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]
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.
Team | Place | Ground | Capacity | Coach | |
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Codru | Lozova | Zimbru-2 Stadium | 2,000 | Valeriu Andronic | |
Dinamo-Auto | Tiraspol | Dinamo-Auto Stadium | 1,300 | Igor Dobrovolski | |
Milsami | Orhei | CSR Orhei | 3,000 | Veaceslav Rusnac | |
Petrocub-Hîncești | Sărata-Galbenă | Hîncești Stadium | 1,000 | ||
Sfîntul Gheorghe | Suruceni | Suruceni Stadium | 1,500 | Serghei Cebotari | |
Sheriff | Tiraspol | Sheriff Stadium | 12,726 | Zoran Zekić | |
Speranța | Nisporeni | CSR Orhei | 3,000 | Cristian Efros | |
Zimbru | Chișinău | Zimbru Stadium | 10,400 | Veaceslav Sofroni |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheriff | Goran Sablić | Resigned | 27 April 2019[2] | 1st | Zoran Zekić | 30 April 2019[3] |
Zimbru | Sorin Colceag | Resigned | 8 July 2019[4] | 7th | Vladimir Aga | 15 July 2019[5] |
Vladimir Aga | Resigned | 31 October 2019 | 7th | Veaceslav Sofroni (interim) | 1 November 2019[6] |
The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[7]
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Codru Lozova | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | |||
Dinamo-Auto | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | |||
Milsami Orhei | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | |||
W | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | ||||
Sfîntul Gheorghe | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | |||
Sheriff Tiraspol | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | |||
L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | ||||
Zimbru Chișinău | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[9] |
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1 | Dumitru Celeadnic | Sheriff | 15 |
2 | Nicolai Cebotari | Sf. Gheorghe | 12 |
3 | Cristian Avram | Petrocub (7) & Dinamo-Auto (3) | 10 |
4 | Denis Macogonenco | Speranța | 7 |
Radu Mîțu | Milsami | ||
6 | Dorian Railean | Petrocub | 6 |
7 | Victor Străistari | Dinamo-Auto | 5 |
Maksym Kovalov | Zimbru | ||
9 | Zvonimir Mikulić | Sheriff | 4 |
Alexandru Zveaghințev | Dinamo-Auto |
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]