2021–22 Moldovan National Division

The 2021–22 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 31st season of top-tier football in Moldova. The season started on 1 July 2021 and ended on 14 May 2022. Sheriff Tiraspol were the defending champions. The winners of the league this season earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, and the second, third and fourth placed clubs earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[1]

Divizia Națională
Season2021–22
Dates1 July 2021 – 14 May 2022
ChampionsSheriff
20th title
RelegatedFlorești
Champions LeagueSheriff
Conference LeaguePetrocub
Milsami
Sf. Gheorghe
Matches played112
Goals scored343 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorerVladimir Ambros
(17 goals)
Best goalkeeperGeorgios Athanasiadis
(13 clean sheets)
Biggest home winSheriff 7–0 Dinamo-Auto
(28 November 2021)
Biggest away winDinamo-Auto 0–7 Sheriff
(25 September 2021)
Highest scoringSheriff 7–1 Dinamo-Auto
(7 August 2021)
Longest winning run9 matches
Sheriff
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Sheriff
Longest winless run28 matches
Florești
Longest losing run28 matches
Florești

Teams

A total of 8 teams are competing in the league. These include 7 teams from the 2020–21 season and one promoted team from the "A" Division: Bălți.

Changes

Bălți (promoted after a two-year absence) were promoted from the "A" Division. Dacia Buiucani (relegated after one year in the top flight) and Codru Lozova (relegated after two years in the top flight) were relegated to "A" Division. Additionally, Speranța Nisporeni were expelled from the league, and thus ending their six-year stay in the top flight.

Team Place Ground Capacity Coach
Bălți Bălți Bălți Stadium 7,000 Moldova Serghei Cebotari
Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol Dinamo-Auto Stadium 1,300 Moldova Oleg Bejenar
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 Zimbru-2 Stadium 1,500 Moldova Nicolai Mandrîcenco
Sheriff Tiraspol Sheriff Stadium 12,726 Moldova Victor Mihailov
Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru Stadium 10,400 Italy Michele Bon

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position
in table		 Replaced by Date of appointment
Sfîntul Gheorghe Moldova Serghei Cebotari Resigned 27 September 2021 6th Moldova Stanislav Luca 28 September 2021[2]
Zimbru Moldova Vlad Goian Demoted to assistant coach 18 November 2021 7th Italy Michele Bon 18 November 2021[3]
Bălți Ukraine Ihor Rakhayev Resigned 2 December 2021[4] 6th Moldova Serghei Cebotari 10 January 2022[5]
Sheriff Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Temporary leave to join Ukrainian Army 28 February 2022[6] 1st Moldova Victor Mihailov (caretaker) 1 March 2022
Dinamo-Auto Russia Igor Dobrovolski UEFA Pro Licence expired on 31.12.2021 13 March 2022 5th Moldova Oleg Bejenar 13 March 2022[7]
Sfîntul Gheorghe Moldova Stanislav Luca No UEFA Pro Licence 19 March 2022 4th Moldova Nicolai Mandrîcenco 19 March 2022[8]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sheriff Tiraspol (C) 28 22 4 2 75 8 +67 70 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Petrocub Hîncești 28 20 4 4 62 20 +42 64 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Milsami Orhei 28 15 6 7 50 31 +19 51
4 Sfîntul Gheorghe 28 10 8 10 38 39 −1 38
5 Bălți 28 11 3 14 39 39 0 36
6 Dinamo-Auto 28 9 5 14 35 72 −37 32
7 Zimbru Chișinău (O) 28 7 6 15 32 46 −14 27 Qualification to Relegation play-off
8 Florești (R) 28 0 0 28 12 88 −76 −6[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Liga 1[lower-alpha 2]
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.[12]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Florești had 6 points deducted for alleged match-fixing.[9]
  2. On 17 January 2022, Florești were excluded from competition for match-fixing allegations and relegated to the second tier league for next season. All remaining 9 matches were awarded 0–3 against them.[10][11]

Results

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

Rounds 1−14
Matches 1−14
Home \ Away BĂL DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE ZIM
Bălți — 2–4 3–1 0–1 2–4 1–2 0–2 2–1
Dinamo-Auto 1–4 — 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 0–7 3–3
Florești 1–3 0–1 — 0–3 0–1 1–5 1–3 1–3
Milsami Orhei 1–1 4–1 4–1 — 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0
Petrocub Hîncești 3–0 6–1 2–0 1–1 — 5–0 0–2 1–0
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–1 0–1 4–1 3–4 0–1 — 0–3 1–0
Sheriff Tiraspol 0–1 7–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 — 6–0
Zimbru Chișinău 2–3 3–0 4–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 15−28
Matches 15−28
Home \ Away BĂL DIN FLO MIL PET SFÎ SHE ZIM
Bălți — 3–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0
Dinamo-Auto 1–0 — 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0
Florești 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–5 — 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 3–4 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
Milsami Orhei 0–2 2–5 5–0 — 1–3 2–2 1–1 3–0
Petrocub Hîncești 3–2 5–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 — 1–1 0–0 5–1
Sfîntul Gheorghe 1–0 4–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 0–4 — 0–2 0–1
Sheriff Tiraspol 2–0 7–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–0 2–0 — 4–0
Zimbru Chișinău 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 —
Source: FMF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Technical wins/losses

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Bălți3432333333444445566666666655
Dinamo-Auto7645777777556656655555555566
Florești8888888888888888888888888888
Milsami Orhei5211111111112221333333333333
Petrocub Hîncești2353222222221112112222222222
Sfîntul Gheorghe4567444565665564444444444444
Sheriff Tiraspol6776555444333333221111111111
Zimbru Chișinău1124666656777777777777777777
Source: fmf.md

Results by round

The following table represents the teams game results in each round.[13]

Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Bălți WL DW LW WL DL LL WW LL LL LL W[lower-alpha 1]L WD WL WW[lower-alpha 1]
Dinamo-Auto LD WL LL LD WW WL LL WL WW LD WD LW[lower-alpha 1] LL LD
Florești LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL LL[lower-alpha 2] L[lower-alpha 2]L[lower-alpha 2] L[lower-alpha 2]L[lower-alpha 2] L[lower-alpha 2]L[lower-alpha 2] L[lower-alpha 2]L[lower-alpha 2]
Milsami Orhei DW WW WW WD DW WL WD WL WW LW LL LL WW[lower-alpha 1] DD
Petrocub Hîncești WL WW WW WL DW WW WW LW DW DD WW[lower-alpha 1] LW WW WW
Sfîntul Gheorghe DD DL WW LL WL DW LD WW DD LW[lower-alpha 1] LW WD LL W[lower-alpha 1]L
Sheriff Tiraspol LW WW WD WW WW WW WW WD WW WL WW WD W[lower-alpha 1]W DW
Zimbru Chișinău WW LL LL DW DL DL LL WL LD LW LD W[lower-alpha 1]D LW LL

Relegation play-off

A play-off match was played between the seventh-placed team from Divizia Națională and the fourth-placed team from Divizia A for one place in the next season. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined in a draw held on 19 May 2022.[14]

Spartanii Selemet0–1Zimbru Chișinău
Report O. Gomes 17'
Attendance: 580
Referee: Petru Stoianov

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[15]
1 Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 17
2 Moldova Sergiu Istrati Milsami 15
3 Guinea Momo Yansané Sheriff 11
Moldova Mihai Plătică Petrocub
5 Nigeria Emmanuel Alaribe Bălți 8
Mali Adama Traoré Sheriff
7 Moldova Victor Stînă Sf. Gheorghe 7
Ukraine Artem Fedorov Petrocub (2) & Dinamo-Auto (5)
Ukraine Serhii Molochko Bălți
Moldova Nichita Moțpan Bălți

Hat-tricks
PlayerHomeAwayResultDate
Moldova Artiom PuntusMilsamiDinamo-Auto4–121 August 2021
Moldova Radu GînsariSf. GheorgheMilsami3–425 August 2021
Moldova Vladimir AmbrosPetrocubBălți3–026 September 2021
Guinea Momo YansanéSheriffZimbru4–011 December 2021
Moldova Vladimir AmbrosPetrocubDinamo-Auto5–08 May 2022

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists[16]
1 Moldova Vladimir Ambros Petrocub 17
2 Moldova Alexandru Antoniuc Milsami 13
3 Luxembourg Sébastien Thill Sheriff 11
4 Colombia Frank Castañeda Sheriff 7
Moldova Mihai Plătică Petrocub
6 Moldova Alexandru Suvorov Sf. Gheorghe 6
7 Ukraine Serhii Molochko Bălți 5

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[17]
1 Greece Georgios Athanasiadis Sheriff 13
2 Moldova Emil Tîmbur Milsami 8
3 Moldova Igor Mostovei Petrocub 6
Portugal Mickaël Meira Petrocub
Moldova Nicolai Calancea Sf. Gheorghe
6 Moldova Victor Străistari Bălți 4
Moldova Maxim Bardîș Dinamo-Auto
8 Ghana Razak Abalora Sheriff 3
Moldova Silviu Șmalenea Zimbru
10 Serbia Dušan Marković Sheriff 2
Moldova Cristian Apostolachi Dinamo-Auto

Notes
  1. Technical win
  2. Technical loss

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