Moldova national football team

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 Moldova
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Association Federaţia Moldovenească de Fotbal
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Moldova Ion Caras
Asst coach Moldova Ion Testemițanu
Captain Alexandru Epureanu
Most caps Radu Rebeja (74)
Top scorer Serghei Cleşcenco (11)
Home stadium Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău
FIFA code MDA
FIFA ranking 142
Highest FIFA ranking 37 (April 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking 149 (May 1994)
Elo ranking 107
Highest Elo ranking 86 (February 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking 130 (October/November 2002)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Moldova Moldova 2 – 4 Georgia Georgia (country)
(Chişinău, Moldova; July 2, 1991)
Biggest win
Moldova Moldova 5 – 0 Pakistan Pakistan
(Amman, Jordan; August 18, 1992)
Biggest defeat
Sweden Sweden 6 – 0 Moldova Moldova
(Gothenburg, Sweden; June 6, 2001)

The Moldova national football team (Romanian: Echipa naţională de fotbal a Moldovei) represents Moldova in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Moldova, the governing body for football in Moldova. Moldova's home ground is Zimbru Stadium in Chişinău and their head coach is Gavril Balint. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Georgia on July 2, 1991.

Their two best results came during the qualifiers for Euro 96, with wins over Georgia (1–0) in Tbilisi and Wales (3–2) in Chişinău. The team has never qualified for the final stages of the European Championship or the FIFA World Cup.

Following Moldova's 4–0 defeat to England in September 1997 the British writer and comedian Tony Hawks travelled to Moldova to challenge and beat all 11 Moldovan international footballers at tennis. The feature film version of the book of the same name, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, was filmed in and around Chişinău in May and June 2010 and is to be released in the spring of 2012.

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[edit] Competitive record

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

[edit] UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1960–1992 Part of  Soviet Union
England 1996 Did Not Qualify
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012
France 2016 To Be Determined

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 2
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Switzerland 10 6 3 1 18 8 +10 21
 Greece 10 6 2 2 20 10 +10 20
 Latvia 10 5 2 3 18 15 +3 17
 Israel 10 4 4 2 20 10 +10 16
 Luxembourg 10 1 2 7 4 25 −21 5
 Moldova 10 0 3 7 6 18 −12 3
  Greece Israel Latvia Luxembourg Moldova Switzerland
Greece  – 2 – 1 5 – 2 2 – 1 3 – 0 1 – 2
Israel  1 – 1 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 3 – 1 2 – 2
Latvia  0 – 2 1 – 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 2 2 – 2
Luxembourg  0 – 3 1 – 3 0 – 4 – 0 – 0 0 – 3
Moldova  1 – 1 1 – 2 1 – 2 0 – 0 – 0 – 2
Switzerland  2 – 0 0 – 0 2 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 0 –


[edit] UEFA Euro 2012 qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group E
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 10 9 0 1 37 8 +29 27
 Sweden 10 8 0 2 31 11 +20 24
 Hungary 10 6 1 3 22 14 +8 19
 Finland 10 3 1 6 16 16 0 10
 Moldova 10 3 0 7 12 16 −4 9
 San Marino 10 0 0 10 0 53 −53 0
  Finland Hungary Moldova Netherlands San Marino Sweden
Finland  — 1–2 4–1 0–2 8–0 1–2
Hungary  0–0 — 2–1 0–4 8–0 2–1
Moldova  2–0 0–2 — 0–1 4–0 1–4
Netherlands  2–1 5–3 1–0 — 11–0 4–1
San Marino  0–1 0–3 0–2 0–5 — 0–5
Sweden  5–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 6–0 —


[edit] Recent results

Friendly match

29 February 2012
 Belarus  0 – 0  Moldova Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey
Attendance: 100
Referee: Gediminas Mazeika (Lithuania)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

7 September 2012
 Moldova  v  England Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

11 September 2012
 Poland  v  Moldova

[edit] Current squad

Competition: Friendly match
Match Date: 29 February 2012
Opposition:  Belarus

Caps and goals are correct as of 29 February 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Stanislav Namaşco November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 25) 26 0 Russia Kuban Krasnodar
2 DF Igor Armaş July 14, 1987 (1987-07-14) (age 24) 24 1 Russia Kuban Krasnodar
3 DF Victor Golovatenco April 28, 1984 (1984-04-28) (age 27) 37 2 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk
4 MF Artur Pătraş October 1, 1988 (1988-10-01) (age 23) 3 0 Romania Politehnica Timişoara
5 DF Alexandru Epureanu (captain) September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) (age 25) 43 3 Russia Dynamo Moscow
6 DF Simeon Bulgaru May 26, 1985 (1985-05-26) (age 26) 13 1 Russia Alania Vladikavkaz
7 MF Serghei Covalciuc January 20, 1982 (1982-01-20) (age 30) 36 2 Ukraine Chornomorets
8 FW Denis Calincov September 15, 1985 (1985-09-15) (age 26) 20 2 Unattached
9 FW Igor Picuşceac March 27, 1983 (1983-03-27) (age 28) 8 2 Russia Krasnodar
10 FW Serghei Alexeev May 31, 1986 (1986-05-31) (age 25) 17 4 Israel Maccabi Netanya
11 FW Gheorghe Ovseannicov October 12, 1985 (1985-10-12) (age 26) 14 2 Israel Hapoel Rishon LeZion
12 GK Artiom Gaiduchevici April 22, 1987 (1987-04-22) (age 24) 6 0 Moldova Dacia Chişinău
13 MF Gheorghe Andronic September 25, 1991 (1991-09-25) (age 20) 2 1 Sweden Degerfors
14 DF Vitalie Bordian August 11, 1984 (1984-08-11) (age 27) 24 1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
15 DF Petru Racu July 17, 1987 (1987-07-17) (age 24) 11 0 Denmark Hjørring
16 DF Iulian Erhan July 1, 1986 (1986-07-01) (age 25) 1 0 Moldova Zimbru Chişinău
17 FW Igor Ţîgîrlaş February 24, 1984 (1984-02-24) (age 28) 20 1 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa
18 MF Eugen Sidorenco March 19, 1989 (1989-03-19) (age 22) 2 0 Moldova Zimbru Chişinău
19 MF Radu Catan May 30, 1989 (1989-05-30) (age 22) 2 0 Moldova Zimbru Chişinău
20 DF Vadim Bolohan August 15, 1986 (1986-08-15) (age 25) 11 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
21 GK Nicolae Calancea August 29, 1986 (1986-08-29) (age 25) 12 0 Moldova Zimbru Chişinău
22 MF Denis Zamora May 8, 1985 (1985-05-08) (age 26) 18 1 Romania Vaslui
23 MF Andrei Cojocari January 21, 1987 (1987-01-21) (age 25) 7 1 Moldova Dacia Chişinău

[edit] Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the Moldova squad recently.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up
GK Yevgeni Matyugin October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31) (age 30) 3 0 Moldova Dacia Chişinău v.  Cyprus, 10 August 2011
DF Maxim Potîrniche June 13, 1989 (1989-06-13) (age 22) 2 0 Moldova Academia Chişinău v.  Georgia, 11 November 2011
DF Adrian Caşcaval June 10, 1987 (1987-06-10) (age 24) 1 0 Moldova Academia Chişinău v.  Georgia, 11 November 2011
DF Alexandru Cheltuială December 5, 1983 (1983-12-05) (age 28) 1 0 Moldova Olimpia Bălţi v.  San Marino, 11 October 2011
DF Vadim Boreț September 5, 1976 (1976-09-05) (age 35) 40 1 Azerbaijan Baku v.  Hungary, 6 September 2011
DF Alexei Savinov April 19, 1979 (1979-04-19) (age 32) 37 0 Azerbaijan Baku v.  Hungary, 6 September 2011
MF Eugeniu Cebotaru October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16) (age 27) 28 0 Romania Ceahlăul  Belgium, 29 February 2012
MF Alexandru Onica July 25, 1984 (1984-07-25) (age 27) 10 0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol  Belgium, 29 February 2012
MF Stanislav Ivanov November 7, 1980 (1980-11-07) (age 31) 39 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow v.  Georgia, 11 November 2011
MF Alexandr Suvorov February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 25) 32 5 Poland Cracovia v.  Georgia, 11 November 2011
MF Anatolie Doroş March 21, 1983 (1983-03-21) (age 28) 19 2 Azerbaijan Simurq v.  Georgia, 11 November 2011
MF Daniel Pisla June 14, 1986 (1986-06-14) (age 25) 1 0 Moldova Academia Chişinău v.  Georgia, 11 November 2011
MF Anatolii Cheptine May 20, 1990 (1990-05-20) (age 21) 6 0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol v.  San Marino, 11 October 2011
MF Serghei Gheorghiev October 20, 1991 (1991-10-20) (age 20) 1 0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol v.  San Marino, 11 October 2011
MF Alexandru Gațcan March 27, 1984 (1984-03-27) (age 27) 21 1 Russia Rostov v.  Belarus, 29 February 2012
FW Igor Bugaiov June 26, 1984 (1984-06-26) (age 27) 39 6 Kazakhstan Lokomotiv Astana v.  Georgia, 11 November 2011
FW Viorel Frunză December 6, 1979 (1979-12-06) (age 32) 31 6 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy v.  San Marino, 11 October 2011
FW Alexandru Antoniuc May 23, 1989 (1989-05-23) (age 22) 1 0 Russia Rubin Kazan v.  San Marino, 11 October 2011
FW Alexandru Dedov July 26, 1989 (1989-07-26) (age 22) 0 0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol v.  San Marino, 11 October 2011

[edit] Player history

Players in bold are still active.

[edit] Most capped players

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Radu Rebeja 1991–2008 74 2
2 Serghei Cleşcenco 1991–2006 69 11
3 Valeriu Catinsus 1999–2009 55 0
4 Ion Testemiţanu 1991–2007 53 5
5 Serghei Rogaciov 1996–2007 52 9
6 Serghei Epureanu 1996–2006 46 3
= Serghei Stroenco 1992–2007 46 0
8 Vladimir Gaidamaşchuc 1992–2001 44 1
= Igor Oprea 1992–2001 44 4
10 Alexandru Epureanu 2006– 43 3

[edit] Top goalscorers

# Name Career Goals (caps)
1 Serghei Cleşcenco 1991–2006 11 (69)
2 Serghei Rogaciov 1996–2007 9 (52)
3 Iurie Miterev 1992–2006 8 (36)
4 Serghei Dadu 2002– 7 (27)
5 Viorel Frunză 2002– 6 (31)
6 Igor Bugaiov 2007– 5 (26)
= Ion Testemiţanu 1991–2007 5 (53)
8 Alexandru Golban 2002– 4 (15)
= Serghei Alexeev 2007– 4 (17)
= Valeriu Andronic 2001– 4 (32)
= Igor Oprea 1992–2001 4 (44)

[edit] Managers

Period Coach
1991–1992 Moldova Ion Caras
1992 Moldova Eugen Piunovschi
1992–1997 Moldova Ion Caras
1998–1999 Moldova Ivan Danilianţ
1999–2001 Moldova Alexandru Maţiura
2001 Moldova Alexandru Spiridon
2002–2006 Ukraine Viktor Pasulko
2006–2007 Moldova Anatol Teslev
2007–2009 Russia Igor Dobrovolski
2010–2011 Romania Gavril Balint
2012–Present Moldova Ion Caras

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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