2020–21 Moldovan "A" Division

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Divizia A
Season2020–21
Dates24 July 2020 – 25 May 2021
ChampionsBălți
PromotedBălți
RelegatedGrănicerul
Fălești
Matches played182
Goals scored713 (3.92 per match)
Top goalscorerClement Godday (25 goals)
Best goalkeeperDmitrii Burac (8 clean sheets)
Biggest home winVictoria 9–0 Sireți
(5 September 2020)
Real Succes 9–0 Sireți
(21 May 2021)
Biggest away winSireți 0–11 Bălți
(16 May 2021)
Highest scoringSireți 4–9 Fălești
(25 May 2021)
Longest winning run9 matches
Bălți
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Cahul-2005
Longest winless run12 matches
Sireți
Longest losing run9 matches
Sireți
2019

The 2020–21 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 30th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. The season started on 24 July 2020 and ended on 25 May 2021.

Teams[edit]

Club Location
Bălți Bălți
Cahul-2005 Cahul
Fălești Fălești
Grănicerul Glodeni
Iskra Rîbnița
Olimp Comrat
Real Succes Chișinău
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol
Sireți Sireți
Spartanii Selemet
Speranța Drochia
Sucleia Sucleia
Tighina Bender
Victoria Bardar

Season summary[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bălți (C, P) 26 23 0 3 85 17 +68 69 Promotion to Divizia Națională
2 Cahul-2005[a] 26 18 3 5 70 23 +47 57
3 Sheriff-2 Tiraspol 26 17 3 6 46 24 +22 54 Ineligible for promotion
4 Spartanii Selemet 26 14 4 8 57 42 +15 46[b]
5 Sucleia 26 14 4 8 64 38 +26 46[b]
6 Speranța Drochia 26 12 6 8 49 41 +8 42
7 Olimp Comrat 26 11 5 10 51 44 +7 38
8 Iskra Rîbnița 26 9 8 9 53 49 +4 35
9 Tighina 26 9 3 14 42 61 −19 30 withdrew[c]
10 Real Succes 26 7 7 12 44 35 +9 28
11 Victoria Bardar 26 7 5 14 61 65 −4 26
12 Grănicerul Glodeni[d] (R) 26 7 1 18 25 61 −36 22 Relegation to Divizia B
13 Fălești (R) 26 6 0 20 40 92 −52 18
14 Sireți 26 2 3 21 26 121 −95 9 withdrew[e]
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Matches won; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Less red cards; 10) Less yellow cards.[3]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Cahul-2005 had the opportunity to be promoted but the club did not apply for the National club license for the 2021–22 Divizia Națională season.[1]
  2. ^ a b Spartanii ahead of Sucleia on head-to-head points:Spartanii : 6p, Sucleia : 0p.
  3. ^ Tighina completed the season but withdrew from the league prior to the start of the next season.
  4. ^ Grănicerul Glodeni have been relegated voluntarily due to financial reasons and will be taking part in the third tier league next season.[2]
  5. ^ As per regulations, the fourteenth placed team, Sireți was to be relegated to Divizia B, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.

Results[edit]

Teams will play each other twice (once home, once away).

Home \ Away BĂL CAH FĂL GRĂ ISK OLI REA SHE SIR SPA SPE SUC TIG VIC
Bălți 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 3–0 7–0 4–0 4–1
Cahul-2005 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 6–0
Fălești 0–6 1–10 1–2 1–5 3–5 0–3 1–2 1–3 1–4 0–7 2–0 4–1 3–2
Grănicerul Glodeni 0–3 1–3 2–0 1–5 4–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–4 0–4 0–4
Iskra Rîbnița 1–2 2–4 3–1 3–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–1
Olimp Comrat 0–2 0–1 4–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 5–0 2–3 3–1 3–2 2–1 4–1
Real Succes 0–3 1–3 1–2 7–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 9–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–3
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol 0–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 8–0 0–0 4–0 0–3 4–0 2–0
Sireți 0–11 2–9 4–9 0–2 4–4 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–4 2–3 0–9 1–6 3–7
Spartanii Selemet 4–2 0–5 8–2 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–4 1–0
Speranța Drochia 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–0 3–2 6–1 1–0 1–1 5–2 5–1 0–3 1–3 1–0
Sucleia 1–3 1–0 4–2 5–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0[a] 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1
Tighina 0–3 1–3 6–1 3–3 0–2 1–0 0–6 0–1 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–6 3–1
Victoria Bardar 2–4 4–3 4–1 0–1 3–3 1–4 1–1 1–2 9–0 1–7 2–2 4–6 8–0
Source: FMF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Sireți received a 0–3 technical loss in a away game against Sucleia for fielding an ineligible player. The original match ended in a 5–2 victory for Sucleia.[4]

Results by round[edit]

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[5]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Bălți W W W W W W W L W W W L W W W W W W W W W L W W W W
Cahul-2005 L W W L W W D W W W W W W W D W L D W W W W W L W L
Fălești L W L L L L L W W L L L L L L L L W L L L L L L W W
Grănicerul Glodeni L L W W L W L W W L L L L L L W L D W L L L L L L L
Iskra Rîbnița L W L D L D W L W D D D W L L L D L W W W W D L D W
Olimp Comrat L L W D L L W D L W L L L W D W D W L W D W W L W W
Real Succes D W L L L D L D L L W L D L W L D D L L D W W W W L
Sheriff-2 Tiraspol W L W W D W W D W W W L L W L W W D W L W W W W L W
Sireți L L L L L L L L L D L L W D L L L L L W L[a] L D L L L
Spartanii Selemet W W W L D W D W L W W W L D W L W D W L L W L W L W
Speranța Drochia W L L W W W W D D L D W D W D W W L D W L L L W L W
Sucleia W L L W W L D W D W W W W L W L D L L W W[b] W D W W L
Tighina W W W W W L D L L L W W W L W D L D L L L L L L L L
Victoria Bardar D L L L W L L L L L L D L W W L W W D L W L D W D L

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Nigeria Clement Godday Sucleia 25
2 Ukraine Serhii Molochko Bălți 24
3 Moldova Roman Șumchin Cahul-2005 18
4 Moldova Mihai Țurcan Speranța 17
5 Moldova Octavian Onofrei Spartanii 15
6 Moldova Nichita Moțpan Bălți 13
Moldova Vasile Noroc Speranța
Moldova Ghenadie Orbu Victoria
Moldova Iuri Stancev Cahul-2005
Moldova Evgheni Țiverenco Tighina

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Player Club Clean sheets[7]
1 Moldova Dmitrii Burac Bălți 8
2 Nigeria Kelvin Enyeribe Bălți 6
Moldova Ruslan Istrati Sucleia
4 Moldova Mihail Cioban Sheriff-2 5
Moldova Denis Cristofovici Grănicerul
Moldova Nicolae Garanovschi Real Succes
Moldova Nicolae Țurcan Iskra (1) & Cahul-2005 (4)
8 Moldova Anton Coval Tighina 4
Moldova Dan Stancov Cahul-2005
10 Moldova Vladislav Chiaburu Speranța 3
Moldova Dmitri Cîlcic Olimp
Moldova Pavel Galac Spartanii
Moldova Alexei Samoilenco Sheriff-2

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Technical loss
  2. ^ Technical win

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Deciziile comitetului executiv" (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation. 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Difficult financial situation in Glodeni" (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Regulamentul campionatului R. Moldova la fotbal ediția 2020-21" [Rules Football Championship Edition 2020-21 Moldova] (PDF). fmf.md (in Romanian). Moldovan Football Federation.
  4. ^ Discipline Commission Decision. Moldovan Football Federation. 5 May 2021
  5. ^ "Results by round". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "Goalscorers - Divizia A - Moldova" (in Romanian). Divizia-A.md.
  7. ^ "Clean sheets". divizia-a.md.

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