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

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

CSCA-Rapid

Chisinau

Dinamo

Iskra-Stali

Nistru

Olimpia

Sf. Gheorghe

Sheriff
FC Tiraspol

Milsami

Chisinau teams:
Academia
Dacia
Zimbru

Location of teams in National Division 2009–10

Managers and captains

League table

Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament 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(in Romanian)

First and second round

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

Top goalscorers

Final classification.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alexandr Maximov	FC Viitorul	13
	Jymmy França	Sheriff Tiraspol	13
3	Oleksandr Zgura	Dacia Chişinău	12
4	Alexandr Erokhin	Sheriff Tiraspol	11
5	Daniil Nikolaev	FC Academia UTM	10
6	Gheorghe Ovseannicov	Olimpia Bălţi	9
	Eric Sackey	FC Dacia	9
	Alexandru Popovici	FC Iskra-Stal	9
	Nicolai Rudac	FC Iskra-Stal	9
	Vladimir Volkov	Sheriff Tiraspol	9

Hat-tricks

Player	Home	Away	Result	Date
Erokhin, AlexandrAlexandr Erokhin	CSCA-Rapid Chişinău	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	0–6	000000002009-07-10-000010 July 2009
Ovseannicov, GheorgheGheorghe Ovseannicov	FC Nistru Otaci	FC Olimpia	0–6	000000002009-07-11-000011 July 2009
Kuchuk, AliakseiAliaksei Kuchuk	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Tighina	5–0	000000002009-09-07-00007 September 2009
Sackey, EricEric Sackey	FC Viitorul	FC Dacia Chişinău	1–5	000000002009-07-29-000029 July 2009
Sackey, EricEric Sackey4	FC Dacia Chişinău	CSCA-Rapid Chişinău	4–0	000000002009-08-09-00009 August 2009
Ovseannicov, GheorgheGheorghe Ovseannicov	FC Zimbru Chişinău	FC Olimpia	1–4	000000002009-10-18-000018 October 2009
Cucu, AlexandruAlexandru Cucu	FC Sfîntul Gheorghe	FC Viitorul	0–7	000000002010-03-17-000017 March 2010
Volkov, VladimirVladimir Volkov	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Nistru Otaci	5–0	000000002010-03-17-000017 March 2010
França, Jymmy DougllasJymmy Dougllas França	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	FC Nistru Otaci	4–0	000000002010-03-10-000010 March 2010

Clean sheets

As of 11 May 2013

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Artiom Gaiduchevici	FC Iskra-Stal	16
2	Ghenadie Moşneaga	FC Dacia Chișinău	13
3	Mihail Păiuş	FC Olimpia	10
4	Alexandru Melenciuc	FC Sheriff	9
	Alexandru Chirilov	CSCA–Rapid Chișinău	9
	Nicolae Calancea	FC Zimbru Chișinău	9
	Vladislav Stoyanov	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	9
8	Mykola Zbarakh	FC Olimpia	8
	Sergiu Juric	FC Tiraspol	8
10	Eugen Matiughin	FC Dacia Chișinău	6

Disciplinary

Final classification.

Rank	Player	Club	Yellow Card's	Red Card's	Point's
1	Dumitru Bogdan	FC Sfîntul Gheorghe	12	1	15
2	Oleg Şişchin	FC Zimbru Chişinău	8	2	14
3	Djibril Paye	FC Tiraspol	9	1	12

See also

References

External links

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