Moldova national football team

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Moldova

Association	Football Association of Moldova (Federaţia moldovenească de fotbal) (Romanian)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Igor Dobrovolski
Most caps	Radu Rebeja (74)
Top scorer	Serghei Clescenco (11)
Home stadium	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
FIFA code	MDA
FIFA ranking	84
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (April 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	149 (May 1994)
Elo ranking	90
Highest Elo ranking	86 (February 2008)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Moldova 2 - 4 Georgia (Chişinău, Moldova; July 2, 1991)
Biggest win
Moldova 5 - 0 Pakistan (Amman, Jordan; August 18, 1992)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 6 - 0 Moldova (Gothenburg, Sweden; June 6, 2001)
Appearances	(First in -)
Best result	-
Appearances	(First in -)
Best result	-

The Moldova national football team is the national football team of Moldova under the auspice of the Football Association of Moldova. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Georgia on July 2, 1991.

Their two best results came within a month of each other in the mid-1990s, during the qualifiers for Euro 96. On September 7, 1994, they beat Georgia 1-0 in Tbilisi with a goal from Igor Oprea. A month later, on October 12, 1994, they defeated Wales 3-2 in Chişinău; the Moldovan scorers were Sergiu Secu, Serghei Belous, and Valerii Pogorelov. However, they could not keep up the momentum and finished well out of contention in the group.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 European Championship record 3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 Forthcoming fixtures 5 Recent results 6 Players 6.1 Current squad 6.2 Recent call-up 7 Coaches 8 External links 9 See also 10 References

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1938 - Did not enter, was part of Romania
• 1950 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Greece 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13  Switzerland 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 13  Latvia 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10  Israel 6 2 3 1 10 8 +2 9  Luxembourg 6 1 1 4 3 13 −10 4  Moldova 6 0 1 5 2 11 −9 1

Greece  – 2 – 1 10 Oct 14 Oct 3 – 0 1 – 2 Israel  1 – 1 – 5 Sep 9 Sep 10 Oct 2 – 2 Latvia  0 – 2 1 – 1 – 2 – 0 14 Oct 9 Sep Luxembourg  0 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 4 – 0 – 0 10 Oct Moldova  9 Sep 1 – 2 1 – 2 5 Sep – 0 – 2 Switzerland  5 Sep 14 Oct 2 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 0 –

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent
14 October, 2009	World Cup 2010	Riga	Latvia
10 October, 2009	World Cup 2010	Ramat Gan	Israel
9 September, 2009	World Cup 2010		Greece
5 September, 2009	World Cup 2010		Luxembourg
12 August, 2009	Friendly	Yerevan	Armenia

[edit] Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
10 June, 2009	Friendly	Barysaw	Belarus	Drew 2:2	Denis Calincov, Valeriu Andronic
6 June, 2009	Friendly	Tbilisi	Georgia	Won 2:1	Veaceslav Sofroni, Victor Golovatenco
1 April, 2009	World Cup 2010	Geneva	Switzerland	Lost 2:0
28 March, 2009	World Cup 2010	Chisinau	Switzerland	Lost 0:2
11 February, 2009	Friendly	Antalya	Macedonia	Drew 1:1	Valeriu Andronic
19 November 2008	Friendly	Tallinn	Lithuania	Drew 1:1	Igor Bugaev
18 November 2008	Friendly	Tallinn	Estonia	Lost 1:0
15 October 2008	World Cup 2010		Luxembourg	Drew 0:0
11 October 2008	World Cup 2010	Piraeus	Greece	Lost 3:0
10 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Tiraspol	Israel	Lost 1:2	Igor Picusciac
6 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Tiraspol	Latvia	Lost 1:2	Serghei Alexeev
20 August 2008	Friendly	Vilnius	Lithuania	Lost 3:0

[edit] Players

The following players have been called up for the friendly match vs Georgia, that will take place on June 6, 2009^[1].

Caps and goals are correct as of June 9, 2009.

[edit] Current squad

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Nicolae Calancea August 29, 1986 (1986-08-29) (age 22) 11 -13 Zimbru Chişinău GK Stanislav Namasco November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 22) 11 -14 Sheriff Tiraspol GK Yevgeni Matyugin October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31) (age 27) 2 -2 Dacia Chişinău DF Alexandru Epureanu September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) (age 22) 26 1 Moscow DF Alexei Savinov April 19, 1979 (1979-04-19) (age 30) 23 0 Baku DF Victor Golovatenco April 28, 1984 (1984-04-28) (age 25) 20 1 Khimki DF Igor Armas July 14, 1987 (1987-07-14) (age 22) 9 0 Hammarby DF Dumitru Popovici August 5, 1983 (1983-08-05) (age 25) 1 0 Dacia Chişinău MF Andrei Corneencov April 1, 1982 (1982-04-01) (age 27) 23 0 Sheriff Tiraspol MF Valeriu Andronic December 21, 1982 (1982-12-21) (age 26) 18 2 Bohemians Praha (Střížkov) MF Alexandr Suvorov February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 22) 13 0 Sheriff Tiraspol MF Serghei Namasco June 19, 1984 (1984-06-19) (age 25) 13 0 Tiraspol MF Igor Tigirlas February 24, 1984 (1984-02-24) (age 25) 10 0 Ventspils MF Eugeniu Cebotaru October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16) (age 24) 10 0 Ceahlăul MF Alexandru Onica July 29, 1984 (1984-07-29) (age 24) 6 0 Dacia Chişinău MF Victor Bulat January 5, 1985 (1985-01-05) (age 24) 5 0 Dacia Chişinău MF Artur Ionita August 17, 1990 (1990-08-17) (age 18) 1 0 FC Aarau FW Igor Bugaiov June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26) (age 24) 21 5 Metalurh Zaporizhya FW Serghei Alexeev May 31, 1986 (1986-05-31) (age 23) 15 3 FC Aarau FW Denis Calincov September 15, 1985 (1985-09-15) (age 23) 9 1 Academia UTM Chişinău FW Gheorghe Ovseannicov October 12, 1985 (1985-10-12) (age 23) 8 0 Olimpia Bălţi FW Veaceslav Sofroni April 30, 1984 (1984-04-30) (age 25) 2 1 Zimbru Chişinău

[edit] Recent call-up

Recent call-up last matches.

Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Mihai Moraru October 22, 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 29) 1 -1 Petrolul Ploieşti 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 DF Serghei Lascencov March 24, 1980 (1980-03-24) (age 29) 32 0 Olimpik Baku 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 MF Aleksandr Gatcan March 27, 1984 (1984-03-27) (age 25) 18 1 Rostov 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 MF Denis Zmeu May 8, 1985 (1985-05-08) (age 24) 12 0 Vaslui 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 MF Victor Marian September 10, 1984 (1984-09-10) (age 24) 1 0 Rocar Bucureşti 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009 FW Vitalie Manoliu March 23, 1985 (1985-03-23) (age 24) 4 0 Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Switzerland, on April 1, 2009

[edit] Coaches

Period	Coach
1991-1992	Ion Caras
1992	Eugen Piunovschi
1992-1997	Ion Caras
1998-1999	Ivan Danilianţ
1999 - 2001	Alexandru Maţiura
2001	Alexandru Spiridon
2002 - 2006	Viktor Pasulko
2006 - 2007	Anatol Teslev
2007 - present	Igor Dobrovolski

[edit] External links

• Football Association of Moldova (Romanian) (English)
• RSSSF archive of results: 1991-present
• www.football.md (Russian)
• www.moldfootball.com (Russian)

[edit] See also

• Cat:Moldovan footballers
• Cat:Moldova international footballers
• Cat:Moldovan football biography stubs

[edit] References

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