2010–11 Moldovan National Division

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Moldovan National Division
Season2010–11
ChampionsDacia Chişinău
RelegatedGagauziya
Dinamo Bender
Champions LeagueDacia Chişinău
Europa LeagueSheriff Tiraspol
Milsami Orhei
Iskra-Stal
Matches played273
Goals scored684 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerGheorghe Boghiu (26 goals)
Biggest home winDacia 7–0 Sf. Gheorghe
Tiraspol 7–0 Dinamo
Biggest away winDinamo 0–8 Olimpia
Highest scoringGagauziya 5–4 Dinamo
Milsami 7–2 Dinamo

The 2010–11 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: 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[edit]

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[edit]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Academia UTM Chişinău Chişinău Dinamo Stadium (Chişinău) 2,888
Costuleni Costuleni CSR Orhei 2,539
CSCA–Rapid Chişinău Ghidighici Ghidighici Stadium 1,500
Dacia Chişinău Chişinău Dinamo Stadium (Chişinău) 2,692
Dinamo Bender Bender Dinamo Stadium (Bender) 5,061
Iskra-Stal Rîbnița Rîbnița Orăşenesc Stadium 2,000
Gagauziya Comrat Comrat Suruceni Stadium 2,000
Milsami Orhei Orhei CSR Orhei 2,539
Nistru Otaci Otaci Călărăseuca Stadium 2,000
Olimpia Bălţi Bălţi Olimpia Bălţi Stadium 5,953
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 2,000
Sheriff Tiraspol Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 13,460
FC Tiraspol Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 13,460
Zimbru Chişinău Chişinău Zimbru Stadium 10,600

Managers and captains[edit]

Club Coach Captain Replaced coach(es)
Academia UTM Moldova Alexandru Cojuhari Moldova Eugeniu Gorceac Russia Igor Dobrovolski
Costuleni Moldova Ruslan Barburoş Moldova Denis Orbu Moldova Ilie Vieru
CSCA-Rapid Moldova Serghei Sârbu
Dacia Russia Igor Dobrovolski Moldova Ghenadie Orbu Moldova Veaceslav Semionov
Dinamo Moldova Iuri Hodichin Moldova Pavel Martînenco
Gagauziya Moldova Serghei Botnaraş
Iskra-Stal Moldova Vlad Goian Moldova Andrei Burcovski
Milsami Romania Ştefan Stoica Moldova Vladimir Gherasimov
Nistru Moldova Lilian Popescu Moldova Dumitri Dolgov
Olimpia Moldova Nicolai Bunea
Sfîntul Gheorghe Moldova Sergiu Caraman
Sheriff Belarus Vitali Rashkevich Georgia (country) Vazha Tarkhnishvili Belarus Andrei Sasnitski
Tiraspol Moldova Yuri Blonar
Zimbru Moldova Ivan Tabanov Moldova Victor Berco

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dacia Chișinău (C) 39 27 11 1 66 16 +50 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Sheriff Tiraspol 39 24 11 4 81 16 +65 83 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Milsami Orhei 39 23 9 7 71 23 +48 78 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Zimbru Chișinău 39 22 10 7 56 20 +36 76
5 Iskra - Stal Rîbnița 39 21 11 7 62 26 +36 74[a] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
6 Olimpia Bălți 39 21 11 7 59 31 +28 74[a]
7 Tiraspol 39 17 6 16 57 45 +12 57
8 CSCA – Rapid Chişinău 39 15 10 14 39 37 +2 55
9 Academia Chișinău 39 14 10 15 44 37 +7 52
10 Costuleni 39 7 6 26 23 68 −45 27
11 Nistru Otaci 39 7 4 28 33 75 −42 25[c]
12 Sfîntul Gheorghe 39 6 7 26 30 83 −53 25[c]
13 Gagauziya Comrat (R) 39 7 2 30 38 89 −51 23 Relegation to Division "A"[d]
14 Dinamo Bendery (R) 39 6 4 29 25 118 −93 22
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference
For determining final classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th number of wins; 7th Fair Play competition[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ISK: 4 pts, +0 gl; OLI: 4 pts, +0 gl
  2. ^ As winners of the 2010–11 Moldovan Cup.
  3. ^ a b NIS: 4 pts, +0 gl; SFÎ: 4 pts, +0 gl
  4. ^ CF Gagauziya could not obtain a licence for participating in Moldovan National Division next season.

Round by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839
Dacia Chișinău313523222232221132221111111122111111111
Sheriff Tiraspol142466657654333414533232222211222222222
Milsami Orhei425234434445555551112323333355533533333
Zimbru Chișinău257977775567666666666666666666664345544
Iskra - Stal Rîbnița334342111111444325455444454443345666655
Olimpia Bălți361111343323112243344555545534456454466
Tiraspol137107991099999999999999999899999988888877
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău8129101010888888778888887877777777777777788
Academia Chișinău888655566776887777778788988888899999999
Costuleni59688891010101011131313111010111110101111111110101010101010111010101010
Nistru Otaci81113141412121312111113121010101212121212131314121212121112121111101111111111
Sfîntul Gheorghe131412131213131111121314141414141414131313141412131414141414141313121312121312
Gagauziya Comrat81011121314141413131412111212131313141414121213141313131313131414141414141213
Dinamo Bendery81314111111111214141210101111121111101011111010101011111211111212131213131414
Source: kicker (in German)
  = Leader;   = 2nd place;   = 3rd place;   = Relegation

Results[edit]

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.

First and second round[edit]

Home \ Away ACA CRC COS DAC DIN GAG ISK MIL NIS OLI SFÎ SHE TIR ZIM
Academia Chișinău 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Costuleni 1–5 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–7 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–2
Dacia Chișinău 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 7–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Dinamo Bendery 1–5 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–3 3–2 0–8 0–2 0–7 0–3 1–0
Gagauziya Comrat 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–4 5–4 0–4 0–2 5–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–3 0–0
Iskra - Stal Rîbnița 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 4–2 2–1
Milsami Orhei 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 5–1 1–0
Nistru Otaci 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–3 4–2 1–5
Olimpia Bălți 3–2 3–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–4 1–1
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–3
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–0
Tiraspol 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–1 5–0 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–2
Zimbru Chișinău 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 6–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round[edit]

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

27th round 28th round 29th round 30th round 31st round 32nd round 33rd round
1 – 14 14 – 8 2 – 14 14 – 9 3 – 14 14 – 10 4 – 14
2 – 13 9 – 7 3 – 1 10 – 8 4 – 2 11 – 9 5 – 3
3 – 12 10 – 6 4 – 13 11 – 7 5 – 1 12 – 8 6 – 2
4 – 11 11 – 5 5 – 12 12 – 6 6 – 13 13 – 7 7 – 1
5 – 10 12 – 4 6 – 11 13 – 5 7 – 12 1 – 6 8 – 13
6 – 9 13 – 3 7 – 10 1 – 4 8 – 11 2 – 5 9 – 12
7 – 8 1 – 2 8 – 9 2 – 3 9 – 10 3 – 4 10 – 11
34th round 35th round 36th round 37th round 38th round 39th round
14 – 11 5 – 14 14 – 12 6 – 14 14 – 13 7 – 14
12 – 10 6 – 4 13 – 11 7 – 5 1 – 12 8 – 6
13 – 9 7 – 3 1 – 10 8 – 4 2 – 11 9 – 5
1 – 8 8 – 2 2 – 9 9 – 3 3 – 10 10 – 4
2 – 7 9 – 1 3 – 8 10 – 2 4 – 9 11 – 3
3 – 6 10 – 13 4 – 7 11 – 1 5 – 8 12 – 2
4 – 5 11 – 12 5 – 6 12 – 13 6 – 7 13 – 1
Home \ Away ACA CRC COS DAC DIN GAG ISK MIL NIS OLI SFÎ SHE TIR ZIM
Academia Chișinău 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2
CSCA – Rapid Chişinău 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–3
Costuleni 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 0–0
Dacia Chișinău 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Dinamo Bendery 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–7 1–6
Gagauziya Comrat 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 1–2
Iskra - Stal Rîbnița 3–2 0–1 6–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–0
Milsami Orhei 1–0 0–0 7–2 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–2
Nistru Otaci 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 1–3 2–4
Olimpia Bălți 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–3
Sfîntul Gheorghe 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 4–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 6–0 0–0
Tiraspol 0–0 0–1 7–0 1–2 0–1 1–0
Zimbru Chișinău 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[edit]

Including matches played on 22 May 2011; Source: Soccerway

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Moldova Gheorghe Boghiu Milsami Orhei 26
2 Moldova Ghenadie Orbu Dacia Chişinău 21
3 Moldova Mahai Cojusea Gagauziya Comrat 19
4 Moldova Alexandru Popovici Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 16
5 Georgia (country) Levan Korgalidze Dacia Chişinău 13
Senegal Amath Diedhiou Sheriff Tiraspol 13
7 Moldova Radu Gînsari Academia UTM Chişinău 12
Ukraine Volodymyr Kilikevych Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 12
8 Latvia Edgars Gauračs Sheriff Tiraspol 10
9 Moldova Oleg Andronic Zimbru Chişinău 9
Russia Daniil Nikolaev Academia UTM Chişinău 9
Moldova Gheorghe Ovseannicov Olimpia Bălţi 9
Ukraine Oleksandr Suchu Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 9
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[edit]

Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
Player Home Away Result Date
Russia Daniil Nikolaev FC Costuleni FC Academia Chişinău 1–5 15 August 2010
Russia Daniil Nikolaev FC Academia Chişinău CF Gagauziya 3–0 21 August 2010
Moldova Gheorghe Boghiu4 FC Costuleni FC Milsami 0–7 26 September 2010
Latvia Edgars Gauračs FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 26 September 2010
Georgia (country) Levan Korgalidze CF Gagauziya FC Dacia Chişinău 1–4 31 October 2010
Moldova Ghenadie Orbu FC Dacia Chişinău FC Academia Chişinău 3–1 14 November 2010
Moldova Ghenadie Orbu FC Dacia Chişinău FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 7–0 12 December 2010
Latvia Edgars Gauračs5 FC Tighina FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0–7 18 December 2010
Moldova Mahai Cojusea4 CF Gagauziya FC Tighina 5–4 17 February 2011
Moldova Sergiu Zacon CF Gagauziya FC Tighina 5–4 17 February 2011
Senegal Amath Diedhiou FC Sheriff Tiraspol CF Gagauziya 5–1 12 March 2011
Moldova Gheorghe Boghiu4 FC Milsami FC Sfîntul Gheorghe 4–0 6 April 2011
Moldova Sergiu Grițuc FC Nistru Otaci FC Tighina 4–0 23 February 2011
Burkina Faso Wilfried Benjamin Balima FC Tighina FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0–7 13 May 2011
Senegal Amath Diedhiou4 FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Costuleni 4–0 17 May 2011
Moldova Gheorghe Boghiu FC Milsami FC Tighina 7–2 17 May 2011

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 5 May 2013
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Moldova Nicolae Calancea FC Zimbru Chișinău 20
2 Moldova Artiom Gaiduchevici FC Iskra & FC Dacia Chișinău 19
3 Moldova Mihai Moraru FC Milsami Orhei 18
4 Moldova Eugen Matiughin FC Dacia Chișinău 16
5 Moldova Dumitru Stajila FC Sheriff Tiraspol 13
Moldova Denis Rusu FC Rapid Ghidighici 13
7 Moldova Serghei Pașcenco FC Olimpia 11
Moldova Alexandru Zveaghințev FC Tiraspol 11
9 Bulgaria Vladislav Stoyanov FC Sheriff Tiraspol 10
10 Moldova Maxim Copeliciuc FC Academia 9

Top Foreigns[edit]

Place Country Goals Players Leading Goalscorers (Goals)Club
1. Ukraine Ukraine 46 16 Volodymyr Kilikevych (12) FC Iskra-Stal
2. Russia Russia 38 13 Daniil Nikolaev (9) FC Academia Chişinău
3. Romania Romania 28 10 Adrian Grigoruţă (8) FC Milsami
4. Georgia (country) Georgia 24 6 Levan Korgalidze (13) FC Dacia Chişinău
5. Nigeria Nigeria 22 7 Julius Adaramola (8) FC Olimpia
6. Brazil Brazil 15 3 Ademar Xavier (8) FC Milsami
7. Senegal Senegal 13 1 Amath Diedhiou (13) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
8. Latvia Latvia 10 1 Edgars Gauračs (10) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
9. Ghana Ghana 9 4 Razak Salifu (4) FC Zimbru Chişinău
10. Serbia Serbia 8 3 Aleksandar Pešić (5) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
11. Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 6 1 Wilfried Benjamin Balima (6) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
11. Slovenia Slovenia 6 2 Dalibor Volaš (4) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
13. Haiti Haiti 5 1 Jean-Robens Jerome (5) FC Olimpia
13. Montenegro Montenegro 5 2 Vladimir Volkov (2) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
15. Spain Spain 3 1 Caio Suguino (3) FC Milsami
15. Guinea Guinea 3 2 Thomas Kourouma (2) FC Olimpia
17. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2 1 Victor Berco (2) FC Zimbru Chişinău
17. United States United States 2 1 Christian Camacho (2) FC Sfîntul Gheorghe
17. Belarus Belarus 2 1 Vitaly Ledenev (2) FC Dacia Chişinău
20. Cameroon Cameroon 1 1 Titi Belle (1) FC Nistru Otaci
20. Armenia Armenia 1 1 Artem Khachaturov (1) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
20. Mexico Mexico 1 1 Carlos Santos de la Vega (1) FC Olimpia
20. Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1 1 Abu Tommy (1) FC Sheriff Tiraspol
20. Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 1 1 Ousmane Traore (1) FC Milsami

Moldova vs Rest of World[edit]

Country Goals
Moldova Moldova 432
Astronomical symbol of Earth Rest of World 252

Disciplinary[edit]

Final classification.

Rank Player Club Yellow Cards Red Cards Points
1 Moldova Andrei Tcaciuc FC Olimpia 10 2 16
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Feshchenko FC Iskra-Stal 10 2 16
1 Moldova Alexandru Cheltuială FC Olimpia 13 1 16

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