Moldovan National Division


The Moldovan National Division 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 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

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UEFA League Ranking for the 2015–16 European football season.
UEFA Club Ranking for the 2015–16 European football season.
SeasonChampionsRunner-UpThird PlaceLeague Leading GoalscorerGoalsWinning Coach
1992Zimbru Chișinău Tiligul-Tiras TiraspolBugeac Comrat Serghei Alexandrov,
Oleg Flentea 		13 Sergiu Sîrbu
Zimbru Chișinău Tiligul-Tiras TiraspolMoldova Boroseni Vladimir Kosse 30 Sergiu Sîrbu
1993–94Zimbru Chișinău Tiligul-Tiras TiraspolCodru Călărași Vladimir Kosse 24 Alexandru Spiridon
1994–95Zimbru Chișinău Tiligul-Tiras TiraspolOlimpia Bălți Vladislav Gavriliuc 20 Alexandru Spiridon
1995–96Zimbru Chișinău Tiligul-Tiras TiraspolConstructorul Chișinău Vladislav Gavriliuc 34 Alexandru Spiridon
1996–97Constructorul Chișinău Zimbru ChișinăuTiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Serghei Rogaciov 35 Alexandru Mațiura
1997–98Zimbru Chișinău Tiligul-Tiras TiraspolConstructorul Chișinău Serghei Clescenco 25 Semen Altman
1998–99Zimbru Chișinău Constructorul ChișinăuTiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Serghei Rogaciov 21 Semen Altman
1999–00Zimbru Chișinău Sheriff TiraspolConstructorul Chișinău Serghei Rogaciov 20 Oleksandr Skrypnyk
2000–01Sheriff Tiraspol Zimbru ChișinăuTiligul-Tiras Tiraspol Ruslan Barburoș,
David Mujiri 		17 Vladimir Zemlianoi
2001–02Sheriff Tiraspol Nistru OtaciZimbru Chișinău Ruslan Barburoș 17 Mihai Stoichiță
2002–03Sheriff Tiraspol Zimbru ChișinăuNistru Otaci Serghei Dadu 19 Gavril Balint
2003–04Sheriff Tiraspol Nistru OtaciZimbru Chișinău Vladimir Shishelov 15 Ihor Nakonechny
2004–05Sheriff Tiraspol Nistru OtaciDacia Chișinău Catalin Lichioiu 16 Leonid Kuchuk
2005–06Sheriff Tiraspol Zimbru ChișinăuTiraspol Aliaksei Kuchuk 13 Leonid Kuchuk
2006–07Sheriff Tiraspol Zimbru ChișinăuNistru Otaci Aliaksei Kuchuk 17 Leonid Kuchuk
2007–08Sheriff Tiraspol Dacia ChișinăuNistru Otaci Igor Picușceac 14 Leonid Kuchuk
2008–09Sheriff Tiraspol Dacia ChișinăuIskra-Stal Rîbnița Oleg Andronic 16 Leonid Kuchuk
2009–10Sheriff Tiraspol Iskra-Stal RîbnițaOlimpia Bălți Alexandru Maximov,
Jymmy França 		13 Andrei Sosnitskiy
2010–11Dacia Chișinău Sheriff TiraspolMilsami Orhei Gheorghe Boghiu 26 Igor Dobrovolski
2011–12Sheriff Tiraspol Dacia ChișinăuZimbru Chișinău Wilfried Balima 18 Vitali Rashkevich
2012–13Sheriff Tiraspol Dacia ChișinăuTiraspol Gheorghe Boghiu 16 Vitali Rashkevich
2013–14Sheriff Tiraspol TiraspolVeris Chișinău Henrique Luvannor 26 Veaceslav Rusnac
2014–15Milsami Orhei Dacia ChișinăuSheriff Tiraspol Ricardinho 19 Iurie Osipenco
2015–16Sheriff Tiraspol Dacia ChișinăuZimbru Chișinău Danijel Subotić 12 Zoran Vulić
2016–17Sheriff Tiraspol Dacia ChișinăuMilsami Orhei Ricardinho 15 Roberto Bordin
2017Sheriff Tiraspol Milsami OrheiPetrocub-Hîncești Vitalie Damașcan 13 Roberto Bordin
2018Sheriff Tiraspol Milsami OrheiPetrocub Hîncești Vladimir Ambros 12 Goran Sablić
2019Sheriff Tiraspol Sfântul Gheorghe SuruceniPetrocub Hîncești Yury Kendysh 12 Zoran Zekić

Performance by club

SeasonNameClean SheetsClub
2009–10 Artiom Gaiduchevici16Iskra-Stal Rîbnița
2010–11 Nicolae Calancea20Zimbru Chișinău
2011–12 Serghei Pașcenco17Olimpia Bălți
2012–13 Georgi Georgiev17Tiraspol
2013–14 Dumitru Stajila17Sheriff Tiraspol
2014–15 Dorian Railean,
Serghei Pașcenco 		12Dacia Chișinău,
Sheriff Tiraspol
2015–16 Artiom Gaiduchevici,
Alexei Coșelev		15Dacia Chișinău,
Sheriff Tiraspol
2016–17 Radu Mîțu17Milsami Orhei
2017 Radu Mîțu 8Milsami Orhei
2018 Serghei Pașcenco 11Sheriff Tiraspol
2019 Dumitru Celeadnic15Sheriff Tiraspol

Top assist

SeasonNameAssist'sClub
2015–16 Eugeniu Cociuc,
Radu Gînsari		7Dacia Chișinău,
Sheriff Tiraspol
2016–17 Ricardinho14Sheriff Tiraspol
2017 Cristiano da Silva14Sheriff Tiraspol
2018 Ziguy Badibanga8Sheriff Tiraspol
2019 Maxim Mihaliov10Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol

Disciplinary

SeasonNamePointsClub
2009–10 Dumitru Bogdan15Sfântul Gheorghe
2010–11 Andrei Tcaciuc,
Oleksandr Feshchenko,
Alexandru Cheltuială		16Olimpia Bălți,
Iskra-Stal Rîbnița,
Olimpia Bălți
2011–12 Ibrahima Camara17Olimpia Bălți
2012–13 Dumitru Bogdan 15Academia Chișinău
2013–14 Vadim Cemirtan,
Adil Rhaili		11Costuleni,
Milsami Orhei
2014–15 Eugen Celeadnic9Academia Chișinău
2015–16 Andrei Cojocari10Milsami Orhei
2016–17 Eugen Celeadnic 12Academia Chișinău
2017 Georgi Bugulov9Speranța Nisporeni
2018 Alexandru Onica17Zimbru Chișinău
2019 Vasile Jardan12Milsami Orhei

All-time table

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 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

  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.

    Soviet time winners

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Participating clubs