2016–17 Moldovan National Division

Moldovan National Division

Season	2016–17
Matches played	25
Goals scored	60 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zoran Kvržić (4 goals)
Biggest home win	Sheriff 7–0 Ungheni (6 August 2016)
Biggest away win	Academia 0–4 Milsami (20 August 2016)
Highest scoring	Sheriff 7–0 Ungheni (6 August 2016)
Longest winning run	Sheriff Zimbru (4 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Sheriff Zimbru Petrocub Zaria (4 games)
Longest winless run	Academia (4 games)
Longest losing run	Ungheni (5 games)
Highest attendance	Sheriff 3-0 Zimbru 2,300
Lowest attendance	Academia 0-2 Zimbru Dacia 2-0 Academia Dinamo-Auto 1-3 Zaria 200
Average attendance	998
← 2015–16 All statistics correct as of 24 August 2016.

The 2016–17 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) is the 26th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The competition began on 23 July 2016 and will end in May 2017.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
CS Petrocub	Sărata-Galbenă	Stadionul Orășenesc Hîncești	1,500
Academia Chișinău	Chișinău	Ghidighici Stadium	1,500
CF Ungheni	Ungheni	Stadionul Mircea Eliade	2,500
Dacia Chișinău	Chișinău	Stadionul Moldova (Speia)	8,550
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	Tiraspol	Dinamo-Auto Stadium	1,300
Milsami Orhei	Orhei	CSR Orhei	2,539
Zaria Bălți	Bălți	Stadionul Orășenesc Bălți	5,953
Sheriff Tiraspol	Tiraspol	Sheriff Stadium	12,746
CSF Speranța	Nisporeni	Stadionul Mircea Eliade	2,500
Zimbru Chișinău	Chișinău	Zimbru Stadium	10,400
Saxan Gagauz Yeri	Ceadîr-Lunga	Ceadîr-Lunga Stadium	2,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Petrocub-Hîncești	Eduard Blănuță	Vladimir Ambros	Sportika	MAIB
Academia	Viorel Frunză	Valeriu Andronic	Sportika
Ungheni	Iurie Blonari	Viorel Primac	Kelme	Bricone
Dacia	Igors Klesovs	Simeon Bulgaru	Puma	OM
Dinamo-Auto	Iurie Groșev	Dumitru Popovici	Joma
Milsami	Adrian Sosnovschi	Vadim Bolohan	Kelme	Dufremol
Zaria	Vlad Goian	Alexandru Onica	Joma	Bălți
Sheriff	Roberto Bordin	Mateo Sušić	Adidas	IDC
Speranța	Cristian Efros	Mihail Bolun	Nike	Orom-Imexpo
Zimbru	Veaceslav Rusnac	Ion Jardan	Joma	Favorit-Tur
Saxan	Oleg Fistican	Gafur Gulberdiyev	Kelme	Gagauz Yeri

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Zaria Bălți	Ihor Rakhayev[1]	Mutual consent	9 June 2016	preseason	Vlad Goian[2]	10 June 2016
FC Sheriff	Zoran Vulić [3]	Mutual consent	16 June 2016	preseason	Bruno Irles [4]	20 June 2016
CF Ungheni	Dorin Bambuleac	Mutual consent	22 June 2016	preseason	Constantin Arbănaș & Igor Ursachi [5]	22 June 2016
FC Sheriff	Bruno Irles[6]	Mutual consent	23 September 2016	preseason	Roberto Bordin [7]	04 October 2016

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheriff Tiraspol	15	11	2	2	34	8	+26	35	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Milsami Orhei	14	11	1	2	31	5	+26	34	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Dacia Chișinău	14	10	1	3	24	6	+18	31
4	Zaria Bălți	14	9	3	2	26	11	+15	30
5	Zimbru Chișinău	15	8	2	5	14	13	+1	26
6	Petrocub-Hîncești	14	5	4	5	15	17	−2	19
7	Speranța Nisporeni	15	5	3	7	15	17	−2	18
8	Academia Chișinău	15	5	0	10	10	22	−12	15
9	Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga	15	2	2	11	11	29	−18	8
10	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	14	2	1	11	10	28	−18	7
11	Ungheni	15	1	3	11	8	42	−34	6	Relegation to Divizia A

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2016. Source: Moldovan Football Federation, UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Matches won; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Fairplay ranking.^[8][9]

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team plays each other once home and away for a total of 20 matches. The pairings of the third round will then be set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 30 games per team.

First and second round

Home ╲ Away	ACA	DAC	DIA	MIL	ZAR	SAX	SHE	SPE	UNG	ZIM	PET
Academia Chișinău		0–1		0–4	0–2	1–0	0–1		4–1	0–2
Dacia Chișinău	2–0			1–1	1–2		3–0	1–0	3–0	0–1
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	3–1	0–3			1–3	1–0	0–1	1–4			0–1
Milsami Orhei	2–0	1–0	4–1			2–0		4–0	4–0	1–0	5–0
Zaria Bălți			2–1	0–2			0–0	0–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga	1–0	0–2		0–1	1–4		1–5	2–2	2–2		2–0
Sheriff Tiraspol			3–0	2–0	1–2	3–0		2–0	7–0	3–0
Speranța Nisporeni	0–1	1–2	0–0			2–1			3–0	0–1	1–0
Ungheni	1–2		2–1		0–3		1–2	0–0		1–1	0–2
Zimbru Chișinău	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	1–4	2–0			0–0
Petrocub-Hîncești	0–1	0–4	3–1		2–2	2–1	0–0		5–0

Updated to games played on 26 November 2016.
Source: Moldovan Football Federation
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home ╲ Away	ACA	DAC	DIA	MIL	ZAR	SAX	SHE	SPE	UNG	ZIM	PET
Academia Chișinău
Dacia Chișinău
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol
Milsami Orhei
Zaria Bălți
Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga
Sheriff Tiraspol
Speranța Nisporeni
Ungheni
Zimbru Chișinău
Petrocub-Hîncești

Source: Moldovan Football Federation
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated to matches played on 2 November 2016.^[10]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Maksym Feshchuk	Dacia	7
2	Josip Brezovec	Sheriff	5
3	Zoran Kvržić	Sheriff	4
	Gheorghe Andronic	Milsami	4
	Igor Banović	Milsami	4
	Mikalay Zyanko	Milsami	4
	Viorel Primac	Ungheni	4
	Sergiu Plătică	Speranța	4
9	Igor Bugaiov	Zaria	3
	Maxim Mihaliov	Zaria	3
	Petru Racu	Milsami	3
	Eugen Sidorenco	Milsami	3
	Ilya Zhigulyov	Milsami	3
	Danijel Subotić	Sheriff	3
	Alexandru Vremea	Academia Chișinău	3
	Kastan Igwe	Speranța	3

2 goals (23 players) 

Igor Picușceac (Zaria) Andrei Novicov (Zaria) Ion Jardan (Zimbru) Alex Bruno (Zimbru) Amâncio Fortes (Zimbru) Cheikh-Alan Diarra (Dinamo-Auto) Georgi Sarmov (Dacia) Ismail Isa (Dacia)

Vasyl Palahniuk (Dacia) Andrei Bursuc (Dacia) Maxim Cojocaru (Dacia) Artsyom Rakhmanaw (Milsami) Andrei Cojocari (Milsami) Ilya Belous (Milsami) Mihai Apostol (Academia Chișinău) Vadim Crîcimari (Academia Chișinău)

Ion Drăgan (Speranța) Oleg Lupușor (Speranța) Vladimir Slivca (Petrocub) Dan Taras (Petrocub) Valerii Macrițchii (Petrocub) Constantin Sandu (Saxan) Eugeniu Rebenja (Sheriff)

1 goals (43 players) 

Alexandru Dedov (Milsami) Vujadin Savić (Sheriff) Maxim Iurcu (Sheriff) Khalifa Jabbie (Sheriff) Mateo Sušić (Sheriff) Dino Škvorc (Sheriff) Benjamin Balima (Sheriff) Ricardinho (Sheriff) Igor Țîgîrlaș (Zaria) Victor Golovatenco (Zaria) Vadim Rață (Zaria) Gheorghe Boghiu (Zaria) Gheorghe Ovseanicov (Zaria) Ruben Gomez (Zaria) Alexandru Onica (Zaria)

Valentin Bîrdan (Academia Chișinău) Eugen Slivca (Academia Chișinău) Cristin Jalbă (Academia Chișinău) Eduard Avram (Ungheni) Roman Gușan (Ungheni) Vadim Aramă (Ungheni) Ilie Damașcan (Zimbru) Diego Lima (Zimbru) Hugo Neto (Zimbru) Dan Spătaru (Zimbru) Ion Pîslaru (Saxan) Philippe Fofana (Saxan) Mamadou Fofana (Saxan) Ion Pavlov (Speranța)

Vitalie Plămădeală (Speranța) Ștefan Burghiu (Petrocub) Vladimir Ambros (Petrocub) Vadim Calugher (Petrocub) Alexandru Tofan (Dinamo-Auto) Alexandru Popovici (Dinamo-Auto) Victor Truhanov (Dinamo-Auto) Serghei Bobrov (Dinamo-Auto) Alexei Casian (Dinamo-Auto) Octavian Onofrei (Dinamo-Auto) Dmitri Voloșin (Dinamo-Auto) Andriy Slinkin (Dacia) Oleksandr Kablash (Dacia) Alexandru Bejan (Dacia)

Hat-tricks

Key
^4	Player scored four goals
^5	Player scored five goals

Player	Home	Away	Result	Date
Feshchuk, MaksymMaksym Feshchuk	Dacia Chișinău	FC Ungheni	3–0	1 October 2016

Best goals

Round	Footballer	Team	Percent	Reference
1	Igor Bugaiov	FC Zaria Bălți	37.06%	[11]
2	Alex Bruno	FC Zimbru Chișinău	88.29%	[12]
3	Vladimir Ambros	FC Petrocub Hîncești	30,16%	[13]
4	Igor Țîgîrlaș	FC Zaria Bălți	21,75%	[14]
5	Ilya Zhigulyov	FC Milsami Orhei	26.22%	[15]
6
7	Maxim Mihaliov	FC Zaria Bălți	53.00%	[16]
8	Rubén Marcelo Gómez	FC Zaria Bălți	32.00%	[17]

Top assists

Updated to matches played on 30 September 2016.^[18]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Josip Brezovec	Sheriff	7
2	Ricardinho	Sheriff	4
	Eugen Sidorenco	Milsami	4
	Ismail Isa	Dacia	4
5	Zoran Kvržić	Sheriff	3
	Maxim Mihaliov	Zaria	3
7	Vladimir Rassulov	Dinamo-Auto	2
	Alex Bruno	Zimbru	2
	Alexandru Belevschi	Petrocub	2
	Arcadie Rusu	Petrocub	2

Clean sheets

As of 30 September 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Alexei Koșelev	Sheriff	7
2	Denis Rusu	Zimbru	6
	Radu Mîțu	Milsami	6
4	Dorian Railean	Dacia	4
5	Vasile Buza	Petrocub	3
	Serghei Pașcenco	Zaria	3
7	Nicolae Țurcan	Speranța	2
	Ghenadie Moșneaga	Dinamo-Auto	2
	Cristian Avram	Academia	2
10	Andrei Colibaba	Saxan	1
	Stanislav Ivanov	Ungheni	1

Disciplinary

Updated to matches played on 30 September 2016.^[19]

Rank	Player	Club				Points
1	Cristian Avram	Academia	1	0	1	4
	Michael Gnolou	Saxan	2	1	0	4
	Vladimir Ambros	Petrocub	1	0	1	4
4	Vadim Bolohan	Milsami	3	0	0	3
	Alexandru Belevschi	Petrocub	3	0	3	3
	Oleg Lupușor	Speranța	1	1	0	3
	Maxim Antoniuc	Academia	0	0	1	3
	Roman Gușan	Ungheni	0	0	1	3

Attendances

Updated to matches played on 30 September 2016.^[20]

As of 30 September 2016

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Sheriff Tiraspol	11,300	2,300	1,500	1,883	−32.7%^†
2	Zaria Bălți	8,300	3,000	1,500	2,075	−29.0%^†
3	Milsami Orhei	5,600	2,000	400	1,400	−22.2%^†
4	Zimbru Chișinău	4,600	1,500	1,000	1,150	−47.6%^†
5	CS Petrocub	3,400	1,500	500	850	+21.4%^†
6	Saxan Ceadîr-Lunga	2,500	1,500	1,500	1,250	−26.4%^†
7	CSF Speranța	1,750	500	400	437	−62.0%^†
8	Dacia Chișinău	1,600	500	200	400	−74.6%^†
9	Ungheni	1,450	500	100	362	n/a^†
10	Academia Chișinău	1,050	350	200	262	−4.7%^†
11	Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol	850	300	200	212	−60.7%^†
	League total	42,400	3,000	100	963	−61.8%^†

Source:

Referee statistics

Updated to matches played on 24 August 2016.^[21][22]

Rank	Referee	City	Matches				Points	Goals
1	Alexandru Tean	Chișinău	2	11	2	1	18	2
2	Veaceslav Banari	Căușeni	4	16	0	0	16	10
3	Gabriel Tupicica	Ialoveni	3	11	0	0	11	8
4	Andrei Cojocaru	Chișinău	3	9	0	0	9	12
5	Iurie Covtun	Bender	2	7	0	0	7	3
6	Ghenadie Sidenco	Bălți	2	4	1	0	6	5
7	Dumitru Muntean	Bender	1	5	0	0	5	1
	Andrei Ceban	Chișinău	1	5	0	0	5	1
9	Petru Stoianov	Taraclia	2	4	0	0	4	3
10	Gheorghe Malinovschii	Chișinău	1	3	0	0	3	3
11	Ion Orlic	Chișinău	2	2	0	0	2	9
12	Viorel Găina	Chișinău	1	1	0	0	1	0
	Vladislav Ivancenco	Bălți	1	1	0	0	1	3

References

1. Игорь Рахаев: "Разошелся во взглядах с руководством "Зари"
2. Oficial. Vlad Goian este noul antrenor principal al clubului Zaria
3. Clubul tiraspolean s-a despărţit de antrenorul croat Zoran Vulic
4. Francezul Bruno Irles a preluat-o pe Sheriff
5. FC Ungheni în DN va fi antrenat de Constantin Arbănaș și Igor Ursachi
6. "Bruno Irles lefft fc Sheriff". fc-sheriff.com. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
7. "Roberto Bordin as a new head coach". fc-sheriff.com. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
8. "REGULAMENTUL CAMPIONATULUI R. MOLDOVA LA FOTBAL - EDIŢIA 2016-2017" (pdf). fmf.md. Moldovan Football Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
9. "Divizia Națională 2016/2017 - Rules". Scoresway.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
10. "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
11. Igor Bugaiov a marcat cel mai frumos gol al primei etape din Divizia Națională (video)
12. Alex Bruno a marcat cel mai frumos gol al etapei a 2-a din Divizia Națională (video)
13. Cel mai frumos gol al etapei a 3-a din DN a fost marcat de Vladimir Ambros (video)
14. Igor Țîgîrlaș a marcat cel mai frumos gol etapei a 4-a din Divizia Națională (video)
15. Ilia Zhigulev a marcat cel mai frumos gol în etapa a 5-a din DN (video)
16. Maxim Mihaliov a marcat cel mai frumos gol al etapei a 7-a din Divizia Națională (video)
17. Cel mai frumos gol al etapei a 8-a din DN a fost marcat de Ruben Gomez (video)
18. "TOP Assist". moldfootball.com. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
19. "Players - Divizia Națională - Moldova". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
20. "FMF Raport" (PDF). fmf.md. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
21. "FMF Raport" (PDF). fmf.md. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
22. "List referee". fmf.md. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

External links

• Official website
• uefa.com