2009–10 Moldovan National Division

The Moldovan National Division 2009–10 (Romanian: Divizia Naţională) was the 19th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season began on 5 July 2008, with the final round of matches played on 16 May 2009. Sheriff Tiraspol retained their title as defending champions.

Team changes from 2008–09

On 6 June 2009, FC Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol announced that the club would dissolve, citing a lack of funds as the reason.^[1] As a consequence, Academia Chişinău were spared from relegation. The 2008–09 season had already been absolved with only eleven teams after FC Politehnica Chişinău withdrew their participation just days before the scheduled start.

The two vacant league spots were filled with 2008–09 Moldovan "A" Division champions Viitorul Orhei and 11th-placed Sfintul Gheorghe, who bought their way into the top level.

Stadia and locations

Managers and captains

League table

Source: Moldovan Football Federation (Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2rd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th number of wins; 7th Fair play competition.
¹Since Sheriff, winners of the 2009–10 Moldovan Cup, also won the league, Dacia will enter the first and Iskra the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then 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.

Official schedule(Romanian)

First and second round

Source: Moldovan Football Federation (Romanian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match originally finished 0-0, but was declared 3-0 due to Nistru's financial difficulties.^[2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination:

23rd round  24th round 25th round  26th round 27th round  28th round
   1 - 12      1 -  2     2 - 12      1 -  4     3 - 12      1 - 6
   2 - 11      8 -  6     3 -  1      2 -  3     4 -  2      2 - 5
   3 - 10      9 -  5     4 - 11      9 -  7     5 -  1      3 - 4
   4 - 9      10 -  4     5 - 10     10 -  6     6 - 11     10 - 8
   5 - 8      11 -  3     6 -  9     11 -  5     7 - 10     11 - 7
   6 - 7      12 -  7     7 -  8     12 -  8     8 -  9     12 - 9

29th round  30th round 31st round  32nd round 33rd round
   4 - 12      1 -  8     5 - 12      1 - 10     6 - 12
   5 -  3      2 -  7     6 -  4      2 -  9     7 -  5
   6 -  2      3 -  6     7 -  3      3 -  8     8 -  4
   7 -  1      4 -  5     8 -  2      4 -  7     9 -  3
   8 - 11     11 -  9     9 -  1      5 -  6    10 -  2
   9 - 10     12 - 10    10 - 11     12 - 11    11 -  1

Source: Moldovan Football Federation (Romanian)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Final classification.

13 goals

• Alexandr Maximov (FC Viitorul)
• Jymmy França (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)

12 goals

• Oleksandr Zgura (FC Dacia)

11 goals

• Alexandr Erokhin (FC Sheriff Tiraspol

10 goals

• Daniil Nicolaev (FC Academia UTM)

9 goals

• Gheorghii Ovseannicov (FC Olimpia)
• Eric Sackey (FC Dacia)

7 goals

• Aliaksei Kuchuk (FC Sheriff Tiraspol)
• Nicolae Rudac (FC Iskra-Stali)
• Nicolai Glega (FC Olimpia)

References

External links

• Official page (Romanian)
• Moldova.Sports (English) (Romanian) (Russian)
• Statistic of the Season (Romanian)