2019 Moldovan National Division

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Season2019
Dates16 March 2019 – 9 November 2019
ChampionsSheriff
18th title
Champions LeagueSheriff
Divizia Națională
Season2019
Dates16 March 2019 – 9 November 2019
ChampionsSheriff
18th title
Champions LeagueSheriff
Europa LeaguePetrocub
Sf. Gheorghe
Dinamo-Auto
Matches112
Goals255 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerYury Kendysh
(13 goals)
Best goalkeeperDumitru Celeadnic (15 clean sheets)
Biggest home winSheriff 5–0 Sf. Gheorghe
(31 May 2019)
Biggest away winDinamo-Auto 0–4 Sheriff
(3 April 2019)
Speranța 0–4 Sheriff
(3 May 2019)
Zimbru 0–4 Sheriff
(12 May 2019)
Codru 0–4 Sf. Gheorghe
(6 October 2019)
Highest scoringCodru 2–5 Dinamo-Auto
(4 May 2019)
Dinamo-Auto 3–4 Speranța
(25 August 2019)
Longest winning run13 matches
Sheriff
Longest unbeaten run21 matches
Sheriff
Longest winless run28 matches
Codru
Longest losing run10 matches
Codru
Highest attendance1,800
Milsami 1–2 Sheriff
(26 May 2019)
Lowest attendance40
Dinamo-Auto 1–0 Milsami
(31 August 2019)
Total attendance49,990
Average attendance446
← 2018

The 2019 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: 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]

Managerial changes

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
Codru Lozova Zimbru-2 Stadium 2,000 Moldova Valeriu Andronic
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Russia Igor Dobrovolski
Milsami Orhei CSR Orhei 3,000 Moldova Veaceslav Rusnac
Petrocub-Hîncești Sărata-Galbenă Hîncești Stadium 1,000 Moldova Lilian Popescu
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 1,500 Moldova Serghei Cebotari
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Croatia Zoran Zekić
Speranța Nisporeni CSR Orhei 3,000 Moldova Cristian Efros
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Moldova Vladimir Aga
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of appointment
Sheriff Croatia Goran Sablić Resigned 27 April 2019[2] 1st Croatia Zoran Zekić 30 April 2019[3]
Zimbru Romania Sorin Colceag Resigned 8 July 2019[4] 7th Moldova Vladimir Aga 15 July 2019[5]
Moldova Vladimir Aga Resigned 31 October 2019 7th Moldova Veaceslav Sofroni (interim) 1 November 2019[6]

League table

Results

Matches 1−14

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away COD DIN MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZIM
Codru Lozova — 2–5 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–3
Dinamo-Auto 3–0 — 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–4 0–3 0–0
Milsami Orhei 0–0 3–1 — 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 3–0
Petrocub-Hîncești 1–1 0–1 1–1 — 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 — 0–3 0–0 2–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 — 1–0 3–0
Speranța Nisporeni 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–4 — 1–0
Zimbru Chișinău 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–4 0–2 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 15−28

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away COD DIN MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZIM
Codru Lozova — 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 0–3 0–0 0–2
Dinamo-Auto 4–0 — 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 3–4 4–0
Milsami Orhei 3–0 0–2 — 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1
Petrocub-Hîncești 1–0 3–0 1–1 — 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 — 0–1 0–0 2–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 — 3–0 3–0
Speranța Nisporeni 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 — 0–0
Zimbru Chișinău 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[8]

Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Codru Lozova LL LL DL LL DL LL LD LL LL LL LL LL DL LD
Dinamo-Auto WW LD LD LW LL DW LW WL LD LW LW WL WD WW
Milsami Orhei LW WW WD DD DD LW WW LW LL DL DL WD DW LL
Petrocub-Hîncești WL LD DD WW WD LW WL WW WL WW DW LD WW DD
Sfîntul Gheorghe WD WD LW WD DW WL WL WW WW LW WW DW LL WL
Sheriff Tiraspol WW WL WW LW WW WW WW WW WW WW DD WW DW WD
Speranța Nisporeni LD WW WD DL DW WL LL LL LW WL DD DD DD DW
Zimbru Chișinău LL LD LL WL LL DL LD LL WD DL WL LD LL LD

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1 Belarus Yury Kendysh Sheriff 13
2 Moldova Maxim Iurcu Speranța 11
3 Moldova Maxim Mihaliov Dinamo-Auto 10
4 Cameroon Robert Tambe Sheriff 9
5 Moldova Vadim Cemîrtan Sf. Gheorghe 6
Moldova Dmitri Mandrîcenco Sf. Gheorghe
Moldova Sergiu Istrati Sf. Gheorghe
Moldova Vadim Gulceac Petrocub
Moldova Dan Taras Petrocub
10 Moldova Alexandru Boiciuc Sf. Gheorghe 5
Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub
Moldova Alexandru Antoniuc Milsami
Moldova Dan Pîslă Zimbru

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[10]
1 Moldova Dumitru Celeadnic Sheriff 15
2 Moldova Nicolae Cebotari Sf. Gheorghe 12
3 Moldova Cristian Avram Petrocub (7) & Dinamo-Auto (3) 10
4 Moldova Denis Macogonenco Speranța 7
Moldova Radu Mîțu Milsami
6 Moldova Dorian Railean Petrocub 6
7 Moldova Victor Străistari Dinamo-Auto 5
Ukraine Maksym Kovalyov Zimbru
9 Croatia Zvonimir Mikulić Sheriff 4
Moldova Alexandru Zveaghințev Dinamo-Auto

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Sheriff Tiraspol 13,000 1,500 500 928 −33.1%†
2 Petrocub-Hîncești 10,100 1,500 200 721 −22.1%†
3 Milsami Orhei 9,850 1,800 250 703 −34.0%†
4 Zimbru Chișinău 6,350 1,000 200 453 −64.8%†
5 Sfîntul Gheorghe 3,150 400 100 225 −7.8%†
6 Speranța Nisporeni 2,900 400 100 207 −36.3%†
7 Codru Lozova 2,900 400 50 207 n/a†
8 Dinamo-Auto 1,740 400 40 124 +24.0%†
League total 49,990 1,800 40 446 −45.2%†

Source: fmf (in Romanian)

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