2010–11 Moldovan National Division Explained

Season:2010–11
League Topscorer:Gheorghe Boghiu (26 goals)
Matches:273
Total Goals:684
Nextseason:2011–12

The 2010–11 Moldovan National Division (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: 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.

Teams

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

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Academia UTM ChişinăuDinamo Stadium (Chişinău)2,888
CostuleniCSR Orhei2,539
GhidighiciGhidighici Stadium1,500
Dacia ChişinăuChişinăuDinamo Stadium (Chişinău)2,692
Dinamo BenderBenderDinamo Stadium (Bender)5,061
Iskra-Stal RîbnițaRîbnițaOrăşenesc Stadium2,000
Gagauziya ComratComratSuruceni Stadium2,000
Milsami OrheiOrheiCSR Orhei2,539
Nistru OtaciOtaciCălărăseuca Stadium2,000
Olimpia BălţiBălţiOlimpia Bălţi Stadium5,953
Sfîntul Gheorghe SuruceniSuruceniSuruceni Stadium2,000
Sheriff TiraspolTiraspolSheriff Stadium13,460
TiraspolSheriff Stadium13,460
Zimbru ChişinăuChişinăuZimbru Stadium10,600

Managers and captains

ClubCoachCaptainReplaced coach(es)
Academia UTM 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
Sheriff Vitali Rashkevich Vazha Tarkhnishvili Andrei Sasnitski
Tiraspol Yuri Blonar
Zimbru Ivan Tabanov Victor Berco

League table

Round by round

Results

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.

Third round

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

27th round28th round29th round30th round31st round32nd round33rd round
1 – 1414 – 82 – 1414 – 93 – 1414 – 104 – 14
2 – 139 – 73 – 110 – 84 – 211 – 95 – 3
3 – 1210 – 64 – 1311 – 75 – 112 – 86 – 2
4 – 1111 – 55 – 1212 – 66 – 1313 – 77 – 1
5 – 1012 – 46 – 1113 – 57 – 121 – 68 – 13
6 – 913 – 37 – 101 – 48 – 112 – 59 – 12
7 – 81 – 28 – 92 – 39 – 103 – 410 – 11
34th round35th round36th round37th round38th round39th round
14 – 115 – 1414 – 126 – 1414 – 137 – 14
12 – 106 – 413 – 117 – 51 – 128 – 6
13 – 97 – 31 – 108 – 42 – 119 – 5
1 – 88 – 22 – 99 – 33 – 1010 – 4
2 – 79 – 13 – 810 – 24 – 911 – 3
3 – 610 – 134 – 711 – 15 – 812 – 2
4 – 511 – 125 – 612 – 136 – 713 – 1

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 22 May 2011; Source: Soccerway

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Gheorghe BoghiuMilsami Orhei26
2 Ghenadie OrbuDacia Chişinău21
3 Mahai CojuseaGagauziya Comrat19
4 Alexandru PopoviciIskra-Stal Rîbnița16
5 Levan Korgalidze13
Amath DiedhiouSheriff Tiraspol13
7 Radu GînsariAcademia UTM Chişinău12
Volodymyr KilikevychIskra-Stal Rîbnița12
8 Edgars GauračsSheriff Tiraspol10
9 Oleg AndronicZimbru Chişinău9
Daniil Nikolaev9
Gheorghe OvseannicovOlimpia Bălţi9
Oleksandr SuchuIskra-Stal Rîbnița9
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

Key
4Player scored four goals
5Player scored five goals
Player Home Away Result Date
FC Academia Chişinău 1–5
FC Academia Chişinău 3–0
4 FC Milsami 0–7
FC Sheriff Tiraspol 4–0
FC Dacia Chişinău 1–4
FC Dacia Chişinău 3–1
FC Dacia Chişinău 7–0
5 FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0–7
4 CF Gagauziya 5–4
FC Tighina 5–4
FC Sheriff Tiraspol 5–1
4 FC Milsami 4–0
FC Nistru Otaci 4–0
FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0–7
4 FC Sheriff Tiraspol 4–0
FC Milsami 7–2

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Nicolae CalanceaFC Zimbru Chișinău20
2 Artiom GaiducheviciFC Iskra & FC Dacia Chișinău19
3 Mihai MoraruFC Milsami Orhei18
4 Eugen MatiughinFC Dacia Chișinău16
5 Dumitru StajilaFC Sheriff Tiraspol13
FC Rapid Ghidighici13
7 Serghei PașcencoFC Olimpia11
Alexandru ZveaghințevFC Tiraspol11
9 Vladislav StoyanovFC Sheriff Tiraspol10
10 Maxim CopeliciucFC Academia9

Top Foreigns

PlaceCountryGoalsPlayersLeading Goalscorers (Goals)Club
1. Ukraine4616Volodymyr Kilikevych (12) FC Iskra-Stal
2. Russia3813Daniil Nikolaev (9) FC Academia Chişinău
3. Romania2810Adrian Grigoruţă (8) FC Milsami
4. Georgia246Levan Korgalidze (13) FC Dacia Chişinău
5. Nigeria227Julius Adaramola (8) FC Olimpia
6. Brazil153Ademar Xavier (8) FC Milsami
7. Senegal131Amath Diedhiou (13) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
8. Latvia101Edgars Gauračs (10) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
9. Ghana94Razak Salifu (4) FC Zimbru Chişinău
10. Serbia83Aleksandar Pešić (5) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
11. Burkina Faso61Wilfried Benjamin Balima (6) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
11. Slovenia62Dalibor Volaš (4) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
13. Haiti51Jean-Robens Jerome (5) FC Olimpia
13. Montenegro52Vladimir Volkov (2) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
15. Spain31Caio Suguino (3) FC Milsami
15. Guinea32Thomas Kourouma (2) FC Olimpia
17. Kazakhstan21Victor Berco (2) FC Zimbru Chişinău
17. United States21Christian Camacho (2) FC Sfîntul Gheorghe
17. Belarus21Vitaly Ledenev (2) FC Dacia Chişinău
20. Cameroon11Titi Belle (1) FC Nistru Otaci
20. Armenia11Artem Khachaturov (1) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
20. Mexico11Carlos Santos de la Vega (1) FC Olimpia
20. Sierra Leone11Abu Tommy (1) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
20. Ivory Coast11Ousmane Traore (1) FC Milsami

Moldova vs Rest of World

CountryGoals
Moldova432
Rest of World252

Disciplinary

Final classification.

RankPlayerClubYellow CardsRed CardsPoints
1 Andrei TcaciucFC Olimpia10216
1 Oleksandr FeshchenkoFC Iskra-Stal10216
1 Alexandru CheltuialăFC Olimpia13116

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