2021–22 Moldovan National Division

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Divizia Națională
Season2021–22
Dates1 July 2021 – 14 May 2022
Matches played74
Goals scored242 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerVladimir Ambros
(12 goals)
Biggest home winSheriff 7–0 Dinamo-Auto
(28 November 2021)
Biggest away winDinamo-Auto 0–7 Sheriff
(25 September 2021)
Highest scoringSheriff 7–1 Dinamo-Auto
(7 August 2021)
Longest winning run9 matches
Sheriff
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Sheriff
Longest winless run19 matches
Florești
Longest losing run19 matches
Florești
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.

The 2021–22 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the 31st season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season began on 1 July 2021 and will conclude on 14 May 2022. Sheriff Tiraspol are the defending champions. The winners of the league this season will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, and the second and third placed clubs will earn a place in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1]

Teams[]

A total of 8 teams are competing in the league. These include 7 teams from the 2020–21 season and one promoted team from the "A" Division: Bălți.

Changes[]

Bălți (promoted after a two-year absence) were promoted from the "A" Division. Dacia Buiucani (relegated after one year in the top flight) and Codru Lozova (relegated after two years in the top flight) were relegated to "A" Division. Additionally, Speranța Nisporeni were expelled from the league, and thus ending their six-year stay in the top flight.

2021–22 Moldovan National Division is located in Moldova
Bălți
Florești
Milsami
Milsami
Petrocub
Sf. Gheorghe
Tiraspol
Tiraspol
Zimbru
Tiraspol teams: Dinamo-Auto Sheriff
Tiraspol teams:
Dinamo-Auto
Sheriff
Team Place Ground Capacity Coach
Bălți Bălți Bălți Stadium 7,000 Moldova Serghei Cebotari
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Russia Igor Dobrovolski
Florești Florești Bender Stadium 5,000 Moldova Iurie Groșev
Milsami Orhei CSR Orhei 3,000 Moldova Serghei Dubrovin
Petrocub Hîncești Hîncești Stadium 1,200 Moldova Lilian Popescu
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Zimbru-2 Stadium 1,500 Moldova Stanislav Luca
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Italy Michele Bon

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position
in table 		Replaced by Date of appointment
Sfîntul Gheorghe Moldova Serghei Cebotari Resigned 27 September 2021 6th Moldova Stanislav Luca 28 September 2021[2]
Zimbru Moldova Vlad Goian Demoted to assistant coach 18 November 2021 7th Italy Michele Bon 18 November 2021[3]
Bălți Ukraine Ihor Rakhayev Resigned 2 December 2021[4] 6th Moldova Serghei Cebotari 10 January 2022[5]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol 17 14 2 1 55 5 +50 44 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Petrocub Hîncești 19 13 3 3 38 16 +22 42 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Milsami Orhei 18 12 4 2 38 17 +21 40
4 Sfîntul Gheorghe 18 6 7 5 26 27 −1 25
5 Dinamo-Auto 19 7 2 10 25 53 −28 23
6 Bălți 19 6 2 11 24 31 −7 20
7 Zimbru Chișinău 19 4 4 11 24 32 −8 16 Qualification to Relegation play-off
8 Florești 19 0 0 19 12 61 −49 −6[a] Relegation to Division "A"
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: FMF, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Least red cards; 11) Least yellow cards.[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ Florești had 6 points deducted for match-fixing.[6]

Results[]

Teams will play each other four times (twice at home, twice away).

Rounds 1−14[]

Matches 1−14
Home \ Away BĂL DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE ZIM
Bălți — 2–4 3–1 0–1 2–4 1–2 0–2 2–1
Dinamo-Auto 1–4 — 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–7 3–3
Florești 1–3 0–1 — 0–3 0–1 1–5 1–3 1–3
Milsami Orhei 1–1 4–1 4–1 — 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Petrocub Hîncești 3–0 6–1 2–0 1–1 — 5–0 0–2 1–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–1 0–1 4–1 3–4 0–1 — 5 Mar 1–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 7–1 4–0 1 Mar 2–0 4–0 — 6–0
Zimbru Chișinău 2–3 3–0 4–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2021. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 15−28[]

Matches 15−28
Home \ Away BĂL DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE ZIM
Bălți — 22 Apr 19 Mar 0–1 1–2 17 Apr 2 Apr 8 May
Dinamo-Auto 1–0 — 16 Apr 14 May 12 Mar 0–1 29 Apr 2 Apr
Florești 14 May 1–5 — 29 Apr 3–4 13 Mar 1–3 9 Apr
Milsami Orhei 9 Apr 18 Mar 5–0 — 1–3 2–2 7 May 21 Apr
Petrocub Hîncești 30 Apr 8 May 3 Apr 17 Apr — 1–1 0–0 18 Mar
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–0 8 Apr 7 May 3 Apr 22 Apr — 19 Mar 30 Apr
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 7–0 21 Apr 13 Mar 8 Apr 14 May — 4–0
Zimbru Chișinău 12 Mar 1–2 3–0 1–2 14 May 1–1 16 Apr —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Bălți3432333333444445566
Dinamo-Auto7645777777556656655
Florești8888888888888888888
Milsami Orhei5211111111112221333
Petrocub Hîncești2353222222221112112
Sfîntul Gheorghe4567444565665564444
Sheriff Tiraspol6776555444333333221
Zimbru Chișinău1124666656777777777
Source: fmf.md

Results by round[]

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[8]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Bălți W L D W L W W L D L L L W W L L L L L
Dinamo-Auto L D W L L L L D W W W L L L W L W W L
Florești L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L
Milsami Orhei D W W W W W W D D W W L W D W L W W
Petrocub-Hîncești W L W W W W W L D W W W W W L W D W D
Sfîntul Gheorghe D D D L W W L L W L D W L D W W D D
Sheriff Tiraspol L W W W W D W W W W W W W W W D W
Zimbru Chișinău W W L L L L D W D L D L L L W L L D L

Top goalscorers[]

Updated to matches played on 11 December 2021.[9]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 12
2 Moldova Sergiu Istrati Milsami 11
3 Moldova Mihai Plătică Petrocub 9
Guinea Momo Yansané Sheriff
5 Moldova Victor Stînă Sf. Gheorghe 7
Ukraine Serhii Molochko Bălți
7 Moldova Radu Gînsari Milsami 6
Ukraine Artem Fedorov Petrocub (1) & Dinamo-Auto (5)
Moldova Andrei Cobeț Florești
Moldova Vadim Gulceac Petrocub
Colombia Frank Castañeda Sheriff
Luxembourg Sébastien Thill Sheriff

Hat-tricks[]

Player Home Away Result Date
Moldova Artiom Puntus Milsami Dinamo-Auto 4–1 21 August 2021
Moldova Radu Gînsari Sf. Gheorghe Milsami 3–4 25 August 2021
Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub Bălți 3–0 26 September 2021
Guinea Momo Yansané Sheriff Zimbru 4–0 11 December 2021

References[]

  1. ^ "Country ranking". Bert Kassies.
  2. ^ "Luca a preluat conducerea tehnică a echipei".publika.md
  3. ^ "Schimbări la nivel tehnic" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
  4. ^ "Игорь Рахаев покинул пост главного тренера ФК Бэлць" (in Russian).facebook.com
  5. ^ "Сергей Чеботарь занял пост главного тренера ФК Бэлць" (in Russian).facebook.com
  6. ^ "Comunicat" (in Romanian). FMF. 1 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2021-22" [Rules Football Championship Edition 2021-22 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
  8. ^ "Results by round". Soccerway.
  9. ^ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.

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