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2018 Moldovan National Division

The 2018 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 28th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 1 April 2018 and ended on 24 November 2018. Fixtures were announced on 19 March 2018. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Divizia Națională
Season2018
Dates1 April 2018 – 24 November 2018
ChampionsSheriff
17th title
RelegatedZaria
Champions LeagueSheriff
Europa LeagueMilsami
Petrocub
Speranța
Matches played112
Goals scored269 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerVladimir Ambros
(12 goals)
Best goalkeeperSerghei Pașcenco (11 clean sheets)
Biggest home winSheriff 4–0 Sf. Gheorghe
(16 June 2018)
Sheriff 5–1 Zaria
(1 July 2018)
Milsami 4–0 Dinamo-Auto
(1 July 2018)
Biggest away winDinamo-Auto 0–5 Sheriff
(10 June 2018)
Highest scoringSf. Gheorghe 3–6 Petrocub
(14 April 2018)
Longest winning run6 matches
Sheriff
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Sheriff
Longest winless run12 matches
Dinamo-Auto
Longest losing run6 matches
Dinamo-Auto
Highest attendance5,500
Zimbru 0–0 Petrocub
(22 September 2018)
Lowest attendance50
Dinamo-Auto 0–0 Sf. Gheorghe
(20 May 2018)
Dinamo-Auto 1–2 Speranța
(27 June 2018)
Dinamo-Auto 3–0 Zimbru
(1 September 2018)
Dinamo-Auto 1–0 Milsami
(22 September 2018)
Zaria 1–1 Sf. Gheorghe
(10 November 2018)
Total attendance91,220
Average attendance814
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2019 →

Teams edit

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Location of teams in 2018 Divizia Națională

Number of teams by region edit

Region Number of teams Club(s)
Transnistria 2 Dinamo-Auto and Sheriff
  Bălți 1 Zaria
  Chișinău Zimbru
  Hîncești Petrocub-Hîncești
  Ialoveni Sfîntul Gheorghe
  Nisporeni Speranța
  Orhei Milsami

Stadia and locations edit

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium, Tîrnauca 1,300
Milsami Orhei Complexul Sportiv Raional 3,000
Petrocub-Hîncești Sărata-Galbenă Stadionul Municipal, Hîncești 1,000
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 1,500
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726
Speranța Nisporeni Complexul Sportiv Raional, Orhei 3,000
Zaria Bălți Stadionul Orășenesc 7,000
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400

Personnel and kits edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Dinamo-Auto   Igor Dobrovolski   Vitalie Bordian Joma OM
Milsami   Veaceslav Rusnac   Andrei Cojocari Kelme Dufremol, Avia Invest, Moldclassica
Petrocub-Hîncești   Lilian Popescu   Vladimir Ambros Joma CUN Auto Rentals, MAIB
Sfîntul Gheorghe   Serghei Cebotari   Vitalie Plămădeală Macron Niagara fitness club, Craft Meat
Sheriff   Goran Sablić   Mateo Sušić Adidas IDC
Speranța   Cristian Efros   Ștefan Efros Nike Orom Imexpo, Mticket.md
Zaria   Alexandru Patraman   Vladimir Livșiț Joma Fundația Renato Usatîi, Bălți, OM
Zimbru   Sorin Colceag   Ion Jardan Joma Chateau Vartely, amg-holding.md

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position
in table 		Replaced by Date of appointment
Dinamo-Auto   Veaceslav Semionov End of caretaker spell End of 2017 season[2] Pre-season   Viorel Frunză 20 January 2018[3]
Zimbru   Iurie Osipenco Sacked End of 2017 season[4]   Vladimir Aga 23 February 2018[5]
Zaria   Ștefan Stoica Sacked 13 December 2017[6]   Vlad Goian 5 February 2018[7]
Dinamo-Auto   Viorel Frunză Demoted to assistant coach 19 March 2018[8]   Igor Dobrovolski 19 March 2018[9]
Sfîntul Gheorghe   Serghei Secu Resigned 15 April 2018 8th   Serghei Cebotari 15 April 2018[10]
Sheriff   Roberto Bordin Resigned 24 April 2018[11] 1st   Victor Mihailov (interim) 24 April 2018[12]
  Victor Mihailov End of caretaker spell 7 June 2018 1st   Goran Sablić 7 June 2018[13]
Zimbru   Vladimir Aga Removed from position 12 June 2018 7th   Serghei Secu 12 June 2018[14]
  Serghei Secu Sacked 1 August 2018 5th   Sorin Colceag 1 August 2018[15]
Zaria   Vlad Goian Sacked 25 October 2018 8th   Alexandru Patraman (interim) 25 October 2018[16]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 28 19 6 3 58 14 +44 63 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Milsami Orhei 28 13 6 9 36 24 +12 45[a] Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[b]
3 Petrocub-Hîncești 28 12 9 7 38 28 +10 45[a]
4 Speranța Nisporeni 28 9 11 8 27 26 +1 38
5 Zimbru Chișinău 28 9 9 10 28 37 −9 36
6 Dinamo-Auto 28 7 7 14 25 43 −18 28
7 Sfîntul Gheorghe 28 6 8 14 30 50 −20 26
8 Zaria Bălți (R) 28 4 10 14 26 46 −20 22 Relegation to Division "A"
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) Less red cards; 11) Less yellow cards.[17]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Milsami ahead of Petrocub on head-to-head points: Milsami : 7p, Petrocub : 4p.
  2. ^ Since the winners of 2018–19 Moldovan Cup, Sheriff Tiraspol, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team).

Results edit

Matches 1−14

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away DIN MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZAR ZIM
Dinamo-Auto — 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–0 1–3
Milsami Orhei 4–0 — 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0
Petrocub-Hîncești 0–3 1–2 — 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0[a]
Sfîntul Gheorghe 0–1 0–1 3–6 — 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 5–2 0–0 3–0 4–0 — 3–0 5–1 3–1
Speranța Nisporeni 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 1–1
Zaria Bălți 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 — 1–1
Zimbru Chișinău 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3[b] —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Zimbru received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Petrocub due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 2–1 victory for Petrocub [18]
  2. ^ Zimbru received a 0–3 technical loss in a home game against Zaria due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 4–3 victory for Zimbru.[18]
Matches 15−28

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away DIN MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZAR ZIM
Dinamo-Auto — 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0[a]
Milsami Orhei 0–1 — 1–2 3–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1
Petrocub-Hîncești 3–0 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Sfîntul Gheorghe 5–2 0–2 1–0 — 1–3 1–2 1–0 3–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 — 2–0 5–2 3–0[b]
Speranța Nisporeni 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–1 0–0 — 1–2 1–3
Zaria Bălți 1–1 3–4 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 — 0–1
Zimbru Chișinău 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–3[c] 3–1 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Zimbru received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Dinamo-Auto due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 1–1 draw.[18]
  2. ^ Zimbru received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Sheriff due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 3–0 victory for Sheriff.[18]
  3. ^ Zimbru received a 0–3 technical loss in a home game against Speranța due to violation of regulations. The original match ended in a 1–0 victory for Zimbru.[18]

Results by round edit

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

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
Dinamo-Auto W D D L L W L D D L D D L L L L L L W[a] L W W D L L L W W
Milsami Orhei W W L W D L W D W W W W D W D D L W W L L L L D W W L L
Petrocub-Hîncești L L W W D L D W L W D D W W[a] W D L D W W D D W D W W L L
Sfîntul Gheorghe L D L L D W D D W L L D L D W L W L L W L L W D L L D L
Sheriff Tiraspol W W W W D W W L D W W W D W L W W W W W[a] W D D D W W L W
Speranța Nisporeni D L D D D W D L D D D L W D D L W W[a] L W W L D W L L W W
Zaria Bălți D D D L D L L W D L L D W[a] L D W L D L L L W D L L L D L
Zimbru Chișinău L D D D W L D D L D D L L[b] L[b] D W W L[b] L[b] L[b] D W L W W W W W

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[19]
1   Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 12
2   Alhaji Kamara Sheriff 9
3   Ziguy Badibanga Sheriff 8
  Gerson Rodrigues Sheriff
5   Eugeniu Rebenja Dinamo-Auto 7
  Mihai Plătică Milsami
  Alexandru Antoniuc Milsami
8   Sergiu Istrati Sf. Gheorghe 6
9   Ion Nicolaescu Zimbru 5
  Aleksandr Butenko Milsami
  Artiom Puntus Sf. Gheorghe (3) & Petrocub (2)
  Denis Janu Dinamo-Auto
  Evgheni Oancea Sheriff
  Alexandru Bejan Petrocub (3) & Dinamo-Auto (2)
  Vadim Gulceac Zaria
  Alexandru Suvorov Sf. Gheorghe
  Ilie Damașcan Zimbru

Hat-tricks edit

Player Home Away Result Date
  Alhaji Kamara Sheriff Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 16 June 2018
  Conrado Zaria Milsami 3–4 1 September 2018

Clean sheets edit

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[20]
1   Serghei Pașcenco Sheriff 11
2   Daniil Avdyushkin Speranța 9
  Radu Mîțu Milsami
  Dumitru Celeadnic Petrocub
5   Cristian Avram Dinamo-Auto 8
6   Dorian Railean Sf. Gheorghe 6
7   Mickaël Meira Zimbru 5
  Zvonimir Mikulić Sheriff
9   Vladimir Livșiț Zaria 4
10   Victor Buga Zimbru 3

Attendances edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Sheriff Tiraspol 19,420 3,500 600 1,387 +3.2%†
2 Zimbru Chișinău 18,010 5,500 350 1,286 +42.9%†
3 Zaria Bălți 16,550 2,500 50 1,182 −23.4%†
4 Milsami Orhei 14,920 2,000 120 1,065 +5.3%†
5 Petrocub-Hîncești 12,950 1,500 300 925 +30.1%†
6 Speranța Nisporeni 4,550 1,000 100 325 −26.8%†
7 Sfîntul Gheorghe 3,420 400 100 244 −24.2%†
8 Dinamo-Auto 1,400 200 50 100 −28.1%†
League total 91,220 5,500 50 814 +17.0%†

Source: fmf (in Romanian)

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Technical win
  2. ^ a b c d e Technical loss

References edit

  1. ^ "Country ranking". Bert Kassies.
  2. ^ У Динамо-Авто будет новый главный тренер (in Russian).sports.md
  3. ^ "Viorel Frunze a părăsit Dacia și a preluat clubul Dinamo-Auto" (in Romanian).moldfootball.com
  4. ^ "Iurie Osipenco a fost demis de la Zimbru" (in Romanian).moldfootball.com
  5. ^ "Vladimir Aga noul antrenor principal" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
  6. ^ Заря расторгла контракт со Штефаном Стойкой (in Russian).[permanent dead link]fczaria.md
  7. ^ Влад Гоян готовит Зарю к новому сезону (in Russian).sports.md
  8. ^ Добровольский сменил Виорела Фрунзе (in Russian).sports.md
  9. ^ "Igor Dobrovolski a devenit antrenorul clubului Dinamo-Auto" (in Romanian).moldfootball.com
  10. ^ "Noul antrenor este Cebotari" (in Romanian).publika.md
  11. ^ "Roberto Bordin said goodbye to the team".fc-sheriff.com
  12. ^ "Victor Mihailov is appointed temporarily as a head coach".fc-sheriff.com
  13. ^ "Goran Sablić new head coach".fc-sheriff.com
  14. ^ "Serghei Secu - noul antrenor principal" (in Romanian).zimbru.md
  15. ^ "Colceag este noul antrenor al clubului Zimbru".publika.md
  16. ^ Влад Гоян отстранен от должности главного тренера (in Russian).[permanent dead link]fczaria.md
  17. ^ "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2018" [Rules Football Championship Edition 2018 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-22.
  18. ^ a b c d e Discipline Commission Decision Archived 2019-02-04 at the Wayback Machine. Moldovan Football Federation. 28 September 2018
  19. ^ "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.
  20. ^ "Clean sheets". fmf.md. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

External links edit

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