Moldova national under-21 football team

Moldova U-21

Association	FMF
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Serghei Cleșcenco
FIFA code	MDA
First colours Second colours
First international
Moldova 0–1 Belarus (Chișinău, Moldova; 30 August 1992)
Biggest win
Moldova 5–1 Georgia (Valletta, Malta; 27 February 2006)
Biggest defeat
Greece 8–0 Moldova (Sparta, Greece; 23 October 1996)
European Championship
Appearances	0

The Moldova national under-21 football team represents Moldova in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Moldovan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Moldova. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Moldovan national football team. The team competes to qualify for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Since the establishment of the Moldovan under-21 team, the under-21 side has never reached a final tournament of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, but has produced many players, who have become regular internationals for the senior side. The team is coached by Serghei Cleșcenco and is currently captained by defender Artur Crăciun.

This team is for Moldovan players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 are eligible for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.

Moldova U21s began their first competitive campaign in 1994, in which they tried to qualify for the 1996 finals. They eventually finished fourth in a five-team group, with two wins out of eight games. The U-21 team plays its home matches in many different venues all around the country, including Chișinău, Orhei and Tiraspol.

Competition history

UEFA U-21 European Championship

UEFA U-21 European Championship											UEFA U-21 Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify										8	2	2	4	5	11
1998											8	1	1	6	5	17
2000											8	0	4	4	3	10
2002											10	2	3	5	6	13
2004											8	0	2	6	3	14
2006											10	3	2	5	8	12
2007											4	1	2	1	4	5
2009											8	4	0	4	6	8
2011											10	4	2	4	9	13
2013											8	2	1	5	10	24
2015											10	5	1	4	12	6
2017											10	2	1	7	8	18
2019											10	2	1	7	8	23
2021											8	2	1	5	6	22
2023	To be determined
Total	0/14										120	30	23	67	93	196

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualifying group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	6	0	2	22	10	+12	18	Final tournament
2	Belgium	8	4	1	3	18	9	+9	13
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	3	2	3	9	7	+2	11
4	Wales	8	3	0	5	8	15	−7	9
5	Moldova	8	2	1	5	6	22	−16	7

Source: UEFA

26 March 2019 (2019-03-26)

Bosnia and Herzegovina	4–0	Moldova
Šerbečić 23' Mustedanagić 44', 55' Ćavar 73'	Report

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

Attendance: 336

Referee: Zbyněk Proske (Czech Republic)

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11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

Moldova	2–1	Wales
Belousov 41', 47' (pen.)	Report	Broadhead 24'

CSR Orhei, Orhei

Attendance: 350

Referee: Ümit Öztürk (Turkey)

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15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)

Belgium	4–1	Moldova
Openda 9' Antonucci 29' Vanheusden 76' Doku 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Cojocaru 33'

Den Dreef, Leuven

Attendance: 886

Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

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3 September 2020 (2020-09-03)

Germany	4–1	Moldova
Berisha 11' Nmecha 63' (pen.) Schlotterbeck 75' Krüger 80'	Report	A. Carastoian 85'

Brita-Arena, Wiesbaden

Referee: Nejc Kajzatović (Slovenia)

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8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)

Moldova	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Crăciun 88' (pen.)	Report	Beganović 51'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

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9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)

Moldova	0–5	Germany
	Report	Nmecha 19', 25' (pen.) Özcan 41' Burkardt 67' Kother 90+2'

Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău

Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

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13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)

Moldova	1–0	Belgium
Furtună 38'	Report

Sheriff small Arena, Tiraspol

Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

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13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)

Wales	3–0	Moldova
Taylor 61' Broadhead 77' (pen.) Touray 90+3'	Report

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Referee: Loukas Sotiriou (Cyprus)

All-time record

Only competitive matches are included.

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	2	1	0	1	5	5	0
Andorra	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austria	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2
Azerbaijan	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Belarus	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4
Belgium	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4
Bulgaria	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
Croatia	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	6	0	0	6	3	16	−13
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	5	0	1	4	2	9	−7
Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Finland	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3
Germany	8	1	1	6	4	20	−16
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6
Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Italy	4	0	0	4	0	11	−11
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia	4	2	1	1	4	4	0
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Malta	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Netherlands	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
North Macedonia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Northern Ireland	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4
Norway	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Poland	4	2	0	2	8	8	0
Portugal	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Republic of Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romania	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Russia	4	0	1	3	3	14	−11
San Marino	4	4	0	0	8	0	+8
Scotland	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Turkey	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3
Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wales	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3
Total	120	30	23	67	93	196	−103

See also

• Moldova national football team
• Moldova national under-19 football team
• Moldova national under-17 football team

External links

• Moldova U-21 at uefa.com
• Moldova U-21 at soccerway