2009–10 Moldovan National Division

The 2009–10 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 19th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season began on 5 July 2008, with the final round of matches played on 16 May 2009. Sheriff Tiraspol retained their title as defending champions.

Moldovan National Division
Season2009–10
ChampionsSheriff Tiraspol
Champions LeagueSheriff Tiraspol
Europa LeagueIskra-Stal Rîbnița
Olimpia Bălți
Dacia Chișinău
Matches played198
Goals scored477 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexandru Maximov
Jymmy França (13 goals)
Biggest home winCSCA-Rapid 6–0 Nistru Otaci
Biggest away winSfîntul Gheorghe 0–7 Viitorul Orhei
Highest scoringDinamo Bender 5–3 Sfîntul Gheorghe
Average attendance872

Team changes

On 6 June 2009, Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol announced that the club would dissolve, citing a lack of funds as the reason.[1] As a consequence, Academia Chișinău were spared from relegation. The 2008–09 season had already been absolved with only eleven teams after FC Politehnica Chișinău withdrew their participation just days before the scheduled start.

The two vacant league spots were filled with 2008–09 Moldovan "A" Division champions Viitorul Orhei and 11th-placed Sfîntul Gheorghe, who bought their way into the top level.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in National Division 2009–10
Club Location Stadium Capacity
FC Academia UTMChișinău Dinamo Stadium (Chișinău) 2,692
CSCA-Rapid ChișinăuGhidighici Ghidighici Stadium 784
FC DaciaChișinău Dinamo Stadium (Chișinău) 2,692
FC DinamoBender Dinamo Stadium (Bender) 5,061
FC Iskra-StalRîbnița Orăşănesc Stadium 4,500
FC NistruOtaci Călărăseuca Stadium 2,000
FC OlimpiaBălți Olimpia Bălți Stadium 5,953
FC Sfintul GheorgheSuruceni Suruceni Stadium 2,000
FC SheriffTiraspol Sheriff Stadium 13,460
FC TiraspolTiraspol Sheriff Stadium 13,460
FC ViitorulOrhei Orhei Stadium 2,539
FC ZimbruChișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,600

Managers and captains
Club Coach Captain Replaced coach(es)
FC Academia UTMIgor Dobrovolskiy Eugeniu Gorceac
CSCA-Rapid ChișinăuEugen Marcoci
FC DaciaVeaceslav Semionov
FC DinamoIuri Hodichin
FC Iskra-StalVlad Goian
FC NistruLilian Popescu
FC OlimpiaMykhailo Dunets
FC Sfintul GheorgheSergiu Caraman Vitalie Plămădeală
FC SheriffAndrei Sasnitski Vazha Tarkhnishvili Leonid Koutchouk
FC TiraspolYuri Blonar
FC ViitorulVladimir Gherasimov
FC ZimbruIvan Tabanov

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 33 27 3 3 75 8 +67 84 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 33 19 8 6 50 25 +25 65 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Olimpia Bălți 33 17 9 7 45 23 +22 60 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Zimbru Chișinău 33 17 8 8 47 29 +18 59
5 Dacia Chișinău 33 16 10 7 54 30 +24 58 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 CSCA-Rapid Chișinău 33 12 9 12 40 39 +1 45
7 Academia Chișinău 33 11 9 13 36 37 −1 42
8 Viitorul Orhei 33 10 6 17 32 45 −13 36
9 Tiraspol 33 8 10 15 20 34 −14 34
10 Dinamo Bender 33 9 5 19 36 66 −30 32
11 Sfîntul Gheorghe 33 6 6 21 29 67 −38 24
12 Nistru Otaci 33 2 5 26 13 74 −61 11
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored; 6th number of wins; 7th Fair play competition
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Since Sheriff, winners of the 2009–10 Moldovan Cup, also won the league, Dacia will enter the first and Iskra-Stal the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

The schedule consists of three rounds. During the first two rounds, each team played each other once home and away for a total of 22 matches. The pairings of the third round were then set according to the standings after the first two rounds, giving every team a third game against each opponent for a total of 33 games per team.

Official schedule(in Romanian)

First and second round
Home \ Away ACA CRC DAC DIN ISK NIS OLI SFÎ SHE TIR VIT ZIM
Academia Chișinău 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2
CSCA-Rapid Chișinău 4–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–6 1–2 1–0 0–1
Dacia Chișinău 1–0 4–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0
Dinamo Bender 1–4 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–5 2–1 1–0 3–1
Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 2–0 5–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Nistru Otaci 1–2 0–0 0–6 0–1 1–2 0–6 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0
Olimpia Bălți 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–3 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 2–5 2–0 0–7 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 5–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
Tiraspol 1–1 0–0 0–3 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Viitorul Orhei 2–0 2–2 1–5 3–2 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–3
Zimbru Chișinău 4–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 4–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The match originally finished 0-0, but was declared 3-0 due to Nistru's financial difficulties.[2]

Third round

Key numbers for pairing determination:

23rd round24th round25th round26th round27th round28th round
1 - 121 - 22 - 121 - 43 - 121 - 6
2 - 118 - 63 - 12 - 34 - 22 - 5
3 - 109 - 54 - 119 - 75 - 13 - 4
4 - 910 - 45 - 1010 - 66 - 1110 - 8
5 - 811 - 36 - 911 - 57 - 1011 - 7
6 - 712 - 77 - 812 - 88 - 912 - 9
29th round30th round31st round32nd round33rd round
4 - 121 - 85 - 121 - 106 - 12
5 - 32 - 76 - 42 - 97 - 5
6 - 23 - 67 - 33 - 88 - 4
7 - 14 - 58 - 24 - 79 - 3
8 - 1111 - 99 - 15 - 610 - 2
9 - 1012 - 1010 - 1112 - 1111 - 1
Home \ Away ACA CRC DAC DIN ISK NIS OLI SFÎ SHE TIR VIT ZIM
Academia Chișinău 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2
CSCA-Rapid Chișinău 0–1 0–0 6–0 0–0 2–0 4–1
Dacia Chișinău 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–4 0–0 2–1
Dinamo Bender 0–4 1–1 0–0 5–3 1–0
Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 1–0 0–0 3–0 5–0 3–0 0–0
Nistru Otaci 0–2 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–1
Olimpia Bălți 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–5
Sheriff Tiraspol 3–1 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 3–1
Tiraspol 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2
Viitorul Orhei 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–3 0–0
Zimbru Chișinău 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0
Source: Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Moldova Alexandru Maximov Viitorul Orhei 13
Brazil Jymmy França Sheriff Tiraspol 13
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Zgura Dacia Chișinău 12
4 Russia Alexandr Erokhin Sheriff Tiraspol 11
5 Russia Daniil Nikolaev Academia Chișinău 10
6 Moldova Gheorghe Ovseannicov Olimpia Bălți 9
Ghana Eric Sackey Dacia Chișinău 9
Moldova Alexandru Popovici Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 9
Moldova Nicolai Rudac Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 9
Montenegro Vladimir Volkov Sheriff Tiraspol 9

Hat-tricks
Key
4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
PlayerHomeAwayResultDate
Russia Alexandr ErokhinCSCA-Rapid ChișinăuSheriff Tiraspol0–610 July 2009
Moldova Gheorghe OvseannicovNistru OtaciOlimpia Bălți0–611 July 2009
Belarus Aliaksei KuchukSheriff TiraspolDinamo Bender5–07 September 2009
Ghana Eric SackeyViitorul OrheiDacia Chișinău1–529 July 2009
Ghana Eric Sackey4Dacia ChișinăuCSCA-Rapid Chișinău4–09 August 2009
Moldova Gheorghe OvseannicovZimbru ChișinăuOlimpia Bălți1–418 October 2009
Moldova Alexandru CucuSfîntul GheorgheViitorul Orhei0–717 March 2010
Montenegro Vladimir VolkovSheriff TiraspolNistru Otaci5–017 March 2010
Brazil Jymmy Dougllas FrançaSheriff TiraspolNistru Otaci4–010 March 2010

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Moldova Artiom Gaiduchevici Iskra-Stal Rîbnița 16
2 Moldova Ghenadie Moşneaga Dacia Chișinău 13
3 Moldova Mihail Păiuş Olimpia Bălți 10
4 Moldova Alexandru Melenciuc Sheriff Tiraspol 9
Moldova Alexandru Chirilov CSCA-Rapid Chișinău 9
Moldova Nicolae Calancea Zimbru Chișinău 9
Bulgaria Vladislav Stoyanov Sheriff Tiraspol 9
8 Ukraine Mykola Zbarakh Olimpia Bălți 8
Moldova Sergiu Juric FC Tiraspol 8
10 Moldova Eugen Matiughin Dacia Chișinău 6

Disciplinary
Rank Player Club Yellow Cards Red Cards Points
1 Moldova Dumitru Bogdan Sfîntul Gheorghe 12 1 15
2 Moldova Oleg Şişchin Zimbru Chișinău 8 2 14
3 Guinea Djibril Paye FC Tiraspol 9 1 12

See also

References
  1. "Tiligul-Tiras has stopped existing". Moldova.Sports. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  2. Is Nistru withdrawing from the Championship?
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