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Moldova
Association[[[Football Association of Moldova|Federația Moldovenească de Fotbal]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (FMF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachIgor Dobrovolski
CaptainAlexandru Epureanu
Most capsRadu Rebeja (74)
Top scorerSerghei Cleșcenco (11)
Home stadiumZimbru Stadium, Chișinău
FIFA codeMDA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current156 Steady (May 2016)
Highest37 (April 2008)
Lowest156 (March 2016-April 2016)
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)

The Moldova national football team (Romanian: Echipa națională 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 Chișinău and their head coach is Ion Caras. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Georgia on July 2, 1991.

Two of their three best results in the 1990s years, came during the qualifiers for the Euro 96, with wins over Georgia (1–0) in Tbilisi and Wales (3–2) in Chișinău. In 2007 Moldova obtained a very good result, beating Hungary 3−0 in Chișinău in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. Their best recent result was a 5-2 win over Montenegro during the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. 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 Chișinău in May and June 2010 and was released in the spring of 2012.

Although it is part of the former Soviet Union, Moldova is considered one of Europe's weakest teams.

History

The Moldovan Football Federation was founded in 1990. However, 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.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1930–1938 Part of  Romania
1950–1990 Part of  Soviet Union
United States 1994 Did Not Enter
France 1998 Did Not Qualify
Japan South Korea 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Qatar 2022
Total 0/20

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
Total 0/15

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

Template:2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

Moldova national football team (2015)


Results and fixtures

Main article: Moldova national football team results

2015

14 February 2015 (2015-02-14) Friendly Romania  2 – 1  Moldova Aksu, Antalya Turkey
19:00 UTC+2 Popa 21'
Lazăr 86'		 Report
Report 2		 9' Carp Stadium: Mardan Spor Kompleksi
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
18 February 2015 (2015-02-18) Friendly Kazakhstan  1 – 1  Moldova Antalya, Turkey
18:00 UTC+2 Shchetkin 48' Report
Report 2		 54' Gațcan Stadium: Mardan Spor Kompleksi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Aleksey Nikolaev (Russia)
28 March 2015 (2015-03-28) Euro 2016 Q. Moldova  0 – 2  Sweden Chișinău Moldova
21:45 UTC+2 Report
Report 2		 46', 84' (pen) Ibrahimović Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru
Attendance: 10,375
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
9 June 2015 (2015-06-09) Friendly Luxembourg  0 – 0  Moldova Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
19:00 UTC+1 Report
Report 2		 Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 1122
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
14 June 2015 (2015-06-14) Euro 2016 Q. Liechtenstein  1 - 1  Moldova Vaduz, Liechtenstein
21:45 UTC+2 20' Wieser Report 43' Boghiu Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) Euro 2016 Q. Austria  1 – 0  Moldova Vienna, Austria
20:45 UTC+2 Junuzović 52' Report Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 48500
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) Euro 2016 Q. Moldova  0 - 2  Montenegro Chișinău, Moldova
20:45 UTC+2 Report
Report 2		 9' Savić
65' (o.g.) Racu		 Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru
Attendance: 6243
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
9 October 2015 (2015-10-09) Euro 2016 Q. Moldova  1 – 2  Russia Chișinău, Moldova
20:45 UTC+2 Cebotaru 85' Report
Report 2		 58' Ignashevich
78' Dzyuba		 Stadium: Stadionul Zimbru
Attendance: 10500
Referee: Mihalis Koukoulakis (Greece)
12 October 2015 (2015-10-12) Euro 2016 Q. Sweden  2 – 0  Moldova Solna, Sweden
Ibrahimović 24'
Zengin 47'		 Report
Report 2		 Stadium: Friends Arena
Attendance: 25,351
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17) Friendly Azerbaijan  2 – 1  Moldova Baku, Azerbaijan
Carp 32' (aut.)
Ramazanov 50'		 Report 44' Antoniuc Stadium: Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu
Attendance: ?
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)

2016

24 March 2016 Friendly Malta  0 – 0  Moldova Malta
Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) Friendly Andorra  0 – 1  Moldova Malta
17:00 CET Armaș 45' Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali
3 June 2016 (2016-06-03) Friendly Switzerland  v  Moldova
18:00 CET

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly matches against Malta on March 24, and Andorra on March 28, 2016.
Caps and goals are correct as of March 28, 2016 after the game against Andorra.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ilie Cebanu (Captain) (1986-12-29) 29 December 1986 (age 37) 21 0 Russia Mordovia Saransk
1GK Artiom Gaiduchevici (1987-04-22) 22 April 1987 (age 37) 8 0 Moldova Dacia Chișinău
1GK Alexei Coșelev (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 30) 1 0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
2DF Victor Golovatenco (1984-04-28) 28 April 1984 (age 40) 73 4 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk
2DF Alexandru Epureanu (1986-09-07) 7 September 1986 (age 37) 70 8 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
2DF Igor Armaș (1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 36) 49 3 Russia Kuban Krasnodar
2DF Vitalie Bordian (1984-08-11) 11 August 1984 (age 39) 40 1 Moldova Dacia Chișinău
2DF Petru Racu (1987-07-17) 17 July 1987 (age 36) 37 1 Moldova Milsami Orhei
2DF Veaceslav Posmac (1990-11-07) 7 November 1990 (age 33) 12 1 Moldova Dacia Chișinău
2DF Cătălin Carp (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 30) 8 1 Romania Steaua București
2DF Andrian Cașcaval (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 37) 5 0 Moldova Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol
2DF Denis Ilescu (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37) 3 0 Moldova Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol
2DF Sergiu Cojocari (1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Moldova Academia Chișinău
3MF Alexandru Suvorov (1987-02-02) 2 February 1987 (age 37) 50 7 Moldova Academia Chișinău
3MF Alexandru Gațcan (1984-03-27) 27 March 1984 (age 40) 49 3 Russia Rostov
3MF Valeriu Andronic (1982-12-21) 21 December 1982 (age 41) 35 4 Moldova Petrocub Hîncești
3MF Alexandru Dedov (1989-07-26) 26 July 1989 (age 34) 33 2 Romania Târgu Mureș
3MF Alexandru Antoniuc (1989-05-23) 23 May 1989 (age 35) 23 3 Moldova Milsami Orhei
3MF Andrei Cojocari (1987-01-21) 21 January 1987 (age 37) 21 1 Moldova Milsami Orhei
3MF Artur Ioniță (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990 (age 33) 21 2 Italy Verona
3MF Eugeniu Cociuc (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993 (age 30) 2 0 Moldova Dacia Chișinău
3MF Maxim Mihaliov (1986-08-22) 22 August 1986 (age 37) 2 0 Moldova Dacia Chișinău
4FW Eugen Sidorenco (1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 35) 26 7 Moldova Milsami Orhei
4FW Radu Gînsari (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 32) 9 0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol
4FW Vadim Cemîrtan (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 36) 2 0 Moldova Dacia Chișinău

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Nicolae Calancea (1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 37) 17 0 Romania Voluntari v.  Sweden, 12 October 2015
GK Radu Mîțu (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Moldova Milsami Orhei v.  Austria, 5 September 2015 PRE
GK Cristian Avram (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Moldova Academia Chișinău v.  Luxembourg, 9 June 2015 PRE
GK Serghei Pașcenco (1982-12-18) 18 December 1982 (age 41) 16 0 Iran Malavan v.  Luxembourg, 9 June 2015
DF Simeon Bulgaru (1985-05-26) 26 May 1985 (age 39) 26 1 Moldova Dacia Chișinău v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
DF Vadim Bolohan (1986-08-15) 15 August 1986 (age 37) 15 0 Moldova Milsami Orhei v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
DF Ion Jardan (1990-01-10) 10 January 1990 (age 34) 11 0 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
DF Ștefan Burghiu (1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 33) 7 0 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
DF Maxim Potîrniche (1989-06-13) 13 June 1989 (age 35) 6 0 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
DF Iulian Erhan (1986-07-01) 1 July 1986 (age 38) 10 0 Moldova Milsami Orhei v.  Sweden, 12 October 2015
DF Constantin Bogdan (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30) 0 0 Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk v.  Montenegro, 8 September 2015
DF Denis Rassulov (1989-07-17) 17 July 1989 (age 34) 1 0 Moldova Milsami Orhei v.  Austria, 5 September 2015 PRE
DF Vasile Jardan (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993 (age 30) 0 0 Moldova Dacia Chișinău v.  Luxembourg, 9 June 2015 PRE
MF Alexandru Onică (1984-07-25) 25 July 1984 (age 39) 22 0 Moldova Zaria Bălți v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
MF Alexandru Vremea (1991-11-03) 3 November 1991 (age 32) 4 0 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
MF Vadim Rață (1993-05-05) 5 May 1993 (age 31) 3 0 Moldova Zaria Bălți v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
MF Eugeniu Cebotaru (1984-10-16) 16 October 1984 (age 39) 44 1 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk v.  Sweden, 12 October 2015
MF Artur Pătraș (1988-10-01) 1 October 1988 (age 35) 27 0 Moldova Milsami Orhei v.  Sweden, 12 October 2015
MF Dan Spătaru (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău v.  Sweden, 12 October 2015
MF Eugen Celeadnic (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 33) 0 0 Moldova Academia Chișinău v.  Sweden, 12 October 2015
MF Gheorghe Andronic (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 (age 32) 6 1 Moldova Milsami Orhei v.  Montenegro, 8 September 2015
MF Eugen Zasavițchi (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 31) 0 0 Lithuania Trakai v.  Montenegro, 8 September 2015
MF Anatol Cheptine (1990-05-20) 20 May 1990 (age 34) 12 0 Slovakia Ružomberok v.  Austria, 5 September 2015 PRE
MF Maxim Antoniuc (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33) 8 0 Uzbekistan Buxoro v.  Liechtenstein, 14 June 2015
MF Gheorghe Anton (1993-01-27) 27 January 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău v.  Luxembourg, 9 June 2015 PRE
FW Gheorghe Boghiu (1981-02-26) 26 February 1981 (age 43) 7 1 Moldova Zaria Bălți v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
FW Nicolae Milinceanu (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 31) 5 0 Romania Petrolul Ploiești v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
FW Sergiu Istrati (1988-08-07) 7 August 1988 (age 35) 3 0 Moldova FC Saxan v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
FW Vladimir Ambros (1993-12-30) 30 December 1993 (age 30) 1 0 Moldova Petrocub Hîncești v.  Azerbaijan, 17 November 2015
FW Roman Șumchin (1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Moldova Petrocub Hîncești v.  Sweden, 12 October 2015
FW Alexandru Grosu (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 31) 1 0 Moldova Speranța Nisporeni v.  Austria, 5 September 2015 PRE
FW Viorel Frunză (1979-12-06) 6 December 1979 (age 44) 36 7 Retired v.  Luxembourg, 9 June 2015 PRE

Player history

Main article: List of Moldova international footballers

Players in bold are still active.

Last match updated was against  Andorra on 28 March 2016.

Most capped players

Rank Player Appearances
1 Radu Rebeja 74
2 Victor Golovatenco 73
3 Alexandru Epureanu 70
4 Serghei Cleșcenco 69
5 Ion Testemițanu 56
6 Valeriu Catinsus 55
7 Serghei Rogaciov 52
8 Alexandru Suvorov 50
9 Alexandru Gațcan 49
Igor Armaș 49
49-40 Appearances (12 players)
39-30 Appearances (13 players)
29-20 Appearances (24 players)
19-10 Appearances (25 players)
9-1 Appearances (112 players)

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1 Serghei Cleșcenco 11
2 Serghei Rogaciov 9
3 Sergiu Dadu 8
Iurie Miterev 8
Alexandru Epureanu 8
6 Igor Bugaiov 7
Alexandr Suvorov 7
Viorel Frunză 7
Eugen Sidorenco 7
10 Serghei Alexeev 6
4 goals (4 players)
3 goals (6 players)
2 goals (13 players)
1 goals (24 players)

Clean Sheets

Rank Player Goals
1 Evgheni Hmaruc 11
2 Stanislav Namașco 10
3 Vasile Coșelev 6
Serghei Dinov 6
5 Artiom Gaiduchevici 5
6 Nicolae Calancea 4
Ilie Cebanu 4
8 Denis Romanenco 3
9 Alexei Jmurco 1
Alexandru Melenciuc 1

Moldova all-time record against all nations

Last match updated was against  Andorra on 28 March 2016.
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD % Won
 Georgia 10 4 2 4 11 14 -3 40%
 Azerbaijan 9 3 4 2 8 6 +2 33.33%
 Lithuania 8 2 4 2 9 11 -2 25%
 Turkey 8 0 2 6 2 18 -16 0%
 Belarus 7 2 2 3 7 10 -3 28.57%
 Hungary 7 1 2 4 6 10 -4 14.29%
 Sweden 7 0 0 7 3 20 -17 0%
 Malta 7 3 3 1 7 6 +1 42.86%
 Poland 6 0 1 5 2 10 -8 0%
 Estonia 5 1 1 3 1 3 -2 20%
 Greece 5 0 1 4 2 9 -7 0%
 Israel 5 0 2 3 3 7 -4 0%
 San Marino 5 5 0 0 12 0 +12 100%
 Ukraine 5 0 2 3 3 6 -3 0%
 Romania 5 0 1 4 3 12 -9 0%
 Armenia 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 25%
 England 4 0 0 4 0 16 -16 0%
 Finland 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 25%
 Germany 4 0 0 4 3 18 -15 0%
 Italy 4 0 0 4 2 9 -7 0%
 Luxembourg 4 1 3 0 2 1 +1 25%
 Netherlands 4 0 0 4 1 9 -8 0%
 Norway 4 0 1 4 1 6 -5 0%
 Kazakhstan 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 50%
 Austria 4 1 0 3 2 5 -3 25%
 Montenegro 4 1 0 3 5 7 -2 25%
 Andorra 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 75%
 Albania 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 0%
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 33.33%
 North Macedonia 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0%
 Slovakia 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 33.33%
 Russia 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 0%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 50%
 Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0%
 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 0%
 Jordan 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 50%
 Northern Ireland 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0%
 Scotland 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 0%
 Slovenia 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0%
  Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0%
 United States 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 0%
 Wales 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 50%
 Liechtenstein 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 0%
 Cameroon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0%
 Canada 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0%
 Congo 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
 Croatia 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0%
 Cyprus 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0%
 El Salvador 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0%
 Indonesia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%
 Iraq 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0%
 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%
 Pakistan 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100%
 Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0%
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100%
 Sudan 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0%
 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0%
Total 200 42 48 110 172 318 -146 21%

Managers

[1]

Period Coach Played Win Drawn Loss % Won
1991–1992 Moldova Ion Caras 2 0 1 1 0%
1992 Russia Eugen Piunovschi 5 3 0 2 60%
1992–1997 Moldova Ion Caras 27 5 3 19 18.52%
1998–1999 Moldova Ivan Danilianț 14 2 7 5 14.29%
1999–2001 Moldova Alexandru Mațiura 17 4 4 9 23.53%
2001 Moldova Alexandru Spiridon 4 1 0 3 25%
2002–2006 Ukraine Viktor Pasulko 35 7 8 20 20%
2006–2007 Moldova Anatol Teslev 6 1 2 3 16.67%
2007–2009 Russia Igor Dobrovolski 30 7 9 14 23.33%
2010–2011 Romania Gavril Balint 18 5 2 11 27.78%
2012–2014 Moldova Ion Caras 27 6 7 14 22.22%
2014–2015 Moldova Alexandru Curtianu 10 0 4 6 0%
2015 Romania Ștefan Stoica 4 0 0 4 0%
2016 Russia Igor Dobrovolski 2 1 1 0 50%

Current sponsorship

The Official kit provider is currently manufactured by German sports company Jako since 2000.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Moldova national team managers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

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