Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division
Country	Moldova
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1992
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Moldovan "A" Division
Domestic cup(s)	Moldovan Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	Sheriff Tiraspol (2013–14)
Most championships	Sheriff Tiraspol (13)
Website	FMF.md
2014–15 Moldovan National Division

The Moldovan National Division (Moldovan: Divizia Națională) is the top division of association football in Moldova. There are 12 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.

The competition was established in 1992, when the country became independent from the Soviet Union.

2014–15 Clubs

Academia Chișinău
Dacia Chișinău
FC Costuleni
FC Tiraspol
Veris Drăgănești
Milsami Orhei
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol
Olimpia Bălți
Sheriff Tiraspol
FC Saxan
Zimbru Chișinău

UEFA Ranking

UEFA League Ranking for the 2014–15 European football season. (Previous season rank in italics)

30 (30) Slovak Super Liga
31 (28) Nemzeti Bajnokság I
32 (34) Kazakhstan Premier League
33 (31) Moldovan National Division
34 (33) Umaglesi Liga
35 (36) Veikkausliiga
36 (37) Úrvalsdeild

UEFA Club Ranking for the 2014–15 European football season. (Previous season rank in italics)

128 (107) Sheriff Tiraspol
286 (254) Dacia Chișinău
303 (342) Zimbru Chișinău
313 (306) Milsami Orhei
350 (323) Iskra-Stal Rîbnița
374 (378) FC Tiraspol
374 (364) Olimpia Bălți
387 (-) Veris

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

Winners

Season	Champions	Runner-Up	Third Place	League Leading Goalscorer	Goal's	Winner Coach
1992	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Bugeac Comrat	Serghei Alexandrov (Bugeac Comrat), Oleg Flentea (Constructorul Chișinău)	13	Sergiu Sîrbu
1992–93	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Moldova Boroșeni	Vladimir Kosse (Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol)	30	Sergiu Sîrbu (2)
1993–94	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Codru Călărași	Vladimir Kosse (Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol) (2)	24	Veaceslav Chiricenco
1994–95	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Olimpia Bălți	Vladislav Gavriliuc (Nistru Otaci / Zimbru Chișinău)	20	Alexandru Spiridon
1995–96	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Vladislav Gavriliuc (Zimbru Chișinău) (2)	34	Alexandru Spiridon (2)
1996–97	Constructorul Chișinău	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Serghei Rogaciov (Constructorul Chișinău / Olimpia Bălți)	35	Alexandru Mațiura
1997–98	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Serghei Clescenco (Zimbru Chișinău)	25	Semen Altman
1998–99	Zimbru Chișinău	Constructorul Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Serghei Rogaciov (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	21	Semen Altman (2)
1999–00	Zimbru Chișinău	Sheriff Tiraspol	Constructorul Chișinău	Serghei Rogaciov (Sheriff Tiraspol) (3)	20	Oleksandr Skrypnyk
2000–01	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Ruslan Barburoș (Haiducul Sporting / Agro Chișinău / Sheriff Tiraspol), David Mujiri (Sheriff Tiraspol)	17	Vladimir Zemlianoi
2001–02	Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Nistru Otaci	Zimbru Chișinău	Ruslan Barburoș (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	17	Mihai Stoichiță
2002–03	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	FC Nistru Otaci	Serghei Dadu (FC Tiraspol / Sheriff Tiraspol)	19	Gavril Balint
2003–04	Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Nistru Otaci	Zimbru Chișinău	Vladimir Shishelov (Zimbru Chișinău)	15	Ihor Nakonechny
2004–05	Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Nistru Otaci	Dacia Chișinău	Catalin Lichioiu (Nistru Otaci)	16	Leonid Kuchuk
2005–06	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	FC Tiraspol	Aliaksei Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol)	13	Leonid Kuchuk (2)
2006–07	Sheriff Tiraspol	Zimbru Chișinău	FC Nistru Otaci	Aliaksei Kuchuk (Sheriff Tiraspol) (2)	17	Leonid Kuchuk (3)
2007–08	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	FC Nistru Otaci	Igor Picușceac (FC Tiraspol / Sheriff Tiraspol)	14	Leonid Kuchuk (4)
2008–09	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	Oleg Andronic (Zimbru Chișinău)	16	Leonid Kuchuk (5)
2009–10	Sheriff Tiraspol	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	Olimpia Bălți	Alexandr Maximov (FC Viitorul), Jymmy França (Sheriff Tiraspol)	13	Andrei Sosnitskiy
2010–11	Dacia Chișinău	Sheriff Tiraspol	Milsami Orhei	Gheorghe Boghiu (Milsami Orhei)	26	Igor Dobrovolski
2011–12	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	Zimbru Chișinău	Wilfried Balima (Sheriff Tiraspol)	18	Vitali Rashkevich
2012–13	Sheriff Tiraspol	Dacia Chișinău	FC Tiraspol	Gheorghe Boghiu (Milsami Orhei) (2)	16	Vitali Rashkevich (2)
2013–14	Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiraspol	FC Veris	Henrique Luvannor (Sheriff Tiraspol)	26	Veaceslav Rusnac
2014–15

Performance by club

Team	Titles	Last title
FC Sheriff Tiraspol	13	2013–14
FC Zimbru Chișinău	8	1999–2000
FC Dacia Chișinău	1	2010–11
Constructorul Chișinău	1	1996–97

Clean sheets

Season	Name	Clean Sheet's	Club
2009–10	Artiom Gaiduchevici	16	Iskra-Stal Râbnița
2010–11	Nicolae Calancea	20	Zimbru Chișinău
2011–12	Serghei Pașcenco	17	Olimpia Bălți
2012–13	Georgi Georgiev	17	FC Tiraspol
2013–14	Dumitru Stajila	17	Sheriff Tiraspol
2014–15

Disciplinary

Season	Name	Point's	Club
2009–10	Dumitru Bogdan	15	Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni
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

Fair Play Award

Season	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2013–14	FC Tiraspol (37 pts.)	FC Sheriff Tiraspol (49 pts.)	FC Veris (62 pts.)
2014–15

Attendances

Season	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2013–14	Zimbru Chișinău (16350 people)	Olimpia Bălți (13500 people)	Sheriff Tiraspol (11561 people)
2014–15

All Time Divizia Nationala Table

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

Rank	Club	Seasons²	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	¹Points³	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Zimbru Chișinău	23	687	418	156	113	1347-455	1346	8	5	3
2	Sheriff Tiraspol	16	493	366	86	41	995-243	1184	13	2	0
3	FC Tiraspol	20	601	276	158	167	855-549	980	1	2	5
4	Nistru Otaci	21	619	242	144	233	802-746	858	0	3	3
5	Zaria Bălți	18	551	214	130	207	671-655	840	0	0	2
6	Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	17	492	225	126	141	763-502	743	0	6	3
7	Dacia Chișinău	12	375	193	97	85	557-312	676	1	4	1
8	Tighina	13	390	107	85	198	417-697	378	0	0	0
9	FC Agro-Goliador Chișinău	12	340	101	70	169	378-516	355	0	0	0
10	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița	7	234	90	65	79	263-246	335	0	1	1
11	Rapid Ghidighici	10	315	79	64	172	272-529	299	0	0	0
12	Unisport-Auto Chișinău	10	274	87	53	134	304-406	280	0	0	0
13	Milsami Orhei	5	171	82	29	60	246-167	275	0	0	1
14	Academia Chișinău	6	201	54	50	97	220-311	212	0	0	0
15	Codru Călărași	5	146	61	28	57	209-210	181	0	0	1
16	Gagauziya	6	177	60	24	93	204-352	161	0	0	1
17	Speranța Nisporeni	6	168	39	40	89	159-262	135	0	0	0
17	Politehnica Chișinău	6	174	29	48	97	126-266	135	0	0	0
19	FC Costuleni	4	138	35	32	71	123-203	137	0	0	0
20	Moldova Gaz Chișinău	3	86	33	15	38	97-109	114	0	0	0
21	Torentul Chișinău	5	138	35	32	71	155-240	113	0	0	0
22	MHM 93 Chișinău	3	86	29	19	38	103-109	106	0	0	0
23	Roma Bălți	3	86	24	18	44	85-125	90	0	0	0
24	Nistru Cioburciu	4	121	29	26	66	114-225	82	0	0	0
25	Sf. Gheorghe Suruceni	3	105	19	22	64	82-205	79	0	0	0
26	Moldova Boroșeni	3	82	28	18	36	85-120	74	0	0	1
27	Veris Chișinău	1	33	21	8	4	74-25	71	0	0	1
28	Locomotiva Basarabească	2	56	18	12	26	65-101	66	0	0	0
29	Cristalul Fălești	4	108	21	18	69	99-227	62	0	0	0
30	Progresul Briceni	3	86	20	11	55	68-213	62	0	0	0
31	Spumante Cricova	2	60	16	12	32	77-75	60	0	0	0
32	FC Hîncesti	1	28	7	11	10	30-40	32	0	0	0
33	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	1	33	9	4	20	37-72	31	0	0	0
34	FC Speranța Crihana Veche	2	66	8	9	49	55-161	30	0	0	0
35	Ciuhur Ocnița	1	30	6	6	18	20-97	24	0	0	0
36	Sinteza Căușeni	1	30	7	9	14	22-51	23	0	0	0
37	Tricon Cahul	1	30	4	9	17	25-53	17	0	0	0
38	Happy End Camenca	1	28	3	6	19	23-69	15	0	0	0
39	Stimold MIF Chișinău	1	26	2	7	17	19-60	13	0	0	0
40	Universul Ciuciuleni	1	30	4	4	22	21-59	12	0	0	0
41	Energhetic Dubăsari	1	36	2	2	32	13-100	8	0	0	0
42	Constructurul Leova	1	22	2	3	17	11-63	8	0	0	0
43	Attila Ungheni	1	30	1	1	28	10-141	4	0	0	0
44	Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0

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.
Includes championship play-offs, don't includes relegation play-offs.
For the purposes of this table, each win is worth 3 points. The three-point system was adopted in 1995.

Soviet time winners

1945 : Dinamo Chișinău
1946 : Dinamo Chișinău
1947 : Dinamo Chișinău
1948 : Dinamo Chișinău
1949 : Burevestnik Bender
1950 : Krasnoe Znamia Chișinău
1951 : Krasnoe Znamia Chișinău
1952 : Dinamo Chișinău
1953 : Dinamo Chișinău
1954 : KSKhI Chișinău
1955 : Burevestnik Bender
1956 : Spartak Tiraspol
1957 : KSKhI Chișinău
1958 : Moldavkabel' Bender
1959 : NIISVIV Chișinău
1960 : Tiraspol

1961 : KSKhI Chișinău
1962 : Universitet Chișinău
1963 : Temp Tiraspol
1964 : Temp Tiraspol'
1965 : Energhia Tiraspol
1966 : Stroindustria Bălți
1967 : Nistrul Bender
1968 : Temp Tiraspol
1969 : Politehnik Chișinău
1970 : Politehnik Chișinău
1971 : Pișcevik Bender
1972 : Kolhoz im. Lenina Edineț
1973 : Pișcevik Bender
1974 : Dinamo Chișinău
1975 : Dinamo Chișinău
1976 : Stroitel Tiraspol

1977 : Stroitel Tiraspol
1978 : Nistru Tiraspol
1979 : Nistru Ciobruciu
1980 : Nistru Ciobruciu
1981 : Grănicerul Glodeni
1982 : Grănicerul Glodeni
1983 : Grănicerul Glodeni
1984 : Grănicerul Glodeni
1985 : FC Iskra-Stal
1986 : Avangard Lazovsk
1987 : Tekstilshchik Tiraspol
1988 : Tighina Bender
1989 : Tekstilshchik Tiraspol
1990 : Moldovgidromaș Chișinău
1991 : Speranța Nisporeni

Source RSSSF

All-time Top Scorers

After season 2012-13

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Vladimir Kosse	131
2	Iurie Miterev	129
3	Serghei Rogaciov	127
4	Vladislav Gavriliuc	116
5	Ruslan Barburoș	94
6	Ghenadie Orbu	82
7	Serghei Clescenco	64
8	Vladimir Dovghii	61
9	Lilian Popescu	61
10	Victor Berco	61

Most capped players

After season 2012-13

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Serghei Stroenco	445
2	Serghei Cuznețov	371
3	Vazha Tarkhnishvili	368
4	Lilian Popescu	344
5	Iurie Osipenco	332
6	Ghenadie Orbu	328
7	Oleg Belan	315
8	Iurie Groșev	315
9	Valentin Lupașcu	309
10	Boris Cebotari	295

Number of participating clubs of the Divizia Nationala era

Nation	#	Clubs	Years
Chișinău (15)	24	FC Zimbru Chișinău	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
	13	FC Dacia Chișinău	2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
	12	FC Agro-Goliador Chișinău	1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
	10	FC Unisport-Auto Chișinău	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2004–05
	8	FC Rapid Ghidighici	2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
	7	Constructorul Chișinău	1992, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
	7	FC Academia Chișinău	2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
	5	Torentul Chișinău	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
	4	FC Politehnica Chișinău	2002–03, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
	3	MHM-93 Chișinău	1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
	3	Moldova Gaz Chișinău	1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00
	2	Spumante Cricova	1995–96, 1996–97
	1	Stimold MIF Chișinău	1997–98
	1	FC Veris	2013–14
Tiraspol (4)	17	CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10
	17	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
	13	FC Tiraspol	2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
	2	FC Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	2013–14, 2014–15
Cahul (3)	2	Victoria Cahul	1996–97, 1997–98
	2	FC Speranța Crihana Veche	2012–13, 2013–14
	1	Tricon Cahul	1992–93
Hîncești (3)	1	Universul Ciuciuleni	1992–93
	1	FC Haiducul Sporting Hîncești	2000–01
	1	FC Hîncesti	2001–02
Bălți (2)	19	FC Zaria Bălți	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Bălți (2)	3	Roma Bălți	1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00
Ocnița (2)	21	FC Nistru Otaci	1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Ocnița (2)	1	Ciuhur Ocnița	1996–97
Ungheni (2)	4	FC Costuleni	2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
Ungheni (2)	1	Attila Ungheni	1996–97
Gagauzia (2)	6	CF Găgăuzia	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2010–11
Gagauzia (2)	1	Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga	2014–15
Tighina (1)	13	FC Tighina	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98,2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Rîbnița (1)	7	FC Iskra-Stal	2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Nisporeni (1)	6	Speranța Nisporeni	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
Orhei (1)	6	FC Milsami	2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Strășeni (1)	5	Codru Călărași	1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
Ștefan Vodă (1)	4	Nistru Cioburciu	1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
Fălești (1)	4	Cristalul Fălești	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95
Râșcani (1)	3	Moldova Boroșeni	1992, 1992–93, 1993–94
Briceni (1)	3	Progresul Briceni	1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
Ialoveni (1)	3	FC Sfîntul Gheorghe	2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Basarabeasca (1)	2	Locomotiva Basarabească	1996–97, 1997–98
Leova (1)	1	Constructorul Leova	1992
Căușeni (1)	1	Sinteza Căușeni	1993–94
Dubăsari (1)	1	Energhetic Dubăsari	1999–00
Slobozia (1)	1	Constructorul Cioburciu	2001–02
Camenca (1)	1	Happy End Camenca	2001–02

District's who not participate in Divizia Nationala: Anenii Noi, Cantemir, Călărași, Cimișlia, Criuleni, Dondușeni, Drochia, Edineț, Florești, Glodeni, Rezina, Sîngerei, Soroca, Șoldănești, Taraclia, Telenești
Transinstrian districts who not participate in Divizia Nationala: Grigoriopol

External links

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Moldovan National Division seasons

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