List of FC Sheriff Tiraspol seasons

Fotbal Club Sheriff, commonly known as FC Sheriff Tiraspol, is an association football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova.[1] The club was founded in 1996 as Tiras Tiraspol and was selected to participate in the Moldovan "B" Division the same year. In their debut season they were champions of the "B" Division's South group achieving promotion to the "A" Division. In April 1997 the company Sheriff became the team's general sponsor giving the club its current name. FC Sheriff were champions of the "A" Division at the first attempt, achieving successive titles and promotion to the Moldovan National Division. They were not as successful in the Moldovan Cup as they were eliminated in the first round.

FC Sheriff Tiraspol players celebrate winning the 2013 Moldovan Super Cup.

FC Sheriff finished fourth in their first National Division season which is currently their lowest top-flight finish. They won the 1999 cup final, by doing so Sheriff qualified for the 1999–2000 qualifying round for the UEFA Cup. FC Sheriff's first European opponents were Czech side SK Sigma Olomouc, a 1–1 draw at home and 0–0 away meant Sigma Olomouc progressed on the away goals rule. Sheriff finished the 1999–2000 season as runners-up in the league and quarter-finalist in the cup. The 2000–01 season was the beginning of FC Sheriff's dominance of the National Division, they won both the league and the cup to achieve their first double. FC Sheriff won the National Division championship in the next nine seasons, winning the 2006–07 season undefeated. During the nine seasons they also won the cup five times and qualified for the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League each season.

The 2010–11 Moldovan National Division was won by FC Dacia Chișinău with Sheriff finishing in second place and qualifying for the Europa League qualifying phase.[2] FC Sheriff won the next three league titles with no cup wins. FC Sheriff finished the 2014–15 Moldovan National Division in third place behind Milsami Orhei and Dacia Chișinău but won the cup thus still qualifying for the Europa League qualifying rounds.[3] FC Sheriff resumed their dominance with three more league titles and a cup win.

The Moldovan Super Cup, a match between the winners of the National Division and the winners of the Moldovan Cup, was introduced in the 2003–04 season and is played at the beginning of each season. If one team has won both competitions it is not played, this has happened in four seasons and each time it is FC Sheriff who has won the double. Of the ten Super Cups played, FC Sheriff have won seven, been runners-up twice and did not qualify for the 2011 edition.

Seasons

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Season League record Moldovan Cup Super Cup Europe Top scorer(s)
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result League Goals Total Goals
1996–97[4] "B" (South) ↑ 30 22 4 4 93 19 70 1st Round of 32
1997–98 "A" ↑ 26 23 1 2 92 12 70 1st Round of 16
1998–99 National 26 9 10 7 39 24 37 4th Winners
1999–2000 National 36 25 6 5 77 25 81 2nd Quarter-finals UC QR
2000–01 National 28 21 4 3 58 18 67 1st Winners UC QR
2001–02 National 28 20 7 1 62 18 67 1st Winners UCL QR2
2002–03 National 24 19 3 2 64 15 60 1st Semi-finals UCL QR2
2003–04 National 28 20 5 3 50 16 65 1st Runners-up Winners UCL QR2
2004–05 National 28 22 4 2 54 12 70 1st Quarter-finals Winners UCL QR2
2005–06 National 28 22 5 1 57 11 71 1st Winners Winners UCL QR2
2006–07 National 36 28 8 0 70 7 92 1st Semi-finals Not held[a] UCL QR2
2007–08 National 30 26 3 1 68 8 81 1st Winners Winners UCL QR2
2008–09 National 30 25 3 2 61 15 78 1st Winners Not held[a] UCL QR2
2009–10 National 33 27 3 3 75 8 84 1st Winners Not held[a] UCL
UEL
PO
GS
Jymmy 13 Jymmy 18
2010–11 National 39 24 11 4 81 16 83 2nd Semi-finals Not held[a] UCL
UEL
PO
GS
Amath Diedhiou 13 Amath Diedhiou 14
2011–12 National 33 25 6 2 75 18 81 1st Semi-finals Did not qualify UEL QR2 Wilfried Balima 18 Wilfried Balima 18
2012–13 National 33 25 5 3 66 16 80 1st Semi-finals Runners-up UCL
UEL
QR3
PO
Alexandru Pașcenco 9 Alexandru Pașcenco 9
2013–14 National 33 28 3 2 98 16 87 1st Runners-up Winners UCL
UEL
QR3
GS
Henrique Luvannor 26 Henrique Luvannor 28
2014–15 National 24 17 4 3 56 16 55 3rd Winners Runners-up UCL
UEL
QR3
PO
Ricardinho 19 Ricardinho 22
2015–16 National 27 20 5 2 50 11 65 1st Semi-finals Winners UEL QR1 Danijel Subotić 12 Danijel Subotić 12
2016–17 National 30 22 3 5 71 15 69 1st Winners Winners UCL QR2 Ricardinho 15 Ricardinho 16
2017 National 18 14 3 1 50 14 45 1st Quarter-finals Not held[a] UCL
UEL
QR3
GS
Vitalie Damașcan 13 Vitalie Damașcan 13
2018 National 28 19 6 3 58 14 63 1st Winners Not held UCL
UEL
QR2
PO
Alhaji Kamara 9 Ziguy Badibanga 13
2019 National 28 22 4 2 60 9 70 1st Semi-finals Runners-up UCL
UEL
QR1
QR3
Yury Kendysh 13 Yury Kendysh 20
2020–21 National 36 32 3 1 116 7 99 1st Runners-up Not held UCL
UEL
QR2
QR3
Frank Castañeda 28 Frank Castañeda 33
2021–22 National 28 22 4 2 75 8 70 1st Winners Runners-up UCL
UEL
GS
KOPR
Momo Yansané 11 Adama Traoré 15
2022–23 National 24 17 6 1 39 9 57 1st Winners Not held UCL
UEL
UECL
QR3
GS
R16
Rasheed Akanbi 8 Rasheed Akanbi 13

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e The Moldovan Super Cup was not played as Sheriff Tiraspol won both the National Division and Moldovan Cup in the previous season.

References

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General
  • "Club History". fc-sheriff.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  • Stokkermans, Karel. "Moldova - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
Specific
  1. ^ Nash, Matthew (24 October 2013). "Who are Sheriff Tiraspol? Lowdown on Tottenham's Europa League opponents". Metro. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Barcelona and Porto lead 2011 roll of honour". UEFA. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ^ Balanyuk, Evgeni (21 July 2015). "Who exactly are Milsami Orhei?". UEFA. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Чемпионат Молдавии 1996/97". FootballFacts (in Russian). Retrieved 14 October 2021.