665-10166000
31Cristalul Fălești410821186999-22762000
32Progresul Briceni38620115568-21362000
33Spumante Cricova26016123277-7560000
34Saxan38114155253-13257000
35Speranța Crihana Veche266894955-16130000
36Ciuhur Ocnița130661820-9724000
37Sinteza Căușeni130791422-5123000
38CF Ungheni130452119-7917000
39Tricon Cahul130491725-5317000
40Happy End Camenca128361923-6915000
41FC Spicul Chișcăreni118351014-3514000
42Stimold-MIF Chișinău126271719-6013000
43Universul Ciuciuleni130442221-5912000
44Energhetic Dubăsari136223213-1008000
45Constructurul Leova122231711-638000
46Codru Lozova12805238-555000
47Attila Ungheni130112810-1414000
48Florești000000-00000
  1. 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.
  2. Includes championship play-offs, don't includes relegation play-offs.
  3. For the purposes of this table, each win is worth 3 points. The three-point system was adopted in 1995.
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