2015–16 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season explained

Club:	Sheriff Tiraspol
Season:	2015-16
Manager:	Lilian Popescu (until 5 October) Zoran Vulić (from 7 October)
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Viktor Gushan
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Stadium:	Sheriff Stadium
League:	Divizia Naţională
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Moldovan Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-final
Cup2:	Moldovan Super Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	Europa League
Cup3 Result:	First qualifying round
League Topscorer:	Danijel Subotić (12)
Season Topscorer:	Danijel Subotić (12)
Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17
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The 2015–16 season is FC Sheriff Tiraspol's 19th season, and their 18th in the Divizia Naţională, the top-flight of Moldovan football. Sheriff Tiraspol are the current defending champions of the Moldovan Cup, and were knocked out of the Europa League by Norwegian side Odds BK, whilst defeating FC Milsami Orhei in the Moldovan Super Cup.

Season events

Prior to the start of the season, 27 May 2015, Lilian Popescu was appointed as Sheriff Tiraspol's new manager.^[1]

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Bozhidar Mitrev		GK	2016 5, df=yes	Lokomotiv Sofia	2015		7	0
25	Sergiu Juric		GK	2016 5, df=yes	Veris Chișinău	2014
28	Alexei Koșelev		GK	2016 5, df=yes	Tiraspol	2015		27	0
	Denis Macogonenco		GK	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2015		1	0
Defenders
3	Fidan Aliti		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Luzern	2015		11	0
4	Constantin Bogdan		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	2016		0	0
6	Antony Golec		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Perth Glory	2016		13	0
15	Marcel Metoua		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Banat Zrenjanin	2011		141	10
17	Artiom Rozgoniuc		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2013		24	0
18	Andrei Novicov		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Tiraspol	2015
19	Serghei Svinarenco		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2014		19	0
21	Maxim Potîrniche		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Zimbru Chișinău	2015		15	0
22	Amer Dupovac		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Sarajevo	2015		20	1
27	Andrei Macrițchii		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2013		3	1
55	Mateo Sušić		DF	2016 5, df=yes	CFR Cluj	2015		43	1
90	Vujadin Savić		DF	2016 5, df=yes	Watford	2015		19	0
Midfielders
7	Jô Santos		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Zimbru Chișinău	2016		7	1
8	Radu Gînsari		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Zimbru Chișinău	2014		52	12
9	Bruno Pelissari		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Paranaense	2016		3	0
13	Khalifa Jabbie		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Balıkesirspor	2015		12	0
14	Wilfried Balima		MF	2016 5, df=yes	US Ouagadougou	2005
16	Vadim Paireli		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2013		66	6
24	Seidu Yahaya		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Astra Giurgiu	2015		28	0
33	Valeriu Macrițchii		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2013		39	2
34	Ivan Urvanțev		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2016		4	0
35	Artur Pătraș		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Milsami Orhei	2016		12	1
77	Goran Galešić		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Koper	2016		12	1
Forwards
11	Josip Ivančić		FW	2016 5, df=yes	HNK Rijeka	2016		14	5
26	Andrei Cobeț		FW	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2015		0	0
29	Eugeniu Rebenja		FW	2016 5, df=yes	Tiraspol	2015		19	5
31	Danijel Subotić		FW	2016 5, df=yes	Qadsia	2015		28	12
93	Maxim Iurcu		FW	2016 5, df=yes	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	2014		28	6
Players away on loan
11	Ricardinho		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Lechia Gdańsk	2013		86	38
Left during the season
4	Mihajlo Cakić		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Tiraspol	2015		8	1
6	Igor Jugović		MF	2016 5, df=yes	NK Celje	2015		8	0
7	Vyacheslav Sharpar		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Volyn Lutsk	2015		4	0
9	Juninho Potiguar		FW	2016 5, df=yes	Icasa	2014		55	31
12	Dmitri Stajila		GK	2016 5, df=yes	Trainee	2007
20	Cadú		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Red Star Belgrade	2013		79	13
23	Ernandes		MF	2016 5, df=yes	Atlético Goianiense	2014		38	1
32	Igor Picușceac		FW	2016 5, df=yes	Amkar Perm	2015

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2015	FW		Eugeniu Rebenja	Tiraspol	Undisclosed
9 June 2015	MF		Mihajlo Cakić	Tiraspol	Undisclosed	^[2]
12 June 2015	MF		Ivan Crnov	Zrinjski Mostar	Undisclosed	^[3]
15 June 2015	MF		Andrei Novicov	Tiraspol	Undisclosed	^[4]
15 June 2015	MF		Seidu Yahaya	Astra Giurgiu	Undisclosed	^[5]
18 June 2015	MF		Vyacheslav Sharpar	Volyn Lutsk	Undisclosed	^[6]
18 June 2015	GK		Alexei Koșelev	Tiraspol	Undisclosed	^[7]
25 June 2015	MF		Igor Jugović	NK Celje	Undisclosed	^[8]
30 June 2015	GK		Bozhidar Mitrev	Lokomotiv Sofia	Undisclosed	^[9]
10 July 2015	FW		Igor Picușceac	Amkar Perm	Undisclosed	^[10]
23 July 2015	FW		Danijel Subotić	Qadsia	Undisclosed	^[11]
6 August 2015	MF		Khalifa Jabbie	Balıkesirspor	Undisclosed	^[12]
6 August 2015	DF		Vujadin Savić	Watford	Undisclosed	^[13]
3 September 2015	DF		Fidan Aliti	Academia Chișinău	Undisclosed	^[14]
12 January 2016	MF		Josip Ivančić	HNK Rijeka	Undisclosed	^[15]
12 January 2016	MF		Artur Pătraș	Milsami Orhei	Undisclosed	^[16]
13 January 2016	MF		Jô Santos	Zimbru Chișinău	Undisclosed	^[17]
14 January 2016	DF		Antony Golec	Perth Glory	Undisclosed	^[18]
15 January 2016	MF		Goran Galešić	Koper	Undisclosed	^[19]
3 February 2016	GK		Sergiu Juric	Zaria Bălți	Undisclosed	^[20]
5 February 2016	DF		Constantin Bogdan	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	Undisclosed	^[21]
1 March 2016	MF		Bruno Pelissari	Athletico Paranaense	Undisclosed	^[22]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
17 February 2015	GK		Dmitri Stajila	Kukësi	17 August 2015	^[25] ^[26]
1 July 2015	FW		Artiom Puntus	Saxan	End of Season	^[27]
21 January 2016	MF		Ricardinho	Al-Sharjah	5 July 2016	^[28] ^[29]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
9 June 2015^[30]	MF		Aitor Monroy	Maccabi Petah Tikva
18 June 2015^[31]	GK		Serghei Pașcenco	Malavan
1 July 2015	GK		Matías Degra	AEL Limassol
1 July 2015	GK		Sergiu Juric	Zaria Bălți
1 July 2015	MF		Leonel Olímpio	Toledo
1 July 2015	MF		Maxim Antoniuc	Buxoro
10 July 2015^[32]	FW		Ismail Isa	Beroe Stara Zagora
4 August 2015^[33]	MF		Ivan Crnov	Široki Brijeg
13 August 2015^[34]	MF		Vyacheslav Sharpar	Volyn Lutsk
17 August 2015^[35]	MF		Ernandes	Ceará
3 September 2015^[36]	FW		Igor Picușceac	Academia Chișinău
Summer 2015	DF		Andrei Mureșan	CFR Cluj
Summer 2015	MF		Thiago Galvão	Čukarički
5 December 2015^[37]	MF		Mihajlo Cakić	Zemun
25 January 2016^[38]	GK		Dmitri Stajila	Kuban Krasnodar
21 March 2016^[39]	MF		Cadú	Akhaa Ahli
31 May 2016^[40]	DF		Andrei Novicov	Zaria Bălți

Competitions

Moldovan Super Cup

See main article: 2015 Moldovan Super Cup.

Divizia Națională

See main article: 2015–16 Moldovan National Division.

League table

Moldovan Cup

See main article: 2015–16 Moldovan Cup.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		31	Danijel Subotić	12	0	0	0	12
2	FW		9	Juninho Potiguar	3	4	1	0	8
3	FW		11	Ricardinho	6	0	0	0	6
4	MF		8	Radu Gînsari	4	1	0	0	5
	FW		11	Josip Ivančić	4	1	0	0	5
				Own goal	5	0	0	0	5
7	FW		29	Eugeniu Rebenja	2	2	0	0	4
8	DF		18	Andrei Novicov	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		14	Wilfried Balima	3	0	0	0	3
10	FW		93	Maxim Iurcu	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		20	Cadú	1	0	1	0	2
12	MF		4	Mihajlo Cakić	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		32	Igor Picușceac	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		55	Mateo Sušić	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		35	Artur Pătraș	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		7	Jô Santos	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		77	Goran Galešić	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		93	Maxim Iurcu	0	1	0	0	1
	FW		26	Andrei Cobeț	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		27	Andrei Macrițchii	0	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	51	10	3	0	64

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Divizia Națională	Moldovan Cup	Moldovan Super Cup	Europa League	Total
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1		GK	Bozhidar Mitrev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Fidan Aliti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Antony Golec	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Radu Gînsari	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Juninho Potiguar	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
11		FW	Ricardinho	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
11		FW	Josip Ivančić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13		FW	Khalifa Jabbie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Wilfried Balima	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17		DF	Artiom Rozgoniuc	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18		DF	Andrei Novicov	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
19		DF	Serghei Svinarenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Cadú	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22		DF	Amer Dupovac	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		MF	Seidu Yahaya	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
26		FW	Andrei Cobeț	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		FW	Danijel Subotić	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
33		MF	Valeriu Macrițchii	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
55		DF	Mateo Sušić	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
77		MF	Goran Galešić	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
90		DF	Vujadin Savić	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	47	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	56	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Лилиан Попеску назначен главным тренером Шерифа . fc-sheriff.com/ . FC Sheriff Tiraspol . 24 January 2019 . Russian . 27 May 2015.
2. Web site: Михайло Цакич подписал контракт с Шерифом. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 9 June 2015.
3. Web site: Новым игроком «Шерифа» стал хорватский полузащитник Иван Црнов. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 12 June 2015.
4. Web site: Пополнение в рядах Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 15 June 2015.
5. Web site: Шериф подписал соглашение с Сейду Яхая. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 15 June 2015.
6. Web site: Вячеслав Шарпар стал игроком Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 18 June 2015.
7. Web site: Голкипер Алексей Кошелев пополнил состав Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 18 June 2015.
8. Web site: Игор Югович – новый игрок Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 25 June 2015.
9. Web site: Шериф пополнил свои ряды новым голкипером. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 30 June 2015.
10. Web site: Игорь Пикущак официально стал игроком Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 10 July 2015.
11. Web site: Новым игроком «Шерифа» стал Даниель Суботич. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 23 July 2015.
12. Web site: Полузащитник Халифа Джабби стал игроком Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 6 August 2015.
13. Web site: Сербский защитник Вуядин Савич подписал контракт с Шерифом. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 6 August 2015.
14. Web site: Защитник сборной Албании Фидан Алити подписал контракт с Шерифом. fc-sheriff.com . FC Sheriff Tiraspol . 24 January 2019 . Russian . 3 September 2015.
15. Web site: Состав "Шерифа" пополнил нападающий Йосип Иванчич. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 12 January 2016. Russian. 12 January 2016.
16. Web site: Артур Патраш стал игроком Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com/. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 12 January 2016. Russian. 12 January 2016.
17. Web site: Жо официально стал игроком Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 23 January 2016. Russian. 13 January 2016.
18. Web site: Энтони Голец – новый игрок Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 23 January 2016. Russian. 14 January 2016.
19. Web site: Горан Галешич пополнил состав Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 23 January 2016. Russian. 15 January 2016.
20. Web site: Сергей Журик возвращается в Шериф. www.fc-sheriff.com. Sheriff Tiraspol. 5 February 2016. Russian. 3 February 2016.
21. Web site: В Шериф переходит Константин Богдан. www.fc-sheriff.com/ru. Russian. 5 February 2016. Russian. 5 February 2016.
22. Web site: В составе "Шерифа" ещё одно пополнение. fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 11 March 2016. Russian. 1 March 2016.
23. Web site: Жуниньо Потигуар покинул состав Шерифа. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 5 February 2016. Russian. 25 January 2016.
24. Web site: Игор Югович покидает наш клуб. www.fc-sheriff.com/. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 12 January 2016. Russian. 12 January 2016.
25. Web site: Дмитрий Стажила отдан в аренду албанскому Кукеси . fc-sheriff.com/ . FC Sheriff Tiraspol . 23 January 2019 . Russian . 17 February 2015.
26. Web site: Дмитрий Стажила вернулся из аренды . fc-sheriff.com . FC Sheriff Tiraspol . 24 January 2019 . Russian . 17 August 2015.
27. Web site: Шериф покинула группа футболистов. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2016. Russian. 1 July 2015.
28. Web site: Рикардиньо покинул футбольный клуб Шериф. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 23 January 2016. Russian. 21 January 2016.
29. Web site: Рикардиньо вернулся из аренды. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 25 January 2019. Russian. 5 July 2016.
30. Web site: йтор Монрой покинул Шериф. fc-sheriff.com/. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 9 June 2015.
31. Web site: Сергей Пащенко покидает Шериф. fc-sheriff.com/. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 18 June 2015.
32. Web site: Исмаил Иса покинул Шериф . fc-sheriff.com . FC Sheriff Tiraspol . 24 January 2019 . Russian . 10 July 2015.
33. Web site: Иван Црнов покинул тираспольский Шериф. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 4 August 2015.
34. Web site: Вячеслав Шарпар покидает наш клуб. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 13 August 2015.
35. Web site: Эрнандес покинул тираспольский Шериф. www.fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 January 2019. Russian. 17 August 2015.
36. Web site: Игорь Пикущак покидает наш клуб . fc-sheriff.com . FC Sheriff Tiraspol . 24 January 2019 . Russian . 3 September 2015.
37. Web site: Serbian defender Mihajlo Cakic left FC Sheriff. www.fc-sheriff.com/. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 22 December 2015. 5 December 2015.
38. Web site: У Дмитрия Стажилы закончился контракт. www.fc-sheriff.com/. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 5 February 2016. 25 January 2016.
39. Web site: Brazilian midfielder Kadu left FC Sheriff. fc-sheriff.com. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 20 December 2016. 21 March 2016.
40. Web site: Шериф покидает Андрей Новиков. www.fc-sheriff.com/. FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 25 January 2019. 31 May 2016.