2010–11 Moldovan National Division

The 2010–11 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Naţională) was the 20th season of top-tier football in Moldova. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions, having won their tenth Moldovan championship, all consecutively, the previous season. The competition began on 24 July 2010.

Moldovan National Division
Season2010–11
ChampionsDacia Chişinău
RelegatedGagauziya
Dinamo Bender
Champions LeagueDacia Chişinău
Europa LeagueSheriff Tiraspol
Milsami Orhei
Iskra-Stal
Matches played273
Goals scored684 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerGheorghe Boghiu (26 goals)
Biggest home winDacia 7–0 Sf. Gheorghe
Tiraspol 7–0 Dinamo
Biggest away winDinamo 0–8 Olimpia
Highest scoringGagauziya 5–4 Dinamo
Milsami 7–2 Dinamo

Teams edit

FC Costuleni and CF Gagauziya were promoted from the Moldovan "A" Division as champions and runners-up, respectively, to the National Division. None of the teams competing in the 2009–10 season were relegated, leaving 14 teams to contest the league, with one relegation place for the team finishing bottom.

Stadia and locations edit

Location of teams in National Division 2010–11
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Academia UTM Chişinău Chişinău Dinamo Stadium (Chişinău) 2,888
Costuleni Costuleni CSR Orhei 2,539
CSCA–Rapid Chişinău Ghidighici Ghidighici Stadium 1,500
Dacia Chişinău Chişinău Dinamo Stadium (Chişinău) 2,692
Dinamo Bender Bender Dinamo Stadium (Bender) 5,061
Iskra-Stal Rîbnița Rîbnița Orăşenesc Stadium 2,000
Gagauziya Comrat Comrat Suruceni Stadium 2,000
Milsami Orhei Orhei CSR Orhei 2,539
Nistru Otaci Otaci Călărăseuca Stadium 2,000
Olimpia Bălţi Bălţi Olimpia Bălţi Stadium 5,953
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 2,000
Sheriff Tiraspol Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 13,460
FC Tiraspol Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 13,460
Zimbru Chişinău Chişinău Zimbru Stadium 10,600

Managers and captains edit

Club Coach Captain Replaced coach(es)
Academia UTM   Alexandru Cojuhari   Eugeniu Gorceac   Igor Dobrovolski
Costuleni   Ruslan Barburoş   Denis Orbu   Ilie Vieru
CSCA-Rapid   Serghei Sârbu
Dacia   Igor Dobrovolski   Ghenadie Orbu   Veaceslav Semionov
Dinamo   Iuri Hodichin   Pavel Martînenco
Gagauziya   Serghei Botnaraş
Iskra-Stal   Vlad Goian   Andrei Burcovski
Milsami   Ştefan Stoica   Vladimir Gherasimov
Nistru   Lilian Popescu   Dumitri Dolgov
Olimpia   Nicolai Bunea
Sfîntul Gheorghe   Sergiu Caraman
Sheriff   Vitali Rashkevich   Vazha Tarkhnishvili   Andrei Sasnitski
Tiraspol   Yuri Blonar
Zimbru   Ivan Tabanov   Victor Berco

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dacia Chișinău (C) 39 27 11 1 66 16 +50 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Sheriff Tiraspol 39 24 11 4 81 16 +65 83 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Milsami Orhei 39 23 9 7 71 23 +48 78 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Zimbru Chișinău 39 22 10 7 56 20 +36 76
5 Iskra - Stal Rîbnița 39 21 11 7 62 26 +36 74[a] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
6 Olimpia Bălți 39 21 11 7 59 31 +28 74[a]
7 Tiraspol 39 17 6 16 57 45 +12 57
8 CSCA – Rapid Chişinău 39 15 10 14 39 37 +2 55
9 Academia Chișinău 39 14 10 15 44 37 +7 52
10 Costuleni 39 7 6 26 23 68 −45 27
11 Nistru Otaci 39 7 4 28 33 75 −42 25[c]
12 Sfîntul Gheorghe 39 6 7 26 30 83 −53 25[c]
13 Gagauziya Comrat (R) 39 7 2 30 38 89 −51 23 Relegation to Division "A"[d]
14 Dinamo Bendery (R) 39 6 4 29 25 118 −93 22
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference
For determining final classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th number of wins; 7th Fair Play competition[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ISK: 4 pts, +0 gl; OLI: 4 pts, +0 gl
  2. ^ As winners of the 2010–11 Moldovan Cup.
  3. ^ a b NIS: 4 pts, +0 gl; SFÎ: 4 pts, +0 gl
  4. ^ CF Gagauziya could not obtain a licence for participating in Moldovan National Division next season.

Round by round edit

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839
Dacia Chișinău313523222232221132221111111122111111111
Sheriff Tiraspol142466657654333414533232222211222222222
Milsami Orhei425234434445555551112323333355533533333
Zimbru Chișinău257977775567666666666666666666664345544
Iskra - Stal Rîbnița334342111111444325455444454443345666655
Olimpia Bălți361111343323112243344555545534456454466
Tiraspol137107991099999999999999999899999988888877
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău8129101010888888778888887877777777777777788
Academia Chișinău888655566776887777778788988888899999999
Costuleni59688891010101011131313111010111110101111111110101010101010111010101010
Nistru Otaci81113141412121312111113121010101212121212131314121212121112121111101111111111
Sfîntul Gheorghe131412131213131111121314141414141414131313141412131414141414141313121312121312
Gagauziya Comrat81011121314141413131412111212131313141414121213141313131313131414141414141213
Dinamo Bendery81314111111111214141210101111121111101011111010101011111211111212131213131414
Source: kicker (in German)
  = Leader;   = 2nd place;   = 3rd place;   = Relegation

Results edit

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 26 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 39 games per team.

First and second round edit

Home \ Away ACA CRC COS DAC DIN GAG ISK MIL NIS OLI SFÎ SHE TIR ZIM
Academia Chișinău 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Costuleni 1–5 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–7 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–2
Dacia Chișinău 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 7–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Dinamo Bendery 1–5 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–3 3–2 0–8 0–2 0–7 0–3 1–0
Gagauziya Comrat 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–4 5–4 0–4 0–2 5–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–3 0–0
Iskra - Stal Rîbnița 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 4–2 2–1
Milsami Orhei 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 5–1 1–0
Nistru Otaci 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–3 4–2 1–5
Olimpia Bălți 3–2 3–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–4 1–1
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–0
Tiraspol 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 5–0 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–2
Zimbru Chișinău 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 6–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round edit

Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 26 games):

27th round 28th round 29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
1 – 14 14 – 8 2 – 14 14 – 9 3 – 14 14 – 10 4 – 14
2 – 13 9 – 7 3 – 1 10 – 8 4 – 2 11 – 9 5 – 3
3 – 12 10 – 6 4 – 13 11 – 7 5 – 1 12 – 8 6 – 2
4 – 11 11 – 5 5 – 12 12 – 6 6 – 13 13 – 7 7 – 1
5 – 10 12 – 4 6 – 11 13 – 5 7 – 12 1 – 6 8 – 13
6 – 9 13 – 3 7 – 10 1 – 4 8 – 11 2 – 5 9 – 12
7 – 8 1 – 2 8 – 9 2 – 3 9 – 10 3 – 4 10 – 11
34th round 35th round 36th round 37th round 38th round 39th round
14 – 11 5 – 14 14 – 12 6 – 14 14 – 13 7 – 14
12 – 10 6 – 4 13 – 11 7 – 5 1 – 12 8 – 6
13 – 9 7 – 3 1 – 10 8 – 4 2 – 11 9 – 5
1 – 8 8 – 2 2 – 9 9 – 3 3 – 10 10 – 4
2 – 7 9 – 1 3 – 8 10 – 2 4 – 9 11 – 3
3 – 6 10 – 13 4 – 7 11 – 1 5 – 8 12 – 2
4 – 5 11 – 12 5 – 6 12 – 13 6 – 7 13 – 1
Home \ Away ACA CRC COS DAC DIN GAG ISK MIL NIS OLI SFÎ SHE TIR ZIM
Academia Chișinău 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3
Costuleni 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–0
Dacia Chișinău 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Dinamo Bendery 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–7 1–6
Gagauziya Comrat 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 1–2
Iskra - Stal Rîbnița 3–2 0–1 6–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–0
Milsami Orhei 1–0 0–0 7–2 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–2
Nistru Otaci 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 1–3 2–4
Olimpia Bălți 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–3
Sfîntul Gheorghe 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 4–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 6–0 0–0
Tiraspol 0–0 0–1 7–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Zimbru Chișinău 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers edit

Including matches played on 22 May 2011; Source: Soccerway

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Gheorghe Boghiu Milsami Orhei 26
2   Ghenadie Orbu Dacia Chişinău 21
3   Mahai Cojusea Gagauziya Comrat 19
4   Alexandru Popovici Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 16
5   Levan Korgalidze Dacia Chişinău 13
  Amath Diedhiou Sheriff Tiraspol 13
7   Radu Gînsari Academia UTM Chişinău 12
  Volodymyr Kilikevych Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 12
8   Edgars Gauračs Sheriff Tiraspol 10
9   Oleg Andronic Zimbru Chişinău 9
  Daniil Nikolaev Academia UTM Chişinău 9
  Gheorghe Ovseannicov Olimpia Bălţi 9
  Oleksandr Suchu Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 9
8 goals (4 players)
7 goals (2 players)
6 goals (10 players)
5 goals (16 players)
4 goals (13 players)
3 goals (30 players)
2 goals (39 players)
1 goals (87 players)

Hat-tricks edit

Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
Player Home Away Result Date
  Daniil Nikolaev FC Costuleni FC Academia Chişinău 1–5 15 August 2010
  Daniil Nikolaev FC Academia Chişinău CF Gagauziya 3–0 21 August 2010
  Gheorghe Boghiu4 FC Costuleni FC Milsami 0–7 26 September 2010
  Edgars Gauračs FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 26 September 2010
  Levan Korgalidze CF Gagauziya FC Dacia Chişinău 1–4 31 October 2010
  Ghenadie Orbu FC Dacia Chişinău FC Academia Chişinău 3–1 14 November 2010
  Ghenadie Orbu FC Dacia Chişinău FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 7–0 12 December 2010
  Edgars Gauračs5 FC Tighina FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0–7 18 December 2010
  Mahai Cojusea4 CF Gagauziya FC Tighina 5–4 17 February 2011
  Sergiu Zacon CF Gagauziya FC Tighina 5–4 17 February 2011
  Amath Diedhiou FC Sheriff Tiraspol CF Gagauziya 5–1 12 March 2011
  Gheorghe Boghiu4 FC Milsami FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 6 April 2011
  Sergiu Grițuc FC Nistru Otaci FC Tighina 4–0 23 February 2011
  Wilfried Benjamin Balima FC Tighina FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0–7 13 May 2011
  Amath Diedhiou4 FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Costuleni 4–0 17 May 2011
  Gheorghe Boghiu FC Milsami FC Tighina 7–2 17 May 2011

Clean sheets edit

As of 5 May 2013
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Nicolae Calancea FC Zimbru Chișinău 20
2   Artiom Gaiduchevici FC Iskra & FC Dacia Chișinău 19
3   Mihai Moraru FC Milsami Orhei 18
4   Eugen Matiughin FC Dacia Chișinău 16
5   Dumitru Stajila FC Sheriff Tiraspol 13
  Denis Rusu FC Rapid Ghidighici 13
7   Serghei Pașcenco FC Olimpia 11
  Alexandru Zveaghințev FC Tiraspol 11
9   Vladislav Stoyanov FC Sheriff Tiraspol 10
10   Maxim Copeliciuc FC Academia 9

Top Foreigns edit

Place Country Goals Players Leading Goalscorers (Goals)Club
1.   Ukraine 46 16 Volodymyr Kilikevych (12) FC Iskra-Stal
2.   Russia 38 13 Daniil Nikolaev (9) FC Academia Chişinău
3.   Romania 28 10 Adrian Grigoruţă (8) FC Milsami
4.   Georgia 24 6 Levan Korgalidze (13) FC Dacia Chişinău
5.   Nigeria 22 7 Julius Adaramola (8) FC Olimpia
6.   Brazil 15 3 Ademar Xavier (8) FC Milsami
7.   Senegal 13 1 Amath Diedhiou (13) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
8.   Latvia 10 1 Edgars Gauračs (10) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
9.   Ghana 9 4 Razak Salifu (4) FC Zimbru Chişinău
10.   Serbia 8 3 Aleksandar Pešić (5) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
11.   Burkina Faso 6 1 Wilfried Benjamin Balima (6) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
11.   Slovenia 6 2 Dalibor Volaš (4) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
13.   Haiti 5 1 Jean-Robens Jerome (5) FC Olimpia
13.   Montenegro 5 2 Vladimir Volkov (2) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
15.   Spain 3 1 Caio Suguino (3) FC Milsami
15.   Guinea 3 2 Thomas Kourouma (2) FC Olimpia
17.   Kazakhstan 2 1 Victor Berco (2) FC Zimbru Chişinău
17.   United States 2 1 Christian Camacho (2) FC Sfîntul Gheorghe
17.   Belarus 2 1 Vitaly Ledenev (2) FC Dacia Chişinău
20.   Cameroon 1 1 Titi Belle (1) FC Nistru Otaci
20.   Armenia 1 1 Artem Khachaturov (1) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
20.   Mexico 1 1 Carlos Santos de la Vega (1) FC Olimpia
20.   Sierra Leone 1 1 Abu Tommy (1) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
20.   Ivory Coast 1 1 Ousmane Traore (1) FC Milsami

Moldova vs Rest of World edit

Country Goals
  Moldova 432
  Rest of World 252

Disciplinary edit

Final classification.

Rank Player Club Yellow Cards Red Cards Points
1   Andrei Tcaciuc FC Olimpia 10 2 16
1   Oleksandr Feshchenko FC Iskra-Stal 10 2 16
1   Alexandru Cheltuială FC Olimpia 13 1 16

References edit

External links edit