Moldova national football team

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Moldova
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Association Football Association of Moldova (Federaţia moldovenească de fotbal) (Romanian)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Flag of Russia Flag of Ukraine 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)
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Home colours
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First international
Flag of Moldova Moldova 2 - 4 Georgia Flag of Georgia (country)
(Chişinău, Moldova; July 2, 1991)
Biggest win
Flag of Moldova Moldova 5 - 0 Pakistan Flag of Pakistan
(Amman, Jordan; August 18, 1992)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 - 0 Moldova Flag of Moldova
(Gothenburg, Sweden; June 6, 2001)
Appearances (First in -)
Best result -
Appearances (First in -)
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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

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] European Championship record

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team
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
  Flag of Greece Flag of Israel Flag of Latvia Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Moldova Flag of Switzerland
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 Flag of Latvia Riga Flag of Latvia Latvia
10 October, 2009 World Cup 2010 Flag of Israel Ramat Gan Flag of Israel Israel
9 September, 2009 World Cup 2010 Flag of Moldova Flag of Greece Greece
5 September, 2009 World Cup 2010 Flag of Moldova Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg
12 August, 2009 Friendly Flag of Armenia Yerevan Flag of Armenia Armenia

[edit] Recent results

Date Tournament Location Opponent Result Scorers
10 June, 2009 Friendly Flag of Belarus Barysaw Flag of BelarusBelarus Drew 2:2 Denis Calincov, Valeriu Andronic
6 June, 2009 Friendly Flag of Georgia (country) Tbilisi Flag of Georgia (country)Georgia Won 2:1 Veaceslav Sofroni, Victor Golovatenco
1 April, 2009 World Cup 2010 Flag of Switzerland Geneva Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Lost 2:0
28 March, 2009 World Cup 2010 Flag of Moldova Chisinau Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Lost 0:2
11 February, 2009 Friendly Flag of Turkey Antalya Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Drew 1:1 Valeriu Andronic
19 November 2008 Friendly Flag of Estonia Tallinn Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Drew 1:1 Igor Bugaev
18 November 2008 Friendly Flag of Estonia Tallinn Flag of Estonia Estonia Lost 1:0
15 October 2008 World Cup 2010 Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg Drew 0:0
11 October 2008 World Cup 2010 Flag of Greece Piraeus Flag of Greece Greece Lost 3:0
10 September 2008 World Cup 2010 Flag of Moldova Tiraspol Flag of Israel Israel Lost 1:2 Igor Picusciac
6 September 2008 World Cup 2010 Flag of Moldova Tiraspol Flag of Latvia Latvia Lost 1:2 Serghei Alexeev
20 August 2008 Friendly Flag of Lithuania Vilnius Flag of Lithuania 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 Flag of Moldova Zimbru Chişinău
GK Stanislav Namasco November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 22) 11 -14 Flag of Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
GK Yevgeni Matyugin October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31) (age 27) 2 -2 Flag of Moldova Dacia Chişinău
DF Alexandru Epureanu September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) (age 22) 26 1 Flag of Russia Moscow
DF Alexei Savinov April 19, 1979 (1979-04-19) (age 30) 23 0 Flag of Azerbaijan Baku
DF Victor Golovatenco April 28, 1984 (1984-04-28) (age 25) 20 1 Flag of Russia Khimki
DF Igor Armas July 14, 1987 (1987-07-14) (age 22) 9 0 Flag of Sweden Hammarby
DF Dumitru Popovici August 5, 1983 (1983-08-05) (age 25) 1 0 Flag of Moldova Dacia Chişinău
MF Andrei Corneencov April 1, 1982 (1982-04-01) (age 27) 23 0 Flag of Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
MF Valeriu Andronic December 21, 1982 (1982-12-21) (age 26) 18 2 Flag of the Czech Republic Bohemians Praha (Střížkov)
MF Alexandr Suvorov February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) (age 22) 13 0 Flag of Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
MF Serghei Namasco June 19, 1984 (1984-06-19) (age 25) 13 0 Flag of Moldova Tiraspol
MF Igor Tigirlas February 24, 1984 (1984-02-24) (age 25) 10 0 Flag of Latvia Ventspils
MF Eugeniu Cebotaru October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16) (age 24) 10 0 Flag of Romania Ceahlăul
MF Alexandru Onica July 29, 1984 (1984-07-29) (age 24) 6 0 Flag of Moldova Dacia Chişinău
MF Victor Bulat January 5, 1985 (1985-01-05) (age 24) 5 0 Flag of Moldova Dacia Chişinău
MF Artur Ionita August 17, 1990 (1990-08-17) (age 18) 1 0 Flag of Switzerland FC Aarau
FW Igor Bugaiov June 26, 1985 (1985-06-26) (age 24) 21 5 Flag of Ukraine Metalurh Zaporizhya
FW Serghei Alexeev May 31, 1986 (1986-05-31) (age 23) 15 3 Flag of Switzerland FC Aarau
FW Denis Calincov September 15, 1985 (1985-09-15) (age 23) 9 1 Flag of Moldova Academia UTM Chişinău
FW Gheorghe Ovseannicov October 12, 1985 (1985-10-12) (age 23) 8 0 Flag of Moldova Olimpia Bălţi
FW Veaceslav Sofroni April 30, 1984 (1984-04-30) (age 25) 2 1 Flag of Moldova 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 Flag of Romania 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 Flag of Azerbaijan 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 Flag of Russia 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 Flag of Romania 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 Flag of Romania 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 Flag of Moldova 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

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
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