2020–21 Moldovan National Division

The 2020–21 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 30th season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 3 July 2020 and ended on 26 May 2021. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1]

Divizia Națională
Season2020–21
Dates3 July 2020 – 26 May 2021
ChampionsSheriff
19th title
RelegatedBuiucani
Champions LeagueSheriff
Conference LeagueSf. Gheorghe
Petrocub
Milsami
Matches played180
Goals scored562 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank Castañeda
(28 goals)
Best goalkeeperCristian Avram
(15 clean sheets)
Biggest home winPetrocub 7–0 Codru
(17 July 2020)
Dinamo-Auto 7–0 Codru
(11 September 2020)
Sheriff 7–0 Dinamo-Auto
(6 March 2021)
Biggest away winSperanța 0–10 Sheriff
(16 April 2021)
Highest scoringCodru 1–9 Petrocub
(23 February 2021)
Speranța 0–10 Sheriff
(16 April 2021)
Longest winning run15 matches
Sheriff
Longest unbeaten run24 matches
Petrocub
Longest winless run19 matches
Codru
Longest losing run14 matches
Codru
← 2019

Teams

A total of 10 teams competing in the league. These include 8 teams from the 2019 season and two promoted teams from the "A" Division: Florești and Dacia Buiucani, both making their debut in the top flight.

Team Place Ground Capacity Coach
Codru Lozova Nicolae Simatoc 1,100 Moldova Alexei Savinov
Dacia Buiucani Chișinău Zimbru-2 Stadium 2,000 Moldova Andrei Martin
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Russia Igor Dobrovolski
Florești Florești Bender Stadium 5,000 Moldova Iurie Groșev
Milsami Orhei CSR Orhei 3,000 Moldova Serghei Dubrovin
Petrocub Hîncești Hîncești Stadium 1,200 Moldova Lilian Popescu
Sfîntul Gheorghe Suruceni Suruceni Stadium 1,500 Moldova Serghei Cebotari
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub
Speranța Nisporeni CSR Orhei 3,000 Ukraine Volodymyr Prokopynenko
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Moldova Vlad Goian

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of appointment
Zimbru Moldova Veaceslav Sofroni End of caretaker spell 11 December 2019 Pre-season Italy Sandro Pochesci 11 December 2019[2]
Codru Moldova Valeriu Andronic Signed by Moldova U15/U16 24 December 2019[3] Moldova Simeon Bulgaru 23 January 2020[4]
Milsami Moldova Veaceslav Rusnac Signed by Kyzylzhar 9 January 2020[5] Moldova Serghei Dubrovin 11 March 2020[6]
Speranța Moldova Cristian Efros Resigned 1 February 2020[7] Moldova Iurie Osipenco 4 February 2020[8]
Florești Moldova Oleg Șișchin Demoted to assistant coach 6 February 2020 Moldova Iurie Groșev 6 February 2020[9]
Zimbru Italy Sandro Pochesci Resigned 7 February 2020 Italy Giovanni Scanu 7 February 2020[10]
Zimbru Italy Giovanni Scanu Released 4 March 2020[11] Moldova Vlad Goian 10 June 2020[12]
Codru Moldova Simeon Bulgaru Resigned 2 June 2020[13] Moldova Sergiu Chirilov 4 July 2020[14]
Zimbru Moldova Vlad Goian Promoted to academy technical director 16 October 2020 9th Moldova Simeon Bulgaru (interim) 16 October 2020[15]
Sheriff Croatia Zoran Zekić Resigned 21 October 2020 1st Moldova Victor Mihailov (interim) 21 October 2020[16]
Moldova Victor Mihailov End of caretaker spell 14 January 2021 1st Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub 14 January 2021[17]
Zimbru Moldova Simeon Bulgaru Resigned 17 January 2021[18] 9th Moldova Vlad Goian 18 January 2021[19]
Codru Moldova Sergiu Chirilov Released 18 January 2021 10th Moldova Alexei Savinov 18 January 2021[20]
Speranța Moldova Iurie Osipenco Released 24 February 2021 7th Ukraine Volodymyr Prokopynenko 24 February 2021[21]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 36 32 3 1 116 7 +109 99 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Petrocub Hîncești 36 25 8 3 82 18 +64 83 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Milsami Orhei 36 22 7 7 71 37 +34 73
4 Sfîntul Gheorghe 36 21 4 11 65 43 +22 67
5 Dacia Buiucani (R) 36 13 9 14 44 45 −1 48[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Division "A"[lower-alpha 3]
6 Dinamo-Auto 36 12 12 12 53 58 −5 48[lower-alpha 2]
7 Florești 36 9 5 22 37 85 −48 32
8 Zimbru Chișinău 36 6 7 23 39 63 −24 25
9 Speranța Nisporeni 36 5 8 23 29 87 −58 23 Expelled[lower-alpha 4]
10 Codru Lozova 36 2 3 31 26 119 −93 9 Withdrew[lower-alpha 5]
Source: FMF, 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) Least red cards; 11) Least yellow cards.[25]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Sfîntul Gheorghe qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2020–21 Moldovan Cup
  2. Dacia Buiucani ahead of Dinamo-Auto on head-to-head points:Dacia Buiucani : 7p, Dinamo-Auto : 4p.
  3. Dacia Buiucani have been relegated voluntarily due to financial reasons and will be taking part in the second tier league next season.[22]
  4. Speranța Nisporeni failed to arrive for their 33rd and 34th Round games and subsequently were expelled from the competition. All remaining fixtures are awarded 0–3 against them.[23]
  5. As per regulations, the tenth placed team Codru Lozova was to be relegated to Divizia A, but the club withdrew before the start of the next season.[24]

Results

Teams will play each other four times (twice at home, twice away).

Rounds 1−18
Matches 1−18
Home \ Away COD DAC DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZIM
Codru Lozova — 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–4 1–4 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2
Dacia Buiucani 4–0 — 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–3 0–3 2–1
Dinamo-Auto 7–0 1–0 — 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–3 1–1
Florești 1–0 1–0 0–5 — 0–4 0–4 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–0
Milsami Orhei 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0
Petrocub Hîncești 7–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 — 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 5–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–4 — 0–1 1–0 2–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 6–0 0–0 6–0 5–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 — 2–0 2–0
Speranța Nisporeni 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–2 1–2 — 2–2
Zimbru Chișinău 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–4 0–2 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 19−36
Matches 19−36
Home \ Away COD DAC DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE SPE ZIM
Codru Lozova — 0–4 0–2 2–1 2–4 1–9 1–2 0–6 1–2 1–5
Dacia Buiucani 5–1 — 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–4 4–1 1–1
Dinamo-Auto 1–0 1–1 — 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–7 0–0 3–0
Florești 2–1 2–0 4–1 — 2–5 0–1 0–4 0–3 4–4 3–1
Milsami Orhei 7–2 3–0 2–2 3–2 — 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1
Petrocub Hîncești 1–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 — 2–0 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 2–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–3 0–3 — 0–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 4–3
Sheriff Tiraspol 6–0 1–1 7–0 6–0 6–0 0–0 2–0 — 3–0 4–0
Speranța Nisporeni 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–4 1–3 0–4 1–3 0–3 0–10 — 2–2
Zimbru Chișinău 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–1 6–0 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Technical wins/losses

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Codru Lozova101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
Dacia Buiucani436554666666665556666666666666665555
Dinamo-Auto244445555555556665555555555555556666
Florești867788988888888888888888888777777777
Milsami Orhei575666444422344333433333333333333333
Petrocub Hîncești622222222233222222222222222222222222
Sfîntul Gheorghe153333333344433444344444444444444444
Sheriff Tiraspol311111111111111111111111111111111111
Speranța Nisporeni999999877777777777777777777888899999
Zimbru Chișinău788877799999999999999999999999988888
Source: fmf.md

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[26]

Team123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
Codru Lozova LL LL LL LL LD DL LL LL LL DW LL LL LL LL LL LL LL W[lower-alpha 1]L
Dacia Buiucani WD LW LW LL LW LW LD WD LD WD DD LW WL LD LW LL WW[lower-alpha 1] WD
Dinamo-Auto WL WW LL DL WW DL DD LD DW WD DW LL WD WL DL DL LD WW
Florești LW LL DL LW LL DL WD LL WL LL LD DL LL WW LL WW LL WL
Milsami Orhei DD WL LW WW WW WW DL WW DW LD WW LW WD WD WW WL WW LW
Petrocub Hîncești DW WW WW WL WL DW WD WW WW WD WW WW WD WD DW WW W[lower-alpha 1]W LD
Sfîntul Gheorghe WL WW WW LW WD WD DW LW WD LW LL WW LW WW LW LW WL LW[lower-alpha 1]
Sheriff Tiraspol WW WW WW WW WW WW WW WL DW WW WW WW WD WW WW WW WW WD
Speranța Nisporeni LD LL DL WW LL WL DD LD WL LD LL DL LL LL WL DL L[lower-alpha 2]L[lower-alpha 2] L[lower-alpha 2]L[lower-alpha 2]
Zimbru Chișinău LD LL WL DL LL LL LW LD LL LD LL WL LL DW WL LW LD LD

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[27]
1 Colombia Frank Castañeda Sheriff 28
2 Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 16
3 Moldova Alexandru Antoniuc Milsami 15
4 Belarus Roman Volkov Sf. Gheorghe 12
Moldova Maxim Mihaliov Dinamo-Auto
6 Moldova Andrei Cobeț Florești 11
Moldova Sergiu Plătică Petrocub
8 Moldova Artiom Puntus Milsami 10
Greece Dimitris Kolovos Sheriff
Moldova Vadim Crîcimari Buiucani
Moldova Artur Pătraș Zimbru

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists[28]
1 Moldova Alexandru Antoniuc Milsami 21
2 Colombia Frank Castañeda Sheriff 12
3 Brazil Cristiano da Silva Sheriff 11
Moldova Igor Bondarenco Florești & Sf. Gheorghe
Moldova Maxim Mihaliov Dinamo-Auto
6 Greece Dimitris Kolovos Sheriff 9
Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub
Moldova Sergiu Plătică Petrocub

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[29]
1 Moldova Cristian Avram Petrocub 15
2 Moldova Emil Tîmbur Milsami 14
3 Moldova Dumitru Coval Buiucani 12
4 Serbia Dušan Marković Sheriff 10
Croatia Zvonimir Mikulić Sheriff
6 Moldova Dumitru Celeadnic Sheriff 9
7 Moldova Victor Străistari Dinamo-Auto 6
Moldova Nicolai Calancea Sf. Gheorghe
9 Moldova Vladislav Liharev Florești 5
10 Portugal Mickaël Meira Petrocub 4
Moldova Anatol Chirinciuc Speranța

Hat-tricks


PlayerHomeAwayResultDate
Moldova Vladimir AmbrosPetrocubCodru7–017 July 2020
Cameroon Anatole AbangSheriffDinamo-Auto6–026 July 2020
Moldova Maxim MihaliovFloreștiDinamo-Auto0–518 September 2020
Ukraine Andriy BliznichenkoSheriffFlorești5–024 October 2020
Moldova Vladimir AmbrosCodruPetrocub1–923 February 2021
Moldova Alexandru DedovMilsamiCodru7–212 March 2021
Tajikistan Shahrom SamievDinamo-AutoZimbru3–012 March 2021
Slovenia Lovro BizjakSperanțaSheriff0–1016 April 2021
Malawi Peter BandaCodruSheriff0–629 April 2021
Colombia Frank CastañedaDinamo-AutoSheriff0–715 May 2021
Belarus Roman VolkovFloreștiSf. Gheorghe0–416 May 2021

Notes
  1. Technical win
  2. Technical loss

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