| Season: | 2009–10 |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Sheriff Tiraspol |
| League Topscorer: | Alexandru Maximov Jymmy França (13 goals) |
| Highest Scoring: | Dinamo Bender 5–3 Sfîntul Gheorghe |
| Matches: | 198 |
| Total Goals: | 477 |
| Average Attendance: | 872 |
| Nextseason: | 2010–11 |
The 2009–10 Moldovan National Division (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Divizia Națională) 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.
On 6 June 2009, Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol announced that the club would dissolve, citing a lack of funds as the reason.[1] As a consequence, Academia Chișinău were spared from relegation. The 2008–09 season had already been absolved with only eleven teams after FC Politehnica Chișinău 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 Sfîntul Gheorghe, who bought their way into the top level.
| Club | Coach | Captain | Replaced coach(es) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Academia UTM | Eugeniu Gorceac | |||
| CSCA-Rapid Chișinău | Eugen Marcoci | |||
| FC Dacia | Veaceslav Semionov | |||
| FC Dinamo | Iuri Hodichin | |||
| FC Iskra-Stal | Vlad Goian | |||
| FC Nistru | Lilian Popescu | |||
| FC Olimpia | Mykhailo Dunets | |||
| FC Sfintul Gheorghe | Vitalie Plămădeală | |||
| FC Sheriff | Andrei Sasnitski | Vazha Tarkhnishvili | Leonid Koutchouk | |
| FC Tiraspol | Yuri Blonar | |||
| FC Viitorul | Vladimir Gherasimov | |||
| FC Zimbru | Ivan Tabanov |
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.
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 |
| Key | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Player scored four goals | |
| 5 | Player scored five goals | |
| Player | Home | Away | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0–6 | |||
 | Olimpia Bălți | 0–6 | |||
 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 5–0 | |||
 | Dacia Chișinău | 1–5 | |||
| 4 | Dacia Chișinău | 4–0 | |||
| | Olimpia Bălți | 1–4 | |||
| | Viitorul Orhei | 0–7 | |||
 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 5–0 | |||
 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 4–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artiom Gaiduchevici | Iskra-Stal Rîbnița | 16 | |
| 2 | Ghenadie Moşneaga | Dacia Chișinău | 13 | |
| 3 | Mihail Păiuş | Olimpia Bălți | 10 | |
| 4 | Alexandru Melenciuc | Sheriff Tiraspol | 9 | |
| Alexandru Chirilov | CSCA-Rapid Chișinău | 9 | ||
| Zimbru Chișinău | 9 | |||
| Vladislav Stoyanov | Sheriff Tiraspol | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Mykola Zbarakh | Olimpia Bălți | 8 | |
| Sergiu Juric | FC Tiraspol | 8 | ||
| 10 | Eugen Matiughin | Dacia Chișinău | 6 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dumitru Bogdan | Sfîntul Gheorghe | 12 | 1 | 15 | |
| 2 | Oleg Şişchin | Zimbru Chișinău | 8 | 2 | 14 | |
| 3 | Djibril Paye | FC Tiraspol | 9 | 1 | 12 |