2019 Moldovan National Division Explained

Competition:Divizia Națională
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Sheriff
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Petrocub
Sf. Gheorghe
Dinamo-Auto
Matches:112
Total Goals:255
League Topscorer:Yury Kendysh
(13 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
Biggest Away Win:






Highest Scoring:


Longest Wins:13 matches
Sheriff
Longest Unbeaten:21 matches
Sheriff
Longest Winless:28 matches
Codru
Longest Losses:10 matches
Codru
Highest Attendance:1,800

(26 May 2019)
Lowest Attendance:40

(31 August 2019)
Attendance:49,990
Average Attendance:446
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020–21
Season:2019
Winners:Sheriff
18th title
Best Goalkeeper:Dumitru Celeadnic (15 clean sheets)

The 2019 Moldovan National Division (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Divizia Națională) was the 29th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 16 March 2019 and ended on 9 November 2019. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Teams

A total of 8 teams will contest the league. These include 7 teams from the 2018 season and one promoted team from the "A" Division: Codru Lozova, making their debut in the top flight. Zaria Bălți were relegated from the Divizia Națională, ending a streak of 13 seasons at the highest level.

TeamPlaceGroundCapacityCoach
CodruLozovaZimbru-2 Stadium2,000 Valeriu Andronic
Dinamo-AutoTiraspolDinamo-Auto Stadium1,300 Igor Dobrovolski
MilsamiOrheiCSR Orhei3,000 Veaceslav Rusnac
Petrocub-HînceștiSărata-GalbenăHîncești Stadium1,000
Sfîntul GheorgheSuruceniSuruceni Stadium1,500 Serghei Cebotari
SheriffTiraspolSheriff Stadium12,726 Zoran Zekić
SperanțaNisporeniCSR Orhei3,000 Cristian Efros
ZimbruChișinăuZimbru Stadium10,400 Veaceslav Sofroni

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure
Date of vacancyPosition
in table
Replaced byDate of appointment
Sheriff Goran SablićResigned27 April 2019[2] 1st Zoran Zekić30 April 2019[3]
Zimbru Sorin ColceagResigned8 July 2019[4] 7th Vladimir Aga15 July 2019[5]
Vladimir AgaResigned31 October 20197th Veaceslav Sofroni (interim)1 November 2019[6]

Results

Matches 1−14Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).
Matches 15−28Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[7]

W #FFFFCC;"D #FFCCCC;"L -->Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Codru LozovaLLLLDLLLDLLLLDLLLLLLLLLLDLLD
Dinamo-AutoWWLDLDLWLLDWLWWLLDLWLWWLWDWW
Milsami OrheiLWWWWDDDDDLWWWLWLLDLDLWDDWLL
WLLDDDWWWDLWWLWWWLWWDWLDWWDD
Sfîntul GheorgheWDWDLWWDDWWLWLWWWWLWWWDWLLWL
Sheriff TiraspolWWWLWWLWWWWWWWWWWWWWDDWWDWWD
LDWWWDDLDWWLLLLLLWWLDDDDDDDW
Zimbru ChișinăuLLLDLLWLLLDLLDLLWDDLWLLDLLLD

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[8]
1 Yury KendyshSheriff13
2 Maxim IurcuSperanța11
3 Maxim MihaliovDinamo-Auto10
4 Robert TambeSheriff9
5 Vadim CemîrtanSf. Gheorghe6
Dmitri MandrîcencoSf. Gheorghe
Sergiu IstratiSf. Gheorghe
Vadim GulceacPetrocub
Dan TarasPetrocub
10 Alexandru BoiciucSf. Gheorghe5
Vladimir AmbrosPetrocub
Alexandru AntoniucMilsami
Dan PîslăZimbru

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets[9]
1 Dumitru CeleadnicSheriff15
2 Nicolai CebotariSf. Gheorghe12
3 Cristian AvramPetrocub (7) & Dinamo-Auto (3)10
4 Denis MacogonencoSperanța7
Radu MîțuMilsami
6 Dorian RaileanPetrocub6
7 Victor StrăistariDinamo-Auto5
Maksym KovalovZimbru
9 Zvonimir MikulićSheriff4
Alexandru ZveaghințevDinamo-Auto

Relegation play-off

A play-off match was played between the eight-placed team from Divizia Națională and the third-placed team from Divizia A for one place in the next season. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined in a draw held on 12 November 2019.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Country ranking . Bert Kassies . 2018-12-21 . 2019-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190510073246/https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method5/crank2019.html . dead .
  2. News: Sablić resigned. fc-sheriff.com
  3. News: Welcome back,Zoran. fc-sheriff.com
  4. News: Sorin Colceag și-a dat demisia. ro. publika.md
  5. News: Стало известно имя нового главного тренера Зимбру. ru. sports.md
  6. News: Владимир Ага и тренерский состав ушли. ru. sports.md
  7. Web site: Results by round. Soccerway.
  8. Web site: Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova. Soccerway.
  9. Web site: Clean sheets. fmf.md. 2019-11-11. 2019-05-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529204943/https://www.fmf.md/ro/competition/divizia-naional-0#competition-section-seasons. dead.
  10. Web site: Play-off draw. fmf.md. 2019-11-12. 2019-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20191112235125/https://www.fmf.md/ro/news/barajul-pentru-divizia-nationala-se-va-juca-la-hincesti. dead.