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| Most caps = [[Alexandru Epureanu]] (100) |
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| Top scorer = [[Ion Nicolaescu]] (12) |
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| Home Stadium = [[Stadionul Zimbru]] |
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| FIFA Trigramme = MDA |
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Revision as of 20:49, 20 June 2023
Nickname(s) | Tricolorii (The Tricolours) | |||
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Association | Federația Moldovenească de Fotbal (FMF) | |||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Serghei Cleșcenco | |||
Captain | Artur Ioniță | |||
Most caps | Alexandru Epureanu (100) | |||
Top scorer | Ion Nicolaescu (12) | |||
Home stadium | Stadionul Zimbru | |||
FIFA code | MDA | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 152 ![]() | |||
Highest | 37 (April 2008) | |||
Lowest | 181 (October 2021) | |||
First international | ||||
Unofficial![]() ![]() (Chişinău, Moldavian SSR; 2 July 1991) Official ![]() ![]() (Jacksonville, United States; 16 April 1994) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
![]() ![]() (Amman, Jordan; 18 August 1992) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
![]() ![]() (Herning, Denmark; 28 March 2021) |
The Moldova national football team (Romanian: Echipa națională de fotbal a Moldovei) represents Moldova in international football and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. Moldova's home ground is Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău and their head coach is Serghei Cleșcenco. Shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Georgia on 2 July 1991.
Two of their three best results in the 1990s came during the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1996, with wins over Georgia (1–0) in Tbilisi and Wales (3–2) in Chișinău. In 2007, Moldova obtained a very good result, defeating Hungary 3–0 in Chișinău in Euro 2008 qualifying. Their best recent result was a 5–2 win over Montenegro during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying. The team has never qualified for the final stages of the UEFA European Championship nor the FIFA World Cup as of present time.
Following Moldova's 4–0 defeat to England in September 1997, 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 Chișinău in May and June 2010 and was released in the spring of 2012.
History
The Moldovan Football Federation was founded in 1990. However, the national football team of Moldova did not play an official international match until 1991, when Moldova lost to Georgia.
Moldova's first attempt to qualify for the FIFA World Cup was in 1998, but they failed to qualify for the tournament. Moldova has finished either last or second last in all tournament qualifying campaigns entered to date, except UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, in which they finished fifth in the seven-team Group C with 12 points.
Current sponsorship
German sports company Jako has been Moldova's official kit manufacturer since 2000.
- Official sponsors: Bere Chișinău, Jako, Rusnac, Infront Sports & Media (Moldova), Bemol, iTicket (Moldova), Vizită, Orange (Moldova)
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2022
22 September 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | Latvia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Riga, Latvia |
20:45 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 6,711 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal) |
25 September 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | Moldova ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Chişinău, Moldova |
17:45 |
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Report | Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 5,774 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France) |
16 November 2022 Friendly | Moldova ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Chişinău, Moldova |
19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 3,742 Referee: Denys Shurman (Ukraine) |
20 November 2022 Friendly | Moldova ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() | Chişinău, Moldova |
20:30 | Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 6,145 Referee: Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu (Turkey) |
2023
24 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Chișinău, Moldova |
20:45 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 4,732 Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland) |
27 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Chișinău, Moldova |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany) |
17 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Albania ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Tirana, Albania |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: Arena Kombëtare Attendance: 20,944 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands) |
20 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | v | ![]() | Chișinău, Moldova |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia) |
10 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Faroe Islands ![]() | v | ![]() | Tórshavn, Faroe Islands |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: Tórsvøllur |
12 October 2023 Friendly | Sweden ![]() | v | ![]() | Solna, Sweden |
Stadium: Friends Arena |
15 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Poland ![]() | v | ![]() | TBD, Poland |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: TBD |
17 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Moldova ![]() | v | ![]() | Chișinău, Moldova |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: Zimbru Stadium |
20 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | Czech Republic ![]() | v | ![]() | Olomouc, Czech Republic |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: Andrův Stadion |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | ![]() |
Assistant coaches | ![]() ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() |
Fitness coach | ![]() |
Last updated: 30 March 2021
Source: FMF
Manager history
Former forward and all-time top goalscorer of Moldova is the current head coach of Moldova national team since December 2021.[3]
- Statistics correct as of match played on 25 September 2022[4]
Coach | Nat. | Period | Played | Win | Drawn | Loss | % Won |
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Ion Caras | ![]() |
1991–1992 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
Eugen Piunovschi | ![]() |
1992 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00 |
Ion Caras | ![]() |
1992–1997 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18.52 |
Alexandru Mațiura (interim) | ![]() |
1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Ivan Daniliants | ![]() |
1998–1999 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14.29 |
Alexandru Mațiura | ![]() |
1999–2001 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25.00 |
Alexandru Spiridon | ![]() |
2001 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25.00 |
Viktor Pasulko | ![]() |
2002–2005 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 20.00 |
Anatol Teslev | ![]() |
2006 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.67 |
Igor Dobrovolski | ![]() |
2007–2009 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 23.33 |
Gavril Balint | ![]() |
2010–2011 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 27.78 |
Ion Caras | ![]() |
2012–2014 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 22.22 |
Alexandru Curtianu | ![]() |
2014–2015 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0.00 |
Ștefan Stoica (interim) | ![]() |
2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Igor Dobrovolski | ![]() |
2016–2017 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11.11 |
Alexandru Spiridon | ![]() |
2018–2019 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18.75 |
Semen Altman | ![]() |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Engin Fırat | ![]() |
2019–2020 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.00 |
Roberto Bordin | ![]() |
2021 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8.33 |
Serghei Cleșcenco | ![]() |
2022– | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 50.00 |
Players
Current squad
The following 23 players were selected for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches on 17 and 20 June 2023 against Albania and
Poland, respectively.[5]
Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2023, after the match against Czech Republic.[6]
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.[7]
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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DF | Igor Armaș | 14 July 1987 | 83 | 6 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Iurie Iovu | 6 July 2002 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Vadim Bolohan | 15 August 1986 | 40 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Mihai Plătică | 15 March 1990 | 9 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Eugeniu Cociuc | 11 May 1993 | 29 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Nicky Cleșcenco | 23 July 2001 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
INJ Withdrew due to injury |
Player records
Most appearances
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Alexandru_Epureanu_2013.jpg/150px-Alexandru_Epureanu_2013.jpg)
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | Alexandru Epureanu | 100 | 7 | 2006–2021 |
2 | Igor Armaș | 83 | 6 | 2008–present |
3 | Victor Golovatenco | 79 | 3 | 2004–2017 |
4 | Radu Rebeja | 74 | 2 | 1991–2008 |
5 | Serghei Cleșcenco | 69 | 11 | 1991–2006 |
6 | Eugeniu Cebotaru | 68 | 1 | 2007–2020 |
7 | Artur Ioniță | 67 | 3 | 2009–present |
8 | Alexandru Gațcan | 63 | 5 | 2005–2018 |
9 | Veaceslav Posmac | 61 | 2 | 2013–present |
10 | Alexandru Suvorov | 59 | 5 | 2006–2020 |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Average | Career |
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1 | Serghei Cleșcenco | 11 | 69 | 0.16 | 1991–2006 |
2 | Ion Nicolaescu | 10 | 32 | 0.31 | 2018–present |
3 | Serghei Rogaciov | 9 | 52 | 0.17 | 1996–2007 |
4 | Sergiu Dadu | 8 | 30 | 0.27 | 2002–2013 |
Iurie Miterev | 8 | 36 | 0.22 | 1992–2006 | |
Igor Bugaiov | 8 | 54 | 0.15 | 2007–2017 | |
7 | Eugen Sidorenco | 7 | 35 | 0.2 | 2010–2019 |
Viorel Frunză | 7 | 37 | 0.19 | 2002–2015 | |
Radu Gînsari | 7 | 47 | 0.15 | 2012–present | |
Alexandru Epureanu | 7 | 100 | 0.07 | 2006–2021 |
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 to 1938 | Part of ![]() |
Part of ![]() | |||||||||||||||
1950 to 1990 | Part of ![]() |
Part of ![]() | |||||||||||||||
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Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member[10] | |||||||||||||||
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Did not qualify | 5th | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | |||||||||
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5th | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||||
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6th | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | ||||||||||
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6th | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||
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5th | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||||
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6th | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||||
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6th | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
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To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | 0/7 | – | 68 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 40 | 145 |
UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Championship record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1960 to 1992 | Part of ![]() ![]() |
Part of ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||
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Did not qualify | 4th | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 27 | |||||||||
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5th | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | ||||||||||
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4th | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | ||||||||||
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5th | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | ||||||||||
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5th | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 16 | ||||||||||
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6th | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||
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6th | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 26 | ||||||||||
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To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | 0/7 | – | 68 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 55 | 140 |
UEFA Nations League
UEFA Nations League record | |||||||||||
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Year | Division | Group | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | RK | |
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D | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ![]() |
48th | |
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C | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | ![]() |
48th | |
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D | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | ![]() |
51st | |
2024–25 | D | To be determined | |||||||||
Total | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 48th |
By competition
Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Loss % |
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FIFA World Cup qualification | 68 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 40 | 145 | –105 | 7.35 | 73.53 |
UEFA European qualification | 70 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 56 | 141 | –85 | 17.14 | 67.14 |
UEFA Nations League | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | –7 | 35.00 | 40.00 |
Total | 158 | 24 | 29 | 105 | 113 | 310 | –197 | 15.19 | 66.46 |
Head-to-head record
- Last match updated was against
Liechtenstein on 25 September 2022.[11]
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | % Won |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0.00 |
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8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 62.50 |
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 20.00 |
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8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 12.50 |
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11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 36.36 |
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9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 22.22 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0.00 |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 20.00 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 25.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0.00 |
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12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 33.33 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0.00 |
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7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0.00 |
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7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 14.29 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
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8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 0.00 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00 |
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7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 42.86 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 40.00 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 50.00 |
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8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 25.00 |
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 16.67 |
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7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 42.86 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 25.00 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0.00 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 0.00 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0.00 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
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8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 100.00 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0.00 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 33.33 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0.00 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0.00 |
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12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 31 | −28 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 25.00 |
Total | 267 | 52 | 60 | 155 | 211 | 450 | −239 | 19.48 |
References
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Daghi, Victor (3 December 2021). "Serghei Cleșcenco, noul selecționer al Moldovei" [Serghei Cleșcenco, the new manager of Moldova]. fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
- ^ "Moldova national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Lotul lărgit al Naționalei Moldovei pentru meciurile cu Albania și Polonia". FMF (in Romanian). 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "Moldova – Feroe 1-1". FMF (in Romanian). 24 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Grecu, Sandu (9 March 2021). "Lotul lărgit al Naționalei pentru startul campaniei de calificare la World Cup 2022" (in Romanian). FMF. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Most Moldova caps". EU Football. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Top Moldova Goal Scorers". EU Football. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ FIFA member since 16 June 1994.
- ^ a b Courtney, Barrie. "Moldova - International results". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website of the Federația Moldovenească de Fotbal (in Romanian and Russian)
- RSSSF archive of results: 1991–present (in English)
- Reports for all matches of Moldova national team (in English)